Florida's JP Morgan Chase Bank has reportedly begun the foreclosure of the Pembroke Pines home of rapper Trina according to documents filed in a Broward County courthouse.

According to official court documents obtained by SOHH.com, hip-hop diva Katrina "Trina" Taylor is facing foreclosure proceedings in the 17th County Circuit Court for neglecting to make more than three consecutive payments on the home, located in the Pembroke Isles gated community. The case, being presided over by Judge Victor Tobin, was filed in September 2004 and is still open.

Trina purchased the home for $157,500 in October 1999 -- about a year before releasing her first solo disc, the gold certified, The Baddest B***h. The value of the house has since risen and is presently estimated at $300,000.

Florida attorney and real estate expert, Tracy Davis-Puchi, Esq., says Trina still has time to save her home under Florida's "right of redemption" laws.

"The right of redemption allows the borrower to prevent foreclosure by paying the entire balance due to the lender," Davis-Puchi explains to SOHH.com. "However, this right ends once the property is sold at a foreclosure. In the early stages, if she can make arrangements with the plantiff's attorney and the bank, she could pay up the arrearage and the attorney's fees and the bank would drop the foreclosure suit."


Trina, who was ironically a realtor prior to her rap career, has one additional option to pursue in lieu of foreclosure of her home, which she once showed off in an episode of MTV's "Cribs".

Another alternative she has is to sell the house before the foreclosure suit is finished," states Davis-Puchi. "If she could sell the house for $250,000, she might get a buyer who would close before the house was sold on the courthouse steps. This would pay back the mortgage and the attorney's fees and leave her with some money."

Trina has kept busy making guest appearances with Trick Daddy, gracing the cover of King magazine's May/June issue and recently co-hosting The Source Awards, but "the baddest beeyatch" hasn't released an album since 2002's Diamond Princess, which sold gold. After creating a buzz with "Big Ole Dick," Trina's third CD, The Glamourous Life was initially slated to drop via Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic Records in 2004, but has been pushed back several times. The album is currently scheduled for release in May 2005.

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A truce isn't a truce if both parties don't agree. That seems to be the case in the ongoing beef between Eminem and Benzino.

As most you know, on Encore's Toy Soldiers, Eminem has said that he would like to end all of his rivalries, the co-owner of The Source magazine said he isn't buying it.

"These guys are all about spin," Benzino said Tuesday. "He never wanted to squash the beef. He said in another publication that he would never sit down with me. If he did want to come forth and address these issues, that would be a great thing because of his influence. But he's never had the desire to sit down with me."

In fact, Benzino has crafted "Look Into My Eyes" as a response to Slim Shady's "Like Toy Soldiers," which featured the fictional murder of D12 member Proof. The video picks up where "Like Toy Soldiers" leaves off: In the opening scene, an Eminem lookalike calls a character named Jimmy (presumably a reference to Interscope Records honcho Jimmy Iovine) from the hospital to tell him that he wants to get out of the business because he's been scared by Proof's death

"He's dead, he's dead — they killed him, Jimmy," the Eminem character says. The Jimmy character tries to calm Eminem down, reminding him that he said there would be casualties. However, Eminem cannot be consoled and says he wants to quit.

While Benzino is never named by either character, it is insinuated that he's to blame for Proof's death. As the video continues, there are shots of police raiding a warehouse where Benzino and his crew are holed up. While Benzino isn't killed on camera, he is later shown as an angel rising to heaven, and at the end of the video, "Jimmy" telephones someone and says, "It's done."

"The guy that shoots Proof in ['Like Toy Soldiers'] is supposed to be me," Benzino said. "What he's so afraid of happening in that video happens in the 'hood every day. I have lost three friends — one of them died in my arms — like that. 'Look Into My Eyes' addresses all of that. He's never gone through what we've been through in the 'hood."

The autobiographical "Look Into My Eyes" also chronicles Benzino's turbulent life, including the incarceration of his father and the MC's years growing up on the mean streets of Boston. The song serves as the first offering from the rapper's forthcoming LP, Archnemisis, which is slated for release on February 22.

The beef between Benzino and Eminem has been long-running and well-documented. The ongoing feud has officially entered the legal realm. New York federal judge Gerald E. Lynch ruled Monday (Jan. 3) that Eminem's copyright infringement lawsuit against The Source will go to trial. The case was filed when The Source released two early recordings of Eminem as a teenager, lyrically insulting black women. Judge Lynch initially banned the Hip-Hop publication from putting out an album that would include Eminem's freestyle. But the judge later revoked the ban and allowed The Source to release snippets of the track. Eminem's lawyers appealed Lynch's decision.

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As he begins his foray into acting, Andre "Ice Cold" 3000 now fears that his dream lead role in guitar God Jimi Hendrix's bio picture won't come true.

Andre has long ago named Hendrix as one of his musical idols and influences. However, with the movie production now in preliminary negotiations, Hendrix's estate has decided not to allow the legend's music to be used for the movie. Reports say the flick might be canned if the producers are unable to secure the rights to Hendrix's music.

Still, if the movie does go forward, 3000 might face some stiff competition in obtaining the role.

"I've heard that Will Smith wanted to do [the film] at one time, Laurence Fishburne; Eddie Murphy had wanted to do it in the beginning of his career," Andre revealed.