Two weeks after the release of The Game's chart topping debut, upstart Atlantic City rapper Q45 has released a diss track accusing Chuck Taylor of jacking his concept for The Documentary's title track.

According to Q45, a mutual friend introduced him to Game in Los Angeles in late August 2004. The two then had a lengthy listening session in which they both played their respective material. Months after the encounter, Q alleges that Game lifted his concept on The Documentary's title song.

"We out there in L.A. me and my ni99a Game. We chilling. I put my sh!t in the car, bang my sh!t. The ni99a was feeling it. The ni99a thought it was crazy. I'm happy thinking it's a good look. He played his sh!t then he asked me to play my sh!t again. I started playing my sh!t, but he only wanted to hear that particular song so I played that sh!t. We ended up listening to it two more times. Then we started talking," Q told SOHH.com via phone from Atlantic City, New Jersey. "I thought everything was cool, parted ways thinking I'm a hook up with this ni99a. I'm thinking we gon do some songs together when I come back to L.A. Next thing you know, I go get the album [The Documentary]. I'm listening to the sh!t and I hear my sh!t on it."

Frustrated with the alleged theft, the Atlantic City rapper just released a Game diss song over Eminem's "Toy Soldiers."In addition to lashing out at Game, the freestyle features snippets of both songs for listeners to compare. On "Billions," Q45 crafts a rhyme by using classic album titles from Foxy Brown, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Jay-Z and many more.

"I'm a find a chick that's 'bout it / hit the Ill Na Na Doggystyle and roll up on The Chronic / 'cause All Eyez On Me I'm the Don Cartegena / Venni Vetti Vecci / it's a Hard Knock Vita..." Q offers on "Billions."

Meanwhile, the chorus off The Documentary's title cut features Game employing a similar concept by orderly referring classic work by The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Tupac and Nas.

"I'm Ready to Die without a Reasonable Doubt; smoke Chronic and hit it Doggystyle before I go out / Until they sign my Death Certificate All Eyez on Me / I'm still at it; Illmatic and that's 'The Documentary," Game spits on the hook.
While emcees sometimes birth similar rhymes and concepts, Q asserts that the Compton rapper lifted his idea following their listening session.

"When I was in L.A, I would say some sh!t and he [Game] be like, 'yo I said that same sh!t, but I said it like this.' So he heard my whole song, the whole concept and not once did the ni99a say, 'I got a song just like that," Q revealed to SOHH.com. "And when he let me hear the sh!t from his album he didn't have that song. That sh!t definitely was new. Then the ni99as used the same albums, the same context."

The AC rhyme slinger assures he's in the process of taking legal action against Game. Still, he doesn't seem opposed to alternate ways of resolving the conflict.

"He [Game] know cause my man let me know," Q said regarding the Game's alleged guilt. "He know when he see me, we might as well start scrapping."


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Master P and his brother Silkk the Shocker are facing felony gun possession charges after LAPD found handguns in their vehicle last week.

Percy "Master P" Miller and brother Vyshonn aka Silkk The Shocker were driving adjacent to the UCLA campus on January 27th when their Chrysler 300 was flagged by Los Angeles police because it had no license plates. When the police pulled the vehicle over at approximately 11:40pm, they found two loaded gats - one near the driver's seat where Silkk was seated and one stashed beneath Master P's passenger seat.

The Miller brothers were arrested and taken into custody by the LA Sheriff's department. They were charged with two felony weapons possession counts and released on $35,000 bond

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R&B singer Houston has reportedly attempted suicide by gouging out his eye while on tour in London.

According to reports, Houston tried to jump off a balcony, but was stopped by his security detail.

After he was prevented from leaping, he then was locked in a bathroom, where he gouged out one of his eyes.

Last year, the Hip-Hop oriented singer scored a major hit in "I Like That" with Nate Dogg and Chingy.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Houston during this tragic time," Capitol Records said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Houston was nominated for "Best New R&B Artist" by the 2004 T M H Honors. Winners were supposed to be announced on Jan. 31, but results have not been returned.

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Following the trail of Geto Boys and the like, the legendary Goodie Mob has reunited to release an album featuring all four original members, according to once departed Goodie Mob colleague Big Gipp.

“All four of us are back in contact,” Gipp told AllHipHop.com.

Goodie Mob’s breakup three years ago spurred reports that founding members – Cee-Lo, Khujo, T-Mo, and Gipp – conflicted as Atlanta made room for the duo OutKast.

But comparing the squad’s split to that of the Geto Boys, who also divided and are now back together, Gipp insisted that members of the Mob departed due to separate solo aspirations.

“There never really was [any] animosity,” said Gipp. “It’s just, when people grow up and grow in different directions, sometimes you run into times when you’ve got to do things on your own.”

Two years ago, as the Goodie Mob was announcing their greatest hits collection, Dirty Soul Classics, however, Cee-Lo explained that he couldn’t foresee a reunion.

“We ain’t never gonna get back together,” Cee-Lo told AllHipHop.com at the time. “There was hope at one time, but they done been so slanderous and disrespectful. You know, they attempting to do an album without me [One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show].”

Cee-Lo was the first to part ways, releasing his debut solo album, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, in 2002, then Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine in March 2004. The remaining three Goodie Mob MCs released One Monkey Don't Stop No Show in June 2004.

Gipp, who left the group afterward, has plans to release a collaboration album titled Kinfolk with St. Lunatics member Ali.

Goodie Mob is often noted for pioneering southern rap on a major scale, at a time when the East and West Coasts dominated the rap scene. The Atlanta group released their first album, Soul Food, in 1995.

The scheduled release date of the Goodie Mob reunion LP has not been announced.

Last month, remaining members Khujo Goodie and T-Mo Goodie released Livin’ Life Like Lumberjacks under their new moniker The Lumberjacks, featuring production from Organized Noize, Goodie Mob, Coolbreeze and other Dungeon Family artists.

Gipp also makes an appearance on the album.


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The Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music and adidas will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the renowned adidas Superstar sneaker, dubbed the "shell top" and made famous by hip-hop icons Run DMC, while commemorating the life of slain Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay.

The gala benefit takes place February 25 in New York City and represents the official kickoff of Jam Master Jay Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides funding and resources for public school music education programs.

"This is going to be a real, life changing organization. We're gonna impact lives and we're gonna really make a difference," DMC told AllHipHop.com. "We're gonna do everything that hip-hop is supposed to be doing right now."

All proceeds from the benefit go to the Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music, a new organization founded by Jay's wife Terri Mizell, separate from the organization founded by Jay's mother Connie Mizell-Perry and brother Marvin Thompson.

DMC says he hopes to keep Jam Master Jay's legacy alive by serving as the spokesman for the foundation.

"Even though he's not physically with us, I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure people remember his name," said DMC. "At the same time, I'm gonna be the vehicle ¬ and do everything that Jay would have been doing if he was still here on earth with us today."

The JMJ: Superstar featured event at the gala includes appearances by Missy Elliott, Kid Rock, DMC, Chuck D and other top names in music, fashion and entertainment.

"This is what what Jay represented, this is what Run-DMC represented, this is what Hip-Hop represented," DMC said of the organization and what it stands for.

Jam Master Jay was gunned down in his Queens, New York recording studio on October 30, 2002.

Despite several leads and several witnesses to the murder, no one has ever been arrested for the murder of the legendary DJ, who helped spread Hip-Hop music across the globe.

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Carmen Bryan, mother of Nas' 10-year-old daughter Destiny recently emerged from seclusion and penned a tell-all autobiography highlighting her sexual and personal encounters in the entertainment industry.

The book, "Sex Drugs And Hip-Hop - Oh And Did I Mention Love" is a first person account clearing alleged rumors and detailing her experiences with celebrities such as Jay-Z, Allen Iverson, and Wendy Williams among others.

"I'm not writing this book to slam anyone, get even or because I have something to prove." Bryan explained on her website. "I am simply writing this book because it has always been a desire of mine."

Featured in the book will include her take on the Jay-Z/Nas 2001 battle which she believes initiated from both rappers involvement with her.

"I mean of course, they would probably say otherwise, but realistically speaking, no one just wakes up in the morning and decides to make a record about another person for no reason."

She also goes as far as saying that she inspired the majority of hits for the Jay-Z which reportedly included "Give It To Me, "Is That Yo Chick and "Best Of Me Remix".

"There were so many songs written about me." She bragged. "Between Nas & Jay-Z, I could release a compilation album called Carm's greatest hits."

In addition, she claimed to have been intimate with the recently wedded Nas after he began his relationship with Wife Kelis over three years ago.

As of press time, Bryan is in negotiations with several publishers to close a deal for the soon-to-be released book.

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Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter Manuel Seal Jr. was arrested Monday night on theft and trespassing charges in connection with a tire-shop break-in in Georgia.

The 44-year-old Seal — who co-produced Usher and Alicia Keys' Grammy-nominated smash, "My Boo" — and 21-year-old Wendale Paxton were arrested after allegedly breaking into Fayette Tire & Muffler in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Seal and Paxton claimed that they were given permission by an employee to take two scrap tires, valued at $100, from the store, according to Lieutenant Beverly Trainer, a Fayetteville Police Department spokesperson. However, when the shop owner was contacted by police, he said that no one had been given permission to take the tires.

The two men were charged with misdemeanor theft by taking and criminal trespassing. Seal was released on bond Wednesday (February 2).

Seal has also produced tracks for Mariah Carey, TLC, Tyrese and Xscape, among others.

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Jay-Z first gave it to R. Kelly on wax, and now he's giving it to him in court.

After dissing Kelly for his lawsuit against him on the "Drop It Like It's Hot" remix, the rapper has now filed a countersuit against the R&B singer in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Kelly originally filed his $75 million action in November against Jay-Z, his business associates and the tour's promoter when he got kicked off the Best of Both Worlds tour. The duo's last show together saw Kelly walking off the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden after telling the audience he thought he saw someone waving a gun at him; he was later pepper-sprayed backstage by one of Jay-Z's associates. But Jay-Z argues in his suit, filed January 24, that he was forced to kick Kelly off the trek, which he calls a "nightmarish odyssey fueled by R. Kelly's financial woes, insecurities, and unsafe and unpredictable behavior," which included showing up late and unprepared and leaving early in tears.

Jay had previously said in a statement at the time of the tour's cancellation that Kelly had scrapped three performances with less than 24 hours' notice and delayed multiple shows by hours: "In Chicago and Baltimore, R. Kelly was not 'ready.' In Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Hartford, R. Kelly was not 'willing.' In St. Louis and New York, R. Kelly was not 'able.' "

Jay-Z, who depicted Kelly's suit as a "waste of time" in the "Drop It Like It's Hot" remix, now calls Kelly's lawsuit a "calculated stunt" designed "to deflect attention from his upcoming felony trial involving an alleged sexual liaison with a 14-year-old child."

In response, Kelly's lawyer Ed Hayes said that he doesn't take Jay's suit "too seriously," saying his client is "a creative genius, and of course, no one expects geniuses to act like everybody else."

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