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Jul 14, 2005

Producer/DJ The Alchemist and Shady/Aftermath signee Stat Quo were injured after Eminem's Anger Management 3 tour bus crashed while traveling from Chicago to Denver.

Among the twelve people injured were The Alchemist who serves as Slim's tour DJ, Stat Quo and Scott Cherry, a bodyguard for Eminem and 50 Cent. The bus was on the road as part of the Anger Management 3 tour.

According to The Missouri State Highway Patrol, the bus was traveling westboard on I-70 and crashed roughly 25 miles east of Kansas City, when it ran on and off the highway before hitting a tractor-trailer. The bus then hit a semi-truck before turning over. The accident reportedly shut down westbound lanes of the interstate for close to two hours.

According to police, the crash caused the first tractor-trailer truck to slide across the median into the interstate's eastbound lane. Four other vehicles, including two motorcycles were part of the accident.

"This bus comes flying up behind me, on three wheels, zig-zagging all over the place," said Breck Wyngarden, the driver of the semi truck. "It clips the whole right side of my truck."

Wyngarden's wife was also sent to the hospital following the crash. Meanwhile, the tour bus's driver, Charlie Gilligard, was taken to the hospital by a Life Flight helicopter.

A second tour bus accompanying Em's bus was not involved in the crash.

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50 Cent is jumping into the jewelry business with the launch of G-Unit watches; featuring an MP3 playing timepiece.

50's MP3 watches will initially be available with 256 or 512 megabytes of storage. The watches have fully functional play control buttons, an equalizer, and a standard USB port for downloading music from a computer. By fall, 50 will be releasing a 1 gigabyte (240 songs) model. The G-Unit MP3 models are not the first MP3 playing watches; BMW was the first company to do so.

Along with the MP3 watch, 50's line also includes a watch with spinning bezels and a casual, unisex sports watch. The watches, which all feature ETA Swiss quartz parts, range in price from $299 to $3500 and will hit stores later this month.

"I've been into watches for quite some time," says 50 Cent. "I collect them. It's only a natural progression for me to do business in this area. I wanted to create quality watches that the general public would be able to afford. You get the best of everything from G-Unit, and the watch collection is no different."

50 Cent's G-Unit watch line featuring the MP3 watch, hits retailers this month.

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In response to allegations revealed when groupie-turned-author Karrine "Superhead" Steffans visited a New York radio station, radio personality Tigger has released an exclusive statement to AllHipHop.com, denying rumors of homosexuality.

After releasing her tell-all book “Confessions of a Video Vixen,” which exposes sexual affairs between her and numerous hip-hop artists, actors and athletes, Steffans has literally turned the entertainment industry upside down with her tales of infidelity.

In an R. Kelly "Trapped in the Closet" moment during a recent interview with Hot 97 personality Miss Jones, details of an alleged sexual tryst involving Superhead, Tigger, and another man were disclosed while Steffans was discussing her relationship with hip-hop pioneer Kool G. Rap.

According to reports, G. Rap, with whom Steffans has a child, phoned in to dispute several of the claims in the new book, including physical abuse.

Kool G's wife and aspiring rapper Ma Barker also reportedly called in, at which point the graphic account about Tigger evolved.

Hoping to do s rumor control, Tigger has reputed the story.

"I am not gay. I have never been involved with any homosexual activities," Tigger told AllHipHop.com . "I wanna thank all those who have shown support through this."

Despite her openness, Steffans has remained mysteriously tight-lipped about certain details in her book and was even compelled to cancel a book signing last week at a Harlem bookstore due to security fears.

Steffans is currently promoting the book on the East Coast.


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