Dave Chappelle walked away before finishing the third season of "Chappelle's Show" and now Comedy Central has decided to finish the season without him.

Tonight (April 17) and tomorrow (April 18) the network will be wrapping up production of the third season. They will be taping the live studio audience segments of four episodes. In place of Chappelle, who used to introduce all the skits, the last episodes will be co-hosted by "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan, and cast members Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings.

Chappelle mysteriously disappeared last year in the midst of taping his show, without informing his family or friends, and after taping two very successful and critically-acclaimed seasons.

Since returning to the states, the controversial comedian has revealed in a number of interviews that he traveled to Africa as an escape from the pressures and stress of the network with whom had just signed him to a $50 million contract.

Most recently in an interview with Esquire Magazine, Chappelle delved deeper into the reason behind his departure saying, "The bottom line was, white people own everything, and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that's familiar to him and not have to explain or apologize?"

He also mentioned that he would be willing to work with Comedy Central again if the situation was right.

Since leaving his show, Dave has seen success with his documentary film Dave Chappelle's Block Party which included musical performances from Kanye West, The Fugees, Common, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, among others.

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Former Junior Mafia member Lil' Cease was arrested in Brooklyn, New York yesterday (April 13) on an outstanding warrant and is being held at Rikers Island, after the rapper missed a hearing to answer alleged probation violations.

Sources told AllHipHop.com that the former protégé of the late Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was in Brooklyn with two associates, when police pulled their vehicle over for unknown reasons.

One of the men allegedly attempted to flee but was apprehended after a brief chase. A search of the men allegedly turned up a small amount of marijuana.

When police ran Lil' Cease's birth name of James Lloyd, they found out he was wanted for missing a February 8 court date regarding a violation of his probation.

The rapper was originally charged with attempted murder for a shooting outside of a Brooklyn deli in August of 2001.

Lil' Cease pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal possession of a weapon in October of 2002 and was sentenced to 5 years probation.

A representative at the Brooklyn Supreme Court told AllHipHop.com that the rapper failed to respond to requests to appear at a probation hearing, resulting in the arrest warrant.

Lil' Cease made a court appearance today, but will stay on Rikers Island until at least Monday, when he will appear in front of Judge Abraham Gerges.

Attorneys for Lil' Cease were not available at press time.

Lil' Cease is a former member of the chart topping group Junior M.A.F.I.A., which featured the late Notorious B.I.G. as well as incarcerated rapper Lil' Kim.

Kim is presently serving a 366-day sentence in a Philadelphia correctional facility for lying to a grand jury about her knowledge of a shoot out in front of a New York radio station
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Gang Starr co-founder Guru is currently working on the fourth installment of his Jazzmatazz series.

Titled Jazzmatazz Vol. 4, the double disc set will feature appearances from Common, Raheem Devaughn, David Sanborn, Ronny Laws and Natasha Beddingfield, among others.

Frequent Guru collaborator Solar will produce the entire album, while Guru will serve as a co-producer.

"The tracks Solar and I have laid down are incredible," said Guru via a statement. "It's going to be the best Jazzmatazz yet."

The duo have worked together on past Jazzmatazz projects and recently worked together on Guru's solo album, Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures, which was released last year.

Jazzmatazz Vol. 4 will be released through Guru and Solar's label 7 Grand Records in early 2007. The album's first single will be released this fall.