Rapper Lil'Flip was arrested yesterday in his hometown of Houston, Texas, for credit card abuse. According to the Houston Chronicle, the rapper, turned himself in to the Harris County Courthouse around 2:30pm yesterday. Lil'Flip was released on 2,000

Dollars bond and is due in court on Monday. Neither police, nor representatives for Lil'Flip were availble to comment on the charges.

50 Cent filed a lawsuit against an internet advertising firm, seeking at least one million dollars in damages over an infamous ad that appeared on various Internet sites titled 'shoot the rapper.' the rapper is suing Traffix Inc., the company that created

An infamous adverti t featuring a caricature of 50 Cent smiling that offered fans the chance to click their mouses and 'shoot the rapper.' if the user succeed in shooting the rapper, the prize was 5,000 dollars or 5 ringtones guaranteed.

50 Cent's lawyer Peter Raymond said that 50 Cent is suing because he was a victim of gun violence.

Hiphop duo Clipse has blasted rapper Lil'Wayne for proclaiming he is the 'greatest rapper alive,' insisting he has only risen to fame by copying other people's styles. The Wamp Wamp hitmakers claim Lil'Wanye's boasting of his lyricial skills are laughable

because he is constantly trying to imitate his peers Jay-Z and Jim Jones. Rapper Pusha T says, ' you can't bite everybody's styles. You can't try to rap like Jay-Z, dress like the Clipse, become a c*ke dealer after five albums, and now dress like

Jim Jones. You can't do all that and be a legend. You have to be a trendsetter and he ain't setting any trends.'

Nature Sounds Recordings have announced the release of the highly anti ted alb*m from Mobb Deep's Havoc. The Queens MC who has yet to release a solo alb*m in his 14 years career, will be releasing The Kush on September 18th. The LP, which is entirely

Self-produced by Havoc will stay true to the Mobb Deep sound fans have come to expect over the years. While Havoc's partner Prodigy has already leaped into the solo-realm, Havoc had yet to do so due to a hectic recording schedule with Mobb Deep and even

more hectic schedule doing production work for the liKes of Nas, Capone and Noreaga, Foxy Brown, 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, Lloyd Banks, TheGame, Jadakiss, Lil Kim, Method Man, and Notorious B.I.G. amongst others.

Don't expect many big names on The Kush however, for the forthcoming LP Havoc decided to keep things in house only enlisting the help of long time Mobb Deep partner, Prodigy. In total the LP contains 12 tracks. The Kush will be in stores September 18th.