Lil Scrappy Free on Bond After Weekend Arrest

DECATUR, Ga. - Police say Atlanta rapper Lil Scrappy is out of jail after being arrested following a fight with his sister’s boyfriend.

The 24-year-old rapper, whose name is Darryl Richardson, was released on $1,500 bond from the DeKalb County jail in Georgia on Sunday.

DeKalb County police spokesman Marcus Hodge says Richardson got into an altercation with his sister’s boyfriend Friday afternoon after the couple argued. Richardson was stabbed during the fight, but the injuries weren’t serious.

Police arrested Richardson and charged him with felony marijuana possession, felony use of a weapon during a crime, misdemeanor obstruction of police officers and misdemeanor battery.

The boyfriend wasn’t charged.

Associated Press

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DMX Arrested In Arizona Mall For Using Fake ID At Hospital

Another weekend, another trip to jail for DMX. The rapper (born Earl Simmons) was arrested at Phoenix, Arizona’s Metrocenter mall on Saturday on suspicion of giving a false name and Social Security number to the Scottsdale, Arizona, Mayo Clinic, where the 37-year-old MC went for treatment in April.

According to the Arizona Republic newspaper, X is facing charges of theft of services and identity theft in what officials said was an attempt to skirt $7,500 in medical bills. After his arrest, DMX was put into isolation for his own safety on Sunday at the Towers Jail, where he is being held on $60,000 bond.

Maricopa County top cop Joe Arapaio, who calls himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” lamented the fourth arrest of DMX this year in his jurisdiction. “He seems to have a long record and nothing ever happens,” Arpaio said. “I am concerned that these judges keep letting him get out. I don’t know how many times he has to be booked into jail. He keeps committing all these violations and keeps getting out and continues to violate the law. He has lived a charmed life.”

In the Mayo Clinic case, officials said X went to the hospital for treatment, stayed nine hours and gave a false name of “Troy Jones,” a fake Social Security number, a non-existent address in Yonkers, New York, and false contact information, including the name of a made-up girlfriend, “Jennifer Martinez,” and a cell-phone number.

The latest arrest began as part of an earlier investigation into animal cruelty that began in August 2007, which eventually led to X’s arrest on suspicion of felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges on May 9. Just a few days before, the rapper was charged with driving more than 100 miles per hour on a Phoenix-area highway. Around the same time, he was also cited by sheriff’s deputies for reckless driving while riding off-road in an ATV in a local park, a case in which he reportedly failed to pay a fee, provide identification and was driving on a suspended license.

After his arrest last month in Miami on charges of attempting to purchase cocaine and marijuana from an undercover officer, DMX was arrested on July 2 at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court and a bond violation.

MTV news

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Mariah Carey’s Vegas residency

Mariah Carey is set to have her own Las Vegas residency.

The 38-year-old singer - who released her 11th studio album ‘E=MC2′ earlier this year - has been offered a £50 million deal to perform every night for three years at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.

A source told America’s Star magazine: “Mariah is one of the most popular performers around. She could easily become the queen of the Las Vegas strip.”

If the deal goes ahead, the ‘Touch My Body’ star would be following in the footsteps of Celine Dion, Cher, Sir Elton John and Bette Midler, who have all completed residencies in the gambling capital.

Meanwhile, Mariah - who wed Nick Cannon in April after a six-month relationship - has revealed she is finding married life “quite pleasant”.

She said: “I can have a personal life, and I can have a life making records and doing whatever other creative things I want to do. Life now is a lot more enjoyable, and it’s preferable, it’s ‘quite pleasant’ as I like to say!”

Bang Showbiz

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50 Cent Loves His Son And Doesn’t Take Drugs, The Big Girl

Everyone knows what they want from 50 Cent - and that’s gritty, hardcore tales of violent life on the streets.

However, don’t be surprised if 50 Cent’s next CD is a concept album about the art of making quiches and other assorted fancy continental pastry dishes, because 50 Cent, so help us god, has turned soft.

How soft? Get this - 50 Cent wanted to take his little boy on vacation so much that he took, and passed, a court-ordered drug test. Not taking drugs? Caring for his own children? Really, 50 Cent, what kind of role model do you call yourself? Quickly, go and mug a pensioner or shoot a policeman before it’s too late. Yeeuch.

We’re big fans of 50 Cent here at hecklerspray, from that song of his that goes “mumble mumble mumble shoot you mumble dead,” to that other song of his that goes “mumble mumble I got shot mumble mumble did I ever mention that mumble yeah I thought so.” We like 50 Cent because he’s got a formula and he’s not afraid to stick to it.

Even though he lives in a mansion that’s roughly the size of Luxembourg in the middle of a faraway forest, 50 Cent is still as street as they come. He got shot once, you know, did he ever mention that? And he became a drug dealer when he was just 12 years old. And he, um, organises nutritional drives to help combat child obesity.

Basically, if you cut 50 Cent open, he bleeds ghetto. And possibly a little bit of Human Growth Hormone, too. Possibly.

But what’s the least ghetto thing you can think of? How about not taking any drugs so you can go on a lovely holiday with your little boy? Because, as much as it pains us to tell you, that’s what 50 Cent has done.

There’s been a protection order banning 50 Cent from seeing his son Marquise since the house fire that suspiciously gutted the home of Marquise and his mother Shaniqua Tompkins back in May. But 50 Cent wanted to see his son, so he went to court to fight for visitation.

There was one minor caveat set by the court, though - in order to see his son, 50 Cent had to pass a drug test. We’re sorry to tell you that 50 Cent passed. The New York Daily News reports:

“Fitty was ordered to take a drug test before a Long Island judge would give him permission to take his son on vacation. Fitty complied, the test came back clean and now he’s free to take 11-year-old Marquise away. “I haven’t seen my son in a while. That’s why I came here today,” the rapper said after he passed the test.

Incidentally, Shaniqua Tompkins was ordered to take the same drug test and hers came back testing positives for opiates. Tompkins is blaming that on cough syrup, but you know what that means? It means 50 Cent is now less street than a woman with the surname Tompkins. You just can’t get less street than that.

Honestly, 50 Cent might feel like he’s accomplished something by passing a drug test and deepening his father-son bond with little Marquise, but this confusing show of maturity is bound to anger and alienate his fans.

Admittedly most 50 Cent fans are so stupid that they’re similarly angered and alienated by things like sentences and original thought, but that’s hardly the point here, is it?

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James Brown’s ‘relics’ auctioned

Possessions belonging to late singer James Brown - including iconic stage capes and jumpsuits - have raised $800,000 (£400,000) at auction.

Fans of the soul legend bid for hundreds of relics from his life and career, including instruments, awards, and even some cans of hairspray.

The funds raised at the New York sale will be used pay outstanding tax bills.

Earlier, Christie’s auction house pop culture expert, Simeon Lipman, said it was a “wonderful collection”.

“This is a great opportunity for collectors around the word to obtain a piece of the man, the myth and the legend, Mr James Brown,” he said before the sale.

Grammy

The most expensive item proved to be a black cape embroidered in metallic thread with the words “James Brown”, which fetched $47,500 - more than double its estimate.

Other highlights included his 1986 Grammy for Living in America, and a Yamaha baby grand piano.

The sale also offered a number of Brown’s personal effects including a childhood photograph, a variety of handwritten notes and letters, and Brown’s personal stereo.

A set of three pink leather sofas from the singer’s home raised $40,000.

Items at the lower end of the price scale include a cigarette lighter, engraved cigarette case, and a James Brown “Dancing and Shouting” doll that sings I Feel Good.

Brown’s best-known hits included Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, I Got You (I Feel Good), It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World, Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud, and Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine).

The musician died from pneumonia on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73.

BBC News

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