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It's been a busy week in Hip Hop
16/06/2000
I am sure that everyone is keeping up with Eminem, but here are a few more stories! Rapper Black Rob arrested on weapons charges NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Black Rob (Robert Ross) surrendered to authorities in New York Tuesday and was charged with the felony of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. He is being held without bail. The charges against the Bad Boy Entertainment artist stem from a May 21 arrest for weapons possession. Ross was arrested when he stopped his car in Manhattan to sign an autograph and nearby police officers saw him pass a pistol to a passenger in the car, Kwame Thomas. Following his arrest, Ross was released on $10,000bond. When he skipped a May 26 court date, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. His next court date is set for Aug. 29. At the time of his original arrest, Ross was out on parole from a prior conviction. His most recent release, "Life Story," debuted at No. 3on The Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in March. Witness changes tune vs. rapper LOS ANGELES (AP) - A witness testifying in an assault case against Stanley "Flesh-N-Bone" Howse contradicted statements he made to police and said the rap star never threatened him with an assault rifle. "No way," Tarrance Vickers said Monday before Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp. "I didn't say none of that to any of the officers." Howse, of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, was charged after a Dec. 26 incident in which he allegedly brandished the weapon after arguing with another man over Howse's girlfriend. When Vickers, the man's brother, tried tointervene, Howse drew an AK-47 out of a baby crib, inserted a magazine, pointed it at Vickers and then chased the two brothers, prosecutor Shellie Samuels said. Vickers disavowed just about everything police said he told them. He testified that he and Howse got into a scuffle, and both men ran away in different directions when police came. "He didn't have no gun, "Vickers said. When the prosecutor showed him the assault rifle, Vickers said, "I've never seen that gun, not that I know of." Howse faces up to 19 years in prison if convicted. Insane Clown Posse show canceled MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - A scheduled concert by the rap group Insane Clown Posse was canceled after a promoter said police forced him to hire too many security guards. Jade Nielsen said he would have had to nearly double his security staffing plans for Wednesday's concert at the Kato Entertainment Center. "Whenever you attempt to (promote a concert) in a private club...and you have the city telling you what you can and can't do, it's a form of censorship," Nielsen said. Mankato Public Safety Director Jim Franklin called that claim" poppycock at best." "That's not censorship," he said. "That's simply providing a community with a level of public service."
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