Jerry Heller Sues Dr. Dre, Ice Cube & "Straight Outta Compton" For $110 Million

Jerry Heller is suing everybody involved in "Straight Outta Compton" for a huge sum. Jerry Heller, the former manager of N.W.A., is suing all those involved in the group's recent biopic, Straight Outta Compton, for (at least) $110 million, reports TMZ. Heller, now 75, has just filed a lawsuit against Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the estate of Eazy-E, NBC Universal, and others for defamation and using his likeness in their film without his permission. Heller claims that Straight Outta Compton wrongly portrayed him as "a sleazy manager who took advantage of Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube." He said that the movie lied about numerous different scenarios involving him, including him withholding a $75,000 check from Ice Cube, persuading Dre and Cube to sign misleading contracts, and getting fired by Eazy-E. The lawsuit also accuses the film's producers of incorporating pivotal scenes from Heller's memoir, "Ruthless," into the film without permission. Heller wants $35 million in compensatory damages, $75 million in punitive damages, and then the rightful amount of the film's profits, which he and his lawyers believe will bring the total sum to at least $110 million. As of late September, Straight Outta Compton had grossed almost $190 million.

Chief Keef To Drop Collaborative Mixtape With Sonny Digital?

According to Chief Keef's Instagram, Sosa & Sonny Digital are teaming up for the "Back From The Dead 3" mixtape. It looks like Chief Keef has more “treats” for his fans come this Halloween season. Earlier in the week, Sosa announced that he has a new project with Metro Boomin dropping on Halloween called Peacocks, Peacoats, Flavor, & Paper, but apparently that’s not all he’s got for us. Taking to Instagram on Thursday night, Sosa unveiled the artwork to his third installment in Back From The Dead mixtape series, along with caption “produced by Sonny Digital.” No word yet as for when this joint effort will drop, but seeing how Back From The Dead 2 dropped last Halloween, I wouldn’t be surprised if both projects ended up dropping on Saturday, aka Halloween.

Rihanna Signs $25 Million Deal With Samsung

Rihanna inks a $25 million deal with Samsung to sponsor her upcoming album. As if you needed further proof that Rihanna is killing it on all cylinders, the unstoppable femme fatale has just signed a $25 million deal with Samsung, reports New York Post. For those keeping track, that's $6 M's more than Drake's rumored deal with Apple Music. Rihanna and Samsung have apparently been working on the deal for 7 months. The deal will reportedly sponsor Rihanna's upcoming album, Anti, as well as the tour that follows. Samsung, in turn, is looking for Rihanna to help promote the company's new line of Galaxy products as well as its new music streaming service, Milk Music, which will presumably gain some sort of exclusivity to the music off Anti. Rihanna is currently signed to the management wing of Roc Nation, and reports say that Jay Z was instrumental in helping work out RiRi's new deal with Samsung. There seems to be a conflict of interest between TIDAL and Milk Music -- with regard to each platform's access to Anti, but Jay Z and Samsung have worked extensively in the past. The disclosure of Rihanna's deal comes at the same time as a rumored deal between Apple Music and Adele for an even bigger amount -- $30 million for her upcoming album. If this is all true, congrats to both women. Rihanna wasn't lying with "Bitch Better Have My Money."

DMX Arrested Again This Week; Judge Cuts Him A Break

DMX was arrested, then later released, for failing to pay child support to another woman-- ex-wife Tashera Simmons. A month after being released from prison and DMX has already encountered his first run in with the law. On Tuesday morning, X got arrested at his home in Westchester County, New York on a contempt of court charge for allegedly failing to pay $10,000 a month in child support to his ex-wife Tashera Simmons. According to TMZ, X appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon and begged the judge to let him out of jail because he’d be losing the opportunity to make money from scheduled shows, which ultimately would create a bad rep for his name. The judge apparently had mercy for the former Ruff Ryder and released him without bail. He'll have to be back in court on November 18 to work out child support issues with his ex- Tashera, but for now lets consider this a win for X. If you forgot, DMX just spent two months in a Buffalo jail for not paying child support to another woman. He was released just last month and has been in the studio working on new music ever since. Hopefully he stays out of trouble for us to hear it however.

Future Shuts Down Blac Chyna Dating Rumors

Despite Blac Chyna's new tattoo, Future maintains that he's single. Hopefully Blac Chyna got that tattoo just to pay tribute to her favorite rapper, because according to Future the two are not dating. "Single & focusing on what makes me happy," Future wrote on Twitter today, following it up with a quote from his own song "Though It Was A Drought" (coincidentally the very one Chyna referenced in her Instagram post) "U kno I dnt fuck wit no rumors..." In case you're not up to date, Chyna and Future dating rumors have been circulating over the last few weeks, and Chyna seemed to confirm things when she debuted a "FUTURE" hand tattoo this weekend. This is all very confusing, and we're sure we haven't heard the end of it just yet. Think Chyna is regretting that tattoo now? Or did it mean something else entirely?

Kendrick Lamar Sings Travi$ Scott's "Antidote" At Columbus Concert

Kendrick Lamar shouts out Travi$ Scott at a show in Columbus. Here's something some of y'all never saw coming: Kendrick Lamar rapping along to a Travi$ Scott song. For some reason, La Flame die-hards on HNHH think Kendrick spreads the plague every time he spits and K-Dot stans see Travi$ Scott as the antithesis of everything hip-hop stands for. Well, said rivalry doesn't extend to the artists, as Kendrick was recorded singing along to "Antidode," and Scott posted the video on his Instagram. It seems as though fans were singing lines from Scott's "Antidote," and Kendrick then gave a shout out to Trav, before singing along to the line, "anything can happen at the night show." "Antidote" has been Scott's biggest hit off his debut album, Rodeo. The single has been steadily climbing the charts for 6 weeks and now sits at No. 41. Does this mean we can put this nonsensical rivalry to rest?

Master P's Estranged Wife Files Lawsuit Against Their Son Romeo

She blames Master P, not Romeo, whom she describes as an "unwitting pawn." With millions of dollars at stake, Master P's divorce battle with his estranged wife Sonya Miller rages fiercely on ward with no end in sight. Now court documents obtained by TMZ reveal that Sonya is suing her son Romeo, claiming that P is using Romeo to keep her from getting the money she deserves. In 2010 Master P started No Limit Forever. According to Sonya, it functions the same as No Limit Records, and P named Romeo the co-founder and co-owner instead of her in order to prevent her from gaining access to the company's profits. She also claims that Master P prevented her from getting paid for her role upcoming Reelz reality show "Master P's Family Empire" by putting Romeo on the payroll documents. She blames P for all this, and considers Romeo an "unwitting pawn." "Master P's Family Empire" premieres November 28th.

Tinashe Poses For Playboy

Tinashe poses for Playboy magazine. Don't get too excited, it's nothing you haven't seen before from the singer. Playboy magazine has unveiled a new photo shoot they did with Tinashe for their November issue. The shoot is pretty PG, with Tinashe sunbathing in a sports bra and bathing suit bottoms. Playboy recently announced they'd no longer be publishing nude photos of women in the magazine, so this shoot stays in line with that message.

Iamsu! Announces "I Love My Squad" World Tour

Iamsu! is heading through the West Coast, Europe, and Australia on tour. Iamsu! has some hits under his belt and has proven himself as a live performer, so it's about time he set out on a headlining world tour. Today, Su! hit us with some dates for the I Love My Squad tour, which will find him bringing fellow West Coasters, Bobby Brackins, Nic Nac, and Show Banga on a number of dates through Paris, Hollywood, Sydney and more. According to the poster (shared on Instagram), there are still more dates to be announced. Here's hoping that Canada and the east coast get some love as well.

Kevin Gates Unveils Album Cover For “Islah”

Peep the album cover Kevin Gates’ highly anticipated debut album “Islah” Kevin Gates’ highly anticipated debut album, Islah, isn’t set to arrive for a couple more months, but that’s not stopping him from starting its roll out process. Earlier this month, Gates released the latest single off the project called “Really Really,” and now today he’s decided to share the project’s cover art for us on his Instagram page. Taking the black & white approach, the cover finds a shirtless Gates making the gun sign with his hands as he points towards his head. Notice, he also has the gun tattoo on the back of his hand too. Due out December 11, Islah, which is named after one of Gates’ children, can be pre-ordered on iTunes today. Peep the cover art in the gallery above and be sure to revisit the lead single “La Familia” in the meantime to hold you over.

First Week Sales For The Game's “Documentary 2” Are In

The Game’s “Documentary 2” fell just short of the #1 album this week, but it did very well nonetheless. As the early projections told us last week, The Game’s highly anticipated Documentary 2 album fell just short of the #1 spot this week thanks to Selena Gomez’ Revival, but that's saying a lot. HitsDailyDouble reports that The Game’s Documentary 2 album sold 81,614 copies in the first week (94,529 including streams), meanwhile Selena’s top-earning album moved 86,264 units in the opening week (117,374 including streams). In comparison though, The Game’s previous album, Blood Moon: Year of The Wolf, sold only 33k in the opening week, meaning he gained an increase of nearly 50k in sales this time around which is pretty damn good.

Stream Raury's Debut Album "All We Need"

"All We Need" with features from Big K.R.I.T., A year after dropping his critically acclaimed EP Indigo Child, Raury releases his debut album All We Need. The 14-song album includes guest appearances from Big K.R.I.T., RZA, Tom Morello, and Key! and production by Malay, Danger Mouse, Jacknife Lee, and Daytrip, and Raury himself. We've already heard a couple tracks from the album, including the outstanding "Forbidden Knowledge" with his fellow southerner K.R.I.T. Earlier this week, Raury released a track that didn't make the album cut called "Demo 1: The Sea."

Lil Wayne Erroneously Tweets "R.I.P." Lamar Odom

Lil Wayne tweets out an "R.I.P." to Lamar Odom, before realizing his mistake. As you're probably aware by now, Lamar Odom was found unconscious at a brothel in Las Vegas, and quickly transported to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. The details surrounding his current condition remain unclear, however the brothel owner, Dennis Hof said, "When they took him to the Pahrump hospital, the people there told us, 'He doesn't look good. He doesn't look like he'll make it, and if he does, he won't be the same.'" As for the events that led up to Odom's unconscious disposition, Hof said that Odom had called him on Saturday to spend a few days at the brothel. He stayed at Hof's home, attached to the brothel. Apparently things were going smoothly until Sunday, when people started "calling and bothering him." "Two women at the brothel went to check on Odom and found him unconscious," Hof continued. "They immediately call 911, and dispatch tells the girls to roll him over on his left side and (he) starts to puke. He was totally unconscious. The girls and staff rush him out on the ambulance. The police didn't find any illegal drugs on him." Lamar Odom hasn't passed away, although reports are saying he has a 50/50 chance of survival, and many of his organs are failing. Thus, it seems Lil Wayne pre-emptively posted a 'rest in peace' tweet for Lamar Odom, before realizing his mistake, and tweeting out "Woop." Although the tweet is inaccurate, he hasn't deleted it.

Ludacris To Executive Produce New CBS Drama About Atlanta Gangs

The show is called "The Down Beat." Ludacris is no stranger to the world of television and film, having appeared in the "Fast and Furious" franchise, "Crash," and most recently, on "Empire." He will pull from his experience as he executive produces a new CBS drama called "The Down Beat." According to Variety, Ludacris will co-executive produce the show with Ryan Seacrest and Nina Wass. Developed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, "The Down Beat" is set in Atlanta and follows a former businessman as he attempts to give young men an alternative outlet to gang life by way of the local high school marching band. No word yet on when the show will premiere. Think you'll be tuning in?

Jay Z & Timbaland Testify In Court For “Big Pimpin” Trial

Jay Z & Timbaland showed up to court on Tuesday & Wednesday to testify in their "Big Pimpin" trial. Jay Z & long time collaborator, Timbaland, showed up to an L.A. court room on Tuesday & Wednesday to testify in a trial surrounding copyright infringement over their 1999 hit collab “Big Pimpin’.” The two are being sued by the heirs of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer who created the 1957 song “Khosara Khosa.” According to the Associated Press, Jay Z spent 90 minutes answering a series of questions and recounting his life, successes, and the creative process that led him and Timbaland to create “Big Pimpin’.” To prove his point, Jay brought out physical copies of his 1999 album Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter to show the juror the liner notes that credit "Khosara Khosara." “We have the rights as you can see on the bottom of the CD,” Hov told jurors. Later, the Roc Nation mogul went on to explain that he thought the rights to “Khosara Khosara” had been properly negotiated after issues were raised following the release of “Big Pimpin’.” According to their lawyers, Hamdi’s family had been repeatedly paid for the use of “Khosara Khosara,” the song in which four of its 74 notes are repeated throughout “Big Pimpin’,” an Egyptian music expert claimed in court.

50 Cent Announces New Music Off "Kanan" Mixtape

50 Cent teases fans about a "Kanan" mixtape. At the end of September, 50 Cent announced that a new mixtape would precede the long-awaited and almost mythological Street King Immortal album. He made the announcement by previewing new music, however he didn't reveal the mixtape title. It looks like the title was just revealed this morning on Fif's Instagram, where he poked fun at himself with dollar bills laid out to spell the word 'BROKE.' He captioned the photo, "Man this lunch money,I gotta go to work I'm still up, no Sleep at all. NEW MUSIC this week,Off The KANAN tape." Kanan would be a reference to the menacing character that 50 plays in his Starz TV show "Power." He'd definitely be a gangster ass character to base a mixtape around, and hopefully that incites Fif to go hard too.

Lamar Odom Found Unconscious At A Love Ranch In Nevada

Lamar Odom is reportedly being airlifted from a Nevada hospital to Las Vegas to receive more treatment after he was found unconscious at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. The former Clippers and Lakers forward allegedly arrived at the ranch on Saturday and had been partying with the girls for days. According to TMZ, a source also claims he was taking an herbal substitute for Viagra throughout is stay. Late this afternoon one of the girls went to his room in the VIP suites and found him unconscious and called for a manager who rolled L.O on his side and saw a "mucus-type liquid coming out of his nose and mouth." Lamar was rushed to Pahrump Hospital where he was intubated- which means he could not breathe on his own- and then airlifted to Las Vegas for more treatment. Sadly, none of his friends or family are currently with him in the hospital at this time.

Future Buys Drake Diamond-Encrusted FBGOVO Ring

Future got Drake (and himself) a really big ring. Diamonds were a major theme of Drake and Future's recent joint album, What a Time to Be Alive. Diamonds adorned the Shutterstock cover art and were the subject of the tape's second biggest hit (currently at No. 53). Well, in that case, diamonds may have been a metaphor for dancers at the Diamonds of ATL strip club, but regardless, the two rappers clearly bonded over the sparkling stones, and as a tribute to the album's success, Future has given Drake a FBGOVO ring full of blinging rocks.

Rich The Kid & ILoveMakonnen To Release "Whip It Up" Mixtape

Rich the Kid & iLoveMakonnen have finished a new mixtape: "Whip It Up." Rich the Kid just announced that he and iLoveMakonnen have finished a mixtape together. The tape will be called Whip It Up, and it should be released in the near future. Along with Migo Thuggin and Coke Zoo, we've got a few collaborative projects to look forward to.

Lil Wayne's Ex Karrine Steffans Blasts Him For His Sex Tape Performance

Lil Wayne's former girlfriend, Karrine Steffans, goes on a lengthy Twitter rant after seeing his sex tape. In case you hadn't heard, there's apparently a Lil Wayne sex tape currently making its rounds on the interwebs. The video reportedly shows Wayne having an unprotected threesome with two strippers. Wayne has yet to speak on the tape, but one of his past lovers, Karrine Steffans, has. And what she had to say will likely bruise Wayne's ego. Or maybe not; maybe it's all for attention -- decide for yourself. Steffans is a New York Times best-selling author as well as a past star of many famous rap videos. She also had a past relationship with Lil Wayne, and in an interview with VladTV from this past April, she described Weezy as the love of her life. Upon seeing Wayne's new sex tape, though, she didn't treat him as such. Steffans live tweeted her experience watching the tape, and she was not impressed with Wayne's performance. After revealing her displeasure, she proceeded to tweet at Drake. Ouch.

Young Chop Brawls With Security At A3C Festival

Young Chop was attacked by a security guard after Chop called him out during his A3C performance. Though it's not entirely clear why, Young Chop's A3C performance turned into a brawl with security Thursday night. A clip shows Chop calling out a specific guard during the show, saying "y'all bitch-ass security need to stop it," which inspired the guard to throw punches at Chop, at which point the producers whole crew got involved in the fight. Chop addressed the incident on Instagram shortly thereafter. "As you can see in the video, people -- the security ran up on me. I didn't run up on the security, I just called him a bitch. You wanna know why I called him a bitch? He disrespected me as a man, and I tend to take that offensive[ly]". According to the producer, the guard was "hating the whole night," though we still don't know exactly what was said. In a few subsequent videos, Chop is responding to haters who took the clip as Chop being "jumped" by security, making a strong point. "That was all my motherfucking people on stage. So how the fuck did I get jumped?"

Young Thug Doesn't Mind Being Called Gay

Young Thug: "I like everything people say about me." In the States, it's hard to get a word out of Young Thug in an interview, but he has been much more revealing to the press while in Europe, giving highly entertaining interviews to Tim Westwood as well as the French online magazine Clique. Thugger is now the subject of an editorial profile in The Guardian, and it, too, features some memorable quotes from the unique Atlanta slime. The interview doesn't touch on Birdman, Lil Wayne, or Thugger's affiliation with either of them, as Thug's publicist disallowed the interviewer from breaching those topics -- take from that what you will. Instead, Thug discusses how his career has changed since the raw bedroom recordings of I Came From Nothing to his recent playful feature on the indie dance anthem, "Good Times," by U.K. producer Jamie xx. "I mean, we still do it the same way, but it's less gangster, you know what I'm saying? More white motherfuckers and important motherfuckers. There's less gangsters, less drugs. I have a girlfriend now, so no girls. I think all of those things make me more of an artist, though. If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio and they would make me not rap. I'd be chilling and getting stoned." He also spoke on the widespread hate, mostly via angry commenters on social media, he's received for his experimental approach to both fashion and music. As he's clarified before, it doesn't bother him -- the opposite, even: "I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girlfriend, you're ugly, you can't rap, you're the hardest." As for why he's so beloved in Europe: "Because you're from Atlanta, Georgia, and you're dressed like a fucking European. Of course," said Thug.

Released 20 Years Ago, GZA's "Liquid Swords" Finally Goes Platinum

"Liquid Swords" just became the first Wu-Tang album in 11 years to go platinum. It took twenty years, but GZA's magnum opus Liquid Swords has finally gone platinum. In the September edition of their monthly gold/platinum announcement flyer, the RIAA announced that the album officially crossed the threshold of one million units sold on September 15th. LS dropped on November 7, 1995. Produced entirely by RZA, Liquid Swords is widely considered to be one of the best solo members from a Wu-Tang member, along with Raekwon's Only Built For Cuban Linx... -- also released in 1995. I guess now we're just waiting on that to go platinum too. It is the first Wu-Tang album to go platinum since Ghostface Killah’s Ironman, in 2004. Congrats to GZA and the rest of the Wu.

Vince Staples & Mac Miller Discuss White Rappers & How They Fit Into Hip-Hop

Vince Staples and Mac Miller take on the great white rap debate. With the emergence of Macklemore, Iggy Azalea, and most recently, Slim Jesus and Post Malone, the topic of white rappers has been a common argument within the hip-hop community. It's a complicated and divisive issue, so the FADER decided to get the equally hilarious and on-point Vince Staples and real live white rapper Mac Miller (or is he just a white dude that raps? More on that later) to discuss the subject. The two went through a whole lot, including Staples' realization that Paul Wall wasn't Puerto Rican and the "Lyrical miracle spiritual" brand of early aughts white rappers. Eventually, Mac got into genre of "white rap" he accidentally helped create, and later escaped. "It’s funny because, when [my 2011 album] Blue Slide Park happened, there was a surge of all these kids, and we were able to sell 10,000 units on iTunes just out of nowhere," he said. "I remember touring and doing shows, and I was the first rap show ever in all these colleges. Six thousand kids, and I’m the first hip-hop show because I’m white-college-friendly. That was always a demon for me. It was hard to sit here and know that, because I was a white dude, I was able to sell easier and be more marketable. That wasn’t tight to me. I wanted to go through the same shit that everyone else did. But I did that shit, and that shit was huge for me. Recently, I’ve grown up. This is my job, and I’m going to do it. It used to be so difficult for me being a white rapper, but now, it doesn’t eat at me as much." Later on, Staples argued that ensuring sources of inspiration get proper credit is more important than policing white participation in hip-hop. "When it comes to giving credit and showing appreciation, that’s a different conversation," said Staples "If we’re talking about origins of music, if you’re talking about rock & roll, you have to give credit to Chuck Berry. He invented it; Elvis stole some shit; it’s fine. When you talk about rap, you have to give credit to the South Bronx and that whole community and Afrika Bambaataa. You have to give credit to where it’s due. If we talking about basketball, you gotta give credit to Dr. Naismith. There are people that created things, and who made things, but if we’re talking about someone’s ability to participate in something, then the color of a person should not be in the conversation, period." Vince then went on to suggest the success of some white rappers is the fact that they are relatable figures to certain audiences, comparing the lyrical concepts of Macklemore and Migos. "In general, more people can connect to things in music that are said by white people because white people aren’t as harsh," he said. "Not everybody can relate to being in the fucking ghetto and living on welfare and having to kill somebody and having to sell drugs. But they listen to, I want to shop right now, I only got 30 dollars in my pocket. It’s like, you know what, I’ve had 30 dollars in my pocket before. “Same Love,” you know what, I want people to love each other too. Rather than Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana/ I got molly, I got white. I know I don’t have that."

Rihanna's New Album Title & Cover Art Revealed

Rihanna's "ANTI" is coming soon. Rihanna gathered media and fans at an L.A. gallery tonight to unveil details of her new album, and the title has now been confirmed. As some guessed early on in the night, the tentatively titled R8 is now called ANTI, and has some pretty awesome artwork to go along with it. The cover is designed by contemporary artist Roy Nachum, who worked on the concept with RiRi. So far, the release date has not been revealed, but we assume it's on its way. We're thinking it's either tonight or Friday, but we'll have to wait and see.