Friday Hip Hop Report [2/6]

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I’ve been getting these the past few weeks from Jumpoff.tv and just passed it off as spam, but I just checked it out and this is a really great rap up of the past week in hip hop news and music. We’ll get these up every Friday from here on out! Hit the jump for the highlights of the show in case you don’t feel like watching the video…

=== MAIN STORIES ===
1)Diddy is being sued by a sculptor who claims that the mogul stole his bottle design for the Unforgivable fragrance.

2)Rihanna is being sued by a cameroonian musician for not clearing the use of this hook for her “dont stop the music” song
She had cleared it with Michael Jackson, but he doesnt actually own it.

3)Forbes magazine has named 50 Cent the 2nd highest earning african american entertainer behind oprah winfrey.

4)In the 50 cent and rick ross beef, fiddy dropped a game changer on monday when he released this video where he takes ricks baby mother on a shopping spree… Ross’s Mafia Music video dropped but had no visible shots at 50, who whilst waiting for ricks next move is claimin that Def Jam have issued a gagging order to rick and that he has Jacki O and Trick Daddy lined up.

=== NEW MUSIC ===
This weeks AllHipHop.com song of the week is Raekwon Ft. Ghostface Killah and Method Man “Wu Ooh”
Other hot new songs this week are:

I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash ft Snoop Dogg
Feeling You – T.I.
Around the way girl – Lil Wayne
Ringtone – Big Boi
Talk Go Through Us – Lil Cease & Fabolous
Echo (Remix) – Ciara ft Young Jeezy
Heart Of The Grind – Havoc (Mobb Deep)

=== NEW VIDEOS ===
Here are this weeks best new Music Videos:

Letter To B.I.G – Jadakiss ft Faith Evans
I Hate My Job – Camron
Mafia Music – Rick Ross
Chocolate High – India Arie ft Musiq SoulChild

=== WTF ===
This weeks WTF Moment of the week is singer Etta James dissing Obama and threatening to kick beyonces ass:

=== BILLBOARD 200 ===
Here are last weeks top 10 album sales chart courtesy of NEILSENs SOUND SCAN:

1. Beyonce – I AM SASHA FIERCE 51,531 – (1.7m)
2. Kanye West – 808s & HEARTBREAK 39,234 – (1.3m)
3. Jamie Foxx – INTUITION 31,601 – (541,482)
4. Keyshia Cole – A DIFFERENT ME 30,865 – (632,534)
5. Akon – FREEDOM 21,769 – (443,736)
6. T.I. – PAPER TRAIL 20,600 – (1.6m)
7. Various – NOTORIOUS SOUNDTRACK 15,700 – (87,700)
8. Lil Wayne – THA CARTER III 15,600 – (2.9m)
9. Ne-Yo – YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 14,800 – (856,900)
10. Anthony Hamilton – THE POINT OF IT ALL 12,500 – (251,500)

=== TOP FIVE ===
Here are this weeks Top 5 tracks on Rhapsody.com:

# 5 “Live Your Life” – T.I. ft Rihanna
# 4 “Love Lock Down” – Kanye West
# 3 “Prom Queen” -Lil Wayne
# 2 “Single Ladies / Put A Ring On It” – Beyoncé
# 1 “Heartless” – Kanyé West

=== BRANDWATCH ===
This weeks Brandwatch is the Adidas & Footlocker commercial featuring Kevin Garnett and Young Jeezy.

=== UNDERGROUND HEAT ===
Digiwaxx Present This weeks Underground Heat artist – Rob Gold from Jackson, Mississippi.
Check him out on www.myspace.com/robgold601

=== COMMENT OF THE WEEK ===
This week courtesy of www.youtube.com/ZmoneyENT

=== CREDITS ===
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