Eminem continues to break records for Hip-Hop, as the world famous rapper has finally reached 1 billion views on YouTube.

Eminem has 28 official videos on YouTube.com, which have amassed the staggering amount of views.

The rapper becomes the third person to land 1 billion views, behind Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, according to social media tracking service, FameCount.com.

According to stats, Eminem is also on pace to dethrone Lady Gaga as Facebook’s top living star.

At press time, Eminem has 28,600,371 Facebook fans, just 57,375 shy of beating Lady Gaga, who currently has 28,657,746

Rapper Young Buck is facing serious jail time after being indicted today (March 7th), after being charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a .40 caliber pistol and ammunition.

Nashville’s WSMV Channel 4 reports that prosecutors unsealed the indictment today, for an incident that occurred around August 3rd, just as Federal agents raided his Hendersonville home over a $300,000 tax dispute with the IRS.

Young Buck has pleaded not guilty to the gun possession charge and has been released on $100,000 bond.

The rapper has a 2004 felony conviction for stabbing a man named Jimmy Lee Johnson during a fight at the Vibe Awards, after Johnson punched superstar producer Dr. Dre.

As a result of this conviction and the pending gun possession charge, Young Buck is facing up to ten years in prison.

The rapper was also forced to surrender his passport.

 G-Unit and 50 Cent have filed claims that total $11.5 million dollars as Young Buck tries to restore his career and financial stability.

Young Buck is eyeing 14 claims filed against him in his ongoing bankruptcy proceedings and those claims have reached a total of $11.5 million. G-Unit has filed a $10 million claim in the event of a breach of contract, while 50 Cent has filed a $171,000 claim for a loan of $300,000 in 2005.

Joyce notes that some of the Tennessean emcee’s financial issues have come from a deal signed with G-Unit, a deal that she says was unfair. Joyce adds that G-Unit managed Buck as an artist and that this didn’t allow him to conduct business appropriately, particularly after Buck’s longstanding differences with 50 Cent. 

“One of the biggest problems with Buck’s situation is not only that it’s so complex, but also that he didn’t understand it,” she said in an interview with The Tennessean. “The money went in and the money went out and Buck’s universe of knowledge about his financial state is a balance on an ATM receipt. … Buck never knew at one point, at several points, that he was a millionaire.”

Recently, Joyce, who has worked without pay, requested a $500,000 budget for a new Young Buck album through G-Unit. Joyce adds that they are looking for a way to get the project released, though his records on the label have been on ice. If they don’t release the album, Joyce is asking for G-Unit to release YB from his contract. 

This comes after other bad news surrounding Young Buck this month. Although currently out on bail, Buck was recently arrested on a federal gun charge. In the interview, Joyce says that she will continue to support Buck on the road to recovery from financial and legal troubles.

Cam’ron’s U.N. protégé follows The Diplomats and signs a solo deal with Interscope.

When the Diplomats eventually finalize their group deal at Interscope, they will have some company, as Cam’ron formally announced today that a familiar face would also be signing at his future label.

“[Vado] just signed a deal with Interscope,” Cam’ron told Hot 97’s Angie Martinez. “Shout out to DJ and Jimmy Iovine at Interscope; we appreciate that. I’m really excited that he’s getting the opportunity to do his thing on his own.”

Various members of the Dip Set have mentioned signing a deal with Interscope since the fall of 2010, and Cam also explained the reasons for the multiple delays.

“We working with DJ and Jimmy Iovine to get the deal over there at Interscope done for us as well,” Cam added. “It’s just a little more intricate, being that everyone is signed to a deal already. Everything’s still going, but we all just had prior obligations. Me and Vado got this Gunz ‘N’ Butta album coming out. Jim [Jones] has a solo album coming out called Capo, and Juelz [Santana] is working on his mixtape.”

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The investigation surrounding the death of Michael Jackson reached a new chapter yesterday (July 27), when a law enforcement official revealed that the entertainer’s personal physician administered the drug authorities believe killed him. The official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity in light of the case being ongoing, added that Dr. Conrad Murray gave Jackson the anesthetic Propofol (Diprivan) on the last night of his life.

Jackson, who died June 25, was taking the drug regularly to help him go to sleep.

A doctor would administer Propofol to Jackson when he went to sleep, then stop the intravenous drip when he wanted to wake up, said the official, who added that Murray gave the Grammy-winning vocalist the drug through an IV sometime after midnight on the day of his death.

Murray’s lawyer, Edward Chernoff, responded to the official’s revelations by saying: “We will not be commenting on rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources.”

According to reports, Murray was with the music icon when he died.

Court papers show the 51-year-old doctor is currently being investigated for manslaughter in relation to Jackson’s death. Developments surrounding the singer’s death have generated numerous headlines in the last few weeks.

E! News reports that autopsies performed on Jackson’s body noted needle marks on the entertainer’s neck and arms.

Although toxicology reports are pending the official told the AP that investigators are working under the theory that Propofol caused Jackson’s heart to stop as they try to determine how many doctors administered the drug to Jackson.

The official also stated that it is believed that Jackson was using propofol for about two years. The latest development in the Jackson case comes after a recent search of Jackson’s Holmby Hills home resulted in vials of Diprivan being taken away after his death.

Police conducted another search last week as they found and seized three computer hard drives, tablets of an appetite suppressant and a muscle relaxer, two e-mails from Murray’s administrative assistant at the Las Vegas practice he ran and other documents at Murray’s offices in Houston and a public storage facility he rented.

Propofol was not found.

Sources also said Dr. Murray may have fallen asleep after he administered the drug to Jackson, who has died before paramedics arrived.

Though not a rapper per se, Akon’s street credibility took a hit when thesmokinggun.com reported that the hookman’s rap sheet was fabricated back in April 2008. Kon had reportedly only spent a few months in prison for stealing one BMW rather than serve a 4 1/2 years term for being the ring leader of a car theft ring. Meanwhile, three months later, Plies, hip-hop’s self-proclaimed “goon” came under fire for allegedly being a college kid who lied about his criminal past. Last but not least, Rick Ross was outted for being a correctional officer the same month. Presently on a campaign to bring hardcore hip-hop back, 50 Cent weigh in on the correlation between rappers’s questionable street creds and the lack of interest in gangsta rap.

“With Plies, if you say he’s a college kid, so what?” the Queens rapper told XXLMag.com. “I wish I was a college kid. I wish I didn’t grow up under the circumstances I had to grow up under. I would have liked to just go to college and study business.”

“I see him rap about the girls a lot, so that’s true,” he continued. “From my perspective, Plies, his strong hit records are about females…and ‘Bust It Baby’ and that type of material. To me that’s authentic. He gon get the girls. You see him, decked out, he’s right, girls like him. That’s official.”

As expected, Fif had a different take on the Rick Ross controversy. “What was awkward was being part of law enforcement and completely writing drug dealer material and the biggest drug dealer in the world material,” Fif explained. “That was a little bit fictional. I mean hip-hop in general…I don’t think anybody is actively out, anybody with good sense ain’t actively out doing exactly what they said on the record or they won’t actually last cause you’ll get attention from law enforcement based on what you saying.”

“Can you imagine what it’s like…when you convince the general public that you’re that person, you’re also convincing law enforcement,” Fif added. “This is why you don’t see me out and about as often as you see these other guys at frivolous events, just wherever. I’m not with it.”

We know Pharrell loves his jewelry, he just posted this pic of the new Bape Gold G-Shock he got made on his Honeyee blog. “My jeweler says it looks like I dropped this G Shock in a tavern filled of yellow rock candy… Well, I think it’s more like a thousand fire flies in a jar”.