Lil Wayne’s people have responded to that lawsuit involving him, a Bahamian promoter and over $430,000. Red City Entertainment sued the New Orleans last week, claiming that they fronted him $432,000 to perform at a concert in the Bahamas. Their lawsuit states that instead of being on stage when he was supposed to, Weezy was knocked out cold in his hotel room.

And now, Weezy’s manager, Cortez Bryant, has spoken up and is telling his side of the story:

“Our show was set for September 26th last year,” Bryant explained. “We arrived on time, ready to perform and learned that due to lack of payment from the promoters. The sound company they had hired packed up and left the venue before Wayne was scheduled to hit the stage. So they were forced to cancel the show. On those grounds, at that moment, they were in breach of contract and forfeited their deposit.”

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R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo performed live on stage Tuesday night (Jul 7) in Cork, Ireland at Marquee.

It was recently announced that he, Lil Wayne and Jeremih, along with special guests Drake and Soulja Boy, will team up for an extensive North American tour this summer. The “Young Money” tour, set to kick off later this month, will touch down in cities like Pittsburgh, Toronto (Canada), Washington D.C., Phoenix and Los Angeles before concluding near the end of August.

Continue reading for more pics of Ne-Yo’s performance in Ireland and to see all of the tour dates!

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Rapper Lil Wayne decided to sleep through a concert appearance back in September 2008, and now he might have to pay up. Red City Entertainment is suing Weezy for nearly half a million dollars for missing a concert appearance in the Bahamas. The promoters claim they fronted $432,000 for Wayne to perform, but when September 27th 2008 rolled around, instead of being on stage, the New Orleans native was passed out in his hotel room.

According to TMZ, a lawsuit was officially filed Thursday (Jul 9) and it states that Red City gave Lil Wayne an advance worth $210,000. The rest of the money paid for his hotel expenses and various costs involved throwing the concert, which obviously didn’t go as planned.

Interesting to see how this all is going to play out…

Popular financial gurus Forbes has released yet another list. Their previous list featured Beyonce perched at the top, earning a staggering $87 million in one 12-month period. And now her husband, rapper Jay-Z, is sitting at the top of the “Hip-Hop Cash Kings List,” earning an estimated $35 million over the past 12 months. A far cry from the $82 million he pulled in last year, but still pretty damn good, especially in a recession.

Fellow NY rapper Diddy came in right behind Hov with $30 million in the bank, with Chicago rapper Kanye West following behind with $25 million. Continue reading to see who made the top 10!

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Former Danity Kane member D. Woods (born as Wanita Denise Woodgette) spent this past weekend celebrating her 25th birthday at three different venues in Miami. Talk about partying it up right for your b-day! Above, she’s pictured with Lil Wayne, her sister Shanell and Young Money rapper Mack Maine outside her party Sunday night (Jul 5) at Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge in South Beach. The celebrities who came out to help D. Woods party it up over the entire weekend were Willie Taylor from Day 26, Vivica A. Fox, NFL footballer Thomas Jones, rap artist Ace Hood and more. Continue reading for all of the photos!

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Drake and BET have publicly apologized in response to the outrage thrown at them for Young Money’s performance at Sunday night’s (Jun 28) BET Awards. As Drake, Young Money and Lil Wayne performed their songs, which all have several sexual innuendos, young girls were brought up on stage, including Wayne’s 9-year-old daughter Reginae.

According to reports, the reason why Reginae and her friends were brought on stage was because she didn’t get to go up with Wayne to accept his award earlier in the show due to her being seated too far in the back. And before Weezy took the stage to perform with Drake, she cried backstage begging her dad to let her go on stage.

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There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Sunday’s BET Awards and Lil’ Wayne is on the receiving end of the latest bit of backlash. At the awards, Wayne performed his hit song “Every Girl“and he was joined on stage by Drake and a group of clearly underage girls, one of them being his own 9-year-old daughter Reginae.

Dr. Janet Taylor, clinical instructor at Columbia University, is questioning CEO of BET Debra Lee about her allowance of the teenagers to dance on stage.

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The 2009 BET Awards went down this past Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles and if you haven’t had a chance to peep the performances from the show (Keyshia Cole, Monica, Beyonce, Soulja Boy, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, and more!) and the pre-show yourself, then continue reading to get your fix, courtesy of Mr. Word Premiere.
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The wait is over. After months of speculation, Canadian rapper Drake has officially signed to Lil’ Wayne’s independent label Young Money. According to MTV, his signing is between Young Money and Cash Money Records and his debut album Thank Me Later will be distributed by Universal Republic.

“Today is a definitely a comfortable day for me, having my team now that’s been in place for a couple of years. It’s just a great day,” Drake told MTV News recently in New York. “It’s something new, but it feels familiar.”

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Here Jamie Foxx can be seen paying tribute to Michael Jackson (comedically, of course) as the host of the 2009 BET Awards, which aired live from Los Angeles Sunday night (Jun 28) on BET. Jamie Foxx is probably one of the few people who can make light of a sad situation and have everyone laughing and crying at the same time. The BET Awards was supposed to dedicate the entire show to Michael, per the press release sent out Friday, but failed to impress.

The show itself was pretty good, but they should have never mentioned dedicating the show to MIchael if they didn’t have the time to do it right. That said, we really hope they put together an entire special to honor the late King of Pop so they can at least try to save face. But for now, continue reading for photos of Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Monica, Beyonce, Ne-Yo and many more celebrities who participated in this year’s BET Awards.

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