Shots were fired, though no one was hit, during an altercation between groups affiliated with local rappers Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy that closed Walter’s Clothing in downtown Atlanta for about 30 minutes.

The fight started around 4 p.m. Thursday when Mane’s group walked into the store — popular with celebrities — and spotted Jeezy’s associates, said witness Patrick Morrison.

“There was a physical altercation inside the location between several men,” Atlanta Police spokesman James Polite confirmed to the AJC. One of the men produced a weapon “and as a result a private armed security guard of a local entertainer discharged his weapon.”

Police said the security guard, employed by local rapper Waka Flocka, has been detained.

The fighting was intense, witnesses said. “They just started going at it,” said Morrison, a Walter’s employee.

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Crossing one of the busiest intersections in downtown Newark, New Jersey, people have taken notice of a risque billboard. The controversial ad from Akoo Jeans, a clothing line by rapper T.I., shows a woman kneeling in front of a man with his jeans unbuckled. Many citizens feel it is sending the wrong message to young people in the community. So they had it removed.

Source: CNN.com

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ATLANTA — Atlanta rapper Sean Paul Joseph, also known as Sean P of the group YoungBloodZ, was arrested by Atlanta police on disorderly conduct charges. He was also facing simple battery but those charges were later dropped.

The rapper appeared in court Tuesday, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. His bond was set at $1,500.
The arrest stems from an incident at Tongue and Groove Monday night in the 500 block of Main Street in northwest Atlanta.
The rapper hosted a release party there for his new mix tape.
Sean P, a Decatur native, has been featured on several chart topping songs, including Cherish’s “Do It to It,” Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers,” and Sammie’s “You Should Be My Girl.” (Source WSBTV)

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SCAM AFTA SCAM: A TRUE STORY

OZONE investigates how a new breed of greedy artist managers and booking agents, led by Gucci Mane’s representatives, are sucking the blood out of the music industry.

by Julia Beverly (this article also appears in the upcoming print edition of OZONE Mag)

“Johnnie [Cabbell] is the grand vampire,” proclaims legendary Chicago-based promoter Godfather. For over twenty years, Godfather has been promoting concerts through his company Star Power Entertainment Group. He estimates his losses from bad business deals with Johnnie Cabbell and Debra Antney to be nearly $100,000. “I don’t work with Johnnie anymore,” he states emphatically. “He sucks the blood out of you.”

As the CEO of Hitt Afta Hitt (otherwise known as HAH), Johnnie Cabbell is Gucci Mane’s exclusive booking agent and also manages Bankhead rapper Shawty Lo. Johnnie’s “partner in crime,” Godfather says, is Debra Antney, who describes herself as Gucci Mane’s “business partner and manager.” As CEO of Gucci’s So Icey Records and the management company Mizay Entertainment, Antney also oversees the careers of OJ da Juiceman, Nicki Minaj, and others. Multiple promoters from across the country allege that Cabbell and Antney have collaborated to defraud them collectively of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

THE SO ICEY TOUR

Scheduled for at least 12 cities in July 2009, the So Icey Tour was supposed to feature OJ da Juiceman, Nicki Minaj, and the headliner, Gucci Mane. It sounded promising. Gucci’s buzz was at an all-time high. He had just returned home from prison a few months earlier to ecstatic crowds at “Welcome Home Gucci” parties throughout the South. His artist/protégé OJ had been steadily building a buzz of his own and helping to keep Gucci’s name alive by flooding the streets with mixtapes and fresh material. They were both hot commodities. And in an industry nearly void of female artists, up-and-coming emcee/sex symbol Nicki Minaj was quickly building a name for herself, strengthened by her affiliations with Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane. The timing seemed perfect.

But by all accounts, the “tour,” organized by a Carolina-based promoter named Shannon Marshall, was a mess and fell apart almost immediately. None of the artists showed up for the first two Florida dates (July 4th & 5th), leaving veteran promoter Mr. CC (who, like Godfather in Chicago, has been successfully promoting concerts for over 20 years) with losses of over $140,000. He claims that nearly half of that money, around $70,000, is in the hands of Cabbell/Antney, who refuse to return the deposits or reschedule his dates.

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The offices of Grand Hustle and Echo Studios were repotedly under attack last night by would be arsons. Unlit molotov cocktails were found by Atlanta Police & Swat Team members today. News is still coming in on this matter. Reports of injuries are not conclusive at this time.

Source: AJC

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We have contacted our web hosting company and they are gonna check and see if they have a back-up until then we will have to make due with what we got.

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