Man Killed at Rick Ross Home

On Wednesday (February 29) a man was shot dead in front of a Miami Gardens home belonging to Rick Ross, and since then reports have claimed that police officials are seeking the Miami rapper for questioning. MTV News reached out for a statement and an area detective confirms that Rick Ross is not a suspect and that he is not being sought for questioning.

Miami Gardens officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 7 a.m. ET after reports of gun shots. When police arrived at the scene of the crime they found a dead body in the yard of a house owned by the rapper, whose real name is William Roberts. Though Ross owns the property, it is not where he resides. "He lives at a different location," Detective Wright told MTV News.

The murder is still under investigation and police declined to reveal the name of the deceased at press time. But it seems Rick Ross is definitely in the clear.

In other news, the Double-M-Genius is set to head to court in May for a case with far less serious ramifications. Former L.A. drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross is suing the rapper who he claims is unlawfully profiting from his name. The case was initially thrown out in 2010, but has now been reopened with a trial date set for early May.

A little over a week ago, Rick Ross was named MTV News' Hottest MC in the Game, nabbing the coveted position on a list of 10. His MMG signees, Wale and Meek Mill, took the #10 and #7 spots, respectively.

Limp Bizkit Inks Deal With Cash money

Limp Bizkit have announced that they are jumping into bed with Nicki Minaj. In a business sense, that is. The Jacksonville quintet has reportedly signed to the Cash Money label - home to the pink-wigged wonder that is Minaj. The Cash Money Records' lynchpin LIL' WAYNE broke the news on a radio show last night (February 23, 2012) and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst later appeared to confirm the news.

LIL' WAYNE telephoned into Lenny Green's 'Kissing After Dark,' and was introduced to listeners by Green as "one of the most respected rap artists in the game." LIL' WAYNE told Lenny Green and his listeners that he discovered the radio show when he was incarcerated. He then went on to say "I just found out Limp Bizkit signed to Cash Money," adding "they're signing everybody." LIL' WAYNE also tentatively announced that the thinks the label is also working with the R&B singer Ashanti.

Limp Bizkit's frontman Fred Durst then seemed to confirm the news in a series of cryptic tweets, one of which read "The game is missing danger, electricity, and rock n roll!!!!" Cash Money Limp Bizkit" and another saying "Rock shit doesn't rock anymore! They say the whole game done went pop so I'm back in this ho! Cmlb." The last album release from Limp Bizkit was in 2010, when they reunited with guitarist Wes Borland to release Gold Cobra, which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard chart.

New Song!!!! Nicki Minaj: Beware Roman has Reloaded

Well critics asked for it. They have awaken the beast. Nicki Minaj has taken us back to the fierce female rapper who was sitting on the steps in Queens NY freestyling. She has just released "Roman Reloaded" and has the YMCMB El Presidente Lil Wayne to assist her on this track and Wayne goes hard as usual. She's answering the critics who told her she went pop. She's answering the critics with penetrating rhymes like "I Take bitches to school, then I Columbine these hoes".

Nicki made some Raggedy Ann references so its safe to say that Lil Kim was in her eye sight while making this track. She also referenced being in the top 5 hottest MC's which also tells us she made this song less than a week ago. Many will say why is she still going at Kim. Personally I see no issue, it was Kimmy Blanco who said she wasn't going to take her foot off Nicki's neck. It seems to be the other way around.

Knowone can say this is pop. Its good to know Nicki can switch it up whenever she wants and still get the same reaction from her fans & foes. I'm sure there are gonna be plenty of people who is not gonna like this song. But I'm sure it will be the same ones who don't like any songs from her, so that is no surprise.

Listen to Nicki Minaj "Roman Reloaded" Featuring Lil Wayne Below

Rick Ross Crowned Hottest MC of 2011

The countdown is complete and MTV have revealed the Hottest MC In The Game of 2011 is Rick Ross.
Maybach Music founder Rozay had a storming year thanks to his MMG collabo Self Made Vol 1 and his mixtape Rich Forever. Drizzy came in second with Kanye West third.
Check out the top 10 list according to MTV after the jump.

MTV’s Hottest MC’s In The Game 2011 Top Ten

1 Rick Ross
2 Drake
3 Kanye West
4 Nicki Minaj
5 Lil Wayne
6 Jay-Z
7 Meek Mill
8 Big Sean
9 Wiz Khalifa
10 Wale

It is also noteworthy that the Young Money Barbie Nicki Minaj creeps into the top 5 coming at #4 on the Hottest MC's list. Nicki is also the only woman to ever be on this list. My question for Sway at MTV is where's J. Cole? o_O

Drake & Common Squash Beef "Man 2 Man"

Despite speculation claiming Drake and Common had harsh words toward one another at last weekend's Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, new reports claim the two hip-hop stars actually squashed recent tensions.

According to new reports, the rappers came face-to-face last Sunday (February 12).

Streetz Iz Watchin has learned that Common and Drake actually squashed their beef at the Grammys, clearing up previous reports that the two rappers almost got into a violent altercation. Apparently, both Drake and Common's entourages happened to be in the same area at the end of the Grammy red carpet, near where artists were being distributed their VIP credentials to enter the Staples Center, according to a source in the latter's camp. Common felt it was awkward for two men that had exchanged words in song to be in the same vicinity without saying anything to each other. With the two eyeballing each other intensely, Common asked Drake, "What's up?" Drake responded with a "What's up?" of his own, and Common tried to approach him with the intent of speaking to the Toronto rapper one on one. (Hip Hop Wired)

Despite some initial confusion, they came together and squashed their problems.

However, Drake's security and other members of his entourage defensively intervened in his progress. Allegedly Drake said, "Yo, I grew up listening to this dude, what's the problem?," while his security was telling Common, "We respect you, this isn't necessary." But Common wanted to talk to Drake "man to man," angered that two rivals would cross paths and just not speak. One of the members of Drake's crew turned out to be his father, Dennis Graham, who told Common the two artists "need to cut this out, y'all are better than this." According to the source, the elder Graham's intervention made Com change his approach, with cooler heads prevailing and the two rappers eventually going off to the side and speaking to each other alone. Holding true to the words he said in an interview moments before, Common and Drake exchanged pounds, and told everyone in their respective camps the beef had been squashed.

Now If we can get Nicki and Kim together.

Source: Hip Hop Wired

Congrats to Lil Wayne, He is Engaged.

Valentine’s Day is the celebration of love. The day where cupid flys around and shoots his arrow in hopes of making matches, and it appears that he was successful with Lil’ Wayne, as he announced news via Twitter of his engagement to, his now fiancée, Dhea. After being in a relationship for almost a year, he tweeted:

Well! This is very exciting news for the YMCMB founder, and of course we couldn’t be more happier for him. Team Civil sends the both of the love birds the best of luck and the wellest of wishes. Check out photos of the happy couple below.

Weezy F. Baby and the F is for Fiancé!

Young Money Signs Christina Milian, Weezy Takes Shot at Jay-z & Kanye West

Lil Wayne announced the signing of a new member to Young Money Saturday night (February 11) while performing alongside Drake during the annual Cash Money Grammy weekend party. The YMCMB head Honcho also took the time to honor the memory of the late, great Whitney Houston, who passed away earlier that night, and to take jabs at Jay-Z and Kanye West.


“I got the beautiful Christina Milian with me,” Weezy said while onstage, backed by the likes of manager Cortez Bryant, Young Money president Mack Maine, Corey Gunz, Lil Twist and others. “Young Money, Christina Milian.”

Lil Tunechi also took the time to thank his team for their contribution to the label’s success, but not before asking for a moment of silence for Whitney Houston, who was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. after being found in her hotel room in Hollywood, California, just hours before mentor Clive Davis’ annual Grammy party was scheduled to take place. The event was cancelled.

The evening wasn’t complete until Wayne took time out to throw some jabs at Hov, rapping at the end of his announcement about signing Christina Milian, “I met a red-bone, I took the girl home/I asked her what she wanna watch, she said, ‘surely not The Throne,” to roars from the crowd.

Lil Wayne is up for a couple of Grammys, including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One.” Stay tune to StreetzIzWatchin for a full recap of the Grammys Sunday (Februabry 12).