British R&B star Estelle stopped by 93.9 WKYS in Washington DC to promote her upcoming album. She chopped it up with DJ Iran about her favorite MC’s, old and current. When asked about Drake, Estelle gave him a 3 and said that, “He’s an emo singer, I don’t ever want to hear him sing about girls the way he sings about girls, I need to respect him.”

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Rap star Lil Wayne wrote a letter to his fans today (August 16th), posted on his official website WeezyThanxYou.com.

Lil Wayne is being held on , where he is almost finished a year-long sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

According to the rapper, he has learned a number of lessons while being incarcerated and has vowed to not return to prison.

“There’s some pretty cool people in here. Even though this isn’t a cool place to be,” Lil Wayne wrote in his fifth letter to fans.

“I’ve learned plenty already and the best lesson is to not come back,” the rapper wrote.

Lil Wayne revealed that he was put on a few extra pounds in muscle since being incorporated and that he appearance should be visibly different.

“Now don’t be expecting me to look like Hercules when I get out, but I should be a little bulky,” Lil Wayne stated.

The New Orleans rapper has managed to maintain a high profile since being locked away on Rikers Island in March, for having a loaded .40 caliber handgun was found on his tour bus and linked to him through DNA evidence.

Lil Wayne has less than three months to serve before he is released from Rikers Island.

Last week, the rapper called into Hot 97 and conducted an interview with  and later that same evening, “Right Above It” featuring Drake debuted on Power 105.1.

“Right Above It” is the first release from Lil Wayne’s upcoming album I’m Not a Human Being, which is due in stores on September 27th.

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After gaining the attention of fans earlier this week with a heart felt letter from behind bars, incarcerated New Orleans rapper Lil’ Wayne is making headlines in a less favorable way.

Apparently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is after Lil’ Wayne’s fortunes, seeking over $1.13 million dollars in back taxes for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007.

The IRS filed and a lien against his One Family Foundation this past June in Dade County Florida courts, as the lien maintains the same address as his charitable organization.

This is the second tax lien filed against Wayne in the last 2 years as in 2008 he paid off a tax debt of $977,840

Representatives for Lil’ Wayne could not be reached for comments at the time of press release.

Multiple sources confirmed with AllHipHop.com that the IRS has a special unit that tails and tracks the artists, as one of the methods used to keep a tab on their earnings.

The “issue management team” was formed in 2007 and its goal is to get unclaimed tax money from athletes and entertainers in and foreigners who come to tour the country.

“A few years ago, they concluded that athlete and entertainer taxes might be escaping their radar. So they reinstated a division to only deal with this area,” said Bill Zysblat of the global touring/accounting company RZO Productions.

A number of rappers have fallen into tax troubles since 2007.

Artists and executives like Suge Knight ($6 million), Nas ($3 million), DMX ($1.5 million), Lil Wayne ($1 million), Swizz Beatz ($645,000), Snoop Dogg ($598,000), Fat Joe ($140,000),  Method Man ($40,000) and numerous others have had to account to the IRS in the past year alone.

A source told AllHipHop.com that in the pursuit of the tax dollars, a variety of artists have landed in trouble for other infractions, such as gun possession and a variety of drug charges.

The IRS is also investigating a number of record labels and artists, who ran money through their non-profits for commercial gains.

Via: The Urban Daily

Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs hit Rikers Island earlier in the week to visit jailed rapper Lil Wayne.

According to the New York Daily News, Combs hopped the bus to Rikers to visit Lil Wayne on Wednesday (April 28th) at the Eric M. Taylor correctional facility.

Diddy, who was on a pre-approved list, met with Lil Wayne for about an hour at the prison.

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Previews of Lil Wayne’s The Nino Brown Story have been hitting the internet little by little over the last few months and now the full thing is finally available for viewing.

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Lil Wayne will not face drug charges related to a raid of the rapper’s tour bus yesterday (December 18) in Falfurrias, Texas.

The rapper and 11 members of his entourage were detained yesterday by United States Border Patrol, after drug sniffing dogs caught the scent of marijuana on two tour buses.

A search of the vehicles turned up an undisclosed amount of the drug. A lawyer for the rapper told TMZ.com that several members in the group were given citations, although Lil Wayne was not one of them.

The detainment caused Lil Wayne to miss a scheduled performance at The Laredo Entertainment Center last night, although the show has been rescheduled to take place tonight (December 19).

Lil Wayne is slated to begin a year-long prison sentence in February after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, after a police officer found a .40 caliber pistol on the rapper’s tour bus in New York in 2007.

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The controversial documentary on Lil Wayne reaches the top spot on iTunes.

A controversial new documentary about superstar rapper Lil Wayne has shot to the top of the iTunes movie charts.

QD3 Entertainment’s film The Carter is currently the No. 1 selling documentary on iTunes in the U.S.

In addition to landing the top slot on Apple’s iTunes U.S.’ music store, The Carter is also in the Top 10 on the Canadian iTunes music store alongside such blockbusters as Bruno and GI Joe.

“Having our Lil Wayne The Carter documentary place in the Top 10 on both U.S. and Canadian iTunes store within the first 48 hours, competing neck and neck with multi-million dollar studio films such as Bruno and GI Joe during Christmas season is quite a feat for a self distributed indie doc and beyond our expectations,” QD3 Entertainment CEO Quincy Jones III told AllHipHop.com. “We are very excited about continuing to innovate within the digital space.”

The Carter was released on November 17th and is an in depth look at the personal and professional life of rapper Lil Wayne.

Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., is known for his rigorous touring schedule and frequent drug use, which is spotlighted in the documentary.

In April of 2009, a judge rejected a request by Lil Wayne’s lawyer to block the distribution of the DVD, due to several scenes in the movie which the rapper and his management objected to, reportedly because of his drug use.

The rapper’s management claimed they requested to have the questionable scenes removed, but those scenes were still in The Carter, when it premiered at the Sundance film festival in January.

Despite the lawsuit Jones told AllHipHop.com that the documentary’s release is in line with a digital distribution strategy the company has been developing in 2001.

“It was my goal since the inception of QD3 Entertainment in 2001 to have a strong focus on digital distribution and multi platform innovation,” Jones told AllHipHop.com. “Since 2001 our primary means of marketing have been organic and viral on digital platforms. Using this approach we’ve been able to sell over 2 million DVD’s via the QD3 (DVD) collection at physical retail….this is the era we have preparing for all along by retaining all rights to our content and were about to launch a couple of digital content and social media platforms by early 2010 utilizing our over 3,500 hour library of high quality content that includes films such as Tupac Shakur – Thug Angel and the multi platinum Beef.”

QD3 Entertainment’s The Carter was directed by Adam Bhala Lough and is currently available on iTunes for $14.99

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Check out the first ten minutes of QD3′s documentary on Lil Wayne.

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Check out the trailer for “The Carter,” a new documentary on Lil Wayne.