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Rap superstar T.I. isn’t one to take things sitting down. He doesn’t take crap, most especially when he’s on stage. Sounds just like Akon, eh?

According to TMZ, a fan launched a cup at the rapper during his performance at an ESPY awards pre-party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Tuesday night. T.I. got pissed so bad that he jumped off the stage in the middle of his performance to confront the person face-to-face.

When he got to the suspected culprit, T.I. allegedly hit the individual with his microphone which drew some blood. The patron was quickly escorted out of the hotel. Sounds like Akon and Naomi Campbell combined.

Rapper Eve has been told she must wear an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet for 45 days after she pleaded no contest to drink driving in a Los Angeles court.
Eve – real name Eve Jihan Jeffers – was arrested in April after she crashed her car on Hollywood Boulevard.
The star had faced a maximum sentence of six months in jail. She has now been fined $390 (£194), faces 36 months of probation and must pay for repairs.
If she drinks during her punishment she could still face imprisonment.

The star, who is a protege of rapper Dr Dre, must also attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, a three-month alcohol education programme and appear in court to verify that she is using the alcohol detection monitor.

“This was handled like any other of our driving under the influence cases,” said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office.

“This was an appropriate sentence, we believe for the facts of this case,” he added.

She has released several solo albums and won a Grammy in 2001 for the single Let Me Blow Ya Mind which she recorded with Gwen Stefani.

Jay-Z’s got more than 99 problems. The 40/40 Club, which is co-owned by the rapper and 2 other partners, was sued yesterday by Broadcast Music Inc., who filed in Manhattan District Court. The suit was on behalf of Michael Jackson and Kanye West, 2 of the 12 artists who are claiming that their songs are being played at the club without paying royalties.

Jay-Z isn’t named as a defendant and a rep for the 40/40 Club says that they haven’t been served with legal papers. The rep even goes on to say that under no circumstance would they play R. Kelly’s ‘Thoia Thoing’, which is one of the songs mentioned in the suit.

Rapper Busta Rhymes flipped out when a camerawoman for TMZ ended up focusing on him when he was spotted outside a big star-studded party at the Republic nightclub in Hollywood.

As soon as he noticed the photographer, Busta called her over and practically demanded that she erase whatever shot of him in the midst of a scene in the club’s back parking lot. The camerawoman instead kept rolling as Busta kept laying a verbal tirade on her.

Busta was spotted gripping a huge wad of cash. It’ll be good to note that he’s still waiting to face a judge due to allegations that he beat the crap out of someone over some money last year.

Two words Busta… anger management.