Gucci Mane - Gucci Mane Ordered To Pay Lawsuit Victim

Rapper Gucci Mane has been ordered to pay nearly $60,000 (£37,500) to a woman he pushed out of his moving car last year (11).

The rapper, real name Radric Davis, was accused of shoving Diana Graham out of his vehicle in Atlanta, Georgia on 28 January (11), and he later pleaded guilty to two counts of battery, two counts of reckless conduct, and one count of disorderly conduct. 
He was was ordered to serve six months behind bars for the crime, which he completed in December (11) after serving less than half the sentence, and he was subsequently hit with a lawsuit from Graham alleging emotional distress, anguish, and pain.
Now Davis has been ordered to cough up $58,161 (£36,350) in damages to Graham for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering after a default judgement was made when he failed to show up for a court hearing.

Usher Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Stealing Materials for 'Caught Up'

Amid his custody battle against Tameka Foster, Usher is facing another lawsuit. Along with Arista Records and the producers of his hit single "Caught Up", the R&B singer is currently facing a copyright infringement suit against a group of songwriters.

Per AllHipHop, Usher was accused of stealing the original material of "Caught Up" from songwriters Zacharia L. Edwards, Mitch Moses and Vince McLean. The three filed the lawsuit on September 7 in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

According to the lawsuit, in October 2001, the trio met Michael Barackman who was the senior director of A&R at Arista Records. They claimed to have played the music for Barackman, who at that time wanted to show the song to L.A. Reid and Mark Pitts, who were looking for material for Usher's new album.

When Usher's album "Confessions" was released in 2004, the trio noted that there were substantial similarities to the original version of "Caught Up". Moses and McLean said that they tried to reach the label's representatives, but they were reportedly threatened with being "black balled from the music industry."

"An ordinary lay observer could listen to the two musical compositions at issue, and given the theme, melody, hook, lyrics and chorus, reasonably find that the two songs are substantially similar and that and a friend and infringement has occurred," the lawsuit claimed, as quoted by AllHipHop.

Edwards, Moses and McLean sought an undetermined amount of damages from this case. On the other hand, representatives for Usher and Artista Records have yet to release official statements regarding the lawsuit. aceshowbiz.com

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Tennis sweetheart Maria Sharapova and fiance Sasha Vujacic have called off their engagement. In a press confrence after U.S. Open match on Friday, August 31, Sharapova said they are no longer together and she has been waiting for someone to ask about it.

"It's been since the end of spring. I was waiting for someone to actually ask me that question," the 25-year-old said, adding "It was a really nice period of time for both of us, but our career schedules just made it extremely difficult to see each other with the traveling."

Vujacic, a professional basketball player, is now playing for Turkey. He proposed to her back in 2010 with a $250,000 engagement ring but there was no formal announcement.

During the press conference, Sharapova said, "I have never really been the person to announce things. I never announced when we were together or never announced we were engaged. I never have in any of my previous relationships, as well."

She continued, "We have a tremendous amount of respect for each other. I still would love to call him a friend. We spent really great years together."

Justin Bieber was linked to another car crash on Friday, August 31, but he was neither the victim nor the wrongdoer. The singer, who headed down Ventura Blvd. in his Fisker Karma, was talking to a police when two cars occupied by paparazzi rushed to the scene and hit each other.

TMZ reported that Bieber was pulled over by the cop after the officer noticed a Nissan driving "aggressively close behind" the artist. The cop questioned him about his tinted windows, and found out the Nissan was, in fact, driven by his security. No one was injured and no arrest was made.

In another news, Bieber caused controversy when a picture of him holding a fake gun hit the web via @HechosSMGomez. Posing with his singer girlfriend Selena Gomez, he pointed the prop gun to an older man they sandwiched.

Cover Art of Aaliyah's Posthumous Album Revealed

Despite the late artist's family speaking out against it, Aaliyah's posthumous album is definitely in the works. In fact, her uncle and former manager, Barry Hankerson, posts an official cover art of the said album along with a hint about the possible release date of the album.

The album cover shows the image of the singer as she swims to the surface of the ocean in her last video "Rock the Boat". Barry tweets, "Aaliyah posthumous 2013 16 unreleased tracks produced by @Drake @OVO40 Enough said' #TeamAaliyah RT."

In an interview with MuchMusic, Drake opened up about the album containing the late songstress' music that he's working on. He says, "People should be really excited man. A lot of people thought it was my single, it's not my single. It's all off an Aaliyah project that me and 40 are commanding, and 40's just doing some incredible, incredible music right now."

Although news has been running around regarding Missy Elliott and Timbaland's participation in the said album, Missy's manager, Mona Scott-Young, said that the duo did not have any plans of participating in the project.

She said in a statement, "We've seen the reports surfacing that they have been confirmed to participate but that is not the case. Both Missy and Timbaland are very sensitive to the loss still being felt by the family so we wanted to clear up any misinformation being circulated."

Aaliyah passed away on August 25, 2001 together with eight other people on board, because of plane crash. She was 22.

will.i.am to Duet With Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Chris Brown in Solo Album

Black Eyed Peas' frontman will.i.am is very delightful to reveal his song choices for his upcoming debut album "#willpower". Fans can expect to hear the 16 plus 3 bonus tracks with a series of top notch artists on the guest lineup when the CD comes out in the United States on October 15.

Absolute top 40 contender artists likes Justin Bieber, Nicole Scherzinger, Rihanna, David Guetta, Britney Spears, Chris Brown and LMFAO's Redfoo will team up with him in the much-awaited new album.

He additionally gushes, "There's classical s***, like just me and a guitar and an orchestra or me with just an orchestra and a kid's choir." He continues, "There's some ghetto, ugly, dirty stuff. And then there's dance stuff, global world stuff and, like, avant garde, left-of-center, for-art's-sake music that has nothing to do with getting played on the radio. I'm just art-ing out. It's pretty diverse."

His single "T.H.E (Hardest Ever)" which he did with Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger appeares in the tracklist, but not "Check It Out" that features Nicki Minaj.

1. "Drop That (B.E.A.T.)"
2. "This Is Love" feat. Eva Simons
3. "Fresh S***"
4. "Run It Back" feat. Rihanna
5. "Club's on Fire (Don't Put It Out)"
6. "F***in' With Me?"
7. "Sexy Sexy" feat. Britney Spears
8. "Make It Last" feat. David Guetta
9. "One of Those Nights" feat. Chris Brown
10. "Reach for the Stars"
11. "Party Like an Animal" feat. Redfoo & Eva Simons
12. "Mona Lisa Smile" feat. Nicole Scherzinger
13. "Willpower"
14. "Love Maker" feat. Ne-Yo
15. "Flyin' " feat. Justin Bieber
16. "All at Once"

Deluxe Edition Tracks:
17. "T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)" feat. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger
18. "Great Times"
19. "It" feat. Cheryl Cole
20. "Dirty Beat"

2face, Davido, Banky W, others for Telecom Awards

Popular singers, Innocent Idibia, otherwise called 2face and Bankole ‘Banky W’ Wellington have been nominated alongside Sasha, Davido and Psquare for the Telecom music ambassador of the year award.

This is the first time the awards will honour musicians since its inception eight years ago.

In a comment made available by the Secretary General of the awards’ board of trustees, Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, the award is an innovation meant to further positively affect the entertainment industry, ‘The contests and nominations shall be basically between those artistes that have been used as ambassador or advertising models of signature at some point by the Telecom companies’, he said.

 The event will hold on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at the MUSON Center, Lagos.