Weekend Entertainment Report . . .

Weekend Thug Report
Rapper Jadakiss has denied news reports that he was threatened by four men on Wednesday night (March 9th) after leaving a Notorious B.I.G. memorial celebration at The Roxy in New York City. According to initial reports, four men in a stolen tow truck allegedly threatened the rapper, but Jadakiss explained that the men were actually fans who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The rapper told Allhiphop.com, "They brandished their hammer (gun) from the car. Those were fans that were riding with me that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...The cops are switching it to make rap seem so violent." The four men attempted to flee the scene, but the tow truck crashed into a police vehicle and they were apprehended.

On Thursday, March 10th, Lil' Kim took the stand in her own defense in her federal perjury and obstruction of justice trial in New York City. New York Newsday reports that the rapper denied lying to a grand jury in 2003 about a shooting which took place outside of New York City radio station WQHT-FM on February 25th, 2001.

The rapper testified that she felt intimidated when prosecutors questioned her in 2003. She said, "I felt like I was being badgered. I felt I was a victim there (at the shooting)." The rapper added, "I did the best I could to remember. I did not lie. I'm not guilty of any of these crimes."

50 Cent and The Game held a press conference at the Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture in Harlem yesterday (March 8th) to announce that they have put their differences behind them, although the rappers barely made eye contact, and their body language suggested that there was still a lot of tension between them.

During the press conference, 50 Cent read from a prepared statement, "In the shadow of the untimely death of Biggie, today marks the anniversary of his death, we're here today to show that people can rise above even the most difficult circumstances."

Bronx, New York-based rapper Fat Joe has made it clear that he isn't a battle rapper, but he feels so disrespected by 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" that he feels compelled to respond. The rapper told Music Choice, "I wasn't even gonna answer back, because I never like this stuff. But enough is, well, enough."

The rapper added the he would only address the issue once. He said, "One time, one time only, and I'm gonna keep it moving. I don't care if that dude makes 60,000 songs about my mother, my father, whatever. I'm just going to keep it moving, because I know where this could end. I've seen this movie before."

50 Cent is currently promoting his new album, The Massacre, and with all of his success, it's no wonder that up-and-coming rappers want to emulate him. Allhiphop.com reports that one of those up-and-coming rappers is 50 Cent's cousin who has adopted the name 25, but he shouldn't expect any help from his superstar cousin.

50 Cent said, "I got a little cousin that's a fraud. He raps like he me, and he ain't start that s**t until I got on. He's a f***ing fraud. I don't even talk to him. I tell you why. I don't want it to be my fault when n***as get their hands on him. I tell his mother, 'He won't stop, and you haven't been making an effort to make him stop.' They tell him, 'Oh you sound like (me) a little bit.' I'm like, 'No, you haven't gone through the same things I have.'"

The rapper added, "If he was in this room, he wouldn't know that n***as is on him. He doesn't have that street sense to know if n***as wanted to hurt him. He calls himself 25, so he can associate himself with 50. I don't talk to him because I know n***as would get their hands on him."


Green Day cd brings boy out of coma
A Welsh Green Day fan emerged from a coma after listening to the band's Grammy-winning American Idiot album, according to the BBC. Nine-year-old Corey George of Aberaman, Wales, had been in a coma and on life support for two weeks before his family played the "punk rock opera" for him. Within an hour of hearing the disc, George reportedly woke up and began moving his fingers and toes. George was hit by an SUV while crossing the street on his ninth birthday. He has been taken off the critical list, although he is still unable to speak or move.

Ashlee Simpson is not another Milli Vanilli
The songwriter who co-wrote "Pieces of Me" and "Shadow" with Ashlee Simpson says the rumors that she--not Ashlee--did the singing on the teen's debut album Autobiography are simply not true. Kara DioGuardi--whose credits also include songs for Jessica Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, and Celine Dion, tells MTV News, "Ashlee can sing. Did I help in the phrasing? Yes, because I wrote the song, but it's not me singing. She's evolving as a singer. These are young girls...They all have ability, but there's a lot pressure on these girls. When I haven't sung for a while and I sing, it sounds like sh**."

Willis and Lohan were hands off
Page Six of the New York Post has backtracked on the story about Lindsay Lohan and Bruce Willis groping each other. The gossip column says that their eyewitness may have gotten it wrong. Publicists for both Lohan and Willis insist the two kept their hands to themselves on Tuesday (March 8th) night after the screening of Hostage. "She is not interested in Bruce Willis in any way but as the producer of her next film (Just My Luck)," said Lohan's representative.