Classic Cuts Hip Hop News 10/16/12

Scott Storch is a wanted man; just not for his beats. A Florida court has issued a warrant for the chronically troubled producer's arrest because he neglected to pay almost $30,000 in child support.

TMZ reports that the warrant was issued after Storch, producer of such hits like Terror Squad's 'Lean Back' and BeyoncÃÆ'© 'Naughty Girl,' failed to show up for a scheduled court date and explain why he didn't pay his child support. Storch can avoid landing in the bing if he makes good on the reportedly $28,300 he owes his baby mama.

Storch's struggle is a multi-state affair, though. Back in California, the Beverly Hills Hotel alleges that last week Storch checked out without paying his $4000 bill. In February of this year, Storch was arrested for coke charges in Las Vegas. Also, in April an artist sued Storch for failing to deliver her the beats that he promised and that she paid for.



Yesterday, news broke of St. Louis rapper Nelly being detained by authorities after copious amounts of drugs were found on a tour bus he was travelling in. After the vehicle was pulled over in Sierra Blanca, Texas, police found 36 small baggies of heroin, over ten pounds of weed and a loaded .45 handgun. While a man by the name of Brian Keith Jones copped to owning the contraband and was arrested, Nelly released a statement regarding the situation, distancing himself from the company he kept.

'It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning, October 11th. Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials in Sierra Blanca, Texas did not press charges against anyone other than that individual.'
Reportedly, Jones is one of Nelly's bodyguards. The rapper was more candid with the commentary on Twitter. 'I'm not gone front I'm MAD as Hell about this sh#t!!2have some1 who works 4u n who u call a friend 4 ova 10years jeopardize ur life WTF?,' he tweeted yesterday. 'That being said he was not only an employee but he was fam some1 who protected my life 4many years!No excuses for wad he did!!!! My heart goes out to his fam and is kids!!!!'

The Sierra Blanca checkpoint, a Texas border town, is notorious for busting artists with illegal items in their possession, including Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson.



In the years that followed the Haiti earthquakes which rocked the country, Wyclef Jean's YÃÆ'©le organization continues to face intense scrutiny, even after the company was shut down last month.
According to this intense expose in today's New York Times, 'a trail of debts, unfinished projects and broken promises,' were all that remain of the Wyclef-founded charity.

Possibly the most troubling of the story's findings are reports that a forensic audit examined $3 million of the charity's 2005 to 2009 expenses and found $256,580 in illegitimate benefits to the founding member of the Fugees and other Yale board and staff members as well as many other potentially improper transactions.

These included $24,000 for Clef's chauffeur services and $30,763 for a private jet that transported Lindsay Lohan from New Jersey to a benefit in Chicago that raised only $66,000. Ouch.



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What happens when you link Snoop Lion with comedian/rapper Destorm Power and a life-size Hot Pocket? You get one of the cheesiest endorsement jingles to ever grace the earth. For their new Hot Pockets campaign, the good folks at Nestle enlist Snoop Dogg and Destorm to remix his 2004 hit single, 'Drop It Like It's Hot,' for an ode to the cheesy goodness of Hot Pockets with, 'Pocket Like It's Hot.' The commercial/ music video, which also features Andy Milonakis and WWE Superstar Brodus Clay, showcases the rapper microwaving a Hot Pocket in an all grey room, when suddenly the Hot Pocket comes to life as Herbie Hot Pockets, a pimp coat wearing hip-hop-ish dancing mascot. Snoop Dogg isn't the only artist to indulge in the hip-hop jingle game. While songs like Run-D.M.C's 'My Adidas' pushed them to the forefront of hip-hop, others haven't been so lucky. As we can all remember, Mary J. Blige reworked her single 'Don't Mind' for the now infamous Burger King crispy chicken wrap fiasco, which resulted in the ad being pulled and her single overlooked. In 2008, Memphis Bleek also lent his talents to a Garnier Fructis ad with Code Green, which suffice it to say, didn't end well. All in all Snoop is just having fun and making us laugh while he makes more money. You can check out the ad below.

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