Shyne Wants To Be Released From Def Jam

After only being on Def Jam for 6 months or so Shyne has already expressed his discontent with the label and is now saying he is looking to go elsewhere. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Shyne said he doesn’t feel Def Jam CEO, LA Reid, has his heart in hip hop and needs to find a label that does. So far he is considering Cash Money Records as an option.  Read the statement below:

“I’m definitely trying to get with Cash Money but the Def Jam thing is a question mark right now,” Shyne told SOHH. “I’ve been fixing to get up out of there for a while now because [Island Def Jam CEO] L.A. Reid don’t care about hip-hop. The people up there, they don’t know what they’re doing. When you don’t have a strong leader, where you gonna go? … They don’t care about hip-hop music. You give them a hip-hop record with an R&B singer, you “might” have a chance. They don’t care. You got The Roots, Ghostface, Nas, probably the best hip-hop roster you could imagine and they do nothing. L.A. Reid doesn’t want nothing to do with rappers — it’s nothing personal, I don’t have nothing personal with dude but he makes it known he doesn’t care about hip-hop. So I’m really interested in seeing who’s gonna replace him. Because I know he’s been replaced — so I wanna find out who’s gonna take his spot before I decide what I’m gonna do with Def Jam…The music that we make is responsible for pop, R&B, everything that’s jumping right now…

“They gotta care about [what we’ve done] the way Jimmy Iovine cares about that, the way Lyor Cohen cares about that,” Shyne added. “I’m definitely not gonna scrap everything I recorded. I put in so much, I’ve come so far. From the first record I did when I got out to the new records I’ve done while going to all these different countries, I ain’t scrapping nothing. I paid for that. I’m not signed to Def Jam anyway, I just need to find another distributor. I might just have Cash Money do everything. Who knows? That’s the beauty about being in the business for yourself. You can decide where you want to go and what you want to do.”

Petey Pablo Surrenders To Authorities

Petey Pablo has surrendered himself to federal authorities after a warrant was issued for him for possession of a firearm by a felon, after he attempted to smuggle a gun on a plane on September 11th, 2010. Petey was on his way to MTV’s Video Music Awards when he supposedly forgot the gun was in his carry on bag. He was immediately arrested and bailed out the same day.

However now the feds are trying to take this a step further as he was indicted by a grand jury after an investigation into the incident. What this means for Petey is that he could be facing more jail time than usual for the incident since it is now considered a federal crime. In addition to the charge mentioned above, Petey is also  charged with possession of a stolen firearm and attempting to take a gun onto an airplane.

As of press time it is now known how long Petey will be detained after his surrender but stay tuned and we will of course keep you updated.

Slim Thug Dropping New LP

Fresh off his Tweef with Rick Ross, Houston repper Slim Thug has announced he has a new LP dropping just in time for the holidays.  Tha Thug Show, will be in-stores and online on November 30, 2010 and features appearances from Devin The Dude, B.o.B., Lil Wayne, Yo Gotti, Big K.R.I.T., Nipsey Hustle and Rick Ross.

Slim says this album is his best work to date and he is excited about giving it to his fans.

“Tha Thug Show takes all of the greater elements from my first two albums, Already Platinum and Boss of All Bosses, and is my best album yet. This album is gonna please all my fans,”

The first single from the album “So High” featuring B.O.B. is already gaining radio play in Thugga’s native Texas and is set to hit all markets later this month.