NEW YORK (AP) - Rapper Jim Jones has pleaded guilty to assault in a scuffle with a friend of Ne-Yo's as the R&B crooner looked on at a Louis Vuitton store in New York City.

Rapper Jim Jones will stand trial this June in relation to charges of assault stemming from a December brawl with Ne-Yo's manager. The Diplomats crew member is facing a count of misdemeanor

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Jim Jones has pleaded not guilty to beating a friend of hip-hop star Ne-Yo at an upscale New York City store.

Rapper Jim Jones has been handed a misdemeanor assault charge after he turned himself in to New York authorities to face questioning over an alleged brawl with members of singer Ne-Yo's entourage on Christmas Eve.

Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group Gym Class Heroes have announced details of their upcoming co-headline tour with The Roots.

Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group Gym Class Heroes has announced the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated third album, "The Quilt." The collection – which follows 2006's RIAA gold-certified breakthrough,

Much like his canine namesake, it's not very safe to corner Cuban-American MC Pitbull. Since debuting in 2002 alongside Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz's Kings of Crunk album to last year's star turn with Trick Daddy and Rick Ross on DJ Khaled's ode to Miami's Dade County, "Born N Raised,"

Yung Joc, ''Hustlenomics'' (Bad Boy South): When Atlanta rapper Yung Joc emerged from under P. Diddy's wing last year, he came across like a more affable Young Jeezy.

Lil' Wayne has topped a controversial new list of the Hottest MCs in hip-hop. The New Orleans, Louisiana native beat T.I., The Game and Outkast's colorful Andre 3000 to claim the crown in the studious MTV poll.

Mississippi hip hop icon David Banner is putting the finishing touches on his much anticipated new SRC/Universal Motown album, Greatest Story Ever Told, preparing it for a fall release. The first single from the charismatic star's fifth studio album, "Speaker," features a select trinity of superstar talent – Akon, Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg.