Dear Slim, I'm writing this on behalf of many fans, who once upon a time believed that you were it - the Man.

Rapper Ice Cube, who once urged N.W.A. fans to "F--- Tha Police," is now set to create a cop comedy show on TV. The hip-hop star-turned-actor has been hired to write and produce a new TV sitcom by executives at NBC.

Rap icons Cypress Hill and Ice Cube are eager to show they've buried their feud for good - by collaborating on a track for the hip-hop group's next album.

Rapper Ice Cube has welcomed plans laid out by retiring hip-hop star Scarface to create a new supergroup with himself and Nas. The Houston, Texas star recently revealed he would be quitting rap

This isn't to bash rappers, nor is it to say that these artists aren't allowed to pursue different paths in Hollywood. With so many prominent rappers acquiring roles

The music industry has always thrived on fabricated competition to generate publicity; The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, The Beatles vs. Elvis Presley,

Hip-hop mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has lost his appeal against a ruling forcing him to sell off all assets from his fallen Death Row Records label. Knight, who first filed for bankruptcy in 2006 after the collapse of the company,

The Game has cast doubt over his plans to retire from the rap game - insisting he would consider making a fourth album if he can get his former mentor Dr. Dre on board.

Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre's mother is set to release a book of memoirs revealing all about her son's rise to fame. In her upcoming tome Long Road Outta Compton, Verna Griffin documents her struggle from rags to riches, thanking her rapper son - real name Andre Young - for turning her life around.