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Rapper Beanie Sigel has been arrested and charged with drug possession after police found marijuana in the car he was traveling in.

A little known New York rapper will portray slain star Notorious B.I.G. in a biopic of the late hip-hop icon's life. Producers Fox Searchlight - who wanted to avoid recruiting a well-known name - picked Brooklyn-based Jamal Woolard out of 100 hopefuls for the film, which will document the tragic rapper's childhood, his rise to fame and his untimely 1997 death in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting.

The stars came out for the opening night of rap mogul Jay-Z's five-city mini-tour on Tuesday - Diddy and Jermaine Dupri served as backing dancers during the hitmaker's encore.

Prosecutors have withdrawn stolen car charges against rapper Beanie Sigel after accepting the fuss was all a big misunderstanding. The rap star, real name Dwight Grant, was charged with stealing a rental car when he failed to return the vehicle on time last month.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors withdrew charges Thursday against Beanie Sigel after the rapper resolved a dispute over a rental car he had kept long past its return date.

Rapper Beanie Sigel has joined the race to play Notorious B.I.G. in a new biopic about the slain rap superstar. Chubby reggae star Sean Kingston made it clear he was a favourite for the coveted role last month, but now Sigel - real name Dwight Grant - has revealed he has auditioned for the part.

Kanye West has attacked rap rival Beanie Sigel after he accused him of being gay and urged him to "come out of the closet." Sigel criticized West's dress sense during a recent radio interview, and suggested his Roc-A-Fella labelmate was a homosexual.

Looking for who's going to be the next R&B superstar? Well, look no further. Melissa Jiménez is ready to take over. From the smash hit Feel It In The Air with Beanie Sigel, Ms. Jiménez has come into her own, and is asserting herself as an R&B/Pop sensation.

Rapper Beanie Sigel has slammed former label boss Damon Dash for publicly courting the rapper after the Roc-A-Fella split, branding his intentions "insincere". Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter and Dash parted ways over their Roc-A-Fella label in 2005, but the Remember The Days star knew little about the reason behind the split because he was serving time behind bars for a federal weapons charge when the label change occurred.