Rapper Trick Daddy is to add author to his list of achievements with the release of an autobiography. The 33-year-old hip-hop star and Dunk Ryder Record label CEO - real name Maurice Young -

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,"

Jive Records along with Miami based Final Cut Music Group and legendary label Slip N Slide (home of artists Trick Daddy, Trina, Plies and Rick Ross among others) announces the signing of singer/songwriter Qwote.

Misdemeanor charges against rapper Trick Daddy have been dropped - after prosecutors admitted the star had not committed any crime. The "Let's Go" star - real name Maurice Young - was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest, following an incident in September last year at Tootsie's Lounge in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Rapper Trick Daddy has been arrested after a brawl at a strip club in Miami, Florida.

In October, Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, announced that he's leaving the band because he can't live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle again after completing rehab... Weird Al Yankovic's White & Nerdy becomes the parody singer's first ever top-ten hit... and legendary NYC nightclub CBGB, where bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie got their start, closed; Patti Smith was the final act...

A handful of new albums hit shelves this week. Most notably, the return of the Illmatic himself, Nas is back with 'Hip Hop Is Dead.' Also look for new ones from Bow Wow, RBD, Styles P, Julio Iglesias and Trick Daddy. Continue reading for reviews and info on this week's new CDs.

At a time when the music marketplace is flooded with carbon copy rappers rhyming over recycled hip-hop beats, a new generation of talent is poised on the cusp of the come-up. Not since the Jackson 5 has the world witnessed a band of musical brothers whose high energy and artistic ability epitomize the phrase blood is thicker than water.