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Losing 50-plus pounds was a complicated process for 50 Cent - but not an entirely new one....

According to his friend and producer Solar, it was the love of the fans that helped keep rapper Guru going.

Last week, Lil Wayne commanded the spotlight and stage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards -- but Tuesday, the multi-platinum rapper will find himself in a much less prestigious place: a jail cell at New York City's notorious Riker's Island.

The New Orleans rhymer, born Dwayne Carter, is due to be sentenced Tuesday in a Manhattan court room after pleading guilty in a gun possession case.

Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he’s staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.

Rapper must complete community service for incident with photographer on Sept. 11 last year.

Ortega Devon Henderson, an up-and-coming rapper who traveled in the same orbit as fellow artist Nelly, died Wednesday of injuries suffered May 16 in a shooting in Wellston, his friends and family said.

Rap star T.I. threw himself a going-away party Sunday night, less than two days before he is scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence on federal weapons charges.

Rapper T.I. will serve 366 days on federal weapons charges at low-security jail.

Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a spokeswoman for the airport.