Nate Dogg entered a not guilty plea to felony charges of driving with a suspended license, stalking and making criminal threats in a Los Angeles court today (July 16).

Last month, Nate was arrested and pulled over on a Los Angeles highway in after his estranged wife called 911 claiming Nate was making death threats against her and  following her "dangerously" on the aforementioned highway.

R.I.P.

Legendary New Orleans rapper Sporty T was found shot dead early Tuesday morning (July 15th).

According to reports, Sporty was found dead by his sister in his FEMA trailer which was riddled with bullets.

During his rap career, the 41-year-old released 20 albums between the 1980s and 2001, when he released his final material.

FREESTYLE

Nelly and Nas will be among various artists taking the stage for free for the second annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush concert series.

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Nelly is scheduled to perform at the Tabernacle in Atlanta on August 19th while Nas will take the stage at Webster Hall in New York on August 27th.

YOU'RE FIRED

Los Angeles Times reporter Chuck Philips has been laid off by the Pulitzer Prize winning paper.

Earlier this year, Philips wrote a front-page story for the paper alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs and the Notorious B.I.G. were connected to the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur outside New York's Quad Studios.

The Smoking Gun.com would later reveal that the documents that Philips used for the story were fabricated by an imprisoned con man.

POLITIKING

Kanye West, Wyclef Jean and N.E.R.D. will be performing at this year’s Democratic National Convention.

The four day convention will begin on August 25th in Denver and will include appearances from actors Ben Affleck and Ed Norton.