Chingy, who returned back to Ludacris’ Disturbing The Peace label earlier this year, will be releasing his new album Hate It Or Love It via the label on December 18th.

According to Billboard, the album will feature appearances form Ludacris, Bobby Valentino, Anthony Hamilton, Rick Ross and Huey, among others.

The first single off the set will be “Fly Like Me” which features Amerie.

Chingy will also appear on the third compilation from Disturbing The Peace titled Strength In Numbers. 

According to Def Jam’s official website, Strength in Numbers will hit shelves on December 18th and will feature new music from all the artists on the DTP label including Field Mob, Playaz Circle and Serius Jones, among others.

REALITY RAP

California bred rapper Coolio will be the focus of an upcoming reality TV show for Oxygen network

According to Reuters, the show will be titled Coolio & the Gang Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. > will capture the rapper balancing his rap career and raising his six teenagers by himself.

The show, which will be a half hour each episode, will air in the second-quarter of 2008.

JACKING FOR TRACKS

Dipset member Jha Jha is claiming that Foxy Brown and Koch Records stole her song called “Lights Out”.

The Florida bred rapper recently revealed to Young, Black And Fabulous that she recorded “Lights Out” in March at a studio owned by Koch Records Vice President, Bob Perry.

Jha Jha claims that Perry told her he liked the song and they both kept a copy of it but now “Lights Out” is being touted as the first single from Foxy’s album dropping next month.

Jha Jha says that she has tried to contact  Perry about the issue but  he hasn’t returned her calls.

“I wrote the song months ago,” Jha Jha said.  “ I visited Bob Perry’s studio on numerous occasions, and he initially gave me the beat.  I spent that night writing the hook and laying down my rap to it.  I was going to use it for the Jim Jones' Byrd Gang album but decided not to since I parted way with Jim.  Koch Records knows what they did was wrong, especially Bob Perry.”

Whether Jha Jha will take any legal action is still unknown.

Listen to Jha Jha’s “Lights Out” and  Foxy’s “Lights Out”.