Lloyd Banks’ Charges In Canada Dismissed

That’s Chris Hines. Look at that picture, read the article, and look at the picture again. From All Hip Hop:

G-Unit member Lloyd Banks won a major victory in court last week (July 15th), when an Ontario judge dismissed criminal charges against the Queens, New York rapper.

The charges stemmed from an incident in January of 2010, when Lloyd Banks, born Christopher Lloyd and a group of men allegedly assaulted Chris Hines, a well known booking agent in Ontario, Canada.

Banks and several other men were accused of assaulting Hines after a show at Club NV, just outside of Ontario.

Hines claimed that Banks and several other men held him hostage in a hotel room and assaulted him for over 20 minutes.

Last week, Justice Michael Epstein dismissed all charges relating to the January incident, which sparked headlines around the world.

“Banks would like to thank his Canadian counsel, Patrick Ducharme, and the authorities in Ontario for doing ‘the right thing,” Banks’ United States lawyer, Scott Leemon ESQ., told AllHipHop.com.

“After a careful and neutral evaluation of the facts, it is good to see that the system actually worked,” Leemon stated. “With this finally behind him, Banks looks forward to coming back to Canada soon.”

Charges were also withdrawn against two other men in the assault case, while a third, Nicklas Sloane, pled guilty to assault and received a $2,500 fine.

Rain – American Dreamin’ 3 (Album)

Before J. Cole, Fayetteville had Rain, who is now back with a street album to reintroduce himself to the world. Tracklisting, link and video after the jump.

01. AD3 Intro (Produced by Lex & Los aka The Rush)

02. Time Flies (Produced by Rain)
03. Tears Of A Man (Produced by Nide)
04. Everything I Love (Produced by Rik Marvel)
05. Get Loud
06. Once Again
07. Another Episode (Produced by Seige Monstracity)
08. Everyday
9. May Not Be (Produced by Lex & Los aka The Rush)
10. Watching The Streets (Produced by Lex & Los aka The Rush)
11. Precious (Produced by Rain)
12. Home Sweet Home (Produced by P. King)
13. Gangsta Music (Produced by Ski Beatz)
14. Some Things Change (feat. Tyler Woods) (Produced by Nashiem Myrick)
 

Bonus: Rain provides us with a video for the intro track.

Fans Create Petition For Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Lasers’

Looks like the fans are tired of waiting for Lasers to drop (or at least set a damn release date). I really do hope that this will actually make a difference. You can sign up here (I know I will).

Dear Atlantic Records,

The fans have been waiting for the release for Lupe Fiasco’s album “Lasers” for over a good year now. Since when it was originally announced finished last summer, there has still yet to be a release date announced. It has even been stated by Lupe Fiasco the artist himself, that the album is in fact completed. Enough is enough, we demand that you stop playing around and give us the album that we have been highly anticipating since the release of The Cool.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

 

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