Hit Producer/Rapper Jermaine Dupri
has been named president of Island Record Urban Music,
a newly created division of Island Def Jam Music
Group. Dupri, who has produced hits
for artists from Usher to
Mariah Carey, also reunited with Island
Def Jam Chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid.


Singer R. Kelly (KELLS) missed a Chicago
court appearance on child pornography
charges Wednesday after undergoing surgery
for a burst appendix, his lawyer said,
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. (YE)

Jadakiss has been indicted on gun and drug charges.
On Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, he entered a not guilty
plea to charges of possessing a loaded handgun and
marijuana. (YE)