FRIDAY HIP HOP REPORT! (JULY 17TH)

<p>*CLICK ABOVE LINK TO SEE ACTUAL VIDEO*</p><p>Here is your Friday Hip-Hop for report for this week. If you missed any of the hottest news stories in Hip-Hop this week, get a full recap here! Have a great weekend and remember to be safe!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Top Hip Hop News Stories This Week:</span><br /></div><p><br />-The divorce between kelis and Nas is taking an ugly turn with Nas accusing kelis of fabricating his earnings &amp; asking for too much child support!</p><p>-50 Cent &amp; Jay Z are set to face off with album releases on the same day - Sep 11.</p><p>-And finally the recession continues to take its toll on urban brands. Ecko has put its 280,000 square foot manhattan head quarters on the market and Kellwood,the parent company of Baby Phat &amp; Phat Farm may have to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">New Albums &amp; MixTapes Released This Week:</span><br /></div><p><br />-Twista - Category 5<br />-Joe - Signature<br />-Chico Debarge - Addiction<br />-CunninLynguists - Strange Journey, Volume 1<br />-Krizz Kaliko - Genius<br />-J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid<br />-PMP WorldWide - "HOME OF THE HEAT VOLUME 1"<br />-DatPiff.com mixtape of the week is Drake "Heartbrake Drake Part 2"<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">New Music Released This Week:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">-Rakim - Holy Are You<br />-Bobby Valentino ft Rick Ross &amp; Jim Jones - Butterfly Tattoo<br />-Fabolous - Lullaby<br />-Young Buck - Pullin Me Back<br />-Freeway - Bloggers<br />-Rick Ross - Killer Instincts<br />-Gorilla Zoe ft Ne-Yo - Echo Remix<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">New Music Videos Released This Week:</span><br /></div><br />-Mariah Carey - Obsessed<br />-Slaughterhouse - The One<br />-Mack 10 ft Rick Ross &amp; Lil Wayne - So Sharp<br /></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6666; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">This Weeks Billboard 200 Charts:</span><br /></div><p><br />1. Michael Jackson - NUMBER ONES 348,507 - (CATALOG)<br />2. Maxwell - BLACK SUMMER'S NIGHT 319,000 - (NEW ENTRY)<br />3. Michael Jackson - THRILLER 263,803 - (CATALOG)<br />4. Michael Jackson - ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 147,808 - (CATALOG)<br />5. Michael Jackson - OFF THE WALL 106,513 - (CATALOG)<br />6. Michael Jackson - BAD 97,201 - (CATALOG)<br />7. Michael Jackson - DANGEROUS 67,394 - (CATALOG)<br />8. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. 63,000 - (672,000)<br />9. Jackson 5 - ULTIMATE COLLECTION 34,031 - (CATALOG)<br />10.Eminem - RELAPSE 34,000 - (1.2m)<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">-And still at number 1 is Michael Jackson's Number Ones selling 348,000 units.<br />-Michael Jackson had 7 albums in this weeks top 10.<br />-Alchemist ended up selling 7000 units</div>