*LL Cool J will soon be hollerin’ “G-G-G-G-Unit!” The veteran MC has announced that his next album will be executive produced by fellow-Queens rapper 50 Cent. "It's my last Def Jam record so I wanted to make it something special and something really unique and kinda get back to my roots a little bit," LL told MTV of his next album, titled “Todd Smith, Part 2: Back to Cool,” due in the fall. "50 reminds me a lot of the things that I used to do and the places I used to be in my life, and I think we can have a good time together. He's talented and I feel like I have something I want to say — I think he can help me get it off my chest."
*Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband Ojani Noa signed documents last week promising not to gossip about their marriage, however, it didn’t stop thesmokinggun.com from posting salacious tidbits Noa said about J.Lo in a deposition last month, including allegations that she cast “voodoo” spells on him and other boyfriends. "She was doing bad things to a lot of people," Noa alleged in the court papers. "She was doing all this religious bullsh*t to me, to [second husband] Cris [Judd], to Puffy [Combs], to [current husband Marc] Anthony." There were rumors in 2003 that Lopez called off her wedding to Ben Affleck after her spiritual adviser, Merle Gonzalez, warned against it.
*Wu-Tang Clan member Masta Killa will drop his sophomore album, "Made in Brooklyn," on Aug. 8 via Nature Sounds The set features appearances from the entire Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Method Man. MF Doom, Pete Rock and PF Cuttin are among the album's producers. "It's basically the same formula as [my first album] 'No Said Date' but with more of a Brooklyn swagger," Masta Killa tells Billboard. "It's a piece of me, where I come from and a dedication to the MCs, producers and the people from the neighborhood."
*Hip Hop’s first couple, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, will make an appearance at Philadelphia’s 3rd annual Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend, a series of charity events taking place July 21-23. Charles "Charlie Mack" Alston, a film producer and promoter who has served as Smith’s longtime aide, will donate a portion of the proceeds of the "Charlie Mack Party 4 Peace Celebrity Weekend" to various community-based charity organizations, including Mothers in Charge, a Philadelphia based nonprofit that supports women who have lost loved ones to violent crimes, as well as Yesha Ministries. Queen Latifah, Meagan Good, Regina King, Tracy Ellis Ross, Duane Martin, Allen Payne and Tichina Arnold are also scheduled to attend. For more information visit www.CharlieMackCelebrityWeekend.com.