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MUSIC BITS: Cop wins judgment against Turk; B.G. preps new album; everyday Corey Clark’s hustlin’; Peebles honored by Black Star News.
*A Memphis area police officer has won a $10 million dollar judgment against rapper Tab "Turk" Virgil stemming from a shoot-out during an apartment raid in January 2004. Deputy Chris Harris was shot in the jaw, hip arm and calf as SWAT team members stormed the apartment looking for hidden drugs. Turk was convicted of the shooting in a jury trial after ballistics found gunfire residue on his shorts. Last August, the former Hot Boys member was sentenced to 10 years in prison for being a felon with a handgun, a fugitive with a handgun and a drug addict with a handgun. He was also sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted second-degree murder.
*Another former Hot Boy, rapper B.G., is preparing to drop his new album “B.G. Presents Life With Chopper City” via his Chopper City Records label under Atlantic. The group Chopper City includes B.G.'s brother Hakizzle, VL Mike, Gar and Sniper. Rapper T.I. will produce the disc, and will also make a guest appearance alongside Mannie Fresh and Juvenile. The album comes on the heels of his newly-released “The Heart Of Tha Streetz: Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am).”
*Corey Clark is once again using his “American Idol” ties to help hustle his own product. According to TMZ.com, the former contestant on the Fox show was spotted Tuesday trying to hock his own self-titled CD outside a Coffee Bean on Sunset Blvd., just a few blocks from the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Blvd. where Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee were battling it out for the crown. Clark, who was kicked off the show in the second season, has also been seen trying to hustle his CDs in crosswalks and sidewalks as his friends play the disc on a boombox.
*Filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles has been added to the list of honorees at this year's Black Star News Annual Awards Dinner, to be held tonight in Manhattan at the Puck Building (295 Lafayette St., near Houston St). "We're honored to have this great fearless legend at our awards dinner," says Black Star News publisher and CEO, Milton Allimadi. "You can't talk about American cinema without mentioning Melvin." Tickets can still be purchased at the door for $100. Those with student ID's can purchase tickets for $50. The evening kicks off with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner, awards and entertainment until 10 p.m. For tickets call (212) 352-3101 or visit www.melvinvanpeebles.com/aint
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