In an interview with Machine Gun Kelly, Billboard's Erika Ramirez reports that, according to a source at the label, Machine Gun Kelly has signed with Interscope Records.
If true, this does not mean that he hasn't also signed to Bad Boy, as Diddy's label is distributed by Interscope and is part of their family of labels. For months, persistent rumors have placed the Cleveland rapper with the label.
"I don't want anyone touching my team, my management," he said. "These are people I've grown up with and have been raised with. I want them included in everything that I do. I don't want my engineers to change, I don't want my management to change, my tour manager, none of that s*** to change. All of that stuff can kick rocks."
U2 takes the top slot with $195 million. Representing hip-hop, you have The Black Eyed Peas at #7 ($61 million), Usher at #12 ($46 million) and Jay-Z at #17 ($37 million).
Isaac claims that he did so at the behest of James "Jimmy Henchmen" Rosemond, who paid him $2,500 - plus whatever he could take Shakur. The letter also included mentions of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a manner that suggested that the Bad Boy CEO was not innocent. Oddly, however, Isaac declined to go into further detail about his allegations, instead saying that more would come in the future.
Jeffrey Lichtman, a lawyer who represents Rosemond, has told Nancy Dillon of the New York Daily News that Isaac is lying and that he is doing so because he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is currently sentenced to just that, having been indicted on charges of murder, robbery, fraud and witness intimidation, according to AllHipHop.com.
"It's a flat out lie," Lichtman said. "Dexter Isaac is not claiming this 17 years later to clear his conscience. He's doing it because he's told anybody who will listen he doesn't want to die in prison. He has kids and wants to work off his sentence. He can't be trusted."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department told the paper that detectives will be interviewing Isaac.
ThisIsRnB.com reports from Ryan Leslie's free performance last night at the Apple store on 14th Street in New York City. During his set, Leslie performed "Fly," which he said was a new Red Cafe record that will also feature Rick Ross. Watch below.
AllHipHop.com reported today that Dexter Isaac, an inmate at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center who is serving live in prison for crimes including murder, has confessed to involvement in the 1994 shooting and robbery of Tupac Sharkur at the Quad Studios in New York City.
Isaac, who's name has been mentioned in connection to the attack previously, says that he was paid $2,500 - plus whatever he could take from Shakur - by Jimmy "Jimmy Henchmen" Rosemond, who's company, Czar Entertainment, represents Game and Sean Kingston.
His motivation for coming forward at this time, Isaac said, was because of Rosemond mentioning his name in a statement posted at AllHipHop.com, where Rosemond defended himself from unrelated cocaine charges, suggesting that the government's case relied on informants like Isaac who, in the full letter posted on AllHipHop.com, maintains that he has "never been a rat for anybody."
In a troubling and potentially dangerous way, however, Isaac's letter seems to introduce just as many questions as it answers. At one point, it mentions Sean "Diddy" Combs and hints at some form of involvement.
