Jay-Z and Damon Dash get served with a $15 million lawsuit by Antonne Jones claiming that Roc-A-Fella stole the concept for the “State Property” movie from his novel. The Philadelphia man filed the lawsuit earlier this month in Manhattan Federal Court alleging that “State Property” was based on his novel “The Family: A Philadelphia Mob Story” and was used without his permission. Jones claims he met with Jay-Z and Damon Dash in '98 and offered to sell the movie rights to his book for $500,000. The pair countered with an offer of only $50,000 which Jones claims to have rejected..For all you cats out there, keep your hustle sharp..It's ruff out there.

The identities of R&B star Ashanti and actress Nia Long were stolen in an identity theft ring. In a complain filed in U.S. District Court in Rochester, Charles B. Curry Jr. and Shameika Drain Curry were charged with identity theft. The couple stole the identity of several people, including Ashanti and Long, to purchase cars, obtain credit cards and write bogus checks. To secure a $36,000 loan and purchase a 2003-Honda Infinity, Shameika Curry allegedly impersonated Ashanti. Shameika was also alleged to have impersonated Nia Long to write and cash a check for $8,300 made out to a cleaning service Curry runs. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, if the couple