INDUSTRY INSIDER-
The Inside Scoop on this week in Hip Hop.
Week of: 7/2-7/6
Written By: Natalie Hinds

What’s poppin people? It’s ya gurl Miss Hinds here to entertain you with another edition of the Inside Scoop on What’s What in the World of Hip-Hop. This week’s news surely includes some “eye-openers” so get ya Visine ready….

BREAKING NEWS!!! KIM PORTER HAS LEFT THE KING OF NEW YORK! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, Diddy’s baby’s mother, Kim Porter, has had enough of the Sienna Miller’s, the J-Lo’s and the Cassie’s. She has reportedly moved out of his apartment in New York City and has no plans to return. According to an insider who revealed this information to the NY Post, Porter is in Louisiana filming a movie and filming is complete, she’ll head to Los Angeles. I hope for her sake, she’s serious. But judging from her history with this “Making the Band” exploiter, she’ll be right back in his arms before we know it!

In other news, G-UNIT head honcho Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has decided to pull the plug when it comes to funding his record label’s artists. He’s spent a reported $8.5 million of his own money to bring several rappers with him on his most recent tour, along with their entourages so that they may travel in “comfort.” He tells XXL Magazine, “…I broke it down. I told them I wouldn’t be assisting them financially anymore…. [In the past] they’d make a lot of money and have me there to fix it.” I guess all good things come to an end huh 50? Besides why spend money on artists when he’s got a PYT on his arm now-a-days. If you don’t know who, she’s got ‘goodies’ that aren’t up for grabs!

In BEEF NEWS, 50 isn’t the only person circulating rap beef in the industry. Word has it, Huey, the St. Louis rapper that owns the “Pop, Lock and Drop It” single has beef with Nelly! Apparently after Nelly’s refusal to work with him on his debut album, Notebook Paper, Huey decided to throw some shots at him via music. He told Sohh, “Nelly is disrespectful and arrogant. His head is as big as this f***** table I’m sitting at. He’s on some arrogant unsupportive bullsh**.” The track “Down, down baby” takes shots at Nelly and the St. Lunatics while mocking Nelly’s first single “Country Grammar.” Nelly has retaliated with a track titled, “Cut it Out.” Features Pimp C and Sean P.

The Notorious Karrine “Superhead” Steffans is prepping a strong return with another tell-all tale! The new book which follows her debut, Confessions of a Video Vixen, will illustrate her life from when her first book was released all the way to last month. In the upcoming issue of KING Magazine, she reveals that she has had a couple of new affairs with some BIG name artists and of course she will not bite her tongue, well not if you don’t want her to of course (wink, wink). In addition she gives a snippet of her affair with Lil Wayne but not as much as what she tell KING about her fling with Ne-Yo. According to Steffans he’s quite the “feet biter.” Her sophomore effort is slated to hit the stands on September 25.