-Paul Wall lands a deal to bling out cars

-50 Cent calls Oprah a freak b**ch and reveals some nasty fetish stuff that are absolutely unprintable on a family site like The Rap Up.

-For the weedically inclined, Matt has the sneak peek YouTubage of Barry Cooper's "Never Get Busted Again" DVD.

-And the biggest seller of 2006 award goes to...

-Drug war targetting the wrong demographic.

-James Brown's widow lashes out at The Globe for suggesting that her husband didn't have to die.

-Sprint employee fired over Ludacris booking.

-Got Beats? Oh Word wants you.

-OJ's assets frozen.

-It's a well-sung chorus: Music downloads soar as album sales dip.

-Rizoh & Eskay take home the "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Hip Hop Blogging" award.