… or at least that’s what someone wants us to believe.  There’s a tumor… aka Twitter rumor, spreading that Baby has died.  We’re calling bullshit.  There are no statements from anyone that substantiate the rumor.  No major media outlets are reporting on it.

I’ll feel like an ass if he has passed, but I’m gonna say this anyway (you all knew I would):  He has an album coming out in 2 weeks.  He needs to give somebody in his camp a high five for starting this fabulous example of social network marketing.  They created a great buzz.  Just wondering how long they’ll let it linger.  My guess is until it hits national news.  If you guys are reading this, we applaud you.

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A few weeks ago we told you about the feud between O.G triple O.G Ice T and Mr. Crank that Soulja Boy. If you didn’t catch it, Ice T came out and said that Soulja Boy was “single-handedly killing Hip-Hop”, and also added that Mr. Crank That should “eat a dick”. At the time we disagreed with the way Ice T came across, but after hearing what Soulja Boy told MTV we might have to rethink things.

Soulja Boy recently told MTV that he did not wanna improve his lyrical skills, he said:

“If I wanted to, [I could] go that route and be respected [not for] my success … respected [for] my music and my lyrics or whatever.”That’s why I did the mixtape that I did. I did a mixtape called ‘Teen of the South’ with Dj Scream. And I did that just to step my game up a little bit on that [lyrical] side. But I wasn’t really going into no album and just full-fledge trying to switch my swagger and try to get respect from the game.”

Soulja Boy seems to have a small chip on his shoulder. He followed that statement with adding:

“‘Cause why would I show love to the game? The game don’t show you love back. So I wasn’t gonna do that and come back out and mess up my image and mess up myself. I was going on the strength that I want respect from people who probably don’t like me anyway. So I’m gonna stick to what I do and stay being successful and I’ll do some mixtapes and some futures, something like that.”

Does he not realize that the “game” is what is putting food on his table every night. That’s like a rookie going into the league and saying that he isn’t gonna get better, that he is good and wants to keep his rookie image. If you a true artist like Jay Z, Bun B, Nas, or even the late great 2pac and Biggie, your fans will jam you anyway. We here at randomgossip.com have to agree with Ice T on one thing, and that is if what Soulja Boy feels is the way other young artists feel then Hip-Hop will die a slow painful death. Thank God that isn’t the case!

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Rick Ross has gone public about rumors that he and female rapper Foxy Brown are about to tie the knot. While he did not deny their relationship, he says that plans for nuptials are not in the works right now.

Ross tells MTV, “Nah, nah, nah. The engagement is just speculation. I’m married to the money.”

Rumors have been circulating that Foxy is moving into Rick’s Miami home and the two are in love. Rick neither confirmed nor denied the co-habitation rumors, so we’ll have to wait and see if that part is true.

While talking with MTV, Ross also confirmed that he is working with Birdman on a movie and it’s soundtrack, but did not give details about when we should expect to see and hear them.

We wish Rick good luck and as always, we’ll keep you posted!

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