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Lil Wayne is scheduled to be arraigned sometime around now after being arrested last night by the Yuma (Ariz.) County Sheriff's Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency (!). The charges against him reportedly total three felonies: possessing dangerous drugs; possession of narcotics; and possession of drug paraphernalia. [AllHipHop]

Yung Joc will appear in a Cleveland court today after getting caught with a loaded weapon while trying to board a plane on Monday. The rapper claims that he didn't realize the gun was in his baggage, although why do I have the feeling that he told the people working the check-in counter that yes, he did pack his own luggage? [AP]

Sigh: "Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been arrested in connection with an investigation into perverting the course of justice. Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said the Back To Black star was arrested 'by appointment' at a police station in east London." [Sky News via ONTD]

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Busta Rhymes' Amsterjam Slightly More Exciting Than Yours


We told you that getting out of Randall's Island can be a pain in the ass: Just after his Saturday-afternoon Amsterjam set, Busta Rhymes was picked up by the cops for an August 12th incident in which Rhymes and some pals allegedly kicked a Bronx man who spat on Rhymes' car. According to the Post, Rhymes was charged with assault, not to mention a weapons-posession rap for the ten-inch machete in the back seat of his armor-plated SUV (he really, really hates it when people block the box). The cops held him for twelve hours, and Rhymes' lawyer claims it was revenge for the rapper not cooperating with police in the investigation of his slain boydguard; we think it may also be payback for that awful Flipmode Squad "Cha Cha Cha" song from a few years back. More »