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Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common, Universal Music Group, Island Def Jam, and Interscope Geffen A & M were all hit with a copyright-infringement suit by the daughter of musician Joe Farrell, thanks to their sampling his 1974 song "Upon This Rock" without Farrell's estate's OK. [Reuters]

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Method Man Brings The Patois

Between The Wire and How High, Method Man's acting career has been one of the more rewarding in rap, so it's not a surprise that he'd take on bigger game. The upcoming film The Wackness is about a young drug dealer's friendship with his client/shrink Ben Kingsley, and Method Man will play the kid's marijuana supplier. The kid's Jamaican marijuana supplier. Check out this clip and decide for yourself whether he carries the accent or if the accent carries him. More »

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Method Man Needs To Take A Lesson From Willie Nelson

Proving that lawyers can have a wicked sense of humor if nothing else, Method Man has pled out for his May pot bust and has been sentenced to...community service in which he will teach young folks about how drugs are not a good shtick to build a moderately successful entertainment career on. This is like if ODB had been given community service as a someone's AA sponsor. Choice quote from Meth's lawyer: "This is a guy who flies in the face of all stereotypes about rappers." Well, except the one about a celebrity being dumb enough to drive around with his stash in his car. Still, if this means the next Meth/Redman collboration will be their children's album, then it was all worth it.

Method Man Cops Plea Agreement In Marijuana Case [XXL] More »

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Liner Notes: Method Man Goes To Pot

- What kind of a world do we live in when a rapper in a pot-filled SUV can't pay his tolls without getting busted by the man? [NY Daily News]
- Roger Daltrey claims the Live Earth concerts will be a waste of valuable resources—kind of like Endless Wire. [NME]
- Hinder, Buckcherry and Papa Roach will share the bill for the 2007 "This Is Why They Hate Us" tour. [Pollstar]
- Why did Michael Jackson have such a good weekend? Because "he's getting back his sex toys and paintings of nude young boys." Yay! Yay? [Page Six]