B13 Peer Review

Lil Wayne  is in ICU in critical condition after suffering yet another seizure, and we're told it doesn't look good ... TMZ has learned. We broke the story ... the 30-year-old rapper was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A. Tuesday night after suffering multiple seizures.  He was released Wednesday but just hours later one of his bodyguards found him in his room, on the floor and unconscious. Wayne was rushed to the hospital again, but this time he did not stabilize.  He was taken to ICU, where he was placed in restraints because he was shaking uncontrollably. We're told Wayne is currently "unstable," and has been placed in an induced coma.  He is breathing through tubes. We're told several people are at Wayne's bedside crying, and a number of rap artists and family members are on the way.  Sources say the scene is violent as Wayne shakes uncontrollably. Sources say there's evidence Wayne went on a Sizzurp binge after being released Wedn...

No, you didn’t hit your head and wake up in 1994 — an independent artist has topped  the Billboard Hot 100  for the first time in nearly 20 years, and for only the second time in history. Thanks to their brassy, bargain-hunting hit  “Thrift Shop,”  Seattle hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis join ’90s folk-pop singer Lisa Loeb in the elusive club of  artists who reached number one without a label . Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, has been recording music since the early 2000s, only began getting noticed this fall with the release of  The Heist , his full-length debut album, recorded with production partner Ryan Lewis. Macklemore makes his strong feelings about big labels no secret on the album: In a song titled  “Jimmy Iovine”  — named for the chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M who helped make another white rapper, Eminem, famous — Macklemore takes down record contract politics with the unequivocal closing line, “I’d rather be a starvi...

She Wows 'American Idol' Judges -- again Once again, Candice Glover brought the judges and the audience to their feet. The St. Helena Island native performed Ben E. King's "I (Who Have Nothing)" on Wednesday night during her first performance competing as an "American Idol" top 10 finalist. This week's theme was "Music of American Idols." Contestants chose a song a previous winner either sang on the show or released afterward. Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks sang the King classic in the Top 11 and again in the Top 3 that season. After Glover sang, the judges again lavished praise on the 23 year old. "Just know that if we had more time, we'd still be standing and clapping right now," judge Keith Urban said. "I love you so much. There's so many things I love about you, I'd never have enough time." Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/03/13/2419004/st-helenas-candice-glover-wows.ht...

Youtube Miley Cyrus  was spotted earlier this week shooting a music video with  Lil' Kim  and rising talent  Tiffany Foxx . The video in question is for Foxx's tune "Twisted," which will presumably make its way out into the world in the coming weeks. "It was total pandemonium," Foxx told  MTV News  about the shoot. "It was so much fun. Me and Kim, we decided to shoot it out in California. And Miley, you know, had been reaching out to Kim via Twitter. And then she reached out to me." According to Foxx, Miley's appearance was totally unexpected. "She surprised me and came out to set," Foxx explained. "She said she wasn't going to be able to make it... so she surprised me and came and we had a great time." While we'll have to wait to hear the tune, Lil' Kim recently announced she's  back in the studio . Maybe Miley will throw a verse on her album? Watch Behind-The-Scenes of Tiffany Foxx...

Brooklyn rap veteran  Lil' Kim  continues to make headlines this month, now stirring up reports about a $1 million lawsuit filed against former business associates. According to reports,  Kim has taken aim  at a couple of shady individuals. Lil' Kim filed a $1 million lawsuit against a lawyer and businessman who she claims duped her into signing a series of bad licensing agreements. The 38-year-old former rapper says  Sunny Barkats  bamboozled her into entering transactions that gave himself and his partner,  Andrew Ro , a 44% stake in a corporation formed to license her brand names. Lil' Kim claims that she eventually wised up to the shady deals in December 2012, but Barkats refused to rescind them. Barkats called the lawsuit a "frivolous" attempt for her to back out of contracts. ( New York Daily News ) Heading into the weekend, the Queen Bee  struck select media  for years of allegedly distorting her image through photo  e...

The rapper leaves New York jail to begin tax evasion sentence. Ja Rule  was released from an upstate New York prison the morning of (February 21) after serving nearly two years for an illegal gun possession charge. The former Murder Inc. superstar now awaits word from the federal government on when he will begin his 28-month sentence for tax evasion. The rapper, born Jeffrey  Atkins , owed $1.1 million in back  taxes  and admitted to a federal court that he  failed to pay taxes  on the more than $3 million he earned from 2004 to 2006. "I in no way attempted to deceive the government or do anything illegal," Atkins said in court. "I was a young man who made a lot of money… I didn't know how to deal with these finances, and I didn't have people to guide me, so I made mistakes." U.S. Marshalls escorted the 36-year-old MC from  Oneida County Jail this morning  where he was being held in protective custody because of his high profile. He...