West coast legendary rapper & producer DJ Quik has started a five-month stint in jail for assaulting his sister.

Quik, born David Marvin Blake surrendered in Fontana Superior Court last week to begin his sentence.

The incident occurred in 2003 when he pulled a gun on his sister during a family argument, according to police reports.

Last year he was ordered to spend 45 days in jail on weekends after pleading guilty to the assault, but never served his time. This resulted in a violation of his probation, causing Judge Keith Davis to increase Quik’s jail time to 150 consecutive days and ordering him to begin serving his time immediately.

After finally making an long overdue court appearance to battle traffic charges yesterday, DMX was sent to jail by the judge who had issued a warrant for arrest.

Judge Barbara Leak, who had granted DMX two postponements, issued a warrent for the rapper’s arrest, after he failed to appear in court on Wednesday (June 26) to face numerous driving charges from an arrest in White Plains, NY, last month.

X (born Earl Simmons) was stopped in downtown White Plains, NY on June 2nd for drivingt his 2001 Chevy Surburban at unreasonable speeds and making unsafe lane changes. Police said they found the rapper not wearing a seat belt and without a driver’s license.

He was then ticketed and told to appear in court on June 16, which he missed due to a ‘prior engagement’.

After that, the Yonkers bred rapper was ordered to appear in court on June 21, but also missed that commitment. His absence at yesterday’s scheduled hearing was the last straw for Judge Leak. “We have granted him a number of courtesies. It ends now,” she said. At Thursday’s hearing, Leak ordered DMX to be held on $25,000 bail. In the past two months, DMX has had several brushes with the law. He was recently cited for carrying a concealed handgun outside a nightclub and was also ticketed for another traffic violation, where he caused an accidenty by driving on the shoulder of a road.

In early May, he was arrested at Heathrow airport for verbal abusing an airline crew during a flight.

Culture Shock, a hip-hop dance troupe founded in 1993 by fitness trainer Angie Bunch, was featured in the Las Vegas Weekly on June 30, 1999. Culture Shock features dancers of all backgrounds who incorporate street life in movement. Many of the Culture Shock dancers have signed with large talent agencies in LA and have toured with groups like TLC.

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Pharrell Williams will be appearing in the new fall 2006 and winter 2007 ad campaigns for Louis Vuitton.

The nationwide advertisements will feature him surrounded by monogrammed Vuitton suitcases, as well as their new Innsbruck carryall bag.

“We brought to this campaign a touch of the street, elevated to a rich, modern chic that embodies the message of our ready-to-wear, accessories and bags,” said the company’s artistic director Marc Jacobs.

The women’s campaign features a variety of models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Daria Werbowy.

“Working with beautiful, iconic and powerful faces, we created compositions that boldly display Vuitton’s exquisite, super-luxe style,” said Jacobs. “What we were aiming for was a relentless portrayal of the chic, powerful women who will covet this season’s creations.”

Williams is also gearing up to release his solo album, In My Mind, which hits stores July 25 on Star Trak/Interscope.

A legal battle between TVT and Island Def Jam over early recordings by Ja Rule’s Cash Money Click will not be decided by the Supreme Court after Justices declined to hear the case earlier yesterday (6/26).

TVT sought out the higher court to overturn a decision handed down by New York’s 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals which took back a $132 million jury verdict TVT won in its original dispute with Island Def Jam Music Group.

Apparently the argument dates back to the days when Irv Gotti, born Irving Lorenzo, was an employee of TVT Records and Jeffrey Atkins, better known as Ja Rule, was a rapper in a group called Cash Money Click who were also at TVT. Although Gotti and Ja Rule eventually left TVT for greater success at Island Def Jam, TVT maintained the right to release music recorded by the group.

Court filings from Island Def Jam’s lawyers claim the dispute between the two labels began in 2001 when TVT threatened to release some lackluster Cash Money Click songs at the same time as Def Jam planned to release a Ja Rule album. According to the original TVT case, a side deal struck by representatives from both parties was not honored by Island Def Jam.

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The Game has confirmed that he is engaged to wed actress Valeisha Butterfield in March if 2007.

In a recent edition of Sister 2 Sister magazine, the rapper confirmed the rumors revealing that he gave Butterfield a 19-carat engagement ring.

The two have selected March 22, 2007 to be wed, the date being the anniversary the day he propsed.

“I was just as surprised as my family and everybody was,” Butterfield said. “I didn’t pass out, but I buckled and he caught me. We never dated, that’s the thing. We went from being friends to being engaged.”

Lil’ Jon, Hillary Duff and others attended a private engagement dinner that was held celebrating the couple’s union.

Butterfield is also the daughter of North Carolina Congressman GK Butterfield.

BET and master-mind DJ Whoo Kid have join forces to make the “The 2006 BET Awards Mixtape. The mixtape, which was to be handed out to press and attendees at the BET Awards in Los Angeles last night, will feature new music from 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West and Alicia Keys.

BET Executive Stephen Hill and on air personalities Big Tigger, Julissa, Mad Linx and Melissa Ford all provide skits and drops on the mixtape. “The 2006 BET Awards Mixtape” will be packaged as a double disc along with the Lloyd Banks mixtape “Mo Money in the Bank Pt. 4” which was recently released.

DJ Whoo Kid will also be releasing mixtapes by Eminem and 50 Cent, next week. The 50 Cent mixtape titled “G-Unit Radio: Pt. 21 - Hate It or Love It,” features a freestyle in which the G-Unit honcho creates The Game’s funeral and a hanging of his rivals.

Eminem’s mixtape titled “The Re-Up,” will feature exclusive music from the Detroit bred rapper, Stat Quo and sneak peeks of Obie Trice’s sophomore album, Second Rounds On Me.

The 2006 BET Awards was hosted by actor and comedian Damon Wayans. The event was kicked off with a performance from Beyonce where she debuted her new single “Déjà Vu,” which features Jay-Z, while Prince closed out the show with a special song which is being kept under wraps.

Other performers who performed at the awards included Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole, Lil’ Wayne and Mary J. Blige.

Wednesday, June 25, 2003 the San Francisco Chronicle features Hip-Hop filmmaker Kevin Epps who is making a difference in the lives of youth in Hunter’s Point. Kevin, who once sold drugs, has now built a youth park where many of his deceased friends’ children play. Epps hopes that through his films he can teach youth the difference between the easy way out that is portrayed in rap music with drug dealing and hustling and working hard to get an education.

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A host of rappers and lyricists will lend their talents to Sting Miami 2006, an event organizers described as a “Woodstock style peace festival” scheduled to take place in September 2006 at the Miami Bayfront Park in Miami.

Wyclef Jean, Ying Yang Twins, Beanie Man, Luke, Trina and others are featured in the lineup for the event, which takes place September 24. The event is being staged by FSBO Media Holdings and Survival Four Inc.

“The Sting Miami 2006 concert represents a new era for the company with the specific goal of producing and promoting events of international standards and quality,” said Survival Four Inc.’s CEO Nerissa Toney. “Our plan is to capitalize on the brand name event like Sting, which has established itself as a true reggae/dancehall brand internationally.”

According to Toney, other Sting events are being organized in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, England, Germany, Australia and Japan. “We believe the general appeal of reggae, reggaeton, hip-hop and R&B will allow us to draw huge crowds and tremendous attention to FSBO Media Holdings,” added Steve Bazsuly, Chairman of FSBO Media Holdings.

Bazsuly also noted that the companies are in negotiations with R&B songstress Mary J. Blige to complete the festival’s final lineup. The Queen, Mary J. Blige is also headed out on her own tour this summer.

Block Entertainment, in conjunction with Atlanta station V-103, will host a series of block parties this summer, organized by Bad Boy South President, Russell “Block” Spencer.

A total of four parties will be held every two weeks with the first one already taken place June 21.

“Our first party will be in Herndon Homes,” Block said. “[V-103’s] Ryan Cameron will host a live remote from there along with Greg Street. It’s important that we let the ‘hood know that we know where we come from.”

Block will also be giving away prizes like studio time and the opportunity to record a demo. The block parties are being put on as part of a community project of Block Enterprises’ Turning Pennies to Dollaz Foundation.

“Just like the Easter Egg Hunt we had last April [for the Kirkwood community], we will show the kids of Herndon Homes a good time with music, food, fun, and games,” explained Block. “They will get a chance to literally see us giving back.”

In February, Block inked a multi-million dollar label deal with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment and Warner Music Group (WMG).

As president of Bad Boy South, Block will oversee new releases from Boyz N Da Hood, as well as solo albums from rappers Yung Joc, Big Gee, Jody Breeze and rock n’ soul artist Jill Rock Jones. Block also happens to co-manage Rick Ross.