Fat Joe has filed a hefty lawsuit against his former hypeman for slandering him on social media, claiming the guy and his lawyer are trying to shake him down for a payday.

TMZ Hip Hop obtained court docs filed by Fat Joe on Tuesday (Apr 29), in which he claims his former hypeman Terrance “T.A.” Dixon is trying to collect money he didn’t earn and resorted to publicly calling the rapper a pedophile on social media when he didn’t get his way.

According to the lawsuit, Dixon claimed, on social media, Joe flew a 16-year-old girl across state lines for sex and posted the allegation along with a picture of Joe, Diddy, and DJ Khaled.

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Kid Cudi‘s new album era is officially here, and he’s kicking things off with a teaser of the lead single.

Taking to X on Wednesday (April 30), the Cleveland native revealed the song’s title is “NEVERLAND,” and included a brief visual – though he didn’t share a snippet.

“Pre save NEVERLAND, my first single from my new album, NOW! At http://kidcudi.com,” he wrote with a ferris wheel emoji.

When you head to the site, a countdown reveals the song will arrive next Friday, May 9.

Read more at HipHopDX

Mase is considering making an appearance at Diddy‘s upcoming trial.

The former Bad Boy artist opened a recent episode of his sports talk show It Is What It Is by asking viewers to vote on whether he should pull up or not. “I wanna put it out to the fans,” he said. “I’ll let the fans vote on it — unless you wanna vote on it, Killa. They’re asking me to come to the Diddy trial, You think I should go this week?”

Read more at Billboard