Wednesday Roundup

Rapper Method Man was recently hauled into court for failure to pay income taxes from 2004-2007. If convicted he faces up to four years in prision. The rapper blames his problems on, of all things, weed.  Rapper Jim Jones pleaded guilty to assaulting singer Ne-Yo's business associate outside a Louis Vuitton store in Manhattan, NY last December. Jones served an undisclosed amount of time behind bars after turning himself in to authorities in January 2009. In more hip hop news, rapper Shyne was recently released from prision after serving eight years for a 1999 shooting that occurred at New York City club, Club New York. Former congressman Tom Delay has left "Dancing With The Stars" due to an injury. Actress Debi Mazar is leaving the show as well. Rapper/actress Queen Latifah recently spoke of her concern that female mc's are in danger of becoming extinct in USA Today. Her first hip hop cd in a decade, "Persona" hit stores recently. Fat Joe, Saigon, The Backstreet Boys, Luke Brown and BeBe and CeCe Winans all have new music in stores. On dvd: "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" and "Chinatown". On the tube: "So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox, "New Adventures Of Old Christine" on CBS, "Hank" on ABC and "Mercy" on NBC. Happy hump day!