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Rap Sheet: The Battle Line Are Drawn

• Shots fired: Benzino couldn’t be any happier about Elliott Wilson getting fired from XXL, decides to run his mouth, “Karma is a muthafucka!!!…The little bi*ch should have been let go years ago if you ask me… When I heard about this I thought it was beautiful…He (Elliot Wilson) doesn’t represent Hip Hop or the culture anyway. XXL and all the editors over there are just a copy cat of The Source and now them, Source and Vibe are feeling the fu*king pinch…. Now Yellow N*gga can go get a job sucking fu*king Jimmy Iovine since that’s what he was doing anyway…G Unit is over and so is Elliot. If I see him in the streets I’m a put a foot in his ass..I’ma do that for Hip Hop…”

• Stripped down: Kimora Lee Simmons is taking it all off for new PETA ad campaign. The “Ben an Angel for Dogs,” ad features the former Mrs. Russell Simmons nude with angel wings on, holding her dog Zoe.

• Tell’em: Soulja Boy continues his march towards internet stardom. His “Crank That” tune is pushing utterly massive numbers: 3,000,000 ringtones downloaded, his music video has been viewed ov er 28,000,000 on Youtube, his website gets more than 1,000,000 uniques per month, and his MySpace has over 27,000,000 profile views.

• Funny business: Styles P does a comedy routine at Cipha Sounds’ Don’t Get Gassed comedy series.