The constant legal actions surrounding the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (real name: Christopher Wallace) hit another wall on Monday (December 17) when a U.S. district judge dismissed a second wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the rapper's family against the city of Los Angeles and former LAPD officer Rafael Pérez. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper sided with the city when she dismissed the case, which was originally filed in April (see "Wallace Family File Another Lawsuit Against Los Angeles For Death Of Notorious B.I.G."), due to the Wallace family not filing the suit within the designated time frame. "This was not the primary civil-rights claim, that suit is still going forward," Perry Sanders, the lead attorney in the Wallace family's ongoing wrongful-death suit, told the Associated Press. "This was a standalone action based on state laws, but the rigorous rules state that if you don't file suit within six months of the injury, then the suit cannot go forward, and we didn't find out that Pérez was on duty until August 2006." The April suit alleged that Pérez, along with fellow former police officers David Mack and Nino Durden, to murder the late rapper and that the city of Los Angeles covered up the officers' involvement to avoid being tangled in a lawsuit that would make the city liable in the killing. New evidence recently uncovered indicated that Pérez was on duty the night of the rapper's death, though the officer has denied any involvement. ...

A warrant was issued for R. Kelly's arrest recently after the R&B singer missed a court date because his tour bus was stopped by police in Utah. Judge Vincent Gaughan, the presiding judge in Kelly's child-pornography case, has entered the warrant, although it won't go into effect until Thursday (December 20) -- when he is ordered to appear at 9 a.m. The singer must obtain permission each time he travels outside the state of Illinois, and prosecutors in Cook County told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gaughan has already given Kelly a lot of leeway. "This is just an abuse of the process. It's disrespectful of your honor," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Shauna Boliker said. Kelly's defense lawyer Ed Genson reportedly said the bus was "detained because of some snow" following a concert in Sacramento, California, and that police needed to check the bus log because it wasn't filled out the right way. According to the Sun-Times, Genson told Gaughan that Kelly had tried his best to make it to court on time. ...

Gossip site, TMZ, recently posted the eight-minute 911 call made in the wake of Donda West's collapse last month (see "Kanye West's Mother Dies Suddenly In Los Angeles"). The disturbing recording consists primarily of a dispatcher attempting to coach a panicked, unidentified caller on how to perform CPR. The post has garnered a heated reaction, with TMZ users calling it "tasteless," "insensitive," "sick," "morbid" and "worse than grave-robbing." Users also called the site's staffers "pigs." ...

The Chris Brown/Bow Wow tour is slated to keep going, despite the recent hospitalization of Bow Wow. The rapper and singer both have added a dozen extra dates all the way into February 2008, as well as a second Madison Square Garden show in New York and a New Year's Eve gig in Universal City, California. The tour is now scheduled to wrap up February 2 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. ...

Fergie has been named Woman of the Year by Blender magazine, and is gracing the new issue in the mag, in which she confesses her love for her boyfriend, actor Josh Duhamel, she said she's "practically married" to. "I'm madly in love with him," she said. "He understands how to treat a woman and give me respect. And I'm gonna miss him on tour." Fergie reportedly started to cry after making that comment, as she did at the top of the chat, when she was told she had earned the Woman of the Year honor. "It feels like such an accomplishment. ... And -- I can't believe you made me cry. I'm so embarrassed. And I'm f---ing up my eyeliner." ...

50 Cent performed before nearly 25,000 fans on Monday (December 17) at a stop in Pristina, the capital of the Serbian province of Kosovo. ...

Jay-Z recently handed out some very nice compliments to band Radiohead during an interview with Billboard.com, when he called the band's idea to release their album, In Rainbows, exclusively on their website "a genius idea." He added that someone in hip-hop and R&B may follow suit, and it just may be him. "The model of selling CDs has changed," he said. "So doing things the typical way is not in the best interests of anyone and not exciting for me. My whole thing is, how do we invest in the future?" ...

The Wu-Tang's Gza recently had some choice words for 50 Cent, when he performed before a crowd at New York's Knitting Factory on Thursday night (December 13). During the show, he expressed his feelings toward 50's lyricism by saying he "ain't got no mother----ing lyrics." Also during the show, he paid tribute to his late Wu comrade Ol' Dirty Bastard, and performed his classic Liquid Swords album in its entirety. ...

Online retailer Zazzle has recently announced that they have entered into a deal with rapper Ludacris, under which they will feature and distribute merchandise from his record and clothing company, Disturbing Tha Peace. As part of the arrangement, Zazzle will create a gallery on their website that will feature DTP wares, proceeds of which will go towards beneficiary causes throughout the year such as World Aids Month, Black Music Month and Breast Cancer Awareness. The apparel provider for the project will be edun LIVE, a brand started by Bono and Ali Hewson that creates sustainable employment for workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

80s hip-hop star and accomplished actor, Will Smith, dominated the box office over the weekend with his latest film, "I Am Legend." According to reports, the film grossed $75 million. It was the largest outing for a December movie and shattered Warner Bros. hope that the film would gross $40 million. It also bested the previous record breaker, "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," by more than $3 million, a record that the film held since 2003. ...