Posted 7/22/2007 04:48:00 PM by Douglas

Rap is officially lame. Remember the good old days when they were shooting each other and doin' each other's bitches? I guess that stuff is still going on, but it's lame shit like this that's making the headlines:

Platinum record-selling Houston rapper Lil' Flip was charged Saturday with credit card abuse in connection with the purchase of an airline ticket.

The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Wesley Eric Weston Jr., turned himself in on the felony charge around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and was released shortly thereafter on a $2,000 bond.

Weston, known as the "freestyle king" for his ability to improvise, is accused of buying a $671 Southwest Airlines ticket to Baltimore from Houston on June 8 with an American Express card held by a man identified as Jordan Salinger, according to a court document. Salinger, whose relationship, if any, with Weston is unknown, told authorities he did not authorize the purchase, according to the document.

It's hard out there on a hard bangin' playa and his criz-edit cards, yo! And then there's this incredible lameness:

Rapper 50 Cent sued an Internet advertising company for $1 million Friday, claiming it illegally used his image in a game where the player pretends to shoot him.

The game, called "Shoot the Rapper," shows 50 Cent walking back and forth in an ad across the top of a Web page while the viewer is encouraged to shoot him by aiming and clicking with the mouse, court papers say.

A successful shot results in a misty cloud of red, and the viewer is then directed to another Web page where the ad firm's client sells goods and services, according to the lawsuit.

The rapper's lawyer, Peter Raymond, says the game doesn't use 50 Cent's name, but "it looks like him, and there's no doubt the character is intended to be him."

Yo yo yo, my attorney is gonna have to go mad gansta on yo ass!

Dorks.