On his new mixtape New Jet City, released just yesterday, the heavy-lidded and crazy-prolific New Orleans rapper Curren$y went big, lining up a very serious roster of guests: Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, French Montana, Trinidad James, Jadakiss, Styles P, hometown hero Juvenile. He also enlisted big-deal producers like Harry Fraud, Lex Luger...

Rapper ramps up protection after 'eye-opener', say sources

Rick Ross plans to hire 24-hour armed security following a failed drive-by shooting on Monday

Shots were fired at hip-hop star Rick Ross this past weekend but contrary to rumors, he was not shot

The rapper was leaving his birthday celebrations at a local nightclub when the incident happened