E! Online - UPDATE: The charges were dropped April 15, with prosecutors saying that the alleged victim, Nate Dogg's estranged wife, never contaced them.

Criminal charges have been dropped against Nate Dogg, who was accused of stalking and threatening his estranged wife.

AP - Criminal charges have been dropped against Nate Dogg, who was accused of stalking and threatening his estranged wife.

Usually, when rappers work with rock bands, they out their own bad---- or at least totally pedestrian-- tastes. Witness, for example, Q-Tip enlisting Korn for a collab, or Coldplay's Chris Martin and his bizarre evolution into some sort of Nate Dogg 2.0. So it's heartening to see a young rapper pairing up with a great rock band, especially when ...

It's kind of a goofy move for 50 Cent to release an album called Before I Self Destruct in 2009-- most of us would've said he self-destructed a few years ago. 50's been in downward-spiral mode for a minute now; first his Curtis famously lost its 2007 sales-battle with Kanye West's Graduation, and then G-Unit sophomore effort T.O.S. bricked hard ...