AHH Stray News: BMF, Nas & Nelly F., Beastie Boys

 Four members of the Black Mafia Family organization were arrested earlier this week, including one suspect who was on the Atlanta Police Department's 10 Most Wanted list. Police busted Ernest Dennis, 37, and Jonathan Manigualt, in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, which was once a strong hold for members of BMF. The other two members, Ricardo Webb and Tovis Raines were also taken into custody, leading U.S. Marshals to declare that BMF has effectively been shutdown. "We know that they don't have level of contacts or access to drugs and money the way they had before, so we're slowly destroying their organization," U.S. Marshal James Ergas told Atlanta's Fox 5. In a previous interview with AllHipHop.com, BMF's founder Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory  denied the organization was weakening, despite the fact the he and his brother Terry "Southwest T" Flenory are each serving 25-year sentences.

Rapper Nas is back in the studio working on new material with Canadian songbird, Nelly Furtado. According to sources, the new track with Nas will be featured on Furtado's upcoming album Lifestyle, which is slated to hit stores later this year. "Just finished rough mix of my track featuring @Nas," Nelly Furtado tweeted. "You'll hear it soon!!! Xo." Throughout the years, Nelly Furtado has collaborated with a number of rappers, including Timbaland, The Roots, Missy Elliott, Jurassic 5 and others.

The Beastie Boys have revealed that their highly anticipated album Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2. will land in stores this May. The album is the second installment of the unreleased version of Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1, which was shelved indefinitely, although the music on Part 2 contains all of the tracks slated for Part 1 of the album. According to representatives for EMI, Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2 will be released to the public on May 3rd.