Police say gangsta rapper Trick Trick was shot in the leg early Monday at a downtown Detroit club.

But a man claiming to be Trick Trick has told radio station WKQI-FM that he was at home “restin’ and chillin’” at the time of the shooting. Police say 36-year-old Christian Mathis and another man were shot about 1:15 a.m. during a fight at the Esko Lounge.

Mayoral spokesman Daniel Cherrin says Mathis told police that “he was Trick Trick.”

Cherrin says Mathis and 31-year-old Barry Washington were treated at local hospitals. Washington was shot in the right arm and groin area.

I am so confused.

“Me not answering or addressing that situation has nothing to do with my career. I’ve accomplished enough, and I’ve made enough money for me to be good…
Yes, it was me in those pictures. But I’ma tell you this. Me taking that job, I was doing my job. You understand what I mean?”

On His Street Credibility

“The stuff I talk about is real. The dope is real. The gun talk is official. Look up Kenneth ‘Boobie’ Williams. Look where he’s from. That’s not nothing to be proud of. I wish that on no man. But, just to let you know, that’s what I witnessed. It’s a reality. I cannot discuss certain people that’s still in the streets, and I will not. I took a street oath, and I’ma live by that, and I’ma die by that. And it’s not about a music career, ’cause that shit, I’m good. It’s about me and being in the streets.”

On His Feud With 50 Cent

“50 Cent made a statement [that he'll] ruin somebody life. Where I come from, it takes a AK-47 to do that. Cartoons, we laugh—funny. You put on a wig, come out the closet—funny. At the end of the day, we in the streets finna drop another No.1 album, we pressing on.”

Rick Ross’s cover issue of XXL magazine’s May 2009 hits newsstands April 7th.

The battery charge was included because the Rap star grabbed an airport screener’s arm to prevent the search of his luggage, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Coolio, who quickly gained his fame with 1995’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted and is scheduled to appear in court on April 3.

That is your daily rap news for today.

According to a source, Brown and Rihanna are working together on a track that will be featured on Chris Brown’s upcoming album.

“They’ve been working on it together,” a studio source told E! News.

The song is allegedly being produced by Polow Da Don and Adonis Shropshire. The two producers have reportedly been joined by Brown and Rihanna in a studio in Santa Monica, California for several days now.

A representative for Brown has yet to respond while a rep for Rihanna explained that, “We have no comment. The only statements are the ones that have been released thus far.”

Crazy story keeps getting craizier.