DJ Whoo Kid
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If DJ Whoo Kid could pull off a collaboration between 50 Cent and the deceased Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac, why couldn't he unite 50 and Michael Jackson on wax?

According to the DJ, who recently spent several hours with the King of Pop in Bahrain, it's a very real possibility.

Whoo Kid just came back from spending some time in the Persian Gulf nation with its ruler, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the Sheikh's son, John Legend, model Tyson Beckford and Jackson. Whoo Kid said he and Mike became so tight on the trip that he's trying to orchestrate a collaboration between 50 and M.J.

"I [saw] Michael Jackson sitting by the pool sippin' lemonade," Whoo Kid recalled of the beginning of his day with the royal family and others in Bahrain. "They didn't tell me he was going to be there — I didn't even expect Michael to be in the country. So I'm like 'F---ing Michael Jackson is here, sippin' lemonade!'

"I said 'What's up?' to him and acted like I wasn't groupie-sized. I gave him respect for all the sh-- he did, but in my head I was going crazy. He said, 'I'm just chillin' ' — he actually said 'chillin'!' F---ed my head up, so I walked away from him. Everybody gave him his respectful space."

Whoo Kid said he originally connected with Bahrain's royal family after he was recommended to DJ their parties by mutual contacts, including the Prince of Monaco and Seif Khadafy, son of Libyan dictator Moammar ("They're huge G-Unit fans," the DJ said).

During his trip, Whoo Kid also found himself invited to dinner with the sheik, Legend and Jackson. Apparently people were giving Jackson too much space at dinner — there was an empty seat next to him, which other guests were evidently too intimidated to fill. Finally Jackson, who'd laughed at some of Whoo Kid's jokes earlier in the day, called the DJ over to sit with him.

"Mike was like, 'Whoo Kid, come sit over here,' the DJ said in a high-pitched voice, mimicking Jackson. "I was like poinng! He was supposed to be there for like 45 minutes; he stayed for five hours. We was talking about Eminem. He was like, 'Is Eminem really retired?' I forgot that Eminem totally cremated him in one video ['Lose It'], but [Michael] didn't even bring it up. Then he started talking about 50."

Whoo Kid said that Jackson expressed some interest not only in working with 50 but also Kanye West on a new album. Whoo Kid arranged a phone conversation between Fif and M.J. awhile later.

As for the dinner itself, Whoo Kid said he was acting as a dietary and fashion consultant to Jackson.

"They had a whole lamb they brought to the table and Mike was eating some weird vegetables," Whoo Kid said. "I told Mike, 'You better get up on some of this lamb.' I said, 'Let me get some of this lamb ass.' The Sheikh was dying [laughing] because I kept saying 'lamb ass.'

"You can't talk to Mike all fluffy like everyone does," he continued. "I got him to curse — he said 'sh--.' I told him he needs to cut his hair, get some million-dollar earrings, get a million-dollar watch and take all them spaceship clothes off. He said, 'I have to change my whole outlook.' He said he was trying to work out."

When his schedule permits, Whoo Kid says he plans to go back to Bahrain and hopefully record with Jackson for one of his mixtapes — a 50/ Michael Jackson collaboration is tops on his wish list. In the meantime, Whoo Kid has a slew of mixtapes dropping soon: There's one with Freeway coming (the prince is said to be making an appearance on that one), Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent and new CDs from Mase and Mobb Deep.

Whoo Kid said the next job he wants is to be musical ambassador of Bahrain.

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Artist: Sickamore & Jacob the Jeweler

Mixtape: Diamonds Are Forever

Representing: Brooklyn, New York

The 411: Sickamore's been in the game for a few years now, but in 2004 he's running with the big dogs (he's even made mixtapes with Snoop). Clue, Kay Slay and Envy aren't the only NYC spinners with the sick (pardon the pun) exclusives: For Diamonds Are Forever, Sickamore teams up with hip-hop's most famous iceman, Jacob the Jeweler, and video poster girl Gloria Velez.

Joints To Check For:

• "If You So Gangsta" by Lloyd Banks. Who says New York rap stars have to rely on beats that sound like they were birthed in the South or the West? Banks keeps this track pure Rotten-Apple gutter over a monstrous concoction of bass and drums, questioning the courage of fake Gs while once again levying a barrage of punch lines and boasts. "Every now and then a new kid gotta win/ Unfortunately for you, I'm him."

• "Click, Click" by Icarus. Tuck your chains, get some extra security guards for the armored truck and put a few more cameras in your office building's lobby: Icarus is on the prowl. Ic raps about sticking up half of the industry, but where 50 Cent talked about artists on "How to Rob," Ic is trying to get the goods from label CEOs: Diddy, Def Jam's Kevin Liles and Jermaine Dupri are all subject matter. "I come up with all my brothers, run up in Warner Bros./ Have Lyor Cohen empty the safe for all the number," he raps.

• Eminem freestyle. "You ain't never seen momentum switch like this/ Since 50 put you-know-who outta business," Em starts off, rapping over Lloyd Banks' "On Fire," a track Slim Shady co-produced. Em then goes off the top of the head and even freaks Das EFX's old diggity style.

Don't Sleep: Other Notable Selections This Week

• Juelz Santana's Back Like Cooked Coke
• Consequence's Take 'Em to the Cleaners
• Federation and Vybz Kartel's Time Served
• DJ Vlad's Vlad the Butcher Presents Old Gangsters & Young Gunz
• Cutmaster C's True Stories mixtape and DVD
• Big Mike's Something for the Radio Pt. 3 and Cruel Summer 2k4 Pt. 2
• DJ Wreck's No More Mister Nice Guy Pt. 4, hosted by Method Man
• DJ Sleepy Eye's Summa's Over

'Hood's Heavy Rotation: Bubbling Below The Radar

• "Ain't No Click" by Lloyd Banks featuring Tony Yayo
• "Higher" by Do or Die featuring Kanye West
• "Flap Your Wings" by Nelly
• "Red Light" by Usher
• "Flatline" by Beanie Sigel and Peedi Crakk
• "Breathe" by Fabolous

Celebrity Favs

Carmelo Anthony, #15 on the Denver Nuggets and runner-up to LeBron James for the NBA's Rookie of the Year, joins the long list of cats who love Jadakiss' The Champ is Here mixtape. He plays the CD before games.

"I'm a 'Kiss fan, that's my favorite rapper," Melo said. "The champ is in the building! That 'Kiss CD that's gonna come out [Kiss of Death] is gonna be fire. I also like Hov, but right now, the hottest song out is Fat Joe's 'Lean Back.' "

The Streets Is Talking: News & Notes From The Underground

Whoooooooooo Kiiiiid! The G-Unit's DJ is bringing together a gaggle of MCs for an upcoming mixtape like he always does. This time, however, it's for a better cause than just setting a buzz for artists' upcoming albums: He's doing it for his country. The Queens DJ is working on a street CD for the Rap the Vote organization.

"They will just be freestyling about life — not actually about voting, but about society and stuff like that which can be taken care of through voting," Whoo Kid explained last week in New York before taking off to Norway. "It's all about their life and situations which we could be aware of. It's not going to be dumb freestyles about gold, jewelry, cars or nonsense like that."

Whoo Kid said that so far Nas, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and the whole G-Unit have agreed to contribute records, and he also expects P. Diddy to sign up. His Rap the Vote mixtape should be hitting the streets around Independence Day.

"It's gonna get bootlegged so hard 'cause I got all the top artists out there freestyling," he predicts. "Rappers can help wake the kids up. It's not just about entertainment, whips and rims. That's cool but reality always hits."

Speaking of reality, Whoo Kid got a dose of the surreal life while DJing at the Hot 97 Summer Jam concert on June 12. Perched high above the stage in his DJ booth, Whoo Kid literally got a bird's-eye view when the G-Unit and 50 Cent's friends-turned-nemeses Bang 'Em Smurf and Domination engaged in some back-and-forth ruckus (see "50 Disses Headliner R. Kelly, Storms Off Summer Jam Stage").

"I didn't even think that it would be that crazy," Whoo Kid said about Smurf, Domination and their Silver Back Guerilla crew showing up in the front row of Summer Jam. "Lloyd Banks was like 'what the f---?' He couldn't believe that they were so close to the stage. He had four grand in cash that he threw at them. 50 threw like five grand at them, just trying to degrade them and show them they ain't worth anything. People thought that it was fake money but when they figured that it was real, chaos started. It was like damn near a sea of money 'cause the wind took it all."

Soon after, Smurf's crew started throwing chairs at the stage. "Them chairs were kind of light so they didn't really do any damage, but 50 caught one perfectly," Whoo Kid continued. "It was crazy, but the crowd was still going. I never cut the music off. I'm already used to a 50 Cent concert. We've seen it all: beatdowns, shoot-outs. We don't stop the music — it just keeps going."

If you think 50 isn't going to hit the streets again soon, especially in light of his recent Summer Jam drama, you're playing yourself. Whoo Kid won't give too many details, but he's already working on a mixtape that will heavily feature 50. On one of 50's freestyles, the general of the G-Unit will be rapping over a classic Biggie beat.

"He just called me from L.A. and did this crazy freestyle," Whoo said. "So I'm gonna do a Wild Boyz mixtape, cause they're wildin' out right now. Steve-O, Johnny Knoxville and all of them are going to be hosting. It's going to be some crazy sh--. Prepare to see a lot of craziness on that one."

Whoo Kid is keeping it Queens this summer: He's also working on a Nas mixtape.

For other artists featured in Mixtape Mondays, check out Mixtape Mondays Headlines.

For a full-length feature on the role of mixtapes in the music industry, check out "Mixtapes: The Other Music Industry."

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