Good news for Fat Joe fans, the Bronx-based rapper has announced that he will release a new album, kind of hilariously titled, The Elephant in the Room, early in 2008.

Aww, brothers in weight ...

Fat Joe will release his next album, Me, Myself & I, on and independent label this fall. It will probably not be Definitive Jux or Rawkus.

I wonder what city that could be?

If there's one thing Chicago is teaching this guy about people, it's that they come in all shapes and sizes. Too often I get stuck covering the skinny, starved indie rocker-types. Forget that; these people are the ones getting it right.

SOHH reports that there is a "strong" chance that Fat Joe and Young Buck got into a bit of a scuffle backstage at a Chicago concert.

Q: If you were Fat Joe and some dudes named Kill All Rats -- who you must have co-signed to the Terror Squad brand at the wrong end of a leaned-back weekend -- had a banger on their hands, what would you do?

I wonder how many times Pacman Jones had to re-buy the ringtone after having his cell confiscated by investigating authorities. That's like five units moved right there. Joey, buy the kid dinner or something.