Hood Rich: Kid Sister: "I’m just tryin’ to get my shine on!", Will.i.am. joins Wolvie cast, Hot Boys lose steam

Yesssirrr it's time for Hood Rich: All the news that's fit to pimp. It's our feeble attempt at collecting some of the more interesting recent happenings in the world of hip-hop into one easily palatable information smoothie.

• AllHipHop has a great interview with Chicago club rapper Kid Sister up today. She talks about riding her bike two miles uphill in the snow, defines juke, and talks about what it was like coming from working in a children's clothing store and "slangin' bibs" to playing Giants Stadium and collaborating with Kanye West.
• Billy Sunday has a great piece up explaining why the rumored Hot Boys reunion ain't all it cracked up to be. He gets into why a Fat Boys reunion is more likely, talks about the state of hip-hop and R&B, and rappers behind bars.
• Oh, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am is now joining the cast of X-Men Origins: Wolverine now too. If only Fergie could get a role - ooh, maybe a To Wong Foo remake!
  
• Central Booking has an interview with street bass king, Philly DJ/Producer up, Dev 79. He talks about doing blow off the ass off select members of the fairer sex. Is that enough to get you to check it out?

Pop Pebbles: TVT R.I.P.; Armchair gangsters; Sisters in love; Black-eyed fighters

Because they can't all be gems, we bring you Pop Pebbles, the semi-regular feature where we try to shake the magical gossip nuggets that get stuck in our shoes the past few days.

• Ottoman O.G. Pharrell announced he'll be dropping a furniture line.
• The Black Eyed Peas Taboo is joining the cast of the upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
  
• Super-hot girl-pop throwbacks, the Puppini Sisters covered "Crazy in Love"
• TVT Records is declaring bankruptcy
• But wait! TVT ain't dead well, that's what they say for now, at least.