After taking a well missed hiatus from the rap game, rapper-turned-actress
Eve is in the Lab preparing her return to the music scene. Billboard reports that Eve has once again teamed up with Ruff Ryders super producer Swizz Beatz’s Full Surface imprint. “I’m doing all the work,” Swizz says. Eve will remain affiliated with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label. Her self-titled sitcom airs on UPN Thursdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Jadakiss is celebrating the recent launch of his Bada Bing
Cigars
. The slow burning Nicaraguan cigars are made of
natural, hand-picked leaves. The cigars will hit retail outlets in New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in April.
Bada Bing is the result of a venture between Jada and Cutting
Edge, LLC
. “The responses that I have been getting from the streets
have been marvelous
,” Says Jada.