✦Was on November 2nd, 2006 pulled offer by police and issued a summons for talking on his cell phone while driving in New York City, where it is illegal to drive while talking on a cell phone.
✦Faced a lawsuit in March 2006 from a fan named Melvin Smith who alleged that he along with one of his bodyguards had beat him severely so that he had to sustain neck and back injuries.
✦Encountered a shooting incident during the making of the remix version of "Touch It" music video in early February 2006 and while he was not hurt, his bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, sadly was shot to death.
✦Cut his dreadlocks he had grown since 1989 in November 2005 during a photo shoot in a New York barbershop.
✦Gained number 417 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart in 2004.