Two men being held hostage in Angola over a failed Nas concert were freed today (February 17).

TMZ.com reports that concert promoter Patrick Allocco and his son were freed by Angolan authorities
today, when a travel ban was lifted.

“We are relieved that this nightmare is over and are looking forward to coming home to our family and friends who have supported us with their prayers and optimism during this ordeal,” a rep for Patrick Allocco said in a statement.

The drama unfolded 49 days ago on New Year’s Eve, when Nas and Jemiah Jai failed to board a plane to Angola for the concert.

Armed men associated with local promoter Henrique Miguel’s company Casa Blanca Entertainment accosted the men as they attempted to reach the U.S. Embassay in the country, to help resolve the dispute.

The Allocco’s and his son were held hostage against their will for almost two months.

The local promoter demanded that the Nas return the $300,000, who eventually complied.

But the promoter demanded an extra $50,000 for expenses and damages, which the Allocco’s could not come up with.

Today, the men were escorted by U.S. Embassy officials to Lisbon.

The Allocco’s will arrive in Newark, New Jersey tomorrow (February 18).

Following her recent stint on the hit FOX show Glee as rival coach Grach Hitchens, rapper, actress, and fashionista Eve took to Twitter earlier today (February 17) to reveal that she would be making another return to television later this year on the NBC comedy Whitney.

Senior Director of NBC Entertainment Publicity, Tracy St. Pierre, has announced that the episode featuring Eve will air in March.

While speaking to The Grio, St. Pierre said,”Grammy-winning and multi-platinum recording artist, Eve is set to guest star in an upcoming role on NBC’s Whitney. In this episode, Whitney has a confrontation with Eve’s character and comes to realization about her relationship with her boyfriend Alex (played by Chris D’Elia). It all leads to a pivotal moment in the series.”

However, Eve also revealed that she was officially back and hard at work on her upcoming album, which will be released this year.

Whitney airs on NBC on Wednesday nights at 8 PM EST.

Interscope signed/ Memphis bred rapper Don Trip spoke with us about his upcoming mixtape, Guerilla, set to drop February 27th online.

The mixtape, which features the song “Allen Iverson,” samples clips from Iverson’s famous rant about practice

Don Trip laces the Cool and Dre produced track, while examining the role that the media has on shaping the lives of musicians and athletes alike.

“That Allen Iverson record, it’s a saying so to speak, that even though I’m not in the light of an Allen Iverson in my career where he was, somehow we forget that celebrities are human and we forget where they come from and we forget who they really are, ” Don Trip said. “The more we start to see who that person is, the more we put them higher on a pedestal, and we start to crucify them when they start to make mistakes, as if we all aren’t human and we all aren’t entitled to make mistakes.

Don Trip’s own buzz and popularity led him to writing the song that he says was necessary, due to the frenzy of paparazzi, websites and bloggers.

“I feel that record shows that I go through the same things, even though I’m not on the same level, but I go through the same thing to where I got a little bit of notoriety, and at this point when I do certain things, people look at it like I’m a superhero, like I’m not supposed to do like things,” Don Trip said. “I feel like its a record that needed to be done.”

Don Trip’s Gansta Grillz Guerilla mixtape with DJ Drama is full of features, with 17 tracks.

Big names like Wale, Yo Gotti, 2Chainz and Juicy J, and production from The Renegades, Drumma Boy, Infamous, Cool & Dre and Mark Henry rounds out the mixtape

But Don Trip wants to keep the official album mostly just himself, by limiting features, except on the hooks.

“As far as the album so far all I got is Cee-Lo. I feel like when it comes to the album, I gotta present more of me than anybody and me flooding it out with collaborations is only gonna taint it and make the picture more blurry than I need it to be. For the most part, I need that to be HD clear, so you know, the only person I need on that is me,” Don Trip explained.