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Rapper J-Kwon has gone missing, according to a press release from the St. Louis native’s label.

According to the release, the 24-year-old’s label, Gracie Productions, has been unable to reach him for over a month.

Anyone with information on the matter is urged to send in tips. A Twitter account, @WhereIsJkwon, has been set up to provide updates.

“J-Kwon is a big part of the Gracie family, and we are obviously increasingly worried and want to make sure he is ok,” says Gracie Productions CEO/President Tony Bucher. “We’ve already received thousands of emails from fans and supporters who are worried about J-Kwon, and we want everyone to know how much we appreciate the love and support. If anyone has seen J-Kwon or has access to him, please let him know we are worried about him, and to please let us know everything is ok.”

After his 2004 album, Hood Hop, which featured the smash hit “Tipsy,” J-Kwon released two projects in 2009 on Gracie Productions: Hood Hop 2 and Hood Hop 2.5. His self-titled album is set to hit stores on March 23, 2010 via One Records.

For more information, go to www.myspace.com/jkwon and www.gracieprod.com.

UPDATE: People close to J-Kwon revealed to DX Wednesday afternoon that recently, the rapper had been reclusive, isolating himself from friends, family and business partners. Sources hint that the former So So Def artist may have been struggling with emotional issues

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Fraud suspect Andrew Wilson  aka Drew Dazzle.

To society, he was a high roller who bought flights for his friends and family, lived in high-end condos and had a nice set of wheels.

The only problem, police say, was that the life was a fake.

“He tried to create the persona of a high roller, someone who made lots of money and was very free with it and perhaps people just accepted it that he was a generous guy,” Toronto Police Det. Al Verwey said Monday. “Part of being a good confidence man is making people believe in your image.”

In the entertainment world, Andrew Wilson presented himself as the leader of several companies specializing in promotions and celebrity management — companies that, for the most part, didn’t exist, Verwey said.

The 39-year-old man who has been accused several times over the past decade of using fraud to fuel a lavish lifestyle is now accused of vagrancy, laundering proceeds of crime, fraudulently obtaining food and lodging, theft of telecommunications — the list goes on.

His two high-end condos, his expensive clothes, his vacations, his 2006 Range Rover and even his furniture were all paid for, Verwey alleged, through fraud.

“There’s no evidence that he earned a living,” Verwey said. “Our allegation is that he is supporting himself by crime.”

The accusations are the latest in a long list.

Since 2001, Peel Regional Police have accused Wilson — also known as Drew Wilson, Ken Jackson and, when posing with Bill Clinton on Facebook, Drew Dazzle — of using fraudulent credit cards for a private flight to Miami and limousines; they said he fraudulently lived in a Toronto condo and rented out visitor suites in the same way; and they said he used someone else’s debit card to steal $6,000.

On Nov. 29, when police allegedly caught him in the driver seat of a car not registered in his name — a breach of a release condition pending a trial in Toronto — they allege he gave them a false birthday.

That Wilson was even out of custody to allegedly commit the crimes he now stands accused of says something about the justice system, Verwey said.

“I think it kind of reflects the type of sentences that the courts hand out for white-collar crimes and it’s also a good lesson for both private landlords as well as business operators and financial institutions that when somebody’s applying for something, whether it’s a loan or a credit card or the rental of an apartment, that you have to go beyond the information that they put down on the application form and actually do some legitimate background checks,” Verwey said.

Verwey began investigating Wilson about two years ago during a routine traffic stop, he said. Wilson had no car insurance and Verwey later realized Wilson had allegedly given the wrong home address for a court summons.

“I’ve been keeping an eye out for him through different methods,” Verwey said, adding further charges are pending.

Anyone with information about Wilson, especially landlords who believe they were taken by him, were asked to contact Verwey at 416-808-1348 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477, 222tips.com, or by texting TOR and your tip to CRIMES.

Monday (March 1), Legendary rapper Guru had suffered a heart attack over the weekend, leaving him in a coma.

 Here’s an update…

The Brooklyn rapper underwent surgery Monday afternoon, His Gangstarr partner-in-crime, DJ Premier, revealed that the surgery was a success, and Guru is currently in stable condition.

“Good news,” Premier wrote on his Twitter page (@DJPremierBlog). “Guru surgery was successful, keep sending him love.”

The DJ also added, hours later, that Guru remains in a coma.

“Guru still in a med induced coma, he’s breathing with machine help,” he wrote.

After the news broke Sunday evening. Guru’s business partner and collaborator, Solar, issued a statement asking for fans’ prayers.

“Guru is struggling with a serious health issue. We, the whole 7 Grand Records family, appreciate all your love and well wishes. We continue to hold out hope that Guru will make a full recovery from this,” he said. “We ask that his privacy on this matter will be respected. Again, thank you for all your support through this trying time.”

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