Hold the presses. Kanye West and 50 Cent (and country singer Kenny Chesney) aren’t the only ones planning to release their big hits on September 11. Osama Bin Laden, the man who made the date infamous, plans to drop his latest tape in time to remind Americans that “Curtis” and “Graduation” are but minor distractions to his war on terror.

It’s not like we’re not all affected by the actions of Osama and George W. Bush. When Jim Jones visited The Parker Report, he revealed how his family felt the effects of the Anti-Osama war in Iraq (that has little to do with Osama, I must add). “My step brother’s leg got blown off in the Iraq war,” Jones said. “They blew up the truck he was driving…You don’t think of the war until it hits home, then at the same time there’s a war going on in the streets right here.” [Check Jim out here]

This ain’t the first time Mr. Bin Laden challenged one of hip-hop’s major releases. When Jay-Z dropped “The Blueprint” on September 11, 2001, I was music editor of The Source. Weeks earlier, the staff unanimously agreed to give the album a 5-mic salute. Nas was on the ropes, plotting a comeback that would give new meaning to the word ether. Hip-hop was all abuzz about the biggest rap battle since Big and Pac. And what did Osama do? He devised a plan to overshadow one of rap’s classic releases. Leave it up to ol’ playa hatin’ Osama to hijack hip-hop’s big day. Can’t see that happening this time with Team Ye and Team Fif on the case.

Next week General David Petraeus will be giving his assessment of the latest troop surge to congress. Democrats and Republicans will squabble about how many troops will remain in Iraq fighting a war that has no real connection to Osama or 9-11. And Osama will be all over the news calling for death to the infidels (especialy rappers making it rain on his 9-11 parade).

Meanwhile, there are wars going on in the streets right here.