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Hove has a t-shirt problem: Hood Life, LCC, a for-profit company who is improving "poverty stricken communities commonly known as 'the hood,'" according to its site, is suing Jay Z's clothing line Rocawear for the company's "Hood Love" t-shirts. [NY Post]