In the handbook that is responsible journalism, the first and most important rule of thumb is fact checking. Before reporting what is believed to be factual information, one must check, double check and in some cases, triple check their sources to assure the information that will soon be leaked to the public is, in fact, valid. When this is not acted upon properly, events such as the one today occur.

Earlier today (July 1), allegations that famed mixtape personality, Big Mike (aka Mike Wilcox), was the victim of a federal raid on May 29 surfaced and found themselves on several websites. The rumors stated the raid uncovered over $200,000 and over 15,000 mixtapes. These same websites waited until the actual story was posted via Twitter.

In a KarenCivil.com exclusive, the voice behind Jadakiss’s “The Champ Is Here” mixtape spoke on the allegations.

“The story is completely bogus. While I do have a prior legal situation I can’t speak on, I can say today’s claim is absolutely false,” Mike told Civil.

Mike’s former business partner, DJ Empire, also confirmed the falseness of the report.

“Even with our differences, I still wanted to set the record straight. [Big] Mike did not get raided.”

Big Mike has been busy in 2009 dropping a barrage of mixtapes including two official tapes with Cassidy and Styles P.