Lil Jon wants to blend rock and hip hop in his new solo album

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Be the first to Comment

Lil Jon’s solo album Crunk Rock is set to be a blend of rock and hip hop. Read on…

Here’s Tyra Banks new Blonde Wig at the Producers Guild Awards

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Be the first to Comment

Tyra Banks is building her media empire. She’s got her eye on Oprah’s crown when she finally retires someday but for the moment she will have to settle for Lil Oprah. Read on…

Wyclef Jean accepts role as roving ambassador for Haiti

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Be the first to Comment

The Prince of Port-Au-Prince Wyclef Jean has accepted a role as roving ambassador of Haiti in an effort to improve its image.

Wyclef Jean is a citizen of Haiti even though he lives in the United States.

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Natural Resources is sueing Snoop Dogg and his foundation for Reality TV Project Failure

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Be the first to Comment

After having a tough year with the law including being arrested after the Tonight Show, Snoop is now involved with a civil suit. Natural Resources is suing him for failing to produce a reality TV show which tracks Snooperbowl.

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Denver Bronco’s Cornerback Shot Dead in Drive By Shooting

Monday, January 1st, 2007 Be the first to Comment

Talented young cornerback Darrent William’s has been killed in a drive by shooting after his white stretch Hummer was sprayed with bullets while leaving a New Years Eve nightclub party in downtown Denver just after 2 a.m.

Sources say there was some kind of dispute at the nightclub just before Darrent Williams left. Darrent William’s was killed and two other people were injured as over a dozen bullets hit through the Hummer.

People is talking about gangsta connections.

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Nas new album ‘Hip Hop is Dead’ is set to hit the stores

Friday, December 22nd, 2006 1 Comment so far

After Jay-Z’s recent Kingdom Come release Nas’s new album ‘Hip Hop is Dead’ is set to hit the stores. Although Jay-Z’s album started out with 600,000 sales in the first week it has been a failure critically.

Nas’s album is projected to start out at 300,000 units in the first week.

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C-Murder’s has written a novel “Death Around the Corner”

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Honor student C-Murder Corey Miller read about 500 books since he’s been locked up and now he wrote a novel while serving 2 years of his sentence in a Louisiana jail. For five months. he’s under house arrest in New Orleans.

He was released from jail in Louisiana, where he was serving a life sentence for a 2002 murder he maintains he didn’t commit.

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Busta Rhymes is in trouble again with the law - Booked for Machete

Sunday, December 17th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Busta Rhymes was pulled over and charged for possession of a weapon.

The D.A. is already pursuing third-degree misdemeanor assault and harassment charges for an Aug. 12 incident - accused of repeatedly punching and kicking Roberto Lebron as the entertainer’s bodyguards stood by and watched.

Busta has his problems with the law this year starting with the death of his bodyguard who got shot at a video shoot.

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Here’s Snoop Dogg’s Vato Video featuring B-Real

Friday, December 15th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Snoop Dogg keeps bringing out the singles. He’s pretty prolific now days even though he’s having his problems with the law and lawsuits to boot.

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Raekwon the Chef to Release Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Are You waiting for some fresh Raekwon?? Check out This Bangin Track “Da Destroyer”. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II is comin in the new year. It will be the 4th studio album from the Chef. Following his classic ‘95 release Only built for Cuban Links, Part II is said to feature fellow Wu-Tang Clan members GZA and Inspectah Deck as well as some Aftermath artists (perhaps Busta?).

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Young Jeezy Drops His Sophomore Album “The Inspiration”

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

The Inspiration…Young Jeezy returns hungry with his new album. “Dreamin” featuring Keysha Cole, produced by the Runners, best displays Jeezy’s hunger and struggle. Moving away from the pure Crack Rap the album explore’s more of the Snowman’s personality with many introspective joints as well as some club bangers.

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Eminem’s The Re-Up Hits No.2 on The Billboard Charts

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

“The Reup” has just popped off at number #2 on the Billboard charts this week proving that Eminem still has the selling power.

After battling with personal issues for the last 3 years eminem is slowly easing out of retirement with the Shady Fam.

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Prodigy of Mobb Deep Steps Hard with 2 Dope Street Video’s

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

For All those Mobb Fans who thought it was all bad - there is a Glimmer of Hope. P has recently aired his 2 new video clips for the up coming Return of the Mac Mixtape. Mc10 Handle and New York Shit are definately that good ol’ ish…

Sources say “Mobb Deep’s Prodigy and producer Alchemist recently completed a mixtape, Return Of The Mac, which may be released as an official album. Alchemist told MTV.com, “We already did videos for it and everything. P did three videos. It’s P bugging out. It’s dope.” The producer added, “Now that 50 (Cent) heard it, he’s trying to figure out how we could put it out officially. But there’s no way it can come out officially. It’s riddled with samples. If they try to put it out for real, they’ll ruin it.”

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Unk - off the Southern Rap Factory line - the Walk it Out Video

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

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Akon With Eminem Smack That Video The Number One and Two

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Here’s the other No.1 Akon song this one with Eminem. Akon from out of Senegal on a roll. The other was with Snoop Dogg - I wanna love you.

Tru3 Magic - Mos Def dropped his new album

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Mos Def dropped his moderately anticipated new album Tru3 Magic. It must be tough for Mos Def given America’s love for Islam.

Lucky for him there’s always someone who will buy into your niche. His acting career is going well. Mos Def recently got arrested for his warranted hurricane katrina protest. (Was free speech ever real?) He was also in court for not paying child support to his ex wife.

Still somebodies got to save the world…

Here’s a round up of what people had to say about Mos Def’s new album:

Akuma writes:

Mos Def, Tru3 Magic (Geffen, 2006)
The man who invented the term Tall Israeli is back with more disappointingly patchy material. At least there’s not a whole load of crap guitar tracks on it like The New Danger.

From Byron Crawford

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Jeezy is not concerned with Jay-Z’s return coz theres plenty to go around

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Some Def Jam artists, from LL Cool J to Nore have been hollering about the Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, comeback Kingdom Come.

As LL Cool J Todd Smith said:

“How am I gonna re-sign with competition? I’m not an idiot,” LL Cool J told MTV. “I can’t depend on that man (Jay-Z) to promote my record while he’s somewhere writing rhymes.” (LL Cool J is teaming with 50 cent on his last Def Jam Album)

Young Jeezy isn’t fazed:

“Everybody got their lane. This industry is a highway and everybody got their lane and me and Jay ain’t in the same lane,” Young Jeezy told AllHipHop.com. “I don’t feel what he’s doing is interfering with what I’m doing. We do two different types of music for two different types of movements. Real n***as are glad he’s back.”

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Russell Simmons Brings Attention to World Aids Day

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 1 Comment so far

Russell Simmons has spoken out on world aids day as he visits Botswana and South Africa (seen inspecting a diamond in Botswana here).

Simmons and his delegation has discovered more and more Africans have been trained to sort, cut and polish diamonds, thereby taking part in a greater part of the diamond pipeline process. Simmons is there on a recon. mission for Simmons Jewelly Co.

While in South Africa he made a statement on World AIDS day.

The disease has made an impact in the hip-hop community with the deaths of West Coast rhymesayer Eazy E and X-Clan member Sugar Shaft.
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This is Solange Knowles from a few months ago at Beyonce’s Birthday album release

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Solange Knowles is Beyonce’s little sister.

Peep Ludacris Runaway Love Video Featuring Mary J. Blige

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Here’s the Ludacris Runaway Love Video from the Release Therapy Album. See Luda’s got a bit of social conscience now. Sometimes Luda feels like running away himself.

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Jim Jones “We Fly High” Video Moving Up The Charts

Friday, December 1st, 2006 2 Comments so far

Joseph Jimmy Guillermo Jones II aka Jim Jones founding member of The Diplomats has popped one of the top albums of the year with - Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (Product Of My Environment).

Check his video here of the single off that album “We Fly High”

Atlanta Producer Mr. Collipark and the Ying Yang Twins have Split

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Big time Atlanta producer Mr. Collipark has split with the Ying Yang Twins.

The split comes after the recent release of the Ying Yang Twins new album - “Chemically Imbalanced”.

Chemically Imbalanced will be the final release for the Ying Yang Twins with Mr. Collipark’s Collipark Music record label.

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Texan Rapper Twisted Black has been sentenced to life imprisonment for drug conspiracy

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Texas-based rapper Twisted Black has been sentenced to life in prison according to his website.

35-year-old Tommy Burns aka Twisted Black was found guilty of conspiracy to sell crack cocaine in a US District court after being arrested by DEA authorities back in July of this year.

The government’s case was built on the testimony of Courtney Iglehart, who claimed that he met Black at a Fort Worth recording studio and paid him $4,500 for a quarter kilogram of powder cocaine in February 2005.

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Senegalese R&B Artist Akon Gets Two Top 10 Spots and a No. 1

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Be the first to Comment

Akon has hit No. 1 again with his song “I wanna love you” which features Snoop Dogg (who has been arrested again). This followed hot on the heals of “Smack That” as he became the first artist to replace himself at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Smack that” which features Eminem also becomes the first NO. 1 on the new Billboard Hot RingMasters Chart.

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Snoop Dogg has been arrested again after leaving Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Be the first to Comment

So the Po-po got a major woody for ol Snoop Dogg. After being arrested in multiple states and countries this year, Snoop Doggy Dogg has been arrested in L.A. after filming the tonight show.

Calvin Broadus was this time charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana, possession of a firearm by a felon, and having a false compartment in his vehicle.

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