Posted in Rap on Aug 18th, 2008
After that album was released, hip-hop was changed forever, and even today, the genre is feeling the effects.
Ice Cube — one of the group’s original members, alongside Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella — reflected on the classic album recently, via an interview with the LA Times, calling it one of his proudest [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Events, Family, Obama, Rap on Aug 16th, 2008
During an interview about the launch of her new video-sharing Web site, Shaunie O’Neal told The Associated Press that the couple plans to stop divorce proceedings soon. “Neither one of us could probably answer why we were getting one in the first place,” Shaunie O’Neal said. Shaquille O’Neal filed for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court [...]
Posted in Rap, Scandal, Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2008
Just two years after Lil’ Kim was released from prison, negative criminal activity still looms over the pint-size Grammy Award winning rapper.
On Sunday night, the former Junior M.A.F.I.A. front-woman celebrated her 34th birthday at the New York City nightclub, Spotlight Live, with the likes of LisaRaye McCoy Misick and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott.
Later, it was discovered [...]
Posted in Music Video, Rap on Aug 6th, 2008
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Aug 6th, 2008
Rapper Remy Ma has not given up her fight to get out of jail. The artist just hired lawyer William “Billy” Murphy, Jr. to handle her appeal on charges of assault, illegal weapons possession and attempted coercion.
Murphy’s name first made headlines when he successfully defended fight promoter Don King on federal charges that he [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Aug 5th, 2008
NEW YORK - Lil Jon, who was in musical limbo after his longtime record label TVT Records went bankrupt earlier this year, has reached an agreement that frees him from his TVT obligations while entering into a new venture with digital entertainment company The Orchard, which is purchasing TVT’s assets.
Lil Jon will work with the [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Aug 5th, 2008
Teen rap sensation, Soulja Boy Tell’em, recently turned 18. Now that’s he legal, he’s allowed to do a few things he wasn’t before, and one of them is vote.
The rapper recently told MTV that’s he’s picked the candidate he will give his first vote too, and it’s not surprising that the candidate is Barack [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap, Scandal on Aug 4th, 2008
Rick Ross is sticking to the past he raps about in his music, despite being outed recently by TheSmokingGun.com (TSG) for working as a Correctional Officer in his past.
In a recent interview with Don Diva magazine, Rick Ross continued to stay consistent in his story that he is a former cocaine dealer who turned [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Events, Rap on Jul 31st, 2008
Young Jeezy’s new album, “The Recession,” will be released on Sept. 2 via CTE/Def Jam and will be preceded by a three week promo tour throughout the U.S., reports Billboard.com.
The trek kicks off Aug. 10 in Houston and will hit such cities as New Orleans, Chicago, New York and Tampa before wrapping in Atlanta [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 31st, 2008
Nelly is making his rounds, promoting his upcoming album Brass Knuckles. In addition to the new solo project, he may be working on a collaborative project with the King of the South, T.I.
In the cover story for Rap-Up magazine’s summer issue, Nelly says the two rappers are currently in talks, but nothing is confirmed [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 30th, 2008
Rap superstar Nelly will likely be the first hip-hop star to get paid for letting their underwear show. The St. Louis-bred artist, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., will be the new spokesmodel for Sean Jean Underwear, the intimates line by fellow hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Nelly is Sean Jean’s first underwear model, though [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 19th, 2008
The latest in the Rick Ross drama surrounding his past employment as a prison guard comes, again, from Smoking Gun, as well as the Boss himself, who claims all of this drama is nothing more than a smear campaign.
Through a Freedom of Information request, the Smoking Gun Web site obtained Florida Department of Corrections [...]
T.I. has joined forces with political organization, the Hip Hop Caucus, to launch new voter registration and Get Out the Vote campaign that combines the power of celebrity and media with grassroots efforts to mobilize and educate young people between the ages of 18 and 29, who are not in college.
The campaign slogan, “Respect [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap, Sports News on Jul 19th, 2008
Rapper Gucci Mane was reportedly arrested near Atlanta early Wednesday morning (July 23) and charged with gun and drug possession charges.
While details regarding the arrest are sketchy, the rapper (real name: Radric Davis) was taken into custody after being pulled over by police in Henry County, Georgia during a routine traffic stop, in which [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 19th, 2008
Another lil’ problem for Lil Wayne — who’s now accused of ripping off the Rolling Stones!
Wayne — aka the guy behind the lollipop song — is being sued by a music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones song “Play with Fire.” Abkco Music Inc. claims that Wayne released an alternate version [...]
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