The Great Black Vote
Posted in Celebirty Photo's, Obama, Politics, Rap on Sep 29th, 2008
Posted in Celebirty Photo's, Obama, Politics, Rap on Sep 29th, 2008
Posted in Rap on Sep 25th, 2008
Rapper Kanye West says he is pushing up the release date of his upcoming album “808s & Heartbreak” from Dec. 16 to “November something,” according to a post on his blog.
“I finished the album and I felt like (moving up the date),” he wrote. “I want yall to hear it as soon as [...]
Posted in Rap on Sep 19th, 2008
Nelly has set up a two-month tour throughout the U.S. to promote his just-released studio album, “Brass Knuckles.”
The rapper kicks off the jaunt Sept. 22 in Dallas and travels up the East Coast and through the Midwest before wrapping in Maplewood, MN on Oct. 8, reports Live Daily.
“Brass Knuckles” is Nelly’s fifth effort [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Sep 16th, 2008
West Coast singer Nate Dogg has suffered for his second stroke in less than a 10 months, and is currently in serious condition, reports Allhiphop.com.
While details regarding his health are sketchy, sources close to the situation say the singer (real name: Nathaniel Hale) is not able to breathe on his own. It’s likely he needs [...]
Posted in Rap on Sep 15th, 2008
Louisiana rapper Webbie was arrested in Mississippi on Sunday (September 14) following a high speed chase that took police from the interstate to surface streets.
According to local news station WAFB, the 23-year-old rapper (real name: Webster Gradney) ignored police sirens when they attempted to pull over his 2009 Dodge Challenger for a traffic violation on [...]
Posted in Law and Order, Rap on Sep 13th, 2008
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane appeared in an Atlanta courtroom on Friday (September 12) for a probation violation hearing, and didn’t get good news. He’s been ordered back to jail.
According to MYFox Atlanta, the rapper (real name: Radric Davis) failed to fulfill the required community service hours as part of his probation — 600 hours, or [...]
Posted in Rap on Sep 12th, 2008
T.I.’s new single “Whatever You Like” spends a third week atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and also has the distinction of being the fastest-growing track at radio.
The song continues to dominate digital sales as well, having sold 145,000 copies in the United States this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Pink’s “So What,” [...]
Posted in Rap on Sep 11th, 2008
Young Jeezy just scored his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “The Recession,” which moved 260,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.”
The Def Jam project beat the newly reunited New Kids On The Block, who enter the chart for the first time in 14 years at No. 2 [...]
Posted in Celebirty Photo's, Obama, Politics, Rap, Scandal on Sep 10th, 2008
Posted in Rap on Sep 7th, 2008
Rapper MC Breed is currently in critical condition in an Atlanta hospital, due to kidney failure, reports Allhiphop
According
to reports, the rapper (real name: Eric Breed) collapsed and fell
unconscious while playing basketball Friday evening (September 5) in
Atlanta.
He is currently on life support, due to kidney failure.
His manager Darryl Morris told AHH that Breed is in serious [...]
Posted in Music Video, Obama, Olympics, Politics, Rap on Aug 23rd, 2008
Democrats coalesced around Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate on Saturday while Republicans quickly seized on the Delaware senator’s past criticism of the presidential candidate’s inexperience.
As the newly minted ticket readied for its first joint appearance, in Springfield, Ill., former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton called Biden “an exceptionally strong, experienced [...]
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 Celebrity News, Rap 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