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Rappers Lil’ Wayne and Ja Rule were arrested last night (July 23) in New York in two separate incidents involving guns. Queens, NY rapper Ja Rule was stopped around 10:30 pm in a luxury vehicle in Manhattan for speeding on West End Avenue. When police searched the vehicle, they found a .40 caliber […]
Dallas-based independent rap label Clout Records has aligned with EMI, as part of a new national distribution deal. The move represents a new chapter for Clout Records, which has been in operation for almost three years. According to the label’s CEO Corey Cleghorn, EMI’s track record with various record labels as well as […]
Music icon Quincy Jones, actor/rapper Nick Cannon and noted producer Quincy “QD3” Jones III have teamed up with Nickelodeon to unleash the newest youth singing group in the network’s first original broadband series, Nick Cannon’s Star Camp. The show, which premiered today (July 22) on Nickelodeon’s broadband video player TurboNick, follows the Giggle Club, an […]
For every “Wipe Me Down” there is a “You Make Me Better.” In 2007, after much media criticism on Hip-Hop’s separating the sexes with misogyny, objectification and male-dominated subject matter, there are plenty of hope stories in the mainstream and independent realms of the business. Foreign Exchange, born as a side-project between Little […]
Every city has one. That local star that seems to know all the radio DJs, can upstage most records in rotation with a breezy freestyle, and seems to capture the zeitgeist of the area code. In Philadelphia, Jakk Frost does it lovely. The West Philly-raised thirty-something left behind a deal at Sony Records several […]
Ok. So why didn’t anybody tell me I fell off? I thought I was doin’ my damn thing. All these years of hustling these dollars, I thought I was on point. I mean, I thought I was the s###. Now it’s becoming abundantly clear to me that I fell all the way the f### off. […]
If music is the soundtrack of life, then Hip-Hop is the last track that gets played over and over. Hip-Hop has gone through many ups and downs, over the years. From the social relevance of Public Enemy, to the “rags to riches” lyrical prowess of Biggie, into the contemporary era, Hip-Hop has ushered in a […]
Rapper Lil’ Flip was arrested yesterday (July 21) in his hometown of Houston, Texas, for credit card abuse. According to the Houston Chronicle, the rapper, born Wesley Weston, turned himself in to the Harris County Courthouse around 2:30 pm yesterday. Lil’ Flip, 26, was released on $2,000 bond and is due in court […]
50 Cent filed a lawsuit against an internet advertising firm, seeking at least $1 million dollars in damages over an infamous ad that appeared on various Internet sites titled “shoot the rapper.” The rapper is suing Traffix Inc., the company that created an infamous advertisement featuring a caricature of 50 Cent smiling that offered fans […]
“Crush, kill, destroy stress… Pain stress / My brain can’t even rest / It’s hard to maintain the pressure on my chest ”-Organized KonfusionI wake up with the idea that somebody is trying to kill me frequently enough to worry me. In fact, the notion in itself is a coarse, raw form of tension that […]
Hip-Hop artist David Banner sent 80 children from the Stewpot Neighborhood Children’s program in Jackson, Mississippi on an all expense paid trip to Six Flags over Georgia today (July 20). The rapper provided a bus, food, t-shirts and admission to the park on the annual excursion, which he has been sponsoring since 2005, with […]
The Genius Of Kwamé To put it simply, the only way to be the flyest is to be you. Staying straight, when everyone else is going to the left or right is not a painless task. This brings us to our first spotlight. Let’s start out in about 1989. This artist started a fashion movement […]
Ever wonder, “Who is 9th Wonder?” Well, if you ask him he’ll tell you that he is a producer, DJ, lecturer, husband and father. So basically, he has the whole world on his shoulders. From putting in work in the studio with urban music’s top Hip-Hop and R&B artists, to spinning your favorite old school […]
Simon and Schuster’s Simon Spotlight Entertainment has teamed with former Milwaukee pimp Ken “Pimpin’ Ken” Ivy to release Pimpology, The 48 Laws of the Game. The book, which is a “pimped out” version of Robert Green’s bestselling book The 48 Laws of Power, was written with author Karen Hunter (Confessions of a Video Vixen, […]
Mobile, Alabama rapper Rich Boy debuted the video for his latest single “Good Things” featuring Polow Da Don and Keri Hilson today (July 20). The clip, which was filmed in Malibu, California, was directed by Uly and Jesse Terrero. “Good Things” is the third single from Rich Boy’s self titled debut album, which […]