Joseph “Reverend ” Simmons will make a cameo appearance in “Red Dragon,” the prequel to “Silence Of The Lambs.” The movie, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton & Harvey Keitel, centers around a former FBI agent tracking a serial killer. “Run has always had a tremendous amount of personality & stage presence,” director Brett Ratner […]

On Tuesday Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest in an Ohio court to marijuana possession charges receiving a $250 fine and a suspended 30-day jail sentence. Last October, Snoop was arrested in Ohio, when state troopers found marijuana and other drug paraphernalia after stopping his tour bus in a Cleveland suburb.

Cynthia Nixon, member of the Alliance for Quality Education and star of "Sex In The City," Russell Simmons and Minister Benjamin Muhammad of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, together with the United Teachers Federation (more names to be announced shortly) WHAT: A "Mobilization For Education" march on City Hall to protest Mayor Bloomberg and Governor […]

Ice Cube is negotiations with MGM to rewrite and executive produce "Race," through his Cube Vision film production company. The comedy centers around a black cab driver who ends up on the NASCAR racing circuit. A search for cast and a director will begin once terms of the deal are worked out. Cube next star […]

More than 24 people were injured Saturday (May 25th) during a stampede at RFK Stadium in Washington DC, during a performance by Eminem, according to officials. Most of the injuries were minor, the most serious being a man who suffered a heart attack during the chaos. Eminem resumed his performance at RFK after urging the […]

Nate Dogg was sentenced to one year probation after pleading guilty for possession of marijuana. Nate Dogg was arrested in Arizona after his tour bus was stopped for speeding. A search of the vehicle found marijuana and two guns, one loaded and one reported stolen from Los Angeles, California. Nate was also fined $4,400 and […]

Gulf War Veteran Mystikal has launched his own record label, Big Truck Records and is currently negotiating a distribution deal. The label has signed new artists Maxminelli, Beezy Boy, Dart and female rapper Shonnie. "The four artists I have on the roster right now are dope. I’m also looking for about four or five dope […]

Russell Simmons & The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network are calling for students, parents and teachers in NY to boycott public schools June 4th. The protest is a result of Mayor Bloomberg’s education cuts, which will cut over a half billion dollars from the school systems budget. Bloomberg is seeking a way to ease the city’s […]

Memphis duo 8Ball and MJG have signed to Sean "P.Diddy" Combs’ Bad Boy Record label. Originally signed to the defunct JCOR Records, the duo is signed as a group, but not as solo acts. Their deal is worth 7 figures, according to reports. Bad Boy retains the right of first refusal of each of the […]

Damon Wayans & "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow will star in a new comedy, "Marci X." The movie centers around a young Jewish woman named Marci (Kudrow), who inherits her father’s hardcore rap label. When a song, "Shoot Ya Teacha," by one of the label’s artists Dr. Snatchcatcher (Wayans) becomes a pop hit, she must deal […]

A jury has convicted Carlos "South Park Mexican" Coy of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who spent the night at his house with his daughter last September. The jury spent 8 hours deliberating before they delivered the guilty verdict. The girl, who is 10 now, testified during the trial that she didn’t remember what happened […]

BG, formerly of Cash Money Records, has launched Chopper City Records. BG, who started his rap career at the age of 13, has hired Rap Coalition founder Wendy Day and she is negotiating with a major label for distribution. Day negotiated the original $30,000,000 deal for Cash Money Records. In addition to his own LP, […]

Antwan Kevin Baker, who is accused of stalking hip-hop entrepreneur Master P, will stand trial for stalking and making criminal threats. Prosecutors in the case say that Baker began stalking P in 1999. He confronted P at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and tried to convince P to sign him to a recording contract and to […]

Eminem and Interscope Records are fighting vehemently to prevent online downloads of the rapper’s highly anticipated album, “The Eminem Show.” Because of massive internet piracy, the album has suddenly been pushed forward to drop on May 28th instead of June 4th, according a spokesperson for Interscope Records. Still, the label is not submitting to the […]