Def Jam has issued a press release stating that DMX has sold a whopping ten million albums since 1998. He released three multi-platinum albums in over one year, and has been on 2 of the most successful Hip-Hop tours in history. His first album, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, debuted at No. 1 on […]

Ice Cube has given a commitment to star in a movie titled Stray Dawgz, which will be directed by Gregory Dark. Ice Cube and Darryl Quarles, who authored the script, will be produced by Ice Cubes’ CubeVision. The story is about a parolee who discovers he is the ancestor of a line of werewolf hunters. […]

Ice T will be signing autographs this Friday at the E3Expo at Fox’s interactive booth to support his starring role in the upcoming Sci-Fi game, "Sanity, Aiken’s Artifact." The Iceberg will record the voice for the main character, Agent Nathaniel Cain. In the game, the player assumes the role of Cain, who serve’s the public, […]

Ice T kept busy this past weekend at Cal State-Los Angeles. The Iceberg was on a panel discussing violence and Hip-Hop Culture. Ice said: "Masculinity runs this world. The person who is violent gets control, peace gets nothing….I would rather have my kids know how the real world is so they are prepared…so they know […]

Layzie Bone and the Mo Thug family are releasing Layzie Bone presents The Mo Thugs III Mothership. The CD features 17 tracks, with 7 of them featuring Layzie himself. The first single is titled Did He Really Wanna, and it features the latest members of the crew, Desperidos. "We wanted to bring that thug sound […]

Dr. Dre is the latest artist to issue a warning to Napster, the software company that allows users to scan each others hard drives for MP3’s. Dre gave Napster until Friday to take his song catalog out of the directory, claiming that it is infringing on his copyrights. Dre sent a letter to Napsters CEO […]

The Outlawz have filed a 4.5 Million dollar lawsuit against Death Row Records, Interscope Records, Suge Publishing, Suge Knight Films, and the imprisoned Suge Knight. The suit filed in Los Angeles cites 11 complaints, including unfair business practices, breach of contract and racketeering. The group entered into a contract with Death Row in 1997, and […]

Will Smith can add Internet Investor to his business portfolio. The actor/rapper has joined Willam Shatner and Michael J. Fox as a backer of whatshotnow.com, a site that sells everything from CD’s and Playstations, to Soprano T-Shirts. The site is dedicated to Pop Culture, something that Smith knows very well. The site has announced it […]

The Wu-Tang Clan has been hit with a lawsuit by ex Entertainment Attorney Edwin McPherson, saying that the group hasn’t paid their legal bill, to the tune of $35,000. McPherson says the group members approached him in February to defend them against charges from a woman who appeared in one of their videos. The woman […]

The Arsonists are embarking on their first United States tour, to support their latest release, As The World Burns. Also, check out the groups exclusive mixtape, that will never be released. You can also pick up your Arsonists T Shirts at: http://hometown.aol.com/SETTNFIRES/arsonists.html April 13 Cambridge, MA Middle East April 14 Annondale, NY Bard College April […]

Big Punisher’s album release party ended on a sour note lastTuesday, in The Bronx. Jimmy’s Cafe was packed with people there to celebrate the release of Pun’s album. Guest’s included Gangstarr, M.O.P., Fat Joe, Dr. Dre (Ed Lover’s Partner). According to sources close to Violator, Chris Lighty was the intended target, but he was not […]

Chris Lighty has ended his relationship with Lyor Cohen, the CEO of Def Jam, and has taken Violater Records/Management to Loud Records. After an 11 year relationship, it is rumored that Lighty was forced to leave Def Jam due to a lack of big releases, and that Def Jam opted to not renew his distribution […]

The Cash Money/Ruff Ryders tour has been shaken up. During a performance in The Fleet Center in Boston, three people were stabbed, one critically. One person was arrested, although police would not disclose the name. The fight broke out shortly after ten, and the 5,000 people on hand had no idea that is was taking […]

Snoop Dogg’s bodyguards were busted last week in New York City’s Kennedy Airport, when they tried to check their weapons in. According to the New York City Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman, the three men did everything by the rules, and were very courteous. James Ice, Edward Hunter and James Archer, were not licensed to […]