Eminem Draws Heat
Eminem has drawn heat for his latest album, The Marshall Mathers LP. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), claims that his lyrics convey messages of hatred and violence, and could lead to discrimination, physical abuse, and death. The group is encouraging consumers to register complaints with Interscope Records, for promoting defamatory material. Eminem […]
Big Block/Westmob Fued Heats Up
Another person has died due to what police claim is a dispute over rap music, in San Francisco. Starvel Junious, who was 17 was killed as he was sitting in a car with a friend, who was also shot. His friend, who was 15, also died. Big Block and The Westmob are supposedly feuding over […]
Sway And Tech Hook Up With Atomic Pop
Atomic Pop is taking further steps to capitalize on the growing Hip-Hop market. After locking down deal with Chuck D’s bringthenoise.com, they have announced an exclusive partnership with Sway and King Tech, to bring the Wake Up Show to your computer. The show is heard in over 19 markets and in three countries. The show […]
Chuck Chillout Signs With Bringthenoise.com
Wonder where Chuck Chillout has been? No need to anymore, he has just signed on with Bringthnoise.com, to host a new sunday night radio show. The show will premier this Sunday (May 11), and will begin at 11pm until 1 am EST. The show will have the newest songs, as well as interviews with artists. […]
Ego Trip Release Party: All Love
Monday (May 15th) at Fun in Manhattan, Rawkus Records and the defunct, yet still popular, Ego Trip magazine hosted a release party for the The Big Playback , the soundtrack to Ego Trip’s Book of Rap Lists. The ethnically mixed crowd enjoyed the sounds of old school hip hop provided by DJ Mister Cee of […]
Dre Has Fans Booted
Dr. Dre is following in the footsteps of Metallica, and attempting to have the names of the fans that swapped his songs on Napster banned from the service. Dre, who hired the software company NetPD (who also did the work for Metallica) is also represented by the same lawyer, Howard King.
Wyclef Added For Diallo Benefit
Wyclef Jean has been added to a benifet concert for Amadou Diallo, on June 19 at Hammerstien Ballroom in New York City. The even it titled: "To Amadou With Love: A Night Of Healing." The event will also feature appearances by Rosie Perez and other Celebrities. If you don’t know by now, Diallo was shot […]
50 Cent Shot 3 Times
50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson), the artist behind the “How To Rob” song, that infuriated many rappers, was shot once in each leg and in the jaw Wednesday in New York City. He is in Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. 50 Cent, who is 22 years old, was sitting in a parked car with 22 […]
Common Releases Song On The Internet
Common is not afraid of the internet. The MCA recording artist has released an Internet version of his song, Heat. The video, which was directed by Brian Meehan, was shot and edited with the Internet in mind. The video will debut at www.okayplayer.com. There is also a number of promotional efforts being launched in connection […]
Blaze Magazine Closes Shop
Blaze Magazine was shut down by Vibe/Spin Ventures for consistently falling short in meeting advertising and circulation requirements. The June/July issue will be the last issue, with Mannie Fresh on one cover, the other with Swizz Beats. In October, Larry Flynt Publications also gave the ax to Rappages, but the magazine is scheduled to relaunch […]
DMX: Over 10 Million Sold!
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 To Star In New Film
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 To Sign Autographs
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, […]
Iceberg Speaks On Violence And Hip-Hop
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 To Release New Album
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 […]
Dre Warns Napster
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 […]
Large Professor Still Live
The Large Professor headlined a performance in Manhattan last Wednesday (April 19), with guests including Da Cella Dwellas, El Da Sensi (The Artifacts), The Supafriendz (with crew member Mad Skillz), and Mr. Complex. Although at times the sound wasn’t that great, the performances made up for any technical difficulties. Da Cella Dwellas hit the stage […]
Outlawz File Lawsuit
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 […]
Money B Questioned
Money B was one of the dozens of witnesses questioned by police and released without being charged, after record producer and cofounder of Ronlan Entertainment, Ronald Blackburn was shot and killed. Blackburn died outside the upscale Glas Kat Supper Club in San Francisco’s South of Market District. The incident occurred around 1:30 am, Thursday morning […]
Rawkus To Release Soundbombing
Rawkus Records is set to release the third installment of their Soundbombing series, this one coming with an all star line up of who’s who in Hip-Hop. Here are some of the people that are teaming up: Kweli & Dead Prez, Sporty Theivz & Shabaam Saadiq, Big Noyd & Prodigy and Q-Tip & Pharoah Monch. […]