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EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Henchman Drug Ring Tested Shipments By Sending Guns To Rapper

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Compton, California rapper Game has been a frequent subject during the trial of James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, who is on trial for running a multi-million dollar cocaine empire.

Rosemond’s company Czar Entertainment managed Game’s career, by helping to book tours, releasing DVDs and marketing the rapper.

At one point, Game was signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath imprint, along with 50 Cent’s G-Unit imprint, all of which were being distributed by Interscope Records.

Federal authorities arrested Rosemond in June of 2011 after a month-long manhunt, and charged him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

During testimony this week, federal prosecutors introduced into evidence nine different Proffer Agreements, that contained admissions Rosemond allegedly made, in hopes of ultimately, obtaining a Cooperation Agreement with the government.

During a meeting on October 17, 2011, Rosemond allegedly detailed the method in which the cocaine gang shipped kilograms of the drug to the West Coast.

The drug gang used a New York-based courier service named Rock-It Cargo, to ship millions in money and drugs, in custom-made music crates.

Nas, Jimmy Henchman and Game
Nas, Jimmy Henchman and Game

The crates were shipped to various rehearsal spaces in Los Angeles and intercepted by members of the drug operation.

According to Rosemond, they first did a test shipment, by sending a few pounds of marijuana to the West Coast.

And then, Rosemond allegedly told authorities that they took their test runs a step further.

IRS case agent Marc Van Driessche testified that Rosemond said the custom music crates were used in a test run, to send a shipment of firearms to Game.

Once the guns successfully arrived, the drug gang began shipping 5 to 10 kilograms of cocaine inside each individual music case.

Rosemond also admitted to investing money into various mailbox shops.

Rosemond and an associate named Lamont Bennett owned interests in a variety of stores in California during 2007-2009.

Testimony resumes on Tuesday.

Editors note: Game has not been charged with any crime relating to this case, these are allegations.

Hip-Hop Rumors: T-Boz Is Running From The Repo Man

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: MOBILE
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T-Boz from the legendary R&B girl group TLC is back in financial trouble. The group famously made headlines back in 1995 when they filed for bankruptcy protection at the height of their success. Now, TMZ is reporting that Honda is looking to repossessing T-Boz’s 2005 Honda Odyssey. Wow, the car is seven years old – you would think it would be paid off by now.

The singer tried to file for bankruptcy back in 2011, but she didn’t fulfill the paperwork required to garner protection from her creditors.

T-Boz also owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz CLS 500 and a 2001 Cadillac Escalade, so hopefully she won’t be “riding in the passenger side of her best friend’s ride” anytime soon. Good luck to T-Boz.

Eminem Announces Slaughterhouse Performance at Hot 97 Summer Jam; Working on New Album

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Yesterday (May 23), Marshall Mathers aka Eminem took the time to call in to New York’s Hot 97 to announce that Slaughterhouse would be performing at this year’s Summer Jam 2012.

Hot 97 Host/DJ Peter Rosenberg, who is also host of the new television show, MTV2’s “Hip-Hop Squares”, took the call hyping the announcement with special effects bombs.

“Yeah, well, I actually talked to the guys [Slaughterhouse], and they wanna do it so, I mean, I guess we’ll just make it official? Slaughterhouse performing Summer Jam, June 3,” Eminem said.

With the announcement came instant praise for Slaughterhouse, a super-group that Eminem has been developing for several years, and he mixed their second album entitled, Welcome To: Our House.

When asked what advice he would give to Slaughterhouse before their performance, Eminem said he hopes for the group to just be themselves.

“I really feel like this group, Hip-Hop needs this, man, and I think people are going to see that when this album comes out man,” Eminem told Rosenberg.

While Eminem has been busy mixing the upcoming project as executive producer, he also confirmed that he has been busy on an album of his own.

“Well, right now, I’m actually finishing up everything up on the Slaughterhouse album and kind of getting into my next record a little bit, so that’ basically the couple of things that I’ve been working on,” Eminem reported.

Slaughterhouse’s album, Welcome To: Our House, releases on June 12 under Shady Records and Interscope Records.

After 12 Years Between Albums and “Battling Demons,” D’Angelo Is Still The Most

By: @KareemTaylor Updated Category: Alternatives
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With two hugely influential and platinum-selling albums, Richmond, Virginia’s D’Angelo was once on top of the world. Appearing to many as a sex symbol when he appeared in his video for “Untitled (How Does It Feel), D’Angelo reveals in GQ that the visual “overshadowed his talents.”

His second album, Voodoo, released in 2000, marked the end of the burgeoning “neo-Soul” era in the ’90s that included Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and Erykah Badu.

In January 2012, when a viral video began swirling around the Internet of D’Angelo performing in Sweden, interest picked up with questions reveling in “Is D’Angelo back?!”

In the June issue of GQ, D’Angelo tells all about his troubles, and he reveals why he had to fall back from the industry, details about his battle with drug addiction, and how growing up in church affected him.

Check the full GQ interview here, and ladies, while you wait for the new D’Angelo music, go ahead and reminisce on some of the old:

Daily Word: Do Your Life’s Work!! (R.I.P., Black Radio Pioneer Hal Jackson)

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Thursday, my destined and determined!

Welcome to the day that you finally stop playing around and do what you were put on this earth to do!! First and foremost, a moment of silence for New York Radio pioneer, Hal Jackson, who passed away yesterday at the age of 96…………………………… My prayers go out to Debbie
Jackson and the family! Debbie, continued to stay strong and continue to do God’s Work!

In commemoration of Mr. Hal Jackson, Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to doing your life’s work!

For those who are unfamiliar with Hal Jackson’s accomplishments, in 1939 he began his
broadcasting career as the first African-American radio sports announcer in D.C. In 1954, he became the first radio personality to broadcast three daily shows on three different New York stations. Four million listeners tuned in nightly to hear his mix of music and conversations with jazz and show business celebrities. In 1971, Hal Jackson and the late Percy Sutton, a former Manhattan borough president, co-founded the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation (ICBC), which acquired WLIB — becoming the first African-American owned-and-operated station in New York.

The following year, ICBC acquired WLIB-FM, changing its call letters to WBLS (“the total BLack
experience in Sound”). As of the late 2000s, ICBC, of which Jackson was group chairman, owns and operates stations in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Columbia, South Carolina, and Jackson, Mississippi. Hal has been on the radio since 1939, which
if you don’t feel like doing the math, equates to over 70 years.

Hal had definitely found his life’s work and devoted his life to doing it the best way he knows how. As you continue your journey towards success, ask yourself if what you are going after is really your life’s work! Can you imagine a career doing the same thing for over 70 years!? If the answer is yes, then keep going and don’t stop until the wheels fall off!! Mr. Jackson has created a great blueprint for all to follow….. As the saying goes… “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work another day in your life” (Confucius). Rest in Paradise, Mr. Jackson!!!
-Ash’Cash

“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” -James Allen

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.” -Pearl S. Buck

“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.” -Henri Frederic Amiel

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” -Buddha

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” -Saint Augustine

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” -Alexander Graham Bell

“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one, and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -Unknown

TO HEAR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE DAILY WORD – CLICK HERE.

Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.

Hip-Hop Rumors: It’s Going To Be A Hot Summer – Lil’ Wayne Says “F*ck Pusha-T”

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: MOBILE
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It looks like G.O.O.D. Music’s Pusha-T has really done something to push Lil’ Wayne’s buttons. Last night, Weezy sent out a very direct tweet calling Pusha-T out by name to his followers. Check out the tweet below:

We hear Lil’ Wayne is upset because Pusha dropped a new track last night called “Exodus 23:1” that many feel is taking shots at Drake and Weezy. The lyrics is particular that we believe Weezy is taking offense to are below:

“Contract all f—ed / Explain up I guess that means you all f—ed up / You signed to one ni— that signed to another ni— that’s signed to three ni— / Now that’s bad luck”

Check out the full Pusha-T track below:

Whoa, this is going to be one h*ll of a rap battle, if it actually happens. If you remember back in 2008, Lil’ Wayne and Pusha T went at each other when Pusha and Malice aka The Clipse, accused Weezy of stealing their style. Pusha went in on both Wayne and Birdman in the intro for their mixtape, “We Got It For Cheap Volume 3”, saying, “Don’t make me turn daddy’s lil’ girl to orphan, that mean I’d have to kill Baby like abortion.” The refrence to Baby is ofcourse Lil’ Wayne’s play father, Birdman. Nothing really materialized from this former beef, so we’ll just have to wait and see if Weezy takes his disses from Twitter to wax.

Lil Wyte Readies 5th Album “Still Doubted?”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Wyte is preparing to release his fifth album, which will feature an all-star cast supporting the veteran rapper.

His latest album Still Doubted? will be released on Wyte’s label Wyte Music Records, in conjunction with Three 6 Mafia’s Hypnotize Minds.

Memphis-based indie Select-O-Hits will handle the distribution for the 19-track release.

“DJ Paul and Juicy J have always wanted me to build a brand, and not be just another artist on the label,” Lil Wyte explained. “I started Wyte Music with Thug Therapy, and was able to sign such acts as $hamrock and Miscellaneous.”

New rapper Miscellaneous makes his nation-wide debut on the track “Sike.”

“It’s a fun track, something I usually don’t do in music. Both of the songs were produced by my in house producer Big BOI Beats,” Lil Wyte said.

Big BOI Beats handled most of the production on Still Doubted?, which features guest appearances from artists like Young Buck, Project Pat, Pastor Troy, Frayser Boy, Bubba Sparxxx and others.

“I want to be the guy who did whatever he wanted, he didn’t care, didn’t give a f**k,” Lil Wyte added. “People will understand my music was the gateway to doing everything I was supposed to do.”

Still Doubted? is due in stores on June 19, 2012.

Check out some Lil Wyte tour dates below:

05/25 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Bonner Springs Event Center

05/26 – Poplar Bluff, MO @ Eagles Lodge

05/27 – Cincinatti, OH @ Black Star-Line SoundStage

06/08 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

06/09 – Clinton, IA @ Graffiti Bar

06/15 – Bethel, MN @ The Hydrant

06/16 – Bemidji, MN @ Eagles Club

06/17 – Minneapolis, Minnesota @ The Lounge

07/06 – Columbus, IN @ Caddies Pub

07/07 – Logansport, IN @ Fraternal Order of Eagles

07/13 – Smyrna, TN @ Bottoms Up

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