Kanye Charged In Airport Dust Up

Rap star Kanye West and his manager were hit with criminal charges stemming from an incident last September in Los Angeles International Airport.   Kanye West and Don Crawley were hit with six misdemeanor charges, including vandalism, battery and grand theft.   The charges stem from an altercation between the rapper and paparazzi in the […]

New Mos Def Album Set For Summer

Multi-talented emcee Mos Def will return from a 3 year hiatus with his 4th studio album, The Ecstatic.   Mos debuted two new tracks courtesy of his Myspace page (www.myspace.com/mosdef): the Mr. Flash produced “Life In Marvelous Times,” and “Quiet Dog Bite Hard,” produced by Preservation.”   Both songs are available for download via iTunes […]

Mary J. Blige Cleared In Copyright Lawsuit

Hip-Hop soul pioneer Mary J. Blige was recently cleared of copyright infringement accusations stemming from her 2001 hit “Family Affair.”   The suit was filed in January by Leonard Jones and James White.   White, who previously managed a rapper named Benevolence, claims to have submitted the artist’s copyright-protected demo to Universal Records in May […]