First Diddy ran the city, now the Bad Boy will run over to Broadway where he will star in a revival of “A Raisin in the Sun,” according to the New York Post.The hip-hop mogul reportedly auditioned for the part several times with the director, the casting director and an agent representing the estate of […]

Lawyers for Eminem have blocked The Source magazine from including a CD of Eminem using racial slurs in their February issue.Lawyers for the rapper won a court injunction yesterday. The Source planned to put a CD in 800,000 copies of the February issue, which focuses on the CD and race in hip-hop.The magazine is consulting […]

After the success of meshing hip-hop and b-ball in the NBA Street series, video game developer EA Sports BIG is set to release the first installment of NFL Street, featuring music by Kay Slay with Three 6 Mafia, among a host of others. True to the game’s street moniker, Electronic Arts kept their ear to […]

Roc-A-Wear has launched several new lines of clothing, attempting to capture a larger share of the lucrative clothing industry.According to Dame Dash, the Rocawear Red Label consists of shirts & denim, which are less baggy, while Wash House consists of hand finished vintage denim, which will be available at high end retailers.”We’re trying to take […]

Contrary to published reports, Fat Joe denies being involved in a scuffle with Cuban Link in a Miami nightclub on Saturday night.In fact, the Bronx rapper said he is currently out of the country with his family for the holidays.”This incident the websites are reporting on never occurred,” Fat Joe said in a statement released […]

Trick Daddy’s appearance at an annual party held by the city of Miami for underprivileged children drew criticism because of the rapper’s checkered past.The children were invited to the party by the Mayor of the city, Manny Diaz, who wanted to make up for an event that never happened, when a promoter took off with […]

There’s speculation that Jay-Z will by the Nets and bring them back to Brooklyn.With an investment team behind him that has the highest bid of $267 million dollars, it appears that Jigga may pull it off. If you are a gambler, Intertops.com, a Casino and Sportsbook website, is taking bets on whether or not Jay-Z […]

Fat Joe and former Terror Squad member Cuban Link were involved in a physical altercation Saturday night in a Miami nightclub where the latter was performing, which may result in police pressing charges against Joey Crack.Cuban Link was in town as part of a promotional tour where he performed new material, including a collaboration with […]

The Roc and the Rocky Mountains have teamed up with ESPN magazine, as Jay-Z and Denver Nuggets rookie Carmelo Anthony will be featured in a photo spread in an upcoming issue. Anthony had attempted to limit his engagements outside of basketball, but when presented with the opportunity to join the retiring rapper in a photo […]

New Orleans rapper Choppa has left Master P.’s No Limit Records and inked a deal with boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.’s Body Head Entertainment.Choppa is recording the first of the 5 albums he must deliver to Jones’ label.”I am putting out music on artists that I believe in [and] Choppa is one those artists,” Jones […]

Lauryn Hill accused the Catholic Church of exploitation and moral corruption and urged them to repent from the stage of a Christmas concert she was performing in at the Vatican.”I’m not here to celebrate, like you, the birth of Christ, but to ask you why you are not in mourning for his death in this […]

Snoop Dogg was hit with a lawsuit over an episode of his “Doggy Fizzle Televizzle,” after an actress claimed the show made her appear to be naked and engaged in sexual acts.In the lawsuit, Dorothy Burns claims producers of the show wanted to give the appearance that she was having sex with another actor, who […]

Concert promoters in South Africa pulled the plug on a tour featuring Ludacris, Trina and Kelly Rowland, citing poor ticket sales.Promoters of the Summer Vibes Tour cancelled shows in Cape Town and Durban, blaming poor attendance at Friday’s concert at the Dome in Johannesburg.Barry Florence, the tour’s promoter, said he had to cancel the shows, […]

A woman that was a key prosecution witness during the murder trial of Corey “C-Murder” Miller testified yesterday that she did not see Miller shoot 16-year-old Steve Thomas at a Jefferson Parish, New Orleans night club and witnessed another man with a gun before the shooting.Eloise Matthews testified under oath that she stood on a […]

Eastidaz group member Tracy “Tray Deee” Davis has pleaded not guilty today (December 12) to four felony charges, stemming from a November 7th shooting in a Long Beach, California parking lot.Davis, 37, allegedly fired into a parked car and fled the scene. He was arrested a short time later at his Long Beach home.According to […]

After months of speculation, Sony Music and BMG have merged their music divisions to form the world’s second largest music group, Sony BMG.<brUnder the deal, which was announced today by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corporation, the two companies will be equal partners in the music business.”I am convinced that this merger will give us the […]

Outkast’s critically acclaimed and commercial blockbuster double CD Speakerboxxx/The Love Below has been certified six times platinum.The group’s album is competing with 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Trying to claim the title as the most certified album of 2003.The album debuted on five separate charts, has earned six Grammy nominations and moved over a […]

Tha Alkaholiks have inked a deal with Waxploitation/IMusic/BMG and are preparing to release a new album Firewater.”On this record we’re going back to our roots,” producer E-Swift said. “This one is for the longtime fans. It will be sort of a celebration of our 10 years out there.”Firewater will be Tha Liks’ 5th album in […]