Lyor Cohen, the head of Def Jam Records, officially confirmed that LL Cool J will be leaving the record label. LL has been on Def Jam since the label launched in 1986. Here is what he had to say: "LL Cool J is clearly one of the most important artists of his generation. He created […]
DMX and his family will be distributing toys to Children today (Wednesday December 20th, 2000) from 11:30am until 2:00pm at the Harlem Hospital, 506 Lenox Avenue, in the South Aids Ward section of the hospital. DMX, who has been busy with a new label, Bloodline Records through Def Jam, a clothing line, DW (Dog Wear), […]
With multi-platinum albums by Trick Daddy and Trina under their belt, the 3-man Committee (Luc Duc, Chapter and Stage McCloud) has firmly established itself as the premiere hip hop production crew in Miami. These midas-plus men have now stepped from behind the boards and into the booth, adding a dash of female flava with Supastarr, […]
Big Mike, former member of The Geto Boys, was arrested in Arlington Texas, after he became rowdy outside of a night club. Big Mike, whose real name is Mike Barnett, arrived at the club around 9:00pm and according to the manager he went outside to make a phone call. Around 10:00pm, club managers called police […]
Dr. Dre has a lot to say about the recent posting of Snoop Dogg’s latest No Limit Album, The Last Meal. Here is what the multi platinum selling artist told Sonicnet in a recent interview: "Why don’t those people do what we are doing [and] move on?" Dre said. "You live your life; let us […]
Suge Knight, the incarcerated head of Death Row Records, has shown an act of generosity from behind bars to a group of students in Sacramento, who lost their playground to a fire. On November 19th, an Arsonist set fire to the Hillsdale Head Start playground. The arson received a lot of media attention and Suge, […]
Andre Erell Barnes, who is a founding member of the 5th Ward Boyz out of Houston Texas is now facing federal charges in connection with 3 bank robberies. The F.B.I. began to suspect Barners when a car spotted by one of the witnesses to a robbery was traced to an ex-girlfriend. An arrest warrant was […]
MP3.com has ended it’s legal dispute with Universal Records, paying the out $53.4 million in damages, resulting from the company’s Mymp3.com service. MP3.com also secured licenses from the Universal, the largest record label conglomerate, and now have permission to use all of their copyrighted material. The negotiations for the deal lasted almost 48 hours. Universal […]
Eminem is expanding his European show dates. What was originally a two date sold out visit in February, has turned into a seven date arena tour of Europe. The tour will begin in Hamburg, Germany on January 30th, and conclude February 9th in London, England. Here is the full European schedule: January 30 – Hamburg, […]
With New releases coming from Jay-Z, Prodigy and 50 Cent, the verbal fighting and physical threatening has officially started. On a new Ron G. mixtape, there is a song featuring Jay-Z throwing disses to the Queensbridge bred Emcee’s. Here are some of the lines from Jay-Z song: “YOU OWE ME” for every word on your […]
On Tuesday November 28 Rawkus Records celebrated the release of Lyricist Lounge Volume 2 with a gang of industry people, artists and well wishers at Club Ohm in Manhattan. Notables like MTV’s Tek Money, Diamond D, mr. saturday and DJ Massey of The Outfit, The Beatminerz, Jigsaw, Rockwilder and Capone of CNN were in house […]
InfamousStores.com, the website launched by Prodigy of Mobb Deep, has been shutdown by the webmaster because Prodigy’s allegedly neglected to pay the bills. According to the webmaster of the site, InfamousStores.com will be closed down until Prodigy "acts in a responsible manner to his fans." M.D Thorpe, Jr., a medical doctor who runs several web […]
The Wu-Tang Clan performed to a capacity crowd at The Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan last night, drawing over a thousand people to celebrate the release of their latest album The W. While the members of Clan were all in demand, none are sought after as fugitive Old Dirty Bastard, who took the time to pass […]
Rakim has signed with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment, after lackluster performance of his last record, The Master and Universal’s lack of promotional effort behind the release. The album, titled Oh My God, is due to be released in the Spring of 2001, and will feature production from Mel-Man, Dr. Dre and DJ Premier.
Scarface is slated to hit the road in support of his 6th LP, Last Of A Dying Breed which hit the stores in October. Last Of A Dying Breed is already certified gold, with over 550,000 units sold. The tour kicks off in Cincinnati Ohio and ends in Los Angeles. Scarface heads up Def Jam […]
BET has been acquired by Viacom, the company the owns UPN, and MTV among other holdings. The deal is worth an estimated $3 Billion dollars, gives Viacom a monopoly over the music distribution in the United States, including VH1, The Box, M2, MTV, and now BET. Executive at BET claim that their programming will not […]
Old Dirty Bastard, who openly flaunted his escape to authorities by performing last week, has been caught. Less than a week ago ODB vowed to a Crowd at New York ‘s Hammerstein Ballroom that he would eat "like a bird," while the fugitive performed with the rest of the Wu Tang Clan. The 31 year […]
Jay-Z is taking his successes and investing. According to sources, Jay has vouched for a new label, Carter Faculty. The label, which will be run by Tyran Smith and Jay’s cousin, Bryant Biggs will also be distributed through Def Jam. Although it is not clear what financial stake Jay has in the the label, Smith […]
Joe C., born Joe Calleja, passed away Thursday (November 26th, 2000). His death was the result of an intestinal disorder that had affected the 26 year for most of his life. Calleja, who stood about 3 feet 9 inches, had to take almost 60 pills a day for his disorder. He joined Kid Rock’s Twisted […]
Suge Knight is ecepected to be released from prison, serving a little over 4 years of his 9 year sentence. Suge has been out of the rap game since 1997, when violated his parole for his involvement in fight, which according to police, led to the murder of Tupac Shakur. Suge is eligible under California […]
