Ludacris and his Disturbing The Peace crew are ready to release a compilation album featuring the crew’s talents later this year, according to Universal spokes people. Ludacris and his crew are featured on his full length platinum Def Jam debut, Back For The First Time. The album, which is titled Golden Grain, will feature Shawna, […]
Chuck D., the outspoken leader of Public Enemy has announced the formation of a new movement organization, R.A.T. (Radio Attack Terrorists). The organization’s goal will be to gain more exposure for artists that have a positive message. "Were gonna change the climate by identifying every media owner, music and program director, record and video marketer […]
Dr. Dre is claiming that he was ripped off to the tune of $20 Million dollars by PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the biggest accounting firms in the world. He claims that the firm lured him in with promises of expert money management, but claims they "Robbed me blind." Dre has been in court for over two […]
Lil Kim has denied any involvement in the wild shooting outside of Hot 97 in New York City. At least 22 shots were fired, which wounded Efrain Ocasio, 31 in the back. According to the police report, Lil Kim left Hot 97, where a party for DJ Clue was being held 15 minutes before the […]
Lauryn Hill, who was sued over production credit for her album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, has settled. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed by her label, Sony Entertainment. The musicians, Vada Nobles, Rasheem Pugh, Tejumold and Johari Newton, charged that Hill promised to credit them for their work, but then reneged and listed […]
Four gunmen suspected in the shootout between the CNN camp and Lil Kim’s entourage were caught on videotape climbing into Lil Kim’s limo directly after the shooting, in downtown Manhattan. The videotape, which was taken from a surveillance camera on a nearby building shows the men getting back into the limo about a half a […]
For all of the flack that Eminem received from various media outlets over the content of his music, he was the recipient of four Grammy nominations, including album of the year for The Marshall Mathers LP. He was also nominated for best Rap album, Best Rap solo performance and Best Rap performance by a duo […]
Started in 1981 by current chairman Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Music celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2001. In celebration of this milestone, Tommy Boy will release a series of reissues and compilations. Tommy Boy has made an undeniable impact on the history of popular music by being one of the first labels to recognize the […]
CDuniverse is in serious trouble. Two major credit card companies have canceled the cards of customers who bought music from CD Universe, from which a hacker claims to have stolen 300,000 credit card numbers. Customers of American Express and Discover will be, or already have been, reissued new cards, the companies said. About 30 to […]
Suge Knight, the incarcerated-soon to be released-CEO of Death Row Records, Continues his assault against Snoop Dogg. As we reported earlier, Suge has had unfavorable things to say about Snoop, Eminem, Xzibit, Dre and anything associated with his former cohorts, has leaked Snoops Last Meal album on the deathrowrecords2001.com website via MP3, and issued warnings […]
Hip-Hop and Rap just continues to dominate the charts. Sales of Rap/Hip-Hop albums jumped 20 percent during the year 2000, the biggest increase of any music genre. R&B, Alternative and New Age albums also increased on the average of about 8% to 12 %. Classical was down 5%, Country dropped 3%, Jazz went down by […]
Puff Daddy’s turmoil continues. Jury selection started today for his high profile case, which involves bribery and gun possession, which were a result of a dispute and shooting in Club New York in December of 1999. After the shooting Puff offered his driver, Wardel Fenderson $50,000 to say that the gun in question was his, […]
Shyne helped delay the Jury selection process in the the gun and bribery trial of Puff this weekend. Shyne was arrested after a car accident in Manhattan and charged with driving with a suspended license. Shyne was driving a silver Mercedes when he collided with the other car. According to investigators, he was not at […]
Everlast’s feud with Eminem has taken a more serious turn. Reports are coming in from our representatives in Detroit, stating that when Everlast took to the stage at St. Andrews Hall tonight (Friday Feb.2, 2001). He was allegedly speaking Ill of Eminem, calling him amongst other things, a "f###### midget" took shots at D-12, Eminems […]
In case you missed the 27th American Music awards, here is how Rap/Hip-Hop music did in the respective categories. The Artist or album that is bold and red is the one that won in that category. Favorite Rap Group: DMX Jay-Z Juvenile Favorite Male Artist (Pop): Lenny Kravitz Will Smith Ricky Martin Favorite Male Artist […]
Russell Simmons unveiled his latest endeavor, the RUSH Communitcator project. It will make all types of wireless devices accessible to anyone who needs it or wants it, via one prepaid phone card, The One Card. The card will be usable for cell, long distance, 2way pagers, alphanumeric paging, internet appliances and local telephone dialing services. […]
Deathrow Records continues to make news headlines. The rise and fall of Deathrow has been chronicled for the big screen, and will be shown February 2nd at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles. The movie, titled Welcome To Deathrow, is not authorized by Deathrow and no input from Suge Knight or any Deathrow […]
36 Mafia continue to make moves.Their latest release, When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6 Sixty 1 which was released on June 13 2000, is now certified platinum. The group is staying busy in the new year, with a number of projects slated. The group will drop a new album by Project Pat, a new album […]
Shyne’s were put on the stand during a pretrial hearing in court Wednesday (Jan. 10th). Arguments from both sides did not persuade Judge Charles Solomon from ruling on the matter. The judge asked both sides for written arguments before he made a ruling. The prosecution wants to use Shyne’s lyrics against him in cross examination. […]
Suge Knight, who showed his compassionate side recently by donating over $20,000 to a school who’s play ground needed to be repaired, is also showing the more familiar menacing side. If you go over to www.deathrowrecords2001.com and watch the flash intro, it is more than apparent that there is going to be serious problems when […]