Eminem Lawyers Block The Source From Releasing CD
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 […]
Kay Slay Brings Street To Video Game
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 games street moniker, Electronic Arts kept their ear to […]

Dame Dash Expanding Rocawear Clothing Line
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 […]

Fat Joe Denies Fight With Cuban Link
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 Appearance Draws Complaints
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 […]

Want To Bet On Jay-Z Buying The Nets?
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 Cuban Link Fight In Miami
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 […]

Bun B Of UGK Works, Waits For Pimp C To Come Home
With Pimp C, one-half of Texas rap group UGK, serving an eight-year bid for aggravated assault with a handgun, his rhyme partner Bun B is keeping busier than CTU agent Jack Bauer during an episode of 24.Bun B has made or will make guest appearances on albums by David Banner, T.I., Dip Set member Jim […]
Jay-Z & Carmelo Anthony Team-up With ESPN
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 […]

Choppa Inks Deal With Roy Jones’ Label
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 […]

All Female Hip-Hop Concert To Rock Cuba
Cuba will play host to the first all women’s hip-hop concert this month, the first such event to take place on the island.The concert, titled “Proven Presence” will feature Cuban rappers Esencia, Oye Habana, Maryoris, Las positivas and Las crudas.The event, which kicks off at 5:00 pm on December 17, will take place at Covarrubias […]
Lauryn Hill Tells Catholic Church To Repent
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 Hit With Lawsuit
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 Promoter Pulls Plug On Ludacris, Trina Concerts
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, […]

C-Murder Update: Woman Says She Saw Another Man With Gun
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 […]

Tray Deee Pleads Not Guilty
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 […]

Sony, BMG Merge Music Groups
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 Compete With 50, Break Records
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 […]

Alkaholiks Sign Deal, Prepare “Firewater”
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 […]

Play, Salt Create Hip-Hop Musical
Christopher “Play” Martin, one half of Kid-n-Play and Cheryl “Salt” James of Salt-n-Pepa fame, have teamed up with New York Knick’s basketball player Allen Houston to create a gospel hip-hop musical.”Rise” was written and conceived by Martin and James and centers around a character named “Rapp.”The character faces tough decisions on how to handle the […]