Snoop Dogg is making Master P very happy- and rich. His debut album for the No Limit label is expected to bump The Beastie Boys Hello Nasty album off the number one slot, ending their 3 week run at number one. According to soundscan, Snoops release, Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be […]
The DMC (short for Disco Mix Club) has announced their U.S. Champion Saturday in front of a crowd of over 1,000 Hip-Hop heads. 20 year old DJ Craze from Miami won the championship, and he now has to go to Paris, where he will battle 30 DJs from all over the world for the world […]
This story was originally published on August 2, 1998.
Choclair, one of Canada’s premier Hip-Hop acts, has recently been snatched off the underground circuit and signed with Virgin Music Canada. He was signed after he won the Canadian Urban Music Award for best male Hip-Hop act. Look for Choclair to blow up later on this year.
MC Lyte is back with a new video, and production help from Missy Elliott, and LL Cool J. LL produced a song on the album, called Play Girls Play. He not only produced the song, but he wrote Lyte’s Lyrics ( wack). Lyte’s album is going to be called Seven & Seven, and if the […]
On a sadder note for the Hip-Hop community, it was brought to ourattention that pioneering group member, Play, of Kid-n-Play recently attempted suicide. Apparently he was bitter over a divorce, and the way his career was going. Best known for his Raps, and his acting, play is also a fashion designer, and did the groups […]
Mack 10 and Fat Joe are the latest Hip-Hop heads to become actors in the newest straight to video flick (which is becoming the thang amongst Hip-Hoppers), Thicker Than Water, which is due out early next year. The shooting starts next week on location in LA. The story line is about two cats who don’t […]
ODB left the hospital last week after being treated a superficial gun shot wound. Ol Dirty, one of the founders and member of The Wu-Tang Clan, was wounded Tuesday when two men barged into his girls apartment and shot him. The rapper, whose real name is Russell Jones, was in stable condition at Interfaith Medical […]
The RZA has signed an exclusive production and distribution agreement with Red Ant Records, to distribute the superstar producer/label CEO’s latest label. This one, Threat Records is co-owned with the RZA by manager/promoter Cath Jones. The first release off the label is the highly anticpated Sunz Of Man LP, The Last Shall Be The First.Red […]
Eightball hit number 2 on the Billboard Rap charts last week, with his release Lost. The album is already certified Platinum (1,000,000 sold) and is a Triple CD. The release is on Tony Draper’s Suave House Records, based out of Houston Texas. Lost has guest appearances by Master P, Mystikal, Redman, Busta Rhymes and Too […]
