Kurupt’s Label, ANTRA Music has announced that it has entered into an agreement with A&M Records terminating the joint venture between them. As a result of the agreement ANTRA Music has acquired all rights to the joint venture artists Kurupt and Baby S. The termination agreement further provides for certain cash payments by A&M to […]

A local newspaper is looking into the antics of Snoop Doggs dogs. Local Southern California residents have filed complaints (44 different ones) against Snoop. The complaints date back to 1994 against his collection of Pitbulls and Rottweilers. Word has it that this loud collection of dogs only totals 3, but they managed to wreak havoc. […]

Burglars broke into the NYC offices that house the Christopher Wallace Foundation after a benefit for the slain artist (where Puff forgot the lyrics to I’ll Be Missing You). The crooks pried open the door, took a small amount of cash, a Compaq laptop computer, and two plaques commemorating Biggie’s gold and platinum record sales […]

Raekwon let us know that he has finally named his latest album Immobilarity– State of Grace, Vol.1, which will drop sometime this summer. For those of us that didn’t know the meaning of the word, Chef said: "The word is from The Godfather Part 3, when Corleone says: International Immobiliare must be legitimate. The word […]

Ice T is the latest high profile artist to big up the MP3 format. He has released ‘Don’t Hate The Playa’, over at www.mp3.com. Ice is one of the few industry heads that can see all of the benefits that this format has over traditional techniques. Ice is releasing his next album, The 7th Deadly […]

L7 will be joining RZA’s alter-ego Bobby Digital as player models for Atomic Pop’s Panic I. The Dr. Atomic vs. the Hitmen and Panic II: Hostile Takeover games, which are modifications of the networked games Quake II and Unreal, respectively. The player models of the four brash female rockers will be available for download at […]

Ex-Ultramagnetic MC, Kool Keith is at it again, this time as Kool Keith with Beck. an artist that has also been lauded for his ability to transcend all musical expectations of him. Keith, recently announced a new alias, The New Black Elvis. He is currently awaiting his Ruffhouse/Columbia release. The Beck collaboration is due out […]

Chris Blackwell, (who also is the owner and founder of Island Records) and his Palm Pictures will produce the next film from Master P in association with the rapper’s No Limit Films company. "Lock Down," the story of three wrongly imprisoned friends and how jail divides them, stars Master P, who also co-directs and executive-produces. […]

ODB was arrested for allegedly wearing a bulletproof vest, something he shouldn’t have done because of his previous arrests. Mike Partain said he was pulled over for "driving erratically". “He didn’t have a driver’s license, so the officers had him step out of the vehicle and noticed he was wearing body armor,” Partain said. “A […]

A grand jury in New York Wednesday ruled that the Wu-Tang Clan star should not face charges for what police called a shoot-out with undercover officers. ODB was booked January 15 for suspected attempted murder after authorities said he engaged cops in a fire fight in Brooklyn. On Wednesday, ODB’s attorney told reporters, "The only […]

Public Enemy has split with Def Jam Records due to the controversy the group is causing over their want to release their new records via the Internet, and the MP3, and MP4 format. Their record label, Def Jam and Polygram ordered them to take the MP3’s off of their site, which they did. They then […]

Rawkus Records is in the process of trying to land a P&D deal with Los Angeles based Priority Records. The deal would give Rawkus a bigger audience. Most people don’t know that Rawkus Records is backed by none other than the billion dollar conglomerate News Corporation, which also happens to own the Fox TV Network, […]

ODB was arrested last night (Jan.15th) after a shootout with police. No one was injured in the incident. Ol Dirty and another man were riding in a Chevy Tahoe with one headlight out, when the cops pulled them over in Brooklyn. According to police, Ol Dirty and the other man hopped out of the car […]

L-Boogie has received 10 Grammy Award nominations Tuesday as women dominated several categories typically ruled by men. “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” will compete against a nearly all-female field — including Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Shania Twain — for album of the year. Hill was also nominated in the best new artist, pop, R&B, rap […]