MAINO JOINS 50 CENT & MANY OTHERS FOR OCT. 3RD NY PERFORMANCE
09.14.09
October 3rd will bring one of the biggest shows NY has seen in a while! 50 Cent will be hosting a show out in Governor's Island in NYC, with BIG NAME guests like Maino, Corey Gunz, Papoose, Dipset, JR. Writer, Uncle Murder, Ron Browz, D-Block, Trav & more! Get your tickets
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P Diddy confirms Atlantic Records departure
Saturday, September 26 2009, 4:56pm EDT
By Marcell Minaya, Entertainment Reporter
P Diddy has confirmed his departure from Atlantic Records.
The Bad Boy Records CEO has affirmed recent reports of his split with the Warner Music Group.
Diddy told Billboard: "Now that the term of the Warner deal has ended, I have elected to accept an opportunity to move my recording career and future label venture to…
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Oprah Interviews Jay-Z
Photo: Rob HowardSuperstar Jay-Z is a hip-hop artist and entrepreneur. The media mogul has won nine Grammy Awards and nine MTV Video Music Awards. He is the founder of Roc-A-Fella Records and the Rocawear clothing brand, and he's the former CEO of Def Jam records. Today, Jay-Z is also part-owner of the New Jersey Nets and is married to singing sensation Beyoncé.
Jay-Z's O Interview
He may be a millionaire, but this Brooklyn-born rapper hasn't…
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Fergie And Will.I.Am Sued Over Alleged Plagiarism
September 21, 2009 6:06 a.m. EST
Anne Lu - Celebrity News Service News Writer
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Fergie and will.i.am are facing yet another copyright infringement lawsuit over one of the songstress' songs from her solo album "The Duchess." Reggae band Groundation are suing the half of the hip-hop supergroup for allegedly ripping off their song.
Grounded Music Label, which owns the rights to the…
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News: Kia Shine Rewarded For Writing "Best I Ever Had" Hit, "I Own 25% Of The Drake Single"
Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Thursday, September 17, 2009 17:55:00
Southern rapper Kia Shine has broken his silence on the success of Drake's "Best I Ever Had" hit single and said he helped co-write and produce the mega smash.
Writing via Twitter, Shine also posted images of himself being awarded with Billboard plaques in recognition of the…
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Finding that Cash Money Records failed to provide a "valid legal claim against [the] defendants," a New York federal judge threw out a case against DJ Drama in a dispute involving the alleged illegal sales of Lil Wayne's music.
According to AllHipHop.com, the judge cleared Drama and several other defendants in the case, in which the distribution company they signed with was charged with illegally peddling Wayne's music, accusations Drama told MTV News in April were…
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09.11.2009 11:23 AM EDT
Kanye West, Lil Wayne, T-Pain Win Big At BMI Awards
Big Boi, Cee-Lo, more pay tribute to BMI Icon George Clinton.
by Jayson Rodriguez
NEW YORK — George Clinton was the night's honoree, and Lil Wayne and Kanye West were among the big winners, but Bootsy Collins undoubtedly
stole the show at the 2009 BMI Urban Music Awards on Thursday night.
The famous bass player took part in the tribute to…
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Is Khloe Kardashian Getting Married?
September 19, 2009 09:00:57 by Britteny Elrick
Khloe Kardashian may have just met Los Angeles Laker, Lamar Odom, a month ago, but that’s not stopping her from talking wedding plans! According to a source, Usmagazine.com has confirmed that Khloe wants to get married to Lamar before he starts training this fall. So much for Khloe’s bad luck with men…
“Khloe and Lamar want to get married before Lamar has to go away…
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Anthony Williams aka Roc Raida, who is better known as Busta Rhymes’ personal DJ and member of the group the The X-Ecutioners, has reportedly died on Saturday (September 19). DJ Roc Raida was 37 years old.
The news was announced on Busta Rhymes‘ Twitter and the cause of death is still unknown. Busta tweeted, “I am sorry 2 say that on this day at 2:05 Sept 19th we lost another incredible life…Dj Roc Raida died 2day my personal Dj is gone… I just wanna thank everyone 4 ur love and…
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JIGGA SPEAKS ON KANYES BEHALF...
Jay-Z Defends Kanye West On BBC Radio! "I Think It Was A Lil Blown Out. Its An Award Show. He Just Has Passion"
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Obama Calls Kanye West a "Jackass"
ABC apologizes for errant Tweet
By DANIEL MACHT
Updated 10:27 AM EDT, Tue, Sep 15, 2009
Getty Images President Obama has reportedly weighed in on Kanye West’s tirade at the MTV Video Music Awards, and not just in this hilarious mash-up of the president’s recent speech to Congress.
In real life, Obama allegedly called West a “jackass” during an interview with CNBC. The only problem: the president was apparently speaking…
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Lil' Mama Issues Statement.
Lil’ Mama is singing a new tune. The “Lip Gloss” rapper has issued a statement apologizing for crashing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ VMA performance.
“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,” she told MTV News. “I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about…
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Chris Brown: "Of Course I Remember What Happened"
Mon., Aug. 31, 2009 9:50 PM PDT by Natalie Finn
INFphoto.com
Chris Brown is not taking the blind-rage route after all.
Contrary to what we saw in CNN's sneak preview of Larry King Live's exclusive interview with the repentant singer, Brown insists that he "just misspoke" when he indicates that he doesn't remember violently attacking Rihanna in February.
"That 30 seconds of the interview they used…
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Queens Street Corner Will Be Named for Run-DMC
By Sewell Chan
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Members of the influential hip-hop trio Run-DMC — from left, Joseph Simmons, known as Run; Darryl McDaniels, known as DMC; and Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay — at a Grammy Awards ceremony in the 1980s. Mr. Mizell was slain in 2002. The groundbreaking hip-hop trio Run-DMC, which emerged from the streets of Hollis, Queens, in the 1980s and shattered musical barriers with…
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THE RING LEADER Check out the video 'Jay-Z’s “Answer The Call” Press Conference'
Jay-z on his humanitarian stroll...lol
Jay-Z’s “Answer The Call” Press Conference
This morning, Hov held a press conference in the lobby of Madison Square Garden for his September 11th benefit concert. Tickets for the c...
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Jay-Z’s “Answer The Call” Press Conference
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