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Grammy-award winner Kanye West might be one of the most creative musical forces in the world today, but he is also one of the most peculiar. A wizard in the studio, masterful wordsmith, and demanding showman, the Chicago rapper displays flashes of greatness that are sure to grant him a long, successful career in and […]

Big Boi’s moving labels. ½ of the infamous ATL duo OutKast confirmed Thursday that he is leaving Jive and signing to Def Jam. He’s made it no secret that he’s been dissatisfied with Jive and even referred to working with them as “shucking and jiving.” Now Big Boi admits that the deal with Def Jam […]

50 Cent is running scared from the Jigga Man. He officially announced Thursday that he would not release his album on the same day as Jay-Z as previously planned. Instead his album will be released a full two weeks after Jigga’s September 11th release date. Pleased with his decision, 50 bragged about his new album […]

The latest rapper to get hit with a lawsuit is N.E.R.D. front man, Pharrell. He’s being sued by Thomas Jordan, a lead singer for an alternative rock group called Geggy Tah. According to Jordan, Pharrell stole the beat from Geggy Tah’s song, “Wherever You Are” for the song “Feel Like Me.” He produced the song […]

N.O.R.E. is really putting it out there. In an interview he did, they asked him if he thinks there will ever be an openly gay successful rapper??? His response was, “There is, there is and you won’t get me to say the name but there is… Not openly. Once he is a success story and […]

President Obama sang praises to the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights group last night. He spoke to members of the NAACP Thursday at their centennial conference celebrating 100 years of service. He opened by citing the group’s charter saying that there was a need to “eradicate prejudice, bigotry, and discrimination against citizens of the […]

Jo Jo Simmons is officially off the hook. The 19 year old son of Rev Run pled guilty Thursday to one count of disorderly conduct. In May, he was caught by narcotics cops after buying weed and rolling up in his BMW. Jo Jo tried to escape them by putting the car in reverse but […]

In a surprising yet interesting turn of events, recent actions by a trifling, mystery person revealed a bombshell. The “Mouth of the South,” Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges, was outted as one of Dr. Dre’s main contributors for his long awaited album, Detox. “O.G.’s Theme,” a demo version of a track that is scheduled to appear on […]

Having scored a publishing deal with Random House, rapper/producer Q-Tip will be releasing a memoir entitled, “Industry Rules.” Linking with the publishing group’s Ballantine Books imprints, the former member of the group A Tribe Called Quest will let this serve as a tell-all book that will be a reflection of his rap career including the […]

A friend of C-Murder is helping to clear his name. C-Murder, real name, Corey Miller, will be re- tried for murder in three weeks. He is charged with second degree murder for the death of 16 year-old, Steve Thomas at a night club back in January of 2002. C-Murder was convicted in 2003 but awarded […]

Paul Wall is cutting back during the recession in a unique way. He is currently shooting his new video using an I-Phone. The video’s director, Amir Valinia is using an I-Phone 3GS to film the video for Paul Wall’s new single, “One Mo.” Paul Wall told Fox 26 News in Houston: “If we do it, […]

Miami’s original “Boss” is gearing to release his eight album Finally Famous on September 15th. Breaking away from his long time label Slip-N-Side and Atlantic Records, this time Trick Daddy is controlling his own destiny now as Finally Famous will be released on his own label Dunk Ryders. Trick stated: “I look at it like […]