T.I. has feen finalizing plans for the release of his latest round of music. The Grammy Award-winning MC announced Thursday (April 15) via his Web site that the title of his August 24 LP will be King Uncaged. And on Wednesday, Tip released a promo trailer for an upcoming mixtape he has with DJ Drama and DJ MLK, one in the Gangsta Grillz series called F--- a Mixtape.
While some were confused by the title, rest assured that all parties involved… Continue
WOW! TheShoeGame.com reports that Nike’s skateboarding division is releasing a special Skunk Dunk for 420, a weed smoking holiday that is very popular in the skate community. If you look closely at the shoes, you can see the material resembles marijuana, weed, kush. To concide with 420, these Nike SB Skunk Dunks are going to release at Nike SB dealers on April… Continue
A federal has judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the mother of the later rapper Notorious B.I.G., which blamed the city of Los Angeles and the LAPD for her son’s death.
On Monday April 5th, Judge Jacqueline Nguyen dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, after an eight-year wrongful death lawsuit in federal court.
Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was gunned down in March of 1997, after attending an after party during the Soul… Continue
A Michigan State University student is in hot water after an epic panty raid left his classmates’ lingerie drawers Spartan.
The 19-year-old was arrested earlier this month after a fellow student saw him rummaging through the laundry in the dorm's basement laundry room.
The East Lansing Police department said the unnamed student has accumulated 79 pairs of women's panties -- all of the thong variety.
Gangsta rapper Rick Ross is going to have to cough up $300,000 for unleashing his entourage on a web journalist who questioned his street cred, the victim said Thursday. A Manhattan federal jury found Ross liable for his crew breaking Vlad "DJ Vlad" Lyubovny's eye socket at the Ozone Awards in Houston, Texas, in 2008. Ross' crew was furious that Vlad Lyubovny had reported Ross…
Yankee fan Jay-Z is suing Red Sox star David Ortiz for ripping off the name and reputation of his star-studded sports lounge, the 4-0/40 Club.
Papers filed Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court claim Big Papi visited the sleek hotspot in the Flatiron District and liked it so much, he stole it like Jeter steals second base.
After enjoying the rap mogul's hospitality, Boston's designated hitter opened a club called Forty-Forty in his native… Continue
Larry King sex symbol?
Puhleeze. The guy's 76 years old, has orange fly-away hair, often seems a bit loopy and looks dorky in those glasses.
Then again he's worth gazillions, so it's no surprise that he's been married eight times and is one of the few men in the universe to have more divorces than ex-wives.
He accomplished that by marrying - and divorcing - the same woman twice.
Snoop Dogg, Jarule, Juelz Santana, and Korrupt at the Bliss Lounge in Clifton, NJ celebrating the 4th Annual Playboy Theme Party. And boy, oh boy, it was something to talk about, even had Ja Rule on the dance floor doing his thing.… Continue
50 Cent's many tattoos have always been a part of the rapper's image. He's displayed them prominently on album covers and in magazines throughout his career. But the ink that made him stand out in the music world isn't serving him so well now that 50 Cent the rapper is becoming 50 Cent the rapper-actor. So Curtis Jackson (his real name) has begun the process of removing many of them with costly laser procedures. People reports that Jackson removed… Continue
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was nominated for an award for his role in supporting Hip-Hop in the country.
Putin has been nominated for the “Event of the Year” Award during the Russian Street Awards being presented by Muz TV, Russia’s rival of MTV.
In November of 2009, Putin attended Muz TV’s “Battle for Respect” Hip-Hop contest and presented the winning award to a rapper by the name of Zhigan.
Kim Kardashian already hopping back into the dating pool – and this time she’ll be makin’ a little extra cash on the side, too!
Kardashian has been “quietly pitching” the idea of a dating game show so she can find Mr. Right and hopes Ryan Seacrest (who produces E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians) will take her under his wing and produce the new show.
“Kim will probably stay single for awhile to see if the show will become a reality,”… Continue
Robin Thicke became a father last week when he and his wife, actress Paula Patton, welcomed their son Julian Fuego into the world. While Thicke says he wants his child to be talented musically, he tells Rap-Up TV that he really hopes he raises the next Los Angeles Lakers superstar.
Thicke says, he will have Julian shooting a basketball at the age of two to try and give him a Tiger Woods-like focus, a reference to the golf star’s defining… Continue
Organizers for the Glastonbury Festival have confirmed that rapper Snoop Dogg will headline the event, which includes performances by U2, Stevie Wonder, Muse, Jack Johnson, Slash and others.
The five-day festival takes place from June 22nd to June 27th at Worthy Farm in Pilton and will feature hundreds of bands and poets on multiple stages.
Snoop will perform at the five-day festival for the first time on the Pyramid Stage on Friday… Continue
It's a case of assault with a deadly reptile.
Tony Smith, 29, was charged with using his six-foot-long pet python as a weapon after getting into an argument with a fellow guest at a South Carolina motel Tuesday night, the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C., reported.
The 47-year-old victim, Jeffrey Culp, who told the newspaper he has a fear of snakes, said he was on the receiving end of the close encounter at the Executive Inn after he… Continue
Wiz Khalifa is too juicy to hold down, even by Warner Bros. Records.
The Pittsburgh rapper parted ways with the company in 2009 after they kept delaying his debut release, "First Flight." On Wednesday, he released his eighth independently produced mix tape, "Kush & OJ" and it immediately shot to No. 1 on Google and Twitter - so much for the power of the record deal.
Khalifa's independent project was released as a free download that… Continue
Talk about damage control: The morning after Whitney Houston bombed at Birmingham's LG Arena in the U.K., Sony Music issued a glowing press release in an attempt to cover up the singer's latest mess.
"Whitney Houston is back!" the e-mail reads. "Whitney has showed the world she is back in full force with a strong show to entertain her fans."
Not so, says — well, nearly everyone who attended the… Continue