A concert featuring Houston, Texas rapper Slim Thug planned for tonight was canceled in Bay City, Texas. According to promoters, the concert featuring Slim Thug was nixed due to lack of ticket sales. "It just didn't come together," said Steve Coppler, President of AdoreAble Promotions. "There were very few tickets sold." Fans who purchased tickets to the event are being offered refunds from the outlets where they were purchased, according to… Continue
A phone meeting between Kanye West and former Death Row Records CEO Marion "Suge" Knight ended in a stalemate and produced no results involving Knight's $1 million dollar lawsuit against the Chicago rapper.
The Associated Press reports that the latest meeting took place yesterday (August 26th) in Miami, with Knight present and West attending by telephone.
According Knight's attorney Marc Brumer, the two sides could not reach an… Continue
One of the most innovative duos in Hip Hop history reveal their comeback plans, curious relationship with EPMD, and working with Marco Polo on his latest LP.
This year’s ingoing college freshman class were likely in utero when two Virginia State students abandoned their English majors to pursue higher learning off campus in the music biz. After meeting during their freshman year at VSU, Andre “Drayz” Weston and Willie… Continue
No jail for "No Angels" singer in HIV rap.
Nadja Benaissa, a member of the popular German girl band, won't be heading to prison despite being found guilty of having unprotected sex with men and failing to inform them she was HIV positive.
A court in Germany spared the 28-year-old of jail time, and instead sentenced her to a two-year suspended sentence, according to the German news agency, ddp.
Rapper Mos Def is accused of recently bailing on a gig 24 hours before it was set to go off and causing the promoter to take a $57,000 hit ... this according to a new lawsuit. According to the documents -- filed today in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ -- Mos was paid a $12,500 deposit to do a show at the Kool Haus in Toronto back on February 25.
In the suit, the promoters, REMG Entertainment, claim Mos suddenly backed out of… Continue
Get your Yankees hats here - with a Jay-Z logo.
The hip-hop mogul is teaming up with his favorite baseball team on co-branded clothes that will be sold exclusively at the Stadium beginning next week. All the items, from caps to T-shirts and hooded sweat shirts, will feature Yankees and Jay-Z logos.
The Yankees Thursday said the attire was created to commemorate the first official concerts at the new Yankee Stadium on Sept. 13 and 14,… Continue
Shyne & Foxy Brown will be teaming up once again. About a week or two ago Inga tweeted that she will be taking a trip to Belize to pay the homie a visit. Lets just hope this result in the two of them getting in the lab for a feature on both of their new albums. I think the new Bonnie and Clyde is definitely needed because from the looks of it Jay-Z and Foxy will never be tearing down another hot classic the way they did many years… Continue
Chris Brown and Drake once had a beef over their back-to-back dating of Rihanna last year, but they've clearly put their differences in the past. A source tells us the duo ripped up SoHo hot spot Greenhouse together on Tuesday night with a little help from their friends. After Lil Jon and T.I. did an impromptu back-and-forth at the nightclub, Brown surprised the Corona-cheered crowd with a five-song set and repeated shoutouts to "my man, Drake" when… Continue
Ms. Winehouse might look a mess, but you can’t knock her talent. A British newspaper called “Metro” reported that Amy will be finished with her album by years end. In the mean time her current boo, Reg Traviss, was seen cheating on her (Aug. 23) by the British paparazzi.
Allegedly, Amy’s man Reg Traviss was seen holding hands with his ex girlfriend in the wee hours of the morning. This prompted the British tabloids to report that Traviss was… Continue
Rapper/producer Pharell Williams' Ice Cream clothing line is locked in a court battle against clothing company Ice and Iceberg.
The rapper filed a lawsuit against the Gilmar Group, the company the owns the popular Iceberg brand.
According to the New York Post, Pharrell is suing the Gilmare Group because the company has blocked a trademark application for the rapper's Ice Cream clothing line.
Nicki Minaj wants Vybez Kartel for "Pink Friday". Nicki is always on twitter giving her fans hints about her debut album and she recently tweeted that she needed Vybes Kartel for "Pink Firday". I guess that will take away from people wanting to know if Nicki will show her.
An NYPD cop whose wife called 911 for help against a gang of thugs says he was brutally beaten by baton-wielding fellow officers who stormed his Queens home.
Larry Jackson suffered a broken right hand and multiple bruises from kicks and billy-club blows he said he got from the men in blue called to his home when a gunman menaced guests at his daughter's birthday party.
"To get my butt beat like that was unnecessary," said the six-year… Continue