TI Re-Appears
Mar 2, 2010 Rap Music, Rapper, T.I.
Rapper TI recently stepped out with his fiancé Tameka Cottle to support her Alzheimer’s research fundraiser ‘For the Love of Our Fathers’ at Atlanta’s Opera venue. The rapper joined his beautiful girl on stage at the end of the evening and said “I am very well, very happy to be seen”. TI is still serving out the rest of his sentence for gun possession in a halfway house in Georgia. His manager also revealed that the rapper is working on both a new album and a film that are both due out at the end of summer. His manager talked about the album saying “He’s sounding beautiful. His spirit is really good. He’s got the eye of the tiger. There’s no theme as of yet. The sound is definitely not a bunch of samples.” It sounds like TI is getting back on track.
Tags: Alzheimer’s, atlanta, film, georgia, Possession, Rapper, T.I.
Xzibit is Late on Payments
Apr 28, 2009 Rap Music, Rapper, Xzibit
Xzibit reportedly owes at least $21,403.98 in back mortgage payments and he’s officially been warned by the bank that he’s so close to foreclosure. But judging from the way the rapper/actor flashed his ridiculously expensive diamonds in a recent trip to Las Vegas, someone forgot to tell him about his house trouble and the more than $500,000 he also owes in back taxes. In addition to nearly losing his home in Woodland Hills, California, it was also reported that the IRS filed a $205,485 lien on X in LA County for non payment of his 2007 taxes and another one for an additional $296,355 for 2006.
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Eminem Pushes Dr. Dre
Dec 9, 2008 Eminem, Rap Music, Rapper
Bad news for all you Dr. Dre fans. The master rapper’s long awaited new album is not going to come out by the end of this year so he can produce for friend and long-time partner Eminem. Apparently, Slim Shady is on fire and Dre and a bunch of other music execs want to strike while the younger rapper’s flow is still hot. However, the chairman of the rappers’ label didn’t give exact release dates for the two stars’ albums in 2009. We’ve been waiting for Dr. Dre’s album since 2004, I think we can wait for a couple more months.
Eminem Lawsuit
Jul 10, 2008 Eminem, Rap Music, Rapper
Do you remember a guy named Eminem? The rapper has been missing in action from the music scene for the last couple of years but he’s been keeping himself busy by frequenting strip clubs and getting himself into trouble. The has-been rapper was sued last week by a man that claims that Em punched him at Cheetah’s on the Strip Gentlemen’s Club in Detroit while both of them in the bathroom. The accuser is seeking $25,000 in damages. Why the heck did Eminem start a brawl in the bathroom? He should have just kept himself busy making some music instead of going to strip clubs.
Another Kanye Diva Moment
May 6, 2008 Kanye West, Rap Music, Rapper
Kanye West is definitely a raging diva over the weekend. It started with his rant on Entertainment Weekly for their shitty review of his concert and then there’s that bit of technical malfunction at his concert in Houston on Friday night. The rapper actually ended up walking off the stage in a tantrum. The side screens that the venue had to show Kanye weren’t working and they weren’t the screens that were part of his show. Kanye told the venue to “Turn the fucking screens off” but when no one did anything, he stopped the show and said “If the shits not working just turn it off” before storming off. After around a minute, he came back on stage to finish the show.
Pimp C’s COD
Feb 6, 2008 Jay-Z, Pimp C, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor
Rapper Pimp C’s cause of death has just been revealed. It seems that the rapper died as a result of a pre-existing condition of sleep apnea, combined with an elevated amount of prescription codeine in his blood. According to spokesperson Ed Winter of the LA County Coroner’s office, his Pimp C’s death has been ruled accidental.
33-year old Chad ‘Pimp C’ Butler was one half of the rap duo UGK, best known for appearing on the Jay-Z track ‘Big Pimpin’ in 200 and more recently with Outkast on the song ‘International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)’. Pimp C was found dead in his bed at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood last month.
Dependable Missy Elliot
Jan 14, 2008 Missy Elliot, New Single, Rap Music, Rapper, Song
When you hear pretty much the same thing from a certain artist over and over again, you get tired of it. But that’s not the case with Missy Elliot.
The female rapper has done a couple of things here and there but she has been gone from the solo scene for a good while now. But not anymore. The rapper/producer has finally come out of hiding and has dropped a new single ‘Ching a Ling’. And it’s hot! It’s the typical Missy sound and it’s what we’ve come to expect from her. If it had been anyone else, I would have listened to something else but with Missy – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Slim Shady No More – Eminem
Jan 11, 2008 Eminem, Rap Music, Rumor
It is being reported that Eminem was rushed to the hospital over the holidays. Sources from the Detroit-area hospital say that the rapper was there to be treated for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia. Now that he’s not bashing everyone on the planet and touring the world, Em has really let his self go and weighed in at 212 lbs.
Eminem’s publicist confirmed the news saying “Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor’s care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia. He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home.”
Yung Joc is a Runaway
Dec 29, 2007 Prison, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor, Scandal, Yung Joc
Yung Joc is a fugitive! The rapper failed to show at his arraignment on felony gun charges which just earned him that title.
Cops had arrested the 27-year old rapper whose real name is Jasiel Robinson last Saturday after he tried to go through a Cleveland airport security with a semi-automatic weapon in his carry on bag. Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutor Gayle Williams told the AP that she plans to request a warrant for him. The rapper’s lawyer Stanley Jackson Jr., was apologetic and said that Joc was out of town on “personal and family obligations”. It’s what we can call being afraid of the law.
Jay-Z is a Hot Download
Dec 13, 2007 Internet, Jay-Z, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, R&B, Rap Music, Remix, Songs Download
Remember the ‘Grey Album’? It’s the one where Gnarls Barkley’s Danger Mouse took Jay-Z and mashed it up with the Beatles and became one of the most downloaded bootlegs of all time. Now, a DC-based DJ named DJ Doc Rok has made a CD which mixed Jay-Z’s new album ‘American Gangster’ with some classic Led Zeppelin tracks. It’s a pretty cool mix.
Jay-Z is proving to be one hot commodity for these remixes. And it’s not just with new bands like he did with Linkin Park. Even when you mix his stuff in with some of the best known classics, it still turns out great.
Bow Wow Gets Hospitalized
Dec 11, 2007 Bow Wow, Celebrity, Chris Brown, Concert Tour, Music, Music Artists, Performance, Photography, Rap Music, Record Label, Sean Kingston, Singers, Soulja Boy
Rapper Lil Bow Wow, oh wait, I meant Bow Wow. He’s not so little anymore. Anyway, the rapper was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital on Thursday night after he came from a performance there.
His record label issued a statement saying that the 20-year old rapper is suffering from ‘stress and exhaustion’. They also said that while his tour with Chris Brown, Sean Kingston and Soulja Boy prepares to take the stage in Chicago, he won’t be able to make it. The Sony rep does say that “He loves them and will be sure to come back to Chicago soon!”
Rapper Gets Shot
Dec 7, 2007 Music Artists, News, Rap Music, Rapper, Scandal, Singers
Rapper Spice 1, a legend in the Bay Area, is in critical condition after being shot in the chest. The Hayward California Police Department is saying that the rapper, whose real name is Robert Green Jr., was seriously injured but that the injury is not life threatening.
Police are saying that there is currently no suspect regarding the shooting and no arrests have been made. Investigation on the who’s, how’s and why’s regarding Spice 1’s shooting is currently going on.
Spice 1 has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the rap industry, including Method Man, 2Pac and Ice-T.
Lil Wasted
Nov 29, 2007 Lil Wayne, Music, Music Artists, Performance, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor
The last time that hip hop artist Lil Wayne was supposed to host an event, he failed to show. But this time, he actually made it. The problem is, it’s not really that much of a good thing.
The eyelid-tatted, blinged-out rapper showed up to perform his hosting duties at Pure Nightclub in Atlanta this past week but he was pretty much out of it. ATLpics.net put up several pictures of Lil Wayne spending most of the night struggling to keep his eyes open.
Whether that’s because of the glare from all his bling or that he’s way beyond drunk, I don’t know and I don’t really care.
Jay-Z Still Got It
Nov 20, 2007 Album, Album Review, Billboard Chart, Jay-Z, Movies Music, Music, Music Artists, News, Performance, Photography, Rap Music, Records Sale, Singers, TRL, Top Music List
It’s always annoying when a rapper says that he’s retired then comes back only to retire again and then come back again. But in Jay-Z’s case, no one should care as long as he’s number 1.
The rapper may have flashed two fingers when he passed paparazzi on his way to TRL on Monday. But as of the middle of the week, he hit number 1. As it was projected by music insiders last week, his American Gangster-inspired album took the top spot on the Billboard charts and knocked the Eagles down a notch.
Congratulations to Jay-Z. This is his 10th #1 album!
Eminem Refuses To Tour Due To Daughter
Nov 20, 2007 Concert Tour, Eminem, Live Music, Music, Music Artists, News, Performance, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor, Singers
Eminem is refusing to embark on any future U.S tour in fear of upsetting his young daughter, according to rapper 50 Cent. The In Da Club hitmaker says his pal’s daughter Hailey, six, dislikes him being away from home – and Eminem is adamant fatherhood comes before his career. Now isn’t that such an inspirational thought from a cult singer and doesn’t it inspire the likes of David Beckham and Brad and all the other’s to give up a little on the hectic lifestyles to spend some time with their kids and if this speak doesn’t then I don’t know what will. Man come on after you have the millions in your bank account what is there that is stopping you from taking a early Christmas break and going on a vacation with the family. What are you all filthy rich dads waiting for, till when you retire at that time the kids would have left the nest and shall be free birds. This is the time to enjoy with the kids. Eminem has his priorities all right and this makes him my idol.
50 Cent on Retirement
Nov 16, 2007 50 Cent, Album, Kanye West, Music, Music Artists, Rap Music, Rapper, Records Sale, Top Music List
50 Cent has promised that should his rival Kanye West beat him in record sales for their newest albums, he would retire. But the rapper is finding more and more loopholes after finding out that Kanye did beat him. First, he said that he beat Kanye in the UK charts and now this.
It seems that 50 doesn’t believe in retirement as he is quoted in saying “I don’t know if it’s possible for a rapper to retire, rappers are like fighters. They condition themselves to be the best. All rappers think they’re the best. And they are just waiting for everyone else to recognise they are the best. You’ll see them come back and back.” He just can’t admit that he got beaten.
T.I. Wants a Turkey
Nov 11, 2007 Music, Music Artists, Prison, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor, Singers, T.I.
The embattled rapper T.I., real name Clifford Harris, is currently under house arrest for weapons charges. But since Thanksgiving is just around the corner, he has asked a judge to allow him to host Thanksgiving at his Atlanta home.
T.I. is currently out on bond but a judge has ordered him to home confinement and that he can only have no more than three visitors at a time. Said visitors must also be approved by the court.
On Tuesday, the rapper’s lawyers asked that a list of family members be granted ‘approved visitation to have dinner with the defendant’ on turkey day.
R. Kelly Tours!
Nov 8, 2007 Concert Tour, Live Music, Music, Music Artists, News, Performance, R&B, R. Kelly, Rap Music, Singers
If you are a fan of R. Kelly, and let’s face it, he does have a wide array of fans located all throughout the world, then you are undoubtedly going to want to take this chance to see R. Kelly perform live as he tours all throughout the United States and beyond.
Highlights of this hip-hop performer’s tour includes stints at such locales as the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia on November 14, Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on November 15, The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 21, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on November 23, American Airlines Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 30 and Sprint Center in Kansas City, MIssouri on December 7 as well as Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 8 and FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee on December 9. OF course these dates are merely a handful of the slew that R. Kelly is embarking upon for this tour of the United States.
You know you aren’t going to want to miss out on the fun that these concerts will be sure to bring to life
Jay-Z – American Gangster
Nov 4, 2007 Famous People, Jay-Z, Live Music, Music, Music Artists, New Single, News, R&B, Rap Music, Singers, Song
When you’ve built up a back catalog of eight studio albums and walk the earth as one of the biggest, most high-profile artists of the ’90s and 2000s, you’re bound to get some mixed signals from those who pay attention to you.
While several tracks connected to specific scenes are also rooted in productions trading in the regal grit that made up so much ’70s soul, the album is not a straight narrative, broken up by tracks like the boom-clap of “Hello Brooklyn” (produced by Bigg D) and the glitzed-out pair of “I Know” (a half-icing Neptunes layer cake) and “Ignorant Shit” (where Just Blaze transforms the Isleys’ quiet storm staple “Between the Sheets” into a high-gloss anthem). And while Jay mentions American Gangster and protagonist Frank Lucas directly, and intersperses some tracks with dialogue, the connection does not overshadow the album. It’s not like he’s yelling “Shaft’s Big Score 2K7!” or “Leonard Part Six, Part Two!” It’s all as natural as Scarface riffing off Scarface.
And that might be the most common complaint about the album — it’s really just another case of Jay-Z being Jay-Z, albeit with different presentation. Unless you know each verse from Reasonable Doubt through Kingdom Come, it might sound like he’s dealing with no variation on well-worn themes, the exact same thoughts and emotions, that make up older tracks about his past as a drug dealer — the rise, the arrogance, the conflictedness, the fall, and all stages in-between. One could say that’s not really saying much, but regardless of context, this is a very good Jay-Z album. He is, for the most part, doing what he has done before: what he does best.
50 Cent Picks Yet Another Fight
Nov 1, 2007 50 Cent, FUN, Famous People, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music Artists, New Single, News, Performance, Photography, Rap Music, Singers, Song
50 Cent has picked a new feud with rap rival Lil’ Wayne – just because the Louisiana hitmaker is a terrible songwriter. The tough-talking rapper lost out to Wayne – real name Dwayne Carter – in a recent MTV poll, which credited the Shooter singer as hip-hop’s most important name. When is this guy going to learn to behave at least if not always then at least sometimes, I hope he can manage to behave that much or am I asking for too much. First he lost to Kanye West in the battle of album releases and as a consequence he did not make his tour to Europe. Kanye is not too good either after saying that he is not going to attend MTV bashes after not received any awards at the MTV VMAs. Now 50 Cent is such a waste and a person without work that he can keep finding ways to get into some lame fight so that he is written about in the blogs. Once there should be someone who tells him on his face that he is all things that he tells other are.