Get Ready To 'Get Loose'
Los Angeles,CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - Hello everybody!! I hope you are all wonderful. I am in Manchester, UK, about to kick off the first date of my world tour, the "Get Loose" tour. I am a bit nervous, but super excited. I cannot wait to bring this show to all of my fans old and new. Lots ...
| VIDEO from Medialink and General Motors: Lifesaving Booster Seats Get a Boost From 'Slum Village' Rap Group
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Medialink and General Motors) - A booster seat is not a baby seat. That's the safety message that a Detroit-based rap group is trying to convey to kids between eight and ten years old. Studies show that many children in that age group who live in urban areas don't ...
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Pat Boone Makes a Triumphant Return to Billboard's R&B Charts
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Pat Boone Website) - Pat Boone, dubbed "Soul Brotha' No 2" by the late great James Brown is receiving major radio airplay for his new CD, Pat Boone R&B Classics - We Are Family. Boone has stated on numerous occasions that it was a "labor of love" but the love and pure ...
| RMD Artist Roc Monee Debuts on Ying Yang Twins Tour Tonight
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Top40 Charts/ RMD Entertainment Group) - RMD Entertainment Group (PINKSHEETS: RMDN) announced Roc Monee's debut as the opening act for platinum recording artists the Ying Yang Twins tonight at Co Cos in Columbus, OH. The tour will continue in the following dates for the next two weeks ...
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Gail Gotti And Kurupt Wedding And Album
Northridge, CA. (Top40 Charts/ missy.fortinbras.net) - Wedding bells and CD sales will be the main focus for "Queen of the Coast," Gail Gotti of the Infamous/G-Unit and her fiancé Kurupt of The Dogg Pound. The hip hop and rap communities hottest power couple has set two dates. The couple has ...
| Super Producer J.R. Rotem Launches Beluga Heights/Epic Records And Presents Teen Newcomer To The Miami Sound Movement- Sean Kingston
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Epic Records) - The Miami sound is on fire in the year 2007 and Sean Kingston is at the forefront of the movement. Signed to Epic Records under multi-platinum producer Jonathan "J.R." Rotem's Beluga Heights label, Sean Kingston has already shared the stage with Miami heavyweights ...
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Brooklyn's Kween Ka$h Drops Debut Single 'New York Bounce'!
Brooklyn, New York (Top40 Charts/ Kween Ka$h Official Website) - Brooklyn, New York's Kween Ka$h, has truly become a force to be reckoned with on the underground circuit. Voted Best Female Rapper at the 2006 4th Annual Underground Music Awards, this lyrical powerhouse is definitely repping her beloved ...
| Chrome Children 2 - Free Album Download
LSO ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Chrome Children Official Website/ www.myspace.com/adultswimuk) - Following on from last year's tummy-tickling Chrome Children compilation, those crazy Stones Throw characters have come with the realness once again, dropping another 16 tracks of superpowered sonics available ...
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Viral Charity Buzz Catching Fire in Hyper Drive – Renowned Rapper Jin Signs On
LSO ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ IDU Holdings Corp.) - Less than 24 hours after IduGreetings announced their Viral Charity international effort to "harness the power of social networking to increase charitable giving through viral charity", the results are in. It's catching fire. The song is to promote unity ...
| VH1 and BET Climb Into Bed With Queen Latifah for 'Wifey'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ VH1) - In a first-of-its-kind development/production/broadcast deal, Viacom subsidiaries VH1 and BET are partnering on a one-hour pilot for the ensemble drama "Wifey," set in the world of hip hop. Under this unique arrangement, the eventual series would premiere simultaneously ...
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Rich Boy Self Titled Debut Album In Stores On March 13, 2007
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - Rich Boy, the first hip-hop artist from Mobile, Alabama to sign a major-label record deal, will release his self-titled debut album on Zone 4/Interscope Records on March 13, 2007. "Throw Some D's," the first single from the LP, is a worldwide ...
| Gerald Releases: In My Songs
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Gerald Levert's last studio album IN MY SONGS hits stores today. The album features the title track 'In My Songs', 'Sweeter', plus ten more soulful tracks from Gerald. Get your copy of IN MY SONGS from R&B's music teddy bear, on iTunes now! Remember ...
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Hip-Hop Fans Receive a Positively Conscious Boost
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Optive Productions) - In an effort to prove that hope still exists for independent hip-hop, rapper Chi-rho has teamed up with producer Blitz and Optive Productions to release his debut album 'Oralgami.' It's no secret that over the past decade or so the mainstream world ...
| Greatest MC Of All Time, Notorious B.I.G., Celebrated With 'GREATEST HITS'; Album Arrives in Stores March 6, 2007
NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Bad Boy Records has announced the upcoming release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s "GREATEST HITS," a 17-track compilation honoring the extraordinary life and career of the late, great hip-hop legend. The album - which features tracks spanning the one-and-only ...
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Toni Braxton Settles Lawsuit With Ex-Manager
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Toni Braxton PR Team) - Attorneys for Toni Braxton, the Grammy Award-winning recording artist, announced today that Ms. Braxton successfully settled her lawsuit against her former manager, Barry Hankerson, and her former label, Blackground Records, LLC. Under the terms ...
| Blackground Records and Toni Braxton Settle Suit
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Blackground Records) - Blackground Records LLC and Barry Hankerson announced today that they had reached a settlement with Toni Braxton in her lawsuit against them. According to Blackground Records attorneys Rickey Ivie and Samuel E. Chilakos, the settlement requires ...
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T.I. Is King At The Grammy's
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - T.I. was among the multiple winners at Sunday night's 49th Annual Grammy Awards, taking home two of the event's most prestigious trophies. T.I. was the undisputed king of the Grammy's Rap division, scoring the 'Best Rap Solo Performance' award for his ...
| Chamillionaire Wins Grammy For Best Rap Performance
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Motown Records) - Houston hip-hop phenomenon Chamillionaire continued to roll as the music world's most honored new artist, picking up his first-ever Grammy last night at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, winning in the prestigious Best Rap Performance By Duo Or ...
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Columbia Records Announce The Release of Beyonce's 'B'Day - Deluxe
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Music World/ Columbia Records) - Music World/Columbia Records will release Beyonce's B'Day - Deluxe Edition, an expanded two-CD edition of the pop icon's best-selling Grammy-winning solo album, on Tuesday, April 3. On February 11, 2007, B'Day won the Grammy for Best ...
| No 1 Record Breaker In South Dj Bigga Rankin Drops New Swordz Mixtape For New Year
Jacksonville, FL (Top40 Charts/ www.myspace.com/swordz904) - The No 1 "Record Breaker" in the South DJ Bigga Rankin released an exclusive WRNR Mixtape featuring "unsigned hype" rap artist SWORDZ over the weekend. Dubbed the Souljah Bwoy Mixtape Volume 3, the new release contains thirteen new hood hits ...
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