Old School Is Back In En Vogue, Original Gangstas & Playboys Keep 'Em Wanting More, and Ladies Still Love Cool J
NEW YORK, NY. (VH1) - After months of anticipation and the promise of great expectations, The Second Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors, taped in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday night for air on Monday, September 26 at *9:00 PM/ET, more than lived up to its hype. The annual broadcast, hosted ...
| Young De Barge's Premier Video Shoot
NEW YORK, NY. (BUSINESS ACHIEVERS INC/ OCF Records) - BAI & OCF Records are proud to introduce Darrell "Young" De Barge. Young, the most recent talent explosion of the renowned De Barge family has just wrapped up recording. His debut album "The Hunt" will be released on October 25, 2005 and has already ...
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C.O.M.P. Composing A 15-City Media Tour For His Highly Anticipated Launch Of 'Bass' The Single
Baltimore, MD (MILES AHEAD MARKETING) - B-More's own C.O.M.P. hip-hop heavy weight will do his thing again. C.O.M.P. (Jordon McElveen) has been in the studio all summer composing his new album under a new record label; A-GAME Entertainment. His highly anticipated album and single release "BASS" will ...
| Real Hip Hop Network to Co-Host MMM Youth Rally at Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC
Washington, DC (THE REAL HIP-HOP NETWORK)- The Real Hip Hop Network, the Millions More Movement Youth Committee, UNIFI, Inc., the New Black Panther Party, Urban Intalek Recording Studio and WPFW 89.3's "The Lab Hip Hop Show" have joined forces to mobilize the youth in preparation for the commemoration ...
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Rapper Paul Wall's Album 'The PeopleS Champ' Debuts At No 1 On Billboard 200
NEW YORK, NY (Atlantic Records) - "THE PEOPLES CHAMP," the new album from SwishaHouse/Asylum recording artist Paul Wall, is this week's undisputed chart champion, making a triumphant debut in the No 1 spot on the Billboard 200. The Houston-based rapper's highly anticipated major label debut also scores ...
| Kanye West Unleashed in Fall 2005 Issue of america magazine
NEW YORK, N.Y. (The DuVernay Agency)- "This whole game is about ego. I think that everybody in my family has it. My grandfather, my mother. I was born with a big ego!" - Kanye West america magazine, the world's first urban luxury publication, presents its Fall 2005 edition with quadruple covers featuring ...
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Big Tone To Release 'The Drought'
MICHIGAN (ABB Records) - Big Tone has found himself riding the wave of a buzz that is currently creating frenzy on the Detroit underground scene. After years of rhyming collaborating with some of hip hop's most prominent talents including Jay Dee, Dwele, Slum Village, and Lacks, Big Tone is releasing ...
| Hip-Hop Sensation Kinfolk Thugs Releases New CD
(Cordova, TN) - Kinfolk Thugs, a hip-hop band from Memphis, TN, has released their new CD We Dont Play That Vol.3. The CD contains 20 tracks of heavy gangsta rap and is only available online at website FlyPaperEnt.com. and CDBaby.com. All proceeds from the album sales will be donated to the Red Cross ...
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Charlie Wilson Debuts at No 10 on Soundscan Album Chart
NEW YORK, NY (Jive Records, www.jiverecords.com) - Jive Recording artist Charlie Wilson has the No 10 selling Album in America with his debut of Charlie, Last Name Wilson this week. The album also debuted at No 3 on the Urban chart according to SoundScan. The self-titled single has been number one ...
| Who is Mike Jones? The Latest Artist to Go Gold on Sprint
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (Sprint) -Sept. 21, 2005-Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that Mike Jones, one of the hottest new rappers, is the latest artist to achieve Gold status on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network by selling more than 500,000 Music Tones from his Who Is Mike Jones? album released in April ...
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Na'sha New R&B Sensation To Release Debut Album My Story Tomorrow Via Pure Records
LOS ANGELES (Na'sha Official Website, www.na-sha.com) - Blending R&B, hip hop and outright soul, up-and-coming artist Na'sha (pronounced Nay-sha) is poised to turn heads with her September 20th debut release My Story on Pure Records. The fifteen-track ride, 14 of which were penned by Na'sha, includes ...
| Universal Music Group Artists Hit Mobile High Notes: 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and The Game Set Records with Platinum and Gold Milestones on Sprint
OVERLAND PARK, (Sprint) -Sept. 21, 2005-Sprint today announced that three chart-topping superstars, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and The Game, have set new records with Music Tones downloaded by eager fans to Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phones. 50 Cent has become the first artist to have two albums achieve Platinum/Gold ...
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Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley Posts Highest Debuting Reggae Album in Chart History
NEW YORK, NY (Universal Motown Records Group) -Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley made history today when his Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Records release, WELCOME TO JAMROCK, entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at Number 7, selling over 85,000 units and making it the biggest opening week for a Reggae ...
| AG Interactive and Def Jam Enterprises Announce Def Connect, Industry's First Hip Hop Video Channel for Mobile Phones
LOS ANGELES, CA. (AG Interactive)- AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation, and Def Jam Enterprises, today announced Def Connect, the definitive Hip Hop mobile video offering. Def Connect offers six channels of exclusive, made-for-mobile video content including Comedy, ...
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Fantasia Receives 2 American Music Awards' Nominations
NEW YORK, NY (Fantasia Fans Website) - Fantasia has a jam packed Fall! Fantasia scored two American Music Awards Nominations at today's press conference, "Favorite Female Artist (Soul/Rhythm & Blues)" and "Favorite Album (Soul/Rhythm & Blues)," for her debut FREE YOURSELF. The 33rd annual American ...
| Tupac Shakur First Rap Star Ever Immortalized in Bronze
ATLANTA,GA. (Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation) - Nine years to the day after Tupac Shakur's passing, the official Unveiling Ceremony for a brand new memorial bronze statue of the late rap legend proved to be a rousing celebration of life. Over 1,000 people turned out for the unveiling, which was held ...
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Lil' Kim's Message To Fans
Kimberly Jones (aka Lil' Kim) issued the following statement today prior to reporting to prison: 'I have unfortunately been assigned to a federal detention center instead of a prison camp as discussed, in the City of Philadelphia. I am not certain that this constitutes fair & equal treatment.' 'However, ...
| Gerald Levert Finds Soulmates On 'Voices'
LOS ANGELES, CA (Rhino Records) - A gifted singer, songwriter, producer and romance facilitator, Gerald Levert has collected an impressive string of hits that scored on the charts and helped countless others score in the bedroom. Rhino Records salutes the soul icon whose dynamic and lusty baritone brings ...
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Lil' Kim's 'Naked Truth' To Be Exposed On Sept. 27, 2005
NEW YORK, NY (Atlantic Records) - Queen Bee/Big Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Lil' Kim will expose the "NAKED TRUTH" on September 27th, when her eagerly anticipated new album hits retail stores. The release of "NAKED TRUTH" is being heralded by its first single, "Lighters Up," which is quickly ...
| 2PAC, Memphis Bleek and Super Producer D/R Period Break the New Hit 'Life Through My Eyes'
Manhattan, NY (PLAYTIONICS) - It's been an active summer for Rockboy Street Records Multi-Platinum Super Producer D/R Period. The "Quarentine" movie/soundtrack is prepared to hit stores this Fall, D/R Period assisted Def Jam Japan Artist A.I. reach number 4 on the Japan Album Sales Chart, and now D/R ...
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