Drug Charges Dropped Against Dionne Warwick!
MIAMI (Soul & Rythm Music News Website) - Drug charges against Dionne Warwick were dropped Wednesday after a Miami-Dade County judge agreed to a plea bargain deal, which included a drug treatment program. The singer, who was not in court, was arrested May 12 at Miami International Airport after baggage ...
| Nas Tapped To Headline Summer Jam
NEW YORK (Nas Official Website) - Nas, who has been enjoying a recent resurgence in popularity, has been tapped to headline Summer Jam 2002 in New York. Other artists scheduled to perform include Alicia Keys, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Ashanti, and Noreaga. The location and date of the show will be announced ...
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R. Kelly Sued By Fourth Woman Over Sexual Allegations
NEW YORK (R. Kelly Fans Websites) - Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly have already said that the ATM machine is closed, but that hasn't stopped women the singer has allegedly had sex with from trying to make withdrawals in civil court. Montana "Tina" Woods filed a $50,000 invasion of privacy lawsuit in ...
| OutKast's Big Boi And Cee-Lo Guest On New Trick Daddy Track
NEW YORK (Urban Music News) - Miami-bred platinum rapper Trick Daddy proposes adding yet another day of celebration to the calendar--on August 6, he releases his album, Thug Holiday. The album's first single "In Da Wind" includes guest appearances from OutKast member Big Boi, and Goodie Mob frontman ...
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Usher's 'U Remind Me' Songwriter Gets Record Deal
LOS ANGELES (Usher Fans Website/Etntertaiment Elektra) - Eddie Hustle, who received a Grammy for writing Usher's Number One hit "U Remind Me," is a member of the new Elektra Entertainment group Hustlechild. The Philadelphia bred group also includes members Trick and Earl, who all share lead vocals on ...
| R. Kelly Sued By Woman Claiming To Be Sex Tape Subject
NEW YORK (R. Kelly Fans & Urban music Websites) - A fourth woman has come forward to file a civil suit against R&B crooner R. Kelly, and unlike the other suits, it alleges invasion of privacy instead of statutory rape. Plaintiff Montina "Tina" Woods � a dancer who's toured with Kelly collaborators the ...
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Babyface On Broadway!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/Theatre news) - Musical giant Babyface has just grown a little bigger. After working on 57 number one records and helping sell over 100 million albums, Kenneth �Babyface� Edmonds is extending his talents to Broadway. The artist now has his own play, �Love Makes Things Happen,� ...
| Rappers Protest NYC School Cuts
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def, Fat Joe, Ashanti and Dead Prez are all joining forces with hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons for an event called Mobilization for Education scheduled for June 4th in New York City. �We are mobilizing the hip-hop community to join with the ...
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Mystikal Starts Own Record Label
LOS ANGELES (Mystikal Official Website/Jive Co) - Jive Recording act Mystikal has established Big Truck Records and signed four acts to the label, a spokesperson for the New Orleans-bred artist confirms. Mystikal's first four signings to his label are Maxminelli, Beezy Boy, Dart, and Shonnie. "The four ...
| Snoop Dogg Will Avoid Jail Time If He Stays Out Of Trouble
LOS ANGELES (Snoop Dogg Fans Website) - Snoop Dogg entered a plea of no contest to marijuana-possession charges, and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay a fine of $250 plus court costs in Oberlin Municipal Court on Tuesday (May 28). However, the jail time was suspended and will remain ...
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P. Diddy Says He Might Work With J. Lo In The Future
LOS ANGELES (Jennifer Lopez Fans) - Jennifer Lopez recently shared in an interview that she would like to work with her ex-boyfriend Sean "P. Diddy" Combs again because he's a talented artist. Combs expressed a similar sentiment in a recent interview with Access Hollywood, saying, "That's my homegirl, ...
| 2 Dozen Injured at Eminem Concert
WASHINGTON (Eminem fans Website) - More than two dozen people were injured - most of them slightly - in a mosh pit stampede while rapper Eminem was performing Saturday night at RFK Stadium, officials said. One man suffered a heart attack during the melee and was taken to a local hospital, District of ...
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Nate Dogg Gets Probation in Pot Case
KINGMAN, Ariz. (Nate Dogg Fans Website) - Rapper Nate Dogg was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Dawayne Hale, was arrested April 12 after his tour bus was stopped for speeding and a search ...
| Brandy Donates Shower Gifts To Women's Shelter
LOS ANGELES (Brandy Official Website) - Some 100 radio contest winners helped Brandy celebrate the anticipation of her daughter, due to be born in late June, Friday (May 24) at a baby shower brunch at the Le Meridien hotel in Beverly Hills. Brandy decided to donate the gifts to the Jenesse Center Inc. ...
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Neville Recalls Rootless Childhood
LAFAYETTE, La. (RnB mania) - R&B singer Charmaine Neville, who lived in foster homes until she was 16, recalls her youth as a time of constantly "going from pillar to post." Neville spoke Friday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Acadiana Shelter for Girls, a group home for girls between 12 and 17. ...
| Eminem's 'The Eminem Show' Release Date Moves To Sunday
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - In an unheard of move in the record industry, Eminem's forthcoming album, The Eminem Show, will now be available in stores on Sunday (May 26). Traditionally, albums are released in the United States on a Tuesday. While small mom and pop shops have long let go of albums a few ...
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Cam'ron Says Epic Records Doesn't Know What To Do With Rap Music
NEW YORK (Cam'Ron Fans) - Harlem-based rapper Cam'ron enters the US Albums chart at Number Two this week following premiere-week sales of more than 225,000 copies of his latest release, Come Home With Me. The new collection is the rapper's debut release on Roc-A-Fella Records - his first two offerings, ...
| R. Kelly Vows To Clamp Down As New Bootleg Hits Streets
NEW YORK (R. Kelly) - Another R. Kelly bootleg has hit the streets, and the singer says he's finally starting to see the light. "Somebody got it out of my studio because I've got too many people in the studio," Kelly told MTV News recently in Atlanta, where he was taking a break from working on his ...
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Master P’s Stalker Faces Trial
CHICAGO, Ill. (Top40 Charts) - A man that has been accused of stalking Southern rapper Master P for the past three years will stand trial. On Friday a judge issued an order in the case against Antwan Kevin Baker, the alleged stalker. Prosecutors in the case have said that Baker had begun stalking Master ...
| Neo-Soul Singer Musiq Chooses Grooves Over Grind
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Singer-songwriter Musiq delivers a gritty, straightforward set at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. It's fine if she's opinionated.... It's OK if she has kids (hey, things happen).... It doesn't even matter that she won't always look as good as she does now.... That's ...
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