Ja Rule Taking It Back To The Streets On The Last Temptation
NEW YORK (RnB News) - After first being accused of trying to imitate Tupac and DMX, Ja Rule was finally able to shake the comparisons with his breakout LP, Rule 3:36, a couple of years ago. Now, with his third LP, ...
| Jam And Lewis: 'We're just as happy to help Whitney get back'!
LOS ANGELES (Jam & Lewis Fans Web Site) - For 17 years, Janet Jackson has been spinning gangbuster hits with veteran producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Their recent #1 smash with Jackson, "All for You" (a revamp of the early '80s song "The Glow of Love" by Change), won this year's Grammy for Best ...
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Missy Elliott On Alicia Keys: 'She's Amazing'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper Missy Elliott won her first Grammy Award on Wednesday (February 27) for her hit song "Get Ur Freak On," which took home best rap solo performance honors at the 44th annual Grammy Awards. However, the night's big winner was J Records ...
| India.Arie On Aids Walk
NEW JERSEY (NJ newspaper) - India.Arie will be chairing the 14th annual AIDS Walk in New Jersey on Sunday, May 19th. Arie will join the ranks of former Chairs, who include Gloria Gaynor and Queen Latifah. She's also signed the AIDS Walk New Jersey recruitment letter and is set to record PSAs which ...
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Destiny's Child sued over song
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Two former members of hit R&B band Destiny's Child are suing the group, claiming their Grammy-winning song Survivor made derisive comments about them. LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson, who left the band in 2000, say the song violates a previous settlement which prevents ...
| P. Diddy Pulls Rank
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - P. Diddy has been granted a temporary restraining order in Manhattan's Supreme Court to prevent the R&B quartet 112 from splitting from his Bad Boy label and going to Def Jam. The R&B group supposedly started looking for a new label after the group asked for a full accounting ...
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Rapper Coolio Tries His Acting Charms On 'Charmed'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Rapper-actor Coolio is trying his luck on Charmed, for which he will play a demon who crashes Phoebe's (Alyssa Milano) wedding on the March 14 episode titled "Merry-Go-Round." In the storyline, Coolio's character is secretly sent by the Source to disrupt Phoebe's wedding to ...
| R. Kelly: Sex Tape Shows Up Online
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - A tape that allegedly shows R. Kelly engaging in sex with an underage girl, which is now under investigation by Chicago police, appears to have surfaced on the streets of New York and a number of Web sites. Though R. Kelly's lawyer has said that "no videotape of Robert Kelly ...
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112 Leaves Bad Boy For Def Jam
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Label rosters in the urban world don't come much better than that of Def Jam/Def Soul, which boasts an artist lineup including Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Ludacris, and Musiq (formerly Musiq Soulchild). The label is rumored to be considering signing Mariah Carey. And now Def Jam/Def Soul ...
| Aaliyah Delivers A Badass Performance In Queen Of The Damned
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Though she's not utilized nearly enough, Aaliyah has little trouble stealing every scene in which she appears, in her last film, the campy Queen of the Damned, which opens Friday (Feb. 22). Why? Well, she might be surrounded by legions of the undead, but the late singer, who ...
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Singer Brandy is Pregnant
NEW YORK (Brandy Website) - Brandy's latest production will be her most important yet - she's going to be a mother. A spokeswoman for Brandy confirmed Thursday that the singer-actress is pregnant. The baby is due sometime in July. Earlier this month, the 23-year-old admitted that she secretly wed producer ...
| Ali Shares Some Of Nelly's Early Attempts At Rapping
NEW YORK (Yahoo) - St. Lunatics founding member Ali is set to release his debut solo album, Heavy Starch, on April 9. Ali first appeared on Nelly's eight-times-platinum Country Grammar album, and he also appears on the St. Lunatic's platinum-certified Free City. Ali, who founded the St. Lunatics, recently ...
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Shaggy, Robert De Niro & Eddie Murphy in 'Showtime'!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - It's show time for Shaggy. Not only is his own Big Yard record label releasing the soundtrack to the movie "Showtime" � an upcoming comedy starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy as LAPD detectives and unlikely partners � but Mr. Lover Lover himself is featured on three ...
| Usher Rescheduled '8701' Tour Dates
NEW YORK (Usherworld.com) - After being forced to cancel the initial 8701 Evolution Tour in December because of a shoulder injury, Usher has finally announced new dates for the outing, an ambitious trek that will see the R&B star hit more than 40 North American cities. Kicking off April 25 in Denver, ...
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OJ Simpson To Host Hip-Hop Concert In Cincinnati
NEW YORK (Yahoo) - O.J. Simpson will host the Return Of Hip-Hop concert at Cincinnati's Music Hall on March 2. The show will feature performances from Juvenile, Foxy Brown, and newcomer Lil' Ronnie. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. ET and the ticket prices range from $29.95 to $49.95. The city of Cincinnati has ...
| P. Diddy, Jay-Z, R. Kelly, & Jamie Foxx On Board For LIFEbeat's UrbanAid 2
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - P. Diddy, Jay-Z, and R. Kelly will perform at this year's LIFEbeat UrbanAID 2 benefit concert on April 9 at the Beacon Theater in New York. P. Diddy, along with Russell Simmons, is also serving as co-chairperson of the event, while comedian Jamie Foxx has signed on to host. ...
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R. Kelly Under Investigation
CHICAGO, Ill. (Chicago Sun-Times) - R&B crooner R. Kelly is at the center of a police investigation in his hometown of Chicago. According to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times, an unnamed source gave the newspaper a videotape that has close to half-an-hour of footage of Kelly having sex with a 14 year ...
| Snoop Dogg Up For Stoner Of The Year At 'High Times' Awards
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Rapper Snoop Dogg has been nominated for Stoner of the Year at High Times magazine's 3rd Annual Stonys, which will be held March 3 in New York. Snoop, who has had his fair share of run-ins with the law over his use of marijuana, is up against actors Jason Mewes (Jay and Silent ...
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Sisqo Dissed By R. Kelly
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Although Jay-Z implied he was going to verbally attack his hip-hop arch-enemy Nas in the future, it looks like his partner, R. Kelly, has taken it upon himself to lay into his own musical adversary. On the track, "Hold Up," from the album, �Best of Both Worlds�, Kelly throws ...
| LL Cool J Keeps His Dignity In 'Dumb' Remake Of 'Rollerball'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - LL Cool J manages to come through with his dignity largely intact in Rollerball, an action film that starts out being fun, if dumb, and ends up just being dumb. Rollerball, which opens nationwide on Friday (Feb. 8), is a remake of the 1975 film of the same name, though the ...
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