Jay-Z Pleads Guilty to Assault
NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy-winning rapper Jay-Z was sentenced to three years probation on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of stabbing a record producer during a fight in a nightclub. The millionaire rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault, admitting he stabbed ...
| Janet Performs Canceled Wis. Show
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Janet Jackson performed at the Bradley Center in a show rescheduled from July 18, when she canceled her concert to undergo emergency dental surgery. Jackson's "All for You 2001'' U.S. tour has weathered several cancellations for a variety of reasons. Tuesday's performance was one of ...
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Alicia Keys Stands By Her 'Worth' As Radio Goes For 'Doe'
NEW YORK (AP) - Even if you've already sold a couple of million albums after releasing only one single, chances are you still live by the age-old adage "Radio stations - can't live without 'em ... can't live without 'em." That's why Alicia Keys and her record company, J, aren't putting up a fuss about ...
| Ron Isley Dedicates 'At Your Best' To Aaliyah
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Isley dedicated the Isley Brother's classic "At Your Best" to Aaliyah Friday (October 12) when he played the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. The late R&B singer and actress had a hit with the song when she re-recorded it for her 1994 debut album Age Ain't ...
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Ja Rule, Kurupt Set For Steven Seagal Film, Half Past Dead
NEW YORK (AP) - Ja Rule, whose new album Pain is Love debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 last week, has signed onto co-star opposite of Steven Seagal in the forthcoming, Half Past Dead. The Sony Screen Gems heist-oriented action/thriller also features rapper Kurupt, and co-stars Morris Chestnutt ...
| Ol' Dirty Bastard Sentenced To Two Years In Los Angeles Prison
NEW YORK (AP) - Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was sentenced to two years in prison in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (Oct. 12) for possession of body armor, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. The rapper, already serving two-to-four years in the ...
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Independent women
NEW YORK (AP) - Destiny's Child have announced plans to go their separate ways and concentrate on a number of solo projects. Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will each release a solo album within the next 18 months, in addition to a variety of TV and film work. Michelle looks likely ...
| Bubba Sparxxx Breaks Hip-Hop Mold
NEW YORK (AP) - Some of Bubba Sparxxx's family and friends didn't understand at first that he wanted to become a rapper. Sparxxx, whose real name is Warren Anderson Mathis, is a white guy from La Grange, Ga. Now, he's a protege of rapper-producer Timbaland. "I had family members who were extremely racist, ...
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Death Row Heads To U.K.
LONDON, UK (AP) - Death Row founder Marion "Suge" Knight and Ron Winter, chairman of U.K.-based Irish/country record company Ritz Music Group Plc (RMG), are launching a joint-venture label, Death Row Records U.K., Billboard Bulletin reports. The first release will be the single "Thank God It's Friday" ...
| Aaliyah's Final Video To Premiere On Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) - The video for "Rock the Boat"- the clip Aaliyah was working on in the Bahamas before embarking on a fatal plane crash - will premiere Tuesday (October 9) at 8 p.m. ET on BET. The debut will be part of "Access Granted: Aaliyah Rocks the Boat," a half-hour documentary on the making of ...
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Rapper Eminem Is Officially Divorced
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - Eminem's divorce is official after months of wrangling over child support. The rapper, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, and his ex-wife, Kim Mathers, will share custody of their 5-year-old daughter. "It's always been Marshall's desire that whatever happened ...
| Rap Group D12 Appears at Bar Mitvah
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit rap group D12 appeared at a different kind of event over the weekend: the bar mitzvah of Ethan Weisman. Ethan's father, Southfield real estate developer Gary Weisman, arranged to have the rappers show up for his son's big day in this Detroit suburb. ...
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Cypress Hill's 'Stoned' Bumped To December
NEW YORK (AP) - The release of Cypress Hill's upcoming Columbia album, "Stoned Raiders," has been bumped to Dec. 4. Originally due out Nov. 13, the album features hip-hop and hard rock tracks, and features guest appearances by Method Man & Redman, MC Ren & King Tee, Kurupt, Kokane, and Fear Factory's ...
| Woman Blames Wonder for Disease
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stevie Wonder's ex-girlfriend has filed a $30 million palimony lawsuit against him, claiming that he gave her a sexually transmitted disease. Angela McAfee alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Superior Court that Wonder concealed a contagious venereal disease from her and passed ...
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Jamiroquai Singer Jay Kay Charged
LONDON (AP) - Jay Kay, the lead singer of Jamiroquai, has been charged with common assault and criminal damage in a fracas with a photographer in April, police said Friday. Kay, 31, was to appear Monday at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London. The incident happened April 14 outside the Attica nightclub ...
| Shaggy, Vandross Cancel European Appearances
NEW YORK (AP) - Shaggy is the latest high-profile artist to postpone engagements across the Atlantic in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. last month. The MCA singer's promotional tour of the U.K. and Ireland, which was to start Tuesday in Belfast, has been rescheduled for mid-February. Dates ...
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Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Sisqo To Perform At City Of Hope
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the music industry's biggest annual benefits, City of Hope, has lined up quite the roster of talent for this year's event. Scheduled to perform at Universal Studios in L.A. on Oct. 11, so far, are Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Sisqo, Roger Daltry, Melissa Etheridge, India.Arie, ...
| Police Investigating Rapper's Fall
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - Rapper Erick Sermon was critically injured when he plunged from a third-story window, which Paterson police said Tuesday they are investigating as a suicide attempt. The police account contradicts the story from the artist's record label that Sermon, 32, was injured in a car crash ...
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Rapper Chuck D Cautions U.S. on War
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - The founder of rap group Public Enemy, Chuck D, cautioned against rushing to war without first considering what it will cost Americans. "All this rah, rah, rah, let's go get 'em,'' he said, reminds him of when his father was summoned to fight in Vietnam. His father returned from war ...
| Artists to sing Motown at City of Hope dinner
NEW YORK (AP) - SANTA MONICA, Calif.(Reuters) - A big lineup of recording stars will perform classic Motown music at this year's annual City of Hope dinner, organizers said on Monday. Among those planning to perform at the Oct. 11 are Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Daltrey, Melissa Etheridge and ...
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