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Jadakiss' House Raid Unearths Marijuana, Cash, and Heroin
Aug. 26 | According to the New York Hudson Journal, a police search inside rapper Jadakiss house led to the recovery of 6 grams of marijuana, 5 grams of heroin and approximately $42,00 in cash. The rapper’s leased apartment in Yonkers, New York was searched...
Michael Jackson To Be Honored Publicly in Brooklyn, Courtesy of Spike Lee
Aug. 21 | One of my favorite filmmakers, Spike Lee, will be honoring Michael Jackson – “celebrating his life”, as he put it in an interview with The Root – publicly in Brooklyn. Lee, who’s previously directed a video for Michael...
I Gotta Feeling: The Black Eyed Peas Will Break All Billboard Records This Year
Aug. 21 | Did you hear the Black Eyed Peas singles ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I Gotta Feeling’? You did, didn’t you. You couldn’t have escaped it; its everywhere – on the radio, in the club, in your living room, on your...
50 Cent Free Concert Plan Doesn't Go Down Well With Parents
Aug. 18 | According to the New York Post, 50 Cent is to planning on performing a free show near the Queens project where he grew up, as a kind gesture from the artist. Parents from the surrounding community, however, are worried that things might get ugly....
Beanie Sigel Busted For Weed
Aug. 18 | Philly rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested in a New Jersey suburb on Sunday (August 15), after police stopped a car he was traveling in and found a stash of marijuana. Sigel, born Dwight Grant, was stopped in Wrightstown, New Jersey shortly after 12:30 AM,...
C-Murder Gets Life For..Well, Murder! Oh the Irony!
Aug. 16 | Oh would you believe the irony of this whole situation? Rapper C-Murder gets life for…murder! I guess it doesn’t come as a surprise when you’ve built your entire career, based your entire life on a demented belief that being badass...
Rington Rapper Soulja Boy's iPhone Remix App
Aug. 14 | Okay, so this might be old news, but a few of my readers might be know about it. Soulja Boy, the precocious, multi-talented, prodigious (yeah, that’s supposed to be read with a sarcastic voice) rapper has released an app for the iPhone/iPod Touch...
MTV's "Hottest in the Game" Poll Leaves Favorites Jay-Z, Kanye Out
Aug. 14 | Not At the Top of His Game... The annual MTV’s “Hottest in the Game” poll for the hottest MC on the hip hop scene has thrown up some usual results: Jay-Z, Kanye, Weezy, etc. This year, however, the above mentioned rappers have received...
Baatin of Slum Village Dead at 35
Aug. 4 | Baatin, born Titus Glover, of the rap group Slum Village is dead at age 35. Details of the death have not been released. Baatin co-founded Slum Village, which was one of the finest progressive rap groups around. The group emerged from the Detroit...