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| Turk Of The Hot Boys To Be Freed From Jail Soon |
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 Tab Virgil Jr., known to the hip-hop world as Turk from the Hot Boys, could be getting out of jail soon, XXLmag.com has learned.The New Orleans rapper and another man were arrested in January 2004 after a drug raid gone bad in Memphis, Tennessee. Turk was later charged with second-degree attempted murder for shooting a SWAT team member and took a “best interest plea,” which means he disputed some of the charges, but agreed on a set punishment. The special plea is intended to limit a potential longer sentence handed down by a jury...
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| DMX Pleads Not Guilty To Drug, Dog Charges |
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 Rapper DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor, whose given name is Earl Simmons, at a brief court hearing Thursday. Simmons was late for court.
The 37-year-old rapper was indicted last week on 11 counts, including felony marijuana and paraphernalia possession and seven counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. The charges stem from an August raid by authorities investigating if he was neglecting 12 pit bulls at his Phoenix home. Some were dehydrated and appeared to be underfed. Three were found buried in his back yard...
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Posted by Emil on Saturday, May 17
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| Game Wants To Sign Man That Knocked Out Suge Knight |
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 The Game hopes to sign the man that knocked out Suge Knight in a Hollywood altercation last weekend.
The popular Compton rapper made the revelation on the Hot 97 Funkmaster Flex radio show last night.
"He's the Knockout Kid. We was looking for him, we found him, and trying to sign him," The Game revealed in the on-air interview...
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Posted by Emil on Saturday, May 17
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| More Suge Knight Fight News |
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 Suge Knight might have a chance for redemption. According to TMZ, several Las Vegas promoters are offering the Death Row Records founder and the infamous man who reportedly knocked him out a chance to fight Pay-Per-View style...
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| DMX Shows Up To Court Late, Pleads Not Guilty |
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| Rapper DMX showed up to court an hour late today (May 15), where he entered a not guilty plea to an assortment of felony drug charges.
DMX was supposed to appear in front of Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Lisa VandenBerg at 8:30 am, but didn’t appear in court until 9:30 am, for unknown reasons.
The rapper’s Cave Creek, Arizona home was raided on May 9, after a seven month investigation into animal cruelty charges...
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Posted by Emil on Friday, May 16
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| Remy Ma & Victim Speaks on Verdict! |
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  Remy Ma was convicted to 8 years in prison after an argument over $3K that ended up in a shooting. Click here to hear Remy Ma as well as the victim of the shooting speak on it!
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| Prodigy Drops ''H.N.I.C. 2'' DVD |
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 Incarcerated Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy is set to drop the DVD companion to his latest album H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 next month.
H.N.I.C. Pt. 2: The DVD Collection features never-before-seen videos and exclusives for new songs like "The Dough," "Get Trapped," "Represent Me," and "When I See You" featuring Cormega, according to a press release. In addition to videos for songs that weren't on the original album version, the DVD also includes a vid for "Dirty New Yorker," featuring Havoc, from the Grand Theft Auto IV video game soundtrack.
P spent the last two months of his freedom, before going to jail, cutting videos everyday for every song on the album...
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| Big Boi Goes To The 'Extreme' On Solo Debut |
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 OutKast's Big Boi is putting the finishing touches on his first solo album, "Sir Luscious Left Foot ... Son of Chico Dusty," due later this year via Laface/Zomba. The first single is "Royal Flush" featuring OutKast colleague Andre 3000 and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon.
"I'm shooting to finish the album by the end of August," Big Boi tells Billboard.com.
The MC worked with his usual Organized Noise production crew as well as long-time collaborator Mr. DJ on "Sir Luscious," the second single from which will be "The World is Too Big" featuring Mary J. Blige...
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Posted by Emil on Wednesday, May 14
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| Twista launches his Get Money Gang (GMG) Imprint via Koch Records |
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 Multi-platinum rapper, Twista launches his Get Money Gang (GMG) Imprint via Koch Records, with yet another anticipated Speedknot Mobstaz album entitled MOBSTABILITY II: Nation Bizness, set to release Tuesday, May 27, 2008. With new single "Money To Blow" both radio and MTV Jams are strongly supporting group members Liffy Stokes, Mayz and Skooda. "No lie, this album is on some real street shit, none of that Ringtone shit. This music we're putting out is for the everyday Hustla on the grind. Its been a long time coming for me and the crew, now that everything is in place we can finally give the fans what they want," says Speedknot Mobstaz member Liffy Stokes...
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Posted by Emil on Wednesday, May 14
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| Plies Hits the Road in Support of "REAL" |
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 Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist Plies has announced a number of major promotional events in celebration of his eagerly awaited new album, "DEFINITION OF REAL." The collection -- which features the top 5 smash, "Bust It Baby Part 2 (Feat. Ne-Yo)" -- arrives in stores and at all online retailers on June 10th. The Fort Myers, Florida-based rapper kicks off a nationwide promo tour this week. The trek will see Plies paying tribute to his many fans in the U.S. military with a series of appearances in association with Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) and Navy Exchange Service Command...
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Posted by Emil on Wednesday, May 14
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| Remy Ma Gets Eight-Year Sentence For Shooting |
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Rapper Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
The state Supreme Court sentence was handed down today (May 13) to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion...
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| Nate Dogg “Alive And Well” Says Manager |
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 Crooner Nate Dogg is alive and well, according to his manager.
The former Death Row artist’s MySpace page was hacked into over the weekend and a post was made saying Nate Dogg had passed. The singer suffered a stroke late last year and has been recovering in private since.
“It”s a vicious rumor,” Rod McCrew told XXLmag.com. “And it’s run amok...”
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| GZA Talks New Album 'Protools' |
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 Wu-Tang Clan member The GZA is working on a new album titled Protools AllHipHop.com has learned. Protools is being released on Liquid Swords Entertainment and A&R’d by Wu-Tang’s Dreddy Kruger’s Think Differently Music...
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Posted by Emil on Tuesday, May 13
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| Young Buck Speaks On "Friendship" W/ G-Unit |
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 Young Buck hasn't spoken much about his ousting from G-Unit since 50 Cent revoked Buck's membership last month. But the Cashville emcee aired a few grievances recently, and got candid about his real relationships with Sha Money XL, The Game, Snoop Dogg, and Fif.
"A lot of this sh*t that 50's doing towards my situation, I'm just not used to," Buck said during an interview with the XM radio show "Raw With Mz. Kitti." "I'm a street n*gga, I ain't used to n*ggas just saying sh*t and just doing any of this sh*t. I'm like, 'hold up ...'"
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Death Row Records founder Suge Knight was involved in an alteration at a Los Angeles night spot over the weekend that resulted in the hefty hit maker getting knocked out cold.
According to TMZ, Knight and a group of men beat an unidentified man at Shag nightclub after the Death Row head and the man got into a heated discussion. Knight and the man were involved in a conversation before witnesses said Knight shouted “I want my money!”
After Knight and his crew assaulted the man, TMZ reports the man got up from the ground and landed a punch to Knight’s face that resulted in the infamous music mogul hitting the deck. Sources told the gossip Web site Knight was out cold for nearly three minutes...
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| New Single & Tracklist from Ashanti |
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 As Ashanti preps her 4th studio album "The Declaration" set to hit shelves June 3rd, she releases a new single "Body on Me" featuring Nelly & Akon (produced by Akon). Read more to check out the official album tracklist for "The Declaration" as well as the new single and cover...
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| Suge Knight Knocked Out During Fight At LA Club!!! |
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| Hip-Hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was assaulted and involved in an altercation with an unknown man in front of Hollywood nightclub last night (May 10).
Knight was at Shag nightclub when he began arguing with another man, reportedly over money...
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| Wes Fif Leaves Slip-N-Slide Records |
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| After less than six full months of being with the Miami based record label Slip-N-Slide Records, Orlando, FL artist Wes Fif has ended his relationship with the label citing creative differences as the reasoning for the departure. The 22-year-old Orlando resident who looked to be the next star to rise from the camp released his official single "Wastin' Your Time" featuring Eliseo (from the group Treal) January and soon after released his first official mixtape as a Slip-N-Slide Records artist, "The Streets Chose Me" with DJ Smallz this past February...
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| Damon Dash Calls Jim Jones' Major Label Debut ''Classic'' |
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 Former Jay-Z business partner Damon Dash believes Harlem rapper Jim Jones has a hit on his hands with this next solo album.
As previously reported, Jones inked a lucrative deal with Columbia Records last year and longtime associate and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash believes the Dipset Capo's major label debut may just be a "classic."
"He actually put together a pretty decent album, I think, better than the average and what people expected," Dame told Hot 97 personality Peter Rosenberg in a recent interview. "He's a pretty respected dude and he has a lot of swagger. I'ma be helping my man Jim out trying to take him as a brand and making sure he gets to capitalize off that..."
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| DMX Arrested On Drug, Animal Cruelty Charges |
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Authorities say DMX has been arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges in Phoenix following an overnight raid on the rapper's house.
The Maricopa County sheriff's office says the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at first tried to barricade himself in his bedroom. He came out as a SWAT team entered during the early-morning raid Friday...
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| Saturday, May 10 | | · | KOCH to Release New Album by Skillz |
| · | Artifakt Drops FREE Mixtape! |
| Friday, May 09 | | · | New Orleans Man Beats Soulja Slim Murder Charges |
| Thursday, May 08 | | · | Trae Off Rap-A-Lot |
| · | Immortal Technique Readies New LP, Creates Police Brutality Blog |
| · | T.I. Reveals His ''PAPER TRAIL'' |
| · | Sheriff: DMX Case Will Be Resolved Soon |
| Wednesday, May 07 | | · | Lil Wayne Pleads Not Guilty To AZ Drug Charges |
| · | Man Arrested For Snatching 50 Cent's Chain In Africa |
| · | T.I News |
| Tuesday, May 06 | | · | Foxy Brown's New Highly Anticipated album, 'Brooklyn's Don Diva,' |
| Sunday, May 04 | | · | Plies Set To Release Sophomore Album In June, Third Album On The Way In December |
| Saturday, May 03 | | · | Lil Wayne To Star In Sports Film 'Patriots' |
| Friday, May 02 | | · | Dame Grease Is Back With A New Compilation |
| Thursday, May 01 | | · | DJ Drama, Crooked I, Win Big At 11th Annual Mixtape Awards |
| · | Nas Records New Song For Mike Tyson Documentary |
| · | Ludacris Hits The 'Theater' For New Album |
| Tuesday, April 29 | | · | Swisha House News |
| · | Yung Berg: “50 Told Me To Move Bow Wow Out The Game, Period!” |
| Monday, April 28 | | · | The Game Drops '911 Is A Joke' |
| · | New Music From Nite Ridaz! |
| Sunday, April 27 | | · | Prodigy's "HNIC 2" Debuts at #1 on Billboards Hot 100 |
| · | Ice-T to Document Iceberg Slim's Life |
| · | Thug Lordz Releases "Thug Money"! |
| Saturday, April 26 | | · | New Audio From Game, Snoop, Ray J, T Pain, Young Juc, Lil Wayne and others! |
| · | David Banner Plots Three New Albums |
| · | Tony Yayo: “I’m Looking Towards Movies Right Now.” |
| Friday, April 25 | | · | EPMD Means Business With New Label |
| · | G-Unit, The Game Push Back New Albums |
| Thursday, April 24 | | · | Judge Rejects C-Murder's Travel Request |
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