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Lydia Harris Mad Over Death Row Sale

Master recordings of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre were part of the assets of Death Row Records that were sold for $18 million recently to the Canadian development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group. The selling price was less than expected so a lot of the creditors who are owed money by Death Row will walk away with nothing. One of those... [Read more of this story]

Tha Realest Preps Witness Tha Realest

Tha Realest, once signed to Death Row Records, will release his debut album “Witness Tha Realest” via RBC Records on March 24th 2009. The album will feature the single “Eurry Now and Then” and the follow up single “Get It In”. Internet websites have falsley reported that the title track which features Fat Joe was... [Read more of this story]

Death Row Records Sold to Small Toronto Firm

Legendary rap record label which produced early albums from Tupac, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, has been bought. According to an article in the Toronto Star, a small firm from Toronto placed the winning bid Thursday on the rights to the back catalogue of the recording label, Death Row Records. The record label was founded by rapper Dr. Dre and Marion (Suge)... [Read more of this story]

Young Buck and T.I. to be Featured in Reality Shows

Rappers will fill the hip-hop reality show gap left by the cancellation of MTV’s 50 Cent-helmed The Money and the Power with two new series. MTV will catalogue the life of Atlanta rapper T.I. as he prepares to serve a year in jail on a new reality series this winter. The show, titled T.I.’s Road to Redemption, will chronicle his last 45 days as... [Read more of this story]

Snoop Dogg Shoots Hoops For Charity

Rapper Snoop Dogg will be joining fellow musicians, actors and sports stars on Saturday, January 17 to shoot hoops and raise money for The Stepping Stone, a new youth center located in Compton. The center helps kids to learn sports, arts and receive academic tutoring. Snoop Dogg will compete in the star-studded charity basketball game along with Warren... [Read more of this story]

Jim Jones Named Vice President of Urban A&R at Koch

KOCH Records announces the addition of Hip Hop superstar Jim Jones to its Executive staff. Jones joins the team as Vice President of Urban A&R. Under this new title, Jones will be responsible for signing and nurturing new talent to KOCH Records’ urban roster. Alan Grunblatt, KOCH Records’ General Manager, states, “Jim Jones put... [Read more of this story]

50 Cent Disses Lil Wayne, Kanye As Album Approaches

You can tell 50 Cent has a new album coming out when he hits the radio and starts beefs with other rappers for absolutely no reason. Thus was the case this weekend as Fiddy called into Eminem’s Shade 45 XM/Sirius radio station to unload diss after diss on Lil Wayne and Kanye West — and talk a little bit about his upcoming album Before I Self Destruct. When... [Read more of this story]

Bizzy Bone Robbed in Los Angeles

Los Angeles police identified the man who allegedly was robbed by a Los Angeles anti-gang worker as a member of the rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. On Jan. 5, Byron McCane, also known as Bizzy Bone, had returned from a restaurant to his room at the Universal Hilton, where he was confronted by several men who beat and choked him before taking his... [Read more of this story]

Dr. Dre Furious Over Leaked Songs Online

Two new songs by Dr. Dre have been released on the Internet. Dr. Dre is not happy over the song that was leaked from his highly anticipated Detox album, reports Paste Magazine. The song, called “Could Have Been You,” features verses from 50 Cent, R. Kelly, and Aftermath MC Bishop Lamont. According to MTV, each artist spends a verse telling the story... [Read more of this story]

Lil Wayne: Super Bowl Party, Yeah Song Leaked

ESPN have asked Lil Wayne and Wyclef Jean to help them kicking off Super Bowl “Big Weekend” event. While Jean will be performing for ESPN The Magazine’s NEXT party on January 30 at 9 P.M. with DJ Samantha Ronson, Wayne is going to present live reports from the event’s red carpet. In addition to Jean and Wayne’s recruitment,... [Read more of this story]

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