Outside Sony Music’s offices on Madison Avenue and both Warner Music’s and Universal Music’s headquarters, hundreds of demonstrators marched demanding ‘decency’ within hip hop lyrics. The demonstrators, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, were demanding the removal of three words from hip hop: “bitch”, “ho” and “nigger”. “Stop the dirty lyrics,” Sharpton declared as he addressed […]

In a blog in the Chicago Tribune, fast talking rapper Twista called for a pullout of US troops in Iraq, stating “I want to tell people to write, call, or come up with some way to give suggestions to help say something to effect our troops coming home… We need to say something effective to […]

Douglas E. Davis, better known as the legendary human beatbox Doug E. Fresh, was to appear in Romulus, MI court on Thursday on charges that he assaulted a Northwest Airlines employee.
According to The Detroit News, airport police say that Davis pushed a Northwest employee before entering a jet way at Concourse A in Detroit’s […]

The 9-year-old rapper and developing music executive, Big Korey, will soon be featured in a reality documentary series that will be co-produced by Ludacris and his DTP partners, Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show will follow Big Korey’s efforts to create his own record label, sign new talent and develop […]

Famed rapper and TV star Ice-T says that “Cam’Ron made a bad move,” in his recent “stop snitching” comments he made in his 60 Minutes interview. “I mean, Cam’Ron applied the rules of the streets, to the rules of hip hop,” said Ice-T. “Everybody in hip hop ain’t affiliated with the streets on that level. […]

At Club Zen in Trinidad, Akon’s performance on April 12 was a little more than risqué; 15 year old Dannah Alleyne was permitted into the club underage and was part of a characterized impromptu dance competition announced by Akon. While a trip to Africa was ‘announced’ for the winner, the contestants found out that a […]

Russia, China, Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela- this is a top 12 list of countries being put on a ‘priority watch list’ for not doing enough to tackle copyright piracy, according to the office of the US Trade Representative. The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that it lost […]

T-Pain was arrested over the weekend for not complying with police request to cut his set short at the annual Radio One Spring Fest concert. The rapper turned singer headlined the event which also included Trey Songz, Mims and Rich Boy.During his performance of his latest single “Buy U A Drink,” concert officials shut down […]

The feud between Cam’Ron and Tru Life reached another level outside a club in New York on the night of April 30th. According to SOHH, New York radio personality Ed Lover was at the scene of the incident and explained: “What happened last night was Cam was standing in front of Club Stereo and Tru […]

 
A conservative nationwide Christian organization known as ‘The Resistance’ have taken issue with 50 Cent and his disgracing of the Christian religion by wearing a huge diamond studded cross. The organization’s founder Mark Dice stated, “50 Cent is no Christian, and if you listen to his lyrics it becomes clear that he is more of […]

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