The Game’s Last Album With Interscope
| [caption id="attachment_4161" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="The Game Photo:Getty Images"]  [/caption]News Game only has one LP left on his Interscope contract, and after he drops the follow-up to 2011's The R.E.D. Album, the platinum-selling Compton rapper will contemplate his musical independence. "That seems like a really, really good move where I can capitalize off of all the finances being made off of my music for once. But, I don't know, I kinda like having a lot of help, a lot of assistance from a big label," .... |
Snoop Dogg’s Next Album
| [caption id="attachment_6400" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Snoopy Dogg Photo:Getty Images"]  [/caption]Music Maybe murder isn't the case after all? Eleven solo albums into his career, Snoop Dogg insists that fans have yet to see the real him, but on his next album, he hopes to change all of that. "It's a project where it's more about the element of surprise, but at the same time it'll be talked about in due time," Snoop told News this weekend at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. "It's special; it's a real special project to me because it's like the reincarnation and the birth of me becoming who I really am." |
Drake Is Experiencing A Bit Of Growing Pains
| [caption id="attachment_2562" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Drake Photo:Getty Images"]  [/caption]News It seems as if Drake is experiencing a bit of growing pains. On his 2009 Trey Songz-assisted single "Successful," the then-burgeoning star rapped about his yearn for the spotlight, and now that he has it, he's having a bit of difficulty adjusting, he tells GQ Magazine. "I'm trying to find the same feelings that I had for women when I had very little going on, which is tough. |
Coolio Arrested For Traffic Violations And Locked
| [caption id="attachment_6355" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Rapper Coolio Photo: Getty Images"]  [/caption]News Rapper Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., is seen in a booking photo March 9, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Coolio was arrested for two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for traffic violations after the car he was riding in was pulled over during a routine traffic stop. It's the same place that his son Grtis is incarcerated for allegedly robbing someone at gunpoint. |
Jah Rule Begins Prison Sentence
| [caption id="attachment_3558" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Jah Rule Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images"]  [/caption]News Ja Rule fans may have enjoyed last week's radio interview from behind bars on Sirius XM, but the Department of Corrections did not. Last week, on his birthday (February 29) Ja called into Renada Romain's Ear Candy Morningsshow on Hip Hop Nation and spoke on his current incarceration, his Pray For the Day charity and his new Pain is Love 2, but on Tuesday (March 6), the multiplatinum rap star faced a disciplinary hearing over the phone interview. |
Chris Brown’s Fortune Dropping May 8
| [caption id="attachment_6293" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Chris Brown Photo: RFix"]  [/caption]Music Fresh off his Grammy win for Best R&B album, Chris Brown announced Thursday (March 1) that his next album, Fortune, will be released May 8. Fans have been waiting for album news since Brown dropped the single "Turn Up the Music" in January followed by a music video the next month, which racked up more than 8 million views in its first week. |
Rick Ross Announces European Tour
| [caption id="attachment_6293" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Rick Ross Photo: Maybach Music"]  [/caption]Tour The Maybach Music head might want to consider spending significant time on the road. In promotion of his latest mixtape and all things MMG, the Bawse is hitting up Europe for his 14-date Rich Forever Tour, which begins in Lille, France, on March 21. Rozay will not only be performing songs from his respected rap catalog, but also debuting new music from his upcoming God Forgives, I Don't album. By the time Ross wraps things up April 4, he will have run through Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Holland and London. |
Birdman To Release 16 Albums This Year
| [caption id="attachment_4586" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Birdman Photo:VT Images"]  [/caption]Music Birdman has high hopes for 2012. During an interview m, the Cash Money Records CEO revealed that he’s looking to release 16 albums of different genres on YMCMB this year, including full-length LPs from Nicki Minaj, Bow Wow, Lil Twist and Limp Bizkit. “I think bringing Fred and Limp Bizkit to the team gives us a different look,” he said. “We dominate rap, but we’re also trying to grow in different areas; Pop, rock, gospel, country.” |
The-Dream To Drop “Kill The Lights” Single Today
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Music The-Dream is ready to take his show on the road. In preparation for his Love IV album, the singer/songwriter is getting ready to embark on a new tour, and on Thursday (February 23), he's planning to drop a new song to commemorate the run. The Kill the Lights Tour will begin March 11 in New York, and The-Dream is dropping his new single of the same name. "The name of the song is actually 'Kill the Lights,' featuring my artist Casha," he said on Wednesday's "RapFix Live." |
Whitney Houston Remembered by Kevin Costner
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News On Saturday afternoon (February 18), Whitney Houston was sent to rest by family and friends at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, during a stirring funeral dubbed her Home-Going. While the pop diva's onetime leading man Bobby Brown reportedly left moments before the noon ceremony began, the pop diva's onscreen leading man Kevin Costner delivered a poignant eulogy in her honor. |
