Teen Hip Hop Star Romeo Miller Gets Full Ride To Play Basketball!
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ By Shannon Barr/ SBPR) - When: Press Conference: Monday, November 19 at 12:00pm Where: The Four Seasons of Beverly Hills - 2nd Floor Conference Room 300 South Doheny Drive Los Angeles, CA 90048/310.273.2222 What: High school seniors ...
| Last Chance For Jay-Z Fans To Catch Live Performance From Critically Acclaimed 'American Gangster' Tour
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Control Room/ MSN) - Hip-hop royalty returns home when Jay-Z takes the stage in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom as part of his six-city tour to promote American Gangster, his tenth studio album. With tickets sold out to all six North American shows, Control Room and MSN ...
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Erykah Badu Returns To Music Spotlight With New Single 'Honey'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Motown Records) - Motown's multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with her debut single 'Honey.' Laced with Erykah's bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer 9th ...
| The Makers Of BAILEYS Irish Cream Partner With R&B Star John Legend For Television Special
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ BAILEYS Entertainment) - The makers of BAILEYS Irish Cream Liqueur, the No. 1 selling cream liqueur in the world, today announced the U.S. television premiere of BAILEYS Entertainment Presents Get Together with John Legend. The hour-long special will feature concert performances, ...
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UNE' Release His New CD Single 'I Really Love You Love' On November 20, 2007
LOS ANGELES, CA. (vUNE' PR Team) - Singer Songwriter UNE' (pronounced younay) native of Detroit and product of the "Motor City" sound is making his imprint in LA's hard to please industry music circles. One bar from UNE' and listeners are instantly hooked to his melodic smooth as satin sound. Recently ...
| Jay-Z Scores His 10th No 1 Debut With 'AMERICAN GANGSTER'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roc-A-Fella Records) - Today, JAY-Z and his newest album, AMERICAN GANGSTER, have claimed a rightful place in history, capturing the No 1 slot on the Top 200 Billboard charts, selling 424,000 copies. AMERICAN GANGSTER is JAY-Z's 10th release to debut in the top position, ...
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Exclusive Beyonce Concert Presented On 96 Digital Cinema Movie Screens Nationwide
MORRISTOWN, NJ. (Top40 Charts/ AEG Network LIVE-AEG Live) - One of the most eagerly anticipated tours of 2007, "The Beyonce Experience" will be shown on theatre screens across the country for an exclusive, one-night-only engagement on Monday, November 19. The screening is brought to you by L'Oreal Paris, ...
| Blind Boys Of Alabama Head To Louisiana For New Album 'Down In New Orleans'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Time Life Records) - For their new album 'Down In New Orleans' (Jan. 29/Time Life), four-time Grammy winners The Blind Boys of Alabama recorded in New Orleans for the first time in their almost seventy year history. "This particular flavor is new for us," comments Blind Boys ...
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SMC Pledges Allegiance To Killer Mike & Grind Time Official
San Francisco, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SMC Recordings) - Killer Mike and his Atlanta based label, Grind Time Official, have joined forces with Bay Area based record label, SMC Recordings. The first release from this dynamic partnership will be the continuation of Killer Mike's critically acclaimed Pledge ...
| Rap Artist E-40 To Open Wingstop Restaurant In The Bay Area
DALLAS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Wingstop) - Recording artist Earl Stevens, best known as E-40, has signed a franchise agreement with Wingstop Restaurants, Inc. to open a restaurant in Benicia, Calif. Known for his distinctive voice and rapid lyrical delivery, Stevens has released 12 albums in the past 15 ...
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Rapper/Actor T.I. To Post A Video Message On Hip-Hop Social Network
Atlanta, GA. (Top40 Charts/ StreetCred PR) - On Thursday November 12, 2007 Grammy Award Winning Rapper/Actor T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, will use a user generated video message on Hip-Hop Social Network StreetCred.com to make his first public comments since his release about the Federal ...
| Dopetracks Mixtape Gains Support From Top Hip-Hop Artists and Spitkicker Radio
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Dopetracks) - Emcees Chali 2na, MC Lyte, Mistah FAB and Wordsworth are all lending their voices to Dopetracks.com, a new website for up and coming rappers, singers and producers to showcase their raw talents. When Dopetracks announced plans for a mixtape contest involving ...
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C-Murder Motivates With The Movement DVD
New Orleans, LA. (Top40 Charts/ Asylum Records) - When Corey Miller, known to the rap world as C-Murder, was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder in 2002, fans were stunned. With the legacy of Master P's No Limit label firmly in place and C-Murder's TRU Records label on the rise, it ...
| Napster Debuts Vee-Jay Records Catalog Dec. 4, 2007
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Napster) - Good news for blues, R&B, and rock n' roll aficionados - Napster, LLC (NASDAQ: NAPS), the leader in subscription music, today announced that the timeless catalog of Vee-Jay Records will be available in digital format for streaming and downloading for the first ...
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Foxy Brown's New Album 'Brooklyn's Don Diva' Has a New Street Date Of February 5, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ By Giovanna Melchiorre/ KOCH Records) - Foxy Brown's new album, "Brooklyn's Don Diva," has a new street date of February 5th, 2008. Her new single, "When the Lights Go Out," is climbing up the urban radio charts. Gossip Blogger Perez Hilton has said of the single, "...the first ...
| Mathew Knowles Releases 'Music World Kids 5 CD Pack' November 20, 2007
HOUSTON, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Music World Entertainment) - Mathew Knowles, who has made it a top priority to release child-friendly content over the past three years, launches Music World Kids. The first release, "Music World Kids 5 CD Pack," is a 5 CD collection containing over five hours of kid-friendly, ...
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10 Finalist Marching Ensembles Announced For 2008 Honda Battle Of The Bands
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ American Honda Motor) - The curtain is all set to be raised once again for ten of America's top Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands, as the sixth annual Honda Battle of the Bands gets ready to roll into Atlanta's Georgia Dome on January 26, ...
| SIRIUS Satellite Radio To Broadcast Exclusive JAY-Z Concert From Current Tour
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ By Neel Khairzada/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio0 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will broadcast an exclusive concert from music icon and mogul JAY-Z recorded live at the House of Blues in Chicago on his five-city tour in support of his new album American Gangster. ...
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R&B Music Icon Chaka Khan Named Celebrity Spokeswoman For The Purple Beverage Company
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Top40 Charts/ Purple Beverage Company/ www.drinkpurple.com) - Entertainment industry legend, Chaka Khan, has been named the celebrity face of the new antioxidant health beverage, PURPLE. The Purple product launch and announcement coincides with Chaka Khan's Broadway debut in ...
| Shar Jackson & Mr. Collipark Team Up And Finish 'Let It Blow'
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Long Live Crime Records) - After winning MTV Celebrity Rap Superstar a couple of weeks ago Shar Jackson thought it might be fun to finish the song "Let it Blow" that she wrote on the show. So hopping on a plane to Atlanta to meet up with hot producer Mr. Collipark (Soulja ...
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