LL Cool J To Star In 'Slow Burn'
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - LL Cool J, who is presently touring with Dru Hill, has been tapped to join the cast of Slow Burn, a crime thriller which will also star Ray Liotta and Jolene Blalock, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film is scheduled to start shooting next month in Montreal. ...
| Usher is working on his new album
NEW YORK (Usher Fans Website) - Usher is currently in a Los Angeles studio working on his upcoming untitled fourth album. The set will be the follow-up to 2001's 8701 which sold more than four million copies. Producer Jimmy Jam said last week that Usher has just begun the recording process. "Just at ...
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Jay Z makes Roc music
NEW YORK (RnB Music magazine) - He enlisted her to promote his Roc-A-Wear clothing line and now Jay- Z is using Victoria Beckham to launch a new label, Roc Music. Posh Spice has already begun work on her album for the label which was created as an outlet for non hip-hop music. Strangely Jay Z and business ...
| Queen Latifah has signed on to 'Taxi' remake
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Queen Latifah is getting behind the wheel for Taxi. The actress has signed on to an American remake of the popular 1998 French film by the same name, which will likely be helmed by Barbershop's director Tim Story, who is in talks with 20th Century Fox, according to the ...
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Earth, Wind And Fire Return To The Charts With 'The Promise'
NEW YORK (kalimba Records press release) - With their summer tour of theaters in high gear, EARTH, WIND & FIRE have returned with THE PROMISE (Kalimba Records), their first album of new studio material in six years which debuted at No19 on Billboard's R&B chart and No89 on USA Singles chart. Fans and ...
| Sylvester Stallone is preparing the music film 'Rampart Scandal'
NEW YORK (All Hip Hop Website) - Sylvester Stallone, who became a household name for his portrayals of Rocky and Rambo, is currently working on a new movie, Rampart Scandal. The film will detail the investigations of the murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G., and the Rampart scandal which exposed ...
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R. Kelly video shoot grounded
CHICAGO, Ill. (R. Kelly Fans Website) - R. Kelly's request to shoot a video in Los Angeles was denied by a Chicago judge at a hearing yesterday. Kelly was indicted on 21 child pornography charges in Florida and Illinois and may not travel without court permission. The judge ruled that there was no reason ...
| Master P arrested
NEWRK, New Jersey (Master P Fans Website) - No Limit kingpin Master P was arrested on for possessing 6 illegal hollow-point bullets - commonly known as "dum dums" or "cop-killers". Stopped at Newark, New Jersey's airport, the 36-year old rapper/entrepreneur told security guards that he was carrying ...
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Shady Vs Murder Inc.
NEW YORK (Eminem Fans Website) - Eminem and 50 Cent's Shady Records crew continued their verbal attacks against Ja Rule and Murder Inc chief Irv Gotti at the Hot 97 Concert in New York last night. 50 Cent began his show with an unflattering video montage of Ja Rule, before being joined on-stage by Eminem. ...
| 'Beef' DVD released with exclusive performances from RnB superstars
NEW YORK (NY RnB magazine) - Ving Rhames has been tapped to narrate, Beef, a new documentary which will focus on classic hip-hop battles and feature exclusive performances from 50 Cent, DMX, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Common, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, N.W.A., Treach, Mack 10, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, ...
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'T-Boz' and 'Chilli' from TLC wants the band will live on!
NEW YORK (TLC Fans Website) - The two surviving members of TLC performed what was billed as the group's final concert on Sunday (June 1), at a New York City radio station festival. It was a rare on-stage set for the group which hasn't been on tour since the April 2002 death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. ...
| R. Kelly questioned
CHICAGO, Ill. (Chicago Sun Times) - R. Kelly just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Now according to the Chicago Sun Times, prosecutors in the singer's child pornography trial claim R. Kelly may be lying about his whereabouts. Kelly asked permission of his trial judge to travel to New York this past ...
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Eminem for sale
SEATTLE (E-bay) - An e-Bay auction is offering a video tape which purports to show previously unseen pre-fame Eminem performances, such as his very first studio recording session. Shady is also supposedly shown performing at high school shows and talent contests - including a show where he is booed ...
| Ja Rule teams with Fatal Hussein
NEW YORK (NY RnB magazine) - Ja Rule, who was supposed to be on a self-imposed six-month vacation, has released a new diss record, "The Wrap" this past weekend. It features Fatal Hussein and responds to "Hail Mary" which features Eminem, 50 Cent, and Busta Rhymes. "Hail Mary" was a remake of the Tupac ...
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Whitney Houston is looking for inspiration in Israel for her christmas cd
JERUSALEM, Israel (W. Houston Fans Website) - (May 26, 2003 1:41 p.m. EDT) - Singer Whitney Houston is in Israel looking for inspiration for her upcoming Christmas album. Houston arrived Sunday for her stay with the Black Hebrews, a group of nearly 2,000 black Americans who followed a Chicago bus driver ...
| Busta Rhymes hit with assault charge
NEW YORK (NY Daily News) - Rapper and actor Busta Rhymes has been hit with misdemeanor assault and battery charges after an altercation last December at Jake's Twin Saloons in Fall River, Massachusetts, by a fan named Celine Giguere. Giguere's lawyer Mark Mechan told the New York Daily News that when ...
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The nominees for the 3rd BET Awards
LOS ANGELES (BET) - The Black Entertainment Network announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual BET Awards, which are coming up next month on the cable channel. Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu and Nelly received three nominations each on Wednesday (May 14) when the nominees were announced in Los Angeles, California. ...
| 'Mix TV Presents: Eminem' video game!
LOS ANGELES (Eminem Fans Website) - Having conquered the worlds of music and movies, rap star Eminem has his sights set on video games. The first title from his deal with Conspiracy Entertainment, "Mix TV Presents: Eminem," is expected to debut Wednesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. ...
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A memorial for Lisa 'Left Eye' in Honduras
NEW YORK (TLC Fans Website) - A memorial for the late TLC singer Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes has been commissioned in Honduras, where the singer died in a car crash last year. The freestanding monument will be unveiled on 27 May in the Honduran city of La Ceiba, where Lopes had bought 84 acres of land shortly ...
| Prince offers online preview of New Live DVD
NEW YORK (NPG Music Club press release) - Prince's brand new 2003 NPG Music Club is now offering fans the chance to see concert video footage before it's commercially available. In a virtual concert hall on the website, www.NPGMusicClub.com, members can watch 3 full-length selections from the forthcoming ...
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