Toni Braxton Is Going To Be A Mom For The Second Time!
LOS ANGELES (Toni Braxton Fans Website) - R&B singer Toni Braxton and her husband, musician Keri Lewis, are expecting their second child early next year. The couple's first child, Denim Cole Braxton Lewis, was born on December 2, 2001. In related news, Braxton is slated to release a new album, More ...
| Juvenile Busted
NEW ORLEANS (Juvenile Fans Website) - Juvenile has added to his legal problems of late. The rapper turned himself into New Orleans police on Tuesday (Sept. 17) after learning a warrant had been issued for his arrest in May, according to a spokesperson for the New Orleans Police Department. Juvenile ...
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LL Cool J Member Of The 'SWAT' Team!
NEW YORK (Rnb NY magazine) - LL Cool J is joining Samuel L. Jackson (XXX), Colin Farrell (Minority Report), and Michelle Rodriguez (Blue Crush) in a cinematic update of the '70s action show, S.W.A.T. Rapper-turned-actor LL Cool J--who now uses his birth name James Todd Smith for his movie work--will ...
| Wyclef Jean & Tom Jones Work Together For New Album
NEW YORK (Tom Jones Official Website) - Music's newest odd couple may be Tom Jones and Wyclef Jean, who recently completed a dozen tracks on a yet-untitled album for the veteran Welsh singer. The lead single, "Tom Jones International," was described as Jones "funked up," on Jones's official website ...
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Beenie Man Starts Up the 'Tropical Storm' 2K2 Tour In October
NEW YORK (Beenie Man Official Website) - Beenie Man will launch his Tropical Storm 2K2 tour on October 1 in Providence, Rhode Island. The tour is in support of his latest album, Tropical Storm and the first single from the set, "Feel It Boy" featuring Janet Jackson. In addition to his musical endeavors, ...
| TLC To Release '3D' In November
NEW YORK (TLC Fans Website) - TLC joins a list of heavyweights--which already includes Jay-Z, Whitney Houston, Monica, Nas, and Ja Rule--in releasing a new album this November, as the group's new set, 3D, is due November 12. The first single, "Quickie," was produced by Dallas Austin and is scheduled ...
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Tupac Shakur's family denies murder theory
LOS ANGELES (LA Times) - A newspaper investigation into the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur has been met with anger by the family of the man accused of ordering his killing. The Los Angeles Times recently claimed Shakur's rap rival Notorious BIG gave hitmen a gun and paid them $1m (�638,000) to carry ...
| Anti-Ashanti Petition!
LOS ANGELES (Top40-Charts.com) - More than 20,000 signatures have been gathered on an Internet petition denouncing the music show's decision to give its Lady of Soul entertainer of the year award to 21-year-old RnB newcomer Ashanti. A person posted the document at PetitionOnline.com. It has collected ...
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Rock Meets Soul
NEW YORK (Gay Men's Health Crisis organization) - Rock meets soul on Nov. 11 at New York's Carnegie Hall for a benefit concert titled You Rock My Soul, which features Meshell Ndegeocello as musical director. The concert will benefit the Gay Men's Health Crisis organization and feature rock and soul ...
| Snoop Dogg besides Kermit the Frog!
LOS ANGELES (Snoop Fans Website) - Apparently Snoop Dogg, whose stage name partially derives from his resemblance to the Peanuts character Snoopy, isn't only fond of four-legged hounds, he also likes frogs. Well, at least, Kermit The Frog, the lead puppet for the popular Muppets series. Snoop Dogg will ...
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Hip-Hop Concert shut down By Fight
LOS ANGELES (LA Beat Radio) - About 15,000 people were sent home early from a rap and hip-hop concert after a fight broke out and spilled onto the main stage, police said. The "Beat Summer Jam 2002" concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater started at about noon on Sunday and ended after the brawl ...
| Is Mary J Blige pregnant?
NEW YORK (RnB Magazine) - Mary J Blige has hinted that she could be pregnant, according to some members of the audience at a sold out concert. She was performing at a gig at Boston's FleetBoston Pavilion with Wyclef Jean. According to reports, she offered to share something with the audience that she ...
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Chuck D Speaks on Elvis' Legacy
NEW YORK (Public Enemy Fans Website) - Public Enemy frontman Chuck D derided Elvis Presley on the group's 1989 anthem "Fight The Power," but it turns out his feelings for Presley are a little more complicated than the song suggests. "As a musicologist - and I consider myself one - there was always ...
| R. Kelly Back in Court on Porn Charge
CHICAGO, Ill. (R. Kelly Fans Website) - R. Kelly made a brief court appearance Wednesday, saying nothing during a five-minute status hearing in his child pornography case. Cook County Judge Vincent Michael Gaughan conferred with prosecutors and defense attorney Edward Genson, then set a Sept. 20 court ...
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Ashanti, Nas To Perform On MTV Video Music Awards
NEW YORK (MTV) - Ashanti and Nas are the latest artists confirmed to perform at the 19th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Aug. 29. They join the previously announced Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Pink, Eminem, Shakira, and P. Diddy. Also newly secured ...
| Jurassic 5 Walks A 'Thin Line' With Nelly Furtado
LOS ANGELES (J5 Fans Website) - L.A.-based hip-hoppers Jurassic 5 admit that they were a bit weary of collaborating with Nelly Furtado on "Thin Line" from the group's forthcoming album, Power in Numbers, due Oct. 8 on Interscope Records. "We heard it through the grapevine that she was feeling us," J5's ...
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Teena Marie Signs With Cash Money Records
NEW YORK (T. Marie Fans Website) - R&B singer-producer Teena Marie has signed a recording deal with Cash Money Records, according to the label's CEO and Marie's website. Cash Money CEO Brian "Baby" Williams told reporters, "Yeah, Teena Marie signed to us." A statement on Marie's website (teenamarie.com) ...
| DMX And Rage Against The Machine Team Up For Soundtrack Recordings
NEW YORK (DMX Fans Website) - Rapper DMX and members of Rage Against The Machine have collaborated on two songs for forthcoming soundtrack albums. "Here I Come" was recorded for the soundtrack to Cradle 2 The Grave, which stars DMX alongside actor/martial artist Jet Li. The other song, "We Gonna Get ...
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Wyclef Jean Tops At Funkmaster Flex's Celebrity Car Show
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ (Wyclef Fans Website) - Wyclef Jean took home top honors on Saturday (August 3) at Funkmaster Flex's Second Annual Celebrity Car Show at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. Jean's vehicles included a Pagani Zonda C12 worth approximately $800,000, a custom monster truck with hydraulics, ...
| Diana Ross tour turned Upside Down!
LOS ANGELES (RnB Magazine) - The announcement of Diana Ross's summer tour cancellation last week was reportedly prompted by the singer's health problems. Ross's reps at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) told the Cerritos Center in Southern California - where Ross was to kick off a string of West Coast tour ...
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