Eminem's Hold On Hip-Hop Worries Minister
NEW YORK (Eminem Fans Website) - Rapper Eminem's success is a sign that whites will take over hip-hop in the same manner they took over jazz and rock and roll, according to an outspoken North Carolina minister. Reverend Paul Scott says he's worried that the white influence on rap music will weaken the ...
| Mario, B2K, Tyrese Get Songs From Former Troop Member
NEW YORK (RnB Magazine) - Steve Russell, also known as Lil' Steve from the late '80s/early '90s R&B group Troop, has re-emerged as a songwriter for the likes of Mario, B2K, and Tyrese. Russell co-wrote B2K's "Gots Ta Be" that peaked at Number 13 on USA's R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Though Russell ...
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Ashanti loves being a sex symbol!
BERLIN, Germany (Spiegel Magazine) - R'n'B singer Ashanti says she loves it when men drool over half-naked photos of her to spice up their sex lives. The 20-year-old is enjoying huge success with her debut album Ashanti and she told German magazine Spiegel Online she loves her new-found status as a ...
| Janet Jackson Among Shareholders Of Largest Black-Owned Bank
NEW YORK (Janet Fans Website) - Janet Jackson is among the shareholders of the largest black-owned bank in the United States. Jackson, as well as former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson, are owners of shares in Boston Bank Of Commerce, which has just merged with Family Savings Bank, making the ...
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Diana Ross Cancels Summer Tour
LOS ANGELES (Dianna Ross Fans Website) - Diana Ross, who checked herself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center two months ago, has canceled the remaining dates of her summer concert tour. No reason was given for halting the 14-date, 10-city North American outing, which opened last week at the ...
| Ja Rule Arrest Warrant Retracted In Jamaica
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Ja Rule Fans Website) - A Montego Bay, Jamaica, Resident Magistrate Court judge issued a warrant for Ja Rule's arrest on Monday (July 29) after the rapper seemingly failed to appear in court to answer a year-old profanity charge, according to the Jamaica Observer. But, the warrant ...
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Cam'ron Busted In New York
NEW YORK (RnB Magazine) - Rapper Cam'ron (Cameron Giles) was arrested when New York City police officers spotted a fake New York City Fire Department (FDNY) parking permit in the window of his Land Rover. Police officers pulled the rapper over on Monday (July 29) at 42nd Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan, ...
| Nelly Set Up Dates For A Fall Tour
NEW YORK (Nelly Official Website) - Rapper Nelly has begun lining up dates for a fall tour in support of his latest album "Nellyville." The trek will kick off Sept. 26 in Worcester, Mass., with dates scheduled through an Oct. 26 finale in Las Vegas. The opening act is likely to be the Cash Money Millionaires, ...
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Eminem Brings His Circus Life To The Anger Management Tour
NEW YORK (Eminem Fans Website) - Quite appropriately, the two-month long Anger Management Tour, which hit the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Mass., on Saturday (July 27) night, finds Eminem performing in front of a stage set that is a vibrantly ironic carnival mock-up. Eminem's life as hip-hop's most ...
| Angie Stone Talks About Being The Hot Chick
NEW YORK (RnB City Magazine) - What does Angie Stone have in common with Britney Spears? Like the belly-baring pop star-turned-actress, the R&B singer will add a new line to her resume when she takes a comedic turn opposite Rob Schneider in Disney's upcoming flick, The Hot Chick. "I play Madam Mambooza," ...
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Beyonce Knowles Proves She's Worth Her Weight In Goldmember
NEW YORK (Top 40 charts) - Beyonce Knowles isn't just fine -- she's super fine, and super bad, as she steps into the platform shoes of Austin Powers' (and just about everyone else's) love interest in the latest satiric spy flick Austin Powers in Goldmember, set to open this Friday (July 26). Goldmember ...
| Destiny's Child have settled their lawsuits against the group's current members
HOUSTON, Texas (Destiny's Child Fans Website) - Two former members of the R&B group Destiny's Child have settled their lawsuits against the group's current members, its manager and their music label (Sony). Terms of the settlement, announced Wednesday, were not disclosed. LeToya Luckett and LaTavia ...
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Ja Rule: more Fast and the Furious
NEW YORK (Ja Rule Fans Website) - Rapper Ja Rule is in negotiations to reprise his role in Universal Pictures' "The Fast and the Furious 2" for director John Singleton and Original Films. Production begins in Miami in the fall. The project stars Paul Walker and Tyrese as undercover agents who team up ...
| Lil' Kim To Tone Down Sex Talk
NEW YORK (RnB Magazine Newsletter) - Lil' Kim, who has written seven songs for her third album, won't dwell on sexual themes. On her next album, which will follow 2000's poorly received Notorious K.I.M., the Notorious B.I.G. protege will make a concerted effort to appeal to her expanded fan base, which ...
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Mystikal Video Surfaces, Allegedly Showing Rape, Extortion Crimes
LOS ANGELES (Mystikal Fans Website) - Police in Baton Rouge, La., have entered into evidence a videotape allegedly showing rapper Mystikal and two accountancies raping a 40-year-old female, according to a spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Police. Mystikal - real name Michael Tyler -- turned himself in ...
| Kelly Price Renews Wedding Vows
DECATUR, Ga. (Kelly Price Fans Forum) - Kelly Price celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary by renewing her vows in front of 300 guests - a noticeable contrast to that first trip down the aisle. "I was seven months pregnant with my first child," Price said in Monday's editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ...
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Rap's Show of Shows
LOS ANGELES (US Shows Guide) - Let's not hear any more of that grumbling about rap just not working in a live setting. Though still widely held in pop circles, the notion is long out of date, thanks largely to the momentum started six years ago by the annual Smokin' Grooves tour. Before the first Grooves ...
| Will Smith Searching For Diversity In Career
NEW YORK (Will Smith Fans Forum) - Will Smith isn't resting on his laurels, even with a phenomenally successful movie career already under his belt. The rapper-actor explained that the Holy Grail to most actors--a "prestige" picture that is also a blockbuster--has thus far still eluded him (Ali, for ...
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P. Diddy Gets Hit With Lawsuit From 'I'll Be Missing You' Songwriters
NEW YORK (RnB Magazine) - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment have been hit with a $4 million lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court. The suit, which was filed by Universal-MCA Publishing on behalf of three songwriters--namely, Kelly Price, Jeremy Graham, and Todd Gaither (Sauce Money)--alleges ...
| R. Kelly Sued By Private Investigator
CHICAGO, Ill. (R. Kelly Fans Website) - Charles Freeman, who claims R. Kelly hired him to recover a "performance" tape, is suing the entertainer for $75,000, according to published reports. Kelly, who is allegedly featured having sex with a 14-year-old girl on videotape, was charged last month with ...
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