Glenn Lewis Acquitted
TORONTO, Ca. (Top40 Charts) - R&B singer Glenn Lewis has been acquitted of charges stemming from a nightclub fight. Earlier today an Ontario Superior Court Judge said he believed that Lewis, who�s legal name is Glen Ricketts, was acting in self-defence when he hit a bouncer with a mic at a Toronto nightclub. ...
| Eminem, Xzibit Call Dupri 'Cockeyed Midget' On Answer Track
LOS ANGELES (RnB mania) - They've called him "Papa Smurf" and "Mini-Me" - now Dr. Dre's camp has stooped even further with their lyrical low blows to Jermaine Dupri. Eminem starts off his guest-hosting duties on Say What You Say, the new mixtape from hip-hop's drama king, DJ Kay Slay, by letting the ...
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Wonder, Marsalis Wow Apollo Audience
NEW YORK (Apollo Theatre) - We all know Stevie Wonder can sing - but can he swing? He proved he could do both Monday night, jamming with Wynton Marsalis and his septet at Jazz at Lincoln Center's spring gala at the Apollo Theater. Wonder not only played piano as the band performed John Coltrane's "Giant ...
| Ludacris Going Back To High School After Anger Management
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ludacris thinks he can carry a movie, and he's putting his money where his mouf is. The Atlanta rapper will star in and executive produce the comedy "Skip Day," which will also feature his music in the film and on the soundtrack. Ludacris came up with the premise for the movie, ...
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Eminem to appear at MTV awards
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Controversial rapper Eminem will perform at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, along with the rock duo The White Stripes. MTV's 11th annual show takes place on 1 June at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and will be shown on television in the United States on 6 June. Eminem's Real ...
| Eminem Show Coming Even Sooner
NEW YORK (Eminem Fans Website) - With bootlegs of Eminem's new album already sold for as little as $5 on some avenue corners - as well as leaked for download on the equally vexing Internet (see "Pirates Steal The Eminem Show") - The Eminem Show's release has been pushed up from June 4 back to May 28, ...
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Ja Rule's Cash Money Click Album Due Out In November
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Ja Rule and his former group, Cash Money Click, reunite to release CMC Est. In '93 on November 26 on Murder Inc./TVT. The group, which now uses the name CMC, released two singles on TVT Records in the mid-'90s, among them "4 My Click." In addition to Ja, Cash Money Click ...
| Pirates Steal 'The Eminem Show'
NEW YORK (Audiogallaxy.com/Kaaza.com/Top40 Charts) - Few albums have been as closely guarded as Eminem's The Eminem Show. No one at Interscope Records has a personal copy, and journalists who want to review it have to go to special listening sessions where representatives from the rapper's management ...
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Dupri, Diddy, Snoop, Murphy Lee Represent On 'Atlanta' Remix, Video
NEW YORK (RnB Community News) - Jermaine Dupri wasn't telling any fibs on Wednesday when he tooted his own horn on the set of his "Welcome to Atlanta" remix video. "It can't get no bigger," JD bragged, while P. Diddy, covered in New York Yankees garb, danced and lip-synched raps for a crowd of onlookers. ...
| P. Diddy Admits Surprise at Wedding
ORLANDO, Fla. (Newsweek) - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs says his relationship with Jennifer Lopez was under stress even before his trial on gun charges, but he was surprised that she married so quickly after their breakup. "I mean, I didn't know it was coming, but if getting married made her happy, then I'm ...
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Aaliyah's parents sue over plane crash
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The parents of the late R&B star Aaliyah have filed a lawsuit against Virgin Records America, alleging negligence over the plane crash that killed the singer. The 22-year-old was killed along with eight others when the Cessna they were flying in crashed on take off in August ...
| Joe And Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Wrap Tour In Fresno
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Joe and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will wrap their month-long joint tour on May 19, with a show at Warner Theatre in Fresno, California. The two R&B acts opened their road show on April 13 at the Union Co. Arts Center in Rahway, New Jersey. Joe's single "What If A Woman," ...
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R. Kelly Denies Sex Allegations
CHICAGO, Ill. (Top40 Charts) - R&B superstar R. Kelly , who has been accused of having sex with an underage girl on videotapes that have circulated across the country, denied the allegations in a television interview on Wednesday. "I've done a lot of wrong things in my life, but I'm not a criminal, ...
| Will Smith Prepares To Release New Single And Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Multiplatinum recording artist and actor Will Smith is preparing to release "Black Suits Comin'" as the first single from his new album Born To Reign, which is scheduled to be released on June 25. On July 3, a week following the album's release, Columbia Pictures will debut ...
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Public Enemy's Revolverlution Drops July 23
NEW YORK (Chuck D Website/Top40 Charts) - Public Enemy's new album, Revolverlution, is due July 23 on Chuck D's own SlamJamz Records through Koch Entertainment. The new album ?- the legendary hip-hop group's first album in three years -? will feature eight new tracks, four old Public Enemy hits that ...
| R. Kelly To Speak Out!
Chicago, Il. (BET television/R Kelly Fans Website) - Grammy-winning R&B superstar R. Kelly is reportedly set to do his first major post-sex-scandal interview. Black Entertainment Television (BET) is reporting that Kelly will address the allegations that he videotaped himself having sex with minors, ...
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Lauryn Hill Returns to Music Scene
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Lauryn Hill was on top of the music world with her last album. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" wowed critics, sold 6 million copies, earned five Grammys and influenced an entire school of new soul singers. Wait till you hear what she's done next. On her new album, due ...
| Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child & Others Make New AIDS PSAs
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, *NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake, and rapper Nelly have made new public-service announcements (PSAs) for YouthAIDS, an organization that informs and educates 15-to-24-year-olds about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. The PSAs present AIDS statistics ...
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Pink Says People Can Relate to Her Album
LAS VEGAS (LV Review Journal) - There's no misunderstanding Pink. The themes of her current album, "M!ssundaztood," find Pink fighting against bad relationships in her own strident, independent way. "To me, it was all about freedom," she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of her music. "Life is not ...
| 10,000 goodbyes for Lisa Lopes
LITHONIA, Georgia (TLC Fans) - Thousands of mourners gathered in Lithonia, Georgia yesterday to pay their respects to the late TLC star Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. Close to 10,000 fans and friends, including Lopes' former bandmates Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, congregated at the New ...
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