September 2009 Blog Posts (876)

DAILY DIME - ERICA MENA PT.2

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Atlanta Rappers Unite To Help Local Flood Victims

By Roman Wolfe

A number of rappers, R&B singers and celebrities will gather in Atlanta tomorrow (October 1) for a special charity project to raise money for recent flood victims in the city.

Jermaine Dupri, Nelly and V-103 will present Atlanta Stand Up: Jermaine Dupri & Nelly Charity Celebrity Bowling Tournament.

The goal of the tournament is to raise… Continue

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Bump J Gets 10 Years In Jail for Bank Robbery, Gun

By Houston Williams

Rapper Bump J was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday (Sept. 29) after admitting to guilt in a 2007 local bank robbery in August.

The artist, real name Terrence Boykin, received the minimum sentence for both charges, according to Chicago Hip-Hop blog Fake Shore Drive. The Chicago native will serve seven years for an illegal gun and 37 months for the… Continue

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Diddy Reveals Details Behind Interscope Deal

By Tai Saint Louis and Nolan Strong

After almost five years as part of the Warner Music Group, Sean 'Diddy' Combs has relocated his Bad Boy Records imprint to Interscope Geffen A&M, Combs told AllHipHop.com Tuesday afternoon (September 29).

The first release to come from the joint venture will be Diddy's experimental… Continue

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AllHipHop.com/uPlaya Partner for International Artist Contest

By Ismael AbduSalaam

AllHipHop.com and digital music leader uPlaya have announced a deal designed to bring new artists into the limelight.

The two companies have created the Music Universe Contest, which will use uPlaya’s patented Hit Song Science technology to determine a winner and three finalists.

The unique… Continue

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Flavor Flav Talks About New Reality Show

By Isha "Ice" Cole

Hip-Hop veteran Flavor Flav is planning on jumping back into the spotlight very soon.

In a recent interview Flavor Flav told AllHipHop.com, "I'm working on a reality show and a talk show, going back to high school. I got a talk show coming, yall ain't going to be mad at ya boy."

Flav caught the… Continue

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Souls of Mischief Launch Montezuma's Revenge World Tour

By Mike Winslow

Independent Hip-Hop crew Souls of Mischief will commemorate their upcoming Prince Paul-produced album Montezuma’s Revenge, with the Montezuma’s Revenge World Tour ‘09 featuring Prince Paul on select dates.

Group members A-Plus, Opio, Phesto and Tajai will play 19 dates in the United States and another 16 in Europe and Asia to support Montezuma’s Revenge,… Continue

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Ex-Lovers Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri Caught Together Again

Janet Jackson raises speculation that she has rekindled love with her ex-boyfriend Jermaine Dupri. Both of them were snapped attending amfAR's Inaugural Milan Fashion Week at La Permanente on Monday, September 28.

Though there has been no word on whether or not Janet and Jermaine came to the event together, they have been photographed sitting next to each other during the show. The ex-lovers, moreover, were also pictured enjoyably… Continue

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Grammy Award Winning WYCLEF JEAN is all for Higher Learning

According to karencivil.com, Grammy Award winning Wyclef Jean is all for Higher Education; he is enrolling in College.

“I am enrolling in Berklee College in Boston to get my bachelor’s degree in music! That’s how important education is to me. I plan to work with Rev. Al Sharpton because that’s how important stressing the importance of education to children is to me,” the… Continue

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DJ AM -- Cause of Death Accidental

TMZ has learned the New York City Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death for Adam Goldstein -- DJ AM.

The M.E. says the cause of death is "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole (a drug used to cut cocaine with).

The manner of death is listed as "accident (substance… Continue

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Floyd "Money"Mayweather Shouts his Official Twitter & Philthy Rich Records CEO P-Reala

Floyd Money Mayweather, P-Reala Shout out Success Jae, Kalikwest Media Group, Mannie, Noyse (filmed by Mannie, Edited by Noyseworks beat by RAWSMOOV for KalikwestMedia… Continue

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