Wale - Ambition Album Preview
Check out the full preview of Wale's "Ambition" album, dropping 11-1-11! What do you think?
Big Sean's Own tour
G.O.O.D. Music's Big Sean has announced that he will be headlining his own tour later in the fall of 2011. Sean is currently on tour with Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa as the opening act.
“This fall, I’m doing my own tour,” Sean explained. “The tour’s definitely going to be some fun sh*t, a...
L.A. Reid's new position
Legendary music executive Antonio "L.A." Reid has been named chairman and CEO of Epic Records. The report came directly from Doug Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. The official announcement comes after about a month of speculation that Reid would indeed assume the title.
"L.A. repeatedly has p...
Ja Rule gets another 2 years!
Incarcerated rapper Ja Rule was sentenced to more than two years in jail time for failing to pay income taxes on over $3 million. Ja apparently failed to pay the iRS millions from 2004 to 2006. The jail time will run concurrently with his current two year sentence for possession of a weapon.
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The Legend, Scarface, still in Custody!
Rapper Scarface is still incarcerated--as he has been since fall of 2010. Face has been moved to Harris County Jail, where he is being held for two active child support warrants totaling $123,372. He also faces two other child support charges as well as charges from the federal government.
According ...
BET Awards '11
Lil Wayne and Drake are among the artists scheduled to perform at the upcoming 2011 BET Awards. The show takes place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 26th. Additional performers during the ceremony include Chris Brown, Jill Scott and Alicia Keys.
Drake and Lil Wayne will hi...
Lil Boosie Gets New Charge!
Lil Boosie has been accused of trying to get codeine into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The Louisiana State Police has filed charges against him and two other inmates after learning of their attempts to smuggle the syrup into the prison.
According to WAFB, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana nat...
Kiss' Top 5 or 6!
As Jadakiss continues to promote his upcoming album, Top 5 Dead Or Alive, the New York rapper has listed the emcees he thinks are deserving of that honor.
“Biggie, Tupac, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, [and] Styles P,” said Kiss to Rap-Up.com.
When asked about his recent schedule, the Yonkers native revealed...
Twitter Beef
Lil Kim just refuses to stop. The one-time hitmaking rapper has seemingly made a career out of messy 'beefs' with younger stars and seems to want to draw attention to herself for any and everything except her music. Now, Kimberly is taking on Keyshia Cole. Why? Because Keyshia dared to do a song wit...