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Rumors - Monday, January 5, 2009 19:29 - 0 Comments

Suge Got Buyers Shook

Death Row Records will be up for grabs on Jan 15, as it’s extensive music catalogue will be placed on the auction block again. However, it seems many would be investors are apprehensive about bidding on Suge’s former property. According to the New York Post, Suge’s violent reputation and thug image has possible investors worried about taking up stock in the label which Suge lost to bankruptcy in 2006.

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News - Monday, January 5, 2009 19:10 - 0 Comments

DMX’s Troubles Hit Home

DMX’s Arizona pad has been foreclosed and is now selling for $200k less then when he purchased the home. The home was left in shambles following a string of events which greatly devalued the property.

The Cave Creek Valley home began to fall into disrepair after Simmon’s split with his wife, slacked on upkeep, and let go of the cleaners.

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Music - Monday, January 5, 2009 18:58 - 1 Comment

Music Sales Keep on Slippin’

2008 was a bad year for the economy. As consumer confidence and spending fell, so did virtually every industry in the country. Naturally, this spelled bad news for the already ailing music industry. Nielson Co. reported total album sales for 2008 fell 14%.

Some good news came in the form of digital music. Single tracks sold via online retailers such as iTunes, Rhapsody, and Amazon topped 1 billion, a 27 percent gain from the 844.2 million in 07. Digital Album sales also saw a boost in sales as the total number of digital albums sold jumped from 50 million in 07 to 65.8 last year.
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Homepage - Monday, January 5, 2009 14:18 - 1 Comment

The Summit: JD and Bow Wow

After several years of working independently of one another, which both men readily attribute to industry hype, artist posturing and the necessary evil of growth, Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri return to the biz as a unified front ready to prove yet again (and whether you like it or not) you just can’t knock their hustle.

It was March 8, 1991, when the classic film New Jack City was released. Set in Harlem at the peak of the ‘80s crack explosion and starring Wesley Snipes, Allen Payne and Ice-T, the story unravels the rise and fall of a notorious (fictitious) drug kingpin named Nino Brown and his Cash Money Brothers crew. But what’s most interesting, and its greatest gift to urban cinema besides its soundtrack, may be its point of view. Allowing onlookers to not only understand the sophisticated movement and the calculated muscle that was necessary for the takeover of The Carter, a residential building used as the CMB’s base for pushing weight, the film also provides an aerial view of the dynamic inner-workings of the crew members—good and bad—from the personality clashes to the shifting roles and the manner in which they manifested their success; a blueprint to which many of today’s urban record labels have built their foundation.

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Homepage - Monday, January 5, 2009 13:26 - 2 Comments

Bow Wow and JD Cover Shoot Outtakes

Click through for a slide show of Jermaine Dupri and Bow Wow in Harlem for our February cover shoot.

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Homepage - Monday, January 5, 2009 13:23 - 0 Comments

Bow Wow Ft. JD, Roc The Mic

Rumors - Monday, January 5, 2009 12:43 - 3 Comments

Chris Brown & Rihanna Engaged?

Reports are surfacing that Rihanna showed off a huge diamond ring during a recent London performance sparking rumors that she and Chris Brown are engaged.

Chris Brown is 19 and Rihanna is 21… so, we have to ask…

News - Saturday, January 3, 2009 12:54 - 7 Comments

Drugs Killed Dre’s Son

Four months after his death, autopsy reports reveal that Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young, Jr. died of a heroin and morphine overdose.

The Los Angeles County Coroner has declared the overdose an accident.

News - Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:04 - 19 Comments

Soulja Boy Robbed

Soulja Boy’s disappointing sales may be the least of his worries right now.

According to his rep, Soulja was the victim of a robbery last week.

A video clip, which was originally dismissed as a joke, featured masked men bragging about stalking and robbing Soulja Boy.

This story is still unclear as initial reports said there were six gunmen, the video, which may or may not be legit, says there were only two gunmen, and Soulja Boy’s camp is not revealing any details at all.

Rumors - Friday, January 2, 2009 15:42 - 2 Comments

Diddy’s Inaguration Drama?

Diddy is denying Friday’s Page Six report claiming that he has been having some trouble getting tickets to the Inauguration.

“It’s hilarious,” a source told Page Six “Sean Combs is trying to get four tickets. He’s acting like it’s a party at Bungalow 8, like they should just let him in. He’s too cheap to pay and thinks he can just show up.”

A Diddy source later told TMZ that the story was crazy and that Diddy was given tickets because of all of his work during the campaign.