Experts: Intervene early to cut youth violence

college student embarks on a shooting spree, taking 32 lives. A teenager with an assault rifle opens fire on holiday shoppers in a department store in middle America. And, long before that, two youths turn the halls of their high school into a virtual abattoir, leaving some 13 dead before killing themselves.

Blame for the explosion of violence by teenagers and young adults in recent years has fallen on everything from the breakdown of families to video games, from lax security to violent music.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Kanye West Drops Out Of U.S. Show At Last Minute

Kanye West has backed out of what would have been his first concert on U.S. soil since the unexpected death of his mother, Dr. Donda West, last month. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that West dropped off the bill for the KDWB Jingle Ball at the Target Center slated for Friday night (December 7) in Minneapolis with only a few days' notice, due to an unspecified "family matter." "American Idol" runner-up Blake Lewis and Fabolous will fill in for West on the bill, which also includes Avril Lavigne, Timbaland, Good Charlotte and Jordin Sparks. "We tried to get [West] on the air to explain all this to fans, but he refused," said Rob Morris, the station's program director. "We did everything we could to save this thing." ...

Check Out Full Article @ MTV

Bun B Talks Pimp C, "The Last Time I Saw Him I Hugged Him & Told Him I Loved Him"

It's still UGK for life.So said rapper and UGK member Bun B, who is recovering from the untimely death of his best friend and partner, Pimp C.

33-year-old Pimp C was found dead in an upscale Hollywood hotel room on Tuesday morning (December 4). Although toxicology reports are several weeks out, authorities believe the rapper died of natural causes.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Kanye West Hooks Up W/ Madonna For Singer's New Album

Kanye West will be guesting on pop icon Madonna's upcoming album Licorice, which is set to hit stores in April.

Madonna is expected to deliver her latest Warner Bros. studio album in April and according to recent Billboard, Kanye West will make a guest appearance on the track "The Beat Goes On." It is rumored that Pharell Williams will also appear on the album.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Snoop Dogg Plays Big Poppa In New Reality Show

Jumping into the ever expanding world of reality TV, Snoop Dogg is set to give fans an inside look into his family life with the premiere of his new show "Snoop Dogg's Father Hood."

The show will premiere this Sunday, December 9 on the E! network. It will center around the family life of Snoop and his many friends as he and his wife, Shante, raise their three children Corde, Cori, Cordell and 21-year-old Anthony, Snoop's hairstylist's son, who was "adopted" into the family.


Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Reggie Wright Jr. Accepts $100k Challenge, Denies Pac Connection

Reggie Wright Jr., the former Head of Security for Death Row Records, has come forward once again to dismiss allegations that he was involved with the murder of superstar rapper Tupac Shakur.

Kevin Hackie, a former police officer and bodyguard for Shakur who later worked with the FBI as they investigated Death Row Records, claims that Wright and Marion “Suge” Knight set up the murder of Tupac Shakur.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Diddy Featured In CNBC American Business Ads

Business mogul and Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs is one of 16 American businessmen appearing in CNBC’s "American Business" advertising campaign, which is airing now on the network.

The most forceful and thriving business people are being highlighted in the ads for CNBC, by revealing how they became successful in business, as well as their methods of management and what their aspirations are for the future.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Some hot technology trends to watch

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

50 Cent, Kanye West, UGK Pumped Out The Hottest Hip-Hop Singles

We couldn't get joints by Fabolous, Swizz Beatz and others out of our head either; plus: a hip-hop catchphrases bonus!

Check Out Full Article @ MTV

Birdman Reacts to Pimp C, Production Deal In Place

Throughout recent years, UGK had been supported in the major label mainstream by platinum releases from Young Jeezy, T.I. and Young Buck. One of the first artists to work with the duo though, from beyond Texas, was The Big Tymers. On 1998's How You Luv That Volume 2, the neighboring Texas rappers collaborated with their New Orleans brethren.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Jay-Z's Def Jam Demands Said To Be ''Excessive''

Jay-Z's Def Jam contract expires at the end of this month but renewal negotiations between the mogul and parent company, Universal Music, have reportedly reached an impasse.

"He wanted big, big money that was way out of sync with the realities of today's record business," a source told the New York's Daily News.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

AHH Stray News: Kanye's Grammy Nods, Remy, Clinton Sparks, Xzibit

Nominees for the 50th annual Grammy Awards were announced today (December 6). Hip-Hop star Kanye West led all artists, earning 8 nominations. Jay-Z, Timbaland and T. Pain followed with five nominations each. Other Hip-Hop artists nominated include 50 Cent, T.I., Soulja Boy, Queen Latifah, Common, Fat Joe and UGK.

A judge refused to dismiss witness-tampering and gang-assault charges against Bronx, New York rapper Remy Martin yesterday (December 5) in court.

Internationally known DJ Clinton Sparks has joined E! Entertainment as the music correspondent for The Daily 10 on E!

Hip-Hop star Xzibit continues to build his acting resume and has joined the cast of The X-Files movie.



Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Wayans Brothers Get Hip-Hop Comedy On VH1

The Wayans brothers will launch a new show on VH1 titled The Life and Times of Marcus ‘Felony’ Brown, a scripted, Hip-Hop comedy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Keenan, Marlon and Shawn are executive producing the one-hour series along with the Wayans’ manager, Lisa Suzanne Blum of Modus Entertainment and their longtime producing partner Rick Alvarez.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Man Arrested For Murdering Fabolous' Friend

A 26-year-old has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a childhood friend of rapper Fabolous to death inside of a Manhattan nightclub last month.

Anthony Taylor , 26, was apprehended in Atlanta and is being accused of stabbing 25-year-old Shamel McKinney outside of Duvet, a trendy club in the city’s troubled Flatiron district.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Man acquitted after 15 years on death row

A jury on Wednesday acquitted a man who spent more than 15 years on Tennessee's death row for the fatal shooting of a woman.

Jurors in the retrial of Michael Lee McCormick agreed with defense attorneys who said 55-year-old McCormick was lying when police secretly recorded his confession.


Check Out Full Article @ MSN

Top 10 Video Games Of 2007

'Super Mario Galaxy,' 'Halo 3' And More Impressive Video Games, In Our Year-End Top
'Crackdown,' 'BioShock' also make list — but you'll never guess our #1.

Check Out Full Article @ MTV

Brief News On Duck Down Records

Duck Down Entaprizes follows up their deal with ESPN with another music deal with The History Channel. According to Buckshot's interview with the Canadian magazine Exclaim, the agreement is just one of many Duck Down has planned for 2008.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Pusha T Responds to Lil Wayne

In Lil Wayne’s most recent interview with Complex Magazine for its December issue, Wayne had a few choice words for VA’s Clipse.

A little over a week later, Pusha T has responded via video that’s been posted on their Re-Up Gang website (shown below). Pusha warns Lil Wayne that if he doesn’t want beef he needs to “…shut his fucking mouth. Because Lil Wayne isn’t aggressive enough to mention myself, my brother [Malice] or any other parts of this Re-Up regime.”

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Chingy Addresses The Haters, "Either You Like Me Or You Don't"

Having reunited with Ludacris and Disturbing Tha Peace family, Chingy is ready to make a comeback. In this SOHH exclusive, the St. Louis native reveals the meaning behind his new album title, the pressures of releasing his forth album, and why Jay-Z's president/rapper status at Def Jam is not a conflict of interest.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Hip-Hop Remembers Pimp C, "He Was A Big Brother To This Generation Of Southern Rappers"

In light of the tragic and sudden death of UGK member Pimp C, many in the Southern hip-hop community have shared their thoughts about his music, his life and his legacy.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Irv Gotti's Gets Second Season Of Reality Show

Hip-Hop mogul Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo’s reality TV show Gotti’s Way has been green lighted for season two.

Gotti's Way stars The Inc.'s CEO and founder Irv Gotti, as he and his wife Deb go through a separation while he balances being a father and a business man.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Details Emerge In Pimp C's Death

UGK group member Chad "Pimp C" Butler was found dead in room at the Mondrian Hotel today around 9am PST, after members of the rapper’s family contacted the Sunset Strip property to report the artist missing.

In a statement released by the Mondrian, the hotel received several calls this morning from concerned family members inquiring about Butler’s whereabouts.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Oops, Will Smith gives away ending of latest film

Hollywood star Will Smith had the producer of his latest film holding his head in anguish on Tuesday after the actor gave away the ending of "I Am Legend."

Speaking at a Tokyo news conference, Smith inadvertently revealed the plot, prompting co-producer and co-screenwriter Akiva Goldsman to shout: "Don't give away the ending!"

Goldsman then pretended to be surprised, but it was all too late, and press handlers asked all present to keep the ending a secret, so as not to spoil it for viewers.

Smith plays a virologist fighting a man-made virus in "I Am Legend," the film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same title.

The movie premieres simultaneously in the United States and Japan on December 14.



Check Out Full Article @ Yahoo

What illegal drug use can cost you

The Internet makes background checks a snap, so you can't hide. And even a misdemeanor drug conviction can have lifetime consequences and limit your career choices.

A joint. A tab of Ecstasy. A ride in a cocaine user's car. It doesn't take much to be convicted of a drug offense.

And the fine, jail time and probation are the least of your worries. It's your future that's really in trouble.

Say goodbye to practicing law. Say hello to roadblocks toward a career in health care, education or transportation.



Check Out Full Article @ MSN

Details Emerge In Spice 1 Shooting

As previously confirmed by us, rapper Spice 1 was shot in Hayward, California on Monday (December 3) (see "Bay Area Rapper Spice 1 Shot, In Critical Condition"). Now more details have emerged in the shooting.

According to InsideBayArea.com, Police Lt. Reid Lindblom said that a 37-year-old man was recovering from a gunshot wound after being shot while sleeping in his vehicle.

Check Out Full Acle @ Baller Status

BREAKING NEWS: Pimp C Dead In Los Angeles

UGK group member Chad "Pimp C" Butler was found dead in a hotel room this morning, according to reports.

Firefighters responded to a 911 call placed from the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California.

The rapper was found dead in his bed in a sixth floor hotel room.

Details are still emerging.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Sharks circle Facebook

A lot of people say that Facebook has jumped the shark. That’s flat out wrong. In fact, Facebook is now being devoured by the shark. There’s so much blood in the water, it’s attracting other sharks. And if Facebook’s not careful, one of them is bound to come along and finish it off. I’ve never seen anything like it in the annals of fast-rising tech companies that fail.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Dave Chappelle's standup marathon: 6 hours, 12 minutes

Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record.

The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of six hours and seven minutes, set in mid-April, by taking to the stage Sunday and telling jokes for six hours and 12 minutes.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

The health pros and cons of drinking

When you toast the New Year with a flute of champagne or down a glass of your favorite red wine on the weekends, it can actually be good news for your body: One glass a day (or less) can make your heart stronger and may boost your memory.

Alcoholic beverages have no fat and usually have fewer calories than popular non-alcoholic beverages.

But have a few too many, and your risks for breast cancer, uterine cancer, and osteoporosis rise fast. So when it comes to drinking, should you or shouldn't you? Here, experts make sense of the contradictions and help four drinkers (and one abstainer) find the healthiest imbibing strategy.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Stephon Marbury's Father Passes Away

Don Marbury, the father of New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury, died Sunday night (December 2) during the team's home loss to the Phoenix Suns.

According to team spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz no other information was immediately available, other than that Don Marbury wasn't at Madison Square Garden at the time of his passing. Stephon was escorted out the arena by security shortly after the game. Unconfirmed reports state that Don Marbury was at the arena watching his son play, and left early after complaining of chest pains.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

HHDX News Bits (Universal Music Group, Mumia Abu-Jamal)

Universal Music Group, the parent company of Interscope, Geffen, Island Def Jam and Motown Records has issued a mandate that all its artists limit their streaming MySpace audio content to 90 seconds. According to Wired magazine, the policy was instituted back in November, and called for maximum damages of $150,000 for copyright infringement of any UMG material. UMG cited the fact that many websites convert streaming MySpace tracks into downloadable MP3s as a major concern.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

New CDs From Ghostface, DJ Drama, Scarface, & Styles P Flood The Racks

Just in time for the holiday buying season, hip-hop is showing up in full force as new releases from a long list of major artists are set to hit shelves today (Dec. 4).



Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

"Don Imus Is Really Winning Right Now," Declares Chamillionaire

Houston rapper Chamillionaire appeared on "Larry King Live" last night (December 3) to weigh in on controversial jock Don Imus' return to radio.

The Grammy-award winning artist appeared on the CNN program alongside several other guests including Wendy Williams, Rev. Al Sharpton, Larry Elder and Don Imus' lawyer, Martin Garbus, as they discussed the controversy surrounding Imus' return to radio after being fired. Imus returned yesterday on WABC New York as he broadcast live from Manhattan's Town Hall.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

Fabolous Speaks, 'Disappointed With Law Enforcement'

Hip-Hop star Fabolous has come forward to deny reports that he was involved, or present, the evening a childhood friend was stabbed to death inside of a New York nightclub.

Various reports have placed the rapper inside of Club Duvet on November 23, just hours before 25-year-old Shamel McKinney was stabbed to death by three unknown assailants during a scuffle.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Lil' Wayne Makes Cartoon Debut On 'The Boondocks'

Rap superstar Lil' Wayne will make his animated debut next month as a character on the season finale of the Award-winning cartoon, The Boondocks.

The rapper will play a character named 'Nique' in episode #212, which is titled "Invasion of the Katrinians" and focuses on arriving survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Queen Latifah Encouraging Women To Vote

Hip-Hop star/actress Queen Latifah has joined Lifetime’s nonpartisan Every Woman Counts Campaign, which will encourage women across America to vote in the upcoming elections.

Queen Latifah is recording the spots during her "Trav’lin Light Concert Tour," where she is interviewing women, asking them to complete the sentence If I were President, I would…."

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

5-year-old chimp beats college kids in computer game

Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.

That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," said researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University.

"No one can imagine that chimpanzees -- young chimpanzees at the age of 5 -- have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.


Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Why bad kissers don't get to second base

Bad kissers -- we've all locked lips with one: the lizard, the washing machine, the cannibal, the spelunker.

"I knew this girl that I'll call Big Tongue," recalls Craig Hinkle, 38, a Westminster, California-based network administrator. "Her tongue was massive, and she insisted on trying to put the entire thing in my mouth. She was very forceful with it, and I started choking."


Check Out Full Article @ CNN

No more tickets for Oprah in South Carolina

Citing "overwhelming excitement," Barack Obama's campaign in South Carolina is out of free tickets for this weekend's rally with Oprah Winfrey, a signal that Oprah's impact could be significant in this state where Obama is still trying to introduce himself to primary voters.

Though Oprah's appeal certainly transcends race and class, black women are proving to be a key subset of voters in South Carolina, and Oprah's presence on Sunday could be help raise Obama's profile in a state where Sen. Hillary Clinton is still more well-known.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Sports, media stars say goodbye to Redskins' Taylor

Thousands filled a university arena Monday for the funeral of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor, with a video screen behind his casket showing highlights from his career.

The funeral comes a week after Taylor was shot in his home and days after four men were charged with killing him during the robbery. A lawyer for one of the suspects confirmed there was a fifth suspect.

Taylor's casket was surrounded by bouquets while the video display showed Taylor from his days with the Redskins, Miami Hurricanes and high school.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

'Jena 6' teen agrees to plea deal

Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June, his lawyer said Monday.

Mychal Bell was released in September but was ordered two weeks later to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility.

Bell was originally charged as an adult with attempted murder in an assault on a white fellow student, Justin Barker, at Jena High School in 2006.

Check Out Full Article @ CNN

Lil Kim Talks Her Return, 50 Cent & Beef With Remy Ma

Lil Kim has been out of the limelight for awhile. After court, jail, plastic surgery and rumors galore, the rapper is finally back with a tape. Her new mixtape, Ms. GOAT, will be out soon and she recently spoke on what people can expect from her.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Fabolous Gets Gangsta With DJ Drama

Fabolous doesn't want you to think he's slipping on his rap game. Although he has released hit singles as of late, he is still adamant about making his mark on the mixtape game. DJ Drama feels the same. While he is releasing a star studded album soon, he also doesn't want his mixtape fans to feel left out. Together, the two teamed up to release a new tape.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Lupe Fiasco Still Says, "Game Over."

Lupe Fiasco made waves back in August, when he stated he was seriously considering retiring as an artist after his third album (Click HERE for a recap). While most chalked it up to frustrations over the deaths of his aunt and his friend Stack Bundles, poor sales and the recent incarceration of his mentor and manager, Charles "Chilly" Patton, Lupe has reiterated his desire to quit in recent months.

Check Out Full Article @ Hip-Hop DX

Beanie Sigel Has Hip-Hop's "Solution," Just Blaze Doesn't Make The Cut

Roc-A-Fella rapper Beanie Sigel is busy prepping for the December 11 release of The Solution, the follow-up to 2005's gold-certified The B. Coming. In this SOHH exclusive, we talked to the Philly native about the lackluster debut of State Property cohort Freeway, what notable Roc-A-Fella producers won't be featured on his latest release and the meaning behind his album title.

Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

9th Wonder Drafts Mos Def & Kweli, Opts For Bigger Sound On New CD

Hip-Hop and R&B Producer 9th Wonder is trying out a new sound on his latest album, The Wonder Years, and hopes this project will help secure his spot in the music history.

"My calling is soul music -- just good for the soul and good to listen to," 9th said via a press release.



Check Out Full Article @ SOHH

AHH Stray News: Chamillionaire, Chingy, PE, Dr. Jays

Hip-Hop star Chamillionaire will make an appearance on Larry King Live tonight on CNN.

St. Louis rapper Chingy will officially reunite with Disturbing Tha Peace when he drops his album Hate or Love It, on December 18th.

Fuse TV's Videos That Rocked The World series will highlight Public Enemy's classic 1989 video "Fight The Power."

Online street fashion retailer DrJays.com is giving the public a chance to be the center of attention with its new model search contest Fresh Faces of Spring 2008.

Check Out Full Acle @ All Hip-Hop

Akon Pleads Not Guilty In Fan Tossing Debacle

Akon has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges today (December 3) for throwing a teenaged boy off the stage during a June performance in upstate New York.

The boy thrown off the stage landed on a minor named Abby Rosa, who suffered a conncussion when the boy landed on her.

Check Out Full Article @ All Hip-Hop

Luther Campbell Launches Publicly Traded Company

Miami Hip-Hop mogul Luther “Luke” Campbell has teamed with Victor Nappe to his multi-media company a publicly traded company, Luke Entertainment Group.

The company, which will focus in three areas of entertainment: an independent music division, videos including adult entertainment and sports management. The Luke Entertainment group started trading today (December 3) under the NASDAQ pink symbol, LKEN.

Check Out Full Article @ All Hip-Hop

Tupac Bodyguard Issues 100k Challenge To Death Row Security

The war of words between former Death Row Records Head of Security Reginald Wright Jr. and Kevin Hackie, a former bodyguard for rap legend Tupac Shakur, reached a new level as Hackie has offered Wright $100,000 to take a lie detector test to prove he had nothing to do with Shakur’s still unsolved murder.

To date, Wright maintains he did not play a role in the 1996 slaying, which occurred in Las Vegas.

Check Out Full Article @ All Hip-Hop