Ludacris launches Web site, TV show

Ludacris is following the footsteps of P. Diddy and Jay-Z with a laundry list of projects, including a Web site, acting gigs and a show on the Planet Green network.

"It's my responsibility with the power that I have to show different sides of myself, not only my freedom of speech," the 30-year-old rapper told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

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Judge, Deputy Son Charged with Human Trafficking

A former magistrate judge, his son -- who is a sheriff's deputy -- and the deputy's wife have been indicted on charges of human trafficking, United States Attorney David Nahmias' office said Wednesday morning.

D. William Garrett, 72, a former Fulton County Magistrate Judge; his son, 43-year-old Russell Garrett who is a Forsyth County Sheriff's Department Deputy; and the deputy's wife, 42-year-old Malika Garrett, have all been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of human trafficking, alien harboring, witness tampering, and making false statements, Nahmias' office said.

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Young Buck Responds To 50 Cent's Leaked Phone Call

With Strong Words -- In New Dis Track'The only people that record conversations is 5-0,' Buck raps.

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50 Cent Says He's 'Enlightened' By 'Amazing' Visit With Nelson Mandela

'How could you spend 27 years in prison and ... not want to kill everybody?' Tony Yayo wonders.

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 6/15/08

It's all about Lil Wayne this week. The question wasn't if Weezy would take the number one spot, it was how he would take that top slot. Weezy slammed the competition with a staggering 1,005,545 copies sold of Tha Carter 3. This number eclipses the 957k that Kanye West's Graduation pulled in back in September. A big congratulations to Lil Wayne.

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BET Green Lights NY Oil's "Lynched" Video

After having the video of his controversial breakout single banned by YouTube, NY Oil found some assistance from an unlikely source for an animated version of the song.

“That animated version was produced by BET,” he revealed during an interview with HipHopDX. “Of all people to do a video for ‘Y’all Should All Get Lynched’, that BET would opt to do it’s really bugged out.”


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Method Man Talks Music, Movies And Comics

With the exception of his appearances on last year's 8 Diagrams, most Wu-Tang Clan fans have seen Method Man log considerably more time in front of the camera than the microphone. Although Meth has no plans on abandoning his acting pursuits, he says he's still very much in tune with and interested in returning to the booth.

Lil Wayne and T-Pain Form Supergroup

Two of Hip Hop and R&B’s cameo kings are joining forces for an entire project.

In an MTV report, Lil Wayne has confirmed that he and T-Pain are forming a supergroup.

"We both have the same energy," he said in the report. "I don't sleep. If you ask anybody, I don't sleep. I think it's the cousin of death. As much as you sleep, you're impersonating death to me. He don't sleep. I play all day. He plays all day and all night."


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BREAKING NEWS: Young Jeezy Arrested

Rapper Young Jeezy was arrested early Wednesday morning (Jun 18), after being pulled over by the Atlanta Police Department, AllHipHop.com has confirmed.

According to Public Affairs officer Ronald Campbell, Jeezy, born Jay Jenkins, was pulled over on Buford Highway around 2:20am, driving a white Chevrolet Corvette with temporary tags.

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Game Reflects On The NBA Finals

The Game, an avid Lakers fan who predicted a seven game series, was
forced to watch a definitive thrashing as the Celtics dismantled the Lakers 131-92 to win their 17th NBA title.

“I was just saying that the first two games, the first game Boston
just beat the Lakers, the second game it seemed like the calls was going Boston’s way and sometimes the calls just go a certain way,” Game explained. “I just think it’s a big business and a lot more money can be made on seven championship games especially with everyone watching.”

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9th Wonder, Pete Rock Donate Beats For 100K Battle

North Carolina-based beat maker 9th Wonder, Pete Rock and DJ Babu are among the producers contributing beats for the Wake Up Show/urSession.com 100K Battle.

The event will feature up and coming rappers who will choose from 28 beats to rhyme over, after creating an artist profile on urSession.com.

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BMG Launches New Hip-Hop Label

Rap music industry veteran Neil Levine will head up BMG Label Group's Battery Records, a new Hip-Hop incubator imprint.

According to The New York Post, Battery Records will sign and develop upcoming rap artists, grooming them for mainstream success.

The most promising of these artists would then graduate to be distributed through BMG's RCA and Zomba divisions.

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Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III Hits 1 Million Mark

The third time looks to be the charm for Lil Wayne as the rapper’s latest album, Tha Carter III, hits the platinum mark with more than 1 million copies sold.

The album sold 1,005,545 copies, a number which will be made official when Nielsen SoundScan issues chart reports today (June 18).

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Spike Lee Goes Back To The Future W/ New Flick, ''Time Traveler''

Spike Lee will bring the story of one of the nation's first African-Americans to earn PhD in theoretical physics to the big screen.

According to Variety, Lee will co-write and direct the flick Time Traveler, a feature adaptation of a memoir by the trailblazer Ronald Mallet.

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Million DJ March Receives Green Light, ''Mixes Up'' Schedule

The Million DJ March, originally slated to be a three day event is now being reshuffled into a 48 hour affair, set for August 29th - 30th.

The shortening of the march is actually good news. The event, which will be held in Washington D.C., got the go ahead from D.C.'s Special Parks Services and Parks Rangers in the form of permits, allowing the Million DJ March to include evening and late night activities. Now the schedule will consist of live performances and speeches that will fit into two days, rather than being stretched out to three.

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Young Buck Breaks Down In Taped Convo with 50

On the heels of his defiant claims of “f*ck G-Unit!” at a concert last weekend, a leaked phone conversation with 50 Cent shows a decidedly different Young Buck, as the Nashville MC pleaded with 50 to remain in the group.

The disturbing, undated conversation finds a clearly rattled Young Buck attempting to assure 50 that he would never verbally disparage him in public like “Game, [Bang ‘Em] Smurf or none of them n***as.”

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Ice-T Drops Digital Album

West Coast veteran Ice-T is releasing a special edition of his eight studio album which will be available solely for digital download starting Wednesday (June 18).

The Gangsta Rap Special Edition features two previously-unreleased tracks, as well as an alternative silhouette version of the album’s original controversial cover.


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Celtics' Pierce zeroing in on his childhood dream: an NBA title

There are dreams pursued, and there are dreams abandoned.
Scott Collins, then an assistant basketball coach at Inglewood (Calif.) High, asked Paul Pierce, then a sophomore, if he wanted to work on his game before school.

Pierce chased dreams.

He awoke at 5:30, got in his Datsun B210 and arrived by 6 when Collins opened the gym.

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5 Ways to Fly on the Cheap

The deals are still out there, but travel experts say flexibility is key when looking for discount air fares.


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What's so sexy about housework?

Jen Simmons loves to watch her husband Danny tend to their two little boys, mop the floor or hang a picture. She also finds it sexy.


Men do more housework than they used to, a study says, although they create more of it.

"I am very turned on when he's doing housework," says the 36-year-old Camden, Delaware resident, a middle school teacher.

"If there's a sink full of dirty dishes, he knows I'm going to take care of that before I want to get intimate. If he wasn't helping with the housework, I would not find that very attractive."

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Sidney Poitier's message

It all began when Sidney Poitier flew to Atlanta, Georgia, in late December 2005 for the birth of his first great-granddaughter.

"When I arrived at the hospital, I saw my great-granddaughter in her mother's arms," he recalled. "Directly behind her was my daughter, the baby's grandmother. Next to her was my former wife, who was the baby's great-grandmother.

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Lucas' new film focuses on Tuskegee Airmen

The black airmen whose lives will be the basis of a George Lucas movie know the picture will highlight their record of successfully escorting thousands of U.S. bombers in World War II.


George Lucas' new film "Red Tails" will go beyond what was covered in a 1995 HBO film about the airmen.

They also feel it should tell of the trials they encountered stateside, like seeing German prisoners of war being treated better and afforded rights that were withheld from black American citizens.


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Is it harder to raise boys or girls?

Boys and girls are both challenging to raise in different ways, experts say.

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Cell phone speakers complement music handsets

One of the best things about reviewing gadgets is the chance to play with something you've never played with before.

This time we're not talking about a particularly groundbreaking technology, but even so it's still pretty cool.

Though we've reviewed quite a few cell phone speakers, all of the models that we've examined have used a wired connection to the phone.

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50 Cent Proves His International Stardom On G-Unit's Tour Of Africa

Where Fans' Energy 'Almost Gets Dangerous'MTV News witnesses firsthand the Unit's undeniable popularity in South Africa, Angola and Tanzania.

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Swizz Beatz Addresses Alicia Keys Rumors

Reveals Michael Jackson Tour Deal'It's a headache to me,' producer/rapper says of reports that Keys broke up his marriage.

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Real Estate: Diddy, Kimora Lee Simmons, Beyonce & Jay-Z

Diddy is "rumored to be forking over around $30,000 per month to lease a 4 bedroom house in the hills above West Hollywood."

Kimora Lee Simmons is selling a house in Beverly Hills she bought last year. See Update for pics.

In late May, rumor had it that Beyonce and Jay-Z were buying a place in Scarsdale.




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Tha Hip Hop Doc & The Legion of Health

Tha Hip Hop Doc, Dr. Rani G Whitfield, M.D., has announced the first educational comic book in a series featuring Tha Hip Hop Doc and The Legion of Health battling The Dungeon of Disease:

Seven heroes make up the core members of the Legion of Health:

1. Tha Hip Hop Doc, aka H2D Represents Western Medicine
2. Six Pack Represents Exercise/Fitness
3. Suga Free Represents Nutrition
4. Eve Represents Spiritual Health
5. Yao Li Represents Alternative Medicine
6. Braniac Represents Research
7. Balance Represents Mental Health

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Ice-T Tells Soulja Boy To "Eat A Dick"

“Fuck Soulja Boy! Eat a dick! This nigga single handedly killed Hip Hop.”

Those are the words of Gangsta Rap veteran, Ice-T, who appears on DJ Cisco’s Urban Legend mixtape with a few choice words about Soulja Boy.

“That shit is such garbage man,” Ice-T continues to snarl. "We came all the way from Rakim, we came all the way from Das EFX, we came all the way from motherfuckers flowing like Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube, and you come with that Superman shit? That shit is garbage.”


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Soul Train Poised For A Return

After a two-year hiatus during which the show has been limited to low-quality, bootleg DVDs, late-night and weekend reruns, Soul Train may return to the airwaves. While most of the taped, lip-synced performances of Soul Train served as a platform for Soul and R&B artists, the show provided many in mainstream America their first glimpse of Hip Hop when the SugarHill Gang performed during an episode in May of 1981.

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DJ Whoo Kid Plans Charity For Haiti, Talks 50 Chain Snatcher

Stopping by Brooklyn-based True Stories Radio, DJ Whoo Kid discussed a handful of topics concerning 50 Cent the Internet, and a charity of his own.

Wanting to set the record straight on the infamous video clip of 50 Cent being the victim of a chain snatching, Whoo Kid called out the lack of security and stated the scenario was bound to happen. “It was just a very uncontrollable situation where you have like 100,000 Africans, no security, and 50 Cent. I mean it was just a nightmare. And you can see when we were up on stage, prior to the guy jumping at him, there was like eight or nine other cats that we had to punch off stage or push off. And they were really fans, trying to hug him, you know? But it was very uncontrollable, the security was wack, and that’s exactly what you see happen.”

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The Roots Talk Label Struggle, Overseas Hip Hop Fans

Joining Hot 97’s DJ Enuff on his newly-minted website, ThatsEnuff.com, The Roots' ?uestlove and Black Thought took the liberty of explaining their views on their group, record label woes, and why European Hip Hop fans are on point.

Knowing that the group has always separated itself from the pack, ?uestlove metaphorically described his vision of The Roots. “If people really had to investigate the situation, I think that this is a more A.D.D. society. It’s quick fast, in a hurry. Sometimes, you just gotta get that instant gratification; it’s like the crack generation. You need that gratification. I think with us, we’re like souffle, or like baking something in the oven.”

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T.I. Takes The High Road, Shakes Off 50 Cent Jab

Rumor mills have been buzzing since 50 Cent's song "You So Tough" hit the net, saying the rap game has a new beef.

On the track off the upcoming G-Unit album Terminate On Sight, 50 raps:

"Nowaways this rap sh*t ain't adding up/ How n*ggas get caught with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months?/Oo-weee, don't talk to me/ If you talking to him, you talking to them.../I got the best lawyers that money can buy/ they say at best they woulda got me 10 or maybe 9./I said, how do you explain how the homie breezed?/They said, you keep your mouth shut or you eat the cheese."


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Eminem Returns To The Slaughtahouse W/ Masta Ace

As he re-emerges into the public eye, Eminem has recently contributed a remix to Brooklyn rapper Masta Ace's classic song, "Slaughtahouse."

Being featured on the recently released Delicious Vinyl's RMXXOLOGY, the updated '93 release allows fans to hear Em showcasing his signature production by downplaying the original heavy bass, translating it into a march-like beat. Following his tempo is Ace's various metaphors and early '90s flow.


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Terrence Howard Readies Debut Album

Critically-acclaimed actor Terrence Howard is exploring a different route to success with his forthcoming debut album, Shine Through It.

The 11-song Columbia Records release, which was written, arranged and produced by Howard, features the entertainer on vocals and lead guitar.

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Damon Dash, Rachel Roy Ink Deal To Expand Brand

Couple Damon Dash and Rachel Roy have announced a joint venture with Jones Apparel, Inc to expand the Rachel Roy Collection fashion brand.

The Rachel Roy Collection was launched in spring 2005 to favorable reviews in the fashion industry.

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GZA Launches First Liquid Swords Tour

Wu Tang Clan's The GZA is embarking upon his first ever Liquid Swords Tour, which features the rapper performing selections from his 1995 album of the same name. The cross-country tour kicks off August 21st at the El Rey theater in Los Angeles, California and will hit 19 cities before winding down September 13th at Harpers Ferry in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Al Gore to endorse Obama

After remaining neutral throughout the Democratic primary season, former Vice President Al Gore is officially backing Barack Obama's presidential run, and will appear with him at a Michigan campaign event Monday night.

"A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama," said the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee in a fundraising e-mail sent to supporters Monday. "From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States."

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Shawty Putt Gets A Lift From Lil Jon, Razor & Tie

Inspired by the daytime talk show "Maury," where paternity tests are revealed on-air, rapper Shawty Putt's comical single "Dat Baby (Don't Look Like Me)," produced by Lil Jon, has caused quite a chuckle since being released online a few weeks back.

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Mixtape Monday

Shawty Lo Proves 50 Cent Wrong. Big Boi Isn't Sweating His 'Hottest MCs' Exclusion; Shawty Lo Proves 50 Cent Wrong: Mixtape MondayPlus: Ice Cube says Nas' album will still be 'bangin' ' without controversial title; Bishop Lamont lashes out at DJ Strong for leak.

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Hip Hop & Books: The Compilation Vol. 1 [New Album]

Hip Hop & Books: The Compilation Vol. 1 is a new album due June 24th from the Hip Hop and Books project and available via TRU Conversations.

Please see the press release for additional information including how to get your music on the next compilation.

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The Good Life Documentary Winning Big

A new documentary titled This Is The Life is exploring the racial, social and musical implications of South Central Los Angeles' famed '90s Hip Hop venue The Good Life. Directed and produced by Ava Du Vernay, the work has currently been traveling through film festivals, and already winning some impressive awards and reviews.

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Akon Teams Up With Singer For Website

Akon and singer/composer Peter Buffet have joined forces to launch a website with the goal of providing practical ways to positively impact the world around them.

According to Eurweb.com, the website serves as a forum for users to share their ideas for giving back, as well as what they hope to accomplish around the world.

"I didn't know who Peter was when we met, and he didn't know anything about me," said Akon. "That's the thing that makes our work together genuine: It's based simply on our desire to encourage people to do something."


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Young Buck Declares His Independence, "f*ck G-Unit"

A video has hit the net showing Young Buck dissing G-Unit and discrediting 50 Cent at a small club performance in Tampa, Florida over the weekend.

Performing alone on stage to his previous hits like "Shorty Wanna Ride," the former G-Unit rapper appeared to surprise fans after an audience member screamed "G-Unit, n*gga!" as he quickly responded to the shout-out.

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R. Kelly Jurors Believe Singer Was On The Tape--Unsure About Alleged Victim

On the heels of R. Kelly's acquittal in his child pornography trial jurors spoke out anonymously to reporters about the verdict.

A jury of 9 men and three women - 8 white and 4 black - acquitted Kells of all 14 counts of child pornography on Friday (June 13) after just two days of deliberation. Five jurors met with reporters immediately after the verdict was handed down.





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Rev. Al Sharpton Suspected Of Big Business Shake Down

While Al Sharpton arguably holds the strings to the African-American community, able to rally groups at will, he's also being accused of pulling on purse strings of big businesses.

According to the New York Post, almost 50 companies have given Sharpton money -- including PepsiCo, General Motors, Wal-Mart, FedEx, Continental Airlines, Johnson & Johnson and Chase -- and some labor unions sponsored Sharpton's National Action Network annual conference in April.

"Kanye Sucks!" Fans Scream After Rapper Shows Up Late For Concert

Angry, tired fans who had to wait into the wee hours of the morning for Kanye West to finally take the stage at the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee jeered him for his two-hour late appearance yesterday.

Armed with glow sticks, the mob booed the rapper, chanted "Kanye sucks" and pelted the glow-in-the-dark spears at the empty stage, while others just returned to their sleeping bags, giving up on Ye, according to BBC News

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It's Official: Bone Reunites With All Five Members

After years of inner-turmoil and label woes, Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have reunited, with all five original group members.

According to founding member Krayzie Bone, the group has made amends with estranged member Bizzy, and when incarcerated group member Flesh is released next month, the group is planning a full return to the rap game.

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Eightball & MJG Sign With T.I.'s Grand Hustle Label

In between legal woes and battling rivals to the throne, T.I. has managed to still handle business on the music side.

The popular Atlanta rapper has announced the signing of legends Eightball and MJG to Grand Hustle Records.

The huge announcement was made live during T.I.’s set at Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash on Saturday (June 14th).

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T.I., Shawty Lo Take Shots at Each Other During Hot 107.9 B-Day Bash

Atlanta rappers Shawty Lo and T.I. continued their cold war of words June 14th at the sold out Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash in Phillips Area.

Shawty Lo began his set with a video package detailing his escape from an inept FBI agent who curiously resembled his rival T.I.

The amusing video featured the agent getting punched to the floor by his female superior for failing to capture Lo.

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Snoop's Wife Arrested For Suspicion Of Driving Drunk

Snoop Dogg's wife was arrested this morning (June 14) in Fullerton, California on suspicion of drunk driving.

According to police, Shante Broadus, 32, was stopped around 12:15 am.

While police did not reveal test results, Broadus was arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, he said.

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