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In a recent interview with music magazine Rolling Stone, Nas spoke about the controversy surrounding his new album title and Universal Music Group’s decision to stick with the name.
Nas said that his previous album, ‘Hip-Hop is Dead’ was supposed to have the name ‘Nigger’ but “the climate wasn’t right, and Hip Hop Is Dead is […]

Following his announcement one week ago today that he would delay his decision until today as to whether or not T.I. can be released, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman has agreed to free T.I.
“Right now [T.I.’s] on his way home to enjoy his children, his family, and his freedom,” T.I.’s lead attorney, Dwight L. Thomas, […]

Rapper T.I. will be released on $3 million bond — $1 million secured by his Atlanta-area house and the rest in cash — but he must remain under house arrest until his trial on gun charges, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. T.I. (real name: Clifford Harris Jr.) is charged with possession of unregistered machine guns […]

50 Cent is finally platinum after 6 weeks in stores, his Curtis LP has finally cracked the 1,000,000 units sold mark! Of course, since the RIAA awards plaques for albums shipped rather than sold, he already has a plaque, but at least now he can look at it with some actual sense of accomplishment.
(In case […]

Lil Wayne fans will be getting two versions of The Carter III in the coming weeks.
According to MTV, Lil Wayne revealed he will release The Carter III:The Leak on December 18th and it will feature songs from the official The Carter III that leaked during the year. The official The Carter III will hit […]

West Coast rapper Xzibit has come a long way since he began in the early 90s running around with the Alkaholiks. But as his career took off, one thing was constant, his long braided hair.
The rapper was recently spotted at Sacramento Kings owner Gavin Maloof’s housewarming party in Las Vegas and he was looking very […]

A lawsuit filed against Dr. Dre by the three former Detroit City officials accusing the famed producer of videotaping a conversation without their knowledge, could be headed to trial.
The conversation, which was videotaped in July 2000 prior to a Dr. Dre performance at the Joe Louis Arena , showed Greg Bowens, Paula Bridges and Gary […]

A federal grand jury today (October 17) indicted T.I. on three federal gun charges.
As reported earlier, T.I. was arrested at a shopping center parking lot in midtown Atlanta on Saturday (October 13) while trying to purchase a machine gun and two silencers from his bodyguard.
During the arrest, his Atlanta home was searched and six […]

T.I. was denied bond during his appearance in federal court this afternoon. The rapper was arrested on Saturday afternoon on federal weapons charges. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tip appeared before U.S. Magistrate Alan Baverman with his hands and legs shackled, and answered “Yes, sir,” and “Yes, your honor,” when asked if he understood his […]

On Friday night at New York’s Roseland Ballroom, Nas announced the title of his next album: He said it will be called Nigga and released in December. A source close to the project confirmed the name on Saturday.
Nas has said he’d planned to use that title for his last LP before he changed it to […]