‘NEWS’ Archives
Snoop Dogg Signs Cypress Hill To Priority Records
This morning (Jan 15) it was announced that legendary Latino Hip Hop group Cypress Hill will be signing to the EMI/Priority imprint. Their latest album, RISE UP is set for a April 6th release date. Cypress Hill is the first act signed to Priority since Snoop was appointed to Creative Chairman of the historic Rap label. "My role as Creative [...]
JAY-Z LOSES BATTLE OVER USE OF “ROCKAFELLA” NAME FOR RESTAURANT
The legal battle for use of the "Rockafella" name has ended for Jay-Z. It all started in 2006 when a winner of the famous cook show titled Hells Kitchen opened a restaurant in New Castle, England called Rockafella causing Jay-Z to react immediately. The 40 year old rap mogul filed suit in the UK courts for exclusive rights of his Rock-a-fella [...]
MYSTIKAL HOME FROM PRISON AFTER 6 YEARS: Check out his first interview since his release
Former No Limit rapper Mystikal was released from prison late Thursday evening (Jan. 14) after serving a six-year sentence in Louisiana's Elayn Hunt Correction Center. In 2002, Mystikal, born Michael Lawrence Tyler, was arrested and charged for forcing his former stylist to perform oral sex on him, with the help of two bodyguards in his Baton [...]
Immigration Detains Lloyd Banks After Release From Canadian Jail
G-Unit member Lloyd Banks and three associates, who were jailed after allegedly assaulting and robbing a concert promoter in Canada, were released on bail Tuesday (January 12), but Banks and associate Nicklas Sloane were remanded by Canadian immigration. According to Olaf Heinzel, a spokesperson for the Kitchener (Ontario) Police, the two were [...]
Shawty Redd Released On 200k bond -
Producer Shawty Redd, who is charged with the New Year's Day murder of 35-year-old Damon Martin, was released from jail on Tuesday (January 12), according to Captain Jason Bolton of the Henry County (Georgia) Police and a representative for the Henry County Superior Court Clerk. The producer (real name: Demetrius Lee Stewart), who has worked with [...]