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Director Antoine Fuqua has stated that his next film will be a biopic about rapper Tupac Shakur. The project just got the green light by Morgan Creek chairman James G. Robinson and will begin production in September, according to Digital Spy. Read more “That’s what I’ve been starting up and working on now,” he said. […]

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        Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Lady Gaga And Justin Bieber Up For 2010 BET Awards Nominees for the 2010 BET Awards were announced today, and recent Coachella headliner Jay-Z leads the pack with a total of five nods (Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration for “Empire State Of Mind,” Best Video […]

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              Mos Def loves taking New Orleans rap songs and making them political. First he did “Katrina Clap,” from “Magnolia Clap’ by Juvenile, now he does “It Ain’t My Fault” which is also the name of a Mystikal song, but is also an old New Orleans standard, which he […]

Dallas police have announced that they’ve charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu with disorderly conduct for her nude video shoot on a downtown street.  Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said the video shoot for Badu’s song Window Seat happened March 13 on the streets bordering Dealey Plaza on the east and north. Mitchell said on Friday the […]

  (CNN) — The notoriously private Janet Jackson opened up about her brother’s death on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Friday, admitting that the family knew he had a problem. “People think we were in denial but we weren’t. We tried intervention several times. He was very much in denial — he didn’t think he had […]

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Now according to Bossip.com, their source was hanging out at Wet Willies last night in Atlanta and saw these two kissing publicly. Here’s more from Bossip: RL from the R&B group Next and Cristal Steverson aka Serious from Flavor of Love Season 1 were seen tonguing each other down at the bar. RL was out […]

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          Faith Evans, the widow of rapper Notorious B.I.G., is the latest artist to run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to reports, Evans owes more than $360,000 in taxes on income earned in the states of New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles. Earlier this month, the IRS […]

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On the brink of her new album release (this Tuesday), R&B singer is estimated to sell between 190,000-200,000 in it’s first week, according to the folks over at Mediatakeout.com! If so, Monica would have the biggest selling week since Alicia Keys’ Element of Freedom. This would be great for the “Everything to Me” singer who […]

Gospel/ blues singer Marva Wright passed away March 23 after complications from a stroke suffered last year. The 62 year old crooner was a native of New Orleans, but spent time in Chicago at the home of Mahalia Jackson who was a friend of her mother Wright started singing blues professionally  at age 40 and […]

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Bootsy Collins has opened Bootsy’s Funk University, an online bass school for players around the planet to study under his direction. Bootsy’s Funk University begins its first semester on July 1, 2010 with enrollment based on a first come, first serve basis. Currently, interested players are to sign-up for exclusive information at thefunkuniversity.com. Registration for […]

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    Universal Music Group (UMG) is embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts yet to boost U.S. CD sales, with the test of a new pricing structure designed to sell most new releases by current artists at $10 or less at retail.The major’s “Velocity” pricing program responds to the continuing plunge in CD […]

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VIEW: Photos from the 25th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony WATCH the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions on FUSE “This year’s ceremony succeeded in broadening the hall’s stylistic borders.” – Matea Gold and Randy Lewis, the Los Angeles Times  Trey Anastasio on Genesis: “Every musical rule and boundary […]