An Unlikely Alliance

Rap star Beanie Sigel generated talk of a different kind during Philadelphia’s Peace Week 2007, when he walked hand-in-hand with actor/comedian Bill Cosby, during an anti-crime march.



The pair, who marched alongside each other on Thursday (December 20), spoke earlier that day to 30 at risk youths at William Penn High School in Philadelphia.



The event allowed Sigel the opportunity to help direct youth towards positive options that he was not able to fully utilize.



"I come from these things, the streets," said Sigel. "I'm at a time in my life where I'm trying to make the transition from something negative to something positive." [Article by Chris Richburg, allhiphop.com] Read
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Remy can't shake the law

After being denied access to Europe by the Manhattan Supreme Court Judge on December 20th (Thursday) another suit is being brought against the BX rapper.

Judge Denies Remy Ma’s Request to Travel to Europe

Attorney Ivan Fisher told the court that his client has had trouble booking shows and a recording contract has been put on hold since her arrest for allegedly shooting Makeda Barnes-Joseph on July 14. The tour, which was to kick off in Paris on December 31, would have brought the rapper $35-40,000 according to Fisher. On December 5, Justice Uviller ruled that Remy must stand trial on additional charges of witness intimidation and gang assault after she allegedly asked two men to beat up a witness in the shooting case. The case has been adjourned until January 22 pending the results of DNA evidence taken from the clothing Remy was wearing on the night of the attack. [XXLmag.com] Read More...

Shooting Victim Sues Remy Ma, Universal Records

The woman who says Remy Ma shot her in the abdomen in front of a Manhattan pizzeria last July, filed suit against the rapper and Universal Records on Friday (December 21). According to Reuters, Makeda Barnes-Joseph’s suit, filed today in Manhattan federal court, claims that Remy “wilfully, wantonly and maliciously” shot and injured her, causing “severe physical harm and mental anguish.” The suit also names Universal Records and Sure Shot Recordings, two of the rapper’s record labels, claiming that they encouraged her to engage in violence as part of her image. Barnes-Joseph is seeking $10 million in damages. Just yesterday, the judge in Remy’s criminal trial denied her request to travel outside of the country for a European tour. Her attorney argued that his client desperately needed the $35-40,000 that the trip would have earned her. [XXlmag.com] Read more....

Joe Budden Back with a vengance

The new year is gearing up to be an eventful one for Joe Budden fans, as the rapper will release the official retail version of his long-awaited project Mood Muzik 3: The Album on Amalgam Digital.



For Budden, the partnership with the independent record/digital label represents the perfect opportunity to make a bigger impact on rap fans.



"With the Mood Muzik series gaining mass attention, this is just our effort to maximize on awareness," Budden said in a statement.



"Amalgam understands our vision, as we do theirs, so this will be first of many ventures to come. We have a full length album entitled Padded Room coming second quarter 2008. We're prepping for a big year…are you in the mood yet?"



Mood Muzik 3 will feature various Budden songs that were released on mixtapes in their entirety, as well as unreleased material.
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Bow Wow & Omarion don't break top ten in album debuts

I don’t think I’ve done one of these stories where I mock a rapper for debuting low on the Billboard charts since the summer of ‘06 (back then, it was shocking to see so many prominent rappers selling 60,000 copies their first week out), but you know something’s gone horribly wrong with the world when more people would rather listen to Bow Wow and the motherfucking Birdman than the Wu-Tang Clan.

Yep, the number’s for last week - probably the last really big week for these 4th Quarter rap albums, unless I’m forgetting something - are in, and the shit’s downright depressing. The week’s highest-selling hip-hop-related debut was Bow Wow and Omarion’s Face Off, which sold about 107,000 copies - which wasn’t quite enough to crack the top 10. Actually, I suppose that could be viewed as good news, in the sense that those guys’ careers are obviously in decline. I mean, if that’s the best the two of them together could do - during the big holiday shopping season, even.
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Fresh The Flyy Guy on the A-Million Mixtape

Be sure ya'll go out and cop the new mixtape broought to you by A-Million (the producer of the hit song "Get Saucy") "A&R's Worst Nightmare" Hosted by "The EZ Man" himself Murda Mook. The mixtape has features from Team Flyy's own "Fresh The Flyy Guy", Harlem Envy's "Slim Dollars", First in Flight's own Queen of hip hop "Lure", Entadadorm's own "Breeze Mantana", Money Ave's "Murda Mook" and many more. Visit A-Million myspace page for more info!

R.I.P. PIMP C

UGK group member Chad "Pimp C" Butler was found dead in room at the Mondrian Hotel today around 9:00 am 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.



"Security personnel went to Mr. Butler’s room and found him in bed, apparently expired," Gerald McKelvy, a spokesman for the hotel told AllHipHop.com. "A 911 call was placed at about 9:20 AM and paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department responded and pronounced Mr. Butler dead."



The Los Angeles County Sherriff’s office has confirmed that their homicide department is currently investigating the scene, which, according to LASD PR Liason Dept. Oscar Butao, is standard procedure whenever a victim is found who did not die of natural causes.



At press time, a cause of death had not been determined. (Article from Allhiphop.com) Read more>>>>