Check out the brand new David Banner single entitled “B.A.N. (The Love Song),” a.k.a. “Free T.I.P.” from his upcoming album “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”

Check out this video of Yayo and Banks with hip-hop site AllHipHop.com about T.I. case and how they feel it was all a set-up by who Tony Yayo refers to as a “B!tch Ass N!gga”. (more…)

Keyshia Cole on Vibe’s December Issue

This is probably as close as we’ll ever get to seeing Keyshia Cole naked, so enjoy the picture and pick up the mag when it comes out!

Be sure to catch her show on BET, “Keyshia Cole, The Way It Is”. The show premiered Tuesday, October 30 at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) and airs same time each week.

It seems like the new trend for rappers who have been wearing braids for many years is just to, shave it all off. Rappers such as Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Eightball and others have already cut off their signature braids and now rapper Xzibit is following in their footsteps. (more…)

According to reports, Atlanta rapper Jamal Willingham known as Pimpin’, 23, a member of Dem Franchize Boyz, was arrested on late Sunday night for DUI after failing a sobriety test. The rapper was initially pulled over by College Park Police on I-285 for speeding. The rapper was booked for speeding, littering and DUI. He was later released on bond. (more…)

Looks like Hurricane Chris chopped it up a little on the Green Lantern Show which airs on Sirius. The rapper seemed to have left his “Ay Bay Bay” with his DJ. Hurricane Chris freestyled for more than four minutes. Check it out….. (more…)

Behemoth record label Universal Music Group must change the name of rapper Nas’s new album, “Nigger,” or risk losing $84 million in state investments, a Fort Greene assemblyman said this week.
“[They are] profiting from a racial slur that has been used to dehumanize people of color for centuries,” said Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D–Fort Greene), a former entertainment industry big-wig.

“It is time for Nas and other hip-hop artists to clean up their act and stop flooding the airwaves with the N-word.”

Jeffries called on Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to withdraw the $84 million that the state pension fund has invested in Universal and its parent company, Vivendi.

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Shaggy returns with ‘Intoxication,’ which comes out November 13 on a brand new label VP. The album includes 17 tracks and features that hardcore dancehall and reggae we all love.

In the UK, the rapper has already released a video for the song called “Church Heathen”, which was the first single from the album in the UK. The second single from the album is called “What’s Love” featuring Akon. (more…)

Rap legend Scarface born Brad Jordan will have a new album hitting shelves on December 4, 2007, the same date “The Best of 2Pac” will be out. This will be his 11th album for the rapper with this one being entitled “Scarface Made”.

When it comes to this rap game I’m untouchable,” says a confident Scarface when asked about his new album. “I’m a made man in this shit. That’s why I called it Made.”

I grew up in a time when artists were making complete albums. Public Enemy put out complete albums, Boogie Down Productions put out complete albums, Eric B. & Rakim put out whole albums. Back then you could buy a rap record and just let it play. You didn’t have to worry about skipping a record or two or three because they were whack. The whole album was jamming. Nowadays a rapper gets one or two radio hits and throws an album together. What I try to do when I go into the studio is make complete albums.

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According to reports, the late Tupac “2Pac” Shakur is expected to be in stores on December 4th on his mother Afeni Shakur’s label Amaru which is under Universal. Afeni Shakur own all the copyrights to Tupac’s unreleased work recorded under Deathrow/Interscope. (more…)