Seattle’s Mayor Greg Nickels will be hosting the Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Hip-Hop. The event is set to take place on October 7th with the reception beginning at 5 and the ceremony beginning from 6pm to 9pm at the City Hall located on 600 Fourth Ave.

The awards with honor those in the local hip-hop community as well as those delivering community service and entrepreneurial achievement. The event will include performances by local artists and national star Silk and a special address from Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman.

The tickets are priced between $10-$25. Anyone looking to make reservations should call 206-271-1733 or email events(at)musicaentertainment.com. Poceeds will go towards First Space which is a school for homeless youth.

Alternative/country star Ryan Adams is taking a stab at Hip-Hop. Already he’s got a new track entitled “Look Who’s Got A Website” featuring him rapping on his official website Ryan-Adams.com.

The country singer takes a blast at reviewers in his song about giving his one and a half stars. Throughout the song he yells ahhh shit and every now and then a few names like Kevin Bacon what’s up, KevinCostner.com, and more. Then he does some wierd voice like a little old woman or something.

Don’t take our word for it, check it out for yourself.

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs has invited fans to enter his “Get Off” Contest to post their own version of the “Get Off” dance.

On P. Diddy’s YouTube video which is posted on his myspace he stated, “If any of yall out there feel like I do when I hear music, I got a contest for yall. “I want you to videotape yourself, 1-3 minutes, of your version of getting off to my song “Get Off”.

The person that wins will get their video placed on P. Diddy’s Myspace page and his YouTube channel. The winner will win a number of things including Sean John merchandise, Bad Boy albums and more.

You can find out more about P. Diddy contest here:
https://www.myspace.com/diddy

Music legend and hip-hop pioneer Reverend Run from the hip-hop group Run DMC and his wife Justine Simmons unfortunately lost their newborn daughter after birth on September 26, 2006.

Young Victoria Anne Simmons did not come at her expected time and experienced some difficulties with her organs. Victoria was delivered at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

Reverend Run issued this statement, “On Sept. 26, 2006, Victoria Anne Simmons for some unknown reason chose to come early and unfortunately did not survive,” his statement said. “We must accept whatever is there and once you accept unconditionally, then everything is beautiful. Every pain has a purifying effect. So whatever comes your way, just be thankful. We see life in death and believe in the celebration of life in death.”

The preganancy would have played a major part in his hit TV show “Run’s House” which is aired on MTV. If you haven’t been following the show, on numerous episodes Justine mentioned to Rev. Run that she wanted a little girl showing him little girl clothing and more. This would have served as a major storyline for the show.

It was reported that the MTV film crew were filming in the hospital at that time.

Reverend Run and Justine has two sons, Daniel, 10, and Russell, 8. Reverend Run also has three children from a previous marriage, two daughters and one son, Vanessa, 22, Angela, 18, and Joseph, 16.

Atlanta rapper T.I. will be starring along side Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in a new movie titled “American Gangster”. T.I. will be the nephew of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington whereas Russell Crowe plays Detective Richie Roberts. Rapper Common also plays a unknown role in the film.

The film is about a drug kingpin in the 1970′s who smuggles heroin into Harlem by hiding the stash inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.

“Right now I’m learning everything I can about my character. I’m just there to soak things up,” T.I. said in a statement. “There’s a bunch of Academy Award-winners on this cast and I’m just there to learn. I’m in school.”

The movie was written by Steven Zaillian and is directed by Ridley Scott and will be released in 2007.

For the second time in two years, Busta Rhymes has let down Australian fans. This time the blame is outrageous demands were made by his management which prompted the cancellation of the concert which the promoter, PDA Touring has stated.

Inside sources state that Busta Rhymes never intended to perform for his Sydney Australian fans even though it was confirmed and then listed on his official website.

Does it have to do with his past tour in 2004, and not making sure that his entourage had proper papers to enter the state? Because of the incident it led them to being detained at the airport for hours because of their immigration issues and Busta Rhymes left without any notice leaving fans unhappy.

Even though Busta Rhymes was a no show this time again, fans will receive all monies due to them.

Latoya is on her way to becoming not a star, but the starring face and spokesperson for Star Ice Liquor from Australia.

“I have always wanted to be involved with a hot, new lifestyle product such as this”, said Jackson.

The malt beverage is imported from Australia and comes in a range of flavors such as Raspberry, Passion Fruit, Green Apple and Cranberry. Not sure if a lot Hip-Hop fans will go after this beverage, but it sounds promising. Wonder if Latoya had a sip yet.

Recent media has been catching on to her new project and has already featured Latoya on Access Hollywood and Extra to help with the promotion of the drink.

Commenting on the acquisition, Juliette Harris, CEO of It Girl Public Relations added: “This is an exciting opportunity for us to integrate this Australian beverage into the Hollywood party and nightclub scene.

With the help of our lovely spokesperson, our great tasting beverage and an aggressive strategy we will make Star Ice the must have drink of 2006! Star Ice is now being distributed in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nevada, Connecticut, Minnesota and Rhode Island.”

GayHipHop.com and Pac-Man will be holding Europe’s only gay hip-hop festival from October 20th – 26th. The festival is aiming at bringing urban talents of the gay community to the forefort.

The organizers of the event are planning a live urban showcase featuring known singers, rappers, poets and more from the the homosexual scene.

Artists in the states are asked to apply for a performance slot or to be part of PeaceOUT UK 2 this year and contact event organisers at: www.peaceoutuk.com

Does this dance look familiar to a dance they did in the juke joint back in the days? Well whether you know it or not it’s back reinvented and is called “Chicken Noodle Soup.”

A 19-year-old Harlem-based deejay and producer named Troy “Webster” Ryan is said to be the creative mind behind the sensational song “Chicken Noodle Soup”. The song is inspired by a dance, where Webstar recruited 16-year-old Bianca “Young B.” Dupree to write and rap the rhymes.

“Chicken Noodle Soup” began getting noticed in uptown parties where Webstar was deejaying this past spring. It then took off after June 22 when he played at Rucker Park in Harlem during a basketball tournament held yearly. Because the crowd loved the song so much, Hot 97′s DJ Enuff told Webster, “I need that record”, then six weeks later, “Chicken Noodle Soup” was playing coast to coast. The song spanned across New York, Atlanta, Houston and other cities. Since then the song is getting lipsynced by fans on numerous websites such as YouTube and Google Video and is receiving thousands of video remakes which is generating millions of views. Because of this everyone is calling this the new media way of breaking records to the cyber world.

The hit song comes off Young B. and Webstar’s album which is expected to hit stores on September 26.

The world has had its share of ‘got talent’ tv shows and now music television giant MTV is looking for people who think they have what it takes to be considered a triple threat (singing, dancing and acting).

Each episode of “Little Talent Show” will place seven performers in the forefront to show the world their skills in the three areas. Each of the performers will be judged by guest celebrities from shows such as “Making The Band”, “American Idol” and more.

The judges will critique each performer and decide which two will battle it out in a face-off in the round called “Triple Threat Round.” In this round all three skills are to be combined and only one performer will win and will be awarded $500 and will be named most talented performer for that day.

The show airs daily Monday-Thursday. If you miss a show you can catch the repeats every Friday.