Sean Paul of The YoungBloodZ has changed his name to Sean P and is planning the release of his new solo album, which is due in stores in summer 2007.
According to Sean P, the new album is being recorded in Atlanta, Miami, and Los Angeles.
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Posted Friday, May 11th 2007 at 7:16PM
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Corporate giant Verizon has ended its partnership with Akon, after an explicit dance with a 15-year-old girl at a show in Trinidad.
The girl, who reportedly thought she won a dance contest, was allowed entry into Club Zen, despite the fact that ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2007 at 7:13PM
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Every celebrity imaginable was in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, including tabloid fodder O.J. Simpson.
Simpson and a group of around 12 people entered an upscale steakhouse and the owner of the restaurant, Jeff Ruby, came over to tell him â ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2007 at 7:10PM
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The “End of School Megafest” featuring Busta Rhymes at the Gwinnett Arena was postponed,
and now it has been officially cancelled.
The Megafest was scheduled for April 28 and on
April 25 the arena sent out an email saying that the concer ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2007 at 7:03PM
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Nas cancelled a recent "Hip-Hop Is Dead" tour date in San Diego, CA amidst claims that he and wife Kelis encountered "racist" club employees, who treated them like "terrorists."
San Diego's Z-90.3 night radio host Tre interviewed the Queens-bred ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:43AM
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The city of Lethbridge, Canada is considering tightening the rules for concert performers at the city-owned Enmax Centre, after Snoop Dogg allegedly smoked marijuana on stage at one of his recent performances.
The agenda to tighten rules on perfor ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:41AM
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Police in the UK obtained a court order that forced a club to close for 24 hours to stop a concert by American rapper Lloyd Banks, amid fears that the show will attract gang members.
According to the Derby Telegraph, over 600 fans bought tickets ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:39AM
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LOS ANGELES -- Singer-actor Brandy is being sued for negligence and wrongful death by the husband of the woman Brandy killed in a freeway crash late last year.
Marouane Hdidou filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. See ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:34AM
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LOS ANGELES -- City prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges Friday against Eve stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood last week.
The rapper-actress (real name: Jihan Jeffers) was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a blood- ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:33AM
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LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in county jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on heiress' partying, for while anyway.
Hilton must go to jail on June 5 and she will not be allowed any work release, f ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2007 at 8:32AM
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Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was sentenced to 20 days in jail, 100 hours of community service, anger management and fathering courses and three years of searchable probation, the Sacramento Bee reported on its web site Thursday.
Artest, how ...
Posted Saturday, May 5th 2007 at 7:54PM
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NEW YORK — R. Kelly has written a new song, "Rise Up," about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. A gunman killed 32 people and himself on the university's campus in Blacksburg, Va.
"Rise Up" will be available dig ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 at 10:22AM
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Charleston, SC - A Playboy playmate from Atlanta was arrested in South Carolina on drug trafficking charges after police say a cleaning of her hotel room turned up a kilo of
cocaine.
The playmate, Kia Drayton, 24, and Otis Leon Story, 33, also f ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 at 10:20AM
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Smithfield, VA - The Atlanta Falcons say they are gathering information before commenting about the latest mess involving quarterback Michael Vick.
Police conducting a drug investigation raided a Virginia house owned by Vick and found dozens of d ...
Posted Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 at 10:17AM
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Kiss 104.1 mid-day host Sasha the Diva was let go today. Her contract is not up until June but the station decided to release her early after five years on the air. The station is quoted as saying that new direction and not job performance as the re ...
Posted Monday, April 23rd 2007 at 7:53AM
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CJ Simpson, formally of Hot 107.9, will be joining 95.5 The Beat with Murph Dawg in the morning from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Simpson says now, “I’ll be able to show who I am more,” compared to her limited role on with Hot’s “A” team.
CJ ...
Posted Monday, April 23rd 2007 at 7:47AM
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The radio talk show host Don Imus was suspended for two weeks yesterday after the outcry over his racially disparaging remarks about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Demonstrators protested against Don Imus outside the NBC studios i ...
Posted Tuesday, April 10th 2007 at 2:13PM
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LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS: 50 Cent noted last week he was changing the name of his upcoming album to "Curtis." An important note that may have gone over folk's head was Fif originally planned to call the album "Curtis SSK", with the SSK standing for Sound ...
Posted Monday, April 9th 2007 at 5:15PM
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R&B sensation Usher Raymond, 28, has popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, stylist Tameka Foster, who was recently spotted with a diamond on her ring finger. The singer’s spokeswoman Simone Smalls confirmed on Friday.
However, Small ...
Posted Saturday, March 31st 2007 at 5:09AM
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IRWINDALE, Calif. -- "The brother can't drive." So said comic Eddie Griffin after crashing a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million.
It happened at a race track near Los Angeles while Griffin was promoting his upcoming film, "Redline."
Griffin wa ...
Posted Tuesday, March 27th 2007 at 10:24PM
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Busta Rhymes is now headed to trial over his assault case after a court withdrew an offer that included probation and community service. According to the judge, Busta's recent arrest for driving with a suspended license was the reason behind the deci ...
Posted Monday, March 26th 2007 at 5:21PM
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The Notorious B.I.G.'s "GREATEST HITS," the new Bad Boy Records compilation honoring the extraordinary life and career of the late, great hip-hop legend, has made a triumphant #1 debut on both the Billboard 200 and "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" charts thi ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2007 at 10:03AM
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Could Jennifer Hudson be the woman to play Aretha Franklin on the big screen?
As reported last year, a musical production, based on the life of the soul singer is already in the works with auditions set to happen this May in Detroit. Last night, h ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2007 at 9:51AM
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According to a report, Michael Jackson will sell his stake in the Beatles catalog. MJ's share of the Beatles music was rumored to be the cause of the long fought battle to put the classic tracks in the hands of the label owner. Last year, Jackson rep ...
Posted Thursday, March 15th 2007 at 11:41PM
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The International Soul Music Summit (ISMS) returns to Atlanta, Georgia, July 25– 29, 2007 with a new theme, more artists, networking and nightlife activities. With the theme: "Underground Meets Mainstream: It's Time to Connect," the International S ...
Posted Wednesday, March 14th 2007 at 11:20PM
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