Lil Wayne couldn’t keep the throne for his second week due to the Cold Play wave which sold 721,207 copies of their ‘Viva La Vida’ album.
Lil Wayne is now #2 with 308,505 on the second week and a total of 1,316,211 for Carter III.
Plies’ second week is also pretty strong: 67,678
albums sold (total of 282,579.)
Rihanna’s […]

Nas has finally announced a release date for his long-awaited LP. The release of the controversial album - formally known as Nigger - will be known now as Untitled and hitting stores July 15.
Nas’s album was initially given the title Nigger, but received backlash from the civil rights community. As the controversy came to a […]

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T-Pain has launched a full service independent record label deemed, Nappy Boy Digital.
Nappy Boy Digital will serve as an instantaneous channel for T-Pain to distribute his latest and greatest material. Sans the headache of the traditional major label conglomerate, Nappy Boy Digital will bring exclusive music directly into the possession of online music advocates via […]

Atlanta rap star T.I. has inked a deal multi-picture deal with Screen Gems and will star in three upcoming high profile movies.
T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., will star opposite of Matt Dillon and Idris Elba in the movie Bone Deep, a thriller based on a group of bank robbers who pull off one last daring […]

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Island Def Jam Music Group has announced that Shakir Stewart will effectively fill the vacancy left by HipHop mogul Jay-Z, who announced his resignation as President of Def Jam in December of 2007.
Stewart, who was senior VP of Artists and Repertoire (A&R), was named Executive Vice President of Def Jam Recordings by “L.A.” Reid yesterday.
Stewart […]

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A raging fire tore through a home in Dix Hills, Long Island, owned by 50 Cent, burning the house to the ground.
Six people inside of the house, including 50’s ex -girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, and their 10-year-old son, Marquise, were sent to the hospital, according to Newsday.
“I would say there is a strong — a strong, […]

Common has teamed with the Chicago White Sox to help raise awareness for his non-profit organization, The Common Ground Foundation. On August 12, the organization will host the Common Ground Foundation Day with the Chicago White Sox, when the team faces off against the Royals. The Common Ground Foundation empowers youth in underserved communities and […]

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Members of the Hip-Hop community are uniting to pay tribute to Sean Bell in song, just weeks after three New York City detectives were acquitted of fatally shooting the 23-year-old.
Producer/rapper Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino and Styles P. are featured on the track, titled “Stand Up (A Sean Bell Tribute).”
“Stand Up,” which debuted […]

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Rapper T.I. is turning his legal woes into an MTV documentary series.
MTV will follow the hip-hop star as he performs more than 1,000 hours of community service before beginning to serve his one-year prison sentence next spring. Ish Entertainment is behind the untitled series, which has scored a six-episode order from MTV.
Cameras already chronicled T.I.’s […]

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LL Cool J is set to release his next album, “Exit 13,” July 18 via Def Jam.
“Exit 13″ will be LL Cool J’s last release on Def Jam because his contract has come to an end, the rapper told New York radio station Hot 97. LL signed to the label as a teen and has […]