In today's Daily Rap read about Run DMC being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, how Bishop Lamont still insists he is signed to Aftermath, Eminem pays homage to Run DMC and divulges info on new album and Chris Browns legal team battle it out with DA to avoid trial and jail time.
Run DMC Make it Two
Celebrities such as Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen flocked to Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday night to view the new members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame be inducted.
Run DMC were the second Hip-Hop collective to be inducted into the prestigious club, the first was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 2002. Made up of Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels and Rev. Run, the trend setters were joined on stage by the mother of the late Jam Master Jay who made up the Queens trio.
The DJ was shot and killed in 2002 in a recording studio in Queens, however winning this privilege was yet another celebration of what the Queens collective had achieved.
Mrs. Mizell-Perry, the mother of the DJ said in regards to the Walk this Way rappers being awarded with such an accolade "He loved giving, he didn't put a price tag on the things he did for someone. I'm not surprised to be here tonight. Anything you ask for you get and the boys deserve it."
Bishop Lamont Clears up Rumours
For anyone who might have been left pondering about Bishop Lamont’s current label home after a report leaked that he had been dropped from Aftermath, the label of Dr. Dre, fear not.
The rapper is indeed still signed to Aftermath. Considered to be one of the most promising rappers in Hip-Hop right now Bishop Lamont was rumored to have been dropped from the label he made home in 2005. But Bishop, from Carson California has denied these reports.
It is unclear when the rappers highly anticipated debut album The Reformation will be released, but while waiting on a secure release date, Bishop Lamont has continued to release mixtape after mixtape ensuring his fans are catered to.
Eminem Talks Production on Relapse
With a five year break from recording music, Eminem recently divulged that the bulk of the production on his impending release Relapse is in fact handled by producer and label boss Dr. Dre.
"Dre produced most of the album, basically all of the album except for maybe one or two songs," Em said in an interview. "It was great, we got in there. We were looking for this song for a long time, you know, and finally one day it just hit us. We got the record, went in and made it and Dre just put his touches on it, made everything bigger, had the rhyme and it was, you know, that's basically it,” the Detroit rapper explained in a recent interview.
The album which features the recent chart topping hit Crack a Bottle is slated for a May 19th release after fans had hoped to see it on shelves in December last year. Eminem was also present on Saturday night to induct Run DMC into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Slim Shady rapper paid tribute to the trio in his speech saying "Two turn tables and mic, that's all it took to change the world, when I was a kid growing up in Detroit. I didn't know what to be, then came Run-DMC. "I had never heard or seen anything like them, but I knew I wanted to be them. I had skipped school to go buy Tougher Than Leather the day it came out. [As] soon as I heard 'Run's House,' it was a wrap for me. Marshall Mathers became Eminem."
Chris Brown Looking for a Deal
R&B singer Chris Brown who is due to appear in court today is expected to plead not guilty on the charges of domestic battery he faces after an alleged assault on former girlfriend Rihanna back in February.
It was expected that Brown would plead guilty to a misdemeanour charge to avoid serving jail time but now it appears that a deal is close to being struck to avoid the prospect of a trial.
Rihanna who is determined not to testify in the trial which has been at the centre of media attention for the last two months is currently taking some time out with her family in her native Barbados.
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