Rap Music

23 October 2009

Friday's Daily Rap

In today's Rap Round up we have Lil Wayne pleading guilty, Shyne being deported, Game avoids a lawsuit and KRS-One readies new book. Wayne looking at a year Rapper Lil Wayne, one ...

23 October 2009

TLC Star Held Record Boss Hostage

TLC star Tionne ‘T-Boz-‘ Watkins has opened up about the band's dark side - they once held famed record boss Clive Davis at gunpoint in a dispute over royalties. The group ...

23 October 2009

Jay Sean Returns To Top Of US Charts

Jay Sean’s Down is back on top in the American pop charts a week after Britney Spears toppled him with a hotshot debut. Sean ended the Black Eyed Peas' half-year run ...
22 October 2009

The Game Escapes Defamation Suit

A defamation suit filed against rapper The Game has been dismissed. The Dreams hitmaker, real name Jayceon Taylor, was involved in a scuffle in a Greensboro, North Carolina shopping mall in ...

21 October 2009

Kanye West Forced To Pull Controversial Video

Kanye West has pulled a controversial new video from his official website. The Stronger rapper uploaded a 14-minute promo, titled We Were Once A Fairytale, featuring scenes of him cavorting with ...
20 October 2009

50 Cent Snubs The Game

50 Cent has warned fans not to expect a collaboration with former rap rival The Game after their mentor Dr. Dre buried his differences with the Dreams star. The Game fell ...
19 October 2009

DMX Clashes With Promoters

DMX has reached out to fans after he failed to perform at a concert on Saturday, insisting promoters kept him off-stage because they couldn't pay the fee they promised him. DMX, ...

16 October 2009

Friday's Daily Rap

Looks like Busta Rhymes might be having a great time on the road but he is feeling the pinch regardless, Fat Joe fails to make an impression with his recent ...

16 October 2009

Lil Wayne Expecting Fourth Child

Lil Wayne has confirmed he is set to become a dad for the fourth time. The child will be the 27 year old's third son in two years - he welcomed ...
15 October 2009

Ice-T Loses Friend To Swine Flu

Rapper Ice-T has immunised himself against swine flu after a close friend's sister was killed by the deadly virus. The star admits he was ignorant to the dangers of the H1N1 ...
12 October 2009

T.I Accepts BET Award From Jail

T.I. was the toast of the BET Awards on Saturday night - accepting two honours from his jail cell. The rapper is currently serving a 366-day sentence at an Arkansas penitentiary ...
12 October 2009

The Game Faces Huge Legal Bill

The Game is facing a $34,500 legal bill and a lawsuit from the attorneys who saved him from a long prison stretch in 2007. The hip-hop star was arrested on gun ...

9 October 2009

Friday’s Daily Rap

As this week draws to a close, the expected release of former Bad Boy rapper Shyne didn’t go as planned, Pharrell brings a woman on board, Jim Jones pleads guilty, ...

6 October 2009

Bounty Killer Refused Entry Into Trinidad

Bounty Killer was forced to abandon a truce concert with rival singer Vybz Kartel in Trinidad on Sunday when he was denied entry into the country. The artists, who fell out ...

5 October 2009

Monday's Daily Rap

In today's Daily Rap, Lil Wayne will be tried on drug and gun charges in March 2010, Florida tightening the reigns on Hip-Hop concerts, Jay Z crowned MTVs hottest MC ...

2 October 2009

Friday’s Daily Rap

How fast has this week gone folks? Unbelievable isn’t it? Anyhow Mary J Blige and Naomi Campbell are being honored, Pharoahe Monch departs SRC, Kanye and Gaga Tour cancelled and ...

2 October 2009

Snoop Dogg Not Bulletproof

A necklace Snoop Dogg wore with pride was confiscated at Beirut International Airport in the Lebanon earlier this week after customs officials discovered the pendant contained a bullet. The rapper was ...
1 October 2009

Snoop Eyes Noel Gallagher For EMI

Rapper-turned-music boss Snoop Dogg is eyeing his first big-name signing - former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher. The hip-hop star was unveiled as the new creative chairman of EMI's Priority Records in ...
1 October 2009

DMX To Battle In Martial Arts Fight

Rapper DMX is stepping into the ring to take part in a celebrity mixed martial arts fight against rising actor Eris Martinez. The hip-hop star, real name Earl Simmons, has been ...

28 September 2009

Monday’s Daily Rap

As we start another week, Fabolous suffers from food poisoning, another Mobb Deep project on G Unit is in the works, Students lose out on $100,000 with Snoop concert and ...

28 September 2009

Lady Sovereign Fined For Spitting

Lady Sovereign has been fined $350 (£220) for spitting in the face of a bouncer in Australia. The 23-year-old star - real name Louise Amanda Harman - was arrested in the ...

25 September 2009

Melanie's Friday Rap - a -Round

OK so as another week comes to an end, looks like Lady Gaga and Kanye West will be sharing the stage, Eminem battles it out again for royalties, Dr. Dre ...

24 September 2009

Thursday’s Daily Rap

Due to technical issues, have to apologize for the lateness of your mid-week look at what is going on in the Hip-Hop world. Will Slaughterhouse sign to Shady? Cardiac Arrest ...

22 September 2009

Wyclef Jean’s Father-In-Law Dies

Wyclef Jean is mourning the death of his father-in-law. Eric D. Pierre, dad to Jean's fashion designer wife Claudinette, passed away last week - less than a month after watching the ...