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CONTROVERSIAL JAMAICAN COP RELEASES RAP RECORD03 December 2005
A Jamaican police commander, who was just acquitted of murder last week, has released a rap song that has outraged human rights groups as it boasts intentions to bring some rough...more »
The singer?s Grammy-nominated The Emancipation of Mimi sold 290,000 copies during the week ending Dec. 25, sending the comeback disc to the top spot for the year 2005.
Should sales projections prove accurate through the post-Christmas rush, the album?s 37-week presence on the chart and 4.87 million units sold puts the singer in contention to be the first female solo artist to boast the year's No. 1 album since Alanis Morissette?s "Jagged Little Pill" in 1996....more » Music publishing company Bridgeport Music Inc., and sister company Westbound Records are suing the late Notorious B.I.G., his record label Bad Boy and parent company Universal for copyright infringement, claiming the parties never got permission to sample their work for songs on Biggie?s 1994 debut album, Ready to Die.
According to Sohh.com, Bridgeport and Westbound say that Biggie?s tracks "Ready to Die" and "Gimme the Loot" illegally used samples from the Ohio Players' "Singing in the Morning," and that "Machine Gun Funk" uses a part of the Horny Horns' "Up for the Down Stroke." Bridgeport owns the copyright for both compositions...more » Legendary actress Ruby Dee has received a lifetime achievement award from the Women Film Critics Circle, an association of women film critics and reporters from around the country, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media.
The star of stage and film was selected for her body of work, including such films as A Raisin in the Sun, Black Girl and Do the Right Thing. ...more » With their hit Laffy Taffy sitting at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week, the Atlanta-based rap group D4L has chosen to respond to a series of accusations flung their way by members of Dem Franchize Boyz, the group behind the hit I Think They Like Me.
D4L?s manager Johnnie Cabbell released a statement responding to claims by DFB that the Taffy rappers sabotaged a show at which they all performed and that D4L stole the now famous two-step that D4L popularized and refers to as OEdoin it.?...more » The former WWE wrestler who is suing Jay-Z for allegedly swiping his Diamond hand symbol has spoken out about the case during a recent radio interview.
Diamond Dallas Page, who says he was the first to use the "Diamond Cutter" hand symbol in 1996 and considers it his logo, said he had not originally intended to file a federal suit against the mogul, but when negotiations with Jigga?s legal team went nowhere, Page said he felt legal action was necessary. ...more »
