Monthly Archives: September 2007

Bishop Denies Abuse: ‘I Walked Away That Night’

The husband of evangelist Juanita Bynum held a press conference Friday at his Duluth Church to tell the world he is not an abuser of women.
Thomas W. Weeks, 40, also a preacher, said he felt compelled to speak his peace after his famous wife announced to the public recently that she was “the new face [...]

T.I. Tops BET Hip-Hop Nominees With 9

 
T.I. has wrapped up another slew of BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. The Atlanta-based rapper received nine nominations for the second annual awards show, which will air on Oct. 17. Last year, the self-proclaimed “King of the South” garnered eight nominations, and won three awarads.

Lil’ Wayne is second in total nominations this year, with seven. Kanye [...]

Statlers, Winans Headed to Gospel Hall

The Statler Brothers, the Winans, Phil Keaggy, Larnelle Harris and Joe Moscheo will be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the hall announced Thursday.

 

The artists will be inducted at a Gospel Music Association ceremony in Nashville on Oct. 29.
The Statler Brothers — Harold Reid, Phil Balsley, Jimmy Fortune and Don Reid — began [...]

50 Cent, Lil’ Kim, Sued Over Royalties

 
A record producer has sued rappers 50 Cent and Lil’ Kim and two record companies for $2 million, claiming they failed to pay him royalties on a song that sold 2 million copies.

Carlos Evans says in papers filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court he contracted with Rotten Apple Records in January 2003 to produce, engineer [...]

Prince to Sue YouTube, EBay Over Music Use

 
U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to “reclaim his art on the Internet.”

The man behind hit songs “Purple Rain,” “1999″ and “When Doves Cry” said on Thursday that YouTube could not argue it had no control over which videos [...]

New Awards to Highlight Rap’s Positives

 
Hip-hop has such a negative connotation in some circles that some people equate it with thuggery or crime — an unfair depiction that DMC of the legendary rap group Run-DMC is trying to dispel.

“Every time — if it’s pimp, pusher, drug dealer — they relate it to hip-hop. Those are just elements of society. But [...]

Judge Rejects Bid to Hike Rapper’s Bail

Remy Ma, free on $250,000 bond after being accused of shooting an acquaintance, doesn’t have to post more bail money despite more problems with the law.

Kanye Thrashes 50 Cent in First-day Sales Race

 
Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week’s U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.

West’s “Graduation” sold an estimated 437,000 copies during its first day of release Tuesday, ahead of 310,000 for 50 Cent’s “Curtis” and [...]

Britney: ‘I Looked Like a Fat Pig!’

Details of Britney Spears’s now infamous attempted “comeback” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 9) continue to emerge, via tabloid magazines and gossip websites.

According to Usmagazine.com, Britney’s reaction as she ran offstage after her performance was: “Oh, my God, I looked like a fat pig! I looked like a fat pig!”
The website, [...]

Manager: Foxy Brown Isn’t Pregnant

 
Jail officials will not need to make maternity accommodations for Foxy Brown — her manager says the rapper isn’t pregnant, despite her lawyer’s courtroom contention that she was.

The revelation came Wednesday as her manager and Koch Records announced that Brown would release a new album while serving a one-year jail sentence.
Brown, who hasn’t released an [...]

J.Lo’s Line Sparkles At Fashion Week

 
Big colorful butterflies hanging from the ceiling. Pink, purple and green trees. A model dressed as a fairy, on a swing.
Jennifer Lopez said her new young contemporary line was “fantasy — classic inspiration but with a new, kind of funky spin,” so she turned the setting of her JustSweet show Tuesday night at New York [...]

Trick Daddy Arrested

Rapper Trick Daddy was arrested after a fight at a strip club early Tuesday.
 
 
The rapper (real name: Maurice Young) was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest, according to police.
Authorities responded to a fight at Tootsie’s Cabaret just after 1 a.m. and found Young, who smelled of alcohol, cursing and “threatening staff at the club,” [...]

Justin’s Pipes Need Peace, Shows Scrapped

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Including Justin Timberlake’s voice.
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Citing “vocal strain” endured during the MTV Video Music Awards weekend festivities in Sin City, Timberlake has postponed two dates on his globetrotting FutureSex/LoveShows tour this week.
Despite the rather suspect timing of the cancellations, coming on the heels [...]

Kanye: MTV Exploited Britney for Ratings

 
Kanye West blames MTV for Britney Spears‘ less than stellar performance at the Video Music Awards. “Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew she wasn’t ready and they exploited her,” the 29-year-old rapper said Tuesday on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Morning Mash Up.”

The network made a “bad move” by having the [...]

Janet Jackson: Super Bowl Decision Imminent

 A U.S. appeals court is to rule whether TV channel CBS deserved to be punished for singer Janet Jackson’s infamous breast exposure at the 2004 Super Bowl.
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The third U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals in Philadelphia will decide if the Federal Communications Commission was right to impose [...]

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