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Chilli: Somethin’ Bout The Music

Rozonda Ocelean Thomas, or as she is professionally known, Chilli, is a Grammy Award winning superstar, who — with her friends the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins — not only took the industry by storm, but managed to sell well over 45 million records in the interim.
The Atlanta, Georgia, singer-songwriter, who [...]

New Whitney Houston Song Leaked on Internet

Whitney Houston says it all in a new track making the rounds online.
“I want you to love me like I never left,” the legendary songbird trills in the aptly titled “Like I Never Left.”
MIA from the music scene since her private life went on a roller-coaster ride full of substance-abuse problems and a trainwreck marriage [...]

Lil’ Wayne Faces Copyright Claim

 
US rapper Lil’ Wayne has been sued by a music publishing company over claims he released a version of Rolling Stones song Play With Fire without permission.
Abkco Music Inc have said that Lil’ Wayne’s Playing with Fire was clearly derived from the Stones’ original but used “explicit and offensive language”.
They accuse the rapper of copyright [...]

50 Cent Sues Taco Bell Over Ad Campaign

 
NEW YORK - 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
The rapper says in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the Mexican-themed chain features him in a print ad asking him to change his name to [...]

Lil Scrappy Free on Bond After Weekend Arrest

DECATUR, Ga. - Police say Atlanta rapper Lil Scrappy is out of jail after being arrested following a fight with his sister’s boyfriend.
The 24-year-old rapper, whose name is Darryl Richardson, was released on $1,500 bond from the DeKalb County jail in Georgia on Sunday.
DeKalb County police spokesman Marcus Hodge says Richardson got into an altercation [...]

50 Cent Loves His Son And Doesn’t Take Drugs, The Big Girl

Everyone knows what they want from 50 Cent - and that’s gritty, hardcore tales of violent life on the streets.
However, don’t be surprised if 50 Cent’s next CD is a concept album about the art of making quiches and other assorted fancy continental pastry dishes, because 50 Cent, so help us god, has turned soft.
How [...]

James Brown’s ‘relics’ Auctioned

Possessions belonging to late singer James Brown - including iconic stage capes and jumpsuits - have raised $800,000 (£400,000) at auction.
Fans of the soul legend bid for hundreds of relics from his life and career, including instruments, awards, and even some cans of hairspray.
The funds raised at the New York sale will be used pay [...]

Jermaine Dupri Teams with Proctor & Gamble to Launch Music Label

In a seemingly unlikely partnership, music producing big wig Jermaine Dupri has launched a new music label with pharmaceutical giant Procter & Gamble. Dupri - who has produced hits for Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, and longtime girlfriend Janet Jackson - joins a wave of celebrities partnering with consumer goods companies in efforts to revive languishing music [...]

Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo Gets Married

Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo and fiancee Jaymie Dizon have tied the knot.
The couple were married on Saturday at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Pasadena, Calif., People reported.
Among the reported guests were Black Eyed Peas bandmates will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Fergie, who was accompanied by fiance Josh Duhamel.
Taboo, whose real name is Jaime Gomez, sported a [...]