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Eminem, Mary J. to Pay Tribute to Def Jam Records

Eminem was never a part of Def Jam Records, but the rapper is going to be part of the celebration when the legendary label is honored by VH1.
Eminem will join Mary J. Blige, DMX, Public Enemy, Kid Rock, the Roots and more when the label is feted at the network’s sixth annual Hip Hop Honors.
Def [...]

2009 Underground Music Awards To Be Held In NY

The Underground Music Awards is making its seventh return as the fireworks are set to start going off August 23.  Hosted by Urban Threshold, the event will be showcased at the Famous BB Kings Concert Hall in Times Square, New York City.
Last year the event was hosted by Slick Rick and GrandMaster Flash and featured [...]

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Salutes Def Jam!

Back for its sixth year saluting the best in hip hop, VH1’s Hip Hop Honors 2009 will celebrate the achievements of one of hip hop’s greatest brands — Def Jam Records. The music event will tape from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, and air on VH1 [...]

Slick Rick: Dapper Rapper Among Hip Hop Honor’s Recipients

Some may consider today’s Hip Hop music scene to be dead due to lack luster lyrics and sales, however that wasn’t the case last night when fans packed out New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom for ‘VH1’s Fifth Annual Hip Hop Honors.’
Hosted by funnyman Tracey Morgan, this year’s guests and honorees (which included Cypress Hill, De [...]

Hip-hop Pioneer ‘Slick Rick’ Pardoned By Governor

Pioneering rapper Ricky “Slick Rick” Walters, who spent more than five years in prison on a 1991 attempted murder conviction and faced threats of deportation years after rehabilitating his life, was granted a full and unconditional pardon Friday by New York Gov. David Paterson.
Walters, 43, has been under threat of being sent back to [...]