HipHop News

Ace Hood (Feat. Trey Songz) - Ride Video

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:16:48 +0200

2nd single from Ace Hood's debut album GUTTA In Stores September 23rd

JayZ' Headphones Approved By FCC

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:07 +0200

Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z may be in a deal with Motorola, as a pair of "JayZ" headphones were recently approved by the FCC. According to CNet.com, the JayZ headphones allow the simultaneous use of a Bluetooth audio device and a cellphone. If you're listening to music and your phone rings, you can opt to transfer the call to your headphones and when you hang up, the music resumes. While there's no official confirmation of Jay-Z's involvement in the product, the mogul, who recently placed second of Forbes listing of the richest Hip-Hop artists, also had a deal with Nokia in 2004, which resulted in the production of the Black Phone.

Tyga - AIM Video

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:14:11 +0200

AIM by Tyga, From "No Introduction".

Diddy Plays Launches New Reality Show: Starmaker

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:12:47 +0200

Hip-Hop entrepreneur Diddy is gearing up for the launch of his latest MTV reality series, �Starmaker� by holding auditions throughout the U.S. in search of talent for the show.

Expecting to give some competition to other well-known performance-based programs like �American Idol,� the MTV project will place Diddy as host and producer alongside television personality Mark Burnett as they try to find for the most talented singers in the country.

According to the show�s MySpace page, �Diddy is currently looking to sign two fresh artists to his label Bad Boy Records - one guy and one girl will be given the opportunity of a lifetime.�

While the mega-platinum selling entertainer has primarily focused on hip-hop and R&B in the past, this competition promises he is �looking for all styles from soulful R&B and energetic pop singers, to twangy country and hot rockers.�

Aside from meeting the age requirement - participants must be at least 18 years-old - the first auditions will take place this Saturday, August 23 in San Francisco and will continue every following week in St. Louis, New York, Los Angeles and ending in Atlanta on September 9.

�Starmaker� is currently scheduled to debut on MTV this winter.

In related Diddy news, the mogul�s apprentice style television show recently premiered on VH1. In the series entitled �I Want to Work for Diddy,� contestants compete to be his personal assistant.

�I Want to Work for Diddy� airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on VH1 and the continually successful �Making the Band 4� returns to MTV tonight (August 19) at 9 p.m. EST/PT.
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Wyclef Goes Head To Head With Venus Williams

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:10:27 +0200

Wyclef Jean is set to appear alongside tennis superstar Venus Williams during season four of the Sundance Channel original series �Iconoclasts.�

Each hour-long episode of �Iconoclasts� pairs two leading innovators from different fields including film, sports, architecture, fashion, food, music, and business meet up to discuss their passions and creative processes.

The Sundance Channel and Grey Goose Entertainment recently revealed the pairings for their new season, which along with Clef and Venus, will also include skateboarder Tony Hawk and filmmaker/actor Jon Favreau; political humorist Bill Maher and music industry executive Clive Davis; and actress Cameron Diaz and architect Cameron Sinclair.

"We are very excited about the pairings in this season of 'Iconoclasts'" said Laura Michalchyshyn, Sundance Channel general manager. "Each 'Iconoclast' has made significant impact in their respective fields and watching them share their worlds with those that inspire them makes each episode entertaining and engrossing."

The season kicks off on October 16th with Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Virgin entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. Wyclef and Venus� episode debuts on November 13th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

New Usher Singles - 'Here I Stand' and 'Trading Places' Audio

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:26:27 +0200

Artist: Usher
Song: "Here I Stand" & "Trading Places"
Album: Here I Stand
Site: Here
Release date: In Stores Now

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Alfamega - "Uh Huh" Audio (mp3)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:14:35 +0200

Artist: Alfamega
Song: "Uh Huh"
Album: I Am Alfamega
Site: Here
Release date: Oct 14, 2008

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Twista (Feat. Lil Wayne) - Whip Game [Animated Version]

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:06:26 +0200

Twista (Feat. Lil Wayne) - Whip Game

DMX Denied Bail, May Stay Behind Bars Until October

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:02:12 +0200

Bail has been revoked for troubled rapper DMX following his arrest last week.

As previously reported, an Arizona judge issued a warrant for his arrest on Tuesday (August 12th) for failure to appear in court stemming from drug possession charges. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, was then spotted Thursday (August 14th) in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Miami, after he parked in a handicap space, and was taken in.

According to TMZ, bail was originally set at $25,000, but when X�s lawyer, Brad Cohen, tried to free him on Friday, he learned that the rapper was listed as having no bail hold.

Without bail, DMX will remain in jail until his court hearing on October 2nd.

A once multi-platinum selling rapper, DMX�s Arizona home is now in foreclosure and he is using a court appointed defense attorney, according to local Phoenix network, KPHO news. He has been arrested six times in 2008 alone.

Scott Storch Working On 'Lucky' Luciano Flick

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:14 +0200

Scott Storch may be poised to make a come back from recent financial troubles, as the chart-topping producer has been tapped to work on Crash, an upcoming film about organized crime boss, Charles �Lucky� Luciano.

Storch will be involved with Crash in a producer capacity, along with independent record promoter Joe Isgro and his Full Force Productions, which is raising over $35 million dollars to finance the film.

According to Variety, Crash chronicles Luciano�s rise on New York�s Lower East Side in the 1900�s through violence, extortion and liquor bootlegging, to his rise to power by creating the blueprint for today�s modern day organized crime structure.

Luciano, who was sentenced to 30-years in prison for pimping and pandering, was eventually released after he cooperated with the government, by helping to root out German spies on the New York waterfronts.

He also arranged for U.S. soldiers to receive safe passage as they traveled through Sicily.

Crash is being written by Bobby Moresco and focuses on the governments efforts to lock Luciano away before his untimely death of a heart attack in the Naples airport in 1962.

Isgro, himself was investigated for having ties to the Gambino crime family in New York.

In 1990, he was acquitted of payola charges, in what was then labeled the �biggest music payola prosecution in three decades.�

The news comes amidst financial woes for Storch, whose $10 million mansion in Miami is facing foreclosure.

Storch, who is wanted on a warrant for failing to appear at a court ordered child support hearing, also has paternity and child supports suits.

The producer also reportedly owes over $500,000 in real estate taxes and another $500,000 on a defaulted loan.