Snoop Announces More New LP Details
Associated artist: Snoop Dogg
Source: Billboard

"Snoop Dogg has set Oct. 17 as the release date for his next Doggystyle/Geffen solo album, "Blue Carpet Treatment." Prospective tracks for the new disc were previewed for media in New York yesterday (July 10)." FULL STORY

posted July 12, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM It's Official: Suge Loses Death Row
Associated artist: Dr. Dre
Source: AllHipHop

"A judge has ordered a bankruptcy-trustee to take control of Marion 'Suge' Knight's Death Row Records, ruling that the label has been mismanaged due to accounting practices." FULL STORY

posted July 11, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM It's Official: Suge Loses Death Row
Associated artist: Snoop Dogg
Source: AllHipHop

"A judge has ordered a bankruptcy-trustee to take control of Marion 'Suge' Knight's Death Row Records, ruling that the label has been mismanaged due to accounting practices." FULL STORY

posted July 11, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Bumbershoot & Le Ann Rimes News
Associated artist: Kanye West
Source: Billboard

"Blondie, Spoon, New Pornographers, Steve Miller Band, the Thermals, the Bellrays, As I Lay Dying and Copeland are among the final additions to the lineup for the 2006 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. As previously reported, the event will be held Sept. 2-4 at the Seattle Center." FULL STORY

posted July 10, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Ludacris Speaks Out On 'War With God'
Associated artist: Ludacris
Source: MTV

"You can call off Columbo and Magnum, PI: Ludacris has confessed to Mixtape Monday exactly who he is talking about on 'War With God,' in which he vents about being dissed subliminally. "It's about me," he laughed Friday night." FULL STORY

posted July 10, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Kanye and BEP Tapped To Play Fashion Concert
Associated artist: Kanye West
Source: AllHipHop

"Rappers Kanye West and The Black Eyed Peas will join an all-star cast of performers during Conde Nast Media Group's 'Fashion Rocks' concert in September. West and The Peas will perform alongside a number of celebrity singers on September 7 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, to help raise AIDS awareness." FULL STORY

posted July 7, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM DMX & Keyshia Cole Star in BET Reality Series
Associated artist: DMX
Source: Billboard

"Rapper DMX and R&B singer Keyshia Cole have lined up separate six-part reality series on BET. Cole's "The Way It Is" and DMX's "Soul of a Man" will premiere Wednesday (July 12) at 9 and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, respectively." FULL STORY

posted July 7, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Proof Gear To Help Support His Kids
Associated artist: Eminem
Source: MTV

"All proceeds go to Big Proof Forever Foundation, which benefits late rapper's five children." FULL STORY

posted July 6, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM The idea of this theme mixtape is as original as they come by
Associated artist: Gorillaz
Source: Rap Reviews

"There IS some chemistry between the people of the backpack and the people of the thug, but I doubt it is enough to get them to cross town to do some mixing." FULL STORY

posted July 6, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Eminem Pays Tribute to Slain Friend
Associated artist: Eminem
Source: NME

"Eminem has launched a website selling T-shirts and posters featuring rapper Proof. Marshall Mathers' best friend was shot and killed in an argument outside a Detroit nightclub on April 11." FULL STORY

posted July 6, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM