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Wednesday, 04 June 2003 |
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It has been an entire year since Slick Rick was put into detention in a Bradenton, Florida prison by the INS.
Rick's case has been on hold since March, awaiting Judge Kimba Woods' decision on whether or not he can stay in the United States.
"Rick can't get that year back," Rick's publicist Bill Adler told AllHipHop.com. "He should be released while he awaits the decision."
In December, Rick's lawyers filed an emergency stay of deportation, with hopes of keeping the embattled rapper in the United States, after the INS ruled to deport him back to England
Woods blocked the deportation ruling on December 27, just one day before he was scheduled to be deported.
Both sides presented their case to Woods in March and after three months, a ruling has yet to be issued.
According to Adler, due to new phone rules at the prison, Rick has had problems reaching the outside world.
"He hasn't even been able to speak his wife, it's been at least a week since he has communicated with anyone."
Slick Rick, a native of Great Britain, has lived in the United States since the age of 11. He faces deportation because of a 1990 incident, in which he shot his cousin and a bystander.
Rick served five years in 12 days in prison because of the incident. According to United States law, any non-citizen who serves more than 5 years in prison must be deported. Source: All Hip Hop |
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Tuesday, 03 June 2003 |
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According to reports from Allhiphop, Snoop Dogg and former pimp turned preacher "The Bishop" Don Magic Juan have teamed up with VSOP Passion Blend to promote the drink in a nationwide marketing and advertising campaign.
"Snoop Dogg and Don Magic Juan define the essence of Very Select Original Premium. As tastemakers, their decision to drink VSOP Passion Blend speaks volumes. It definitely sets our drink apart from the rest," said Gee Roman, Brand Manager.
VSOP Passion blend aims to snag "hip-hop drinker" between the ages of 21 and 34. The drink is currently available through select retailers in New York and Los Angeles.
In related news, "The Bishop" Don Magic Juan inked a deal with Avatar Records to release a compilation album/DVD.
"This is the compilation and companion DVD for the new Mackllenium," Bishop told AllHipHop.com.
As of press time, there is no release date for the untitled compilation/DVD
Source: All Hip Hop |
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Tuesday, 03 June 2003 |
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This past weekend on Saturday, MTV filmed the 12th annual MTV Movie Awards hosted this year by Seann William Scott and Justin Timberlake at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Eminem snagged two MTV Movie Awards for his performance in "8 Mile." Eminem took honors for best male performance and best breakthrough male performance for his role as "Rabbit" in the semi-autobiographical film.
Because he was absent, Eminem pre-taped two messages for the crowd.
"I heard Puffy would be there and I chickened out," he told the audience of his absence.
When he won for best breakthrough male performance, he took a shot at Mariah Carey saying "I can't believe I beat Mariah (Carey) for 'Glitter.'"
Other winners were Kirsten Dunst for her kissing work in "Spider Man," the animated character Yoda for best fight scene in "`Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones,'' and Austin Powers for his comedic performance in "Austin Powers In Goldmember."
The 12th annual MTV Movie Awards will air Thursday on MTV. |
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Saturday, 31 May 2003 |
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With rumors flying around that the Hot Boys are gonna reunite, and with the return of Juvenile to Cash Money Records reported a while back, BG is still not falling back into the same boat he was in before. The rumors are totally false according to BG.
The budding businessman retorted with “F*ck no” and offered no further elaboration.
Currently the rapper has a number of upcoming lawsuits against Cash Money as he maintains that he has not received any royalty payments for his tour of duty with Baby and Slim Williams. According to B.G. he has yet to be properly compensated for his contributions to the recently released Hot Boy's album, Let Em Burn and a number of other past projects.
However, B.G. hinted that he would be party to an official Hot Boys reunion, “if the money was right.”
While he has no intention of returning to Cash Money he was stunned that Juvenile did go back after taking such a rebellious stance against the multimillion dollar making label.
"I was kinda shocked, but f**k it, he doing him and I'm doing me. I mean, after all we done been through, I don't understand why, but f**k it, that's the decision he made. I hope he know what he doin'," said B.G. to AllHipHop.com.
But, he insisted, he is not angry. "I ain't even much trippin' off of it, I ain't got no beef with him, that's his decision and I ain't worrying about nothing but me and mine."
Progressively, B.G. is focusing on the promotion of his seventh album, Livin' Legend , and preparing for the release of his brother Hakim's debut album, Street Poetry, slated to be released this summer on Chopper City Records. |
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Friday, 30 May 2003 |
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Recently Rab Basement had the chance to catch up with Detroits own Mixtape DJ, DJ Butter, former D12 DJ and current D town mixtape king had alot of things to say in this jam packed interview. Read it Now! |
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Thursday, 29 May 2003 |
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MIAMI — The Birdman may get fly in any weather, but last week there was no need to worry about the weather or even taking flight for that matter. The temperature was borderline perfect, and Cash Money CEO and Big Tymers member Baby was busy getting his roll on.
He's nowhere as nice with the stuntwork as Lee Majors' bounty-hunting "Fall Guy" character, Colt Seavers, but Baby seemed oblivious to that when he was riding in South Beach on the outside of his crimson Cadillac Escalade while the cameras filmed his new Bille Woodruff-directed video, "Gangsta Girl." He had his butt on the roof, one leg draped over part of the windshield and his other foot on the passenger side of the window, rhyming to the record.
Meanwhile, the song's guest star, R. Kelly, draped in a Joe Montana, Kansas City Chiefs throwback, opted to stand, riding on the door of a red drop-top Benz and flanking Baby's ride on the left.
"You can catch me in the club with a gang-sta giiirrl," the R&B legend boasted, singing along with vocals he'd recorded earlier in the day.
During the scene, there were plenty of vehicles and sexy women in the background.
"When I ride I'm gonna ride with a gang-sta giiirrl," he continued with Baby and Fresh dancing beside him. "When I smoke I'm gonna smoke with a gang-sta giiirrl/ When I freak, I'm gonna freak me a gangsta."
Later on that night, with Woodruff still coaching from the set's sideline, the gangsta party continued on the beach, getting rowdy at times.
"At a gang-sta par-dee, she'll be drinking Bacardi," rapped Baby, bouncing to the guitars, chimes and flutes that the song's producer, Kelly, used to invoke a Middle Eastern feel. "And she pops her body/ Don't you hurt nobody.'
Fresh later jumped in with his humorous rap tale. "Once upon a time in this place called 'hood/ Where the beautiful girls shake it and they all smell good/ Lived this legendary pimp by the name of Fresh/ Fixed hair, fixed nails, fixed toes, fixed breast."
"Gangsta Girl" is the first single off the Big Tymers' next LP, Big Money Heavyweights, due July 29. Besides Kelly, the group also hosts appearances by most of the acts on Cash Money. As always, Mannie Fresh handled many of the tracks and Kelly and Jazze Pha also contributed beats.
The song and video are just a sample of what's to come from Kelly and Cash Money. No details are available yet, but according to the #1 Stunna, the two sides will also be teaming up to star in a movie. |
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Thursday, 29 May 2003 |
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Following his second release entitled, 'The Ying and The Yang', Cappadonna now teams up with Code Red Entertainment for 'The Struggle'. For his latest effort Cappa has enlisted the help of his true blood brother, Lounge Mode, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, Remedy, Solomon Childs, as well as the underdog, King Just. |
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Thursday, 29 May 2003 |
David Banner's SRC/Universal Records debut Mississippi: The Album has a successful first week at radio and retail selling over 75,000 units and soaring to the top of SoundScan music charts! -- #1 according to SoundScan's R& B Chart!; #2 on the Rap Chart!; and #9 on the Top 200 Albums Chart!
The video clip to Banner's lead single "Like A Pimp" which also features Houston rapper Lil' Flip, has remained one of the Top 5 "Most Played" videos at BET for over two weeks now. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Banner sets out to paint a musical picture of his home state. From the title track, "Mississippi," to "Cadillac on 22s," Banner delves deep into the culture and social ills of the state. "I named my album 'Mississippi' for a couple of reasons," Banner notes. "Firstly it would force people to say the name Mississippi, therefore they would have to remember us and not continue to count us out and second, in our society Mississippi seems to be a synonymous for the people that are down and out, the underdogs." Banner says he hopes the album will prompt people to think differently about Mississippi.
As the first release on Steve Rifkind's Street Record Corporation (SRC), a joint venture with Universal Records, Mississippi - The Album is poised to become one of the biggest albums of 2003. |
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Thursday, 29 May 2003 |
Earlier this year, Snoop Dogg stated that he thought the west coast needed to get into the mixtape circuit. Well it looks like Snoop's Doggy Style Records have started following the trend.
Inspired by DJ Whoo Kid's Smoking Day 2, which featured Snoop narrating a collection of 50 Cent and Snoop rarities, the Long Beach rapper is launching his own mixtape series this summer. Snoop's first installment, Welcome 2 the Chuuch, Vol. 1, will unofficially roll out in the coming weeks with unreleased material from the rapper, Nate Dogg, Marvin Gaye, Warren G, Redman, Xzibit, Beanie Sigal, Daz, Bad Azz, Freeway, RBX and Soopafly, along with other Doggy Style Records artists. Fans can order the collection now at www.doggystylerecords.com.
The series, which will include three volumes, is one of many projects on Snoop's plate, along with a few movies, a third Eastsidaz album and a DVD of December's inaugural Snoop Bowl football game against the Inland Empire Police Department.
Snoop's priority, though, appears to be the long-awaited debut album from 213, a group he co-founded with Warren G and Nate Dogg before Dr. Dre's landmark The Chronic launched all of their careers. The all-star trio have set aside solo efforts to finish the album, due this fall.
Outside of music, Snoop has signed up to star in a remake of "Airplane!" and is currently filming his scenes as Huggy Bear in the new "Starsky & Hutch" movie.
"I'm bringing more of a player feel [to the character of Huggy Bear]," Snoop said Friday from the set. "You know, where he's like really an action player, his hair looks good, his nails look good, his outfits are sharp, he says all the right things, he knows it all. So I'm just bringing a little bit more of a 2003 player edge to it, but the movie is shot in the scene of '74 or '75, so it's still old-school, but I just had to put my flavor on the table to show that Huggy Bear could really be a player."
So far, the highlights have been a golf course scene, which marked Snoop's first time on the links, and just working alongside Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. "Those guys are professional and they've been doing it for a long time," the rapper said. |
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