Members of the anti-crime unit, Operation Kingfish, say that they will be speaking to two of the country's leading deejays, Vybz Kartel and Aidonia, before this weekend about a picture police have in their possession. The cops say that the picture they have show persons resembling the deejays Kartel, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, and Aidonia (Sheldon Lawrence) posing with guns. Spokesman for Operation Kingfish, Inspector Steve Brown, who […]
Kanye West has teamed up with search engine company Prodege to launch his own fan oriented search engine called www.searchwithkanyewest.com Searchwithkanyewest.com, which launched yesterday (February 4), rewards users with dollars called Swag Bucks which can be redeemed for Kanye prizes including autographed CDs, MP3 downloads, clothing, exclusive Kanye West merchandise and electronics. Every search on searchwithkanyewest.com gives us a user a chance to win more top prizes and users can […]
After already experiencing a wide array of mishaps at his New York locale, Jay-Z's newly opened Las Vegas 40/40 Club has experienced several setbacks and massive lay-offs, and the former employees are speaking out. According to Las Vegas Weekly, since its December 30th opening in 2007, an estimated 100 or more staff members of the club have been reportedly escorted off of the property or have voluntarily resigned from their […]
50 Cent is working as if he were broke and partying like a billionaire. And while, for the record, he didn't dis Paris Hilton at her own birthday party, as far as some of his peers go, the G-Unit general isn't being as generous. "There's no way they gonna survive me," 50 said Monday (February 4) at his G-Unit offices. 50 is back in New York after taking care of […]
Missy Elliott will be giving fans a chance to name her 7th solo album, set to hit shelves this spring. In a contest posted on her website, missy-elliott.com, fans can offer their suggestions to the five time grammy award winner. The contest, which has already launched on the site, will end on February 20, with the winner being announced on March 2. Along with being credited, the winner will also […]
Robert De Niro and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson made their names bringing gangster mythologies to life. Now they're sharing the screen together in the new movie Righteous Kill. But how hard is it to live up to the image day in and day out? Excerpted from VIBE's March* 2008 cover story. They’re both weird guys. Tough-acting guys, each in his way. At the photo shoot, De Niro’s early, seated in […]
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight Thursday and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it's now up to a team of professional caregivers to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral. Spears, accompanied by more than a dozen police officers, was taken to the UCLA Medical Center before dawn Thursday in what one officer would only say was an effort to "get help" […]
With his latest album American Gangster still atop the billboard charts. It seems that Jay-Z, the former president of Def Jam Records, may already be in the studio working on a new album, and not just any album-- according to his latest release on Dj Clue's Desert Storm 8 mixtape-- Jay is planning to release the Blueprint 3. In the track titled "Aint I" Jay vents about all of the […]
After a brief break over the Christmas season, dancehall singjay Mr Vegas is back for 2008 with remixes and hot new tracks that are making their way on to the airwaves. Over the holidays, while some artistes were on every stage show, Mr Vegas, although doing a few shows, for the most part played the role of spectator. "I decided to take a well-deserved rest, I wanted to cool out," […]
