Rapper Lil Wayne scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Lollipop," which jumps from No. 2 with the help of 183,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lil Wayne has made 20 appearances on the Hot 100 since 1999, the majority of which have been via collaborations. As a lead artist, his previous best showing was with "Go D.J.," which peaked at No. 14 in […]
First Young Buck got the boot from G-Unit the crew, then 50 Cent said the Southern lyricist wouldn’t appear in the group’s first video, now Fif announced his one-time protégé also won’t join him, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo when they make the rounds in support of their sophomore group effort, T.O.S. “[Young Buck] won’t be traveling with G-Unit as a group,†Fif told Angie Martinez on Hot 97 Wednesday […]
A Soundscan showdown between 50 Cent and his G-Unit collective and Compton rapper The Game will not take place, AllHipHop.com has learned. Both G-Unit and The Game were scheduled to release their third albums respectively, on June 24, pitting the two rivals against each other for sales. 50 Cent claimed he was going to push The Game’s album L.A.X back, so that G-Unit could release their highly anticipated release Terminate […]
R&B crooner Bobby Valentino recently revealed that he has cut ties with Ludacris' Disturbing The Peace label. Valentino, who released two solo albums via DTP, revealed to Billboard yesterday (April 21) that his break up with Luda and DTP was amicable. The Atlanta bred singer will be releasing a digital-only EP titled Come With Me on April 29th. He will then follow it up with a full -length studio album […]
The 'energy god' Elephant Man shows off his energetic dance moves in an exercise video that is being released with his latest album ' Let's Get Physical. The album was released on April 8. The exercise videos entitled Elephant Man Dancehall Gym # 1 and Elephant Man Danchall Gym Webisode 2 have also grown in popularity on youtube. Elephant Man told the STAR, "its about when yuh buy an album […]
Manager of dancehall superstar Bounty Killer has vehemently denied claims the deejay was stoned during a performance in Guyana on Sunday. "That is total bull," Jones-Griffith told The STAR yesterday. Instead, he blamed the premature end of the 'Ignition Concert', hosted by Wildfire Promotions on techinal difficulties. According to Jones-Griffith, Bounty Killer was the headline act on the show which was packed with thousands of fans waiting to see the […]
Sources close to the hip-hop star tell that it was West who ended the engagement after revealing to Phifer: "I just don't think it is going to work out anymore." The 30-year-old entertainer even asked for his ring back! The often-controversial rapper/producer got engaged to Phifer while overseas in the fall of 2006. The two met when Phifer worked as the assistant to West's fulltime wardrobe stylist. A graduate from […]
Nasir Jones has been playing it relatively low key since the announcement of ****** months ago. Since then, rumors have popped up on various blogs and websites about the whereabouts of his latest album. Although there is no release date, “Be A ****** Too†[click to listen] recently hit the net and the hype building toward the album has officially begun. In the meanwhile, Nas spoke to King in a […]
Eazy Wayne In the parish of St. Elizabeth, a strong Black Woman name Miss Viris gave birth to her third son, who is known as Easy Wayne. Eazy Wayne spent most of his youthful years in St. Elizabeth where he attended the Black River Primary School. After leaving Primary school he went to Black River High where he completed a course in electrical installation. Eazy Wayne wanted more than that, […]
A new forecast was revealed last Wednesday, when Heineken introduced their new sub-zero coolers in the island. The launch, which took place at 17 Trinidad Terrace (beside The Quad) officially made Jamaica one of 66 countries that have experienced Heineken served extra cold, with the introduction of the new and innovative sub-zero coolers. The cooler will chill beer to negative four degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature a beer can reach […]
