Popular deejay, Areal 'Mr Peppa' Walters, known for hits such as Talk and Gangsta Guerilla, pleaded guilty to smoking ganja, in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Resident Magistrate Glen Brown fined Walters, who asked the court to be kind and to keep the conviction off his record. He said, "Your Honour, I would like to ask for some lenience in this matter. I am a recording artiste so I'm asking you not to put this on my record. […]
Busta Rhymes appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court today for his sentencing on charges of assault, driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. According to New York Newsday, the rapper was sentenced to 10 hours of community service, three years probation and was ordered to pay a $1250 fine plus court costs. Facing four separate trials and the likelihood that he would serve jail time, Busta reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and in January plead guilty to two […]
Entertainers, like everyone else, do not always live up to their promises, whether to the media or otherwise. But, like in everything else, there are exceptions to the rule. Two years ago, the Sunday Observer of February 5, 2006, carried an article beneath the headline "McGregor brothers, in operation takeover of the Big Ship family". The article speaks to the then aspirations of Daniel, aka Chino and Stephen McGregor. In that piece written by yours truly, the two sons of […]
Dipset member Juelz Santana was arrested near the entrance of his Teaneck, New Jersey home, after police found hollow point bullets and marijuana in his Bentley. The rapper, born LaRon James, was arrested last week as he approached his home in the gated community of Glenpointe. The arresting officer claimed he smelled the odor of marijuana emanating from Santana’s Bentley and upon further inspection, noticed several marijuana roaches, Dutch Masters and White Owl cigars. After police learned the rapper was […]
Jay-Z's latest video has a key figure missing: Jay-Z. According to Hova, this was done in order to let the art speak for itself. Recently, Jay spoke out about the direction of the Jigga-less video and the track. He and the director explained a little about what seems to be confusing so many. "To me, that song sounded like heroin," Jigga recently told MTV. "That's what it sounded like to me. It sounded like somebody like Miles Davis was in […]
The talk about the Fat Joe vs. Papoose fight hasn't died down since it was first reported. Now, after both sides are out there, a new explanation has come out -- from rapper Cassidy, who was on hand during the incident. During an interview on New York's Hot 97 radio station with personality, Miss Jones, the Philadelphia explained his side of things after Papoose made it seem -- in several interviews -- like he set him up by Cassidy, when […]
Ace female deejay Marion 'Lady Saw' Hall was raped as a little girl when living in the garrison but now several years later, she wants to tell her story. In an emotional phone interview with the STAR earlier this week, Lady Saw told the STAR about her ordeal and the heartbreaking phone call that stirred up her old memories. "I was here at home one day when a young girl called me, a teenager. She was crying; she told me […]
On Thursday February 28, 2008 Rapper 50 Cent was hosting New York City Radio and had Invited several rappers to join him on the show including Max B, Papoose and Remy Ma. While 50 Cent was interviewing Max B, Papoose walked into the studio. When Max B went to say whats up to him and give him a pound thats when Papoose told him "put your hand away, what's up with that slick shit you was saying about Kay Slay […]
There's not much going on this week on the Billboard charts in regards to new releases, but some of the albums already out continue to move more units. The story on the charts over the past few months has been Alicia Keys and her new album, As I Am. The album is still on a roll, holding down the no. 2 spot on the Billboard once again with 53,100 albums sold in its 15th week on the charts. Keys has […]
Legendary soul singer Etta James recently spoke out publicly in response to news Beyoncé will play her in the movie Cadillac Records. After learning that Beyoncé had been cast to portray her in the upcoming picture Cadillac Records, James told the New York Post's Page Six she is pleased with the decision. "It's a privilege and an honor to have somebody like that girl," James said. "I don't think she looks like me, but that's all right. They can fix […]
