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," […]
Platinum selling, Queens, New York rapper Ja Rule is the latest rapper to sign on to be a SOHH Blogger. In this exclusive blog series Ja Rule holds nothing back. No stranger to controversy, Ja speaks to on the hate he's gotten in the past and his beefs with 50 Cent and DMX. "I'm so much past that," he told SOHH. "I'm going to have to turn into the guy […]
If all goes as planned, rapper Joe Budden will release his first album in five years, "Padded Room," in the spring. "Padded Room" will be the follow-up to 2003's "Joe Budden," which launched the hit "Pump It Up." Three editions of his "Mood Muzik" mixtape series have followed, but Budden tells Billboard.com that he's looking forward to another proper album release. "It's complete," Budden says of "Padded Room," which will […]
Days after his Arizona arrest, the stage offered an outlet to a furious Lil' Wayne, who verbally tore into his entourage at a show date in Virginia before reuniting with former Cash Money rapper Young Buck the next night in Tennessee. An Arizona court date delayed Weezy's appearance in Richmond, VA, Friday (Jan. 25) but once the rapper finally arrived onstage, he made his frustrations clear by ripping into members […]
