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A star-studded event hosted by Jermaine Dupri in Atlanta ended with thousands of patrons fleeing after a gun was discharged early Saturday morning (August 2). According to reports, gunshots rang out at around 3:30 a.m. at the Dreams night club for an event that kicked off Dupri's So So Def Summerfest weekend, with celebrities such as Diddy, Usher, Nelly, actresses Gabrielle Union and Regina King, and actor Larenz Tate, all in attendance. DeKalb County Police spokesman Marcus Hodge tells local […]

Juelz Santana’s relationship with his longtime boss has finally come to an end as Cam'ron reportedly sold the young Halem rapper's contract to Def Jam Recordings. According to hip-hop radio personality Miss Info, Cam recently broke the news to her at Funkmaster Flex's Car Show last month. “Cam said, ‘Oh, by the way, I gotta talk to you about something else too,’” Info reported. “I sold Juelz’s contract to Def Jam for two million dollars.” Rather than reporting the alleged […]

Ludacris is among several inductees in this year's Georgia Music Hall of Fame ceremony. Joining the Grammy-winning rapper are Widespread Panic, deejay Hamp Sawin, guitar makers Fred and Dina Gretsch, R&B singer/radio personality Keith Sweat, and late Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Dottie Rambo. The awards is in its 30th year, an will be held September 20, according to AccessAtlanta.com. The show will be hosted by Monica Pearson and Leslie Fram. Ludacris joins an extremely prestigious group in the Georgia Music Hall of […]

Building on his already lucrative portfolio of reality show brands, mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has announced the launch of his new VH1 show, I Want to Work for Diddy. The first hour long episode is set to premier August 4 at 9:00 pm and will follow 13 aspiring assistants as they struggle through a myriad of emotional, mental, and physical challenges, for the opportunity to work directly under Diddy. The applicant’s work will be narrowed down by a panel of […]

Dr. Dre has finally emerged from his lair (aka studio) to do some press for his new line of headphones, Beats By Dr. Dre, and of course, he's been asked the question: When is Detox coming out? While speaking with USA Today, the veteran producer revealed that the long-awaited album may just see the light of day by the end of the year. "I'm just now -- over the last couple of months -- starting to feel that it's going […]

A court sentenced musician Kid Rock to 12 months probation and six hours of anger management counseling for his involvement in a post-concert fight at a restaurant near Atlanta last year. Rock, who was born Robert J. Ritchie, was also sentenced on Monday to 80 hours of community service and fined $1000, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Web site. The entertainer pleaded no contest at a court in DeKalb county, Georgia, to one count of simple battery. Four other counts […]