AP - Jan 8, 2009
Gospel stars CeCe Winans, Elbernita Twinkie Clark and Donald Lawrence will be saluted by their peers in a musical tribute in Nashville. Kirk Franklin, Faith Evans, Karen Clark-Sheard and Donnie McClurkin...
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In six short years, songwriter/producers Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas, aka the Underdogs, have amassed an extensive and diverse list of credits that stretches from Tyrese ( I Like Them Girls ) to...
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Rapper 50 Cent was arrested for traffic offenses while driving a silver, open-topped Lamborghini on Friday, generating a crowd that cheered the recording artist and jeered police as they handcuffed him...
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You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »E! Online - Mar 20, 2006
Ready to Die has been deep-sixed by a federal judge. Sales of the Notorious B.I.G. s 1994 debut were immediately halted Friday after a Nashville jury determined that the album s title track sampled...
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Ne-Yo s so sick that he can t be denied. The rookie R&B crooner, whose debut single So Sick already topped the Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to go along with, as In My Own Words...
More »E! Online - Feb 3, 2006
The Teflon R. Kelly is cruising on the Soul Train. The R&B star, embroiled in an ongoing kiddie porn case, leads the nomination list for the 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards. Kelly snapped up three...
More »E! Online - Jan 23, 2006
Los Angeles has been ordered to make good on a B.I.G. payout. A federal judge has ordered the city to reimburse the family of the late Notorious B.I.G. at least $1.1 million in legal fees as a penalty...
More »Reuters - Jan 2, 2006
You read it here first. These 10 faces to watch represent Billboard s picks for 2006. They either have a highly anticipated debut album ready to come out in the first quarter or have been under-the-radar...
More »Reuters - Oct 26, 2005
Some of the biggest names in hip-hop, both dead and alive, have contributed to The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter, including Eminem, Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg and Missy Elliott....
More »E! Online - Aug 18, 2005
Call it a B.I.G. fat no. The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to reject an $18 million settlement offer in the federal wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of the late Notorious...
More »E! Online - Aug 17, 2005
Notorious B.I.G. s family wants the City of Los Angeles to pick up a pretty hefty legal tab. Relatives of the late rapper, led by his mother, Voletta Wallace, and widow, R&B star Faith Evans, are...
More »E! Online - Jul 8, 2005
The family of the late Notorious B.I.G. scored a huge victory in court this week. Now his survivors are looking to land a knockout blow to the city of Los Angeles and its oft maligned police department...
More »E! Online - Jul 6, 2005
The Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death case is all over--for now. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper declared a mistrial Wednesday, a day after she expressed grave concern that the Los Angeles...
More »E! Online - Jul 5, 2005
The Notorious B.I.G. s family may never get the answers it s looking for in its wrongful death suit against the Los Angeles Police Department, but the rapper s kin has struck a serious blow to the cops...
More »E! Online - Jun 27, 2005
A surprise twist in Notorious B.I.G. wrongful-death trial. Testimony has been halted for the next few days after lawyers for the family of the late rapper, whose real name is Christopher Wallace,...
More »E! Online - Jun 24, 2005
We may never know who killed the Notorious B.I.G., but at least one former Los Angeles police officer thought he had a good idea who was behind the murder: rival rap kingpin Marion Suge Knight. On...
More »E! Online - Jun 20, 2005
According to the Notorious B.I.G. s family, the rapper s murder case is still very much alive. Unfortunately, the family claims, it seems to be doing all the legwork. No family should have...
More »E! Online - Apr 13, 2005
The First Lady finished second. Faith Evans became the latest chart pretender to get Massacre-d, as her latest disc fell just 8,000 copies shy of the top slot that 50 Cent has owned for six straight...
More »AP - Mar 21, 2004
OutKast s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won two awards, including R&B/soul or rap album of the year, to lead the winners at Saturday s 18th annual Soul Train Music Awards. The Atlanta duo, who won the...
More »E! Online - Mar 10, 2004
P. Diddy may be punching out. But banish the thought of a condo in Boca, early-bird dinners and orthopedic footwear. The 34-year-old music mogul is merely considering calling it quits as a solo...
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