AP - Jan 20, 2006
Rapper 50 Cent stole some of the lyrics for his 2003 hit In Da Club from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell, an attorney claims in a lawsuit. Richard C. Wolfe filed the copyright infringement...
More »AP - Nov 13, 2003
Former 2 Live Crew leader Luther Campbell has avoided jail after pleading guilty to an obscenity charge for a performance at a North Charleston nightclub last year. The Miami-based rapper pleaded guilty...
More »USRN - Mar 7, 2003
(3/7/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- The godfather of explicit rap and former 2 Live Crew frontman Luke (Luther Campbell) is facing a felony charge of presenting or participating in an obscene performance. A arrest...
More »USRN - Apr 10, 2001
(4/10/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Before Eminem, Luke was hip-hop s king of controversy. Nearly half the song titles on his new album Somethin Nasty, out today (April 10), include the names of genitalia or sexual...
More »USRN - Feb 28, 2001
(2/28/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- Trick Daddy is already on track to score another hit record, as his single Take It To The House is steadily climbing the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Sales & Tracks chart. Fellow...
More »USRN - Feb 11, 2001
(2/11/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Rap pioneer Luther Campbell plans to release his final album, Somethin Nasty, on March 27 on his label Luke Records. The artist and entreprenuer known for his sexually explicit...
More »USRN - May 1, 2000
(5/1/00, 5 p.m. ET) - An explicit mail-order video from Luther Campbell, better known to rap aficionados as both Luke and Uncle Luke, features two alleged murderers, according to published reports....
More »USRN - Apr 10, 2000
(4/11/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Luther Campbell, better known to rap aficionados as both Luke and Uncle Luke, made a name for himself in the mid 1980s by starting his own independent record company and releasing...
More »USRN - Mar 27, 2000
(3/28/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Luther Campbell, better known to rap aficionados as both Luke and Uncle Luke, is renowned for the uncompromising content of his music, but the Miami rap icon expects an elected...
More »USRN - Mar 16, 2000
(3/17/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Luther Campbell, better known to rap aficionados as both Luke and Uncle Luke, knows the importance of taking a stand. The Miami rap icon rose to prominence in the late 1980s as...
More »USRN - Aug 17, 1999
(8/16/99, 1 p.m. PDT) - Prosecutors have dropped an aggravated battery charge against rapper Luther Campbell, who was arrested last month after he allegedly hit a man in the face with a whiskey bottle...
More »USRN - Jul 6, 1999
(7/6/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Luther Campbell may no longer be appearing on top of the rap charts, but he still has a rap sheet. Early Monday (July 5), the former 2 Live Crew frontman was arrested and charged...
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