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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bobby Brown , arrested two months ago for allegedly striking wife Whitney Houston , was sentenced to 60 days in jail Friday for violating his probation.
Brown was more...
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If Faith Evans completes rehab, the fallout from her recent drug
arrest will just be a notorious memory.
The
chart-topping R&B singer and husband Todd Russaw have...
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Singer Faith Evans and her husband, Todd Russaw, have agreed to enter a pre-trial intervention program for drug abuse, according the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The...
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R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband agreed Wednesday to enroll in a rehabilitation program for drug possession charges made against them last month, Fulton County...
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Looks like Faith Evans will be facing the musicbig time.
The chart-topping R&B singer and her record-exec hubby, Todd
Russaw, were arrested Tuesday by Georgia cops for...
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy
Records label will celebrate its 10th birthday with the CD/DVD
"Bad Boy 10."
The set will hit stores March 9, which is also the
seven-year...
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs signed a worldwide distribution deal with Universal Records for his Bad Boy Entertainment label on Thursday (February 6). The financial terms of the...
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R&B singer-songwriter Faith Evans recently released a new single to radio, "I Love You," which appears on her third album, Faithfully. Evans, the widow of the Notorious...
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Faith Evans did not seek out a rapper to add a verse to her single "You Gets No Love," the first single from her album Faithfully, scheduled for release on November 6. She...
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The highly anticipated Faith Evans album Faithfully, which was scheduled for release on August 21, has been pushed back and will probably come out in October.
Evans's duet...
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Faith Evans shares portions of her life with listeners. For example, she collaborated with Puff Daddy and 112 on "I"ll Be Missing You," the triple platinum ode to her slain...
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Mother's Day is Sunday (May 14), and LAUNCH wanted to know what was on Patti LaBelle's mind. Many artists consider LaBelle a mother figure, since she's known to feed and...
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Faith Evans is in and Lauryn Hill is out in the race for the Grammy Award for best R&B vocal performance, female.
In a rare glitch in the Grammy process, the National...
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Singer-songwriter Faith Evans can not be written off. Since the release of her critically acclaimed sophomore album, Keep The Faith, last year, her career has been keeping...
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R&B diva Faith Evans is set to return with her second album, Keep The Faith, on Oct. 27 on Bad Boy Entertainment.
Judging by Evans's choice of collaborators, the 13-track...
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Sean "Puffy" Combs will get another stab at taking home a trophy. Combs, shut out at the American Music Awards, has five nominations for the Soul Train Music Awards,...
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