Allegedly his fiancée Tameka Foster is the reason behind his split with Jonnetta Patton.
Monday, May 7, 2007
R&B star Usher has dumped his manager mother, insisting he just wants her to be “mom.”
Jonnetta Patton has been in charge of her son’s career since he was a teenager, but both parties deny the sudden split was prompted [...]
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Prince made the mistake of calling the late soul star “Jr.” in the early 1990s.
Prince once had to run away from an irate Roebuck “Pops” Staples - because he made the mistake of calling the late soul great “Jr.”
Prince had invited Staples, who died in 2000, to appear with his daughter Mavis [...]
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He’s giving boxer Floyd Mayweater $1 million if he wins the WBC super welterweight championship.
Rapper 50 Cent has promised to give $1 million to his friend, boxer Floyd Mayweater, if he wins the WBC super welterweight championship next month.
The G-Unit star - who will perform his new single “Straight To The Bank” [...]
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During an interview with 60 Minutes, he claimed he would never “snitch” on somebody.
Cam’ron released a statement today clarifying “no snitching” policy.
On Sunday, April 22, Cam’ron was interviewed on “60 Minutes” regarding his “no snitching” “code of ethics.” He told journalist Anderson Cooper he would never cooperate with police, even if a [...]
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Hip-Hop Mogul Wants Offensive Words Nixed From Industry
By DANIEL TROTTA, Reuters
NEW YORK (April 23) - Prominent hip-hop music executive Russell Simmons Monday urged eliminating the words “bitch,” “ho” and “nigger” from use by the recording industry, saying he considers them “extreme curse words.”
Simmons’ appeal came less than two weeks after radio personality Don Imus’ [...]
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In the wake of Don Imus’ firing for his on-air slur about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, a high-powered group of music-industry executives met privately Wednesday to discuss sexist and misogynistic rap lyrics.
During the furor that led to Imus’ fall last week from his talk-radio perch, many of his critics carped as [...]
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Snoop Dogg was charged Tuesday with felony gun and drug counts, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.
The 35-year-old rap star was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Pasadena, prosecutors said in a statement.
Snoop Dogg faces charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana.
He was arrested Oct. 26 [...]
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Ludacris and his foundation have received an award from the National Runaway Switchboard, the federal communication system for homeless and runaway youth, for his new single, “Runaway Love.â€
The NRS gave Ludacris its 2007 “Spirit of Youth†Award for his work in helping America’s youth, and for his latest song which addresses [...]
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