Rose Lilah
-
News <p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has decided to take on 21-year-old Soulja Boy’s case, after the rapper was arrested in October of this year in Temple, Georgia.<br />
<br />
Soulja Boy, born DeAndre Cortez Way, was pulled over on Interstate 20 for a traffic violation.<br />
<br />
After searching the car, officers found handguns, thousands of dollars in cash and more than five ounces of marijuana.<br />
<br />
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>The full interview with Pusha T and "Sneeze" magazine was recently published, and Pusha T let go some outtakes from the same interview. He discusses the difference between working with Kanye and Pharrell, as well as writing his verse for "I'm So Appalled", and his solo career without his brother, Malice. Check out some choice excerpts:</p>
<p>On the differences of working with Kanye and Pharrell:</p>
By
Rose Lilah -
News Stalley drops his first project since signing with MMG. Features from Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill & Curren$y.
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>OFWGKTA's Frank Ocean reveals that his Def Jam debut is dropping this spring 2012.<br />
<br />
2011 was the year for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All's resident crooner Frank Ocean, earning critical acclaim with his Nostalgia, Ultra and placements with Jay-Z and Kanye West. Now, the New Orleans, Louisiana-born singer has revealed that 2012 will be the year of his Def Jam debut.<br />
<br />
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Kreayshawn definitely isn't lacking haters, and Harlem native and up & coming artist Azealia Banks seems to have added herself to the list.</p>
<p>Yesterday on Twitter Kreayshawn tweeted the visuals for Azealia Banks' track "212," and Azealia Banks hit her back with unfriendly words, saying, "you think you're funny? you're a dumb bitch. And you can't rap. I'll sit on your face. ... Fall back slut."</p>
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Serving two years for gun possession, Ja Rule found a new posse behind bars — a couple of cons he calls “Hevey D” and “Koz.”<br />
<br />
The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings.<br />
<br />
From Kozlowski, he got stock tips. From Hevesi, he heard about the perennial impasse in Albany. They watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert together.<br />
<br />
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>So we can put the rumours of Nipsey joining the MMG camp to rest, as he has announced he is joining DJ Skee's <strong>Skee Music</strong> imprint. The two tweeted about it (check the tweets below), and in press release Nipsey says:</p>
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Bryan “Birdman” Williams is officially welcoming rapper Mystikal to his Young Money/Cash Money family after years of jail time and a musical hiatus.<br />
<br />
Rumors swirled recently that Mystikal was signed to the label after Birdman and his brother “Slim”, signed Busta Rhymes to a new record deal.<br />
<br />
Now according to an official press release, Birdman is welcoming the veteran New Orleans emcee and promoting his new single “Original.”<br />
<br />
Speaking on his latest signee, Baby released a statement saying,<br />
<br />
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p><span id="intelliTXT">
<p>Earlier today, Jay-Z held a press conference in New York City, New York with his Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation and United Way to announce that he will be playing two solo shows on February 6<sup>th</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> at NYC’s Carnegie Hall.</p>
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Asher will remain with Steve Rifkind, as Loud Records makes a return under the Island Def Jam umbrella.<br />
<br />
Following his stint on SRC Records, Asher Roth has signed to Def Jam with plans to release the follow-up to 2009’s Asleep in the Bread Aisle.<br />
<br />
According to Def Jam executive Shawn Costner, Roth has plans to drop his second full-length, Is This Too Orange, in the first quarter of 2012.<br />
<br />
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Raekwon spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/b-o-b-sees-strange-clouds-with-lil-wayne-1005616752.story#/column/the-juice/raekwon-talks-new-signee-jd-era-wu-tang-1005615552.story" target="_blank">Billboard.com</a> on his new signee, Toronto rapper JD Era, a biopic in developpment, and celebrating twenty years with Wu-Tang Clan.</p>
<p>On JD Era:</p>
By
Rose Lilah -
News <p>Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius have now changed their group name from 2 Be Continuum to WZRD. Their joint effort is set to be realeased on Cudi's birthday, January 30th 2012. In the words of Cudi himself:</p>
By
Rose Lilah