MICHAEL JACKSON’s longtime producer pal QUINCY JONES will go to his grave failing to understand the King of Pop’s need to be as white as possible. |
MICHAEL JACKSON has made chart history in America by claiming the top nine spots on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums countdown. |
QUINCY JONES has vowed to buy back his urban music magazine VIBE, a day after bosses declared the publication is to close. |
MARIAH CAREY’s husband NICK CANNON denies the superstar has taken a swipe at EMINEM in her latest music video by dressing as the rapper – insisting she wouldn’t waste her time. |
– A representative of recording artist R. Kelly released the following statement in response to an inaccurate Internet report about a supposed police search of his house in the Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields. |
R&B superstar Ginuwine has entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #9 with his 6th studio album, A Man’s Thoughts. The album, out June 23 on Notifi/Asylum/Warner Bros. boasts a Bryan Michael-Cox produced hit single "Last Chance," which has implanted itself in the Top 10 at urban ac and urban mainstream radio helping to make this the #1 R&B album in the country. |
West Coast gangster rap icon and Hoo-Bangin’ Entertainment label owner Mack 10 is preparing to set the summer ablaze with the release of his ninth CD, Soft White (Hoo-Bangin’/Fontana/Universal) on August 25, 2009. The first single "So Sharp" features two of hip-hop’s biggest names, Lil’ Wayne and Rick Ross. In addition to the heavyweight single, Mack Dime’s entire album boasts an all-star list of cameos, including Anthony Hamilton, J. Holiday, Akon, Birdman, Jim Jones, Jazze Pha, Red Cafe and Glasses Malone among others. |
The organisers of the BET Awards have come under fire for letting LIL WAYNE perform his controversial EVERY GIRL tune at Sunday’s (28Jun09) ceremony – backed by a troupe of teenage dancers. |
A rapper formerly signed to JAY-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge, in connection to a fatal stabbing in New York. |
The urban music magazine launched by superproducer QUINCY JONES has shut down after a dramatic fall in sales. |