February 09, 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nev.
Rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight is facing a March court date in Las Vegas following his arrest on a 2009 traffic warrant and a new misdemeanor drug charge, authorities said Thursday.
The former Death Row Records executive, 46, was stopped driving a black Bentley with California license plates about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on a street just off Flamingo Road west of the Las Vegas Strip, Officer Laura Meltzer said.
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February 07, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y.
As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue.
The veteran rapper then performed his latest hit, “Glory,” about his 1-month-old daughter with Beyoncé, Blue Ivy Carter.
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January 18, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Melanie Amaro may have landed a $5 million recording contract after winning “The X Factor,” but the talent competition has produced deals for several of her former competitors.
Second runner up Chris Rene, as well as Top 10 finalists — R&B crooner Marcus Canty and teenage hip hop star Astro — have signed with Epic Records (also Melanie’s label), the imprint announced on Wednesday.
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January 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
50 Cent is clearing the air about a post to his Twitter page that appeared to mock Jay-Z and Beyonce’s baby Blue Ivy Carter. The post showed photos of a baby with the rapper’s face photo-shopped over the infant.
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December 27, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
The Los Angeles coroner’s office says Jamaican-born rapper Heavy D died of natural causes.
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December 23, 2011
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
The rapper known as “Tyler, the Creator,” has been arrested after authorities say he got rowdy after a show at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Arthur Famble Jr. says the rapper was arrested Thursday night after he destroyed the Sunset Strip nightclub’s electronic soundboard.
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