Rapper Dolla is dead after a shooting at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. A man was shot in the head outside the shopping center and police have confirmed that Dolla was the victim. According to reports, Dolla was...
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R&B singer, concert troublemaker, and 'Dangerous' YouTube star, Akon, is set to join the illustrious ranks of Diddy, Nelly, and Jay-Z when he launches his own fragrance line 'Konvict'. First question: who would...
Suge Knight who, just this week was hospitalized after being punched in the face by Akon's business manager, has added further insult to literal injury after pleading guilty to a battery charge against his girlfriend Melissa Isaac.And Knight's penalty? A paltry $340 fine (!)...
Rap mogul and former head of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, has been hospitalized after being punched in the face by Akon's business manager. Is that what "handling your business" is now called? "Ex-Death Row...
Lady GaGa, who has made a name for herself for her wacky fashion choices and distaste for wearing pants (in addition to topping music charts with poppy singles such as "Just Dance"), is reportedly in the works...
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Barack Obama, who is being hailed as America's hip-hop president, is about to be celebrated by some of hip-hop's biggest stars. High profile hip-hop artists including LL Cool J, Mos Def, MC Lyte, Akon, T.I., and...
Ah yes, we all know that there are lists upon lists upon lists in circulation across the internet as the year draws to a close. We even have our own NowPublic Best of 2008 channel - with its own lists aplenty. ...
YouTube is getting set to introduce its much rumoured live-streaming video service -- and they're going to do it in a big way."YouTube Live" is a massive concert event to be held in San Francisco on November 22nd...
To the ladies of Brick&Lace, their name represents the duality and complexity of the everywoman. “Sometimes you want to wear a cap and sneakers and look grimy,” Nyanda tells. “And sometimes you want...
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The tallies are in and American Hiphop “sensation” Akon failed to satisfy the demanding Jamaican crowd that filled the Catherine Hall venue on the second night of Reggae Sumfest 2008, in Montego Bay,...
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Reggae’s most prestigious music festival, Reggae Sumfest 2008, celebrated its sixteenth year in existence over the weekend. After a tirade by dancehall veteran Bounti Killa, and a sizzling performance by Beenie...
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Senegalese singer songwriter Akon has been added to the star studded line-up for this year’s Reggae Sumfest. This will be Akon’s second appearance on the Sumfest stage, his first being in the summer of 2005....
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WINNIPEG - Hip-hop fans got their money's worth at MTS Centre last night, where four of the genre's heaviest hitters strutted their stuff for some 6,500 adoring fans.Even better? They saved a whack of cash on...
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This week, Wyclef and Akon kick off a series of summer concerts across North America (Wyclef's most recent album, Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, came out last year and includes collaborations with Akon, Paul Simon and Norah Jones, among others), beginning in...
Montreal, Canada is all set for this year’s staging of Summer Bounce 2008 on July 9th.The annual festival, to be held at the world renowned Bell Center, will feature Jamaica’s latest mainstream music sensation Sean Paul, Hiphop’s African Star Akon, and The Haitian...