Chamillionaire To Flex On Xbox Live

Houston rapper and bona fide mixtape messiah Chamillionaire is throwing out a challenge to all of his videogame oriented fans.

The venerable MC will take part in the latest installment of Xbox Live's "Game With Fame" session.

"This is a great way for the fans to get to know the real me and learn about what I have planned for the rest of 2006," the rapper stated. "It seems that everyone is playing Xbox Live these days and I can't wait to see who wants to take on 'The Truth from Houston'."

Fans that are interested in a chance to challenge Chamillionaire in NBA 2K6 for Xbox should keep their eyes peeled for the gamertag 'ChamillionGWF' from 3:00 p.m. EST to 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, April 18.

For further information on all Xbox Live events, be sure to visit the "Game with Fame" Web site at http://www.xbox.com/gamewithfame.

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Make Way for The Streets, the S-O-Veee

Posted at 4/15/2006 12:50:00 PM

The U.S. is about to get a serious lesson in grimey cheekiness from across the pond, as The Streets and Lady Sovereign hit the road together.

The garage/2-step rapper and the first lady of grime will hit just twelve cities on this trek, including Austin, Los Angeles and Boston, kicking things off in Seattle on June 7 and finishing up in New York on June 27. They'll also hit the festival circuit on June 18 with a stop at Bonnaroo, and on June 24 at Intonation Music Festival.

The Streets and Lady Sovereign tour dates:

6/7, Seattle, WA (Showbox Showroom)
6/8, Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)
6/9, San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore)
6/10, Los Angeles, CA (Henry Fonda Theatre)
6/14, Boulder, CO (Fox Theatre)
6/16, Austin, TX (La Zona Rosa)
6/18, Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo Music Festival)
6/21, Boston, MA (Avalon Ballroom)
6/22, Montreal, QC (Spectrum de Montreal)
6/23, Toronto, ON (The Phoenix)
6/24, Chicago, IL (Intonation Music Festival, Union Park)
6/27, New York, NY (Webster Hall)

The Streets Official Site
Lady Sovereign Official Site

-article courtesy of Spin.Com

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BABYFACE SUES ANITA: He claims she owes him at least $250,000 (Special)

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:33:00 AM

Who knew?! We thought they were like ... best buds and stuff. Maybe they were until the money got funny. Babyface, whose real name is Kenny Edmonds, filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Anita Baker Thursday, alleging she owes him at least $250,000.

The dispute comes down to this: 'face claims he co-wrote and produced the song "Like You Used to Do," which was released by Blue Note Records on Baker's album, "My Everything." The CD went on to sell more than 500,000 copies reaching gold status, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit.

The lawsuit that although Edmonds was credited in the liner notes as a singer, co-writer and producer on the song, Baker has refused to pay his producer fees, resulting in damages of at least $100,000, according to the suit.

There's more. Edmonds, 47, also alleges he and Baker had an oral agreement to perform four concert dates together last year, but she canceled two shows and refuses to pay him the $75,000 per show he was to receive for those dates.

-article courtesy of EurWeb.Com

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Lil' Flip Fans Scammed By Fake Promoter Get Refunds, Con Artist Gets Jail Time

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:32:00 AM

Hundreds of fans who purchased tickets to a bogus Lil' Flip concert in Indiana can now receive refunds after the man who promoted the concert plead guilty to two counts of theft.

Police eventually tracked a credit card used by Scott Elkins to a hotel in Nebraska and arrested him for promoting the concert at Vigo County Fairgrounds.

Lil' Flip said he never agreed to the performance.

Those cheated by Elkins identified him in a police lineup as the man who pulled up in a white limousine to collect ticket proceeds.

Police received evidence that Elkins planned to pull the same scam in other cities and connected him to failed concerts featuring Lil' Jon as well, in Texas and New Mexico.

Elkins, who also used the alias Peter Schwartz, was sentenced to 45 days in jail, given two years probation in 2005 and ordered to pay restitution for the Lil Jon scam.

Those who purchased tickets to the Lil' Flip concert can redeem their ticket stubs at the Vigo County Clerk's office inside the courthouse for a full refund.

-article courtesy of AllHipHop.Com

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Lil' Cease Arrested In Brooklyn, Being Held On Rikers Island

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:28:00 AM

Former Junior Mafia member Lil' Cease was arrested in Brooklyn, New York yesterday (April 13) on an outstanding warrant and is being held at Rikers Island, after the rapper missed a hearing to answer alleged probation violations.

Sources told AllHipHop.com that the former protégé of the late Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was in Brooklyn with two associates, when police pulled their vehicle over for unknown reasons.

One of the men allegedly attempted to flee but was apprehended after a brief chase. A search of the men allegedly turned up a small amount of marijuana.

When police ran Lil' Cease's birth name of James Lloyd, they found out he was wanted for missing a February 8 court date regarding a violation of his probation.

The rapper was originally charged with attempted murder for a shooting outside of a Brooklyn deli in August of 2001.

Lil' Cease pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal possession of a weapon in October of 2002 and was sentenced to 5 years probation.

A representative at the Brooklyn Supreme Court told AllHipHop.com that the rapper failed to respond to requests to appear at a probation hearing, resulting in the arrest warrant.

Lil' Cease made a court appearance today, but will stay on Rikers Island until at least Monday, when he will appear in front of Judge Abraham Gerges.

Attorneys for Lil' Cease were not available at press time.

Lil' Cease is a former member of the chart topping group Junior M.A.F.I.A., which featured the late Notorious B.I.G. as well as incarcerated rapper Lil' Kim.

Kim is presently serving a 366-day sentence in a Philadelphia correctional facility for lying to a grand jury about her knowledge of a shoot out in front of a New York radio station.

-article courtesy of AllHipHop.Com

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Christina Milian: Broken Silence (Exclusive Interview)

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:09:00 AM

A consistent performer and hit-maker since her musical debut on Ja Rule’s “Between Me & You,” Christina Milian has still not received her just-due. Unlike other Hollywood starlets, she’s not afraid to appear as her true self - she’s extremely smart and honest about her life. You won’t find any stupid girls here.

Fully aware of what is happening around her, Milian knows she has to step her game up. Her self-titled debut album was never released in the U.S, despite her desperate pleas to the record label. Her second album It’s About Time spawned the hit single “Dip It Low,” with a very sexy and controversial video, but failed to build the buzz Milian needed to propel her career to higher heights.

Now under the guidance of Def Jam executives Jay-Z and LA Reid, Milian hopes her new album will So Amazin’ will take her to platinum status. The catchy single “Say I” featuring Young Jeezy is exactly what happens when urban pop and the streets meet. But is it enough?

Instead of talking about her music, it seems people are more interested in whether Milian is dating Dre from Cool & Dre, the well-known Hip-Hop producers whom Milian recruited to produce most of her album. And if that’s not enough, Milian recently admitted to breaking up with Nick Cannon because of his cheating ways. Does this sexy starlet really need a break up to sell records? AllHipHop.com Alternatives spoke with Christina to get to the point.

Allhiphop.com Alternatives: Let’s start from the beginning. Most people don’t know that you wrote most of J.Lo’s hit “Play.” How did that gig come about?
Christina Milian: I was 18-years-old when I did that record. I was in Sweden working on my first album and the first week I had written “AM to PM” and “Play.” They were both party records so I figured- why have both of them on one album? I thought “AM to PM” was more me, so I said we’ll give ‘Play’ to somebody else. The producers ended up meeting with Tommy Mottola. Tommy loved the record and ended up putting it on J.Lo’s album.

AHHA: Were you disappointed when you debut album didn’t come out in the US?

Christina: Oh, very much so. I was working my butt off. I was overseas for a long time and I spent over two years doing promotional tours. In the meantime the overall goal for me was always home. I wanted to show the States what I was doing [overseas], and every time I was coming back, I was seeing new female artists. It was hard for me. The record label kept giving me release dates and pushing it back over and over again. That was the disappointing part for me.

After two years of being away from home, I finally said, “Screw that, I’m coming back home and I’m doing movies, and I’ll do another album later.” It was better that way, because the music I had on my first album was so mixed up. Half of it was pop and the other half was urban. I don’t know what the impression would have been of the audience over here. So I’m glad it worked out this way.

AHHA: It’s easier to say that now, right?

Christina: Oh yeah! It was a whole different story back then. I was cussing everybody out! Not my people but definitely the record label.

AHHA: Were you happy with the success of your second album?

Christina: I thought it was good, considering the backing that I had behind it. With that second album LA Reid wasn’t particularly excited because he didn’t make that album. It was made by the previous Def Jam execs - Lyor Cohen and them. So it wasn’t particularly LA’s style. Even with “Dip It Low,” I don’t think he was excited about that one, but fortunately for me the song blew up for itself! So he had to kind of go with flow. We put out another single but his whole concern was really this album that I have now. Every time I would see him, all he would say is, “I can’t wait to work on the next album.”

AHHA: You keep saying Jay-Z and LA Reid have supported you a lot for this album. How have they supported you?

Christina: LA Reid is a music man; he knows the music and he’s got the ear for it. Then with Jay-Z, he’s an artist so he understands expression as a true artist. They understood that I’m a woman, I have my own sound and I know what I want. They allowed me to work on this album; to go in with Cool & Dre and work on an entire album with them. The music ended up being hot and I proved to them that I know what I’m doing.

AHHA: What would this album have to do to be successful?

Christina: I definitely want to go above any sort of platinum status; that’s one thing. I want to achieve so many things. My overall achievement is I want people to finally get to know me. I’m tired of people always looking at me as just a performer or an entertainer or just as the actress. That’s not me. At the end of the day, I’m a real person like anybody else. That’s why I made this album so much more personal. Like any true artist, you connect with them because they write their music based on their life and that’s what I did with this album. I want people to look at me in a different way where it’s more than just a pretty, sexy girl that’s got hot videos.

AHHA: You’ve come out with your personal life in a big way. It seems wherever you see your name, Nick Cannon’s name isn’t far behind. Do you feel like your personal life has overshadowed your music or is it a part of the “getting-to-know-Christina” process?

Christina: I think its part of the process. Not all of my music is based on that previous relationship and I don’t need that previous relationship to succeed. If there is any misunderstanding, it’s that all of my music is based on reality now. Unfortunately, my previous relationship was very public, but not everything is about him. I don’t need dude to make album sales. For real, I’m being completely honest. I think the media use that to get people to go to a website or read a magazine. But I just want to clear that up. I don’t need that in order to sell records.

AHHA: Any chance of releasing the diss track, or is it already leaked?

Christina: It’s already leaked on the internet! That’s why people are talking about it. Believe me; I wouldn’t have brought it up if it wasn’t for people asking me. The media calls it a diss record and it’s not. I went through a break up. You go through the ‘sad phase’, where I wrote those kinds of records, and then you go through the ‘angry phase’ and then you’re over it. People take it how they want to but this is not some Ja Rule, 50 Cent beef thing going on. [laughs] I’m not expecting some sort of record back from him.

AHHA: The New York Daily News reported that you’re seeing Dre [of Cool & Dre].
Christina: Oh god - that’s one big joke. Don’t believe it.

AHHA: Well since you’ve gone public with your previous relationship, will you keep your next relationship private again?

Christina: Yes, very much so. Even my past relationship was very private for the longest part of the three years. Of course within three years it’s eventually going to get public. But I’m a very private person because I don’t want my relationships to be used as entertainment value, or people to use it against me, or for people to think that I’m with somebody for publicity. My family, the relationships I’ve been in - I’ve always kept that separate from my career.
AHHA: One of your greatest criticisms is that you’re trying too much to be like Beyoncé.
Christina: Oh gosh! Well that’s not true! Do people think that every light skin Black girl that has blonde hair has to say that she wants to be like her? That’s not the case. And that’s wack, because people don’t realize they’re stereotyping us. It’s unfortunate because I feel like it’s ongoing for me. My career has been a thirteen year process. I didn’t even know about her until five years ago. My career, and every move that I make, I try my hardest to set myself apart from everyone else. And I don’t even think it’s a matter of trying; I am a different person. When I make music, I’m not listening to [Beyoncé’s] music and saying I want to make a song like that or I want to dress like her. Everyone dresses their own way, has their own style. It’s sad that people have to make comparisons based on looks. I can be very real with you; in no way, shape, or form have I ever tried to be like anybody else.

AHHA: Your new movie Pulse is hitting theatre soon. Do you think Hollywood has changed? People say it’s changed because you see African-American actors winning Oscars but you open up the tabloids and it’s all about the Lohan’s and Simpson’s.

Christina: Yeah, man. But look at how they’ve gotten a lot of their celebrity. We all know there’s a certain dignity we have to hold in order to reach that particular status. Why would we want to be in the tabloid magazines so people can dog us out? But there is a certain level of celebrity that we have to work so much harder to achieve. There are only a few roles for us, so there’s a big group of us fighting for one role.

AHHA: Do you get scared that you might get typecast in urban films?

Christina: No because I’ve been very careful as far as the role I take. I get sent scripts consistently, on a daily basis, but I know how to say no. I’ve been very lucky. Films that I’ve done, like Pulse, were all originally supposed to be a white girl [in the role]. Same thing with Be Cool- it was supposed to be a white girl or Hispanic. Actually, I’m Hispanic but a lot of people don’t know that.

AHHA: If they want a white girl, what do they say when you turn up?

Christina: They consider it because they see the movies that I’ve done. I think people like Jennifer Lopez have opened people’s minds up to seeing the other side of it. It’s not about the race or the color, we can adjust and people will still go see this movie.

-article courtesy of AllHipHop.Com

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Alicia Keys Gets Role in Nanny Diaries Film

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:07:00 AM

Alicia Keys beefs up her silver screen repertoire, nabbing a role in 2007’s film adaptation of the best selling novel, The Nanny Diaries.

Keys is cast as the best friend of Scarlett Johansson, an impromptu nanny overseeing the spoiled son of a Manhattan couple. The film, which begins production this month, stars Paul Giamatti as the overbearing patriarch and Laura Linney as the neurotic second half of a peeling marriage.

More immediately, however, the Grammy-winning star will make her acting debut as a hit woman in the comedy/gangster flick Smokin’ Aces, due later this year.

In stark contrast to Diaries, Keys' rough character in Smokin’ Aces teams up with a group of assassins to cash in on the life of a loose-lipped comedian who plans to rat out the Mafia, played by Entourage’s Jeremy Piven. The film also stars Ben Affleck and Andy Garcia.

The songstress previously inked a deal with Sony productions to play bi-racial prodigy pianist Phillippa Schuyler in a biopic based on the musician’s 1995 biography, Compositions in Black and White. The vehicle, co-produced by Halle Berry, would have been the official launch of Keys’ film career had it not been for her pistol-whipping role in Smokin’ Aces.

In January, Keys, along with manager Jeff Robinson, launched a production company, Big Pita, Lil’ Pita, to create original television programs and cinematic vehicles.

Their first venture is a yet to be titled UPN series scripted around Keys’ experiences as a multiracial child growing up in Manhattan’s Hells Kitchen.

-article courtesy of Vibe.Com

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Arrest Warrant Issued For The Game

Posted at 4/15/2006 08:04:00 AM

An arrest warrant has been issued for the Game.

According to the Greensboro News Record, the Compton native missed a March 28 court date in Greensboro, North Carolina, which was scheduled for him to face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest from an October 2005 incident at a local shopping mall.

During Halloween 2005, Game was at the Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro, wearing a mask and signing autographs.

"The guy had a mask on and wasn't taking it off," Sergeant Levester Thomas, who heads the internal affairs division, told the Record. "It goes downhill from that point."

Three off-duty police officers also said they asked the hip hop star to remove his mask, to refrain from cursing and to leave the premises. When the Game allegedly refused, he was arrested.

Another policeman, who discharged pepper spray at Game’s entourage, was the subject of an investigation by the department's internal affairs division, but has since been cleared.

Despite the headlines, the West Coast MC’s attorney said Friday (April 14) he was unaware of the issued warrant.

-article courtesy of Vibe.Com

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Bun B and Da Backwudz vs. Pastor Troy (Nuff' Said)

Posted at 4/14/2006 08:29:00 AM

By Destro the Bigga Figga - I just heard some fly ass shit on the net this morning. One is a hot ass track with Bun B and this group called Da Backwudz and the other is this new joint by Pastor Troy. I like both these playas because they from the dirty, like me, and they got that fire. Am i wrong? Which track is better. Who wins in the battle to join my legion of Cobra...Oops, I mean Hip Hop Menions. Tell me what you think you scoundrels or else! HA Ha ha ha ha haaaa!!!! I will rule the world of hip hop!!

THE BATTLE

Here's the track my loyal subjects:
Da Backwudz feat. Bun B & Caz Clay -
I Don't Like The Look Of It Remix (Prod. DJ Montay)



VS.

Here's the other track:
Pastor Troy - Police Can't Break it Up






Bow down before me!!! - Destro The Bigga Figga

-tracks courtesy of Http://www.dubcnm.com

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Kanye West and A Tribe Called Quest to Perform at 2006 Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival

Posted at 4/14/2006 08:24:00 AM

Kanye West and A Tribe Called Quest are among the first confirmed acts to perform at the 2006 edition of Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival.

As reported by Billboard.com, The Bumbershoot, which will also feature performances by Atmosphere and Scooter Jennings, is scheduled to be held