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C-Bo & Yukmouth Talk About Thug Lordz, Rap's First Amendment Rights
Exclusive: The Thug Lordz talk about their third album and Spice 1's status in the group, while C-Bo revisits his 1998 case where the law and lyrics clashed.
Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Partners With New York Spring Water
Latifah and Shakim Compere venture into the beverage game, investing in a partnership with the makers of VBlast, which will soon appear nationally at 7-Eleven.
Portion of Proceeds From Group Home's "G.U.R.U." Go To Guru's Son's Trust Fund
The Gang Starr Foundation duo pays respects in lyrics and in deed to one of their mentors, on the just released "G.U.R.U. (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal)"
Rick Ross Negotiating With Def Jam To Re-Release "Teflon Don"
Rozay plans on taking a page from Eminem, Raekwon and Usher's book and dropping his summer release with bonus tracks in a push for plaques.
Eminem Producer Doc Ish Readies "First Treatment"
UPDATE: A new tracklisting has been released, featuring Kool G. Rap, M.O.P., Boot Camp Clik, Slaughterhouse and KRS-One.
MC Ren, MC Eiht, Fab Five Freddy Featured On Tha Chill's "Chillafornia" EP
Two weeks after Ice Cube's new album, some true west coast O.G.'s come out to support one of their own, along with a legendary MTV veejay/Hip Hop icon.
7L & Esoteric Speak Their Piece On New Song, "No Shots."
Veteran MC Esoteric mentions new rappers by name that he can't relate to on the duo's new single, while he gives credit to Freddie Gibbs.
Big Pun Special Edition "The Legacy" DVD Releases Today By EMI
Filmmaker Vlad Yudin's star-studded look back at Big Pun's impact on Hip Hop gets special features and releases to DVD today.
Cam'ron, Jae Millz & Meek Mill Show Support On Vado's "Slime Flu"
Vado's retail mixtape gets some signs of support from Young Money and Grand Hustle, along with mentor Killa Cam.
Tech N9ne Signs Jay Rock To Strange Music
The "ink dries" yesterday to a report Tech N9ne told DX in mid-August about Strange scooping Watts' Jay Rock from Warner Brothers shelves.
The Click's D-Shot Pens Rap Industry Secrets Book, Chronicling Family Success
E-40's rapping brother D-Shot pens "The Click: The Blue-print How We Made It Big In The Music Industry."
Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch Embark On National Fall Tour
D-Block and Wu-Tang Clan founding members and "Metal Lungies" / "Movie Niggas" share the stage on a cross-country fall tour, with dates below.
Gil Scott Heron's "New York Is Killing Me" Opens At New York's MoMA
The lyrical influence to many emcees watched his "I'm New Here" single get a visual remix by Chris Cunningham of Bjork, Portishead and Aphex Twin fame.
50 Cent Confirms Eminem, Kanye West, On Lloyd Banks' "The Hunger For More 2"
Styles P, Raekwon and Chris Brown will show support for the first retail G-Unit release not with Interscope Records.
Copywrite Announces Sophomore Album Details, Exclusive Freestyle Series On HipHopDX
UPDATE: Tracklisting and production credits have been added, including three RJD2 appearances.
DX News Bits: Greg Nice, Pac Div, Max Minelli, Ampichino & Tha Jacka
Flavor Flav and Tony Yayo will appear on Greg Nice's solo debut, Akron, Ohio's Ampichino links again with Tha Jacka, Pac Div rocks NYC, and Baton Rouge connects
Cover Art & Single Unveiled From Devin The Dude's "Gotta Be Me"
Exclusive: DX premiers the first single and cover art from November 2's Devin album, which is the second LP this year from the Coughee Brotha.
Jim Jones, Doug E. Fresh, Others Included In New Converse Campaign
The "Greatest Entertainer" and "Capo Status" are involved in Converse's "The Procession" campaign, shot by Antoine Fuqua.
Black Rob Will Announce New Deal October 19, For Spring 2011 Release
B.R. has a retail mixtape he's at work on, due next March, but will announce his post-Bad Boy Records home in mid-October.
J. Cole Crosses The Country With 35 City U.S. Tour
This Friday, the Roc Nation star will start in Alabama, and cross the country by December 5.
Former Death Row Records Artist SKG Publishes Memoir
Having appeared on 2Pac's "Until The End of Time" LP and Tha Dogg Pound's "2002," Helecia Choyce releases a book speaking on Nipsey Hussle, Jim Jones and Jeezy.
