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Astronomy Class ‘Where You At?’ Video
Astronomy Class are out with the video to their new single ‘Where You At?’, featuring Vida-Sunshyne & Kween G (KillaQueenz), off the Sydney, Australia hip hop group’s new album ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’, dropping May 2nd on Elefant Traks. Watch the Pradeep Senanayake directed video below.
Shyne Feels Connection To Bill Gates
Jamal ‘Shyne’ Barrow tells XXL magazine he feels a strange connection to Microsoft multibillionaire Bill Gates. “I never seen nobody on this Earth that don’t go through it,” he explained in a prison interview. “Bill Gates is gettin’ washed up by Apple and Google and all those dudes right now, and he’s doin’ nothing. Gotta [...]
Jay-Z To Visit Shyne Today
The New York Daily News reports new Def Jam boss Jay-Z will be visiting his incarcerated artist, Shyne at Rikers Island today.
50 Cent And Others Arrested After Vibe Awards
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According to K-Sly of 100.3 The Beat, 50 Cent was arrested after the Vibe Awards erupted in violence last night. As most of you know, Dr. Dre was attacked backstage right before he was supposed to recieve his “Lifetime Achievement Award”! The G-Unit was also backstage and if you know 50, you know he [...]
From Rap Buzz To Bust
Jim Farber of the New York Daily News profiled the trouble Mase and Shyne experienced in album sales with their latest efforts, ‘Welcome Back’ and ‘Godfather Buried Alive’. Farber noted that both rappers’ material seemed behind the times, Shyne do to his incarceration and Mase do to being away from hip hop for so long [...]
Mase’s Older Way Of Thinking
Jamie Foster Brown of Sister 2 Sister magazine caught up with Mase and asked the rapper about how he acts like he’s in his 40s. “People always tell me I act like a young, grown man,” Mase admitted. “I’ve grown up around older people, so I just have an older way of thinking….from people knowing [...]
Def Jam Finds Shyne’s Crime Doesn’t Pay
The LA Times profiled Shyne’s disappointing sales for ‘Godfather Buried Alive’, which has only cleared 354,000 copies since its August 10th release. Def Jam spent more than $4 million to sign, record and market ‘Godfather’, sources said. Based on sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, the company has recovered about $1.3 million of that investment. [...]
Candyman 187 Signs To Mob Life Records + Q&A
The industry has reached out to the streets for their newest artist. The streets responded with one of their best yet, his name Candyman 187.
At the age of 21, Candyman 187 has more stripes under his belt than most achieve in a life time. A product of the West and the East Coast, having spent [...]
Responses From 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks
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50 Cent & Lloyd Banks will be on Big Mike’s new mixtape ‘Professional Hood Sh**’ and they have a new diss track called ‘Yall ni99az Starvin’ going towards Shyne and Nas. 50 Cent responds to Shyne’s diss track on his album and Lloyd Banks responds to Nas who dissed him at an event. Also [...]
Shyne’s Godfather Buried Alive Continues To Hype The Machine
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While not perfect, Godfather Buried Alive should continue the hype machine for Shyne until his release from prison. With a new sense of hunger and an uncompromising truthfulness, Shyne Po just might be the next big emcee in this hip-hop game. Read the full review.
