Steve Baltin
Snoop Dogg, Usher Got Game
Some of music's biggest names, including Snoop Dogg, Usher, David Banner, Good Charlotte's Benji Madden and Brandy, got a chance to show off their basketball skills Sunday as they took to the hardwood to participate in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which benefits youth charities
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Russell Simmons Has a Nose for Charity
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons kicked off BET Awards week in L.A. with a soiree at the W Hotel that brought out Courtney Love and actresses Rebecca Gayheart and Jeri Ryan, among others. In addition to benefiting the nonprofit organization Women for the World, the party launched Simmons' new fragrance, Phat Farm.
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David Banner Gives Snoop Dogg Treats
"It's going to be really hard for people next year. I'm coming," a smiling David Banner told AOL Music News last night at L.A.'s House of Blues, where he joined tennis player Serena Williams and former Destiny's Child members Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, among others, for a sold-out T...
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Ice Cube Back in the Game With Lil Jon
"I felt ferocious," says Ice Cube about returning to the rap game after a six year hiatus. "I couldn't wait to get back into hip-hop and work with Lil Jon."
Speaking at rehearsals for the BET Awards, Cube said the long wait for his new album, 'Laugh Now, Cry Later,' released earlier this month, was due to movie obligations...
Three 6 Mafia Will Always Have Paris (Hilton)
Academy Award-winning rappers Three 6 Mafia want people to know they're available for any movie Hollywood wants to send their way.
"We can do anything for any movie. We have talent. Any movie we can write a song for, rock 'n' roll, country, we're not just rap...
Kurupt Teams With Snoop, Tyrese
Backstage at rehearsals for the BET Awards in L.A, rapper/actor Kurupt revealed that he's been keeping busy of late in both fields.
"I just did a movie with Darryl Hannah called 'Vice,'" he said. "And Snoop and DJ Kool are working on the Dogg Pound movie," another flick in which he'll star.
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Jurassic 5 ‘Work It Out’ With Dave Matthews
Jurassic 5 will drop their fourth album, 'Feedback,' on July 25, with a guest appearance from Dave Matthews on the lead single, 'Work It Out.' The L.A. hip-hop crew say the evolution of Matthews from fan and friend to musical collaborator was very organic
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Hot Movie for LL Cool J
Rapper/actor/all-around busy dude LL Cool J continues to live up to the role. On the carpet of the MTV Movie Awards, LL told us that he has a new movie coming this summer called 'Slow Burn,' co-starring Ray Liotta, Taye Diggs and Jolene Blalock
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Ludacris Crazy for Gnarls
Last week was a good one for Chris "Ludacris" Bridges. First, the rapper-actor won the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him and Kanye West for the 2003 hit 'Stand Up.' Then, to celebrate, he hit the town in L.A. for the MTV Movie Awards, stopping by twice Friday at the House of Hype, a palatial estate up in Beverly Hills turned into a gifting house for talent by day and night