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Thursday, August 09, 2001

Another Friday On The Way
Ice Cube will soon begin work on the third installment of the Friday movie series.
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Queen Latifah Backs Diabetes Campaign
Queen Latifah is lending her support to an initiative called Be Aggressive! Control Type 2 Diabetes.
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Suge Knight is Free!
The controversial head of Death Row was released from prison Monday night and reportedly headed straight to the studio.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2001

Bobby Digital to Hit the Screen
We at HipHopDX now think its official. A Rza has just singed director Chuck Wilson to work with him on the film.
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Underground Airplay Version 1.0
This new release from a Lyricist Lounge/Mark Ecko Colabo, will bring together a decade of pioneering Hip Hop voices.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2001

Ice-T Has Life Story Acted Out
TNN and will cover Ice T's life on the streets to his music career to acting career.
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Daz Files Lawsuit Against Death Row
Tha Dogg Pound's latest album, "2002," featuring Daz and Kurupt, on Death Row, hit shelves last week.
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Monday, August 06, 2001

Foxy Brown vs. Radio
Lately, Foxy has been embroiled in verbal altercations in her largest markets, New York and Philadelphia.
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Copasetik Records Releases
Rasco, drop his new album "Hostile Environment" on August 14th, featuring artists Bahamadia, Ed O.G. and more.
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Guru Album Coming Soon
The album has been given a release date of September 11th on Guru's own label, Ill Kids records.
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Friday, August 03, 2001

Simon Says: "No more samples."
Rawkus is having to remove all versions of the Pharoahe Monch song Simon Says from shelves.
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MC Hammer to Launch New Label
The poster boy for fallin off is making a comeback, and will shortly be launching his own label, and a new album.
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Thursday, August 02, 2001

Kardi cleans up at Urban Music Awards
Toronto's Kardinal Offishall won three awards at Urban X-Posure 2001, held Wednesday night in Toronto.
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Automator Hard At Work
Super-producer Dan the Automator is busy working on several big-name indie projects right now.
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Former Rap Star Arraigned by NY court
Play, of Kid N' Play, has been called to court to answer charges that he owes his ex-wife child support.
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BEP Band Goes Solo
The Black Eyed Peas' back-up band, The Beat Pharmacie, will be releasing its own album called Metropolis.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2001

Ras Kass Disses Alchemist on New LP
Due to the controversey over a beat, Ras Kass has taken a shot at Alchemist.
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Rawkus Sued Over Uncleared Sample
Pharoahe Monch's hit single, "Simon Says" used a uncleared sample, now Rawkus is getting sued over it.
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Nas disses Jay-Z, Beanie and Others
On Hot 97 Nas took some well placed shots at his various enemies in a rhyme.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2001

DMX Squares Up In Court
The last charge stems from a February 9th incident whereby the rapper showed up more than two weeks late.
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