Snoop Dogg organized a gathering Wednesday for West Coast peace and unity making clear that it was more business meeting than peace summit:
“It was me relaying to them that the banging in the business ain’t making us no money . . . If we come together and move as one unit, money will be there and the opportunity to shine will be there. … What it’s all about is saying, ‘I’m from the West Coast, you’re from the West Coast, let me get your number, we could probably do some music together.’ “

Trick Daddy will host Dunk Rider Radio with Trick Daddy for XM Satellite Radio from his home studio while Grand Master Flash will be doing a weekly show for Sirius.

Paid, Inc’s Celebrity Services division has announced an agreement to provide fan club services for Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.

Dwango Wireless will offer Rap Olympics ringtones under the Rolling Stone Ringtones brand.

Warner Music and P. Diddy officially announced their “50-50 joint venture” yesterday. The Associated Press offers additional details.

The Rosa Parks lawsuit against Outkast has been settled out of court.

Look, it’s an iPod DJ Mixer!

Rajeev Bajaj’s Geek Rhythms proengineering hip hop cd continues its spread through the culture with a distribution agreement with Hapi Skratch Entertainment and an appearance in XXL. Check My Experiments With Music for more details.

M-Four International has signed a Master Franchise Agreement with Halls of HipHop, Inc. to launch at least 100 HipHopSodaShops in Canada over the next three years.

Jurassic 5 have created a theme song for the character The Thing in Activision’s Fantastic Four videogame.