Hip Hop Marketing and Business News
Cease and Desist orders have been issued through legal representation of Monumental Musik Productions, the sole proprietorship owned by music producer Angelo “Lolo” Shepherd, to the networks citing that Wale “unlawfully used the instrumental without the authorization or silence in connection … [Read more...]
Rapper Gucci Mane will spend the next six months in Georgia prison after pleading guilty to two counts of battery, two counts of reckless conduct, and one count of disorderly conduct on Tuesday, September 14th. Mane was reported to have picked up a woman named Diana Graham at suburban Atlanta mall … [Read more...]
Words by: M Dee Dubroff Experimenting with social media can be like playing with matches. For Cleveland-born rapper, Machine Gun Kelly, activity on his Twitter account has led to his arrest for organizing a flash mob. The event took place in Strongsville, Ohio at the suburban Southpark Center … [Read more...]
Jon Connor’s tribute to the late rapper MC Breed, “Ain’t No Future”, has put the talented rapper in trouble. He is now facing a lawsuit filed by Breed’s widow, Natasha Breed, who is seriously committed to bringing him to court. Ms. Breed’s case is that by sampling her late husband’s … [Read more...]
The widow of late rapper Pimp C, Chinara Butler, is being sued by Rap-A-Lot Records about some of his unreleased recordings. According the lawsuit, Rap-A-Lot Records representatives have stated that Butler is withholding 10 master recordings of Pimp C’s music from the label. The lawsuit also … [Read more...]
