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Snoop Dogg Denied Entry Into Australia
Posted April 25, 2007 |
Snoop Dogg has been banned in yet another country -- this time it's Australia.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews spoke on Sydney radio Thursday morning (April 26) confirming that he would not grant the 35-year-old rapper (real name: Calvin Broadus) a visa to enter the country, coming after recent drug and [...] |
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An Intelligent Commentary: Cam’ron on ‘60 Minutes’
Posted April 24, 2007 |
This is an opinion piece penned by rapper Wise Intelligent, of the legendary trio, Poor Righteous Teachers. Its views do not neccessarily reflect the views of BallerStatus.com or its staff.
Now that hip-hop has become the fall guy and girl for teaching old ass Don Imus how to say "nappy-headed wench," oops I mean "hoe," and [...] |
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Home Of Tony Yayo’s Mother Sprayed With Bullets
Posted April 20, 2007 |
Bullets riddled the Queens home of the mother of rapper Tony Yayo on Wednesday night (April 18), which the family believes was related to Yayo's recent arrest for assaulting a rival music mogul's 14-year-old son.
"I think they did it to send a message, but we are innocent people," said Yayo's 32-year-old sister. "Either me or [...] |
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Gunfire Errupts On Set Of Spider Loc Video Shoot
Posted April 19, 2007 |
Gunfire errupted during a recent video shoot for G-Unit's Spider Loc in Compton, California, for his single, "Blutiful."
During the LaMarck Film directed video shoot, at least 12 shots were fired very close by the set, prompting individuals on the set to duck and run for cover.
Although, during a video caught of the incident, it seemed [...] |
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Jim Jones Launches DipSkate Team
Posted April 16, 2007 |
In early 2006, Diplomat Records co-CEO Jim Jones announced his sponsorship venture with DipSkate, a Freestyle Rolling team headed by Calvin Sayles and Ramelle Knight. Already fulfilling a multitude of roles in his career, including recording artist, producer, executive, and video director, Jones and his Harlem-based crew The Diplomats have partnering with the newest phenomenon [...] |
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Rapper Romeo To Join USC’s Trojans Basketball Team
Posted April 16, 2007 |
Rapper Romeo, son of rap mogul Master P, is reportedly putting his music career on hold to play college basketball. According to Fox Sports, Percy "Romeo" Miller committed to USC coach Tim Floyd and his Trojans on Friday (April 13), where he is expected to play and attend school.
The 17-year-old rapper showed up on Friday [...] |
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Rapper/Poet Sage Francis Inspires Exhibition From Rising Artist Inkymole
Posted April 13, 2007 |
After a successful run in London, poet, activist and cultural provocateur Sage Francis is taking an exhibition of images inspired by the rapper to Manhattan in May.
Titled "If A Girl Writes Off The World," the exhibition was created by British illustrator and lettering artist Inkymole (real name: Sarah Coleman), which took two years of sweat [...] |
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Rumored Mother Of Jay-z’s Secret Son Speaks Out
Posted April 12, 2007 |
Rumors circulating about Jay-z being unfaithful to his girlfriend Beyonce have circulated for some time now. Most recently, a rumor has been getting around about the rapper conceiving a child with Trinidadian model Shenelle Scott. |
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Yung Berg Tells His ‘Sexy Lady’ It’s Time To Move On
Posted April 11, 2007 |
No matter how sexy a lady is, for a young man on the come up, it's hard for him to not give in to temptation, so it's time to move on. Nobody knows this better than rapper Yung Berg. With his quickly rising single, "Sexy Lady," beginning to catch on, it seems as though others [...] |
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A&Rs & Gangsta Music Are Killing Our Children
Posted April 10, 2007 |
Are the A&Rs scared to reject a gangsta rapper's demo when they reveiw it or get approached by them in desperate manner to get a music contract? Are the A&Rs that ignorant to keep signing gansta rappers after the market is flooded with this detrimental music? We know children are influenced by what they hear [...] |
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Diddy Addresses Rumors Of Danity Kane’s Aubrey Being Pregnant
Posted April 6, 2007 |
While he's been on tour in Europe with Snoop Dogg, Diddy has been heavy in the rumor mills for possibly getting Danity Kane member, Aubrey O'Day, pregnant. But as soon as he returned, he decided to clear the air.
In a recent interview on Miss Info's Hot 97 morning show, the music mogul addressed the rumors, [...] |
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EMI To Remove Copyright Protection From Online Songs
Posted April 5, 2007 |
Record company, EMI, announced Monday (April 2) that they will ditch anti-piracy software on its digital music, becoming the first music major to do so and taking big risks to do so.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the anti-piracy software major labels have utilized to fight against illegal downloading for years -- some say it has [...] |
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Three 6 Mafia Become Playboy.com’s Latest Celebrity Guest Photographers
Posted April 5, 2007 |
As they gear up for their reality show on MTV, Three 6 Mafia is making their rounds and their latest stop is at PlayBoy.com.
The Memphis, Tennessee duo hit Playboy's Santa Monica studio recently getting behind the cameras for an after-hours photo session as celebrity guest photographers.
Juicy J was the first to get behind the camera [...] |
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50 Cent Not Pleased With Young Buck, Says He’s In The Same Place As The Game
Posted April 4, 2007 |
Despite efforts by Young Buck to dead the beef between the G-Unit camp and The Game, he may have dug a hole for himself. After hearing about it, G-Unit head 50 Cent isn't happy.
50 spoke out about Buck's attempts to mend relationships with Game on New York's Hot 97 radio station Wednesday morning (April 4), [...] |
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Second Coming
Posted April 3, 2007 |
In an interesting discussion with Layzie Bone, BallerStatus gets the real behind why the group has been able to maintain a hardcore fanbase, why they feel "Bone never fell off," and the various setbacks they've dealt with in their 10 plus years in the game. |
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Snoop Dogg’s Wife, Shante Broadus, Holds First Annual Easter Event
Posted April 3, 2007 |
Snoop Dogg's wife, Shante Broadus, is putting some major effort together to make sure some special young people are happy on Easter.
Broadus -- founder of Boss Lady Entertainment -- will be hosting the First Annual Boss Lady Entertainment Easter Celebration at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles on Saturday (April 7), where several young people [...] |
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Black Milk: Detroit’s Golden Child
Posted April 2, 2007 |
Detroit's golden boy takes a minute from his busy schedule to tell Ballerstatus.com how he's handling the situation. |
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Murs’ Paid Dues Festival Sells Out, Reveals Problems During First Event
Posted March 28, 2007 |
"I almost lost my ass on the first Paid Dues," said a concerned Murs, looking back on 2006's first Paid Dues music festival.
To fans who attended the event at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, it might not have seemed that way, but little did they know, the days leading up to the event, Murs and Guerilla [...] |
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Ne-Yo Soul
Posted March 26, 2007 |
As he prepares for the release of his eagerly awaited sophomore album, the modern-day Renaissance man took a break from his two-pronged assault on the charts to holler at Ballerstatus. |
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