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T-Pain Launches Digitial Only Label(Allhiphop.com)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Multi-platinum singer/producer T-Pain has launched a new independent record label that seeks to bypass the traditional label model, in an effort to connect directly with the consumer.

Starting with the release of “Beam Me Up,” the first single by marquee artist Tay Dizm, Nappy Boy Digital will deliver music exclusively via all major digital download retailers.

“My life and career so far has been about breaking barriers,” T-Pain told AllHipHop.com. “This label allows me to continue that by delivering hit songs in real time. No red tape, just good music. I’m excited about bringing music by new artists to people fresh out of the studio. Nappy Boy Digital is a dream come true for me.”

While Nappy Boy Digital will avoid traditional sales models, the label will continue to utilize traditional methods of promotions and marketing for its artists, including T-Pain himself, who currently holds the record for the largest number of ringtones sold at 15 million.

“You’ll hear us in the clubs and on radio too,” explained the rapper-turned-megastar, “but you can discover our tracks where people spend most of their time: online. I’m very proud to be out front on an idea like this.”

Tay Dizm, the label’s debut artist, gets an assist from not only T-Pain but fellow Floridian Rick Ross.

The Bangladesh-produced single “Beam Me Up” is currently available exclusively on iTunes, and is scheduled for a web-wide release at the end of June.

By Tai Saint Louis

T.I. Inks Three-Picture Deal With Screen Gems(Allhiphop.com)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Atlanta rap star T.I. has inked a deal multi-picture deal with Screen Gems and will star in three upcoming high profile movies.

T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., will star opposite of Matt Dillon and Idris Elba in the movie Bone Deep, a thriller based on a group of bank robbers who pull off one last daring bank heist.

According to Variety, Bone Deep will also be produced by T.I.’s Grand Hustle Entertainment, along with longtime partner Jason Geter.

The second movie is titled Boulevard and is currently in development, as is the third untitled movie starring.

The news comes amidst a flurry of business moves T.I. is making as he serves 1,000 hours of community service and prepares for a one-year prison sentence for possessing unregistered machine guns and silencers.

He was arrested after an undercover agent caught him purchasing the weapons shortly before an appearance at last year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.

T.I. will also star in his own upcoming untitled reality series on MTV, which documents the rapper’s life before he begins his prison sentence and releases his album Paper Trail.

By Roman Wolfe

T.I. Gets MTV Reality Show(Allhiphop.com)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Rapper T.I. will turn his legal issues into an untitled reality series that will air on MTV in early 2009.

According to Variety, MTV will follow the Grammy Award winning Atlanta rapper as he performs 1,000 hours of community service and readies for a one-year prison sentence, for possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers.

MTV has already ordered eight episodes of the series, which is being produced by Ish Entertainment and executive produced by Grand Hustle’s Jason Geter and T.I. himself.

"We began the conversations in the middle of deliberations over what would happen to him," Ish's Michael Hirschorn told Variety. "The original idea for the show had him staging a series of interventions in each episode with people in danger. But when we visited him under house arrest, it felt much bigger and more powerful than we anticipated."

The show will also document T.I. as he finishes and released his highly anticipated new album Paper Trail, which is due in stores in August.

T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., was arrested by agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last October, just hours before a performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

The rapper took a plea deal and was sentenced to a year in prison starting in 2009, fined $100,000 dollars and ordered to serve 1,000 hours of probation.

By Rudy West

Snoop Dogg Gets Animated In New DVD(Allhiphop.com)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Music from Snoop Dogg’s 2006 album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment will take on a new life, as the rapper unveils his mind state behind the multi-platinum release with an upcoming animated DVD.

The film, titled Snoop Dogg Presents Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, will feature an animated version of the Long Beach, California rapper, as he encounters skirmishes, run-ins and situations while traveling through the streets of Southern California.

"The movie will give you something to look at because when I was making this record I was real visual about it," Snoop Dogg said of the animated movie. “I had a cartoon mind while I was making it, so I just wanted to bring that to the light."

Music for Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet will be taken from Tha Blue Carpet Treatment album.

A number of rappers lend their voices to characters in the straight-to-DVD flick, including Nate Dogg, E-40, The Game, Cypress Hill member B-Real and comedians Mike Epps and Katt Williams.

Music videos from the animated feature will be available to purchase through iTunes in the coming weeks as well as Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment-themed content, which will be available through various mobile carriers.

Snoop Dogg Presents Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet is slated to debut on-demand at www.codeblacktv.com on June 24.

By Chris Richburg

Lil' Jon Launches New Crunk!!! Energy Drink(Allhiphop.com)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Lil’ Jon hopes to grab a bigger percentage of the energy drink market when his Crunk!!! Energy Drink launches a new citrus flavored line this summer.

While Lil’ Jon is on a recording hiatus as TVT Records goes through its bankruptcy proceedings, his Crunk!!! Energy Drink brand continues to grow.

The new lemon-lime flavored drink will debut in a new yellow and green can.

Also, Crunk!!! has expanded its distribution and can now be found in stores in Los Angeles, North Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

“We takin Crunk!!! to another level,” Lil’ Jon told AllHipHop.com. “Citrus is the best damn tasting energy drink you will ever have!”

In addition to a new multi-level marketing program to launch the new line, Lil’ Jon is also planning a Crunk!!! Girls 2009 calendar.

“With the continuing popularity of the pomegranate flavor Crunk!!!, we are thrilled to be introducing Crunk!!! Citrus to the market this summer,” added Tom Mahlke, President and CEO. “Crunk!!! Citrus is the only energy drink on the market with an all natural lemon-lime taste and the renowned Crunk!!! bite. The strong consumer demand is driving the success of the Crunk!!! brand, and is the reason we keep opening new markets on a regular basis.”

Crunk!!! Energy Drink was launched in 2004 by Lil’ Jon and beverage industry mogul Sidney Frank.

For more information visit: http://www.crunkenergydrink.com/

By Morris Moore

New York Governor Pardons Rapper Slick Rick(Allhiphop.com)

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Rapper Slick Rick was issued an official pardon by New York Governor David A. Paterson today (May 23), in a final attempt to prevent the pioneering rapper from being deported to the United Kingdom.

The 43-year-old rapper has been locked in a battle in Federal Immigration Court fighting deportation, due to a 1991 conviction on two counts of attempted murder and weapons offenses.

Slick Rick, born Ricky Walters, is facing deportation due to a federal statute that requires a lawful resident alien to be removed from the country upon conviction of an aggravated felony or a weapon offense.

In some cases, removal can be avoided with a Governor's pardon, but for a weapons offense, a non-citizen must still seek discretionary relief from deportation from the Federal Immigration Court.

"Mr. Walters has fully served the sentence imposed upon him for his convictions, had an exemplary disciplinary record while in prison and on parole, and has been living without incident in the community for more than 10 years," said Governor Paterson. "In that time, he has volunteered at youth outreach programs to counsel youth against violence, and has become a symbol of rehabilitation for many young people. Given these demonstrated rehabilitative efforts, I urge federal immigration officials to once again grant Mr. Walters relief from deportation, so that he is not separated from his many family members who are United States citizens, including his two teenage children."

Slick Rick was born in the U.K. but was lawfully admitted into the United States at age 11, where he was raised in the Bronx.

"My family and I are eternally thankful to Governor Paterson, my attorneys Michael Krinsky and Craig Kaplan at Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman and to all of the people who have supported me throughout the past seventeen years," Slick Rick told AllHipHop.com in a statement. "This has been a long and difficult road and I am happy for this to be settled once and for all. I look forward to enjoying this time with my family and friends and to continue leading an honest and productive life."

In 1991, the pioneering rapper fan afoul of the law, when during a dispute, he shot his cousin and an innocent bystander, both of whom survived the shooting.

The shooting was in response to a series of threats his cousin made that the rapper believed were going to be carried out, due to an alleged previous attempt on his life.

Walters, then 25, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder and weapons counts and was sentenced to 3-10 years in prison.

He served a total of five years and 33 days in prison, 33 days more than statutorily permitted for a waiver of inadmissibility.

Slick Rick was released from prison in 1997, but was jailed again in 2002, after performing on a Caribbean cruise ship, as he attempted to reenter the United States in Florida.

He was released from federal immigration prison in November of 2003, after serving a total of 17 additional months.

The Department of Homeland Security recently moved the case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit based in New York to the Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, although Slick Rick is expected to be tried in Florida, where he was originally arrested attempting to reenter the country.

By Nolan Strong