Noted producer Static Major, real name Stephen Garrett, passed away yesterday in a Louisville, KY hospital.
As a member of Playa, Static began his musical career under the tutelage of Jodeci’s DeVante Swing, and formed kinships with fellow members of DeVante’s Swing Mob such as Missy Elliott, Timbaland, and Ginuwine. No autopsy has been performed, […]

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Queen of Dance, Ciara and other stars of the Hip Hop world came together yesterday for the 5th Annual Hip Hop Summit Action Network’s Action Awards. HHSAN was founded by Russell Simmons and Benjamin Chavis to sponsor voting initiatives among young African Americans. In its first three years, HHSAN registered […]

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The rumors that plagued Young Jeezy’s “Make Your Dreams Come True” contest will be settled tonight when Jeezy makes a North Carolina woman’s wish come true.
Rumor had it that Jeezy, real name Jay Jenkins, refused to grant contest winner Tamara Jenkins-Wilson’s wish for a wheelchair accessible van to transport her disabled son because he […]

A 2006 photo of presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed as an old woman in Somali nomadic robes has sparked a new controversy in the race for the White House. Senator Obama’s camp believes the photo was forwarded to Drudgereport.com by Senator Hillary Clinton in an attempt to smear Obama.
Senator Clinton has fallen behind Obama […]

Janet Jackson’s album Discipline drops today. In anticipation of her new CD, Janet took her promo tour to the kids on 106 & Park yesterday. Janet performed on GMA this morning (sorry, I missed it), and she will make appearances on Ellen, Larry King and TRL. Discipline is expected to top the […]

Ne-Yo, Yung Joc, Rich Boy, Gorilla Zoe and Big Kuntry were in the house for Rick Ross‘ well-attended listening party at Patchwerk Studios in Atlanta. Rick Ross’ album Trilla drops March 11.

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Def Jam held a private listening party for Rick Ross tonight which was attended by industry executives, radio people and print media. The party was invitation only and not open to the public. So why was security and the police so heavy handed with industry professionals who packed into Patchwerk Studios […]

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Sean Combs was photographed behaving like a normal person yesterday. Paps caught Sean tossing a football around with his son Christian in an L.A. parking lot. Sean makes his television acting debut tonight in the remake of the acclaimed Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun.

Kevin Federline’s sperm receptacle Shar […]

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The Queen of dance, Ciara, was gracious enough to grant Sandrarose.com exclusive access to photograph her open call for backup dancers at Gotta Dance Atlanta studio last week. Ciara put out a call for “raw, fresh” dancers to go out on the road with her in support of […]

R&B Diva Monica responded to fake promotional banners being posted on popular urban message board and fan sites announcing her new single.
“Tell them those banners are fake,” said Monica who, along with her label J Records, are in the process of selecting the first single off her upcoming CD.
Monica told me a release date for […]

In addition to her spoof of MTV’s Sweet 16, which was God awful, Janet Jackson displays much better acting with her spoofs of Making the Band, Rob and Big, Tila Tequila and The Real World.

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The other day, while perusing my favorite magazine, I saw a full page ad for Kanji jeans which I mistook for Karl Kani jeans, since the name was so similar. Of course, it wasn’t Karl Kani’s jeans, but it made me wonder what ever happened to the entrepreneur who was savvy enough to […]