Remember Poot from HBO’s The Wire? Well, he left the Barksdale crew and after a stint at the local B’More Foot Locker, he’s now trying his hand at rapping. Tray Chaney, who played Poot, joined forces with Jazz from Dru Hill for his new single called “Dilemma”. He wants to know what […]

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Atlanta rapper Yung Joc joins the ranks of rappers who try their hand at running record labels. He launched his own label called Swagg Team Entertainment to be distributed by Jive Records. The first artists to be released on the label is a Chicago rap group named Hotstylez. Joc said he […]

I spotted this on Perezhilton.com who posted the song in honor of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s alleged nuptials.
The song is a remix of Mariah Carey’s hit “Touch My Body” called “Retouch My Body” and it is hee-larious! I actually like this version better than the original because Jackie is spittin’ the truth about […]

This is the first single off Janelle Monáe’s debut CD on Bad Boy.
LISTEN:
Many Moons by Janelle Monáe (Windows player)
Many Moons (Real player)

Earlier today, I posted a YouTube video of a promising young talent on the rise in the ATL by the name of Phatfffat, real name Dondria Nicole. I first heard about her through a friend over at Empire Ent. who told me that Jermaine Dupri had signed a female singer who was Tha Truth.
I […]

JD’s artist, singer Phatfffat finally got her bejeweled So So Def mascot chain from her boss JD. Phatfffat can blow but she’s no Monica.
EDITED: to add link to Phatfffat’s YouTube channel. Shouts to Quan for the link!

Remember Nikki Jane who I profiled in my Bubblin’ Under section back in February? She performed live before a packed house at Sugar Hill on March 14. The sound quality is awful, but the 17-year-old’s super sized talent still manages to shine through.
The occasion was her older sister Kim Burse’s 40th birthday celebration, […]

This is my song off Rocko’s debut CD “Self Made”. Yea, I know it isn’t the Official video, but it will do until the label decides to stop playing and shoot the real video already.
Shout outs to Majesty of Street Knowledge Media for the link!

Well, Day 26 has done the impossible: the group’s debut album “Day 26″ is the #1 album in the country with about 190,000 units sold. How did that happen? How does a manufactured group sell more units in its first week than the legend Janet Jackson?
How does Janet hold her head up after […]

Yesterday I spoke with R&B diva Keyshia Cole by phone. She said the video she shot with the ATL hip hop trio C-SIDE was ready.
This video was part of the 4 videos I told you she filmed last month. But the videos weren’t all shot in Hawaii as I originally thought. “Boyfriend/Girlfriend” […]

Edited to reflect the fact that Rocko wasn’t involved in the scuffle with a NY Times reporter.
Thanks to Shawn Smith at Wiredset.com for sending this video of the bitch made Tony Yayo interviewing Rocko Da Don during his visit to the G Unit camp.
If you recall, Yayo was recently sentenced to 10 days community service […]

I don’t know about you guys, but I have grown wary of those painfully boring MTV Making of the Band groups. The television viewing audience is not stupid. No matter how cute you dress it up - we know fake when we see it.
But finally someone gets the concept right. Jermaine Dupri […]