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Wednesday, August 15, 2001

HHDX News Bits
News on Black Thought, Cormega, Black Thought, Chino XL and others.
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Death Row Re-named 'Tha Row'
Following the steps of the Puffy marketing name change maneuver, Suge Knight is conducting his own version.
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Album 2 for Jermaine Dupri
As we all expected Jermaine Dupri is scheduled to drop his sophomore album, "Instructions", in the month of October.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2001

Mr. Smith Goes To Court
LL Cool J is coming under legal fire for his song 1997 "4, 3, 2, 1.
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Mos Def Has Plenty More Left
The mighty, mighty Mos Def is planning to do his thing in 2k1, like there's no time left..
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Monday, August 13, 2001

Wyclef Jean takes
"Shottas" also stars Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell and Louie Rankin, with a cameo by boxer Lennox Lewis.
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Eastern Conference Leaves Rawkus
Among the rumors of a Rawkus/DefJam merger, Eastern Conference leaves Rawkus to sing a new distribution deal.
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Lil' Bow Wow Heads to Court
Li'l lyricist Lil Bow Wow will be joined by boy band O-Town to open the US Open. The Kids' Day will be broadcast on CBS on August 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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Friday, August 10, 2001

Chali 2na, Cut Chemist leaves Ozomatli
Ozomatli recently played a show without their original emcee and DJ, who quit working more on J5.
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Biggie to appear on Michael Jackson Album
Apparently Notorious BIG will kick a verse from the grave on Michael Jackson's new album.
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Priority Records goes Down the Tubes
Priority Records is being disbanded and merged with the Capitol Records division of EMI.
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Thursday, August 09, 2001

Another Friday On The Way
Ice Cube will soon begin work on the third installment of the Friday movie series.
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Queen Latifah Backs Diabetes Campaign
Queen Latifah is lending her support to an initiative called Be Aggressive! Control Type 2 Diabetes.
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Suge Knight is Free!
The controversial head of Death Row was released from prison Monday night and reportedly headed straight to the studio.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2001

Bobby Digital to Hit the Screen
We at HipHopDX now think its official. A Rza has just singed director Chuck Wilson to work with him on the film.
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Underground Airplay Version 1.0
This new release from a Lyricist Lounge/Mark Ecko Colabo, will bring together a decade of pioneering Hip Hop voices.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2001

Ice-T Has Life Story Acted Out
TNN and will cover Ice T's life on the streets to his music career to acting career.
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Daz Files Lawsuit Against Death Row
Tha Dogg Pound's latest album, "2002," featuring Daz and Kurupt, on Death Row, hit shelves last week.
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Monday, August 06, 2001

Foxy Brown vs. Radio
Lately, Foxy has been embroiled in verbal altercations in her largest markets, New York and Philadelphia.
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Copasetik Records Releases
Rasco, drop his new album "Hostile Environment" on August 14th, featuring artists Bahamadia, Ed O.G. and more.
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