NEWS: RZA, Nas , Black Moon, Nice & Smooth Shows

No, not all at the same show unfortunately. Here's a run down of upcoming Hip Hop shows in NYC for the next month.

12/18 Lupe Fiasco @ Irving Plaza, tix
12/19 Public Enemy @ Irving Plaza, tix
12/30 Public Enemy @ Warsaw, tix
12/21 Ja Rule @ B.B. King's, tix
12/21 Black Moon @ B.B. King's, info
12/22 Nice & Smooth @
12/23 Bone Thugs N Harmony @ B.B. King's, tix
12/26 Nas @ Hammerstein Ballroom,tix
12/27 The L.O.X. @ B.B. King's, tix
12/29 RZA @ Hiro Ballroom
12/30 Talib Kweli @ HighLine Ballroom, tix
01/12 Wu Tang Clan @ Hammerstein Ballroom, tix

NEWS: Busta, Remy, Lil' Wayne & Ja Rule All In Court Today

It's getting a little crowded in Legal Trouble Land for rappers. Four members of the Hip Hop community are in court today. Would this happen in any other genre of music?


Busta in happier times. Full set of photos here
"Grammy-winning rapper Busta Rhymes faced assault charges. Popular female rapper Remy Ma was accused of shooting and critically wounding a Bronx woman. Lil Wayne and Ja Rule made separate appearances on weapons charges." Read the full article here. Via
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NEWS: Ludacris As An Elfin

It takes a pretty big man to play an midget, especially if you're a rapper. Or an elf I guess, in the upcoming Vince Vaughn movie Fred Clause. Ludacris felt up for the part. I would've loved to see Ja Rule take this part.


Picture via Wooohah.

NEWS: Ja Rule Has Gays Over For Christmas

The folks over at Spinner asked Ja Rule about his recent controversial and ignorant statement on gay people.


S: How would you react if one of your kids told you that he or she was gay?
Ja Rule: That's their own preference. I'm going to love them regardless. I have relatives that are homosexuals and, you know, they come over for Christmas, hang out.

Read the full article here.

VIDEO: Ja Rule - Body

Unfortunately this video for Ja Rule's 'Body' is not going to be a hit.

NEWS: Ja Rule Thinks Gays Are To Blame For America's Demise

I remember DMX making a big stink about a stylist in San Francisco divulging that he had gay sex with Ja Rule. I guess Ja still feels the need to speak extremely and defensively on the topic.


"Gays are bad, I like women."
"....what's tearing up America, not me calling a woman a b--ch or a h-e on my rap songs."

"And if it is, then we need to go step to Paramount, and f--king MGM, and all of these other motherf--kers that's making all of these movies and we need to go step to MTV and Viacom, and lets talk about all these f--king shows that they have on MTV that is promoting homosexuality, that my kids can't watch this sh-t," he continued. "Dating shows that's showing two guys or two girls in mid-afternoon. Let's talk about s--t like that! If that's not f--king up America, I don't know what is." Full article over at SOHH.