Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s widow is not happy with plans to use her husband’s image in hologram form. Apparently, the Rock The Bells festival has been discussing the possibility of resurrecting ODB on stage by creating a hologram of the late Wu-Tang rapper, who passed away in 2004. The late rapper’s widow, Icelene Jones, is far from happy with the fact that the hologram has been discussed by the annual festival’s organizers without consulting her on the subject.
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50 Cent reflected on the past recently. Speaking to HardKnockTV, the G-Unit captain spoke candidly about his role in the crew, and the mistakes he felt he had made. 50 explained that he was responsible for keeping the fans and public aware of the other members of G-unit, despite his own career taking off in such a successful way. “A lot of people here may not know every member of D-12 by name or every member of the St. Lunatics,” he continued.
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Dr. Dre has revealed that he is planning some extensive studio time.The release of Dre’s near-mythic “Detox” album is a constant source of speculation in the world of Hip-Hop. Now, Dr. Dre has said that he is certainly about to put in a lot of studio time. Dre now has his own programme running at USC and he told LA Weekly that he was ready to return to his first love, recording.
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Although he just previewed some of the most uncompromisingly dark and aggressive rap music of the year, it seems Kanye West has his heart set on getting the goofball rap stylings of Will Smith back in the game. While doing press for his upcoming sci-fi epic After Earth (which BE WARNED is directed by M. Night Shyamalan), the Academy Award nominee let the bomb drop about his potential return to rap.
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Chris Brown has yet another legal problem to deal with, after crashing his car in Los Angeles near Toluca Lake. The accident happened an hour or so ago … The photog tells us Chris was driving his Range Rover with his GF du jour Karrueche Tran, when he rear-ended a Mercedes.
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Chris Kelly — one half of the iconic rap group Kris Kross — died Wednesday in Atlanta after he was found unconscious at his Georgia home. He was 34. Kelly was pronounced dead around 5:30PM EST at the south campus of the Atlanta Medical Center.
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