Ice Cube Interview On Good Day New York

Ice Cube is in town promoting the L.A. Raiders documentary 'Straight Out Of LA' which is premiering tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

Dr. Dre Confirms 'Detox' To Be Released In 2010 & Talks Headphones With CNBC's Maria Bartiromo

CNBC's Maria Bartiromo pulled it out of Dr. Dre that Detox is coming this year, with the lead track being 'Under Pressure' with Jay-Z.

According to Rolling Stone, it's 'plausible' that Jay-Z may debut the track at the Coachella Music Festival on April 16, with Dr. Dre (?) let's see.

(as seen on RS & Nahright)

Big Boi Talks New Def Jam Deal And 'Sir Luscious Left Foot, Son Of Chico Dusty'

Big Boi Sir Luscious Left Foot, Son Of Chico Dusty on Island/Def Jam coming soon!

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With OutKast's Big Boi finally inking a deal with Def Jam last week to release his Sir Luscious Left Foot solo album, the rapper sat down with Gyant Unplugged to discuss his past and present label situations, as well as future endeavors.

"It was a lot of behind the scenes, label politics, basically." said Big Boi in the video interview. "A lot of people don't know, we started at LaFace Records with LA Reid, a very creative mind. He definitely gave us an avenue to make the music we wanted to make."

Big Boi went on to explain LaFace's acquisition by another company with whom he didn't have a personal relationship. However, Jive finally allowed Big Boi to make a move to Def Jam. "Just recently, as of maybe three weeks ago, they gave me the opportunity to take the album elsewhere. I called my big brother LA Reid, he said, 'Meet me in Miami.' The next day, we flew to Miami, played him the music, he said, 'Let's do it,' [and the] deal
is done."

Describing himself "Happy as hell," Big Boi allayed any ideas that he may be concerned with Def Jam's perceived lack of present-day marquee artists. "I'm not even concerned with nothing but me. People might say [Def Jam] doesn't have any hot artists, but he got the number one record with Ludacris' last week...My album is a musical nuclear bomb, and we finna drop it."

(video courtesy of Gyant Unplugged)

Usher Interview On ABC's Nightline

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In anticipation of his new studio album, "Raymond v. Raymond," five-time Grammy winner Usher sat down with "Nightline" to share personal reminiscences and talk about musical influences.

And for the first time, Usher opened up about how hard it was emotionally to sing at Michael Jackson's funeral.

Usher will perform in front of a live audience on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, March 30, the same day his new album is released. CLICK HERE to find out how you can attend!

Here are some thoughts he had about his life.

Usher On BET's 106 & Park

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Usher Raymond V Raymond on LaFace/Jive/Zomba arrives March 30

Estelle Interview On BET's '106 & Park' Promoting Rip The Runway Telecast

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Trey Songz On Meeting The Commander-In-Chief Barack Obama Fuse TV Interview

Fuse TV's Hip Hop Shop with Trey Songz full interview airs tonight.

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Raekwon FUSE TV's 'The Hip Hop Shop' Interview

Shot on Thursday, February 18 aired Wednesday, February 24. Raekwon talks ODB influence on him and Wu-Tang Clan.

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Quincy Jones & Lionel Richie 'We Are The World' 2010 Larry King Interview

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Maxwell Explains His Departure And Come Back

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CNN: While you were away, it was easy to think you were gone because of something troublesome.

Maxwell: When there's no information, people create whatever they want.

CNN: You're very mysterious.

Maxwell: Am I?

CNN: People don't know a whole lot about your life, except for what you write in lyrics.

Maxwell: I feel like there's a healthy separation, and I think that it really helps me to have something to say and to not make a spectacle of my day-to-day.
I'm not big on reality shows, when they know what toothbrush you use and what soap; all those things that are commonplace now in terms of how people sort of see celebrities. I feel like I'm real old-school that way. I love mystique.
I love people like Harrison Ford. He'll make his movies, and then he'll go do his thing, and I think people just leave him to himself. I've seen celebrities -- and I'm talking about big-time people -- literally get off a plane, grab their own luggage, rent a car and drive themselves home.
I love the fact that I don't always have to be "on" for my friends. And then when it's time to get on stage, it's that other person that kind of comes into the formation. I like those two distinctive worlds.

More of the complete interview here:
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Snoop Talks Brand Identity On CNBC With Maria Bartiromo

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The interview will run the week of Snoop's release 'Malice N Wonderland' on December 8.

Black Eyed Peas On German TV Show Wetten Dass...?

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RZA On Bonnie Hunt Daytime Talk Show

RZA Shows Us The Wu Wisdom With 'The Tao of Wu'

RZA's new book 'The Tao Of Wu'

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Time: In The Tao of Wu, you lay out your very unique worldview. I lost track of all the elements involved, which include traditional Islam, Taoism, Buddhism, chess and numerology. If you only had a minute to tell someone about your beliefs, what would you say?

RZA: First of all, the tao means the way. And there are many ways to get to a place as long as you stay on the path. So if you want to travel the way of Jesus, the way of the Prophet Mohammed, if you want to travel the way of Buddha or Bodhi Dama, if you want to travel the way of a great chess master like Kasparov or Fisher —any way you can reach self-enlightenment or self-worth works. Many great men have left paths for us. In the end, we are all searching for the same thing. We're just taking different routes to the same location.

Read more of RZA's Time Magazine interview here:
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bonus RZA on Colbert:

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BET Hip Hop Awards Show Coverage with Ice Cube + Photos and Show Reports

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ATLANTA — At the Atlanta Civic Center, Young Jeezy — who often has high-profile guests to join him onstage — pulled off a huge move during the BET Hip-Hop Awards, kicking off the show by bringing out surprise guest Jay-Z. Hov and Young opened the show with "As Real As It Gets," with the two hip-hop heavyweights going back and forth on verses. With the audience on their feet by song's end, Jeezy said, "Welcome to Atlanta."

Jay later took home the MVP of the Year award, beating out such popular peers as Lil Wayne and Drake. Hov dedicated his win to Mr. Magic, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube. "Brooklyn, we did it again," he said at the conclusion of his brief speech.

Read more of MTV's 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards Show coverage and more:
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The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards Show with host Mike Epps will broadcast at 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 on BET.

More information about the show visit BET's website:
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Keri Hilson Interview and Performance on GMTV London, UK with Video and Photos

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Jay-Z Interview on Swedish TV plus Press Conference photos

Thursday September 24 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Wu-Tang Clan: RZA talks Chamber Music with French TV

Le Wu-Tang Clan, Le RZA, Oui, oui!



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