It seems like every day you open the music press and there’s some rapper getting into trouble or doing something contraversial. Here are the latest batch of crazy goings on in the world of rap.
Snoop is in trouble again after being charged with possessing a deadly weapon after he turned himself in following the incident at an airport in California where a 21 inch baton was found in his laptop bag as he tried to board a flight to San Francisco.
Snoop had claimed he didn’t know the weapon was illegal, as the charge carries a sentence of 3 years in jail. His problems with airports thus continue and he is due in court in December to answer to further weapon and drug possession charges.
On top of this, Snoop came up against some royalty, though this was unknown to him. At the bar in Copenhagen, Snoop got his crew to remove a group of men from the VIP area to get more women in, but didn’t realise one of the men was the Prince of Denmark.
Our next story concerns The Game, who has admitted to leaking his own album, the upcoming Doctor’s Advocate, onto the internet. He said: “I already leaked my album. I already leaked my shit so niggas know what it is now. All they got to wait for is the dirty version…You gotta do that. You gotta give people a sample. It’s like selling crack in the ‘hood, man. Anybody that ever sold drugs in the hood knows you gotta give a nigga a taste before they buy. I leaked ‘The Documentary’ the same time last year that I did this album. I got a formula.
Finally its Kanye and his monumental ego. At the recent European MTV video awards, he stormed onto the stage after french act Justice and Simian had picked up the award for best video for We Are Your Friends. Kanye, swearing as he got up on stage, said he deserved to win for his video Touch The Sky, because it cost a million dollars before telling everyone that if he didn’t win, “the awards show loses credibility”.
As we’d say at the football – Sit down, shut up.
The Flaming Lips tour of the UK hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts. Singer Wayne Coyne came out at the Brighton show asking the audience for information after the band had a number of personal belongings stolen from their dressing room.
A judge in Spain has caused controversy after saying a man couldn’t be prosecuted for file sharing, even though he did it without the permission of the owners of the content he was sharing.
You can check out preview tracks from the new Beatles‘ Love album at their website.
Good Shoes will be releasing their new single Photos On My Wall, on Christmas Day! In support of this somewhat strange release date, the group will be playing some UK dates, which are as follows:
Underground hip hop producer and currently darling of every other advert on tele [underground hip hop on an advert for stomach settlers just doesn’t seem right does it?] RJD2 has left New York based Definitive Jux [home to El-P, Aesop Rock and Mr Lif] to go on and sign for XL Recordings.
Kidda has recently updated and pimped out his myspace.
Legendary band Motörhead are out on tour in the UK this month, bringing the infamous “bomber” rig out of retirement. The gig will feature past and present members of the band, with Lemmy fronting the group, as always. The dates, which will include special guests, are:
Massive Attack are to play 2 benefit gigs in February of next year in aid of the HOPING Foundation, a charity which is support by private donors and public fundraising events.
The Cure are putting out a live DVD which has been filmed by the band, their crew and even some fans. Festival 2005 features footage shot during the group’s festival dates in Europe over last summer and will be released on December 5th. The tracklisting is: