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CHRIS BROWN’S EUROPEAN TOUR CANCELED DUE TO DENIED ENTRY

It’s been reported that singer Chris Brown has been denied access into Europe, which has resulted in all of his shows being cancelled. Brown issued an apology to his fans  via Twitter which said, “SORRY to all the fans in europe!!! my tour is cancelled. I’m pretty sure y’all know. my entry was denied in your country. I love you. SORRY!!” So he’s been denied entry in to every European country? hmmmm I smell a case of poor ticket sales.

BAD BOY RECORDS PRODUCER INVITES UP AND COMING MUSIC TALENT TO SUBMIT NEW MATERIAL…. BUT IT WILL COST YOU!

A songwriting friend of mine informed me the other day that she came across Bad Boy Entertainment producer Amadeus’ (real name Antwan Thompson) website, where he encourages up and coming song writers, male/female artists and producers to submit their material to him. But there is a catch! That catch being SUBMISSION FEES. Amadeus who “is a multi-platinum Bad Boy Hitmen record producer, music director musician and is the CEO of Platinum Boy Music Inc”, claims that once material (and payment) is submitted []

D’ANGELO RELEASES STATEMENT

Singer D’Angelo was arrested over the weekend for allegedly soliciting an undercover police woman, and has now released a statement addressing the matter… “We know there is a lot of speculation in regard to the arrest of D’Angelo in New York City this past weekend. We would like his fans and the public at large to know that D’Angelo has plead not guilty — and is contesting the allegations made against him. Also know that he is in good health and extremely excited []

VIDEO: ESTELLE FT KARDINAL OFFISHALL / ESTELLE DEFENDS ‘BLACK FACE’ SHENANIGANS

After a snippet of the video for Freak was released online last week some of us were outraged.You see Estelle deciding to sport a black boot polish look didn’t go down to well. But the singer doesn’t see what all the fuss is about and says, “Those comments were the first thing I saw after we released the video trailer,” Estelle said. “It’s like, ‘Are you joking?’” “I think [people] need to wait to see the clip. I could defend myself, but it’s just []

MALAWI MOVES VILLAGERS FOR MADONNA SCHOOL

Via AFP “The district commissioner for Lilongwe told the villagers to move off the land and (make) way for the construction of the academy because it was government land reserved for development projects,” an official from the commissioner’s office told AFP by telephone. The official, who did not want to be named, said district commissioner Charles Kalemba told the nearly 200 villagers that they were lucky to have been “compensated for the houses, gardens and fruit trees.” Kalemba, accompanied by officials from []

UK NEWS: AKON SET TO HOST EVENING SHOW ON CAPITAL FM

The Guardian reports today that AKON will present a weekly Saturday evening show on 95.8  Capital FM. The singer will present his first show this Saturday between 7pm and 9pm. Click here to read more… Well.. well..well… I never saw this coming… Does anyone know why Capital’s top executives chose AKON? Enquiring minds would like to know….

REGGAE STAR BUJU BANTON ON FEDERAL COCAINE CHARGES

If he is in fact guilty of this then I just have one question for Buju – What the HELL were you thinking??? Via Allhiphop.com Celebrated reggae star Buju Banton is being detained in a federal Miami prison following his arrest last Thursday (December 10) on drug charges. Banton, real name Mark Anthony Myrie, was booked with another unidentified man after a surveillance camera caught them in the process of a drug transaction. Authorities claim to have found the singer with 5 kilos of []

UK NEWS: ROCK BAND ARRESTED AT GUN POINT AFTER COUNCIL CCTV OFFICIAL MISTAKES MUSIC EQUIPMENT FOR HAND GUN

Brixton based rock band The Thirst has received an apology from the police force after a CCTV operator falsely informed them that the men had a handgun in their car.   Via The Mail Online A police force has apologised after 30 armed officers in a fleet of vehicles and a helicopter swooped on innocent band members as they prepared for a gig. Staffordshire Police held four members of The Thirst at gunpoint, along with their manager and a friend – after a council CCTV []

ICE CUBE AND BOW WOW SET TO STAR IN NEW FILM ‘LOTTERY TICKET’

Ice Cube Rapper Bow Wow and rapper/actor Ice Cube will star in the new film comedy entitled Lottery Ticket. According to Digital Spy  music video director Erik White is on board to steer the movie, which is about a young man in the projects who holds a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million. He must rebuff attempts from his opportunistic neighbour to steal the ticket over the weekend. Abdul Williams wrote the script for the comedy, which has moved from its original home at Rogue []