Dr. Dre Files Lawsuit Over The Chronic Royalties

Dr. Dre has filed a lawsuit against Death Row Records, the legendary record label he co-founded with Suge Knight.
Dre, born Andre Young, filed a federal lawsuit against the company that purchased Death Row out of bankruptcy, WideAwake-Death Row LLC.
According to the lawsuit, Dr. Dre has not seen any royalties from his groundbreaking hit album The Chronic since 1996, the year he left the label due to a strained relationship with Knight.
Death Row Records was put up for sale, when Knight lost a $107 million dollars default judgment to Michael and Lydia Harris.
The Harris’ claimed they invested $1 million dollars, but were cut out of profits by Knight.
WideAwake-Death Row Records LLC purchased the storied gangsta rap label and all of its assets for $18 million dollars during a sale in 2008.
Dre claims the new owners, who have issued releases and reissues by Snoop Dogg and Kurupt, are selling digital, remastered copies of The Chronic and The Chronic Re-Lit, both without his permission.
Ownership of the label is still in question.
In November of 2009, Laura Lavi, who claims to be the sole CEO of Wideawake-Death Row LLC., accused co-owners New Solutions Financials of diverting funds and assets illegally.

Samsung Is The Latest Company To Capitalize On MJ's Death

Sigh. Another day, another way for a major corporation to make a buck off the deceased Michael Jackson. On the same day the King of Pop’s former doctor pled not guilty to a manslaughter charge stemming from MJ’s death, Samsung announced that they’re planning to release a limited-edition Michael Jackson This Is It hard drive that comes preloaded with his final documentary, This Is It, that was released recently. The hard drive comes equipped with 500GB of space and a DRM-protected copy of This Is It on it. If you’re collecting Michael memorabilia, this might be a nice pickup. But at this rate, don’t expect the MJ goods to dry up anytime soon. Check for it here on Feb 24, for a retail of $123

GODFATHER: RELEASE DATE PUSHED

Just like promised by the godfather himself Nonini that the godfather album will be off the hook, the album is already outsold before the release date! Due to the high demand of the master piece album, the release date has been pushed to 11/2/2010 from the original release date of 9/2/2010. The godfather said: "Due to the high demand of the Godfather album,Management has decided to push the release date to Thursday 11/2/2010! Initially they had run 100,000 copies now they are running 500,000 copies. Pole for the slight delay people. THANKS FOR UR SUPPORT ALWAYS...." nonini is also set for a country wide tour for the album launch. keep it vibesarena for the tour dates.

Lil Wayne’s Feature Film Debut Goes Straight-to-DV

There’s good and bad news for fans waiting to see Lil Wayne in his feature film debut, Hurricane Season. The bad news is that the film, originally set for theatrical release in 2009 won’t hit theaters at all. The good news, though, is that the wait is over. The film has been slated for a straight-to-DVD release and will be available for purchase as soon as tomorrow (Feb. 9).

Starring Forest Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Taraji P. Henson, and fellow Young Money rapper Bow Wow, the drama is based on a true story about rival high school basketball players from five different schools who came together as one team in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The movie follows the players and their coach (played by Whitaker) from before the disaster and all the way to their road to the state championships.

Filmed between April and June 2008 in Weezy’s hometown of New Orleans, Hurricane Season has seen its theatrical release date postponed numerous times due to the financial troubles of the film’s distributing company, which ultimately led to the straight-to-DVD release.

The DVD’s release date coincides with the New Orleans MC’s real life drama, as he’s set to go behind bars over weapons charges for a one-year jail bid tomorrow as well.

THE GODFATHER OF GENGE.

The godfather himself Nonini has done it again! the probably most anticipated album in e.a will be hitting the shelves on 9/2/2010! As promised by the godfather, the album which can also be purchased on itunes, noninimusic.com and reverbnation will retail at KSH.499 and will be available country wide. keep it vibesarena for tour dates and launch party

WE DONT CARE IF BEBE DIES -RADIO & WEASEL

Goodlyfe Slaughters A Goat To Celebrate Bebe Cool Shooting

Good Lyfe stars Weasel TV and Mowzey Radio say they are unbothered by Bebe Cool shooting and actually say they don’t give a damn if the super star dies, this is an OMG shocker. Ever since Bebe was shot last weekend, he has been bedridden and bleeding profusely. While other artistes including enemies like Bobi Wine and Mega Dee teamed up under the Uganda Musicians Federation, an umbrella that governs the musicians in Uganda, to show support to their ailing colleague Moses Ssali a.k.a Bebe Cool, who was shot over the weekend at Centenary Park, Radio and TV do not happen to share similar sentiments.

They have adamantly refused to make an appearance at Nsambya hospital where Bebe is admitted nursing his gun wounds. Efforts by fellow musicians to have the two stars visit Bebe have been futile. Singers Silver Kyagulanyi, Bobi Wine, Isaac Rucci and Ronald Mayinja met Radio on Tuesday at Emerald Hotel on Bombo Road to try and convince him to visit Bebe. He adamantly refused assuring them that they (Goodlyfe) will never visit Bebe Cool.

“In fact we don’t give a f*** if he even dies,” Radio allegedly told off the artistes before driving off. The morning of Bebe’s shooting; Goodlyfe slaughtered a he- goat to celebrate.

Wanted by Police
Following the shootout, Radio and Weasel, who have been linked to the shooting that night are said to have taken off to Rwanda, which many interpreted as an effort to run away from the arm of the law. Insiders said that Radio and Weasel skipped to Rwanda for fear that they would be pulled into the mess. They however claim that they had been booked for this concert earlier before the shootout. They say they couldn’t overturn their earlier appointments just because Bebe Cool got himself shot.

Efendys incident
The night Bebe Cool was shot; he had a run in with the Goodlyfe boys. He had showed up at Efendys to apparently promote his new hit Kasepiki at Efendys on Friday night which happens to be the Goodlyfe Nite. His presence was not exactly welcome and incensed Mowzey Radio and Weasel asked the management to throw him out. Bebe was asked to leave but he apparently refused which threatened to cause a scuffle and forced management to call Police Patrol to escort him out of the club. The shooting happened between Nakumatt and Centenary Park shortly after the scuffle at Efendys

Bebe had it coming
The pair who just returned from their trip to Rwanda, we are told, was on Tuesday evening summoned to Emrald Hotel by Bobi Wine, Ronald Mayinja, Mesach Ssemakula and Silver Kyagulanyi, a night before the press conference (called by Uganda Musicians Federation which took place on Wednesday.) The meeting was intended to convince them to join the rest of the music fraternity in a show of solidarity for their colleague who is in great pain. Radio turned up for the meeting at Emerald at around 11pm and in no uncertain terms asked them for a good reason as to why they should feel sorry for Bebe Cool. He branded Uganda Music Federation hypocrites.

“When Bebe was thumping us, no one cared, why should we go see him or support him for that matter?” Among the things he said was that Bebe Cool had what happened to him coming. ‘He always thumped us like we were kids and time had come for him to pay for his sins.’ They said the most recent atrocity against them was at Imperial Resort Beach where the ‘bogolako’ singer interfered with their show and went on to beat them up with his goons from Gagamel yet the federation did nothing to show solidarity. ‘The guy has always disrespected us and there is no way we can respect him when he is in pain. This is the best thing that could have happened to him,’ they said.

New 50 Cent Movie Goes for $2 Mil at Sundance

Twelve, the new Joel Schumacher movie starring 50 Cent, was recently bought at the Sundance Film Festival.

The New York Times reports that the film unit of Hannover House, an independent publisher and media company, purchased the drama for $2 million.

As previously reported, the flick, which is based on the 2002 novel of the same name, finds Fif portraying a Harlem drug-dealer named Lionel. 50’s character provides Gossip Girl heartthrob Chace Crawford with drugs to sell to his rich friends on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

The G-Unit general has several other film projects in the works. He is currently filming Gun with Val Kilmer and Jekyll and Hyde—a remake of the horror classic that he will co-star in with Forest Whitaker—is in pre-production according to imdb.com

Eve Named in Federal Money Laundering Case

Eve has been fingered in a massive money-laundering scheme, involving her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Teodorin Nguema Obiang.

According to ABC News, Obaing—who is the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea—is being accused of laundering millions of illegal funds in shell companies in the U.S.

A government report released yesterday (February 3) says that Obaing had Eve set up a fake company called “Sweet Pink, Inc.” in 2005 that may have been used to legitimize his money.

Obaing was known for flaunting his cash. In one instance he reportedly paid $700,000 to rent Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen’s 300-foot yacht to take Eve on a cruise around St. Barts.

Eve took to her twitter account earlier today to address the reports. “None of that is true,” she wrote. “Please don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. It’s negative and I don’t fuck with negativity. People tryna test me.”

stay tuned to vibesarena as the story developes

FOXXY BROWN NAME CHECKING

A new track by Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown hit the Internet today (Feb. 4).
The song, titled “Let Em Know” is the latest release from Foxy Brown and features M.O.P. group member Lil Fame and rapper BAM.
The 4 minute and five second track, which was produced by Easy Mo Bee, features Foxy name-checking a number of rappers during her verse.
Brown drops lines about Jay-Z, former boyfriend Rick Ross, Eve, Miami rapper Trina and longtime nemesis, Lil Kim.
A number of lines are aimed at some of the more popular female rappers of the day, but most seem to be directed at Lil Kim.
“I’d rather be in the club at the bar/then to disrespect my hood on Dancing With the Stars/Nah I’m in the hood taking chances with the Gods..”
Later Brown gets more aggressive with the lyrics, adding Eve to the list of names called out on the track.
"Slam a b**ch on her back like I’m John Cena/F**k that I aint Eve, I aint Kim, I aint Trina/BK’s own Diva/I give the whole hood face lifts/Go on and fix your face b***h/"
Foxy Brown’s last full length album was titled Brooklyn’s Don Diva and was released by Koch Records in May of 2008.

K KREW LOSES EQUIPMENTS

The crossover101 gospel showcould not be aired last Sunday all thanx to robbers who robbed the K KREW who happened to be the hosts of the award winning t.v show. the thugs went away with the gospels dj unit equipments just before the show was about to start. This is the second time the unit who started from a humble background to being the most hyped gospel djing unit have been robbed off their equipments. the matter was reported to the police and investigations are being done. We at vibesarena join them in prayers