Power 99 morning radio personalities Star and Buc Wild call themselves the “original haters” who question everything. Now a group of local black professionals is questioning whether the controversial duo should be on the air. The group, organized by attorney Damon Roberts, is circulating a petition over the Internet, and plans to file an indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the show, the station and its owner, Clear Channel Radio.

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On November 30th, 1994 at 12:20 a.m., west coast rap icon Tupac Shakur was shot at the Quad Recording Studios in Times Square in New York. The media largely portrayed the shooting as a standard robbery, in which rapper Tupac Shakur went for his gun, and was shot. According to Tupac (2Pac) and others however, the story runs a lot deeper.

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US rapper Cam’ron needed hospital treatment after being shot in a botched attempt to steal his car.
The singer, 29, was taken to hospital in Washington DC after a man attempted to steal his sports car at a traffic light in the early hours of Sunday.

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Pharoahe Monche, M-1 and Abiodun of the Last Poets have teamed up with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and other international artists to perform benefit concert for youth-related causes.

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Los Yo Yais, the first group signed to Wu Tang’s Latin imprint, is ready for their first video. According to Wu Tang Latino the visuals for “Mamita Ven” will have a cinematic feel. American Honda Motor Co. is on board financially, their 2006 Honda Civic will appear in the video.

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Despite published reports, MTV’s Network Logo - a channel that targets the gay community, has been able to acquire music licensing from Def Jam for their new TV show “Noah’s Arc” and other future projects. Logo responded to allegations that the channel had been denied use of Def Jam music because the label did not want to be associated with gay programming.

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You can call this rap “Get Rich or Go to Jail Tryin’.” Hip-hop moguls Irving (Irv Gotti) Lorenzo and Christopher (Chris Gotti) Lorenzo head to trial tomorrow in Brooklyn - in a case sure to be a high-security spectacle with possible appearances by stars like Jay-Z, Ashanti and Ja Rule, and testimony about the shooting of 50 Cent.

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