A new biography chronicling the formation of NYC hip-hop pioneers The Juice Crew is on it’s way to the big screen in the form of a film called The Vapors, according to Rolling Stone Magazine. Cuba Gooding Jr. will play rapper Marley Marl in the new biopic David Banner is slated to portray Biz Markie and newcomer Keke Palmer will portray Roxanne Shante. Jackie Long will fill the role of Big Daddy Kane.
Supermodel Iman is creating her own collection of jewelry and accessories called Global Chic. She gained inspiration for the pieces from her travels to countries such as Africa, India and Bali. Read the rest of this entry »
Pimp C, real name Chad Butler and one half of the rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room this morning in Los Angeles. L.A. County Fire responded to a 911 call at the Mondrian Hotel, located on the trendy Sunset Strip in Hollywood. They arrived at his sixth floor hotel room to find him in bed dead. Pimp C was thirty-three years old.
In this week’s HipHop Crunch Show, Pascalle discusses a whole bunch of hiphop news including the Neo / R. Kelly drama, Snoop’s latest hit Sensual Seduction, DOE’s comments about Timbaland’s baby and the latest Scott Storch diss.
November 13, 2007 marks the third anniversary of the death of Hip Hop legend, Ol’ Dirty Bastard. ODB passed from congestive heart failure stemming from a drug overdose.