Hennessy will be presenting a Pre Fight Celebration, a tasting of Hennessy Cognac's high marques including XO, Paradis and Richard (valued at $1,500.00). This distinctive event takes place in Memphis on Friday, June 7, 2002 and salutes the movers and shakers of entertainment, sports and business and features an unforgettable evening of sophistication and style with celebrity guests including Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington, attorney Johnnie Cochran and the owners of FUBU (global urban fashion company and designers to the Lenox Lewis camp) . Hosted by the legendary Grammy and Oscar Award winner, Isaac Hayes at his Memphis restaurant, the event will prove to be the who's who among celebrities and tastemakers in town for the Lenox Lewis vx. Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing bout.

David Mays, founder and CEO of The Source magazine, is heading back to his radio hosting days with a new nation-wide three hour hip-hop show, "The Source Street Beat." According to New York Times the show is a part of a new Source Radio Network, and will be a subsidiary of the radio syndicate Excelsior Radio Networks and the Source Enterprises, which already includes televised shows such as 1 hour long The Source: All Access, hosted by Lisa Raye and Treach of Naughty By Nature. Back in 1986, while attending Harvard, Mays landed a job on a local radio show, "Street Beat," leading him to publish a one sheet newsletter, which later on became what now is The Source magazine.

Eminem's family is featured in a new documentary titled "Eminem's Mum." The hour long film focuses on the unique events leading up to the rapper's mother filing a $10 million dollar lawsuit against her son. Family members featured include Em's aunt Betty, his younger brother Nathan (who also wants to be a rapper), Eminem's uncle Todd & Eminem's grandmother, Betty. Eminem refused to take part in the film.

Eminem's third album, The Eminem Show, enters the Billboard 200 albums chart at Number One this week after selling more than 284,500 copies, according to Soundscan. The Aftermath/Interscope album was released on Sunday (May 26), so the chart-topping debut marks the first time an album has entered at the top spot without the benefit of a full first week of sales. The Eminem Show was "officially" on sale for only about 36 hours for the chart week that ended Sunday (May 26).
"I guess people couldn't wait to sell this record," said Steve Berman, head of sales and marketing for Interscope Geffen A&M. "I've seen this before but never at this scale...It's amazing. Basically, this is like a movie opening on a Sunday evening and being Number One at the box office for the week. We had, at the most, a 36-hour window with limited public knowledge of availability. All of our advertising runs next week" .
Mike Shalett, the chairman and CEO of Soundscan, explained, "We've never had a record debut at Number One on the Soundscan chart that hasn't had the benefit of a full six days of sales behind it." Soundscan accrues point-of-sale data from more than 17,000 U.S. music retailers, which accounts for more than 85 percent of over-the-counter music-product sales in the nation. Eminem has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide to date. The rapper's last album, The Marshall Mathers LP, moved 1.7 million copies in its first week of release
Source: Launch

Former Loud CEO Steve Rifkind is creating what he calls a "mini-studio." The studio will include a film division, a record label, a television network & a marketing/promotion company. Rifkind also said that despite rumors that he was close to inking a deal with EMI, he turned the deal down. "We're not quitters & we're not over with. We are going to shock the world," Rifkind said.

Snoop Dogg escapes a jail sentence on Tuesday after an Ohio judge setenced the Westcoast superstar a 30 day suspended jail sentence and a $250 fine for court costs. Snoop was arrested for possessing marijuana during a tour back in October. The tour bus has been pulled over, where officers found Snoop with the marijuana. Snoop had pled "No Contest" to the charges and received a lesser sentence. However, the judge has warned that if Snoop got himself in trouble in Ohio again, that he will be thrown into a jail cell for 30 days. The sentence comes as a sigh of relief as Snoop continues to work on his next solo album, "Paid The Cost To Be The Boss", which is due for release in late September.

Snoop Dogg Responds to the Dre/J.D./XZIBIT/EMINEM DISSES:
Snoop Dogg spoke on Big Boy's radio show on LA's Power 106 FM. He was asked what he thought about the Dre/Xzibit/Jermaine Dupri beef. Snoop said," Dont just gang up on the little man, Diss the big man (Suge) too. Dont do it half way, diss anything thats getting at you. . Click hereTo listen to the audio
Source: Power 106 fm

Eminem and Xzibit dropped a freestyle battling Jermaine Dupri that will apparently appear on the next DJ Kay Slay mix-tape titled "Say What You Say". Canibus also got hit again in a seperate freestyle by Eminem where he drops a line similar to this, "I gave Jay Z a beat for free, you want one tell me, unless your canibitch, then you get dr. dre's fee".

MTV has announced that Eminem and the rock duo The White Stripes will perform at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar will be the hosts of the 11th annual show, which is being taped June 1 at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EDT June 6.


Foxy Brown and her younger brother, Pretty Boy recently conducted a radio interview on the Radio 1 Rap Show, during which she cleared the rumours regarding herself, DefJam and P.Diddy's Bad Boy Records. Foxy admitted that Combs was after her and she actually received a call from him where Combs offered her an opportunity to sign to Bad Boy. However, after various meetings with top man at DefJam, Lyor Cohen, Foxy finally received the deal she was after. The deal is a joint venture between Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na Entertainment and DefJam. From the deal, we should see releases from Foxy's artists, including a duet album with Foxy herself and Reggae artist Babycham.

Eightball & MJG have become the latest signing to Bad Boy Records as Sean "P.Diddy" Combs continues to rebuild his label. Eightball & MJG decided to sign to Combs' outfit despite offers from So So Def and Cash Money Records due to the freedom of creative control on Bad Boy and also the friendship between both parties played a major factor.
Prior to leaving JCOR records when the label folded earlier this year, 8 Ball & MJG considered releasing their subsequent albums independently or through a deal with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def records or Cash Money Records. "But I just thought about the benefits that my label would get with being with somebody like Diddy and Bad Boy," 8 Ball said. While the group is signed to Bad Boy, 8 Ball and MJG are not signed to the label as solo artists. Additionally, 8 Ball's label 8 Ways is not signed to Bad Boy. "Bad Boy has the right of first refusal in regards to their solo rights," said James McMillan, the group's attorney who brokered the deal. The group's first Bad Boy release has not yet been determined. However, the group has completed an album called Slept On Classics that 8 Ball intends to release on 8 Ways. 8 Ball explains: "It's like a compilation album with all of our songs from other people's albums," 8 Ball said. "The Mase [record], the Mobb Deep song, the Heavy D and Big Pun song, we did a song with Ray Dog when Ray Dog was Ray Dog. Plus we got a new song called "Put That Thang Down" with Jagged Edge. That's going to be the single off the record."
Source: Launch

Foxy Brown and her younger brother, Pretty Boy recently conducted a radio interview on the Radio 1 Rap Show, during which she cleared the rumours regarding herself, DefJam and P.Diddy's Bad Boy Records. Foxy admitted that Combs was after her and she actually received a call from him where Combs offered her an opportunity to sign to Bad Boy. However, after various meetings with top man at DefJam, Lyor Cohen, Foxy finally received the deal she was after. The deal is a joint venture between Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na Entertainment and DefJam. From the deal, we should see releases from Foxy's artists, including a duet album with Foxy herself and Reggae artist Babycham.

Eightball & MJG have become the latest signing to Bad Boy Records as Sean "P.Diddy" Combs continues to rebuild his label. Eightball & MJG decided to sign to Combs' outfit despite offers from So So Def and Cash Money Records due to the freedom of creative control on Bad Boy and also the friendship between both parties played a major factor.
Prior to leaving JCOR records when the label folded earlier this year, 8 Ball & MJG considered releasing their subsequent albums independently or through a deal with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def records or Cash Money Records. "But I just thought about the benefits that my label would get with being with somebody like Diddy and Bad Boy," 8 Ball said. While the group is signed to Bad Boy, 8 Ball and MJG are not signed to the label as solo artists. Additionally, 8 Ball's label 8 Ways is not signed to Bad Boy. "Bad Boy has the right of first refusal in regards to their solo rights," said James McMillan, the group's attorney who brokered the deal. The group's first Bad Boy release has not yet been determined. However, the group has completed an album called Slept On Classics that 8 Ball intends to release on 8 Ways. 8 Ball explains: "It's like a compilation album with all of our songs from other people's albums," 8 Ball said. "The Mase [record], the Mobb Deep song, the Heavy D and Big Pun song, we did a song with Ray Dog when Ray Dog was Ray Dog. Plus we got a new song called "Put That Thang Down" with Jagged Edge. That's going to be the single off the record."
Source: Launch

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