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Bankhead rapper Shawty Lo proposed to his long time girlfriend this weekend. Why do we assume that rappers are after hoes, strippers, and gold diggers? Its obvious that some rappers have soft sides and appreciate the sanctity of marriage.
June 15, 2010 marks the 41st birthday of O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, one of the best MCs to ever touch a microphone.
Big Boi's turning up the promo for the impending release of his solo debut, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty." Here is the latest clip taken from the ATL legend's album, the bowling alley fun of "General Patton."
Recently freed rapper T.I. has been making the media rounds since his release from prison, and today the Atlanta MC/actor paid a visit to his hometown station, Atlanta's Hot 107.9 and "The Rickey Smiley Morning Show."
It was a great evening on Broadway for Atlanta director Kenny Leon as 'Fences' actors Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, 'Fela!'s Bill T. Jones and the musical 'Memphis' were among the big winners at the 64th Annual Tony Awards in New York City.
Ciara's been causing a lot of controversy lately with her video for her latest single "Ride" featuring Ludacris. The video's suggestive dancing from the Atlanta singer has been causing quite a stir, with BET refusing to air it. Now the song's been remixed and features a pretty dope verse from fellow ATLien, the not-heard-from-often-enough Andre 3000!
Singers Maxwell and Jill Scott have a few things in common. Both were pioneers of the musical movement known as neo-soul, both later spent some time out of the spotlight, and they’ve even shared band members, but only recently have the two popular singers shared the stage. They perform at Philips Arena this Saturday!
Atlanta's own Waka Flocka Flame performed at a concert recently for our affiliate station, iPower 92.1 in Richmond, Virginia. Watch the crowd go nuts as Waka performs his hits "O Let's Do It" and "Hard In The Paint!"
As we previously reported, Atlanta’s own Monica sang the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston Tuesday night. “I was so nervous but all the encouragement from u guys helped a ton,” Monica said via her Twitter account.
With Young Jeezy’s latest album, Thug Motivation 103, just around the corner, the Atlanta rapper has dropped another video. This one's for "Stop Playin Wit Me / My Camaro." Check it out here!
As we previously reported, Big Boi recently stopped by Hot 107.9 and spoke exclusively with hotspotatl.com about his forthcoming solo album, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty." A song from the album featuring Big Boi and his OutKast bandmate, Andre 3000, has surfaced! Check it out here!
At last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors to the "Dirty South", Organized Noize, Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, Uncle Luke, Master P and J Prince were treated with tribute performances. In addition to the individual accolades the program was broken down into regional honors as well, with performances paying homage to Atlanta, Miami and Texas.
