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DeKalb County authorities say they are looking for a member of the platinum-selling R&B group Jagged Edge after they found two guns, 13 pounds of marijuana and about $6,000 in the singer’s home. Deputies searched Kyle Norman’s Decatur home Thursday morning and reported finding the drugs, cash, a 9 mm handgun and an InterTec.45-caliber handgun. Deputies arrested seven men who were inside the home. They did not find 27-year-old Norman. “We want him to know that we are looking for him,” said Mikki Jones, spokeswoman for the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. The Grammy-nominated group has released three albums, each of… Read more »

From jeans to suits, the red carpet at the 20th Annual MTV Video Music Awards was a fashionista’s dream – or nightmare. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons showed up Thursday night in a pink suit, as did Dre of Outkast. Rapper 50 Cent wore a gray suit accessorized with a diamond necklace – and actress Vivica A. Fox, in a flesh-baring short gray dress. They were the subtle ones. Christina Aguilera’s dress was covered with pink feathers, while Mya wore short, tight black patent leather and lace. Singer Tweet had on black and white over-the-knee leather boots and a dress made… Read more »

Subtlety is not a trademark for the All-American Rejects, but neither is specificity. Most of the band’s songs address bad relationships and broken hearts, but details of the scarring experiences are often missing. On the group’s next single, vocalist Tyson Ritter sings, “Life is turned, the day I knew you would leave/ I can barely breathe/ Can you hear me scream?” That’s about as close as the Rejects get to confessional revelation. So what exactly is the tune about? “It’s about 96-beats-per-minute and it’s in the key of C major,” quipped bassist Nick Wheeler in a most unhelpful manner. “It’s… Read more »

It’s the fall of new releases for Nelly Furtado. Not only will the Grammy Award-winning singer release her second album, but she and her longtime boyfriend are expecting their first child in September. Two months later on November 25, the singer releases Fresh Off The Boat, the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to her multi-platinum selling debut album Whoa, Nelly!. Billboard reports the first single to be released from Fresh Off The Boat is expected to be “Powerless.” The singer’s label hopes to get the track out by the end of the summer. Fresh Off The Boat is being recorded in Los Angeles… Read more »

It looks like Eminem’s finally planning to stand up to his old schoolyard tormentor-in court. Slim Shady wants a Michigan judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a playground peer who allegedly taunted and terrorized the then-prepubescent hip-hopster back when the two were in grade school, the Detroit News reports. Eminem, born Marshall Mathers III, is expected to appear in Macomb County Circuit Court before Judge Deborah Servitto on August 18 to ask her to toss the suit filed in 2001 by DeAngelo Bailey. Bailey’s seeking $1 million for the injury he claims to have sustained to his reputation when… Read more »

Jamaican rapper Sean Paul has been charged with using profanity during a performance at Montego Bay’s Reggae Sumfest last week. Paul’s performance Thursday night was laced with expletives, police commander Newton Amos said Monday. Authorities served him with a summons under a law prohibiting people from using profanity in public. He’s scheduled to appear in court Wednesday in Montego Bay, police said. Paul was not immediately available for comment. The rapper, whose hits “Get Busy” and “Like Glue” are in the top 20 of the Billboard singles chart, was served with the summons shortly after he left the stage, police… Read more »

Bono has been confirmed to host the debut of the new, nationally syndicated Lost Highway Radio Show, which is scheduled to air in late August. The Lost Highway Radio Show will feature one artist per each hour-long program, recorded live in concert. The kickoff program will feature a special 90-minute concert from Lucinda Williams, recorded at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on May 27, 2003. The performance features songs from Lucinda’s Grammy-winning albums “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” and “Essence,” as well as songs from her heavily praised new release “World Without Tears.” The Lost Highway Radio Show will give… Read more »

In a very special opportunity for legions of KISS fans, the band will be doing a rare In-Store appearance at the new Best Buy in New York City. To celebrate not only the release of their new album KISS Symphony: Alive IV, which has shipped GOLD (adding another record to their lead as the RIAA title holder for #1 American Group Gold Record champions of all time), but the opening of the new Best Buy store, KISS will be stopping by to meet fans, take pictures and show everyone why they are still the best band in rock n’ roll.… Read more »

Grammy-winning guitarist Carlos Santana has been working for free this summer so that those engaged in the fight against AIDS may benefit. Santana, who pledged the net proceeds from the U.S. leg of his “Shaman” tour to the fight against the AIDS pandemic in Africa, wrapped up the 23-city tour Monday night with a Hollywood Bowl show before a packed audience. He estimates the tour raised at least $2 million. “Because of you, there will be education, prevention, and there will be healing. Thank you for coming forward with your beautiful heart and your energy,” Santana, who turns 56 on… Read more »

Being nominated for a Grammy hasn’t changed the boys of Bowling for Soup. At all. The pop-punk foursome are up to their old tricks on a just reissued version of their 2002 breakthrough, Drunk Enough to Dance. The album, which spawned the Best Pop Performance Grammy-nominated single “Girl All the Bad Guys Want” and sold nearly 200,000 copies, has been augmented with a typically tongue-in-cheek take on A Flock of Seagulls’ new wave staple “I Ran (So Far Away)” as well as the new tracks “Punk Rock 101” and “Star Song.” “We thought we were working on the follow-up to… Read more »