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Nate Dogg spent a good part of his weekend answering to police officers. The singer, born Nathaniel Dawayne Hale, was arrested on Friday, just outside of Kingman, Arizona, when his tour bus was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 40. According to Ron Delonge, a lieutenant with the Kingman Highway Patrol, the arresting officer smelled what he thought was marijuana. A search of the vehicle turned up a handgun, which was reported as stolen, and four ounces of pot. Nate, who was traveling with eight others, was the only one formally charged and arrested. He was released on bail the… Read more »

Eminem is portrayed as a homosexual in a new song by the Pet Shop Boys. “The Night I Fell in Love,” from the synth-pop duo’s Release, due April 23, tells the story of a homosexual boy who falls in love with a rap star backstage at his concert and follows him to a hotel room for a “private performance.” The slow-grooving song does not reference Eminem or his Slim Shady or Marshall Mathers monikers, but the lyrics clearly spell out the star’s identity. “I said we could be secret lovers/ Just him and me,” Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant sings… Read more »

The first album spawned by Snoop Dogg’s Doggy Style Records partnership venture with MCA is about to hit. Welcome to Tha House Volume 1, featuring Bigg Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, LaToiya Williams, Mr. Kane and E-White (collectively known as the Doggy Style All-stars), will be released on July 30, according to a source close to the project. The first official single will be Williams’ R&B tune “Fallen Star.” That video is set to start filming May 1 in Los Angeles. “Locs at Night,” by Mr. Kane, and the camp posse cut “Doh’Doh’,” produced by Hi-Tek, will also be released to mixtape… Read more »

Sure, everyone likes a little Jay-Z, Nelly and DMX party music now and then, but sometimes you just want a bit more to chew on, and for a lot of people that means turning to the world of underground rap. The Difference, a compilation of 12 new songs due in June on the Official Jointz label, is already catching a buzz thanks to “Clear ‘Em Out,” an alleged Nelly dis track by KRS-One featuring Tonedeff. According to the album’s producer, Domingo (Fat Joe, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), when he asked KRS-One if the track was a direct attack on the St. Louis… Read more »

Pink has signed a marketing agreement with health-and-fitness service provider Bally Total Fitness. The terms of the agreement call for a creative collaboration between the singer and Bally on a new hip-hop dance aerobics class called Get Your Body Started, and a national dance competition. In addition, Pink will be seen and heard in national and local print-and-television advertising for the fitness company, and she and her music will also be featured in a radio campaign. In return, Bally will serve as the presenting sponsor of Pink’s upcoming North American headlining tour, Pink: The Party Tour 2002, which will kick… Read more »

The drama behind the scenes of MTV’s white-hot reality comedy “The Osbournes” is starting to get almost as interesting as the show itself. America’s new favorite first family of television has signed with the Endeavor talent agency to help it explore a new deal for a possible second season of the show. While MTV has the production rights to future seasons, the music cablenetwork hasn’t locked up the services of the boisterous clan. While neither side is talking, industry insiders said the Osbournes are seeking a second season fee in the high seven figures – and perhaps even more, if… Read more »

What Run-D.M.C. did for Adidas and Busta Rhymes did for Courvoisier, Ali is doing for the dry cleaning industry. With the title of his debut solo album, Heavy Starch, the St. Lunatics rapper reveals the secret to the distinguishable look of a St. Louis b-boy. “We wear our pants so baggy that you need to get them heavy starch at the dry cleaners so they don’t just hang all over,” Ali said Thursday from a Lunatic-packed tour bus en route to Kansas City. “I wanted to make everything [about the album] as St. Louis as possible.” If the idea of… Read more »

Imagine one of the biggest hip-hop outings in history taking shape this summer. It would be dubbed the Triple Threat Tour and feature multiplatinum acts Ja Rule, Jay-Z and P. Diddy. To top it off, each would bring with him his musical family. Representing with Ja Rule would be Ashanti and the rest of Murder Inc. Jay would “Roc the Mic” with his boys Beanie Sigel, Cam’ron and Memphis Bleek. And Diddy and his Bad Boy crew would do their thing. Keep imagining; although it was almost a reality, the tour has been called off. Last week, while promoting her… Read more »

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced today that it has priced a public offering of 13,387,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock at a per share price of $11.50. The offering, expected to close next week, raises gross proceeds of $154.0 million. The proceeds will be used primarily for marketing expenses, systems, and other general corporate purposes, and are expected to fund company operations into the latter half of the first quarter of 2003. All of the securities were offered by the company. The company also granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 2,008,050 shares… Read more »

Columbia/Roadrunner/Island Def Jam/Sony Music Soundtrax will release “Spider-Man (Music From and Inspired By)” on Tuesday, April 30. “Spider-Man,” the live action motion picture released by Columbia Pictures in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the classic graphic character’s Marvel Comics debut, will be in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 3. “Spider-Man (Music From and Inspired By)” is a collection of music written and performed by a generation of musicians influenced by the power and mystery of the Spider-Man character, his conflicts and his adventures. The album’s lead singles and videos are “What We’re All About (The Original Version)” from Sum… Read more »