Lil Wayne - Lil Waynes Attorney Wants Gun Charge Dropped

LATEST: LIL WAYNE's attorney has appealed to a New York judge to dismiss an illegal weapons charge against the rapper after accusive police of conducting a prohibited search of his tour bus topology during the 2007 incident.

The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, was arrested last July (07) after cops institute a .40 caliber pistol and marijuana on his tour coach after a show in the Big Apple.

Lil Wayne, wHO was non charged with drug possession, appeared in court for a pretrial hearing on Monday (08Sep08) to answer one charge of criminal possession of a arm.

The officer wHO made the arrest, Diane Hornung, took to the stand to tell her version of events following the star's concert at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan.

She testified that she climbed onboard the bus later seeing and smelling marijuana smoke wafting out of the vehicle's open door when it was pulled over by authorities.

After ordering everyone off the omnibus, she headed to the back of the vehicle and went into a bathroom, where she witnessed an unidentified man attempting to flush a stash of marihuana down the toilet.

She confiscated the drugs and searched the perch of the vehicle. She told the court it was and then that she saw Lil Wayne sitting in the bedroom in his underwear, trying to hide a bag.

As the star went to receive changed, Officer Hornung looked inside the bag and found a loaded pistol, reports AllHipHop.com.

But during questioning by the rapper's lawyer Stacey Richman, Hornung admitted that she hadn't seen anyone actually smoke pot on the jalopy.

Richman further accused Hornung of searching the vehicle illegally and embarkation the bus without probable cause, spurring the pronounce to drop the institutionalize against her client.

Lil Wayne, who has pleaded non guilty to the shoot down, is currently free on $70,000 (GBP37,840) bail. He faces up to four days behind bars if convicted.

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Music fills Democratic National Convention

Is it the Democratic National Convention or a star-studded music festival? As planeloads of superstars--including Bruce Springsteen [ ], Bon Jovi [ ], Kanye West [ ] and Rage Against the Machine--descend on Denver, it's tolerant of hard to tell.

Sheryl Crow [ ], Dave Matthews [ ] and Sugarland [ ]'s Jennifer Nettles were on hand to sing at the DNC's kickoff concert last night (8/24) at Red Rocks Amphitheater, according to the Associated Press. The national convention officially starts today at the Pepsi Center.

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Presumably, the young charisma of Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama is driving the excitement, creating an environment for celebrities to pay off their partizan and nonpartisan messages heard.

Many of the artists in town aren't a part of the official conventionalism, but ar instead trying to describe the attention of the media swarm at the event to their pet causes. West will be in Denver Wednesday (8/27) for a party promoting antipoverty drive One, the Black Eyed Peas will perform that night for the Creative Coalition and Fall Out Boy will play for Rock the Vote, according to The New York Times. The Rage Against the Machine antiwar rally will be one of the biggest musical events, and various outdoor shows will align rock and hip-hop acts of the Apostles with on-the-ground activists, the paper said.

"People feel comfortable expressing themselves in an artistic way at this convention more than they ever receive," Impact Film Festival founder Kimball Stroud, who is screening documentaries at both conventions, told the Times. "I don't recall another convention where hip-hop artists were embraced like they are."

Other acts scheduled to play during the week include Daughtry [ ] frontman Chris Daughtry, Cold War Kids [ ], Grammy-winning rapper Nelly [ ], and John Legend, who volition premiere his new call-to-action song, "If You're Out There."

Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are expected to perform acoustic numbers at Invesco Field Thursday (8/28), when Obama is scheduled to give his toleration speech, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

Unfortunately for fans, well-nigh of the concerts will be filled with political insiders, charity reps and the 15,000 expected members of the news media, the Times said.

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Artist: Mario: mp3 download    Genre(s):  R&B: Soul Other     Discography:      Go    Year: 2007    Tracks: 7      Turning Point    Year:     Tracks: 13 Born and raised in Baltimore, MD, R&B singer Mario started to develop his natural talent spell singing on with his mommy exploitation a karaoke motorcar at home. Discovered at the historic geological period of 11 in a local talent show, he later traveled to New York City to put in a life history and scored a concentrate with Clive Davis' J mark. Following his contribution to the Dr. Doolittle 2 soundtrack and a enthralling carrying out of Stevie Wonder's "You and I" at Davis' Grammy party in February 2002, the newcomer was meet for stardom. At the historic period of 15, Mario debuted with the freeing of "Precisely a Friend 2002," produced by Warryn Campbell and based on knocker Biz Markie's run into "Precisely a Friend." His self-titled record album followed in July, featuring contributions by Grammy-winning Alicia Keys. Turning Point, released in 2004, went to number deuce on the R&B record album chart, hoisted by the omnipresent smash "Permit Me Love You," a unmarried that besides helped plunge the career of Ne-Yo, the song's writer. The December 2007 freeing of Mario's third gear base album, Go, was preceded by several delays and sticking vent dates; its initial particular date was November of the previous year. The album featured productions from Polow da Don, Timbaland, Stargate, the Neptunes, the Underdogs, and Akon.

Eric ditches his leotard babes

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Dark Voices

   
Artist: Dark Voices

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Electronic
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 Get You Closer

   Year: 2000   
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 Train Of Thoughts

   Year: 1999   
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 G Punkt

   Year: 1998   
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Skye Sweetnam

   
Artist: Skye Sweetnam

   Genre(s): 
Pop
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 Sound Solider

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 12


   
 Noise from the Basement

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 14

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Skye Sweetnam grew up in the diminutive Toronto suburban area of Bolton, where she studied tattle and dance from a edward Young eld. By her early teens she'd affected on to songwriting, and recorded a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school. A combination of fortune and marketability brought the demo to the attention of Canadian pronounce execs, wHO hooked Sweetnam up with a local producer and instrumentalist named James Robertson. Together, Robertson and Sweetnam hammered out the bodily structure of what would become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records debut. The single "Billy S." appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the Mandy Moore vehicle How to Deal; the song's overbold popternative sound proven quite a popular, making some waves in the U.S. and hit the top pip on Canada's Disney Channel-style offering, YTV. Sweetnam supported the single with a spell of summertime camps. She too began downplaying the comparisons to Avril Lavigne to whoever would listen, though the computer address seemed valid based on their similar fosterage and graven, rock-based legal. The year 2004 began promisingly for Sweetnam, with the declaration of a March issue particular date for Noise from the Basement and a new single in "Tangled Up in Me"; she too landed the gap speckle on Britney's Onyx Hotel turn, which stretched into spring. After a year of delays, the singer's soph record album, Sound Soldier, which featured production and writing from Avril's identical Matrix squad, was lastly released in the fall of 2007.

Five O'Clock Heroes added to New York Dylan tribute

Five O�??Clock Heroes frontman Antony Ellis has been added to the bill for this Friday�??s The Smoking Section Presents: Bob Dylan's 67th Birthday Bash in New York City.

Ellis joins a cast of New York musicians including The Strokes�?? bassist Nikolai Fraiture, Marc Philippe Eskenazi, Matt Romano and Josh Lattanzi of Albert Hammond, Jr..�??s band, The Pierces, Russell Simins of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Tracey Bonham and The Hymns, all of whom will perform Dylan covers at Rehab in the East Village.

Adam Green was initially scheduled to perform but commitments on the west coast have forced him to cancel.

Meanwhile, Green�??s tour kicks off tonight in San Francisco.

The dates are:

San Francisco, CA Rick Shaw Stop (May 20)
Los Angeles, CA Troubadour (21)
Washington DC Black Cat (June 3)
Philadelphia, PA First Church (4)
Boston, MA Great Scott (5)
Montreal, Quebec Tulipe (6)
Toronto, Ontario Horse Shoe Tavern (7)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (9)
Chicago, IL Lake Shore Theatre (10)

--By our New York staff.
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Final beat for Police in US

VETERAN rock band Police have announced they will perform for the last time in New York, 30 years after their first ever US concert in 1978.

The Police will play their final show in the US.The band, which also includes Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, originally split up in 1984 but reunited last year for a series of 30th anniversary shows. The date and venue for the special performance have yet to be confirmed. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to help future arts programming in the city. The band will also give £500,000 to a scheme which aims to plant one million trees in New York by 2017. Frontman Sting is hosting and performing in a concert tomorrow night at New York’s Carnegie hall to raise money for charity Rainforest Foundation, which he set up with wife Trudie Styler 20 years ago.

T.I. Talks Fashion On Swizz Beatz-Produced Song From 'Intricate' And 'Intelligent' New Album

T.I. says he has a track on his upcoming Paper Trail that will be like a 2008 version of his hit "Bring 'Em Out." During a stroll down the MTV Movie Awards gold carpet, he told us about the highly anticipated album — well, a little bit about it.

"Swizz [Beatz] and I just did a record," he said. "It's called 'Louis Ray,' and it's basically about a fashion statement. You know, I always have very nice silk pocket squares hanging from my jeans. I just did a song about it. I think it's gonna really be one for the clubs."

Tip, who shot a video for "No Matter What" recently in Atlanta, returned to the clubs this past Friday with a show at Washington, D.C.'s Love. It was his first performance since last winter, when he was arrested on gun charges right before the BET Hip-Hop Awards. The King of the South recorded most of his album while under house arrest.

"Ink-free," Tip said of creating his LP "spontaneously." "I think it's a little more intricate. It's a little more elaborate. It's a little more intelligent. I believe so. I'm not gonna speak for it. I'm gonna let the music speak for itself. I don't wanna give no heads-up, man. I ain't gonna tell you what to expect. Just know it's an album coming out, and all of my true fans will receive my contribution to the industry."

T.I. has a full schedule of summer concerts. Next week in Atlanta, Tip will be one of the headliners of his hometown's biggest concert of the year, the Birthday Bash. The Game, Young Jeezy, Plies, DJ Khaled and Shawty Lo are all on the bill as well. As for his Hollywood career, Tip recently signed a three-picture deal with film company Screen Gems.






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Darius Mccrary - Mccrary Hits Back At Steffans Assault Claims

LATEST: Actor DARIUS MCCRARY has filed a restraining order against estranged girlfriend KARRINE 'SUPERHEAD' STEFFANS, refuting her recent allegations of vehicular assault.

Last Thursday (05Jun08), the former X-rated actress-turned-author filed a police report against MCCrary, accusing him of hitting her with his car and injuring her right foot.

But Family Matters star MCCrary has hit back with the legal order in a bid to keep the hip-hop video star well away from him.

In his account of the car incident, he claims Steffans "jumped on the trunk of my car and then the roof of my car".

He adds, "She started beating my vehicle and windows", before trying to break the car windows "with her fist".

In a separate incident, he accuses Steffans of abusing him: "(She) slapped me so hard that she hit a bystander."

According to documents obtained by website TMZ.com, MCCrary also accuses Steffans of stalking, verbal and physical abuse, and damage to property worth an estimated $3,500 (GBP1,750).

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Bow Wow Fires Back At Loose-lipped Video Vixens

Rapper BOW WOW has fired back at two music video models who poked fun at his womanising ways and his stature on a radio show.
Dollicia Bryant and Rita G claimed Bow Wow hit on them while he was still dating then-girlfriend Ciara during a recent radio chat, in which they mocked the rapper's height.
But in a new video posted on YouTube.com, Bow Wow hits back at the girls, claiming Bryant was with him "just two days ago" - and he shows the footage to prove it.
He then attacks Rita G, who raised temperatures in Kanye West's Flashing Lights video, stating, "I never even met that broad in my whole life. Nobody knows you... I don't event know you."
And the star - real name Shad Moss - urges the video vixens to stop "dissing" him, likening himself to a chess master.
Bow Wow adds, "You ain't gonna win this game, you can't play chess with Bobby Fischer, baby."
But the young rapper insists he isn't bitter, suggesting the ladies make up for their remarks with sexual favours.
The cheeky hip-hop star poses: "There's only one way we can make up after this... and I'm open!"

Bobby Brown's Son: Whitney Was A 'Nightmare'

Bobby Brown's son Landon has revealed his former stepmother, Whitney Houston, treated him like an employee when he went to stay with the former couple.
Landon Brown says Houston was a "nightmare" to grow up with, refusing to accept him as a member of her family.
He tells the National Enquirer that his former stepmum insisted he slept in a guest house when he came to stay - and refused to let him spend time with her daughter - his half-sister - Bobbi Kristina.
He says, "Whitney and I never really got along. She didn't necessarily hate me, but she wouldn't really speak to me either. In Whitney's eyes, I was the stepchild."
He adds, "She decided to turn me into one of her security personnel. I was a teenager but I was walking around dressed up in all black with a Security shirt and she'd have me work for her. I was just another one of her staff."