Mobb
Deep celebrated the release of their sixth album Amerikaz Nightmare
last night in New York at club Spirit. Raekwon the Chef, Black Thought, M.O.P.,
the Roots, Treach, Sean Price and Shyheim took to the stage and gave enthusiastic
performances. Lil Jon, Talib Kweli, Buck Shot, Grand Master Caz, Styles P.,
Jadakiss and others were also present. It was also announced that Mobb Deep
and M.O.P. would be collaborating on an upcoming untitled album.
Kevin Liles, who
recently resigned from his CEO position at Def Jam, has announced that he has
accepted a position at Warner Music Group. Liles is reunited with former Island
Def Jam CEO, Lyor Cohen. “Reuniting with Mr. Bronfman and my good friend
Lyor sets the stage for one of the greatest shows on earth,” Liles said
in a statement. “We all know how to win big and won’t accept anything
less."
As
AllHipHop.com reported in June,
Lil Kim is launching her own line of watches. It was recently announced that
she will now extend her reach into the fashion world and will launch a line
of perfume and a bag and clothing line. Kim’s scrapped the original plans
to have replica diamonds and has teamed with Jacob Jacob the Jeweler" Arabo,
who also did a deal with Kanye
West to produce custom “Jesus Pieces.”
Hieroglyphics will
be dropping a new DVD titled “Full Circle.” In addition to the DVD,
fans will receive a bonus CD of Hiero live. The Oakland, California vets are
also preparing “Hieroglyphics Video Retrospective DVD” and Del The
Funky Homosapien’s "Funk Em" 12." The DVD hits stores in
October 2005.