A Georgia man is suing
Luther Campbell and Luke Records for allegedly featuring the man with two women
in “Uncle Luke’s Freakshow,” Volume III. Keith Torrance filed
the lawsuit in Marion County Court, claiming that two female employee’s
of Luke held him against his will and enticed him into stripping in front of a
crowd while the camera’s were rolling. Torrance is suing for invasion of
privacy, emotional distress and battery.
Rapper Bow Wow will headline the Scream IV Tour with Omarion
and Marques Houston. While the bill hasn’t been finalized, the 18-year-old
rapper said the tour will kick off in July and compared the tour’s theatrics
to a professional wrestling show.
Rapper’s Eminem and Paradime were big Hip-Hop winners
at this year’s Detroit Music Awards, which took place Wednesday night
at the State Theater in downtown Detroit. Eminem won this year’s award
for Outstanding National Major Label Album for his latest album Encore, while
Paradime took home the Outstanding MC of the Year award. The winners of the
DMA’s are selected each year by the members of the Detroit music industry
each year.
Bay Area veteran
and Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphic member Opio has decided to branch out and
has recorded his solo LP “Triangulation Station.” According to Opio,
“Station” is a blend of sounds that is influenced by his musical
upbringing. “My father was a musician,” Opio revealed. “I
was always exposed to all different music; Classical, a lot of jazz…Reggae,
rock…Hip-Hop was just the combination of all that to me.” In addition
to the new LP, Opio has been busy looking after the independent label the Hieroglyphics
crew formed in ’97 called Hiero Imperium.