NEWS: 10-5-07 :: Cee-Lo new label :: Cannon weds :: DJ Peril new single

Grammy Award winning singer/rapper/writer/producer Cee-Lo Green has celebrated the launch of his new label Radiculture, which is distributed by Atlantic Records.

So So Def recording artist Hot Dollar hit New York subways this week. Hot Dollar launched the label first ever Subway Tour during times when kids headed to and from school. During those times, the rapper interacted with the students and gave away real single dollar bills with his name engraved on them from a black sharpie.

Corporate giant Verizon has ended its partnership with Akon, after an explicit dance with a 15-year-old girl at a show in Trinidad. The girl, who reportedly thought she won a dance contest, was allowed entry into Club Zen, despite the fact that she was underage. Akon (Aliaune Thiam) proceeded to simulate sex with the under aged girl as they danced on the stage.

Mavado, dancehall's most talked about dee-jay, has signed a multiple album deal with VP Records. His first album entitled Gangster For Life is set to be released this July. Production credits include, Daseca, Stephen McGregor, TJ and Famous.

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is less then four months away, and is the first major summer reggae festival of the season. This will be SNWMF's second time in the beautiful town of Boonville CA. This festival has brought a worldwide line-up of artists to the small hamlet in Mendocino county.

Nick Cannon and girlfriend Selita Banks made their union official when Cannon recently proposed. Canon reportedly ushered Banks, a Victoria's Secret model, in a Rolls Royce Phantom to Times Square, where he surprised her with the words "Selita will you marry me?" lit up on the giant Jumbotron in the Square.

DJ Peril's next hot single Give You What You Want comes off his smash hit album King of the Beats. The exciting brand new video clip was filmed in NYC, the UK and Australia. The filmclip is once again set to raise the bar for videos in this genre. The single features 8 hot remixes and an exclusive P-Money Remix of Rock Ya Baby. 2007 is set to be DJ Peril’s year. Rock Ya Baby has recently been added to NZ radio across the board and his album is about to be released making it only the second Australian hip hop album to be released in NZ ever, with 1200 Techniques being the first.

UGK and Outkast. are ganging up on the mic via the Underground Kingz’s Int'l Players Anthem. Once again, Dre is the highlight — "Keep your heart three stacks, keep your heart," he spits — but you definitely can't sleep on the other three MCs.

The Kingz’s album UGK Underground Kingz is out now. But until then, DJ Vlad gives us a bunch of UGK songs on this mixtape. The DJ says it's a dream come true.

Joints To Check For:

• Int'l Players Anthem (featuring Three 6 Mafia). "This is the unreleased version," Vlad said. "They couldn't get Three 6 cleared for the album. UGK is one of my favorite groups of all time. I flipped at the chance to do this mixtape. Me and Bun B have been working on mixtape tracks for years — he showed up on the Rap Phenomenon II mixtape.
• One Day (Butcher Blend). "This is actually my favorite blend on the tape," Vlad said. "I mixed a classic UGK track with Lil Wayne and Baby's 'Leather So Soft.' The outcome was incredible. When I was remixing 'One Day,' I instantly thought of 'Leather So Soft,' because the track's producer, Jim Jonsin, really made that sound like an old-school Texas track. That's why it worked so well."
• Get Cheese (featuring T.I.). "It has a ridiculous verse from T.I.: 'Oh yes, it's the mob, better get ya mind right/ Tip ain't goin' hard/ That don't even sound right,' " Vlad said.