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This week in Music Licensing

by Ryan Barkan The B.I.G.gest music licensing story last week was the release of Notorious, the film based on the life story of Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G. As you may already know, a virtual unknown was cast to play Biggie....

Posted on January 21, 2009 1:56 PM

Death Row Records sold for for $18 Million, Notorious opens

The assets of Death Row Records, said to include master recordings of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, were auctioned off today (Jan. 15) for $18 million to WIDEawake Entertainment Group, a development company out of Canada. Because of...

Posted on January 16, 2009 8:20 AM

Alicia Keys' gangster rap conspiracy theory

In a potentially controversial chat with Blender mag, Alicia Keys, 27, says, "Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didn't exist." Ms. Keys, sporting a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck, says...

Posted on April 14, 2008 6:14 PM

Notorious B.I.G. - the movie starring Jamal Woolard

Jamal Woolard will play Biggie Biggie is coming to the big screen. Fox Searchlight has hired Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn-based rapper, to play late rap icon Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., in its upcoming biopic "Notorious." Derek Luke, Angela...

Posted on March 6, 2008 12:49 PM

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