Trina Departs From Atlantic Records, Looks For New Label

August 18th, 2006 | By Administrator

Slip-N-Slide Records? rap diva Trina, born Katrina Taylor, has officially cut ties with her distributing label Atlantic Records, and is now searching for a new recording home.

Ted Lucas, owner of Trina?s label Slip-N-Slide Records, said that Atlantic was no longer able to assist the rapper in her upcoming endeavors.

?We decided to look for another label that will be able to promote Trina more effectively, and turn her into an even larger selling artist,? Lucas told AllHipHop.com and added that the “departure was amicable,” stating that Atlantic and Trina ended their relationship on positive terms.

Trina’s most recent album The Glamorest Life dropped in Oct. 2005 and is approaching gold certification. Her previous two albums Da Baddest B**ch (2000) and Diamond Princess (2002) also went gold, selling a combined 1.2 million copies.

Trina?s currently in the studio, rumored to be working on an album called Rock Starr that will be released in 2007.

?She is in the recording studio now, and we hope that her fans will be patient until her new material is ready,? Lucas said.

Representatives for Atlantic had no comment.

Jermaine Dupri Booked As Music Director of AmsterJam Festival

August 18th, 2006 | By Administrator

Producer and Virgin Records president of urban music, Jermaine Dupri, has signed on to be musical director of the 2nd annual AmsterJam, an 8-hour music festival at Randalls Island.

The concert pairs musical acts together from various genres of music. As musical director, Dupri will be responsible for helping artists like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Foo Fighters work together.

“I am delighted to be asked to do this,” Dupri told AllHipHop.com. “I always grew up wanting to be a part of stuff like this. And then to do a [mash-up], something I actually believe is gonna be the next big wave in music…it’s really fun.”

Other scheduled AmsterJam mash-ups include: Busta Rhymes with Yerba Buena and LL Cool J with Tego Calderon, who will all perform their own sets and then perform together.

Dupri is currently working on the launch of girlfriend Janet Jackson’s upcoming 20 Y.O., as well as releases from R&B singer Johnta Austin and Daz of Tha Dogg Pound.

C-Murder Back On House Arrest

August 18th, 2006 | By Administrator

No Limit Records artist Corey “C-Murder” Miller has been ordered back into house arrest.

The one-page order was handed down yesterday (Aug.17) by 24th Judicial District Court Judge Martha Sassone in response to a 5th Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling on Tuesday (Aug. 15).

“Corey Miller is to be placed on complete home incarceration and is further ordered that he is not allowed to leave his residence at any time,” Sassone wrote, adding that the ruling would last until the rapper’s pending retrial on second-degree murder charges.

The Times-Picayune reports the judge also reinstated a gag order placed on everyone involved in the case in a separate order on Thursday.

The gag order also extends to the home incarceration program, according to Sassone.

The 5th Circuit Judges found error in Sassone’s “additional, unsolicited ruling” of removing Miller from house arrest when prosecutors sought to have his bond revoked.

Prosecutors attempted to put Miller back in jail, arguing the rapper violated house arrest rules on May 4, when he stopped by a Smoothie King in Metairie during a court-approved outing, as well as 13 occasions when the lyricist’s electronic monitoring equipment lost track of him at his home.

The incidents, which lasted no longer than about 20 minutes, amounted to violations, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors appealed Sassone’s three-page order, saying her decision did not take into account the seriousness of Miller’s other pending attempted-murder charges in Jefferson Parish and in Baton Rouge.

Sassone originally found “Miller had not violated the conditions of his bond including the home incarceration.”

“It was very clear that no one knew why this monitoring system was reporting these violations,” Sassone wrote. “There were discussions of electronic interference in that area that had nothing to do with the equipment of Mr. Miller.”

The new order is the latest twist in the ever changing legal events surrounding Miller, who is accused of shooting 16-year-old Steve Thomas in the chest during a fight on Jan. 12, 2002, in the now-closed Platinum Club in Harvey.

A date has not been set for the retrial of the rapper, who returned to house arrest after a month of freedom.