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Rock The Bells 2012 Lineup

Guerilla Union have announced their solid lineup for this year’s Rock The Bells festival. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will be reuniting and performing “E. 1999 Eternal” in its entirety along with a tribute to Eazy-E. The Hit Squad, consisting of EPMD, Redman, Das EFX, K-Solo and Keith Murray, will also be present. Method Man and Redman will perform their album “Blackout” in its entirety. Also hitting the stage will be Nas, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky, Tyga, 2 Chainz, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Prodigy and much more.

The festival will kick off in San Bernardino, CA on August 19 and 20 at the NOS Events Center. It will then make its way to Mountain View, CA on August 25 and 26 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and will wrap up on the east coast in Newark, NJ on September 1 and 2 at PNC Arts Center.

Jimmy Henchman Trial Reveals Music Mogul's Alleged Multi-State Coke Operation

The trial of Hip-Hop key player James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond began in Brooklyn federal this past Monday (May 14) with opening statements from New York prosecutors alleging that the former manager of Game, Akon and others ran a multi-state coke operation. An exclusive report from AllHipHop revealed details from inside the courthouse and the odds Rosemond faces at the hands of the prosecution.

Prosecutors stated for the courts that Rosemond's Czar Entertainment company served a dual function of both managing music artists and doubling as a front to launder his drug operation's cash. Assistant Prosecutor Una Dean said, “For a time business was good. He had a lot of money and lived a life of luxury. But he didn't just have money; he had cash, so he could continue to build his drug empire.”

Rosemond's defense team, led by Gerald Shargel who has defended Mafia boss John Gotti in 1990 and worked the Murder, Inc. money laundering case in 2005, has said the prosecution's witnesses were liars looking to reduce federal sentences. Shargel also argued that a Los Angeles Times article from ousted journalist Chuck Philips linking Rosemond to the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur, which contained fabricated documents and led to the Times retracting the story, motivated federal authorities to go after Rosemond. Shargel said his client tried to cooperate with prosecutors, but they wanted Rosemond to implicate others outside the case such as Sean “Diddy" Combs and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

Yesterday (May 15), a bombshell was dropped in the courtroom when a former ally testified against Rosemond and laid out the structure of the $10 million-a-year drug operation. Thirty-eight year-old Khalil Abdullah said that drug money was exchanged between Los Angeles and New York. “We had a business relationship,” Abdullah said to the jury. “We sold drugs together. The money was packed in New York and sent to Los Angeles and picked up by the catchers, and vacuum seal bags to conceal the money.” Abdullah, who met Rosemond some 12 years ago in Washington while he worked security for Czar Entertainment artists, joined the operation after a quick conversation.

“He [Rosemond] said he had money he needed to clean up, about $275, 000,” Abdullah said. “He offered a chance to make money. We met in Harlem; he said there would be no headaches. He said ‘you can't go to jail for getting caught with money' and if I went to LA he would show me how.”

Testimony will continue on today.

G.O.O.D. Music! Congrats to Teyana Taylor! Big Moves! Read the Press Release below!

G.O.O.D. Music, the independent record label formed by 18-time Grammy Award-winner (and 43-time Grammy nominee) Kanye West and signed to an exclusive long-term worldwide agreement last year with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG), has signed Teyana Taylor, the multi-talented young singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer/choreographer, and actress to G.O.O.D.’s expanding artist roster.

Details of Teyana’s first album and single releases will be revealed in the weeks and months ahead. Meanwhile, her first mixtape, The Misunderstanding of Teyana Taylor, released last month, has spun off a pair of hot new tracks: “DUI” featuring fellow Def Jam artists Fabolous and Jadakiss, and “Make Your Move” featuring Wale. The mixtape evokes classic ’80s and ’90s R&B, paying homage to Teyana’s influences including Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, and especially Lauryn Hill.

More recently, Teyana shook up the Internet and Twitter world with her cover of Drake’s “Marvin’s Room,” dubbed “Her Room.” Teyana closed out 2011 as the opening act for The Game’s European “Red Tour.”

21-year old Harlem native Teyana Taylor began as a protégé of Pharrell Williams (of the Neptunes), and was first signed at age 15 to his Startrak/Interscope label (a division of Universal Music Group). Teyana has maintained an active profile on the pop scene ever since 2007, starting with her extravagant, ’80s-themed coming out party on MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16,” and as the petite pop locker in Jay-Z’s “Blue Magic” video. Teyana’s debut album, From A Planet Called Harlem was released in 2008, featuring the chart single, “Google Me.”

Teyana has also begun to earn her share of songwriting credits, most recently co-writing “Right By My Side” (featuring Chris Brown), the newest chart single by fellow Trinidadian-American artist Nicki Minaj (from her brand new album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded). In addition to co-writing credits for Willow Smith, Chris Brown, and others, Teyana has also collaborated with A-list artists including Kanye West, on versions of “Dark Fantasy,” “Hell Of A Life” and “Runaway,” and 2010’s “Christmas In Harlem,” which Rolling Stone magazine called “the best rock n roll Holiday song in history.” Other collaborations include “Rock Wit Me” with Jadakiss; and “Party Tonite” with fellow Harlemites Cam’ron and Jim Jones.

Beyoncé herself was so impressed with the young star’s dance moves that she asked Teyana to teach her the Chicken Noodle Soup, the popular dance Teyana helped innovate, for her “Ring The Alarm” video as well as her performance at the 2007 MTV VMA’s. “That kind of love coming from Jay and Beyoncé was crazy,” recalls Teyana.

Her television appearances include MTV’s “Made,” ABC’S “Limelight,” BET’s “Rip The Runway,” “Spring Bling,” and a co-hosting stint on “106th & Park,” Oxygen’s “House of Glam” and “Hair Battle Spectacular,” and PBS’s “Electric Company.”

On the big screen, Teyana’s sassy style was seen in Stomp the Yard 2 (2010) opposite Columbus Short and Keith David. Her breakout appearance took place in Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family. In post-production are Gang of Roses 2 with Rocsi Diaz (BET) and Amber Rose; and The Love Section with Mekhi Phifer.

Taylor has also graced numerous magazine covers and spreads including VIBE, Teen Vogue, Nylon, Giant, Fader, Rap-Up, TRACE, Paper, and the New York Post’s Page Six, just to name a few. She has also strut her stuff on the runway at the Diesel Fashion Show for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, The Lady Cavi runway show for Macy’s, and for high fashion designer Zac Posen on BET’s “Rip The Runway.”