August 3, 2009 - Aside from the stellar lineup of bands at this year’s All Points West music festival, the buzz from the event seems centered around two main themes: Beastie Boys tributes and the weather.
May 7, 2008 - Ice-T has gathered several hip-hopap artists to work on his newest project, Black Ice, which will release a new recording, "Urban Legends," July 1, according to a press release. Ice-T and genre vets Black Silver, Aceyalone, Too $hort, RBX, Marc Live, and Tash of Tha Alkaholiks will be joined on the Black Ice project by up-and-comers Fedi Demarco, Act!on, Griffen, Faxx, Main Flow and E-Rule.
November 15, 1999 - Major labels "pimp" their artists and treat them as prostitutes, rapper Ice-T told the Webnoize 99 conference in Los Angeles yesterday (11/15). But as vocally as he and other musicians on the "Voice of the Creator" panel endorsed the power of the Internet to distribute music and find new fans, the music industry shows few signs of radically altering its profit structure and treatment of artists.
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