South London rapper Giggs has had his 10 date tour cancelled over police warnings over the security at each show.

Giggs planned to tour the UK with a set of dates to promote his upcoming single “Don’t Go There”, which features B.o.B. (its out now!)

The Metropolitan police confirmed they spoke to the promoters of the O2 Islington date and “advised that there were concerns about potential risk to the event, if it took place”.

A statement from the police went on to say, “We routinely exchange intelligence and information with other police forces but any police decision to advise a venue about a planned event would be taken at a local level.”

The cancellation comes after revelations that Trident had contacted XL Recordings (Giggs label) before he was signed to warn them.

On the cancellation of the concerts, the rapper said,

“I just want to thank the police for all this great promotion that they’re giving me, all these cancellations and that is just making me more powerful.”

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Kevin Liles let it slip (via Twitter of course) that T.I. was heading back to the studio. The tweet then disappeared but Global Grind managed to take a screenshot before it was deleted.

Spotted: RR

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EMI Music has announced that Snoop Dogg as the Creative Chairman Priority Records. 

Snoop Dogg will also release a new studio album for Priority that EMI will bring to fans around the world.

Leonard Brooks, Senior VP of Urban A&R for EMI Music said,

“Snoop has been a huge force in Rap and a big influence on the Urban genre in general, In addition to possessing an original artistic voice, Snoop is also a true tastemaker, trendsetter of style and a global ambassador of Hip-Hop.  We’re elated to release his next record, and to have Snoop re-introduce some of the most ground-breaking Rap recordings to new fans as Creative Chairman of Priority Records.”

Nick Gatfield, President of New Music for EMI North America, UK and Ireland added,

“EMI’s mission is to truly understand and serve music fans around the world, and we recognize that Snoop is a creative talent who ‘gets’ his fan base and recognizes great music and entertainment trends.  We join with millions of fans around the world in anticipation of a new Snoop album and the other exciting projects that Snoop will drive at Priority.”
Snoop will also release his tenth studio album in December. “Malice N Wonderland” will have production and mixing by The Dream, Tricky Stewart, Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Danja, Nottz, and will feature Soulja Boy, Lil Jon, R. Kelly, The Dream, Brandy and Jazmine Sullivan.

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Santigold has revealed that she is working with Pharrell Williams for her second studio album.

The singer told Nylon  that recording for the album will get underway in August but Pharrell has already had some ideas.

“We went in the studio and [Williams] was like, ‘I’ll just play the buckets. It was like, ‘Boom, ah, buh-doom, ah!’”.

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Reports on the internet suggest that Jay-Z much anticipated album Blueprint 3 will be released on September 11th.

Its seems like Jay-Z has struck a distribution deal with Atlantic Records for the new album but the album will be released under his Roc Nation imprint.

Hip Hop fans will remember that the first installment of the Blueprint album’s was released on September 11th 2001.

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Method Man has dismissed any rumours that the Wu Tang Clan have broken up, insisting people are taking it out of context, including fellow rapper Ludacris.

The last album the Wu put out was 8 Diagrams back in 2007 and rumours have since spread that the Clan had broken up.

Even Ludacris on ’Lets Stay Together’ from his latest album ‘Theatre Of The Mind’ said “First Wu-Tang broke up/Now ODB’s gone”.

But speaking to the New York Daily News, Meth insists the Wu havent disbanded but are taking a break.

“We never really split up. People need to stop taking s**t out of context … Even Ludacris, who I respect a lot, kind of upset me with a song he had where he mentioned Wu-Tang broke up. No, we didn’t break up! There has never been an official statement that said, ‘We’re done’ or ‘I’m out’ … there’s things we’ve got to take care of first before anybody even starts to discuss that.” 

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9th Wonder and Pras will share their secrets of success at a New York City High School next week.

The duo will talk and arrange workshops with pupils of The New Design High School on Monday as part of a community arts programme.

The Urban Arts Partnership’s Interactive Master Classes aim to give students an insight into the music industry and teach them the skills needed to make a success of their careers.

Producer 9th Wonder already holds a masterclass in Hip Hop at the North Carolina Central University.

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Jay-Z has defended Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps over pictures that seemed to show Phelps smoking drugs.

Earlier this year, Phelps was pictured in British newspapers holding a marijuana glass pipe at a friends party. But while the swimming star apologised calling his behaviour ”regrettable”, he lost endorsement deals.

But Hip Hop star Jay-Z, feels the public shouldn’t judge the young athlete and insists he will learn from mistakes as he gets older.

Speaking to Cigar Aficionado magazine, Hova said,

“You look at all these people who graduated from Princeton and Harvard, who are supposed to be pillars of the community - every day in the newspaper arrested for some kind of financial fraud. Then you look at someone like Michael Phelps. He’s 23. What’s he gonna do? He’s a kid. He’s going to experiment”

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