According to allhiphop.com, the teen celebrity rapper/actor Bow Wow - who recently released his fifth album The Price of Fame - is launching a new record label (The LB Dub Gang) and hopes to recreate the magic that brought him the superstar status. Young Jinsu, a 13-year-old rapper is part of Bow Wow’s label, The LB Dub Gang. His crew also includes Clee-O, an 18 year old actor/rapper who has already been featured next to Bow Wow in Roll Bounce and The Rock in Walking Tall.

In other Celebrity news, Bow Wow - real name Shad Moss - desperate to avoid a lonely February 14 and in an effort to get over his split from R&B beauty Ciara, he asked female fans to post internet Valentine’s messages via his MySpace page.

I’m passing the Lil Bow Wow torch to Jinsu. This Bow Wow movement with teenagers, girls and kids goes back to Jermaine being a mentor, father figure and learning from him and watching him for the past seven years.
- Bow Wow said -

According to allhiphop.com, rapper Chamillionaire prepares his upcoming album named “Ultimate Victory” for this spring. The album will be released through Chamillitary Entertainment/Universal Motown and will feature music material from Three Six Mafia, Rick Rock, Play N Skillz, The Runners, JR Rotem, Kane Beatz, and Disco D. The rapper’s “Ultimate Victory” will consists appearances of Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Pimp C, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Slick Rick, Devin The Dude and Famous. Reports say the first track from the album is titled “Not a Criminal” featuring Kelis and for this record, the rapper is willing to remove his trademark diamond encrusted “grillz” from his mouth, in this way people will focus more on his lyrics and music.

The rapper singer Chamillionaire is one of the biggest selling Ringtone artist with over 4 million ringtone sales, also certified by the RIAA as the first multi-platinum Mastertone artist in history and recently won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance.

According to the news, Hip-Hop stars Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs are reportedly negotiating with Comcast about launching a urban Video On Demand (VOD) channel. New York Post reveals that the heavyweights attended a meeting with Comcast - which does not have an urban video-on-demand channel - at their New York offices to talk about the idea. In other Celebrity news, Diddy will be heading out on an European tour next month.

The presence of the brothers Weinstein was twofold: since they’re already acquainted with both Comcast and the rap icons, they served as a perfect conduit for the meeting. And if the project ever gets off the ground, the Weinstein’s would be the money guys behind it, this source said.
- according to a New York Post article -

It was about time for us to hear some details about super-producer Timbaland his second solo album, Shock Value. According to the news the album will feature Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z, talented singer Elton John and rapper Snoop Dogg are among the big celebrity names. “Give It To Me” will be the fist single from the album, will feature Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado and we will hear it on February 1. Other guests on Timbaland’s album are M.I.A, Keri Hilson, The Hives, She Wants Revenge and Fall Out Boy. Shock Value will be released on March 27 through Mosley Music Group/Blackground/Interscope.

My mission is to blow up the boundaries and tear down the limits. I’m taking my music outside of the box. I’m not getting away from what I’m known for; I’m just going to a place where it’s all about the music, not about the labels on the music. That’s why I call it Shock Value. From the artists to the production, it will shock the system.
- says Timbaland -

The two Hip-Hop celebrities Diddy and Snoop Dogg are planning an European concert tour; they will share the stage in nine countries. The Snoop/Diddy tour will kick off on March 12th at Oslo, Norway’s Spektrum and the shows will feature Diddy performing material from his latest new Bad Boy album, “Press Play” while Snoop Dogg will sing tracks from his eighth solo album which has been well received by music critics named “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment”.

In other Celebrity news, Diddy - who became a dad to twins with girlfriend Kim Porter last month - has laughed off rumors he is romancing actress Sienna Miller after they were spotted sneaking into a New York hotel together.

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According to MTV news, Hip-Hop Celebrity 50 Cent has hit out at critics of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z’s new album, insisting it is as good as his previous records but negative criticism was inevitable. Critics say that Jay-Z’s comeback LP Kingdom Come is not that good as it was expected. Also 50 Cent has told MTV that G-Unit will be bigger and better than ever in 2007. In other Celebrity news, Jay-Z is rumored to wed soon with Beyonce and 50 Cent is preparing a line of condoms.

In Jay-Z’s case, he just ran into Jay-Z. The critics are comparing him to the old Jay-Z saying, ‘His stuff wasn’t as good as the older stuff, he looks too relaxed.’ I saw (someone say) on a TV show recently, ‘He looks like he belongs in the office.’ They say all kinda things about him. This is them weighing what his new work is to his old work. The Jay-Z record is a great record, the critics are gonna dawg it. They are just gonna say, ‘He is not as good as he was’.
- said Hip-Hop Celebrity 50 Cent -

According to the news, the rapper Nas has slammed today’s music industry, for the lack of creativity in the hip-hop, rock and R&B field. Nas has named his first release on the Def Jam label “Hip Hop Is Dead” and believes modern radio is to be blame for today situation when the singers are failing to take their music to the next level.

Actually we can say that Nas has join rappers like Xzibit, who decided that is time for him to take on the unofficial role of rap ambassador and Ice Cube, who slams modern Hip-Hop/Rap commercialism.

I think that people don’t really know how to trust their own creativity because of what it is with radio and it’s a business, it’s a big business. I mean, it is what it is, I’m not trying to fight the system. I’m just saying what I’m saying.
- Nas said -