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Ice-T Plans Collaborations With Snoop, Dre, Eminem

19 Jan 2001 04:03:00 EST

L.A.'s O.G. also looks to record with Mobb Deep, Guru for eighth album, manager says.
By Corey Moss

Ice-T
Photo: Atomic Pop

Los Angeles rapper Ice-T plans to feature guest appearances by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mobb Deep and Gang Starr's Guru on his next album, according to the Original Gangster's manager.

Ice-T has already recorded tracks for his eighth album, tentatively titled The Eighth Wonder: The Ice Age, but will likely not record any collaborations until May. It is possible the follow-up to 1999's 7th Deadly Sin will be released by the end of this year, the rapper's manager said.

Spokespeople for Snoop Dogg and Guru were not aware of any collaborations, and representatives for Dr. Dre, Eminem and Mobb Deep did not return phone calls.

Ice-T Greatest Hits: The Evidence was released last August and included such hits as "I'm Your Pusher," "O.G. Original Gangster," "Colors" and "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)." Ice-T acted in several '90s films, such as "Ricochet" and "Trespass," and stars in the television crime series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

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KRS-One, Schoolly D, Guru Tapped For "Once In The Life"

14 Feb 2000 03:15:00 EST

KRS-One

KRS-One, Guru from Gang Starr, Schoolly D, Black Sheep, and Vernon Reid are among the artists that have contributed new or unreleased songs to the soundtrack for "Once In The Life," an upcoming film starring and being directed by Laurence Fishburne.

KRS-One's cut, "Shutupa Yo' Face," will mark his first solo release since the 1997 LP "I Got Next." In the interim, the former Boogie Down Productions frontman has mostly made guest appearances on other artists' records, including Snoop Dogg's "Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told," and Digital Underground's "Who Got The Gravy?" KRS-One has also logged time as an A&R rep for Reprise Records.

For the "Once In The Life" LP, Guru has teamed up with the Brand New Heavies' N'Dea Davenport on "Choices," while rapper Roscoe -- otherwise known as Kurupt's younger brother -- has hooked up with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora for a hip-hip version of "Ballad Of Youth," a song that originally appeared on Sambora's 1991 solo album, "Stranger In This Town."

The soundtrack for "Once In The Life" is due out on Antra records in April, while the film is tentatively due to arrive on screens in the late spring or early summer. The movie is being produced by The Shooting Gallery, the same company that handled "Sling Blade," "Niagara, Niagara," and "Dee Snider's Strangeland."

"Once In The Life" is based on Fishburne's recent off-Broadway play, "Riff Raff," about a heist gone wrong, and also features Gregory Hines, Paul Calderon, and Sue Costello.

The full track listing for the "Once In The Life" album:

Nuyorican Soul - "Nautilus"
The Spooks - "The Things I've Seen"
Zap Mama - "Rofiki (Remix)"
The Congregation - "Train Whistle"
Vernon Reid - "Fearless Misery"
Buckshot LeFonque - "Breakfast @ Denny's"
Roscoe featuring Richie Sambora - "Ballad Of Youth"
Latin Frozz - "No Dinero, No Respecto"
Big Pimpin' - "Livin' It Up"
Guru with N'Dea Davenport and Bobbi Humphrey - "Choices"
Kevin Sandbloom - "Home"
Schoolly D - "Yes, Yes Y'all"
Black Sheep - "Once In The Life"
Glenn Scott - "Without Vertigo"
KRS-One - "Shutupa Yo' Face"

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Lightning Silences Tibetan Freedom Concert As Fans Injured

13 Jun 1998 09:30:00 EDT

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

The first day of this weekend's two-day Tibetan Freedom Concert was silenced at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern time when a bolt of lightning struck the field at the show's venue, injuring a number of fans.

This year's concert in Washington, D.C., the third annual edition of the event, was halted about four hours after it started when the heavy rain that had been falling on RFK Stadium gave way to lightning. The bolt came during a performance by Herbie Hancock and Gang Starr's Guru, and left a handful of fans injured.

"As far as we know there's one person who's in stable condition, and the other people are alright," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, one of the event's organizers, told MTV News. "Three people got struck by lightning, or one person was struck and the other two were nearby or affected, maybe touching a pole, and when they came to treat the people, one person got up and walked away and the other two were taken to the hospital."

After the lightning strike, show organizers halted the show, and requested that the 60,000 ticketholders on hand evacuate the venue. At the time of the incident, fans had already seen sets from Money Mark, the Dave Matthews Band, KRS-One, and Live. Show organizers said that they hoped to reschedule the performers who were slated for Saturday but who were preempted by the lightning, including Sonic Youth, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., Beck, and Radiohead. Organizers hoped to bring those acts to the stage during Sunday's portion of the two-day concert, but noted that some of the groups have scheduling conflicts that make such a move unlikely for them.

Yauch seemed optimistic that, weather permitting, the second day of the concert would go on as planned. "As far as we know, as long as the weather is fine, I guess we are going to go on with the show tomorrow," Yauch told MTV News.

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Rapper Guru Surrenders To Police

25 Mar 1997 06:00:00 EST

March 25 [18:00 EST] -- Keith Elam, better known as jazz rapper Guru, surrendered to police in Valley Stream, New York Tuesday morning, on felony charges of assault and criminal possession of a handgun.

Police say Guru left a Manhattan nightclub last Wednesday night with three women, one of whom claims he hit her with a beer bottle after an argument. She was treated for cuts and a concussion at a local hospital. Guru could face up to seven years in jail on each charge; he's due in court April 30.

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