You may remember from the film The Terminator (Orion, 1984) a creature known
as the Infiltrator model, a humanoid assassin capable of blending in with
the underground rebel population before blowtorching their asses and blowing
up the whole spot. Eve's near-perfect combination of brains, beauty, and
spit lends her an Infiltrator-like profile in the dick-dominated world of
hip hop.
In an era when realness is measured in Bad Boysize Benjamins, and
representin' hip hop means depending on the fickle-ass streets and MTV for
validation, Eve would be a fool not to have a plan worked out for the
downside. Judging from what we've seen, Mama didn't raise no fool.
February 25, 200042nd Annual Grammy Awards
Carlos Santana proved unbeatable at last night's 42nd Annual Grammy Awards
at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The veteran guitarist from the '70s won in every category for which he was
nominated, including the night's top honors: album of the year
("Supernatural"), record of the year (to his single with singer Rob Thomas,
"Smooth") and song of the year ("Smooth" again). In all, Santana himself
collected eight awards, matching Michael Jackson's 1983 record for the most
Grammys won in a single year. (The song of the year trophy went to the
songwriters of "Smooth," Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas.) Santana, 52, told
reporters backstage that tying with Jackson was "a real honor." He also said
that he was proud "to be able to demonstrate to the people that deepness and
class can be as profitable as shallowness and crass." Ricky Martin, Marc
Anthony, the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears (who lost the best new
artist title to Christina Aguilera), despite their high profiles, were left
empty-handed last night. Still, the No. 1 topic on early a.m. TV and radio
shows today was presenter Jennifer Lopez's dress. Or lack of it. Lopez's
outfit, a green and yellow silk chiffon Donatella Versace scarf dress, was
cut all the way down to her navel, then split apart again and fell to the
floor. (Only a brooch kept the actress-singer from exposing her privates.)
As her co-presenter David Duchovny said at the podium, "For the first time
in my career I can be sure nobody's looking at me."
February 13, 2000TLC Nominated For Three Soul Train Music Awards
Hip-hop trio TLC, who are already up for eight Grammy Awards, received another batch of
accolades last night, as the group received three nominations for this year's Soul Train
Music Awards, leading all artists.
Nominees for the 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards were announced last night by
Montell Jordan and Tamia during a press conference at Paramount Studios in Hollywood,
California.
Aside from TLC, the nominees for the Soul Train awards were evenly divided among the
ten categories, with seven artists including Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Destiny's
Child, and Donell Jones each receiving two nominations. DMX, Mariah Carey, Juvenile, and
20 other artists each picked up a single nomination.
In addition to the competitive categories, organizers for this year's Soul Train Music
Awards have announced that DMX and Mary J. Blige will both receive the Sammy Davis, Jr.
Award for "Entertainer Of The Year," while Prince will be named "Artist Of
The Decade."
The 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards will be handed out at a gala event scheduled
for March 4 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Eric Benét, Lisa "Left
Eye" Lopes, Tamia, and Shemar Moore set to co-host.
The complete list of nominees for this year's Soul Train Music Awards:
Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
"Ex-Factor" - Lauryn Hill
"Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
"My Love Is Your Love" - Whitney Houston
"Chante's Got A Man" - Chante Moore
Best R&B/Soul Single, Male
"So Anxious" - Ginuwine
"U Know What's Up" - Donell Jones
"Fortunate" - Maxwell
"Back At One" - Brian McKnight
Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band, Or Duo
"Bills, Bills, Bills" - Destiny's Child
"Beauty" - Dru Hill
"Get Gone" - Ideal
"No Scrubs" - TLC
Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
"Mary" - Mary J. Blige
"On How Life Is" - Macy Gray
"My Love Is Your Love" - Whitney Houston
"On The 6" - Jennifer Lopez
Best R&B/Soul Album, Male
"A Day In The Life" - Eric Benét
"100% Ginuwine" - Ginuwine
"Where I Wanna Be" - Donell Jones
"Back At One" - Brian McKnight
Best R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band, Or Duo
"The Writing's On The Wall" - Destiny's Child
"It's Real" - K-Ci & JoJo
"Princesses Nubiennes" - Les Nubians
"Fanmail" - TLC
Best R&B/Soul Or Rap New Artist
"Gotta Man" - Eve
"Get Gone" - Ideal
"Back That Azz Up" - Juvenile featuring Manny Fresh and Lil' Wayne
"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" - Angie Stone
Best R&B/Soul Or Rap Music Video
"Hot Boyz" - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve, and
Q-Tip
"Vivrant Thing" - Q-Tip
"What's It Gonna Be" - Busta Rhymes
"Will 2K" - Will Smith
R&B/Soul Or Rap Album Of The Year
"Mary" - Mary J. Blige
"Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood" - DMX
"R." - R. Kelly
"Fanmail" - TLC
Best Gospel Album
"The Lord Is A Wonder" - Dorothy Norwood
"God Can & God Will" - Dottie Peoples
"Healing: Live In Detroit" - Richard Smallwood
"Live In Detroit, Vol. 2" - Vickie Winans
February 12, 2000D.A. Accuses Puffy Of Allegedly Bribing Driver
Sean "Puffy" Combs' legal situation got even more complicated on Thursday,
as a Manhattan district attorney claimed that the rap mogul attempted to
bribe his driver to take the fall for several gun possession charges
currently leveled against Combs.
Prosecutors made the accusations during a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan
Supreme Court in which the district attorney's office was looking to raise
Combs' bail from $10,000 to $150,000, according to "The New York Daily
News."
In the hearing, prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos claimed that Puffy attempted to
bribe driver Wardel Fenderson in front of several police officers at the
Midtown South precinct station where Combs and girlfriend Jennifer Lopez
were questioned following the shooting at Club New York on December 27.
Combs allegedly offered Fenderson $50,000 to take the blame for a stolen gun
found in the vehicle Lopez and Puffy fled the nightclub in, even offering
Fenderson the diamond pinkie ring Lopez had given him in November for his
30th birthday as collateral.
Prosecutors also alluded to the fact that they may ask a grand jury to
indict Combs on a bribery charge, noting that the grand jury was still
reviewing evidence in the case and had yet to be dismissed.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has not returned calls from MTV
News seeking information about if and when prosecutors would ask the grand
jury to indict Combs on the additional charge.
Bogdanos also asked Judge Charles Solomon to raise Combs' bail because its
office considered the rapper-entrepreneur, who is slated to launch a
European tour on March 14 in Dublin, Ireland, to be a potential flight risk.
After Thursday's hearing, one of Puffy's attorneys, Benjamin Brafman,
strongly contested the notion that Combs might flee prosecution.
"Suggesting that Mr. Combs is a flight risk is ludicrous," Brafman said. "He
is immediately recognized wherever he goes. But more importantly, he has no
intention of running away from this.
"He has every intention of addressing this case responsibly in a courtroom,"
Brafman continued, "and he fully expects to be exonerated, because he knows
he didn't commit a crime on the night in question."
Judge Solomon said he would decide whether or not to raise Combs' bail
during the next scheduled hearing for the case, set for February 22.
February 8, 2000Big
Punisher Is Dead
Rapper Big Punisher, currently heard on Jennifer Lopez' "Feelin' So Good"
single, suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead Monday afternoon at the age of 28.
A hospital spokesperson declined to discuss details of the rapper's condition and told
MTV News that Big Pun (real name Christopher Rios) was dead on arrival at the hospital at
approximately 4 p.m. (ET) Monday afternoon.
Rios is survived by a wife and three children.
Big Pun was slated to join Lopez and Fat Joe for a performance of "Feelin' So
Good" on last weekend's edition of "Saturday Night Live," but he did not
turn up on the show.
Pun leapt from the underground to the mainstream with his 1998 album "Capital
Punishment" and the hit single "Still Not A Player." At the time of his
death, the rapper was preparing to release his sophomore album, titled "Yeehah
Baby," in April.
February 7, 2000
Ice Cube Talks "Peace" And The Future
For a man who introduced himself as simply that "crazy motherf***er named Ice
Cube," O'Shea Jackson is making quite a nice go of it in the straight world these
days.
The rapper jumped out at us as such on "Straight Outta Compton" with hardcore
innovators N.W.A. some twelve years ago. Now, with critical praise coming his way for his
role in "Three Kings" and the recent box office-topping success of his
co-scripted, exec-produced starrer "Next Friday," the man who dubbed himself
"Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (via a 1990 album title) and was once considered a
menace to society in the heady days of the Bush Administration has the figureheads of
mainstream American entertainment beating down his door, brandishing deals and cash.
Hopefully the hoopla surrounding "Next Friday" (now pushing $40 million in
U.S. theaters) will die down soon, though, 'cause the man has an album to talk about.
Cube's turning his focus back toward hip-hop with "War & Peace Volume 2: The
Peace Disc," which is due out on March 21. True to its title, the follow-up to 1998's
"Volume 1: The War Disc" promises to be a less dark, though no less thought
provoking, excursion.
"I always felt, coming from N.W.A., [that] people wanted a hardcore record,"
Cube told the MTV Radio Network of his past solo work. "['The Peace Disc'] was a
record where it's a couple of hard ones on there, but most of them were records not just
talking about how it is, but maybe how it should be, how things can be different, things
can change.
"There's party records on there," he continued. "I've had a lot of
success with records like 'We Be Clubbin'' and 'You Can Do It,' and I wanted to do a
couple more of those to put on here. This is just a fun record. I didn't want it to be
political. I didn't want it to just be over nothing. I just wanted to rap, do good music,
and let people enjoy the record. And that's why I call it the 'Peace' album."
One of those feel-good tracks is the first single, "Until We Rich," which
features Cube alongside Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Cube feels it's a song that,
by its positive nature, is a lot like Tupac Shakur's "Dear Momma" and his own
now-classic "It Was A Good Day."
"It's an off-the-hook single," Cube enthuses. "It's one of those
uplifting kind of songs. Me and Krayzie Bone, this is the first time we got down together,
so it should be a good thing."
Other guests on "The Peace Disc" include DJ Quik, Mack 10, and Chris Rock,
with production appearances by Chucky Thompson (of Puff Daddy's Hitmen) and Sean
"Puffy" Combs himself as well as Bud'da, with whom he's worked in the past. For
his track "You Can Do It," the single off the "Next Friday"
soundtrack, Cube sought out someone fresh to add to the mix.
"It's a guy named One-Eye, he produced that," Cube said of "You Can Do
It." "As usual, I always use new producers, mainly to try to come up with a new
flavor for an album."
The same notion could be applied to Cube's approach to filmmaking; with confidence he
made his directorial debut with "The Player's Club" in 1998 (a film he also
wrote, executive produced, and starred in). Now he's passing along the first-time torch to
talents such as "Next Friday" director Steve Carr (who had previously directed
Jay-Z's videos for "Can I Get A..." and "Hard Knock Life") and actor
Jean Claude La Marre, whose low-budget debut as a writer-director, "Stoop," is
in the works with thanks in part to Ice Cube's new multimedia production company, Cube
Vision.
Soon after founding Cube Vision with partner Matt Alvarez, the rapper found himself in
possession of a three-picture deal with New Line Cinema; the company has gone on to ink
deals for film and TV with Artisan Entertainment and Warner Brothers as well. Content to
focus on the big and little screens for the time being ("I really wanna crawl before
I walk," he says), Cube plans to expand the company's reach to soundtracks and
multimedia/Internet concerns in the future.
Gauging the response to "Next Friday," Cube Vision's first cinematic salvo,
that shouldn't be a problem. The rapper is pretty pleased he's been able to strike a
balance between "Billboard" and the box office with such success; in fact, he
thinks of it as if he's testing his skills out in public.
"Most people don't have that comfort, to be able to slide back and forth and try
to do it well," Cube said. "I still think I can become a better actor. I think I
can become a better writer, producer, better rapper, and I'm always striving to be better.
So to be able to bounce back and forth and kinda sharpen your pencil and make sure you
tight on the mic here and make sure you tight in acting there, I feel blessed."
One of the few things Cube won't do these days is produce other artists, a job he
picked up in post-N.W.A. 1991 with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Yo Yo (known then as
"the female Ice Cube") and working straight through to Mack 10's 1997 LP
"Based On A True Story." The rapper has since developed a Machiavellian
singlemindedness about working behind the scenes with other artists, opting to produce
film rather than music.
"I just got burnt out," Cube explained. "I think when you produce too
many acts, your music suffers, and I don't want that to happen. I want to still be able to
put together quality music for people that wanna buy my records. I'm gonna let the people
that's really got they head into that really take that over, 'cause I only have time for
Ice Cube."
Cube, who hasn't toured since his stint on the inaugural Family Values tour in 1998,
hopes to find enough time for himself to hit the road in support of the new album.
February 4, 2000
KRS-One, Long Beach Dub Allstars Play Marley Fest
KRS-One, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Burning Spear, and Beenie Man have signed on to
perform for the 19th Annual Bob Marley Day Festival being held in Los Angeles on February
19 and 20 at the Long Beach Arena.
Jamaican dancehall DJs Beenie Man and Bounty Killer will headline the first day's
concert, which will also include sets from rapper (and Reprise Records A&R man)
KRS-One, and such reggae faves as Barrington Levy, Admiral Bailey, and jazz vocalist Glen
Washington.
Reggae legend Burning Spear will highlight the second day of L.A.'s Bob Marley Day
festival, with additional performances by Long Beach Dub Allstars (comprised of the former
members of Sublime ), Yami Bolo, and Johnny Osbourne, among others.
The Bob Marley Day Festival will travel to San Diego on February 21 for a concert at
the San Diego Sports Arena featuring a reggae and dancehall lineup of Beenie Man,
Barrington Levy, and Luciano.
The three-city fest will then wrap with a three-day stand at Maritime Hall in San
Francisco on February 25-27, anchored by appearances from Levy, the Wailing Souls, and
Steel Pulse.
Tickets for all of the concerts are currently available through Ticketmaster, as well
as each of the venues' respective box offices.
February 3, 2000
Brandy, L.L. Cool J, Q-Tip To Help NBA Honor Volunteers
Brandy, L.L. Cool J, Q-Tip, 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey, and Jessica Simpson will be among
the artists honoring teen volunteers at next NBA TeamUP Celebration 2000.
The aforementioned artists will hit San Francisco's Cow Palace on February 12 for the
event, which will also boast appearances by with NBA all-star Kobe Bryant, supermodel Tyra
Banks, MTV's Ananda Lewis, DJ Funkmaster Flex, actress Kirsten Dunst, and 1999 NBA Rookie
Of The Year Vince Carter.
Q-Tip is expected to offer up "It's A TeamUp Thing," a reworking of his hit
single "Vivrant Thing," at the event, while Jessica Simpson will perform the
song "Where You Are" with 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey. Bryant and Banks are also
scheduled to team up on Bryant's upcoming single "K.O.B.E." [RealAudio] for the
event.
If you can't make it to the Cow Palace, the NBA TeamUp Celebration 2000 will be
simulcast on NBC, TNT, BET, Nickelodeon, and NBA.Com.
February 1, 2000
Outkast Continues Rap Experiment With "Stankonia"
After drawing critical praise and multi-platinum sales for its last album, 1998's
"Aquemini," the rap duo known as Outkast is currently holed up in an Atlanta
studio, preparing the eagerly-anticipated follow-up.
The working title of the new record is "Stankonia," which takes its name from
that of the group's new hometown recording facility, and is tentatively expected to be
released in July.
During a recent studio visit with MTV News, Outkast said that the upcoming LP, the
group's fourth, would continue to push the rap and hip-hop envelope in the same manner its
previous releases had.
"Our music, it's so vast and it's so many different types... of feels of
music," Big Boi said. "We just really have no fear of experimentation and
pushing the envelope to do nothing. That's Outkast, you know what I'm saying?"
"You gotta take a risk, and just be true to yourself," he continued. "I
mean, if everybody else don't dig it, [that's fine]. At the end of the day, you can still
know that that's what I wanted to do, and it was jamming. And that I did my best."
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Aside from its own work, Outkast recently made a guest appearance on a Goodie M.O.B.
cut, "Sole Sunday," that was included on the "Any Given Sunday"
soundtrack.
January 29, 2000
Puff Daddy Announces European Tour Dates
Hip-hop mogul Puff Daddy will be launching his first-ever European road trip this
spring.
The "Puff Daddy And The Family" Tour kicks off in Dublin, Ireland on March
14, hitting Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands before closing out
in the U.K. at the Wembley Arena on April 7.
January 28, 2000
Cypress Hill Lines Up Eminem, Everlast, Noreaga, Deftones' Chino For New Single
It never hurts to have friends, especially when you're looking to jazz up a new single.
The hip-hop veterans in Cypress Hill have plenty of friends, judging from the plans for
their new single, "Superstar." The track will be the first single from the
group's upcoming "Skull And Bones" album and will spawn two different versions.
Noreaga and Eminem were enlisted to help out on "(Rap) Superstar," while
Everlast and Deftones frontman Chino Moreno will turn up on "(Rock) Superstar."
Spokespeople for Cypress Hill describe the song as a warning to young would-be music
stars and note that both versions of the song should hit radio on February 22. The single
will then arrive in stores on February 29, with Cypress Hill's "Skull And Bones"
album following on May 2.
While the group unleashed a Spanish language version of its greatest hits late last
year, the upcoming effort will mark Cypress Hill's fifth studio album overall and first
since 1998's "Cypress Hill: IV."
January 25, 2000
Donell Jones Arraigned On Assault, Harassment Charges
R&B singer Donell Jones was in a Brooklyn Criminal Court on Tuesday and was
formally arraigned on charges of assault, menacing, harassment, criminal possession of a
weapon, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and criminal possession of a vehicle.
The misdemeanor charges stem from Jones' alleged involvement in the carjacking attack
against limousine driver Travis Ingram after a concert in Queens last November. Two of
Jones' supposed accomplices, Rock Bunce and Spencer Jackson, were also arraigned
yesterday.
According to a court spokesperson, Judge Bailey Schiffman also issued an Order Of
Protection during the proceeding, stating that Jones and two other defendants could not
come within 200 feet of Ingram. The next hearing in the case will be on February 23.
In court documents, Ingram claims that Jones, Bunce, and Jackson attacked and beat him
on November 27 after he refused to drive the men to the Washington Heights area of
Manhattan to purchase drugs.
Although all the charges currently filed against Jones are misdemeanors, the court is
considering upgrading the assault complaint to a felony. A decision on that matter is
expected to be made at the February 23 hearing.
Jones released his second album, "Where I Wanna Be," in June 1999 and scored
a number one hit on the "Billboard" R&B Singles chart with "U Know
What's Up," which features guest vocals by TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.
January 24, 2000
Ol' Dirty Bastard Is Back In Jail
ODB has been kicked out of the Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Pasadena,
California after allegedly being found drunk. The troubled 31-year-old rap star had been
sentenced to the rehabilitation center for a year after making death threats and wearing
body armor.
ODB left the Impact treatment center on Thursday and was transferred to the Biscaluz
Recovery center, the institution's jail facility. According to the Web site, SonicNet,
prosecutors expect that ODB will now serve out the rest of his sentence behind bars. He
will remain at Biscaluz until February 25, when he will be sentenced for the alcohol
offense.
The violation of his sentencing and probation means he could spend at least two years
in jail. When Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel sentenced him to rehab
treatment, she cautioned that he would be sent to jail if he failed to stay the course at
Impact. Marcia Daniel, a Los Angeles deputy DA, said she intended to seek a jail sentence
and would consider sending ODB to state prison.
Queens prosecutor Ken Holder told SonicNet's Teri vanHorn, "Both sides of the
country have their hands on him." He said that Impact discharged ODB on January 10.
The rapper was discovered with a bottle of alcohol after returning from New York, where he
appeared in court to answer charges of possessing crack cocaine with intent to sell. It
was believed that he arrived back at Impact intoxicated.
An Impact representative escorted ODB to his court appearance in Queens last week. That
was the day that saw ODB at his most outrageous. While at Queens Criminal Court, he asked
a prosecutor, "Do I make you horny?" Frequently he appeared to be in a stupor,
picking his nose, transfixed by the "In God We Trust" insignia, and later
falling asleep during a break in proceedings. ODB later became separated from the escort
and flew back to California in a separate plane.
His Kool Keith collaboration will turn up alongside cuts from Snoop Dogg, Run-DMC, Cash
Money Millionaires, Method Man & Redman, Mobb Deep, Mystical, Slick Rick, the Hot
Boys, and others when "WWF Raw" hits stores in February.
January 23, 2000
Kelly Price, Montell Jordan, Dru Hill Team Up To Battle Breast Cancer
After handing the track "Love Sets You Free" over for the soundtrack to the
critically acclaimed film "The Hurricane," Kelly Price has reworked the song
with some high-profile friends for a good cause.
Price (who originally recorded the song with Aaron Hall) hooked up with Montell Jordan
and Dru Hill in Los Angeles on Tuesday to record a remix of the song. The artists have
earmarked proceeds from sales of the remix to benefit breast cancer research.
Of course, the original version of the song can be found on "The Hurricane"
soundtrack, which also carries cuts from Black Star, The Roots, Jazzyfatnastees, Gil
Scott-Heron, K-Ci & JoJo, Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles
January 21, 2000
Mariah Carey
Over the last few years, the only way you could get Mariah Carey to perform before a
live audience was to call her the artist of the decade or dub her a "diva."
Having made the '90s her own, Mariah is now planning to take 2000 by storm with her first
world tour since 1993. At the moment the tour has nine North American dates.
Mariah intends to round up many of the guests who appeared on her Rainbow and Butterfly
albums for the shows. She told MTV News, "I'm going to see who's around whatever city
we're in. Hopefully in Atlanta or Chicago, maybe we'll have Da Brat. I haven't asked her
yet. I have to give her a call and see what's up with her. I was paging Jermaine [Dupri]
last night. He said he'll be there."
Let's hope she lost 98 Degrees' number. At least Mariah shouldn't have trouble picking
a set list. She's had a No. 1 record every year in the last decade. In 1999 her No. 1
"Heartbreaker" helped her break the Beatles' chart record of 59 weeks at No. 1
on the American charts. Never mind the fact that the Beatles racked up those 59 weeks over
a period of six years, while Mariah took a good decade.
The American Music Awards paid tribute to her achievements by presenting her with an
Award of Achievement last Monday. Carey dedicated the award to two young fans she escorted
to the ceremony from the Make-a-Wish Foundation, noting, "Their achievements are a
lot more special than mine."
Mariah's Rainbow Tour - One Night Only! will begin on Valentine's Day, February 14, in
Antwerp, Belgium before continuing on to New York on April 11. Contrary to its name, the
One Night Only! tour will actually spend two nights in Tokyo. Some venues have yet to be
confirmed.
January 20, 2000
Whitney Houston Walks Away From Drug Bust
Whitney Houston may have to leave the Hawaiian Islands out of future touring and
vacation plans, as the singer could be facing charges on marijuana possession stemming
from an incident at an airport last week.
Security officials at the Keahole-Kona International Airport allegedly found a
half-ounce of marijuana in one of Houston's bags as she was attempting to board a January
11 flight to San Francisco.
However, Houston and husband Bobby Brown didn't end up in handcuffs. Although Houston's
bag was seized by security, the couple refused to wait for police and instead boarded
their San Francisco-bound flight, which took off 45 minutes before cops even arrived.
Houston's alleged possession of a half-ounce (or 15 grams) of pot is a petty
misdemeanor under Hawaiian law, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Prosecutors in Hawaii have yet to determine what action they might take against the Grammy
Award-winning singer, noting that they do not usually seek to extradite those from
mainland America on misdemeanor offenses.
The incident hasn't dented the singer's schedule yet, as Houston made it to New York's
Radio City Music Hall Saturday night to sing "God Bless America" before Roy
Jones Jr.'s nationally televised boxing match. Houston is also scheduled to travel to
Europe this week. The singer is currently back home in New Jersey and as of press time had
no comment on the allegations.
January 15, 2000
Puff Daddy Indicted On Weapons Charges
