Labels: Amerie, Chingy

Labels: Amerie, Chingy

While several celebrities threw parties in celebration of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Ludacris had another reason to celebrate this weekend his upcoming 30th birthday.

The Atlanta rapper held an hours-long birthday bash at the Rio hotel on Friday night, one of several star-studded celebrations that have overtaken the Las Vegas strip since Thursday.

Though it was a sit-down dinner, it hardly had a formal feel as music blasted throughout the night and video screens played some of his favorite movies, including "Scarface," "Friday" and his own Oscar-winning flick, "Crash."

Music legend Quincy Jones and actress Gabrielle Union were among those in giving the rapper birthday hugs; actress Tichina Arnold from "Everybody Hates Chris" gave Ludacris a special serenade of what she called the "black Happy Birthday" song, a more soulful twist on the original.

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Labels: Chingy, Gabrielle Union, Ludacris, Quincy Jones, Tichina Arnold

Labels: Chingy, Ludacris

Call it the ultimate mixtape event of 2007, as STRENGTH IN NUMBERS showcases the label’s family of artists on 12 brand new previously unreleased tracks, set to arrive in stores on August 28th.

In addition to multi-platinum DTP core artists Ludacris, who is CEO of the company (distributed worldwide by Island Def Jam Music Group), and Bobby Valentino, the new comp­ila­tion stars (in alphabetical order): Block Xchange, Brolic D, Chingy, I-20, Serius Jones, Steph Jones, Lil’ Fate, Playaz Circle, Shareefa, Shawn Jay, Shawnna, Small World, Smoke, and Willy Northpole.

With one exception, every track on STRENGTH IN NUMBERS is a collaboration of two or more DTP artists. The video for “Celebrity Chick” was filmed earlier this week in Los Angeles, and look for a special BET “Access Granted” feature on the making of the video on July 18th.



1. “Celebrity Chick” – by Chingy, Steph Jones, and Small World
2. “Hot Tamales” by Small World, Chingy, and Serius Jones
3. “Jealous Of Me” by Small World, Shawn Jay, and Tity Boi
4. “Don’t Check Me” by Ludacris, Playaz Circle, and I-20
5. “Windy City” by Block Xchange, Shawnna, and Ludacris
6. “The Game” by Shareefa, Serius Jones, Chingy, and Small World
7. “DTP” by Willy Northpole and I-20
9. “Speakers In the Trunk” by Brolic D and Tity Boi
10. “Let’s Go”(Remix) by Bobby Valentino featuring Lil’ Fate
11. “Duffle Bag Boy” by Playaz Circle featuring Lil’ Wayne
12. “Live On Stage” by DTP Family (including Small World, Brolic D, Playaz Circle, Smoke, Willy Northpole, and Ludacris)
13. “Act Like Us” by Playaz Circle, Serius Jones, and Willy Northpole
14. “We Ain’t Worried ‘Bout U” by Ludacris

Labels: Chingy, Ludacris

Rapper Chingy has returned to Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace record label - three years after he left the company for allegedly cheating him out of his earnings. The Right Thurr hit maker - real name Howard Bailey, Jr. - cut ties with the Atlanta-based imprint in 2004, claiming Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and his manager Chaka Zulu were mismanaging Chingy's finances.

But the two parties have now resolved all issues and on new track Make That Money, the hip-hop star confirms he has signed back with his old crew. He rhymes, "Was gone for a minute, back with the crew /Who?/ DTP so if you on top, we came to move you."

Chingy's return comes hot on the heels of female MC Shawnna's amicable departure from the label early last week.

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Labels: Chingy

Labels: Chingy

Labels: Chingy, Tyra Banks