B13 Peer Review

After five-year legal battle against his former manager, the Family Stone rocker recoups more than ten years of lost royalties. Sly Stone  was awarded $5 million after a Los Angeles Supreme Court jury found that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was cheated out of over a decade's worth of royalties by his former manager and an entertainment lawyer. In the breach-of-contract lawsuit, Stone's lawyers argued that Gerald "Jerry" Goldstein and Glenn Stone had tricked Sly Stone into becoming an employee and co-owner of a company called Even St. Productions, which they then used to pocket Stone's royalties through "shady accounting." Sidebar Sly and the Family Stone Jam on 'Higher' »        "It's a good day for Sly, it's a good day for entertainers in general," Nicholas Hornberger, one of Stone's lawyers, told the press following the verdict. "This was an important verdict for people that are artists, entertai

New TV series “ Empire ” has resumed production and there is a new casting call out for talent to fill some background roles.   Joan Philo casting in Chicago is seeking paid extras to work on a few scenes filming next week in the Chicago area. The new Lee Daniels show “ Empire ”, will be premiering on FOX this week but season 1 is still in production. Lee Daniels and Danny Strong (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”) are back together again and this time working on a television series. The new FOX series is described as a sexy and powerful drama about the inner workings of a Hip Hop record label that is helmed by an Lucious ( Terrence Howard ), a man with a not so clean past.  The family’s music empire will find itself in a power struggle over control when Lucius finds out that his health is deteriorating and he must now groom a successor. “ Empire ” also stars Taraji P. Henson,  Bryshere Gray ,   Jussie Smollett and Gabourey Sidibe . The show began airing on FOX Wednesday nights Janu

Less than 24 hours after comedian and longtime  Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds made  the news  for voicing his frustrations with Hot 97, and revealing he turned down offers to work at 105.1 (unlike  Angie Martinez who recently made the switch ), Hot 97 has released an "OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON CIPHA SOUNDS" via a press release. The VERY SHORT (and very cold) statement literally just says: "Effective immediately, Cipha Sounds is no longer with WQHT HOT 97 FM. We wish him well on his future endeavors." Meanwhile, find Cipha Sounds every Friday night as part of  the Hip Hop Improv Show  at UCB East in the East Village, UPDATE: Shorty after this post went live, Cipha Sounds posted the following message with his own version of the news: After 17 years, I'm leaving Hot 97. I¹m changing my relationship status from "it¹s complicated" to "single". It¹s been an amazing ride - from intern to weekends to morning show host to fill Angie¹s seat in after

Chief Keef doesn’t get tired of releasing new music. After teasing ‘Hiding’ over a month ago, the Chicago rapper has released the full version of the song today which has production from Chop Squad. Listen below.

What do you think B-13 PR fans? It’s no secret that Wale and Tiara Thomas weren’t on the best of terms. He mentored her, felt she should be loyal to him but the singer signed somewhere else. However, a couple of nights ago in New York, Wale brought her out on his tour and they rejoiced. Today, she lets go of a new song titled ‘Best Kept Secret’ along with visuals to match. Hit the jump.

Flo Rida is currently pushing his new single ‘ GDFR ‘ featuring Sage The Gemini which is slowly gaining traction on the radio. But he’s back today with a new freebie called ‘Girl’s Mine’ where he goes back to his Pop sound. Stream or download it below.

“I’m supposed to be running for mayor in College Park,” 2 Chainz says. G.O.O.D. Music recording artist 2 Chainz has revealed plans to run for mayor of his hometown of College Park, Georgia. “I’m a musician, not a politician,” 2 Chainz said while speaking with  XXL  recently. “I’m supposed to be running for mayor in College Park. I got everybody wishing. I’m really gonna do this little mayor thing in College Park. I’m just trying to make sure I have the right qualifications.” “We’ll see where the future lies for me, but you know, everything I do gotta be organic,” he continued. This news comes off the tail end of 2 Chainz’  now-famed performance  against Nancy Grace  during a debate on the nation’s marijuana policy  earlier this month. “I know I’ve been getting a lot of praise and everything,” 2 Chainz says in response. “I definitely appreciate the love that came behind me.” For additional 2 Chainz coverage, watch the following DX Daily: