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Hip. Hlp. Hooray to orne
BI ck omen executives who
have object d to and are refus­
jng to promote the rnu ic and
lyric of. orne of the more
profane rap acts, which
espouse the h tred of omen
nd le d act committed (in­
cluding gang rape) upon them.
However. the question on
these women', minds j wbere
are the parents and do tbey
know hal their children arc
Ii teni ng to. nd even upport­
ing ith orne of their own
h a r d - ear ned
cash .. "Mean hile, several
"i,-Mllle rllpper (illc"'�ill'
lee-T 'IItt1 Dr. Dre] rec.",',
lI,.iI.� to fight censorship in
the wa e of the 2 Live Crew
controversy. While coming to
tbe aid of Lut r Campbell,
the artist h V' pledged their
rap dollar. to help defend
their po. ition ith regards to
freedom of pccch, .
0" TIw No e From: Su­
perstar Eddie Murphy is goin
to 'great length to maintain
i priv cy a mo t recently,
he'. put his Beverly Hills
home on the m rket for a tidy
$9 million. Despite the f ct
that the u c ha . moat, it
eem people ju t CJln:t eem
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Tlte TiMe 1 Fillllll, Blick:
Morri Day. Jimmy Jam. Terry
Lc is, Jc c John on. Jel­
lybcan John on, Monly Moyer
and Jerome Benton. It was
nine years ago. th t the Time
exploded out of Minne polis
and quickly took tbe throne as
the b dde t band in R&B.
Then ncr a fc years of
hot hit. slamming concert
nd an ppear nee in the
movie - "Pllr,le Rlli,," they
guy cnt. their eparate
ay . The in vi table cl sb oC
e 0 exploded hen The
Time. Prince and Vanity 6 hit
the ro d for the 1999 tour in
1982. B c then. ran and
mu ·ic critic a reed that The
Tim blo ing Prince
ay in alot oC citic .
Prince retaliated by forcing·
th and to perform bebind a
curtain or not at all, in som
ca c . The I t stra up-
po edly came ben hile
prod cing t e SOS B nd, a
frea sno storm grounded
Jimmy J m Terry Le is in
Atlanta and they missed a
concert. Prince fired tbem on
tbe spot. The group ent
do nh ill fa t.
Wha t bought them bac
together? Pre ure from the
public and according to
Jimmy Jam, mi in each
other. fee II n that the roup
h d een cut off efore th y
reached thelT pea .
od
to top getting his addres
nd ringing the b II. He pur­
chased the Moroccan-style
villa, which boast about
10,000 square feet two years
ago from Cher for 6.3 mil-
ion. The six-bedroom man­
sion Iso h a swimming pool
nd gym. Murphy wi II move
to a more spaciou e t te in a
gateguarded community .. But
Murphy isn't the only actor
looking to purcha e a second
home. So too. i Gary
Coleman, hile till in the
throe of a legal battle with his
parents.
The 22-ye r old. former
child actor just put rini. hing
touche on hi' permanent
residence in Denver. The Den­
ver re idcncc hou c his
model railro d layout. which
is valued at about S 100,000.
He is looking to purch . e a
econd home to usc hi lc he
works in Los Angeles ....
G/lld, K,,;,1tl is hllck II'
Ito.e recllPUlltilil from
surgery. Knight suffers with a
condition similar to tbat
bieb claimed the life of pup­
peteer lim Henson. Always
the trooper. he. till managed
to keep some of her perfor­
m nee comminmcms. despite
the di comfort. In fact, she
reportedly did the show • si t-
•
The Time will share the
crccn next month with Prince
in hi movie "Gr_filti
Bridle", touted a Collow up
to "Purple Rain". Their come­
bac lbum, Pandemonium, is
off to a flying start with tbe
hit single. "Jerk Oil'" which
h . ct fire to both the R&B
and Pop chart .
Th fella claim that Prince
didn"t have anytlling to do
with the album. but the inside
story i .. that Prince is aU over
thi album. But a Jimmy Jam
says, they anted Prince'
involvement in thi album,
because he .wa involved
from the beginning.
Fro",' PP& T (P.ople.
P"ce Tlailfp) File After
month' of eeping its mouth
shut. t ecording Industry
A ociation of America
(RIAA ih mu ic bu ine s
lobb in and policy etting
body) i finally thro ing a life
pre erver to the embattled 2
Uve Cre .
The RIAA filed a friend of
the court brief in upport of
the 2 Live Crew a they appeal
a federal judg' ruling that
their platinum eHing album
"A a ty A s They W,."ml
Be If I obscene. The RIAA
vo to upport them in their
right to Ing nd expre
themselve a they deem fit".
ting down.
Calling It Quit are Tyn
Daly and actor/director
Georg Stanford Bro n after
24 years of marriage .... On a
happier note, Warner Bros
Blac music chief Benny
Medina, the inspiration for
the ne TV serie , "The Fre Ii
Prince of Beverly Hill ", i
reportedly ready to repe�t his
,. I Do'I" willa s"permodet
B.vtrt, Jolallsoll .... ln other
music new , the late t album
from Pebble is due to be
rete sed next eek, and from .
all that' being said. it i
hot! ... Meanwhile, at lea t five
cuts from Wltillle, HOllltO" 1
11"" .. are said to be com­
pleted, and while key Arista
record execs can't ait to get
their hand on it, word is that
the album won't be finished
until October.
S ... ",,'I Lilli Word: It
pro�ably come a no secret to
mo t. but superstar/enter­
tainer Sammy Davis Jr. left
the bulk of bi estate (listing
$2 million in per onal
I property and another $2
million in real estate) to hi
widOW, Allovise. Among
others named in the will were
ac
The RIAA and the mu ic
business in general have been
gelling alot of criuci m Cor
their 10 re pon e in tbe cen­
sorship itch hunt of the 2
Live Cre . In their defense
the IAA s y their plan all
Iiong had been to not get in­
volved on the local level but
on appeal and there . is a 60
day waiting period before an
appeal can be filed.
2 Live Crew's fight h s im­
pacted the entire music in­
du try. Capitol Record i
offering legal a: i lance to
retailers harrassed for selling
Capitol product that carry a
parental aming sticker, and
Virgin record i pi cin an
anti- en orsbip sticker on all
their product tarring thi
month.
,Tbe red. white and blue
tickers bear a silhoutte of the
statue of liberty with an ex­
cerpt from the fir t am�nd­
lDenl.
Fllci"1 Tltt MIISK - Her­
bert Jlme Brown, father of
Bobby Brown, i facing a rape
charge in Auslraila. Mr.
Brown, a 60 year old disabled
veteran mu t an wer charge
th t be invited 2 teenage girl
to hi hotel room, raped one
and phy ically as aulled the
other. He could go to pri on
for tbe re t of his life if the
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a longtime housekeeper. who
will receive $100.000 and
Clint Eastwood, who will
receive a v luable "Gar y
Cooper" gun. Davi al left·
S I 00.000 to More ou e
Teachers College in Atlanta ...
is his 8-year old neice, Brandi
... 'Good ,oilll 10 "Pretty
Wo en" J II lUI R."ert ho
objected .hea�ily to an Ab-.·
beville, GA restaurant owner
w 0 refused service to a Blac
friend. Calling the to n "hor­
ribly raci r, she ent on to
add that he wa "s ocked that
thi type of treatment still ex­
ists in America in t e 90' -in
lbe South or anywhere el e."
N ext week: Btlrr,
Wltite telks addresse
tlte hard realities of tlte
",,,sic i tI"
.Slaorl T.kes: Sup rstar
Michael Ja on may b way
behind schc ule on the relea c .
I of hi great st hits album and
a ne music video (no lated
for a Sprin release), but hi
mo t talked about L.A. Oear
commercl I is right on time,
!lncidentallY the little girl fe -
tured in the commerci I . ot
I .
curt find
c dentally,
$ ,000 bail 0 that hi dad
uld tay out of the lammer
ring the tria .
From 0 r Feedback
L ne ... BBD f
a out BBD'
ti ude in their
w. y they refe to women a
" 0 ' in th H I hit
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