Russell Simmons and Reverend Run will host VH1’s second annual Hip HOP Honors on 26th September 2005.
Performing on the show are be Biz Markie, En Vovue, Fat Joe, DJ Kid Capri and Ciara Join Kanye West, Nelly, Common, Jazzy Jeff among others. For more information see www.vh1.com.
Run’s solo album, entitled “Distorsion”, will hit the streets on October 18th. Meanwhile peek www.revrun.com to listen to a part of the first track released from this album “Mind On the Road”. A video for that track is available as well.
The classic Run-DMC albums King of Rock, Raising Hell and Tougher Than Leather will be re-released on September 5th. The re-releases come with additional tracks, such as acapella and instrumental versions, demos and a formerly unreleased track entitled “Crack”.
For more information see also SOHH.com.
For the DMC solo album guest slots from Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit’s DJ Lethal, Sarah McLachlan, Run, Doug E. Fresh, Napoleon (Outlawz) and Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu (Korn) are announced.
The album, still entitled “Checks, Thugs And Rock ‘N’ Roll” is now scheduled for release in September 2005.
Nas, Fat Joe, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Q-Tip, Public Enemy and DMC were at the fund-raiser gala for the Jam Master Jay Foundation in New York Skylight club last Friday night (25th Feb 2005). Read the whole article at www.VH1.com.