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AHH Stray News: Ludacris On Simpsons, Large Professor, UGK, Taiwanese Rap

Rap superstar Ludacris will star in the landmark 400th episode of The Simpsons, which airs Sunday at 8:00 pm (May 20) on Fox. The rapper recently finished voice-overs for the episode, which involves a chaotic trip to the dentist with the Simpson family. He appears as "Luda-Crest" in a video designed to get teens to brush their teeth. The Simpsons will air two episodes on May 20, including a spoof of the hit series 24, which will also feature Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer.

One of New York City’s premiere summer concerts, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is adding another group of artists to the lineup for its third-annual festival. Newly added artists include Large Professor, Dres of Black Sheep, Emily King, and El Michels Affair. It is also confirmed that Video Music Box legend Ralph McDaniels will be hosting the event. “We’re really excited about these most recent additions to the Festival lineup,” festival director, Alma Geddy-Romero told AllHipHop.com. “The BHF [Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival] is about evaluating where we came from and looking at where we’re headed next. These artists in particular are a perfect example of that sentiment.” The first lineup announced for the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival included Ghostface, Tanya Morgan, Consequence, and Skillz. The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival concert will take place on June 23 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.

Rap group UGK is shooting the video for their second single "Int'l Players Anthem" today (May 16) in Los Angeles, CA. The duo will be joined on the set by Grammy Award winning group Outkast according to reps for UGK. "Int'l Players Anthem" is the second single from UGK's upcoming album UGK: Underground Kingz, which features production by Jazzy Pha, Lil Jon, Swizz Beats, Scarface and Pimp C.

Taiwanese rapper Jeff Huang, who goes by the stage name of Lyrical Tongue-Lashing, recently had a court rule in his favor last week, in a case filed against him by Democratic Progress Party leaders Chiu-Yi-ying and Chang Hseuh-shun. The court case stems back to 2003, after Chinese officials proposed an amendment that limited the amount of compensation artists would receive when their songs were downloaded from music websites. Huang lashed out with a song entitled “Retribution” which accused legislators of killing the music industry and taking bribes from these music-downloading websites. Deemed as controversial, “Retribution” upset several legislators, including Yi-ying and Hseuh-shun, who filed a court case against Huang in 2005 claiming that the lyrics in “Retribution” were damaging to their reputations. Although the courts did rule in Huang’s favor he was urged to take more responsibility with his lyrics.

Source-allhiphop

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i love them simpsons
movies will probably suck though

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