In just two weeks, “Balla Baby,” Powerballin’s lead single, has reached an audience of 20 million. It’s in the Top 25 at Top 40 Rhythmic radio, and Top 40 Mainstream stations are jumping on the track ...

This week offers two disappointing albums from acts who seem to operate on the one-idea-is-enough-for-a-whole-album principle. Chingy may be fun to dance to, but other than that he doesn't have much ...

Some critics of Chingy would ve never believed that the former St. Louis teen-star would be one day delivering a third album on a major label. Perhaps like Cassidy, Chingy has evolved from a rapper ...

After chillin’ in Louisiana with his family over Christmas, Chingy will hit the road with Snoop Dogg and Juvenile in support of Powerballin’, his follow-up to 2003’s triple-platinum Jackpot. “I’m ...

If Chingy could turn back the hands of time, he would rewind the clock back to almost three years ago, before he bolted from Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace camp. "A lot of time was lost because no ...

Need more proof that Nelly is one of the freshest, most influential pop artists of this decade? Consider this: His funky nursery-rhyme rapping, his stutter-beat grooves and his thick, slurred phrasing ...