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DMX, who once considered changing his name to Dog, will release his next two albums through Bodog Entertainment, according to Billboard.com. The rapper recently inked a deal with the Canadian online gaming company's music division and plans to put out both discs, Walk With Me Now and You'll Fly With Me Later, next year. Bodog recently nabbed the international distribution rights for the new Wu-Tang Clan album 8 Diagrams. ...

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DMX denied entry to Canada - The Calgary Saga

Rap star DMX denied entry to Canada
City concert cancelled

Calgary Herald
By Nick Lewis
December 31, 2002



Rapper and actor DMX, whose concert Monday at the Stampede Corral was cancelled suddenly, was refused entry to Canada on Saturday and detained overnight in a holding cell by Immigration Canada, said the concert promoter.
"The version we got from Immigration Canada was vague because of their confidentiality and privacy laws," said Stephen Deere of Alliance Soundcrew.

"DMX and his entourage arrived Saturday at 10 p.m. from Chicago. Every member of his entourage was allowed in except him. All the paperwork was fine.

"DMX felt he was waiting too long. He got aggravated," Deere said.

"He started acting up and was aggressive towards the immigration officer and he was detained and put under watch. Then he was shipped out at noon on Sunday."

Deere said he thought DMX might have been denied entry into Canada because a criminal charge was laid against the rapper two days ago in the United States.

An official at Immigration Canada said he could not discuss the specifics of individual cases, but confirmed the rapper was denied entry into the country.

"Normally, someone coming here as an entertainer is referred to us," said Fred Furlong, manager of Immigration Canada for Calgary. "I can't comment on whether he has (a criminal record) or not, but individuals with a criminal record would have problems entering unless they had prior consent."

Furlong would not comment on whether the rapper was detained at the Calgary airport, but he said "individuals who are denied entry are sometimes held until the next available flight."

Deere said he was told by officials "he wasn't allowed in because he was aggressive towards the officer."

Before the near-sellout show was cancelled Sunday, DMX was scheduled to perform at the Stampede Corral on Monday night with Toronto rappers Kardinal Offishall and IRS. DMX's Saskatoon show at Saskatchewan Place on Sunday was also cancelled.

Deere said DMX was arrested two days before he tried to enter Canada, but was not sure what he has been charged with.

Deere said the rapper had received a minister's pardon for previous criminal charges. Granted by the clemency and pardons division of the National Parole Board, the pardon was necessary to allow DMX to enter Canada.

"What happened is the minister's pardon was done -- it had all his charges listed on it -- but this was a new charge from two days ago, and he didn't tell us. I guess they were holding him on that and questioning him on that.

"They kept him in the immigration interview for three hours."

The 32-year old DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, acted in the films Exit Wounds, with Steven Seagal, and Romeo Must Die, with Jet Li. As a rapper, he has sold more than 13 million albums, and is the first artist to have two No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200 in the same year.

Deere said the rapper was upset at the Calgary airport because he felt he and some members of his entourage were treated unfairly.

"DMX's entourage was six black people and two white people," Deere said. "The two white people got walked right through and they interrogated the six black people. That set the tone for DMX and he was very upset about that."

Deere said some recent performers brought to the city by his promotions company have faced hassles at the Calgary International Airport, including Eve, Coolio and DJ Clue.

"DMX and his manager contacted us and said they wanted to do a makeup date," Deere said. "However, I firmly believe there is a red flag on DMX's name. That he won't get into Canada even with a minister's pardon due to his actions in Immigration Canada.

Tickets for the show, which cost $50, are being refunded at TicketMaster outlets.

Some fans showed up at the Corral, not knowing the show was cancelled.

"We came home from Vancouver Island early just for the show", said 22-year-old Lance MacLean. "We're really choked."

A group of three friends drove in from Edmonton. Shane Ekdahl, Tyler Dryden, 20, and Chad Wertypora , 28, said they didn't hear the cancellation announcements on the radio.

"Too bad we were listening to the CD all day," said the 22-year-old Ekdahl.

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American rappers barred from Canada

NEWS
Originally Published - 24 May 2006

American rappers barred from Canada

“Canada attempts to place US rappers in the same category as terrorists – literally,” says American rapper Jerome Almon, CEO of Murdercap Records. “If Canada is not stopped, every musician seeking to enter a country other than their own will face this problem,” he warns.

By Freemuse

“Everything stops when the customs people run my name in their computers. Next thing you know there are cops everywhere.”

According to Jerome Almon, the Canadian customs is saying that American rap artists are contributing to the murder rate and culture of gun violence. Jerome Almon doesn't have a criminal record himself. Still, he is being denied access to Canada. The Detroit native has been trying since 2003 to return to Toronto, where he has family and owns a rap label, Murdercap Records, which has a stable of eight artists. In what he calls "the blackkattakk," Almon claims he and his artists were sent to Canadian Immigration and "grilled for being too gangsta" 117 times out of 120 visits.

Jerome Almon said he was banned by Canadian authorities while travelling to Toronto for a national tour to launch a new CD ‘Porno Star’, that included tunes like ‘Lyin' Bitch’, ‘On Ya Neez Bitch’ and ‘How Stella Got My Backhand’.

Canada's largest city Toronto has seen a startling jump in gun-related deaths since 2004. While many Canadians take pride in Canadian cities being less violent than their American counterparts, Toronto has seen a record 52 gun-related deaths in 2005 - almost twice as many as the year before. “The United States is exporting its violence,” Canadian officials have said in response to these figures.


Loss of major revenues

“African-American entertainers make up a large part of the more than one billion US dollars spent yearly on movie and music video production in Toronto. But black entertainers like myself are being stopped at the border for illegitimate reasons. This has resulted in the loss of major revenues for the entertainers,” said Jerome Almon. According to Canadian sources at the hip hop news site SOHH.com, American artists have been turned away at Canadian borders for well over a decade. Despite shows being advertised, artists have often been unable to cross Canadian customs to perform as scheduled. A U.S. civil rights group, National Action Network, advises African-Americans not to travel to Canada because it believes that Canada Customs engages in racial profiling. A spokesperson from the Customs refuses such accusations, saying: “I can tell you categorically Canada Customs does not engage in racial profiling. Examination of travelers is not based on their race, creed, colour or sex.”


‘Rap Intelligence Unit’

Jerome Almon tells that Canada has a ‘Rap Intelligence Unit’ that regularly trades information with the American intelligence service FBI. Canadian authorities are not only concerned with the artists' criminal records, but are looking to ban black American artists or rappers for "being too gangsta." According to Almon, details of the ‘rap unit’ surfaced in a hearing that was told its members probe the background of rap stars, their criminal records, friends and whom they're feuding with.
A spokesperson of the Canada Border Services Agency, Cara Prest, said to a Canadian newspaper that it never comments on specific units: "We have a lot of intelligence groups that look at a lot of issues but we can't talk about them".


DMX also barred from Canada

Almon further reinforced his “black attack” theory by citing that white rockers like Aerosmith, who have previously released a song entitled, "Janie's Got A Gun," have never been targeted. American rapper DMX has also been barred from Canada due to his rap sheet. All four of DMX's albums have debuted at No. 1 on Billboard, and have sold millions. The trouble for DMX began in January 2003 when the rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was stopped at the Calgary airport by immigration officials and sent back to the U.S. the next morning because, according to officials, he "didn't meet normal immigration requirements." DMX also reportedly became verbally abusive towards immigration staff and was detained as a result.
“The issue has not been adequately and publicly addressed,” said Almon who has contacted the White House, a US Senator, the State Department, and the press.
“If Canada is not stopped, every musician seeking to enter a country other than their own will face this problem,” he said.