NOTEWORTHY

(262 words - RB Monitor: March 15, 1997)
By Theda Sandiford-Waller
Musical Chairs: Jive West Coast regional Geo Bivens and Southeast regional Bradley Davidson switch regions. Bivens is now based in Atlanta, and Davidson is now in Los Angeles. Also at Jive, Sonia Muckle is named senior director of publicity joining from the Susan Blond agency in New York.
Congrats to flavor Unit's Dedra Tare Rice on the Feb. 9 birth of her first son, Jian Pierre Rice.

In Ink: The man behind Immature, Chris Stokes, just signed a production and label deal with Noo Trybe. The first two signings to Get Hooked Records are female singer K-Bail and a female trio named Mozaic. Mozaic's First single is due in April.

Cyberconcert: On Thursday, Def Jam and Rapradio at www.rapradio.com W& broadcast a live cyberconcert from the House of Blues in Hollywood. Calif., featuring Foxy Brown, Redman, Warren G, and Richie Rich.

Artist News: Tina Turner's 60-date Wildest Dreams tour kicks off May 2 in Houston and ends July 27 in New York... LL Cool is writing his autobiography for St. Martin's Press. Not unlike many of his rap hits, there will be both explicit and clean versions of the book. . . Tony Rich says he has finished his sophomore album and expects to release the as-yet-untitled album in April . . . Japanese soul singer Toshi Kubota is helping recruit volunteers for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. His single 'Just The Two Of Us" is the theme song of the campaign. Look for his PSAs to air on TV in March.

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