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Google: The Evolution of Search [video]
November 29, 2011Lil Boosie sentenced to 8 years for Drugs; Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years for killing Michael Jackson
November 29, 2011
Everyone has been waiting on this trial for nearly four years and today was the day Torrance Hatch, better known as Lil Boosie went to court for his sentencing. Investigators had accused him of trying to smuggle drugs once into Dixon Correctional Facility, and twice into Angola State Penitentiary.
Earlier today Boosie pleaded guilty to charges of him smuggling contraband into two different prisons he was held in while awaiting trial on murder charges. He was sentenced to eight years hard labor for the charges, with credit for time served.
In unrelated newz: Dr. Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years for killing Michael Jackson
Yao Ming starts Napa Valley Wine Company
November 29, 2011
Spotted: HuffingtonPost
From the basketball court to the tasting room? That’s the latest move from recently retired NBA star Yao Ming, who has started his own Napa Valley wine company: Yao Family Wines. This isn’t the first venture into the business world for 31-year-old Ming, who also owns the pro basketball team Shanghai Sharks.
Under the brand name YAO MING, Yao Family Wines has released its first wine — a 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — which will be immediately available for distribution in China. Capitalizing on the regions’ wine boom, Ming’s label intends to cater to the top tier of the Chinese market. The first 5,000-case production is priced at 1,775 yuan (US $289) per bottle. (more…)
RIZ “Rep It For Real” [Freestyle Video]
November 29, 2011Directed by Mills Miller
Kiss The Ring Mixtape – Hosted By DJ Envy
Dropping Dec 6th…
Weekend @ Box Office: November 25-27
November 29, 2011
Title/ Weekend Gross (in millions)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $41.6 m
- The Muppets $29.2 m
- Happy Feet Two $13.3 m
- Arthur Christmas $12 m
- Hugo $11.3 m
- Jack and Jill $10 m
- Immortals $8.8 m
- Puss in Boots $7.5 m
- The Descendants $7.3 m
- Tower Heist $7.1m
#Interview: Ghostface w/ Montreality
November 29, 2011S/O to Montreality
T.I. x Tiny: The Family Hustle Preview
November 29, 2011T.I. and Tiny’s VH1 reality show will give us a behind the scenes look at their life as TIP balances his music career and fatherhood after overcoming his jail stints. Series premieres December 5 at 9 PM.
WeedMaps acquires marijuana.com for $4.20 million
November 29, 2011
General Cannabis Inc. has just announced that it’s acquired Marijuana.com. The company didn’t disclose the details of the deal, but we’ve confirmed that the acquisition price was $4.20 million.
Spotted at: TechCrunch
General Cannabis is a serious business: it’s traded on the OTCQX market, and a year ago it acquired WeedMaps, a popular ‘Yelp for Cannabis Dispensaries‘ site with a large following. WeedMaps was topping $400,000 a month in revenues at the time of the acquisition and it’s growing nicely — the site did over $1 million in gross revenues in July, and now sees 10 million page views a month.
The acquisition includes both the valuable Marijuana.com domain name and the existing site/content, which currently consists of a bulletin forum that centers on cannabis discussion and generates 3.5 million page views per month. WeedMaps Media, which is a subsidiary of General Cannabis, will be ‘bridging’ its membership database with the forum’s, allowing WeedMaps users to log into Marijuana.com with their existing accounts. The company says that it will also be expanding the amount of content and functionality available. The domain and site will be transfered early in 2012.
It’s obviously a pricey acquisition, but one that will likely pay dividends. Marijuana.com is much easier to remember than General Cannabis or WeedMaps.com, and the company is positioning itself as the go-to place for information that’s relevant to cannabis users.
Daimler set to discontinue Maybach brand in 2013
November 29, 2011
In an unexpected announcement last week, Daimler AG revealed that they will be discontinuing their luxury Maybach vehicles soon due to low sales and lack of profits. Last year, there were reportedly less than 200 Maybachs sold, which carried a starting price of $375,250 — one of which Kanye West and Jay-Z happily chopped up for their music video, ‘Otis.’
To make up for the financial loss, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche plans on expanding the company’s now three series Mercedes-Benz S-Class model to a 600 in 2013.
“We came to the strong conclusion that the sales chances for the Mercedes brand are much stronger than those for Maybach.”
The luxury vehicles have been the ride of choice for rappers over the years, making appearances in many hip hop/rap videos and being the inspiration behind the name of Miami rapper Rick Ross’ label, Maybach Music Group. Last year, Diddy’s son Justin Combs received a $350,000 Maybach for his 16th birthday during MTV’s Sweet 16 special.
More Hip Hop Maybach pics after the jump (more…)
Paris Hilton buys a Ferrari on Black Friday
November 28, 2011
While Americans all over the country camped out for hours at Wal-Mart & Best Buy to save $200 bucks on a flat screen TV last week. Paris Hilton had a brand new 2012 red Ferrari Spyder delivered to her doorstep on Black Friday for a mere $280,000. Checkout pics below:
#Mixtape: Riz – Kiss The Ring [trailer]
November 28, 2011
Riz preps the release of his forthcoming mixtape, Kiss The Ring hosted by DJ Envy with guest appearances by French Montana, Prodigy and Fabolous.
Kiss The Ring drops December 6th. Track listing after the jump
Meek Mill x Rick Ross “Work”
November 28, 2011directed by Dre Films
