13 year old Chicago rapper Lil Mouse drops a new visual for “Lay Yew Down” directed by P. Noble TV
According to Nielsen, the first 9 months of 2012, digital album sales in the U.S. are up 15% over the same period last year. American fans have already purchased 1 billion digital tracks, a pace that should break 2011’s record of 1.3 billion sold.
A look at music sales over the past few years show that an explosion of new devices including smartphones and tablets has played a major factor in the growth of digital music.
source: Hypebot
Music video by Tyga performing Do My Dance (Explicit). © 2012 Cash Money Records Inc
Q, founder and CEO of WorldStarHipHop.com buys 70k worth of jewelry for his crew from Ben Baller.
source: LOUD
directed by Dre Films x Jon J
#5. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 – 89,000 (89,000)
#7. G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer – 55,000 (261,000)
#25. 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 15,000 (303,000)
#44. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t – 9,300 (417,000)
#80. Nas – Life Is Good – 4,700 (305,000)
#90. DMX – Undisputed – 7,500 (25,000)
#101. Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House – 3,700 (80,000)
#123. Brother Ali – Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color – 3,100 (14,000)
#146. Murs & Fashawn – This Generation – 2,700 (2,700)
#188. Tech N9ne – E.B.A.H. – 2,100 (16,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Independent movie by New York Beat Films starring famous graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and hip hop legend Fab 5 Freddy.
directed by Jay Martin
© 2012 WMG Check out Stalley’s music video for “Fountain of Youth” featuring Rick Ross and Nipsey Hussle.
From the producers of HALF NELSON, BLUE VALENTINE and ESPN’S THE LIFE comes BECOMING; an interview series that uncovers what successful actors, musicians, chefs, athletes and others, did to get to be leaders in their industries. Johnny Knoxville, Chris Evans, Nas and Arian Foster are among many to star in this series where we learn what life was like leading up to success, which moments made the difference in achieving it, the mistakes and resulting pitfalls experienced, and the people who helped guide them along the way.
Machine Gun Kelly takes you on a journey through the highs and lows that went into the making of the Lace Up album.
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