Nicki Minaj is debuting the cover of her new album.
As previously reported, Minaj moved up her album release date to November 22, putting her album in direct competition with Kanye’s My Dark Twisted Fantasy and Jay-Z’s Greatest Hits.
The cover features a Barbie themed Minaj missing her arms with a pink background.
GWOP Magazine catches up with CTE artist Slick Pulla and Detroit rap artist Wil Louchi (Ful Time Entertainment) in the studio working on the NEW USDA Mixtape.
Atlanta’s Newest rap group, Miss Fitz team up with Detroit’s DollFace on exclusive “Go Hard” (remix). Atlanta to Detroit Connect. S/O to Wil Louchi and Fultime Entertainment.
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Miss Fitz are an Atlanta rap duo made up of Royalty and Nesha Nycee (MC battle winner on radio station v103 ATL)
During the 2008 presidential race, Jay-Z joined Barack Obama on the campaign trail to encourage young people to vote. With the crucial November elections just a month away, the rapper/ entrepreneur is once again calling on fans to hit the polls. Watch Jay-Z’s new PSA for Vote Again 2010 and HeadCount.org above. “Fight for what’s right, fight for what you believe in,” says Jay-Z.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has just inked a $200 million 10-movie deal for his film company, Cheetah Vision. Curtis will be funded a budget of $20 million for each film, which will be distributed through Grindstone/Lionsgate.
This is the music video/short film for #DETROIT club banger “Monopoly Money” (produced by Nasty New) feat. Lady J, off DollFace’s Debut mixtape, “THE DOLLFACE EXPERIENCE”. Also includes the promo trailer for the next video, “3 The Hard Way” feat. Lady J & Jada MoneyBags Jones.
S/O to Wil Louchi! “Operation Paperchasin’ in the Streets NOW!
According to NY Daily News , T.I.’s probation officer is seeking that the rapper serve eight to 14 months in jail even though the guidelines are no more than five to 11 months. Tip violated his probation when he and his wife Tiny were arrested for possession of controlled substances and testing positive for opiates.
In the memorandum filed Friday, T.I.’s lawyer said the probation officer erred in asking for eight to 14 months because those are the guidelines for for violent career criminals. The lawyers say that shouldn’t apply to T.I. because his prior conviction for assaulting a Florida police detective does not qualify as a “violent felony.”
Em talks about how he doesn’t cuss around his kids at the crib and on the other side, Shady attempts to rhyme the word, orange. Full episode airs Sunday night at 7 p.m est
A few months back, Nicki Minaj scored her first Billboard number one. Now, she has become the first female rapper with the most entries on Billboard’s 100. The seven entries are listed as Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling songs of 2010 with, so far, a total of 4,298,000 in sales:
The entries consists of her single “Your Love” (755k) as well as her guest features including Luda’s “My Chick Bad” (1,246,000), Lil Wayne’s “Knockout” (519k), Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up” (518k), Usher’s “Lil Freak” (508k), Sean Kingston’s “Letting Go (Dutty Love)” (377k), and Jay Sean’s “It Ain’t The End” (355k).
Nicki’s debut album, Pink Friday drops November 23rd.
Last night at BAFTA in London, Kanye West held a screening for his film Runaway, which he collaborated on with Vanessa Beecroft and producer Jonathan Lia.
Some of the details as follows:
Selita Ebanks co-stars as a phoenix that falls to the ground and starts dating Kanye
Kanye says he drew inspiration from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Wall and Purple Rain
The film is narrated by Nicki Minaj, in a British accent.
The version shown last night had French subtitles
It feautures a bunch of songs from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy