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A group of rap-star wannabes blew a $130,000 marketing loan on drugs, first-class airplane tickets and cross-country trips to entertainment festivals — where they weren’t even performing, a new Manhattan lawsuit claims.

While Bronx-based Da YoungFellaz, who have rhymed with Talib Kweli and Snoop Dogg, boast on their Web site that they “haven’t just sat around and waited for fame to land in their lap,” their legal adversaries tell a very different story.

StigmaSound, a Manhattan recording studio, says YoungFellaz Joseph Aguiar, Johnny Aguiar and Brett Officer blew through their first $25,000 loan, meant to rocket the group “toward A-level stardom in the entertainment industry,” in just three months by last October.

“The defendants used loan money . . . for illegal purchases of marijuana,” the Manhattan Supreme Court suit alleges. Read More

2013

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#1. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 177,000 (177,000)

#3. Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 62,000 (797,000)

#4. Tech N9ne – Something Else – 58,000 (58,000)

#14. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 17,000 (544,000)

#16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 17,000 (967,000)

#34. Wale – The Gifted – 10,000 (278,000)

#36. YMCMB & Friends – Rich Gang – 9,600 (33,000)

#38. Kanye West – Yeezus – 9,200 (497,000)

#64. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 6,400 (51,000)

#81. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 5,100 (167,000)

^{* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.}

Ronnie Fields Documentary [trailer]

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August 7, 2013

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At age 17, Ronnie Fields was one of the top basketball prospects in the world, until a near fatal car crash changed his life forever. This is the story of one man’s journey to the edge of darkness, and how he emerged on the other side a legend.

source: RonnieFieldsBounceBack.com

Top Luxury Fashion Brands (2013)

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August 6, 2013

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According to data collected by MilwardBrown

The top ten Luxury brands:

Louis Vuitton
Hermes
Gucci
Prada
Rolex
Chanel
Cartier
Burberry
Fendi
Coach

Checkout full list of the world’s most valuable brands after the jump. Read More

Christies To Apppraise DIA Art

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August 5, 2013

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Detroit — Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr announced Monday that he has contracted with Christie’s Appraisals, the New York-based international auction house, to appraise the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The city of Detroit is in $18 billion dollars worth of debt and Christies will have the appraisal completed by fall. Sources estimate the DIA holdings to be worth close to $2 billion.

SOURCE: ~~#DETROITNEWS~~

Weekend Box Office: August 2-4, 2013

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August 5, 2013

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Title / Gross (in millions usd)

2 Guns $27.3 m
The Wolverine $21.7 m
The Smurfs 2 $18.2 m
The Conjuring $13.6 m
Despicable Me 2 $10.3 m

Top Internet Entrepreneurs

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August 5, 2013

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Making money online has evolved a lot over the past few years, every day people become millionaires through the internet and they were just like you, searching through the internet for that piece of inspiration that would give them the kick they needed to make it happen. One of the easiest ways to make money and start an internet business today is by creating a blog or sellling your instagram photos Check out How We Make Money Online thru #Instacanvas and give it a go yourself.

Top Internet Entrepreneurs

Rank	Name	Website	Year Website Launched	Net Worth
1	Larry Page	Google	1998	$18.5 Billion
2	Sergey Brin	Google	1998	$18.5 Billion
3	Jeff Bezos	Amazon	1994	$8.7 Billlion
4	Pierre Omidyar	eBay	1995	$6.3 Billion
5	Eric Schmidt	Google	1998	$5.9 Billion
6	Ronald Burkle	Yahoo	1995	$3.5 Billion
7	Mark Cuban	Broadcast.com	1995	$2.6 Billion
8	Jerry Yang	Yahoo	1995	$2.3 Billion
9	Omid Kordestani	Google	1998	$1.9 Billion
10	David Filo	Yahoo	1995	$1.7 Billion
11	Kavitark Ram Shriram	Google	1998	$1.7 Billion
12	Todd Wagner	Broadcast.com	1995	$1.5 Billion
13	Peter Thiel	PayPal	1998	$1.3 Billion
14	Niklas Zennstrom	Skype	2003	$1.3 Billion
15	Janus Friis	Skype	2003	$1.3 Billion
16	Jack Ma	Alibaba	1999	$1.1 Billion
17	Mark Zuckerberg	Facebook	2004	$700 Million
18	Simon Nixon	MoneySuperMarket	1999	$680 Million
19	Andrew Gower	Runescape	2001	$650 Million
20	Reid Hoffman	LinkedIn	2003	$500 Million
21	Zhang Chaoyang	Sohu	1996	$425 Million
22	Steve Chen	YouTube	2005	$350 Million
23	Elon Musk	PayPal	1998	$328 Million
24	Chad Hurley	YouTube	2005	$300 Million
25	Duncan Cameron	MoneySuperMarket	1999	$280 Million
26	Marc Andreesen	Netscape	1994	$253 Million
27	Reed Hastings	NetFlix	1997	$150 Million
28	Blake Ross	Mozila	1998	$120 Million
29	Andrew Michael	Fasthost	1999	$110 Million
30	Max Levchin	PayPal	1998	$100 Million

ComedianCP Presents: Kunta Kenta Scared Straight

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August 4, 2013

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From the mind of ComedianCP, a story from the life of Kunta Kenta.

Executive Produced By:
@KarenDumas & ComedianCP

Directed By:
Tone Story Mode & ComedianCP

Preachers of L.A. [Trailer]

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August 4, 2013

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Preachers of L.A. gives a candid and revealing look at six boldly different and world renowned mega-pastors in Southern California, who are willing to share diverse aspects of their lives, from their work in the community and with their parishioners to the very large and sometimes provocative lives they lead away from the pulpit.

America’s Top 15 Paying Jobs

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August 1, 2013

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Checkout the Top 15 Paying Jobs in America after the jump.

Hip Hop Album Sales Week Ending 7/28/2013

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July 31, 2013

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#2. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 77,000 (735,000)

#9. YMCMB & Friends – Rich Gang – 24,000 (24,000)

#13. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 21,000 (526,000)

#15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 18,000 (950,000)

#20. Wale – The Gifted – 13,000 (268,000)

#24. Kanye West – Yeezus – 12,000 (487,000)

#26. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 11,000 (44,000)

#55. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 6,500 (162,000)

#61. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 6,100 (980,000)

#69. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II – 5,300 (529,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

Slavery by Another Name [documentary]

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July 30, 2013

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Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality. It was a system in which men, often guilty of no crime at all, were arrested, compelled to work without pay, repeatedly bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of masters. Tolerated by both the North and South, forced labor lasted well into the 20th century.

For most Americans this is entirely new history. Slavery by Another Name gives voice to the largely forgotten victims and perpetrators of forced labor and features their descendants living today.