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Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/28/2012

#2. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 241,000 (242,000)

#27. 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 12,000 (354,000)

#31. Man With The Iron Fists Original Soundtrack – 12,000 (12,000)

#34. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 11,000 (108,000)

#35. G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer – 11,000 (331,000)

#37. Machine Gun Kelly (as MGK) – Lace Up – 9,700 (75,000)

#47. P.O.S. – We Wouldn’t Even Live Here – 9,000 (9,100)

#93. Vinnie Paz – God Of The Serengeti – 4,300 (4,300)

#119. Big Hutch (as Cold 187um) – The Only Solution – 3,400 (3,400)

#167. Stevie Stone – Momentum – 2,400 (2,400)

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

Greedmont TV presents a documentary by Corey Davis on a group crack addicts in Atlanta who live outside in a small cove behind a Texaco, infamously dubbed as the “Living Room.” They share their stories and tell us what it’s like to battle with a deadly addiction to crack-cocaine. “Growing up I never had a father, because he was out running the streets getting high… Right around the time I was born, the mid 80′s, African-American communities across the country was struck by the crack epidemic. Which robbed us our prideful culture and instantly perverted it into a counter-culture where playgrounds became warzones and families were destroyed.”

directed by Corey Davis

 

 

Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

  1. Argo  $12 m
  2. Cloud Atlas  $9.6 m
  3. Hotel Transylvania  $9.4 m
  4. Paranormal Activity 4  $8.5 m
  5. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D $8 m

(Reuters) – Elizabeth Taylor surpassed Michael Jackson as the highest-earning dead celebrity in the past year, with her estate pulling in $210 million, much of it from the auction of her jewels, costumes and artwork, according to Forbes.

Jackson, who died in 2009, dropped into second place with earnings of $145 million, followed by Elvis Presley with $55 million.

Cartoonist Charles Schulz, who created the Peanuts comic strip, came in at No. 4 with earnings of $37 million, followed by reggae star Bob Marley with $17 million.

Forbes compiled the ranking by analyzing the dead celebrities’ earnings between October 2011-2012.

 

Brazilian Woman Sells Virginity for $780,000

20-year-old Catarina Migliorini, who gained notoriety for putting her virginity on the auction block, has finally sold it to a Japanese man named Natsu for $780,000. This stunt is all part of a documentary titled Virgins Wanted, which will fly her to her destination to complete the deal and interview her after its over. Migliorini will reportedly use $722,000 to build homes in her native Santa Catarina

via Gawker

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/21/2012

#11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 18,000 (97,000)

#22. Machine Gun Kelly (as MGK) – Lace Up – 15,000 (65,000)

#29. G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer – 13,000 (320,000)

#35. 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 12,000 (342,000)

#62. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 – 7,000 (128,000)

#68. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t– 6,300 (438,000)

#94. Jay-Z – Live In Brooklyn – 4,400 (16,000)

#114. DJ Drama – Quality Street Music – 3,600 (33,000)

#119. K’Naan – God, Country Or The Girl – 3,500 (3,500)

#144. Nas – Life Is Good – 2,900 (316,000)

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

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Title/ Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

  1. Paranormal Activity 4  $29 m
  2. Argo  $16.4 m
  3. Taken 2 $13.2 m
  4. Hotel Transylvania  $13
  5. Alex Cross $11.3
  6. Sinister  $8.8 m
  7. Here Comes the Boom  $8.4
  8. Pitch Perfect  $6.7 m
  9. Frankenweenie  $4.3 m
  10. Looper  $4.2 m

directed by Clifton Bell

Forbes ranked the 2012 top 10 most Dangerous Cities in America.  #1 and #2 on the list may play each other in the MLB World Series.  Check the full list below:

  1. Detroit, MI
  2. St. Louis, MO
  3. Oakland, CA
  4. Memphis, TN
  5. Birmingham, Al
  6. Atlanta, GA
  7. Baltimore, MD
  8. Stockton, CA
  9. Cleveland, OH
  10. Buffalo, NY

Mike Epps will portray late comedic genius Richard Pryor in an upcoming film about jazz legend Nina Simone. Epps got the blessing of Pryor’s widow, Jennifer Pryor, when he personally reached out to her to ask for permission.

source: TMZ

 

 

With his eponymous store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered streetwear in the early 1980s by co-opting luxury branding from the likes of Louis Vuitton and MCM and designing original menswear with high-end detail—including exquisite leathers, furs, and skins. First drawing neighborhood hustlers and friends, Dan eventually outfitted rappers and other celebs of the time, such as Eric B & Rakim and Mike Tyson, to name a few. Now, nearly thirty years after entering the clothing game, Dan is plotting his return to the public eye. The reclusive designer recently sat down with Life +Times to discuss his career—alongside childhood friend Pee Wee Kirkland—retracing Harlem history in the process.

For more information about Dapper Dan, visit http://dapperdanofharlem.com