Hip hop newcomer Kreayshawn is a million dollars richer  after Sony inked her to a recording contract, Miss Info reports.

The Oakland rapper/filmmaker and self proclaimed “rap beast” first gained some local attention by filming music videos for Bay Area artists, most notably Lil B. It wasn’t long before she went into the booth herself to record the mixtape ‘Kittys X Choppas‘ which spawned the local hit and video ‘Bumpin Bumpin.’ But it wasn’t until she released the video for “Gucci Gucci” did major labels start scrambling to sign her.

With a label deal now secured, Kreayshawn and her White Girl Mob crew (Kreayshawn, her sister V-Nasty and DJ Lil Debbie) are ready to take on the hip hop world.

“The Revolution will Not be Televised”

via: NYTimes

Gil Scott-Heron, the poet and recording artist whose syncopated spoken style and mordant critiques of politics, racism and mass media in pieces like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” made him a notable voice of black protest culture in the 1970s and an important early influence on hip-hop, died on Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. He was 62 and had been a longtime resident of Harlem. Checkout a few Hip Hop tweets for Gil Scott-Heron below:

Directors Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry have put together a powerful new documentary titled ‘Dark Girls‘ that takes a look at the “deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color…particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.”

King James and his south beach talents square off against Dirk Nowinski and the Dallas Mavs on Tuesday on ABC at 9pm/est.  Who do you think is going to take it all?  Poll after the jump.

247wallst.com has presented their annual list of the top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in America for 2011.  See if your City made the list after the jump. 

Full List Click Here: TOP 10 Dangerous 2011

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Official Results via: BoxOfficeMojo

Title                                                                             Weekend Gross

1. Pirates of Caribbean: On Stranger Tides   $90 million
2. Bridesmaids                                                     $20.8 million
3. Thor                                                                 $15.4 million
4. Fast Five                                                         $10.5 million
5. Priest                                                                $4.7  million
6. Rio                                                                    $4.6 million
7. Jumping the Broom                                      $3.7 million
8. Something Borrowed                                    $3.5 million
9. Water For Elephants                                     $2.1 million
10. Tyler Perry’s Madeas Big Happy Family     $956 k

source: Forbes

1. Lady Gaga     earnings: $90 million

2. Oprah Winfrey   net worth: $2.7 billion   earnings: $90 million

3. Justin Beiber       earnings: $53 million

4. U2              earnings: $195 million

5. Elton John     earnings: $100 million

6. Tiger Woods    earnings: $75 million

7. Taylor Swift      earnings  $45 million

8. Bon Jovi          earnings:  $125 million

9. Simon Cowell   earnings:  $90 million

10. Lebron James  earnings: $48 million

Full list of 100 most powerful celebs go to Forbes

via HipHopDX

* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)