Title: Weekend Gross Budget
1. Rio $40 million $90 million
2. Scream 4 $19 million N/A
3. Hop $11 million $63 million
4. Soul Surfer $7 million $18 million
5. Hanna $7 million $30 million
spotted: BoxOfficeMojo
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* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 5 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers | 59,000 | 257,000 |
| 6 | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. | 51,000 | 413,000 |
| 20 | Jim Jones | Capo | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| 21 | Rihanna | Loud | 21,000 | 1,159,000 |
| 24 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 19,000 | 905,000 |
spotted: HipHopDX
Watch New Visual from Detroit artist, Stretch Money over Drake beat:
On this day in 2006 rapper Proof of D12 was shot and killed at a bar in Detroit on east 8 mile Rd. Proof, real name DeShaun Dupree Holton will always be remembered as being instrumental in forming D12 as well as a great freestyle battle rapper, having particpated in numerous competitions in Detroit.
Proof’s mom Pepper Holton, formed The Proof Foundation to keep his name and memory alive. Tonight they will hold a candlelight vigil and tribute at the Shelter in Detroit.
R.I.P. Big Proof
spotted: Thisis50
For all the talk of the music industry’s decline, a new study from the RIAA shows that things aren’t as bad as they seem. Yes, sales during the first three months of 2011 are down 1.3% compared to 2010. According to the RIAA’s chart (above), which was made using data sourced from Nielsen SoundScan, digital album sales have increased by 15.0%.
Conversely, as more people are buying digital albums, less and less people are purchasing physical albums. The number of physical albums sold dropped 12.3%.
Consumers are obviously consuming media in a completely different way than they were when most of the industry execs started their gigs.
spotted at: MediaMemo
The members of Forbes 2011 list of wealthiest fictional characters have an average net worth of $9.86 billion, up 20% from last year. In aggregate, the Fictional 15 are worth $131.55 billion –more than the gross domestic product of New Zealand. WOW!
To qualify, characters must be known, both within their fictional universe and by their audience, for being rich. Net worth estimates are based on an analysis of the fictional character’s source material, and where possible, valued against known real-world commodity and share price movements according to Forbes.com.
Check out top 5 below:
1.) Scrooge McDuck $44.1 Billion
2.) Carlisle Cullen $36.2 Billion
3.) Artemis Fowl II $13.5 Billion
4.) Richie Rich $9.7 Billion
5.) Jed Clampett $9.5 Billion
Curren$y Hot Spitta plans to drop an Alchemist-produced album, Convert Coup on April 20
spotted: BoxOfficeMoJo
Title/ This Week @Box Office (approx.)
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules $24 million
2. Sucker Punch $19 million
3. Limitless $15 million
4. The Lincoln Lawyer $11 million
5. Rango $9 million
On this date, 16 years ago, we lost Hip Hop icon, Eric “Eazy -E” Wright. Wright died on March 26th 1995 ten days after anouncing he had contracted the AIDS virus. Eazy E is known for creating hip hop rap group NWA, Dr. Dre, and Bone Thugs N Harmony. In 1986, at the age of 23, Wright had allegedly earned as much as $250,000 from dealing drugs. However, he decided that he could make a better living by becoming involved with the Los Angeles hip-hop scene, which was growing rapidly in popularity. He then began recording songs during the mid-1980s in the garage of his parents’ home.
Checkout a throwback video of Eazy E below:
#RIP Eazy E
#DETROIT #OPERATION GRADUATION… www.JRLADetroit.com
Former U of M Fab Five member, NBA Star and now ESPN/ABC Basketball Analyst, Detroit native Jalen Rose gives back to the community by opening a charter school with his own money in the inner city of Detroit. Detroit Public Schools recently announced it will be closing half of its public schools, creating classrooms with over 60 students per teacher in an already failing system.
Rose has recently been in the news for his dialogue back and forth with NBA Superstar and former Duke Blue Devil Grant Hill for his “Uncle Tom” comments in the FAB FIVE Documentary (executive produced by Jalen Rose).
Big ups to Jalen for giving back to his community that is in need of help. Thats #GWOP
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