Green Day had their set cut from 45 min to 20 min at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, so that Usher could perform. Billie Joe gets mad and smashes guitar.
Monica Lewinsky to get $12 million For Memoir

Monica Lewinsky, 39, the White House intern who performed philatio on the president has been shopping her memoirs for a few weeks. According to the New York Post, she has apparently sold it for $12 million to an unnamed publisher.
Wowzers! $12 million for a story about a blow job?
’42’ The Jackie Robinson Story
The official trailer for ’42’ the real life story of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford and Alan Tudyk. Featuring the music of Jay-Z.
Gucci Mane x Big Sean – Brought Out Them Racks
off the Gucci Mane “I’m Up” Mixtape
Universal Music Group acquires EMI for $1.6 Billion

via Billboard
Vivendi’s Universal Music Group won European and U.S. approval for its $1.9 billion purchase of EMI’s recorded music business on Friday, with the EU requiring the company to sell labels that account for about a third of the British company’s revenues.
Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D. Music “Cruel Summer”
Tone Ferg “1st Date” feat. Wankaego
directed by McKinley Jones
Basquiat @ Christie’s NYC Auction To Set Records in November

‘Untitled,’ 1981, acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 78 x 68 inches
Christie’s recently announced that Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1981 work, Untitled, could set an artist’s record in November, when it is expected to sell for about $20 million (usd).
Christie’s did not identify the seller, but it is rumored to be French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier.
Basquiat died at the age of 27 in 1988 of a drug overdose. According to Christie’s,Jean-Michel Basquiat left 917 drawings, 25 sketchbooks, 85 prints, and 171 paintings.
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/16/2012
#13. 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 21,000 (271,000)
#14. Lecrae – Gravity – 19,000 (92,000)
#19. DMX – Undisputed – 17,000 (17,000)
#21. Trey Songz – Chapter V – 16,000 (217,000)
#25. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange – 14,000 (309,000)
#28. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t– 12,000 (398,000)
#38. Daddy Yankee – Prestige – 8,200 (8,200)
#50. Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House – 6,600 (72,000)
#62. Nas – Life Is Good – 5,800 (295,000)
#69. DJ Khaled – Kiss The Ring – 5,200 (68,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Curren$y x Big K.R.I.T. x Wiz Khalifa – “Jet Life”
directed by Alex Nazari
Damon Dash To Open and Curate Art Gallery in Lower Manhattan

Hip Hop mogul and co founder of the Roc-A-Fella brand Damon Dash is set to open a new art gallery in lower Manhattan called “Poppington” . The newest neighborhood showroom, specializing in “street style” programming, kicks off September 27 with an inaugural exhibition called “Quality of Life.” “Quality Of Life” will consist of works from a number of street artists including Phil, Jim Joe, and Pixote.

Rick Ross – Hold Me Back [Nigeria Version]
directed by Spiff TV & Dre Films
