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T.I. and Tiny’s VH1 reality show will give us a behind the scenes look at their life as TIP balances his music career and fatherhood after overcoming his jail stints. Series premieres December 5 at 9 PM.
General Cannabis Inc. has just announced that it’s acquired Marijuana.com. The company didn’t disclose the details of the deal, but we’ve confirmed that the acquisition price was $4.20 million.
Spotted at: TechCrunch
General Cannabis is a serious business: it’s traded on the OTCQX market, and a year ago it acquired WeedMaps, a popular ‘Yelp for Cannabis Dispensaries‘ site with a large following. WeedMaps was topping $400,000 a month in revenues at the time of the acquisition and it’s growing nicely — the site did over $1 million in gross revenues in July, and now sees 10 million page views a month.
The acquisition includes both the valuable Marijuana.com domain name and the existing site/content, which currently consists of a bulletin forum that centers on cannabis discussion and generates 3.5 million page views per month. WeedMaps Media, which is a subsidiary of General Cannabis, will be ‘bridging’ its membership database with the forum’s, allowing WeedMaps users to log into Marijuana.com with their existing accounts. The company says that it will also be expanding the amount of content and functionality available. The domain and site will be transfered early in 2012.
It’s obviously a pricey acquisition, but one that will likely pay dividends. Marijuana.com is much easier to remember than General Cannabis or WeedMaps.com, and the company is positioning itself as the go-to place for information that’s relevant to cannabis users.
In an unexpected announcement last week, Daimler AG revealed that they will be discontinuing their luxury Maybach vehicles soon due to low sales and lack of profits. Last year, there were reportedly less than 200 Maybachs sold, which carried a starting price of $375,250 — one of which Kanye West and Jay-Z happily chopped up for their music video, ‘Otis.’
To make up for the financial loss, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche plans on expanding the company’s now three series Mercedes-Benz S-Class model to a 600 in 2013.
“We came to the strong conclusion that the sales chances for the Mercedes brand are much stronger than those for Maybach.”
The luxury vehicles have been the ride of choice for rappers over the years, making appearances in many hip hop/rap videos and being the inspiration behind the name of Miami rapper Rick Ross’ label, Maybach Music Group. Last year, Diddy’s son Justin Combs received a $350,000 Maybach for his 16th birthday during MTV’s Sweet 16 special.
More Hip Hop Maybach pics after the jump Read More
While Americans all over the country camped out for hours at Wal-Mart & Best Buy to save $200 bucks on a flat screen TV last week. Paris Hilton had a brand new 2012 red Ferrari Spyder delivered to her doorstep on Black Friday for a mere $280,000. Checkout pics below:
Riz preps the release of his forthcoming mixtape, Kiss The Ring hosted by DJ Envy with guest appearances by French Montana, Prodigy and Fabolous.
Kiss The Ring drops December 6th. Track listing after the jump
directed by Dre Films
Mobile apps are extremely popular and trendy this year, Apple iPhone/iPad products accounted for 10% of Black Friday sales last week. GWOP Magazine staff has created a guide for all new Apple iPhone/iPad users as of what apps to download as soon as you step into the Mac world. (Some apps are also available on android devices) Checkout the full list after the jump.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works”
-Steve Jobs, (1955-2011)
“A Hustlerz Ambition” Documentary Accompanies the new album TM:103 In Stores December 20th!
Master P refers to the No Limit headquarters as “the bat cave”. Jump Off TV and AllHipHop take you inside the bat cave for this sneak peak in Master P’s upcoming web series The Next 48 Hours.
Produced by Rahki
Performers included The Time, Joe, Robin Thicke, Common, Marsha Ambrosius, Kenny Lattimore, Dave Hollister, Freddie Jackson, Gladys Knight, Mindless Behavior, Tamar Braxton, Chrisette Michele, Anthony Hamilton, BeBe Winans, Boney James, Mary Mary, Natalie Cole, Cee Lo Green, Melanie Fiona, Lloyd, Eric Benet and Joe. Plus, there was a Heavy D tribute featuring Doug E. Fresh, Goodie M.O.B., Naughty By Nature, Whodini, Big Daddy Kane and Kurtis Blow. Here’s a look at this year’s winners
Album of the Year – Chris Brown’s ‘F.A.M.E’
Song of the Year – Kelly Rowland’s ‘Motivation (Ft. Lil Wayne)’
Record of the Year (Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award) – Marsha Ambrosius’ ‘Far Away’
Best New Artist – Miguel
Best Male R&B/Soul – Cee Lo Green
Best Female R&B/Soul Artist – Jill Scott
Best Caribbean Performance – Rihanna’s ‘Man Down’
Best Gospel Performance – Mary Mary’s ‘Walking’
Best Hip-Hop Song – Nicki Minaj’s ‘Moment For Life (Ft. Drake)’
Best Dance Performance – Beyonce’s ‘Run the World (Girls)’
Best Soul Site – NecoleBitchie.com
Best Traditional Jazz Album – Cassandra Wilson’s ‘Silver Pony’
Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Dave Koz’s ‘Hello Tomorrow’
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