
spotted: NYTimes
Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter and record producer who formed the Sugar Hill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording, died early Thursday morning at a hospital in New Jersey. She was 75. Read More
Watch Detroit rap duo #Deuces Wild; Nikki Brown & Ms. Creme new show, Around The Way Girls (Trailer). Showcasing two independent female entrepreneurs making moves in the city of Detroit.
Filmed on location in Miami, Washington D.C. and Detroit.
directed by Beezy @GWOPMagazine
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Forbes recently dropped the list for the Highest Paid TV Actresses. Checkout the top 7 below:

$13 million
Fey’s first book, Bossypants, hit stores in April and sold 150,000 copies in the first month. The actress recently gave birth to her second child. 30 Rock returns later this year.

Google+, the latest social networking website on the block, is now the 8th largest social network. The site saw a 1,269 percent increase to 15 million visits in one week after allowing access to the general public. One previously needed an invitation to join the site. Web analytics firm Hitwise ranked the website as the 54th largest social networking site prior to giving access to the general public.
Happy Born Day Google from #GWOP Magazine !

The nominations for the 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions are in and Eric B. & Rakim are among the honorees. Other nominees include, The Beastie Boys, Guns & Roses, Rufus with Chaka Khan, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Cure. The induction ceremony is scheduled for April 14, 2012 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
Music video by Eric B. & Rakim performing I Ain’t No Joke. (C) 1987 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Angela explains why she chose to stop eating animals and how going vegetarian has made her feel great.

spotted: BoxOfficeMojo
Title Weekend Gross
1. The Lion King (in 3d) $21.9 million
2. Moneyball $19.5 million
3. Dolphin Tale $19 million
4. Abduction $10.9 million
5. Killer Elite $9.3 million
official trailer: MoneyBall starring Brad Pitt
genre: biopic, drama, sports

Brooklyn Nets co-owner Jay-Z will headline the first concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to “battle” these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
With a net worth of around $550 million, Diddy has been picked by Forbes as the front runner to become hip-hop’s first billionaire.
However, the Bad Boy CEO does have competition. Jay-Z ($450 million), Dr. Dre ($250 million), Birdman ($110 million) and 50 Cent ($100 million) are all in the running.
Birdman thinks he will beat Diddy to the Forbes 400 list.
“I think Young Money Cash Money would be the first billion-dollar brand in hip-hop,” said Birdman in an email message to Forbes. “We strong and growing every day as a brand and fast. Within the next few years we will be billionaires.”
Who do you think will reach a billion 1st?
50′s hitting the playground for his new literary project. Above is the cover art for his new book that hits stores November 1st.
“Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn’t have much going for him. He’s teased mercilessly about his weight. He hates the Long Island suburb his mom moved them to and wishes he still lived with his dad in the city. And now he’s stuck talking to a totally out-of-touch therapist named Liz.
Liz tries to uncover what happened that day on the playground – a day that landed one kid in the hospital and Butterball in detention. Butterball refuses to let her in on the truth, and while he evades her questions, he takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today.
This devastating yet ultimately redemptive story is told in voice-driven prose and accented with drawings and photographs, making it a natural successor to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Loosely inspired by 50 Cent’s own adolescence, and written with his fourteen-year-old son in mind, Playground is sure to captivate wide attention – and spark intense discussion.”