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
Cam’ron and Vado drop a new visual off the UN: Gunz-N- Butta Album scheduled to drop April 19th. Watch Full Video below:
AVAILABLE April 5th 2011
Capo’ Track Listing
1. Intro (feat. Sen City & Ch.ink Santana)
2. Deep Blue (feat. Ch.ink Santana)
3. Carton Of Milk (feat. Game)
4. The Paper (feat. Ch.ink Santana)
5. Heart Attack (feat. Sen City)
6. Everybody Jones (feat. Aaron Lacrate)
7. Drops Is Out (feat. Raekwon, Mel Matrix, & Sen City)
8. Let Me Fly (feat. Rell)
9. Getting To The Money (feat. Cam’ron & Lady H)
10. Take A Bow (feat. Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, & Sen City)
11. Perfect Day (feat. Ch.ink Santana & Logic)
12. Changing The Locks (feat. Ashanti)
13. God Bless The Child (feat. Wyclef Jean)
14. Itza
#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
AT&T Inc. agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) for about $39 billion in cash and stock to create America’s largest mobile-phone company, trumpingSprint Nextel Corp. (S)’s effort to acquire the business.
The deal would allow AT&T, now the second-largest U.S. wireless operator, to add about 34 million customers and surpass Verizon Wireless. The acquisition, the largest in the wireless industry since 2004, may face government scrutiny because it combines the second- and fourth-largest wireless providers, reducing consumer choice. Regulatory approval may take a year, Dallas-based AT&T said
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spotted: HipHopDX
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | 204,000 | 204,000 |
| 8 | Marsha Ambrosius | Late Nights & Early Mornings | 41,000 | 137,000 |
| 12 | Raekwon | Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| 14 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 25,000 | 821,000 |
| 15 | Rihanna | Loud | 25,000 | 1,065,00 |
spotted: Forbes
Jay-Z has amassed a fortune of $450 million by living this philosophy, from dealing drugs as an adolescent to selling records, clothes, liquor and more as an adult.
One of Jay-Z’s best-known boasts is that he “made the Yankee cap more famous than a Yankee can.” Whether or not you agree with that statement, Jay-Z has certainly added to his victorious aura by associating himself with the Yankees, Michael Jordan, Warren Buffett and others.
Jay-Z rarely speaks about his wife Beyonce and they’re far from being tabloid regulars like other celebrity couples.
“Gun’s I Bust em/ Problems with my Wife Don’t Discuss em/ Coupes & Lier Jets I Lust them” -Biggie Smalls “Get Money (remix)”
In the late 1990s Jay-Z mentioned Iceberg clothing in a few of his songs and sales spiked. When he tried to parlay that into an endorsement deal, the company declined–so Jay-Z started his own, and called it Rocawear. Since then, he’s been paid to endorse GM, Hewlett-Packard, Budweiser and others, and the only free advertising via references in his songs is for brands like Maybach.
Jay-Z doesn’t talk much about his deals that fell apart or his products that flopped–his Armadale vodka and the Las Vegas location of his 40/40 Club. As a result, he’s able to maintain a victorious image.
(For an in-depth look at Jay-Z’s business sense, check out the book Empire State of Mind.)
Legendary west coast rapper, Nate Dogg passed away last night according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He was 41. No word as to cause of death, but four years ago, Nate suffered two strokes.
R.I.P. Nate Dogg DPG4Life
Spotted at: BoxOfficeMojo (Hollywood)
Title/ Weekend Gross
1. Battle: LA $35,573,187
2. Rango $22,602,847
3. Red Riding Hood $14,005,335
4. The Adjustment Bureau $11,597,335
5. Mars Needs Moms $6,914,488
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