Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner (pictured above) has bought a French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley for $100 million, making it among the most expensive single-family home sales in U.S. history, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The limestone mansion runs more than 30,000 square feet and has a ballroom, home theater, wine cellar, tennis courts and indoor and outdoor pools. It was completed around 2008, according to an architect who helped design the home, the Journal said.
Milner is CEO of Moscow-based Digital Sky Technologies, which has made large capital investments in Facebook Inc., GROUPON and “Farmville” game maker Zynga Inc., among others. Milner’s primary residence is still in Moscow, sources say he has no plans to move in the $100 Million Dollar Silicon Valley mansion anytime soon.
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.
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
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
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