Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/28/2010

via HipHopDX

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
1	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	496,000	497,000
2	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday	375,000	376,000
6	Rihanna	Loud	141,000	348,000
9	Ne-Yo	Libra Scale	112,000	113,000
24	Eminem	Recovery	48,000	3,053,000

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
25	Lloyd Banks	H.M.F.2 (The Hunger For More 2)	44,000	45,000
29	Lil Wayne	I Am Not A Human Being	37,000	511,000
83	Curren$y	Pilot Talk II	14,000	15,000
164	Yelawolf	Trunk Muzik 0-60	5,000	5,100
176	Kid Cudi	Man On The Moon: The End of Day	4,600	502,000

Magic Johnson Trying to Bring NFL Team to LA

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December 1, 2010

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Businessman, entrepreneur and NBA basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that he is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to his desire for the NFL to come back to Los Angeles.

Johnson, who Sporting News reported has recently sold a 4.5 percent stake in the Los Angeles Lakers and his Starbucks franchises, told Kimmel: “I definitely want to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles. Nobody knows this, I’m announcing this today. I teamed up with Tim Leiweke and AEG and we’re going to come together to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles.”

AEG Worldwide is the sports and entertainment subsidiary of the business giant, The Anschultz Corporation, and it owns the LA Kings NHL team, two Major League Soccer teams, as well as interests in the LA Lakers NBA team, among others.

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GWOP Report: Justin Beiber earns $300k per show!

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November 29, 2010

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Justin Bieber earns a minimum of $300,000 per concert, placing him near the top of the tour earnings list, contract records show.

History of Beiber: Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who happened to come across Bieber’s videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher.

The 16-year-old performer earns more per gig than established acts like Sheryl Crow ($146,500), Weezer ($150,000), and Bret Michaels ($64,000). Bieber, though, does not command as much as Rascal Flatts ($702,500), Kiss ($500,000), or Keith Urban ($487,500). Checkout full list below:

‘Nicki Minaj: My Time Now’ (MTV Documentary)

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November 28, 2010

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New Music Video: Bugatti Boyz “Another One”

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November 28, 2010

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Ricky Rozay & P Diddy make up the Bugatti Boyz, Checkout the visual for their 1st single, “Another One” below:

NBC’s People of The Year: Lebron James

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November 28, 2010

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Although the Miami Heat are lukewarm in NBA standings today, and not living up to there GREAT expectations, King James was still able to land a spot as one of NBC’s People of the Year. Check the interview after the jump.

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Feds shut down dozens of Hip Hop websites for illegal music, movies and counterfeit goods

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November 28, 2010

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If you recently tried to log in to one of your favorite sites that allowed the downloading of pirated movies, music, music videos or sold counterfeit goods, chances are it’s gone.

The Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations and National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center have been quite busy the last couple of days.

Lots of hip hop fans were in shock when they signed on to RapGodfathers.com and OnSmash (click OnSmash in our GWOP Roll) , only to find the sites had been seized by ICE.

But those seizures were just tip of the iceberg. Dozens of other domains have fallen victim in the U.S. Government’s latest attempt to shut down rampant piracy and bootlegging that is costing the record industry, movie companies and clothing manufacturers billions of dollars annually.

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R.I.P. Soulja Slim

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November 26, 2010

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James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003), better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper who achieved modest success on Master P‘s No Limit record label. He is known for his guest appearance on the U.S. #1 hit “Slow Motion” by fellow rapper Juvenile.

On November 26, 2003 Slim was en-route to a performance when he was shot four times; three times in the face, and once in the chest, in front of his mother’s home. with wife Amanda and son A’darryl in the 8th Ward/Gentilly area.Soulja Slim was buried with his cutthroat comitty charm and jewelery also the leather camo clothes he’s shown wearing on the cover of Give It 2 ‘Em Raw.

New Music: Lil Kim “Black Friday” (Nicki Minaj diss)

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November 25, 2010

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‘Need for Speed’: Hot Pursuit commercial

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November 25, 2010

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Watch a never-seen-before live-action car chase between the Pagani Zonda Cinque and a Lamborghini Murcielago Interceptor.

Limited Edition Nike sneaker for Sony PlayStation

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November 25, 2010

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Sony PlayStation and Nike have teamed up to create this PlayStation Move inspired Zoom Huarache Trainer and the Killzone themed Special Forces Boot, for a limited run collaboration timed with the PlayStation’s 15th anniversary.