See ya, Cleveland.
Sorry, Chicago, New York and New Jersey. Maybe next time around, Clippers.
LeBron James chose superstar help over the comforts of home and is heading for Miami because he wants to win a championship with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
NBA, get ready: A superstar trio has just been born
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via OzoneMag: It’s been over two and a half years since the death of the late rapper, but new music from Chad“Pimp C” Butler will soon be available to his fans.
With UGK partner & rhyme Bun B’s Trill O.G. slated for an August 3rd release date, it’s only right for the Pimp’s album to follow soon after. Preliminary artwork for The Naked Soul of Sweet James Jones leaked online over a year ago, leaving people to speculate and anticipate the album’s release. Now the speculation is over as the album is currently set for release on September 21, 2010. The record will be Pimp C’s third and probably final solo release under famed Southern label Rap-A-Lot Records, which will be distributed through their new venture with Fontana/Universal Records.
While this may be a posthumous album from Pimp C, longtime friend and UGK partner Bun B assured their many supporters that the album will be of quality.
“We had enough vocals [for the album], but it wasn’t just about taking whatever vocals I had available,” Bun B said in an interview with XXL Magazine last year. “It was about constructing songs. It wasn’t about just throwing all the Pimp C I had out there. I had to really try to make an album.”
Nicki Minaj scores it big after making Billboard charts as the first single by a female emcee to top the Rap Songs category in over seven years.
Under the radar until recently, her second single “Your Love” claimed the Rap charts, a feat that was only accomplished by Lil Kim’s “Magic Stick” featuring 50 Cent, along with Missy Elliot getting it done solo with “Work It” back in ’02, according to Billboard.
Vodpod videos no longer available.Metro Detroit native Marshall Mathers aka Slim Shady is taking over the charts with his new project, Recovery. Eminem is showing that you can still move units during this digital age.
There’s 16 tracks on Eminem’s new album, Recovery and nearly half of ‘em are scattered on the Billboard Top 100. This week, the album sold 741,000 copies, while the songs listed below have netted 701,000 downloads combined. Congrats to Em! Detroit Stand Up!
2. “Love The Way You Lie”
11. “Not Afraid”
23. “No Love”
62. “Won’t Back Down”
71. “Cold Wind Blows”
88. “Talkin’ 2 Myself”
92. “25 to Life”
Turner Broadcasting is trying to avoid a house of pain with producer Tyler Perry.
Perry, who has two shows on Turner’s TBS cable channel (“House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns”) was furious about a recent episode of the animated series “The Boondocks” that ran on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block. Cartoon Network also is owned by Turner Broadcasting.
In Case You Missed the Full Episode of Boondocks. Watch Below.
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The star and co-producer of the “Stop Snitching” videos a man who came to symbolize Baltimore’s violent street scene and a culture that threatens witnesses who cooperate with police — was sentenced Friday to nearly 20 years in federal prison.
Removing Ronnie Thomas, better known as “Skinny Suge,” from city streets ends a years-long drama in which his popular underground DVDs flouted authority with obscene anti-police rants showing “corner boys” taunting police and waving guns — practically daring officers to confront them.
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This morning, Lil Boosie appeared in front of a Baton Rouge judge and plead not guilty for his first degree murder charge. Boosie was indicted two weeks ago for allegedly shooting Terry Boyd last October. The rapper also faces drug charges.
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“He’s not guilty. I think he’s absolutely not guilty. I think he meant what he said. He’s absolutely not guilty. We’re just going to prepare for his defense and get ready to address the charges.”
With the murder case pending as well as drug charges, District Attorney Hillar Moore stated,
“I’d rather wait for the evidence to speak as to what happened. He’s got several different cases, so it depends on which one you’re talking about. He also has the introduction of the drugs into the prison and obviously, he’s presumed innocent at this point.”
Checkout Rosa Acosta photo shoot last week with Konsole Kingz for the new PlayStation 3 game.
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1 year ago, today we loss the King of Pop.
On June 25th, 2009 the world held their breath, only to let out a cry of despair and tears of lost when it was announced that Michael Jackson had died. Now one year later it is still hard to imagine that a man who pretty much changed the game in the music business is no longer here. Many superstars have taken, mimicked or paid tribute to MJ, but none of them could never match or surpass him.
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via MiamiNewTimes.com:
Former drug dealer, Los Angeles-based Ricky “Freeway” Ross, has been threatening Miami rapper Rick Ross with a lawsuit for a while. But this past Friday his attorney, Melvin Sharpe Jr., finally filed the paperwork in the Los Angeles federal district court.
The premise of the lawsuit is that ex-drug dealer Rick Ross is being unfairly deprived of profiting off his image, thanks to the popularity of rapper Rick Ross. In compensation, dealer Ross seeks to prevent the release of rapper Ross’ upcoming new album, Teflon Don, as well as half of all of rapper Ross’ gross royalties, and further damages, totaling at least $10 million.
The complaint itself is , 60-plus pages (the average trademark infringement lawsuit is, oh, six to 10). Then there is the equally long number of defendants. The list includes not only rapper Rick Ross (under his real name, William Leonard Roberts II), but also, as entities, all the labels on which rapper Ross has released music: his own Maybach Music Group, as well as Def Jam Recordings, Universal Music Group, and Slip N Slide Records.
Also a defendant: “Shawn Carter, an individual known as Jay-Z, individually, and as the former President of Def Jam Music.” Jigga, the complaint says, should have known better than to let rapper Rick Ross infringe on dealer Ross’ trademark — which, the complaint admits, nobody tried to actually register until long after rapper Ross had gotten started in music. For more on this story log on to Thisis50.com
Drake’s first week sales are in and they do impress. The Young Money artist’s debut album Thank Me Later officially moved 462,989 copies in just a week. Not to mention, his album already has gone platinum in Canada.
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