Rare footage of late hip hop superstar and rap legend Tupac Shakur being interviewed by Sherry Carter from BET’s Video LP
Throwback Interview: Tupac Shakur
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R.I.P. Aaliyah (1979-2001)
Today is the 12th Anniversary of the multi talented Aaliyah‘s tragic death after shooting “Rock The Boat” music video. Aaliyah ( Detroit, MI) was an innovator, trendsetter and pioneer in the 1990s Hip Hop/ R&B scene. Her legacy will live forever.
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Ayo Kimathi: Dept of Homeland Security Employee on Paid Leave For Running Black Unity Site [video]
Ayo Kimathi, a Department of Homeland Security employee was placed on PAID leave after being accused of running a website speaking out on black oppression. A government official has confirmed that Kimathi is behind the waronthehorizon.com page. The website warns of a war between the races. Under his pseudonym: Irritated Genie, Kimathi creates youtube videos discussing his opposition to hip hop/rap music brainwashing, homosexuality, the abuse of black women, black entrepreneurship and unity within the black community.
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Q Worldstar “Where It All Started” [documentary]
Inspiring short documentary on Q, the founder one of the world’s biggest Hip Hop websites: worldstarhiphop.com
Career Paths of 5 Self-Made Billionaires (Infographic)
source: Entrepreneur
10 Years of Wooster Collective
Recently Shepard headed out to New York City to take part in the Jonathan Levine Gallery sponsored event 10 Years of Wooster Collective: 2003-2013, a group exhibition featuring over 50 local and international street artists. The temporary space located in the Chelsea district was curated by Marc and Sara Schiller, and featured works highlighting the ephemeral art scene ever-present in the five boroughs of New York. For the fully packed exhibition, Shepard prepared three classic 3-face series works in a variety of colors, featuring more than five layers of abstract texturing on each piece. Throughout the night, numerous legendary street artists were seen walking around signing autographs and taking photos with admiring fans and fellow artists alike. Additionally, Shepard painted a peace and justice themed mural in Dumbo (District Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).
Wooster Collective was founded in 2001 with a genuine desire to share images of the city being transformed by street art with the rest of the world.
source: Obey
Davi feat. Mr. Cornell “Beautiful Beast”
“Beautiful Beast” Music Video perfomed by Actor/Singer Davi feat. Mr. Cornell
directed by Beezy
produced by Piermid
Middiwest Music Group (c) 2013
Yahoo Surpasses Google in Web Traffic
comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly ranking of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for July 2013 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Yahoo is #1 for web traffic surpassing google for the first time since 2011.
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Earns Close To $1 Billion Off Retirement
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is retiring within the next 12 months. With this retirement comes a huge cash out of Microsoft stock. SPCapitalIQ says that Ballmer owns 333 million shares of Microsoft stock. If he is to exercise this options he’ll net a cool $840 million.
As of March 2013, Forbes reports his net worth as $15.2 billion.
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 8/18/2013
#2. K. Michelle – Rebellious Soul – 72,000 (72,000)
#4. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 48,000 (291,000)
#6. Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 37,000 (882,000)
#14. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 16,000 (998,000)
#28. Hoodie Allen – Americoustic EP – 11,000 (11,000)
#33. Tech N9ne – Something Else – 10,000 (85,000)
#36. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 9,000 (1,000,000)
#61. Kanye West – Yeezus – 6,000 (510,000)
#76. Stevie Stone – 2 Birds, 1 Stone – 4,700 (4,700)
#131. Aubrey O’Day – Between Two Evils – 3,000 (3,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Missed Opportunity: Apple’s Third Co-Founder; Ron Wayne Sells share for $800
Ron Wayne sold his 10 percent stake in Apple for $800 just days after he helped found it. It’s now worth $22 billion.
Detroit to receive $52.2M to Demolish Abandoned Buildings
The city of Detroit will receive more than half of $100 million in newly allocated federal funds to tear down dilapidated structures.
The city riddled with thousands of abandoned buildings will begin demolishing some of them later this month with the help of $52.2 million in federal money
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