Street artist Shepard Fairey talks about his love of music, record collection, evolution to DJ’ing, and the crossover between art and music.
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#FactsOnly Interview w/ JAY Z
Jay talks about Magna Carta Holy Grail, Samsung deal, and new legends. Read More
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/21/2013
#1. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 129,000 (658,000)
#4. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 37,000 (37,000)
#7. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 27,000 (506,000)
#12. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 20,000 (932,000)
#15. Wale – The Gifted – 18,000 (255,000)
#18. Kanye West – Yeezus – 16,000 (475,000)
#37. Kevin Gates – Stranger Than Fiction – 8,400 (8,400)
#43. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 7,800 (156,000)
#52. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 7,100 (974,000)
#75. ¡Mayday! – Believers – 5,000 (5,100)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Top Earning Celebrities Under 30 (2013)
- Lady Gaga $80 million
- Justin Beiber $58 million
- Taylor Swift $55 million
- Calvin Harris $46 million
- Rhianna $43 million
- Katy Perry $39 million
- Adele $30 million
- Jennifer Lawrence $26 million
- Kristen Stewart $22 million
- Taylor Lautner $22 milllion
source: Forbes
Throwback Video of the Day: Drake “Started from the Bottom”
Throwback clip of Drake, when he was 17 years old circa 2004, before the fame and fortune.
The World’s Richest City [documentary]
China may soon be the birthplace to half the world’s billionaires but Singapore – the world’s richest city – is where they go to play. Some of the rich and famous who have moved to the tiny Southeast Asian island republic include Indian telecom tycoon Bhupendra Kumar Modi, Chinese movie superstars Gong Li and Jet Li, New Zealand billionaire Richard Chandler, and famed US investor Jim Rogers. One in six households in Singapore have a net worth of $1m, reflecting the flow of wealth eastwards as the centre of global economic activity shifts to Asia. With low taxes, a reliable, corruption-free government and protective private banking laws, the world’s ultra-rich are flocking to make Singapore home, giving it the highest percentage of millionaire households in the world. While the rich have fun, locals are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living.
Happy Birthday Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky turns 40 years old today! Happy Birthday Monica!
Icewear Vezzo From The Streets To The Stage [documentary]
Icewear Vezzo From The Streets To The Stage documents his first day out of jail to moments up to Summer Jamz in Detroit, MI.
The Clarity 2 ‘Can’t Stop Countin’ available on iTunes. Read More
Weekend Box Office: July 19-21, 2013
Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd $$$)
- The Conjuring $41 m
- Despicable Me 2 $25 m
- Turbo $21.5 m
- Grown Ups 2 $20 m
- Red 2 $18.5 m
- Pacific Rim $15.9 m
- R.I.P.D. #12.7 m
- The Heat $9.3 m
- World War Z $5.2 m
- Monsters University $5 m
SMACK/ URL PRESENTS UFF: ILL WILL vs DANJA ZONE
SMACK/ URL The leaders of MC Battle culture link up with BET’s 106 & Park to create Ultimate Freestyle Friday(UFF) The UFF is a 7 week elimination tournament between some of URL’s finest MC’s.
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp [trailer]
An Ice-T produced documentary that tells the life of Iceberg Slim, a legendary Chicago pimp. Through the likes of Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, Henry Rollins, Chris Rock, Quincy Jones we get a depiction of how Slim ushered his way from pimp to author, writing 7 groundbreaking books that described life in the ghetto unlike how it had previously been scribed. His poetic detail and honesty about this lifestyle has made him a cultural icon.
Directed by Jorge Hinojosa
Illustration of $1 Billion Dollars
“F*ck it I want a Billion” –JAY Z #PicassoBaby
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