Monday, June 30, 2008
Kanye Laughs Off Amy Winehouse
Walking disaster Amy Winehouse performed at the Glastonbury Music Festival and aside from getting into it with a fan, she also took a dig at Kanye West. The British singer called ‘Ye a “cunt” during one of her songs, apparently a swipe at his late arrival at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. West, however, laughed off the remark on his blog. “Amy Winehouse hates me! Now I’ve really made it!”
Young Jeezy Titles New LP The Recession
First Young Jeezy motivated, then he inspired. But now? Times are hard, so the Atlanta trapper appropriately titled his upcoming album, The Recession. “I told [John McCain] the hood was fucked up and he was like, ‘How you doing?’” Jeezy told Mixtape Monday, explaining meeting the AZ. senator after performing with Usher on SNL. “Real talk. The know entertainers, so they shake your hand, ‘I’m your friend.’ But my mama is about to have surgery that I gotta pay for out my pocket because she can’t get insurance. I dont really feel McCain. It ain’t just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.” Jeezy’s new album is due in August.
Jay-Z Strikes Back At Indie Rockers
Over the weekend Jay-Z headlined the Glastonbury Festival, which initially cause the ire of some indie-music fans since the show is usually devoted to a less mainstream sound. But Hov not only received a huge ovation at the England-based festival, he also drew a few laughs for his intro. Singer Noel Gallagher of Oasis grumbled Glastonbury “is no place for hip-hop” when asked about Jay’s appearance. The Brooklyn rapper, however, didn’t let his comments slide as he showed up on stage with a guitar and took a swipe at Gallagher while performing over Oasis’ hit “Wonderwall.”
Nas Inks Deal With Fila
Nas usually isn’t one for picking great endorsement deals. Willie Esco? 310 Motoring for kicks? But the Queens rapper might be smartening up. Nas recently inked a deal with Fila Footwear to serve as a spokesman for Italian-founded company. “My best friend Ill Will and I loved Fila,” Nas explained. “It represented prestige and everything that was cool to us [when we were younger]. When Will passed, we buried him in a black Fila sweat suit, so doing a deal with them has a lot of significance for me.”
DMX Busted In Miami For Trying To Buy Cocaine and Marijuna
DMX was arrested again, this time, yesterday in Miami for allegedly attempting to buy cocaine and marijuana, TMZ is reporting.
According to the gossip Web site, X approached an undercover officer and handed him $45 for a combination of the drugs.
The former New York rapper was just busted earlier this week in the Sunshine State for driving with without a valid driver’s license.
The arrests continue what’s become a patter now for X. Last month he was arrested two times in Arizona, once for speeding and days later he was nabbed for animal cruelty and drug charges. He plead not guilty to the charges and is due in court in July.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Jay-Z To Buy Yankees Share
First the Nets, now the Yankees? Hov recently revealed to Time Out London that he could possibly buy a share in the most decorated franchise in sports history. “Someone told me yesterday that someone else had a piece of the New York Yankees,” Jigga told Time Out. “‘We wanna talk to you, yadda yadda yadda.’ I mean, I love the Yankees so I’m in the middle of following that through, but sometimes it comes to be something and sometimes it comes to be nothing.”
Clipse Ink Deal With Koch To Release Re-Up Album
Pusha T and Malice of Clipse have signed on the dotted line with Koch Records to release the Re-Up Gang album, due August 5th on the indie powerhouse label. “We put out the “We Got It 4 Cheap” series on our own for the streets and that helped keep us visible and build the Re-Up name as an entity,” Pusha said in a statement. “This time our manager got with Koch to put together an official album with new music and let Koch Records do what they do best.” The first single from the project, “Fast Life,” produced by Scott Storch, is set to be released next week
Rick Ross Denies Engagement To Foxy Brown
Speculation swarmed that Foxy Brown was set to announce at the BET Awards that she and Rick Ross were engaged. It didn’t happen. The reason?
According to Rick Ross, he’s already hitched.
“The engagement is speculation,” Ross told MTV News. “I’m married to the money.”
The two rappers were featured on the cover of gossip rag Hip-Hop Weekly with a story allegedly the two were a couple and Foxy was reportedly moving to Miami to be closer to Ross. Photos of the two surfaced online, however, it was unclear in which circumstances the pictures were taken. Neither party has confirmed the relationship.
Ross also didn’t deny the relationship when asked by MTV News.
For Foxy Brown it would be another high-profile relationship with a musical artist. The Brooklyn lyricist, in the past, has dated Dogg Pound rapper Kurupt, to whom she was engaged to, and Spragga Benz. Foxy recently parted ways with Def Jam–Ross’ recording home–and is working on her next ablum
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Lil Wayne And Plies Still Top 5 On The Billboard 200
Lil Wayne is still the hip-hop king, but he’s been dethroned from the top of the Billboard 200 charts. Coldplay debuted at number one with their latest album Viva La Vida, which sold over 700,000 copies in its first week.
Weezy’s numbers dropped by close to 70 percent, but the Cash Money star still moved an impressive amount in his second week. After selling over one million copies of Tha Carter III in its first week of release, Wayne followed it up by pushing 308,505 copes of TC3 during its second week.
Plies continues to do well. The Florida rapper sold just over 67,000 copies of his sophomore set, Definition of Real. The album currently stands at number five overall on the charts.
2 Pistols, who has a hit on his hands with “She Got It” featuring T-Pain, made his debut on the charts. His album, Death Before Dishonor, however, only managed to move 15,764 copies.
Texas’ TMI Boyz received an unexpected bump. The group moved just over 18,000 copies of their album, Grindin’ For A Purpose. The amount marked a rare sales increase of 109 percent for the group’s album in its second week of release
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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