JHUD: "The Insider" confirms that Oscar-winning 'Dreamgirl' Jennifer Hudson will sing the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention, after Barack Obama himself requested it. She will sing the night Obama accepts the nomination for president. much better pick. CHI TOWN STAND UP!!!
KIM KARDASHIAN: no longer on dancing with the star since she cut her big toe.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
HOT NESS OF THE WEEK
hotness
and more hotness
Rihanna serves it
Twerq it Solo
This is a hot couple. Nick and Vennesa
My baby is gangsta
Desparate Housewives resident 'gangsta' Marcia Cross using the men's room. How fierce is that.
HOT MESS OF THE WEEK
patricial arquette looking a hot festive mess
wow, looks like kelly osbourne got knocked the fug out
Christina on her way to a radio head concert looking crazy
Saturday, August 30, 2008
SATURDAY PERFORMANCES
The best rendition since Whitney. OMG. And the first black female artist that truly made it her own. You're earning major points with me between this and that new song you got out which is #1 on the PS charts
John Legend performs at the DNC convention **snores**
Jessie Macartney and Jordin Sparks perform on tour together
Solange on Letterman. It's a shame I'm already over her. I smell fakeness. I'm allergic to it.
You asked for it...here's raven simone in concert
Here's more
Shanti at a festival. Not her best
Friday, August 29, 2008
JADAKISS ENDS BEEF WITH 50?
And does this interview for 50's blog. What is the world coming to when fif don't want beef.
REALITY CHECK QUOTE OF THE DAY: J Timberfake
"It's painful for me to either watch or listen to myself,"
Our resident Wigga boy admits to what we already know.
DUMB N*GGA QUOTE OF THE DAY
[WAYNE ON THE 'A MILLIE' BEAT AND ALL THE FREESTYLES]
It's glorious. I like every last one of them, too. I'll let you in on a secret: If you pay attention, I never say nothing about a mill but one time: "A million here, a million there..." I just keep saying, "Muthaf**ka I'm ill..." I thought that b**ch was saying "I'm illy."
Thursday, August 28, 2008
SHE'S AN IDIOT TOO
**UPDATE****
Beyonce's sister is still an idiot......and more. I choose to leave you alone now
And I thought she was different from her sister
She calls Jay her bro in law...Way to keep the secret idiot
Beyonce's sister is still an idiot......and more. I choose to leave you alone now
And I thought she was different from her sister
When Solange Knowles was interviewed by Fox News Las Vegas, things didn’t go quite the way they were supposed to. Before her interview went live, Solange was asked if she would talk about the closing of Jay-Z’s Las Vegas Club 40/40. The answer was obviously no, so the anchor agreed not to mention it on air. Solange wasn’t aware that this happened off-camera, so after she was enthusiastically welcomed to the show by the news anchor, she sternly said:
“I have to say, that was not a very professional introduction before. Please don’t tie me into family and my brother-in-law’s establishment.”
The news anchor gets confused and profusely apologizes. Someone from her news team then blurts out, “That wasn’t live, Solange. That wasn’t on [live] TV.”
She calls Jay her bro in law...Way to keep the secret idiot
TI MAKES SINGLES HISTORY
His first crossover #1 makes a historical jump this week on the Hot 100. Seems like anyone can make a #1 hit these days. Not to take anything away from him but....I'm more impressed when people sell albums because nowadays labels are buying hits. Here's the article
T.I. establishes the mark for biggest jump to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as "Whatever You Like" soars 71-1 in its third week on the list.
A No. 1 opening on Hot Digital Songs with debut-week sales of 205,000 downloads is the cause for the record-setting Hot 100 move, which surpasses the 64-1 jump taken by Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" in May 2007.
"Like" is the rapper's first No. 1 as a lead artist (he was featured on Justin Timberlake's 2006 chart-topper, "My Love") and his opening-week digital sum is the best by a rap track since Nielsen SoundScan began compiling download data in 2003
NEGRO PLEASE: Tierra Marie
[CAT FIGHT]
And when the subject turned to Rihanna, Teairra got downright catty. Teairra took offense to some comments Rihanna made to Atlanta’s Peach magazine regarding her dismissal from the Roc. Rihanna said, “You have to be good to people. I could very easily say its all karma…”
“They asked her how she felt playing second fiddle to me, which I never felt [she was]. She had the number-one song in the country on Hot 100; I didn’t, so she couldn’t be playing second fiddle to me. When I heard that I was upset, like, ‘Why would she ever go there? Keep my name out your mouth, sweetie.”
Uhm...until you get a hit, you can't say ish about pop princess Rihanna. Take the blow and keep it moving
PIC OF THE DAY
He left Selma....for this?
Only a month after the end of the engagement between actress Salma Hayek and billionaire heir François-Henri Pinault, the French businessman was seen enjoying a saucy holiday romp in Tuscany with new love interest, equestrian Virginie Couperie.
NEGRO PLEASE: Chance from I love NY
It was like having sex with a stuffed animal—with those fake eyes and fake hair. A stuffed animal with a real set of you-know-what. It feels like having sex with an oversize Cabbage Patch. You got silicone parts that are made for toys.
Chance’s advice for New York…
Stop kissing so many damn guys, man. Relax. Take it slow. Don’t put no more plastic parts on you, because you ain’t a toy. Unless you want to be my toy again. That’s aight, then. Come on down. You know where to find me. But New York, be safe out there. You’re a good person. Stallionaires love you.
That's how you win her back. **shakes head**
THURSDAY VIDEO BLAST
TPain f/ Wayne "Can't Believe It"....low budget much?
Neyo with Miss independant. A take on one of my fav movies 'boomarang' and it features lauren london and the ubber fab gabby union. loves it and the song.
Cassie turns up the heat. The video is pure fiyah. She reminds me of Aaliyah here but way sexier. She shows her ass again...must be her theme. This video had a budget more than all of danity kane's videos put together. Diddy must be sprung. Her dancing is spectacular....then again, hey just cut to a pose really. But all I'm a lil impressed. i could go on. However, I reserve my right to hate on her still...untill i see her perform this live
Terrance Howard with “Sanctuary”.....**rolls eyes***
Legend f/ Andre 3000 with "Greenlight." Different for him...I like
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
NEGRO PLEASE: Kate Moss
"I was never anorexic, so I was never that skinny, I was never bony-bony, But I remember thinking, 'I don't want to be this skinny," US Weekly quoted the model, as saying.
The model revealed the back stage scenario at the shows, which played a very big role in ruining her food intake for long hours.
"You go to a show, and there's no food at all, so if you're doing shows back to back, you can forget eating, I remember standing up in the bath one day, and there was a mirror in front of me, and I was so thin!
"I hated it, I never liked being that skinny," she said.
PIC(s) OF THE DAY
Brad Pitt photographed Angelina Jolie and brood at the Chateau Miraval in the South of France last week for the November cover of W. This is Pitt's inaugural turn creating a cover, although photography has been a longtime hobby of his. Not only did he appear on the March 2007 cover of Interview wielding a camera, Jolie reportedly gave him a Littman 45 single camera as a birthday gift. This marks the second time W has scored a highly-coveted Pitt/Jolie exclusive. In 2005, the magazine ended months of speculation when Pitt collaborated with friend Steven Klein to create a photo portfolio of Jolie and Pitt in the feature "Domestic Bliss" from the July 2005 issue.
It's baby z bishes. She runs this family
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
MICHELLE OBAMA BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN
Good speech. It served it's purpose. The girls are adorable. The family is an inspiration.
In related news.... CBS4 has now learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver. All are being held on either drug or weapons charges.
Didn't negroes say 50 was dumb for thinking this would happen? Right. Lets see what O'riely will have to say about this.
PIC OF THE DAY
What's wrong with this pic? It looks like she's stealing that lil girl. Mary Lewis of "Weeds" fame and her adopted baby
What's wrong with this pic? Mary Lewis of "Weeds" fame and her adopted baby with the nanny and her biological son...
NEGRO PLEASE: Jessica Simpson
[JESSICA RESPONDS TO CARRIE UNDERWOOD'S CLAIM THAT TONY ROMO STILL CALLS HER]
What a dumb bish. Any real bish knows not to brag about their man being faithful. Especially out right denying claims from another woman. Have we learned nothing from Hillary.
"Tony and I both laughed at that. [It's not true] I checked his call log,"
What a dumb bish. Any real bish knows not to brag about their man being faithful. Especially out right denying claims from another woman. Have we learned nothing from Hillary.
NEW MUSIC TUESDAYS
Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, Miley Cyrus, and Carrie Underwood...."Just Stand"
KRS One Freestyle on Rider pt2
LL f/ 50 'Feel My Heat Beat"
T.I. Featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne sampling MIA's "paper planes"
Riahnna, Fefe's back for her swag. New song 'watch me move.' But we all know Fefe has talent. The song is currently the theme song for Margaret Cho's "The Cho Show" and it has also been used in commercials for Lipstick Jungle & Dancing With The Stars. It was written and produced by fefe herself!
Keri Hilson f/ Akon "Mic Check" ....this bish should stick to writing. She brings nothing to the table as a recording artist
Keri Hilson still trying with "Slow Dance" ....a bootleg version of 'promise'
TI f/ Rihanna "Living My Life"......interesting jack from a romanian song. the tpain voice in full affect again i see. ti is looking for rihanna's crossover appeal
Monday, August 25, 2008
CRACK IS WACK
Jojo passes out during concert in Australia. Lol @ dude walking past him and people acting like nothing has happened. This is worse than the Michelle fall when Kelly looked at her azz as though she was crazy....The down side of fame.
MCCAIN DOES IT AGAIN
I have to give it to him. His ads have been very entertaining. I don't change the channel when a new one comes on. That was my laugh for the day.
NEGRO PLEASE: Jessica Simpson
[THIS DUMB BISH SAID SHE WAS ABUSED...HERE'S WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT]
Jessica Simspon made headlines earlier this month when she talked about being abused in a interview for the September 2008 edition of Elle Magazine. The star refused to elaborate despite some gentle prodding, but the truth behind Jessica’s painful abuse secret lies in the bullying she experienced as a shy high schooler growing up in Texas, a new tabloid report claims.
“Most people believe Jessica is talking about being abused by a former boyfriend…..Jessica was abused as a teenager while attending J.J Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas-long before she met Nick Lachey or any of her ex-boyfriends,” an Enquirer source reveals.
Jealous cassmates reportedly bullied the busty Jess because they were jealous of the showstopping figure that would one day propell the singer’s image as an international sex symbol.
“Jessica was well-developed, and every guy in high school wanted her and practically every girl hated her,” an insider explains.
“Jessica put on a brave face, but it was a campaign of terror that just devastated her.”
“A nasty clique of girls constantly spread rumors about Jessica, and one that spread like wildfire was that she was gay.”
I'm gonna pop this chick. Ashly Simpson > this bish
DIDDY ARRESTED?
Sources tell TMZ at around 3:00 AM, Diddy was being driven by an entourage on the Sunset Strip and stopped because one of the cars didn't have proper tags. Backup arrived and the driver of the second car became "extremely uncooperative," to the point he had to be detained. At that point, Diddy and the remaining five or six members of the entourage got out of their cars and began walking toward the detained member of their posse. That's when one deputy drew his weapon, not knowing what the dudes were up to. We're told at the time the weapon was drawn, deputies did not know Diddy was part of the group. Ultimately things became peaceful, the detained guy was let go and everyone lived happily ever after ... for the rest of the night.
Why would Diddy just get out of the car. His arrogance gets on my nerve.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
EXPRESS SCOOP:
OBAMA: picks Biden as running mate. negroes to love Bidden after hating him a few months back for calling Obama "articulate...clean cut."
WTF: Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have delayed their wedding until after the US Presidential election. ...Michelle, get ya girl
PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Issue with Brangelina and twins is the biggest seller in seven years, and is the fourth highest newsstand seller in the magazine's 35-year history. rumors of poor sales well....check your source. ours is bonafide
50 CENT: currently prepping the launch of a mining partnership with South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe. DANG
KANYE: posted on his blog that his fav yt girl is Scarlett Johanson. Kanye we know you don't like girls so stop frontin.
FERGIE: and the Black Eyed Peas are at odds. She hasn't committed to a new BEP album and tour and frontman will.i.am is "furious." It was only a matter of time before she did this...BEP was undergroup before Ferg..she doesn't need them anymore, just like Lauryn didn't need the Fugees after she hit.
WENDY WILLIAMS: TV show gets picked up nationally for a full season...congrats
SNOOP FROM THE WIRE: was arrested on minor drug charges yesterday after police picked her up for refusing to cooperate as a witness in a murder trial
VMAs: Rihanna has been booked for a live performance with rapper T.I. on next month's MTV Video Music Awards. The female singer, will reportedly perform her own solo performance "Disturbia" and then share stage with T.I. in a collaboration for his new album with a song called "Live Your Life", which will hit the market on September 30.
VMAs: I'm hearing rumors of Britney performing are false. AND no duet with timberfake either
JANET: starts lingerie line called 'pleasure principle'. Items will be manufactured in China and will be in department stores by late this year or early 2009
OLYMPICS: closing will feature David Beckham and performances by Leona Lewis and BeyonceGWEN STEPHANIE: has baby and names it Zuma Nesta Rock **shakes head**
RAY J: to have his own dating show. whateva
HOTNESS OF THE WEEK
You can tell Brad is in love with this girl.
The Beckhams always do it well
Ellen and Portia wedding pic
HOT MESS OF THE WEEK
Granted she was at a workshop for safe sex but it just exposes her to jokes galore. Real stars don't do this. You may be the most talented of the group (in more ways than one) but don't be mad at Aubrey for being the star of the group. Find something to get yourself more exposure Dawn.
Homewrecker Sienna Miller got her house spray painted this week. Someone wrote 'slut' on the wall.
Seriously? This is too much Rihanna
Uhm..
Aubrey is just a big 'NO"
Wino at the V festival. WINNER
Saturday, August 23, 2008
SATURDAY PERFORMANCE
The new Brit sensation......Duffy opening at the V festival.
Omgomgomgomg.....Amy Headlined the V festival. Messing up one of my fav songs. Look at that crown. I think most are there to see the wreck more than see her perform. It use to be cute but I can't stand it anymore. Funny she still sound better than the majority of the singers in the US while totally on high. Look at that audience... The performance is just awful...and her band and errbody still there to get paid I guess...Again look at that audience...
More disaster from Amy...I love the drunk dancing though. Solange, you could never be this.
Okay I started enjoying the wreck again. Sue me.
Keri Hilson performs "Do It" for some d list kiddie show. Song is cute. I'm just not feeling this chick. She tries too hard...she's not a natural. I say stick behind the stage.
Jeezy does a club gig in Detriot.
Dang Shanice still out there performing that old song.
Chow wow performing this old azz song...and the new one with Souljah Boy
Friday, August 22, 2008
SONG/PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY: Britney
Britney "Hit Me Baby One More Time/Crazy".....2 performances of the song
EXCERPT FROM FAITHS NEW BOOK
Faith writes a book about her very interesting life....will we learn if she really did beat lil kim's azz as rumored? lISTEN HERE
The song features Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. I can hear Beyonce and Rihanna and Carrie in the beginning. Everyone else got one line here and there. Looks like they just added some people for name sake. In all, better than I expected
All sales of the star-studded single will benefit cancer research. The charity tune was conceived by Antonio “L.A.” Reid, who produced it with longtime creative colleague Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. All 15 singers will share the stage to perform the song live on Sept. 5 during the “Stand Up to Cancer” television special, set to air simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
BEEF...Chow Wow vs. Gayme
It all started yesterday when Bow Wow in his never ending quest to be seen as a grown man challenged Game aka the downlow bipolar nutcase that never lived up to his hype to some video game. Bow thought he was doing it in fun until he got a response from Game (all vlogged for our viewing enjoyment.) Game went on to take Chow on on his challenge and said if he won he wants to ******** (you don't wanna know) Ciara....as well as all his boys.
Chow Wow in an effort to seem unfazed responded by talking about how Game is on an ancient bus touring etc etc...He dismissed the Ciara comment by saying 'ole girl is old news' but then took a jab at Game by saying he should give him Mya...(grown man beef I know...considering the fact that none of those girls talk to those lames...). Anyway, Game has come back and again including Ciara's name in his disrespectful rant. Here it is:
Oh no here comes Chow Wow again. They taking this too far...
Chow Wow in an effort to seem unfazed responded by talking about how Game is on an ancient bus touring etc etc...He dismissed the Ciara comment by saying 'ole girl is old news' but then took a jab at Game by saying he should give him Mya...(grown man beef I know...considering the fact that none of those girls talk to those lames...). Anyway, Game has come back and again including Ciara's name in his disrespectful rant. Here it is:
Oh no here comes Chow Wow again. They taking this too far...
THURSDAY VIDEO BLAST
Okay wtf. The skinny beyonce is back with another one. This is Amy's beat from 'you "You Know That Im No Good.' What is up with the Knowles and jackin people's swag? The song is cute.
Estelle's 4th single "Pretty Please" f/ Ceelo. Nice. Look for appearances from Aubrey O’Day, Taraji Henson, Jackie Long, and Malik Yoba.
INTRODUCING THE BABY DADDY I LET GET AWAY: Van Vicker
I'm a fanatic of Nollywood/Gollywood (West African Hollywood) and came across Van Vicker in the movie named "Beyonce." Coincidently, the movie was about the President's daughter, Beyonce, who always got what she wanted and was in love with Van's character. However, Van was in love with the character named "Ciara" aka "Cici" and Beyonce did everything from trying to bribe her to pouring acid on Cici's face to get her man. This movie was the biggest movie in Nollywood for 2007.
Van was born to a half Ghanaian half Liberian Mother (offcourse Liberia is claiming his fine azz) and a Dutch father. His father died when he was six years old. Due to the early death of his father, and has stated he is very close with is mother and considers her his hero.
He started as a television personality. In 2003, Vicker appeared in the Ghanaian television series, Suncity, which portrayed university life. He played the character of LeRoy King, Jr., a fine arts student born in the U.S. who arrives at Suncity to complete his education. The series ran for a total of 10 episodes.
Soon, Van was cast in his first film "Divine Love" as a supporting character. This film coincidentally was also the debut roles for fellow actors Jackie Aygemang (who played Ciara in the movie "Beyonce"). Even though Van's role in Divine Love was in a supporting capacity, based on the strength of his performance, Van has been consistently cast in leading romantic roles thereafter. His role in "Beyonce" has afforded him recognition around the world with a strong following in the US and the Carribean.
Talks are also underway to make him a model for a Nike Company. Universal Studios is said to be interested as well.
Van is married to Adjoa and they are the proud parents of two daughters, J'dyl and J-ian.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
WHEN REAL HEADS GET TOGETHER
Underground rapper schools some people on why it's harder to get on now than it was before hip hop was popular....Old ass Jay Z and Puffy still trying to c*ck block.
WHEN CELEBS VLOG
Souljah boy tells his haters why he loves em.
Idiot
Brandy shooting a video for "Right Here." This is really happening? Could it be...I'm not getting my hopes up. How precious is her lil girl. She looks pretty too.
More Bran Bran
She use to go by B but someone stole that. I like B rocka betta though
NEGRO PLEASE: Rosanne Barr
[ROSANNE MAD THAT ANGELINA SAYS SHE'S INDEPENDANT AND HASN'T JUMPED ON THE OBAMA BANDWAGON JUST YET]
“John Voight your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if they give a fuck about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more.”
Bish even if it was 3 millie out of 40 millie that's 8%. And they're adopting. What are you doing ya overstretched trailer park ham?
**UPDATE**
[LIFESTYLES POSTED ANGELINA'S ESTRANGED FATHER JOHN VOIGHT ...AND MCCAIN SUPPORTER RESPONSE]
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Carrie Underwood
Carrie covers Allure magazine and in her interview tells explosive news that is sure to piss off Jessica Simpson. She speaks on her ex (now current beau of Jessica) Tony Romo:
"We were both small-town people doing very big things, and we relied on each other, dealing with fame. I don't know. The phone will ring and it'll be him, and I'll maybe not answer."
Typical Pisces....She straight up is telling Jessica your man still calls me....DANG.
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
....................Hoochies start posting their rendition of "Take You Down" on youtube.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
NEW MUSIC TUESDAYS
Solange f/ Beyonce "Case." mmmmmmm it's aight...a bootleg 'ring the alarm'
Finally, something I like from the new Brandy stuff. This is yet another Darkchild collabo. I'm not sure why all these Brandy songs are being leaked when there is no date set for the new album.
THE OG KING OF THE SOUTH Scarface dissing Rick Ross? Song called "High Powered"...PURE CRACK. I LOVE THIS from the beat to the lyrics. Very Nice.
IN OTHER NEWS
The top 15 female artists of today will join forces to perform a single for the Stand Up to Cancer charity. Stand Up to Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation that calls on entertainment-industry people and platforms to help fight cancer.
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood have recorded the song entitled "Just Stand Up."
The song hits ITunes on September 2nd and all sales of the star-studded single will benefit cancer research. All 15 singers will share the stage to perform the song live on Sept. 5 during the "Stand Up to Cancer" television special, set to air simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS.
The charity tune was conceived by Antonio "L.A." Reid, (the chairman of the Island Def Jam Music Group) who produced it with longtime creative colleague Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
(Between Mariah's screaming; Beyonce's vibrotos; Mary's shouting; Rihanna's billy goat chants; Ashanti 'baby' adlibs; Keyshia's wrong notes; and Ciara's whispering...this should be interesting....UHM WHERE'S JANET?)
According to Rap-Up.com, Ciara's album will come out in December, instead of November as annouced by Jive. I guess it's just one more month but considering the fact that it was initially to come out in September you have to wonder what's going on. We have heard that Ciara is doing a lot of hiring in firing in her camp as of late so perhaps they want to get everything settled.
However, Rap Up is also reporting that the first single may be a collabo with Tpain called "Go Girl"? Uhm, I like Tpain as much as the next but...NEXT. Come the fug on with that dude and his vocorder. Ci you better stop trippin. We ain't waiting forever.
Looks like Britney will perform again at the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards. Even though her album isn't due until 2009, she is said to be performing a single from the album. They use this girl way too much. And to think, she has never won a MTV video music award.
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood have recorded the song entitled "Just Stand Up."
The song hits ITunes on September 2nd and all sales of the star-studded single will benefit cancer research. All 15 singers will share the stage to perform the song live on Sept. 5 during the "Stand Up to Cancer" television special, set to air simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS.
The charity tune was conceived by Antonio "L.A." Reid, (the chairman of the Island Def Jam Music Group) who produced it with longtime creative colleague Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
(Between Mariah's screaming; Beyonce's vibrotos; Mary's shouting; Rihanna's billy goat chants; Ashanti 'baby' adlibs; Keyshia's wrong notes; and Ciara's whispering...this should be interesting....UHM WHERE'S JANET?)
According to Rap-Up.com, Ciara's album will come out in December, instead of November as annouced by Jive. I guess it's just one more month but considering the fact that it was initially to come out in September you have to wonder what's going on. We have heard that Ciara is doing a lot of hiring in firing in her camp as of late so perhaps they want to get everything settled.
However, Rap Up is also reporting that the first single may be a collabo with Tpain called "Go Girl"? Uhm, I like Tpain as much as the next but...NEXT. Come the fug on with that dude and his vocorder. Ci you better stop trippin. We ain't waiting forever.
Looks like Britney will perform again at the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards. Even though her album isn't due until 2009, she is said to be performing a single from the album. They use this girl way too much. And to think, she has never won a MTV video music award.
NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE: Russel Brand
No one in the US knows who this nikka is but MTV thinks they will be the one to break the Brit here. This comedian will host the next MTV music awards. Defamer Magazine asked him questions about popular US artists:
DEFAMER: Lil' Wayne.
RUSSELL: Lil' Wayne is a hip-hop artist and rapper, dreadlocked, with teardrops tattooed on his face. He is also known as "Weezy," and this is not because he is asthmatic. He seems to me to be a terrific poet.
DEFAMER: Somebody's been studying his Wikipedia!
RUSSELL: Good, wasn't it?
DEFAMER: Yeah, not bad!
RUSSELL: I haven't done any Wikipedia studies. I just happen to have an interest in Lil' Wayne, because I think he ignores a lot of copyright stuff to sort of rap over it. I think he's a pioneer
DEFAMER: How about your familiarity with MTV shows? Do you know of The Hills?RUSSELL: I believe it's about some girls that go around and get off with people and wear nice dresses. They have the general air of louche attractiveness and easy availability.
DEFAMER: Pretty accurate. Let's move on to some of the news stories that Americans are talking about. Right now, we're all wondering what was up with this Christian Bale assault case, and maybe you can explain it to me. Apparently in the UK, you can go to jail for verbal assault? What's up with that?
RUSSELL: In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved. Christian Bale, I believe whilst in a restaurant, rolled his eyes at the lighting. That is an offense punishable by five years in prison in the United Kingdom. I admire Christian Bale and I think he's one of the greatest living actors on the planet currently, but we cannot shirk when it comes to good manners. If it's true that he also dropped a napkin on his way to the lavatory, then I think that he should possibly receive the death penalty.
DEFAMER: How about the U.S. presidential election? Do you follow it at all?
RUSSELL: I think that the idea of democracy is an illusion and regardless of who becomes president, the status quo will maintain power. It's irrelevant who you select as the totem of power in the country, because the country will be run in the same way — but I would rather have a black president than a white one. I would have ideally liked a hermaphrodite president, if it was up to me entirely, but until a hermaphrodite stands, I'll support Obama.
DEFAMER: ...Brad and Angelina just had the twins.
RUSSELL: Thank God. The thing is that they're both so stupidly beautiful and good-looking and attractive that their children are born looking gorgeous! It's unsettling. That first one they had, she had sort of a Marilyn Monroe mouth. I don't think they should breed, those two people. I think their adoption policy is probably better because when their genes come together, it creates a storm of attractiveness so potent that it could one day bring down the planet.
**freakin hilarious**
50 RECOGNIZES THE OTHER YT BOY
The underground is bubbling with a new yt boy he met out in the ATL when he was over there for some reason...one other than Eminem that is...His name is Asher Roth. He's nice....And I see Whoo Kid still got jokes
Monday, August 18, 2008
FORBES SAYS: 50 Cent ... Richest Man In Hip Hop
TOP EARNERS IN HIP HOP 2007
1. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson: $150 million
2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter: $82 million
3. Sean “Diddy” Combs: $35 million
4. Kanye West: $30 million
5. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley: $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million
7. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean: $17 million
8. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus: $16 million
9. André “Dr. Dre” Young: $15 million
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges: $14 million
11. Clifford “T.I.” Harris: $13 million (tie)
11. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter: $13 million (tie)
12. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers: $12 million (tie)
12. Lonnie “Common” Lynn Jr.: $12 million (tie)
12. Aliaune “Akon” Thiam: $12 million (tie)
13. Jermaine Dupri: $11 million (tie)
13. Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith: $11 million (tie)
14. OutKast: $10 million (tie)
14. Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki: $10 million (tie)
14. Jayceon “The Game” Taylor: $10 million (tie)
50's Financial Breakdown
IS RIHANNA BROKE?
I was emailed the following story and found it on several sites, blogs and forums. It is well written and makes a lot of sense so I pass it on.
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Patricia Williams, who was recently released from her duties as Rihanna's accountant, tell all to New York's Page Six revealing that the singer is broke, check it out the report:
Rihanna's now ex-business manager Patricia Willliams has been recently fired as she recalls "for no good reason, all in ignorance" and is "livid" with Rihanna & her management company Rebel One's decision to axe her.
Rihanna recently met with Willliams to check on her accounting affairs and was shocked to see that almost all her money was missing. She instantly accused Willliams of "stealing her money."
"I'm a professional Business Manager, I have a staff of more than a dozen, I have worked for many high profile actors, musicians and multi-million dollar corporations. Why would I steal from Rihanna?" She continues, "I showed her all the paperwork and tried to explain to her the circumstances but she wouldn't listen. She called me all sorts of horrible names and stormed off. I now feel compelled to share with the world the background story as I will not allow my name to be slandered"
The Barbados born singer has had four back-to-back albums, including a re-release since her debut of "Pon De Replay" in 2005.
According to Willliams, Marc Jordan, manager and owner of Rebel One Management has been taking care of Rihanna's financial situation with her. "Def Jam doesn't fund Rihanna properly, so Marc uses the money Rihanna makes from third-party endorsements and from tours to fund her album and music videos." Since 2005, Rihanna has been sponsored by the likes of JC Penny, Samsung, Covergirl, Secret, Venus Breeze etc,. and has gone on two major tours, most recently label-mate Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" Tour and with Pussycat Dolls across Europe.
"I don't want to disrespect Marc's name. He is a fantastic manager and genuinely believes in Rihanna. But he uses her money to fund her future projects because he believes he can break her in the world-market. Her album sales are not nearly as close to her single sales and he knows that if she is only known as a 'singles artist' she will only be as good as her last hit. Unfortunately, he didn't inform his client and I'm receiving the brunt of it.
"Why is Def Jam lacking in funding support for there act? Why was so much money spent? How much exactly? Williams continues,
"Her record label Def Jam has put out 3 albums in a time span of 2 years. Alot of that was orchestrated through her management Rebel One. It was never Def Jam's intention to release so many albums back-to-back but Marc Jordan found loop holes and ways to make it happen.A lot of the money Rihanna made through her endorsements between CoverGirl Cosmetics, Samsung.. Notice that majority of Rihanna's videos have a cell phone in it?"
"After the release of Rihanna and Teairra Mari, Def Jam had intention to drop both acts because their album sales were not successful. Her manager fought to get [S.O.S (Rescue Me)] and quickly tried to negotiate with as many companies as possible. Nike picked up the song and funded a video. This brought the hype back for Rihanna in the company's New York office. Majority of the official 'S.O.S' video was funded by Samsung because the record label was only willing to put up a small amount. Once 'S.O.S' picked up digitally and at radio, Def Jam agreed to fund the rest of her album. Jordan instantly got a video shot to 'Unfaithful' (he negotiated with video director Anthony Mandler to drop his price and would be given more videos from Rihanna in return). Then they shot 'We Ride' which was an extremely cheap video to create. 'Break It Off' was released as a third album, but again, Def Jam was unhappy with the sales of her album "A Girl Like Me" and refused to shoot a video. At this point Rihanna was opening up for the Pussycat Doll's in Europe. She was making 30,000 a show but she didn't see any of that money because it was needed to fund her next album." Which is now known to the greater public as a 'Good Girl Gone Bad'."
The song "Umbrella" was found & Jordan fought again for Rihanna to have it. They shot the video, which CoverGirl funded half of, and the song became a success. When the record label had there meeting with Music Stores across the U.S to order her album for shipment, the number's weren't coming in the way that they expected. When the album's first week numbers came in at less than 150,000, the label was shocked. Def Jam's President LA Reid was livid! Umbrella was #1 for 11 weeks! Any other artist would have sold way more first week. T-Pain even did better in sales than her that week. Def Jam told Jordan they were no longer funding the album, so Jordan needed money again to pay for music videos 'Shut Up & Drive' and 'Dont Stop The Music'. Almost 250,000 was spent to have those videos created. Plus, an additional 120,000 to shoot 'Hate That I Love You'. Jordan was noticing that 'Dont Stop The Music' was picking up, so her persuaded the label to support it at radio in the U.S and the remaining singles, and they did."
"Then came for the repackaging of her album 'Good Girl Gone Bad', which is called 'Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded', that entire project was funded through Rihanna's money. 'Take A Bow' was bought through her money, the video was created with her money and so is her most recent video and single 'Disturbia'. The label didn't even want to pay a dime for anything! Close to 750,000 was spent on those two songs alone. And now she expects to see money in her account?"
Williams states that Jordan, her publicist from well-respected public relations firm 42-West, Alicia Silverman has built alot of hype around Rihanna's name but the singer has only made "a little bit above a million" and "all of it was spent on making her as big as she is now. It's not my fault that she only has 20,000 to her name."
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