Jay-Z Breaks Record For Most Top 10 Songs By A Rapper!
With a little help from his “little brother,” Kanye West, Mr. Shawn Carter has just accomplished a huge feat. With “N*ggas In Paris” officially cracking the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hottest Singles Charts at #8, Jigga Man has officially had his 18th, yeah 18th, Top 10 single. Where do your other favorite rappers stand? Lil Wayne and Ludacris are tied one below Jay with 17, while Kanye just got to his 14th Top 10 hit with “Paris.” Now do you get why they’re performing the song at least seven times a night on the “Watch The Throne” tour? No? Read on…
In Other Jay-Z News…Hov “Lives United”!
We hear that Jay-Z is set to make a big announcement this morning (December 8th) at Carnegie Hall. It seems that Jigga wants to spread a little cheer and charity by working with United Way of New York City, in partnership with his Shawn Carter Foundation, which he put his mom, Gloria Carter, in charge of a while back. The foundation has been doing some great stuff lately, including hosting fundraising events like “Making The Ordinary Extraordinary” which raised over $1 million for kids in need via a carnival on NYC’s Pier 54 in late September. We can’t wait to hear what he has in store for United Way, the largest charity fundraising organization in the world!!!
5 Out of 50 Ain’t Bad, RS, But What Are AllHipHop’s Hottest Songs of the Year?
Well, the answer to that question isn’t here for a few days, BUT we can assure you, you won’t be disappointed, especially since all 50 of our hottest records are 100% Hip-Hop! In the meantime, check out where Rolling Stone ranked some of the year’s biggest Rap singles:
#46 – Mr. Muthaf*ckin’ Exquire – “The Last Huzzah”
#37 – Nas – “Nasty”
#34 – Das Racist – “Girl”
#31 – Killer Mike – “Ric Flair”
#23 – Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers”
#20 – The Throne – “Welcome to the Jungle”
#12 – Lloyd – “Dedication to My Ex” ft. Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne
#9 – Lil Wayne – “6 Foot 7 Foot” ft. Cory Gunz
#2 – The Throne – “N*ggas In Paris”
Agree? Disagree? SOUND OFF! (For those that are curious, soul singer and global star Adele had the #1 single of the year with “Rolling In the Deep”).
One of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Cover Acts Drop Music Video for First (Original) Single:
Sure, it’s extremely “poppy,” made for the mainstream, and most, if not all, of you will never listen to it again, BUT it’s got major radio potential, we’re fans of theirs, and she does go in to spit some fire (cue Da Band’s Dylan voice) about 2:30 into the video. Can she hold her own against your favorite female rapper?
(AllHipHop News) Former Cash Money records artist BG is facing up to 40 years in prison, after pleading guilty to gun and witness tampering charges yesterday (December 7).
BG, born Christopher Dorsey, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and witness tampering charges, although prosecutors refused to offer the rapper any type of plea deal.
The rapper acknowledged that he was the owner of several guns that were confiscated from a stolen vehicle, during a traffic stop in November of 2009.
During the incident, police recovered found three loaded handguns and two extended magazine clips.
In addition to BG, 27-year-old Jerod Fedison and 17-year-old Demounde Pollard were charged in the case.
Police claim that BG and Fedison, who are both convicted felons, pressured Pollard into taking the gun charges, due to his clean criminal record.
In May, BG was arrested for his role in persuading Pollard to claim ownership of the guns, hence the witness tampering charge.
Fedison recently pleaded guilty to gun and witness tampering charges and was sentenced to a 20-year term.
Pollard reportedly cooperated with authorities and received an 30 month sentence.
BG is facing certain jail time and could receive up to 40 years in prison, when he is sentenced on March 14.
RZA CHALLENGES JAY-Z TO A CHESS MATCH – FOR ONE MILLION!!!!!
RZA is the man on many fronts and now he’s trying to take something from Jay-Z as he promotes this new app he’s got. Well, peep the technique as he calls out Jigga man. RZA said, “I think that would be a great thing to see me and Jay-Z battle for a $1 Million purse to see whose mind is stronger on the chess board.” I mean, I am more of a checkers sort of dude, but I’d love to see these guys square off on the board. I know Jay won’t do it 1) because he might lose and 2) he’d be promoting RZA’s app. SMH!
(AllHipHop News) Original Dogg Pound members Daz and Kurupt are back in the studio working on a new album that will be executive produced by both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
The pair are on the road with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, who are touring in support of their upcoming movie “Mac and Devin Go To High School.”
In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Daz and Kurupt revealed that they are working on a new album titled Alumni, which will be overseen by both Dre and Snoop.
“It’s Daz and Kurupt getting that DPGC together. Big Snoop is overseeing it, Dre’s overseeing,” Kurupt told AllHipHop.com at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. “We just got off a road trip for beats with Dr. Dre, who is still working on Detox.”
While most of Tha Dogg Pound’s albums were independently released, Daz said Alumni will be a major release backed by both Dr. Dre and Snoop’s respective machines.
According to Daz, Alumni will feature a combination of production between himself and Dr. Dre.
“We put the beats together, submit it to him [Dr. Dre] to let him know what we are working with and he comes and adds his flavor to it. It’s natural.”
As of press time, a release date for Tha Dogg Pound’s upcoming album Alumni was not available.
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop trio The Beastie Boys will officially be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, the organization announced today (December 7).
The legendary rap trio, which began their recording career on Def Jam Recordings, will be inducted along with a number of other famous groups.
In addition to The Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, The Small Faces, Cosimo Matassa, Don Kirshner, Freddie King, Donovan, Glyn Johns and legendary engineer Tom Dowd are being inducted.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame foundation was founded in 1983, to recognize the contributions of artists executives and engineers who have helped the evolution of the music business.
Artists must have released an album at least 25 years prior to the year of their induction, while demonstrating “unquestionable musical excellence.”
Over 500 Rock and Roll Historians and music experts make up the nominating committee, which decides what artists will be inducted each year.
The Beastie Boys and the other musicians will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cleveland, on April 14.
(AllHipHop News) Surviving UGK member Bun B will team with Pimp C’s widow for this year’s annual Chad ‘Pimp C’ Butler Hip Hop, Health & Wellness Festival.
The event, which is now in its third year, offers HIV/STD testing immunization shots and other services to benefit the local Houston community.
This year, there will be a Pimp C memorial exhibit, an art show and a raffle of a Wii video console.
The Pimp C Health Fair, which is in its third year, was started by the late rapper’s wife Chinara, to continue his legacy.
“Chad was a REAL Underground King, and believed in helping those less fortunate,” Chinara Butler told AllHipHop.com. “This event embodies what he was all about.”
The 3rd Annual Chad ‘Pimp C’ Butler Hip Hop, Health & Wellness Festival takes place this Saturday (December 10), from 2p-6p.
This year’s event will be held at the Fifth Ward Multi Service Center in the historic 5th Ward of Houston.
Pimp C died in a Los Angeles hotel room on December 4, 2007.
A coroner rules that the death was a combination of a drug overdose, along with sleep apnea.
The 3rd Annual Chad ‘Pimp C’ Butler Hip Hop, Health & Wellness Festival year’s event is sponsored by Houston S.E.A.C., Monster Energy Drink, DoMyTaxesFree.com, and CCM Foundation.
Detroit native Mike Posner is no stranger to the world of Hip-Hop, and he’s determined to let people know where his roots are. The singer, who climbed the industry ranks alongside friend and fellow D-town native Big Sean, has already worked with the likes of Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, and Bun B, yet he’s only released one studio album. There is something fresh, charismatic, and genuine about the 23 year-old that has had people talking since before his 2009 debut, 31 Minutes to Takeoff, hit store shelves and produced three giant singles that blew up both Pop and Urban radio.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Posner released The Layover in late November 2011. The 21-track mixtape, hosted by DJ Benzi and Don Cannon has a definitive album vibe and features rappers Slim Thug, CyHi Da Prynce, Machine Gun Kelly, Big K.R.I.T., Elzhi, and about a dozen more artists alongside the Michigan crooner on original records and covers of some classic songs as well.
AllHipHop.com spent some time talking to the R&B crooner in between recording sessions for his sophomore album, Sky High, which is set for release in March 2012 Posner spoke about the mixtape, why he chose to work with the artists that he did on The Layover, the current R&B landscape, and what fans can expect from his next album:
AllHipHop.com: What’s going on, Mike? I want to get right into the mixtape by asking whose idea was it to break The Layover into sections where you have “songs to drive to,” “songs to smoke to,” “songs to pre-game to,” “songs to f*ck to,” etc.? Where did that concept come from?
Mike Posner: I will take some credit for that one; I thought of that. I was just thinking about the big picture to myself, like, as a listener, what were the most magical moments that I’ve had with music? And I came up with a couple of categories. I wanted to make music for those moments for people so that they could have that and use those songs in that way for their life. And rather than just hope that they put two and two together, I wanted to tell them exactly what those songs were made for.
AllHipHop.com: That’s great. I also saw that as you were preparing to release the project, you were putting out a few videos explaining the concept and purpose behind some of the records. I want to ask you about a few songs that you didn’t do videos for, and see what you have to say about them.
Mike Posner: Definitely, man.
AllHipHop.com: Let’s start with “Henny & Purple” featuring Slim Thug.
Mike Posner: Well, that’s one of my favorites on the mixtape, and that started with a beat idea from my homie Bei Major. He sent me this sample that he and Cory Enemy had come up with and chopped up. My homies, Block Beaters, worked on the beat as well as this dude named Maestro, so there is like a bajillion producers working on that track; probably the most producers on one song that I’ve ever experienced for sure.
The lyrics on that song are really special to me. When I say, “We’re out here looking for something to believe in, slow it down, down, down, you see that clock ticking slow on the dash, picking up the pieces that we left in the past, with the henny and purple.” Basically, I’m talking about a moment that I’m about to have when I go home. Every time I go back to Michigan I find myself smoking and driving with my homies, and we’re trying to recreate the moments that we had when we were younger. As far as Thugga, I just absolutely love – pause – love Thugga’s voice, and I think he has the dopest voice in the game; like him and Jeezy are just some of my favorite straight up voices. I’m real big on the sonics of someone’s voice and how they sound on a track.
AllHipHop.com: Yeah, well, those are definitely two distinct voices in Hip-Hop.
Mike Posner: Exactly, so I called Slim, and he sounds just as cool when he talks on the phone [laughing]. He did his verse in like three hours. As soon as he was done, he sent that sh*t back, and I actually put the finishing touches on this song between my session with Pharrell. I was just in Miami with Pharrell, and he went out to take a break, and I still needed to finish “Henny and Purple,” so I asked the engineer if we could finish the track real quick. When P came back, I was like, “Yo, listen to this!” and he loved it.
AllHipHop.com: Before we go onto some of the other tracks from The Layover, I have to ask, what were you and Pharrell working on?
Mike Posner: We did three tracks for Sky High, and that sh*t is just incredible. I’ve had good feelings when I left sessions, but, I left that session feeling like “I’m about to f*ck up the game in 2012, so you motherf*ckers need to watch out!” [laughter]
AllHipHop.com: It’s perfect that you say that, actually, because I want to ask you about the changing R&B landscape. I’m curious about what your thoughts are on some of the names who are making a lot of noise, like Frank Ocean and The Weeknd. Where does Mike Posner fit into the grand scheme of things?
Mike Posner: Oh, man, I think I fit in the same way that I fit in three years ago when I started. When I came up with this concept of, like, singing rap songs for all intents and purposes. I write Hip-Hop music, but instead of rapping the words, I sing them and, you know, nobody really was doing that in ’09, and still nobody does it like I do it now. So like I said, I really feel like nobody’s f*cking with this mixtape, and nobody is going to be f*cking with my next album, and I couldn’t be more excited.
AllHipHop.com: That’s great. Going back to the mixtape, what can you tell me about “Drug Dealer Girl Pt. 2” with Machine Gun Kelly?
Mike Posner: Kells is one of my favorite rappers, and if anyone gets the chance to see him live – there’s not too many people f*cking with that dude on a stage. His shows are absolutely insane.
AllHipHop.com: I can totally back you on that.
Mike Posner: Yeah, I mean, I saw him live in L.A., and since then we’ve done a bunch of shows together. Right when I saw his show, I knew I had to do a song with this guy, and we struggled for a really long time because he doesn’t do girl songs, so I would send him these ideas, and he’d come back like, “Yo, I don’t talk about girls in my music, that’s just not what I do.” That’s pretty much all I talk about [laughter], smoking weed and b*tches. So there was this moment where I was really struggling on what to come up with, and I was on tour and made that beat on the bus and came up with that melody, and sent to him, and he loved it. It was all his idea to do this “Drug Dealer Girl Pt. 2” and put this totally dark twist on this kind of happy song that I had created before. The hook came first, and that’s where it took him.
AllHipHop.com: Well, nice job because the track is dope. What are the chances of you and MGK coming together and putting out an entire project ?
Mike Posner: We haven’t really talked about that. We do have another song that isn’t out, and I know I would really love to do more songs with him, but I don’t want to comment on that ‘cause that’s not a conversation we’ve had yet. But he’s awesome though.
AllHipHop.com: Fair enough, but if you did have the opportunity to do an entire project with one other artist, who would it be?
Mike Posner: It’s gotta be Big Sean.
AllHipHop.com: Interesting. Why is that?
Mike Posner: That’s a dude that, I was in his entourage, you know, for three years. People don’t realize that I started off making beats for him, and on my first mixtape, he blessed me with like three or four verses, and I was a nobody. So that was somebody that I knew before he was signed, and he knew me before I was signed. We made “Don’t Tell me You Love Me” for his album Finally Famous in my mom’s basement, and “Smoke and Drive” was like the first song that I ever sang on for him, so there’s a relationship and a friendship there that’s different then when I work with anybody else that I met, you know, after I got on. He knew before I got on, and he was f*cking with me then, so that’s my dude forever.
AllHipHop.com: That’s great! So since you were riding with him before you were doing your own thing, how does it feel to see your boy achieve all that he has commercially in the past year? I’d imagine that has to put a smile on your face.
Mike Posner: Oh yeah, it does more than that. It makes the hairs stand up on my arm and brings a tear to my eye, you know? He worked harder than anybody I know to get where he’s at now. On the few shows that we’ve done since he’s really blown the f*ck up, we just look at the crowd sometimes and say in each other’s ears, “from my mom’s basement to this” [laughter].
AllHipHop.com: I can only imagine what that must be like for you two. That’s amazing.
Mike Posner: Yeah, it’s pretty cool, and when he says that to me on stage, I always say back to him, “just wait till next year.”
AllHipHop.com: That’s great. The last song I want to ask you about is “Mittens Up” with Elzhi and Dusty McFly.
Mike Posner: Yeah!
AllHipHop.com: How the hell did that come together? [laughter]
Mike Posner: Let me break that one down. It’s pretty much the same story on the production end as collaboration between Bei Major and myself on the beat. I came up with my part first, and “Mittens Up” is something I’ve been saying for a long time at my shows in Michigan. For people that don’t understand what that means, Michigan is shaped like a mitten, so every time I do a show, instead of saying “put your hands up,” I say “put your mittens up,” and it’s kind of just become a thing. I wanted to put that in a song and, you know, there’s so many incredible MCs from Detroit, so I wanted to get someone on it that I hadn’t worked with before.
I met Elzhi like five years ago at Burn Rubber Sneaker Boutique and gave him a beat CD, and like a year ago I was giving him sh*t on Twitter like, “Yo, man, you never listened to my beats. Where’s my CD now?” [laughter] And he actually took a TwitPic of the same CD from way back in the day, which I thought was dope, and we started talking and he came to some of my shows, and I just have as much respect for him as anybody as far as lyricists go. There’s not too many people f*cking with Elzhi on the planet, you know, and he happens to be from my city so he was a no-brainer. Now Dusty McFly is someone who I’ve known for a long time and was kind of in me and Sean’s circle, and he’s really starting to kill sh*t in Detroit, and I wanted to make sure that he was being heard outside of Michigan as well.
AllHipHop.com: The last thing I want to ask you about is Sky High, which is going to be your second album. You actually included a snippet of the first single “Looks Like Sex” on The Layover, so what happens for you now in between this project and the album’s release?
Mike Posner: Man, this album is going to have the same vibe and feeling as the mixtape. I just think the records on the album are a little bit better, and I have a budget with that, you know what I mean, so you might see some more awesome appearances on the album. But I’m basically taking the exact same mindset, and there’s going to be no disconnect or difference in how the music sounds. It’s going to be a f*cking Hip-Hop singing album. I wish I could play some sh*t for you now, like I’ve got some sh*t that’s just going to f*ck everyone up.
AllHipHop.com: Yeah, I wish you could, too [laughter]. How much of the album is actually complete?
Mike Posner: I’ve done like 70 records, so it’s just a matter of me taking what is going to make it, and also, I will continue to record. I’m actually in the middle of a song right now. I think I get cut off in January, so I’m working for as long as I can until then.
AllHipHop.com: And where do all the songs you don’t use end up? Seventy is not some miniscule number – do you plan on giving some of those away to other artists, or putting out another mixtape before the album drops?
Mike Posner: I don’t really know [laughter]. I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it; maybe pull a Nas and make a Lost Tapes album. I’ll say this though, if you’re an artist thinking about coming out in 2012, you might want to reconsider.
AllHipHop.com: I love your attitude [laughter]. Thanks so much for your time, Mike. It was a pleasure.
Mike Posner: It’s an honor, man. I’m a huge fan of the site as well, so thank you.
(AllHipHop News) Trina has partnered with the 7th Annual Florida Entertainment Summit to host the rapper’s annual Jingle Bell Toy Drive.
Trina’s Diamond Doll Foundation, along with the Power of Influence Awards, will collect toys during the Florida Entertainment Summit, which takes place December 8–10 in Miami, Florida.
The toys will then be distributed at the Holtz Children’s Hospital and His House Foster Home.
Trina’s Jingle Bell Toy Drive is part of the activities surrounding this year’s annual Florida Entertainment Summit.
A number of Hip-Hop pioneers and platinum recording artists from Florida are taking part in the three-day event.
Monie Love will host a night of art, music, and a fashion show, while Flo Rida’s International Music Group & Strong Arm Management will host a networking event.
Popular DJ/promoter Bigga Rankin will preside over a private DJ lounge featuring 2Chainz, while Drumma Boy will host an after party at Club Play on South Beach.
This year’s Florida Entertainment Summit will discuss the state of Hip-Hop at Occupy Miami, on Saturday, December 10 from 12pm – 4pm.
(AllHipHop News) The history of groundbreaking Hip-Hop label Profile Records will be chronicled in a new double CD/digital release titled Giant Record: Profile Records Rap Anthology.
Profile Records was originally founded as a 12-inch dance singles label in 1979, by Cory Robbins and Steve Plotnicki.
The pair borrowed $34,000 from their parents to start Profile, but the label had little success in the first two years of operation.
In 1981, with only $2,000 left, the label landed its first hit via a Hip-Hop record, with the release of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s classic single “Genius Rap.”
The record, which featured future Uptown Records executive Andrea Harrell, sold over 150,000 copies for Profile Records.
Over the years, Profile Records has released classics by numerous Hip-Hop artists, including the seminal releases by pioneers Run-DMC, who signed to the label for a $3,000 advance.
“Profile Records wasn’t the first successful rap label,” writes Hip-Hop journalist Dan Charnas in the liner notes. “But Profile’s openness to this new form of music made the company a pioneer in so many other vital ways: The first record label to produce true rap ‘stars’ who crossed over to the mainstream. The first to earn gold, platinum and multi-platinum rap albums. The first to get rap videos on MTV. The first to treat rap with the dignity accorded other genres of music.”
Artists like Dana Dane, Special Ed, Rob Base, DJ Quik, Nine, Poor Righteous Teachers, Onyx, Camp Lo, Disco Four are featured on Giant Record: Profile Records Rap Anthology.
The 31-track CD/digital anthology is due in stores on January 31, 2012.
Last night (December 6), I was honored to watch the debut of the VH1 reality series, “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle,” with the stars and their families at Cinebistro in the Brookhaven area of Atlanta. Cinebistro, a movie theater/gourmet restaurant, graciously accommodated the 80-plus guests, which included T.I.’s and Tiny’s mothers, their children, and even Tip’s grandmother.
Upon his entry into the building, Tip lovingly hugged his family and friends, and his children were welcomed with hugs and words of congratulations. The first impression I got is that this is a very close and affectionate family. I observed Tip often standing near his mother-in-law with his arm around her. He is obviously very concerned about his family, and that includes more than his immediate family, but his extended family, and business associates as well.
As I watched the introduction, which explained the difficult process of Tip’s release from federal custody in recent months, I found it hard to watch. To see Tiny getting her hair and makeup done in preparation to see her husband outside of prison for the first time – then, to spend a few hours with him before he entered a halfway house and didn’t come back home for almost another month – I truly realized and appreciated Tiny as a long-suffering wife who has endured a lot for her relationship, yet it is evident how deeply she loves her husband. Unfortunately, stories like hers are all too common in these modern times.
As I watched the show premiere, one of my earliest thoughts was, “Well, they aren’t the Cosbys.” But, honestly, T.I. and Tiny are probably one of the better representations of African-American married life in today’s media. While they are a blended family – she has a daughter, and he has three children from previous relationships – the two of them are married and share two sons by blood. Both Tip and Tiny are successful in their own right, with interests in music, television, and films. In fact, Tip shared with me that, “it’s just an honor to be able to share success and create success with my family.” He added, “We’re together, we strong, and an example and representation of Black families in America.”
As divorce rates continue to rise in America, the age of first-time marrieds has risen, and over 40 percent of African-American women currently unmarried. Single parenthood has left scores of mothers with children from previous relationships, a fact that has recently influenced the scripted BET television series, “Reed Between the Lines,” and previously, shows like the Will Smith-produced “All Of Us.” Like it or not, blended families like Tip and Tiny’s are more of our norm in 2011 – if we are married at all.
The kids are the most compelling and interesting members of “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle;” like their famous dad, they are funny and sincere by nature. The most talked about part of the show was when Tip was in route to rehearse for his BET Hip Hop Awards appearance, his first appearance since being released from prison. He had to choose between arriving on time and seeing his son, Domani, play in his football game. After a brief deliberation, Tip asked his driver to turn the car around. In the theater as we watched the scene unfold, his family burst into applause, and my first thought was, ‘I wonder how many times in the past he would have just kept going?’
“T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle” appears to be a great show that explores what one of the prevailing versions of what it means to be an African-American, modern family. The past few years have shown that they’re clearly not perfect, but in the midst of their imperfections, we just may learn something about keeping it real and keeping it all love.
“T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle” airs Mondays at 9pm on VH1. Follow T.I. at @Tip and Tiny at @TinyMajorMama. Follow AllHipHop.com senior contributing writer, Biba Adams, on Twitter at @BibatheDiva.
You Can Have rEVOLVEr, and You Can Have Tha Carter IV, But You Can’t Have “T-Wayne”!!
In an exclusive interview that T-Pain did with Rap-Up TV, he revealed the following about the album that has been in the works for years: “When [Wayne] got into his little trouble, that was right at the peak of when we was like, ‘OK, let’s go. Let’s do this now.’ He finally had time, then he went to jail,” said Pain, who recorded eight or nine songs for the project before it was scrapped. While he’s still up for it, he doesn’t think Weezy is interested. “Things happen and I’m pretty sure he’s over the whole idea now. I don’t even be bringing it up to him no more. I’m pretty sure he’s way past that right now. He’s doing big things.”
We think it’s safe to say that this is less of a disappointment then the fact that we still haven’t gotten I Can’t Feel My Face!
What Do You Get When You Mix Khaled, Drama, and David Guetta? DJ Pauly D!
In 50’s intricate Rolling Stone interview, he made some very interesting comparisons between new signee DJ Pauly D and heavyweights like DJ Drama and DJ Khaled: “When Pauly came by to see me, they had options. They had several places that they were going, and people that were interested in doing a deal with him. Obviously, the momentum from “Jersey Shore” was spun off into him being the first one to have his own independent series. They’re moving places and DJing in front of bigger audiences, and getting ready to make moves internationally, where the DJ is the star, overseas. When I sat with him, I saw the opportunities we could have moving forward, with brand extension and packaging the music…I look forward to it. I call him “the bridge.” He’s going to be something between what you would get from a DJ Khaled or a DJ Drama and what you would get from David Guetta.”
Riiiiiiiiiiiight!
Quickies:
-According to Just Blaze’s Twitter posts, he just cooked up something special for Jadakiss and Styles P. Stay tuned!!
-The Beastie Boys WILL be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2012 class.
-Childish Gambino and Danny Brown will be embarking on a 20-date tour starting March 16 in Atlanta, GA and wrapping up April 19 in Oakland, CA. Tickets go on sale December 9.
-Raekwon has announced that he will be dropping a new mixtape on Christmas Day titled Unexpected Victory.
-Nicki Minaj will be joining LMFAO, Justin Beiber, and Lady Gaga for Dick Clark’s annual, televised “New Year’s Rockin Eve” celebration.
–Esquire Magazine has named Rihanna the “sexiest woman of the year.” No disagreement there!
-Movie fans, it’s official… Michael Bay has signed on to direct a fourth and possibly fifth Transformers movie!
-Young Money artist Tyga, whose album Careless World was supposed to hit shelves next week, just got his YM debut pushed back to January 24. Go figure.
