Sean “P. Diddy”
Combs has announced that he is dropping the “P” from his name and
will now be known simply as “Diddy.” Diddy told the New York Post
that the name change wasn’t a publicity stunt. "Nobody knew what to
call me,” Diddy told the paper. “I’d notice that people were uncomfortable
when I’d meet them for the first time, and then they’d ask me what they should
call me. I even started to get confused myself – and when I’d called someone on
the telephone it took me a long time to explain who I was. Too long.”
AOL and Warner Music Group have teamed up to create a new online reality series
titled "The Biz" which is scheduled to air this fall. The show will
search through thousands of inspiring moguls, to act as president of a newly created
record label, marketed and distributed by Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group
includes record labels such as Atlantic, Asylum, Elektra and Bad Boy. Ten finalists
will compete for the ultimate prize of running the label. The show will feature
a team of heavyweight judges, including music industry vets Lyor Cohen, Chairman
and CEO of WMG, Kevin Liles, Vice President of WMG and Russell Simmons, the trailblazing
music mogul and CEO of Phat Farm Clothing. Applicants must be over 18 years of
age to be considered for reality series. For more information visit:
Glyndebourne, a
British opera institution that has staged operas for more that 70 years, is
reinventing Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte using Hip-Hop. The new “Hip-Hopera”
production has been titled School4Lovers and the opera’s setting will
take place in a London public housing development. The updated production is
an attempt by Glyndebourne to attract younger audiences to the East Sussex based
theater.
Eminem and Mariah
Carey are locking horns over a skit Eminem performs during his "Anger Management
3" tour. Eminem berates Carey and plays an alleged voicemail the diva left
on his answering machine. According to reports, Eminem said he had an affair
with Carey, a claim Carey has repeatedly denied. Carey’s manager Benny
Medina had sharp words for the rapper as well telling the New York Post: "While
we appreciate Eminem as an artist, lately his work has seemed tasteless and
unnecessarily mean-spirited. The public seems to agree — just look at
his declining record and concert ticket sales."
