"She said something about Kanye late on [in her set] but I didn't hear it. I don't agree with it. He's my brother and the biggest artist on Roc-A-Fella right now. ... I guess I should hook them up, because he's a great guy, too. I don't know what the problem is. I don't know where that came from."
It's obvious that Jiggaman is trying to keep the peace, but you can't play cool with a crackhead.
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This a first look at not only the Nike Blazers that Michael Lau designed for the Chinese BMX team, but the box that it comes in. The box looks like a piece of some terrain from the X-Games, something I have never seen before. Michael Lau also poots one of his trademark designer toys in the box as well. The sneaker comes in obvious yellow & red (China's colors) and if you put the shoe's next to each other, they form a cool sun design. No release date has been made for these but you'll probably see these in Beijing during the Olympics.
This is the official Season 7 lookbook for BBC/Ice Cream. Pharrell, Nigo, Chad are among the models rocking the line which covers both the fall & winter seasons. They're featuring some nice pieces this season too. Check it out.
In promotion of last week's BET Awards, Snoop Dogg spoke to Los Angeles radio mainstay Big Boy, and his Neighborhood Show about a number of upcoming things.
Presently working his Willie Nelson-assisted, Everlast-produced single "My Medicine" to radio and video, Snoop Dogg shocked some when he spoke about mentor Dr. Dre's long anticipated album Detox.
"That record is real it’s coming,” Snoop Dogg said. “You know me, I was starting to doubt it myself and then I went up there and [Dr. Dre] played so much music for me it knocked my head off."
The quote also leads many to question whether Snoop, Dre's most successful musical protege, besides Eminem, will be appearing on Detox if he merely heard it. In 1999, Snoop Dogg appeared on three songs from Dr. Dre's last album, 2001. Two of those appearances, "Still D.R.E." and "Next Episode" would be singles.
Snoop also added that Dr. Dre would be executive producing the Long Beach icon's next album. The last Snoop Dogg album that Dr. Dre has served in an executive role on was Doggstyle, Snoop's critically acclaimed 1993 debut.
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WQHT (97.1 FM) is replacing Miss Jones’ morning show with the nationally syndicated Big Boy show on July 21.
Rapper NaS has broken his tradition of sidestepping brand partnerships and inked a one-year partnership with athletic apparel company Fila, Billboard can reveal.
Fila will offer reciprocal financial support for NaS' print and TV ad campaign as well as his upcoming tour in support of his untitled album, due July 15 via Def Jam. In return, the MC will wear Fila products and co-create an apparel line that draws from fashions of the late '80s.
"My best friend Will and I loved Fila," NaS tells Billboard. "It represented prestige and everything that was cool to us. 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."
According to Fila president John Epstein, it was a natural match. "One of my executives spotted NaS shopping in our Manhattan store and struck up a conversation with him," Epstein says. "NaS isn't interested in selling out. He's interested in being true, and that fits with our brand."
Nostalgia aside, some may view Epstein as brave to co-brand his company with an MC who's pledged to unpack America's racial struggles.
"I had some trepidation, and then I started talking to 16- to 20-year-old kids in focus groups," Epstein says. "They looked at me like I was crazy for not understanding his message of positive change. NaS is relevant to his followers and I don't have to understand it as long as they do."
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These are the latest Nike Blazer Hi's to come from DQM. This time, they go with a grey colorway with purple accents & the usual safar prints that appeared on the previous 2. These will be released on July 12th. Pic courtesy of Sneakernews.
Riding the wave of the vintage eyewear movement, CAZAL has released their Vintage collection, consisting of 901, 904 & 946 models with each of them coming in classic colorways. Pics courtesy of Openers.
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Tha Likz in the Booth on G4
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This is actually similar to the other video as before but from different angles and higher quality from TAYDOE TV.
Last week, a rumor surfaced on Hip Hop blog UrbanLookout.com that Shady/Interscope artist Obie Trice had been dropped from his label.
Allegedly, a friend of Aftermath artist Bishop Lamont discovered that Trice had been "dropped off of the label for unknown reasons."
Trice, who was scheduled to release his third solo album Bottoms Up this year, released a track addressing the situation. The song, titled "The Giant," addresses the situation:
"Well, no more Shady. Guess it was meant/For me to branch off from my Caucasian friend/Nope, no more 2nd place to Eminem/Question if i was 2nd is the question to many men/No disrespect to Em, he's first/Anything after, research the verses."
Though Obie's debut Cheers went platinum, his following album Second Round's On Me was hampered by controversy surrounding the "stop snitching music," preventing the emcee's lead single to receive air play.
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Yesterday June 28th at the UK Glastonbury Festival, singer Amy Winehouse took an unexpected shot at Kanye West.
The Glastonbury Festival, whose founder Michael Eavis admits has been home to predominantly white guitar-based bands, sought to move away from that image this year by having rapper/mogul Jay-Z headline the event. This move drew mixed reactions, with many supporting the move and those such as Oasis’ Noel Gallagher deriding it.
During Winehouse’s set, the controversial singer addressed Kanye in the midst of performing “Some Unholy War.” Festival attendees are reporting she improvised the lyrics to state “At least I’m not opening for a cunt like Kanye.”
Winehouse and West have had no previous bad history, but there has been speculation that the line may be due to the bad publicity West garnered at another festival, the Tennessee-based Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. During that show West’s set was delayed for hours raising the ire of fans and media alike. West has since defended himself on his website with a passionate blog rant.
Regarding Winehouse’s comment, West has already responded. Late last night the superstar posted a brief, lighthearted title-only blog stating “This Just In…Amy Winehouse Hates Me!!! Now I’ve Really Made It!!! LOL!!!!”
Winehouse and West have yet to comment further on the matter at press time.
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Dizzee Rascal
Hip-hop Web sites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com were forced to temporarily suspend access to their sites on Friday (June 27) after being targeted this week by an apparent hate group.
Both companies' sites were hacked, and instead of the usual hip-hop related news articles and feature stories, readers were shocked to find fake headlines and obviously photoshopped pictures saturated with racial slurs and other offensive terms; the hackers also stole personal information about employees of SOHH.com. A group or individual going by the name "Anonymous" has claimed responsibility.
SOHH was first infiltrated earlier this week on its forum pages and shut itself down on Friday; AllHipHop.com also had its forums compromised. AllHipHop was back up on Friday evening.
SOHH CEO Felicia Palmer, who was attacked with derogatory comments by the hackers, released a statement Friday saying that she and the company were working diligently to solve the problem and have been in contact with authorities.
"It appears that hackers are specifically targeting Black, Hispanic, Asian and Jewish youth who ascribe to hip-hop culture," the statement read. "Other websites, including AllHipHop and DatPiff[.com's] forums have also been compromised or threatened this week. ... Also, as this is an international issue, it is being addressed by the FBI and the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group."
In a statement released late Friday afternoon, AllHipHop co-founders Chuck Creekmur and Greg Watkings said: "Urban culture and lifestyle has come under attack by a group of cyber terrorists. AllHipHop and SOHH, two pioneering Web sites that have been in the industry for over 10 years, are appalled by the unprovoked racist attacks of these cyber terrorists. With all the social strides that we have seen for several years, it is sad to see that this sort of blatant, hateful racism still exists in 2008 — a time of tremendous possibility. Together, AllHipHop and SOHH are committed to relentlessly pursuing these attackers, using every resource available, to ensure the capture of these criminals and prevention of repeat offenses."
SOHH and AllHipHop say they have joined forces to resolve the issue and have involved the proper authorities. Further comment is expected. Datpiff.com, which is dedicated to mixtapes, is still functioning as usual.
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Despite already having stake in the New Jersey Nets, it looks like Hip Hop Mogul Sean "Jay-Z" Carter may be looking into investing in America's favorite past time, and is looking to buy shares into the New York Yankees.
Along with shares in the New Jersey Nets, Jay-Z also has his sports club franchise 40/40, so he is no stranger to making investments. Just recently, he singed a $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation, as well as an advertising company with Steve Stout.
Jay had also been in talks to invest in a soccer team based in London "Arsenal Football Club" but the deal never happened. "I had invested in the Nets, and they (Arsenal bosses) asked me if I was interested in investing. But I get that from time to time," Jay told London's Time Out magazine. "Someone told me yesterday that someone else had a piece of the New York Yankees, '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 nothing. That (Arsenal) was one of the times it came to nothing."
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The Clipse will most certainly be a busy group this year. After announcing that they would be releasing not only their third studio album (with Colombia Records) but also their Re-Up Gang debut, the question wasn’t a matter of when but where.
The answer comes today as The Clipse have signed a deal with Koch Records for The Re-Up Gang’s release The Clipse Present the Re-Up Gang, which has a tentative release date scheduled for August 5th. The album is expected to feature nine brand new songs with an added three tracks of unreleased remix material from the We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3 mixtape.
The album is headed by the newest single, “Fast Line” (which can be heard in our audio section). Produced by Scott Storch, it features a “cruising” mentality that is sure to bump in the car all summer long.
Pusha T was adamant about the deal, explaining the swift collaboration between both camps. “This time, [our manager] Tony Draper got with [KOCH General Manager] Alan Grunblatt to put together an official album with new music and let KOCH Records do what they do best. This release gives us something fresh in the marketplace to reward Re-Up fans while we continue to work on the Clipse album.”
Of course, it was timely placements of their We Got It 4 Cheap series that opened the doors for this to happen. “Everything happens for a reason. 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,” Said Pusha T.
Expect to hear more from The Clipse and The Re-Up Gang in the near future.
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Rapper DMX was arrested in Miami for the second time this week, after attempting to buy $45 in cocaine and marijuana from an undercover police officer on Friday (Jun 26).
He is currently in custody at the Miami-Dade County jail.
According to the police, 37-year-old DMX, born Earl Simmons, approached the officer, requesting to purchase "30 powder and 15 weed."
Upon handing cash to the officer, DMX was taken into custody. His arrest is part of an ongoing undercover sting.
DMX was also arrested on Monday (Jun 22) on a warrant for driving without a valid license, and was later released after posting a $500 bond.
The embattled rapper also has a pending trial in Arizona, where he faces drug and animal cruelty charges, following a raid of his Maricopa County home.
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Hot 97 announced the cancellation of its long-running and often controversial show "Miss Jones in the Morning." As early as July 21st, the show's "AM Drive" time slot will now be split between two shows with a national following.
In a statement issued by the station's parent company Emmis Communications, listeners in the New York Tri-State area tuning in at 5am will catch Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg, which currently airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings. With co-host Peter Rosenberg having gained his popularity conducting interviews on YouTube, the show continues to enjoy a strong online presence. That popularity is boosted by Cipha Sounds' history in New York and status as an MTV personality.
At 7am, Rosenberg will sign off, leaving Cipha Sounds to pair up with the nationally syndicated "Big Boy's Neighborhood. The Los Angeles-based show, which once aired in New York on rival station Power 105.1 FM, signed a multi-year syndication deal with ABC Radio Networks.
"This provides a very special AM show with both local and national talent with less edge, a little more celebrity, and a whole lot of entertainment," the statement proclaims.
The move comes as Emmis prepares to test Aribtron's newest radio research: the Portable People Meter. The PPM system will track the listening behavior and history of each person studied by having each of them where a small device that will record the information. The data created is used as the currency stations use to buy and sell radio advertising.
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BET suffered another setback this week when several advertisers pulled spots from popular network programs due to images of violence and profanity.
According to Paul Porter of media watchdog group, Industry Ears and CNN, Proctor and Gamble, Pepsi and General Motors pulled their ads from Rap City and 106 & Park after the companies viewed “The Rap on Rap,” a content analysis of BET and MTV programming.
The study found that children were exposed to violence, profanity or obscenity once every 38 seconds.
According to a CNN report, BET Chairman and CEO, Debra Lee dismissed the study, saying the network pays attention to the content it airs and edits videos.
“It’s geared for kids but the content is for adults,” Porter said. “That’s what the study shows.”
Porter also asserts that responsibility for monitoring content should not solely rest on parents of minors. “The standard excuse is about parents, but there’s supposed to be corporate responsibility too.”
He goes on to add that the images of black people on networks like BET effect more than just the young people exposed to the content. “We’re the only ones presented like this in the world. It effects you globally, on your job, with the police.”
While Porter—a former media executive himself—is a harsh critic of the network, he is not without solutions for the Viacom network.
“Balance,” he says of the solution, adding that every video shown does not have to be about violence, sex, or materialism.
“We’ve been stuck on this fake gangster stuff. Black people have so many different shades and nobody is talking about lifting each other up.”
From talking to Porter, it’s clear that his agenda is not geared toward outright censorship, but more about common sense.
“I listen to the same crazy shit in my car,” he says before adding, “but I’m not going to play it for a nine-year-old.”
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