50 Cent Frustration With Interscope
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News During a recent stop at the Consumer Electronics Show, 50 Cent spoke about his line of headphones, as well as his frustration with Interscope Records. G-Unit's General spoke with SpikeTV about why he decided to get into the business of headphones and why he had to vent about his frustrations with his label. When asked about why he got into the business world of headphones, 50 explained that it has been a natural progression for him.He added..... |
Nas Failed To Attend Angola Concert
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News An American concert promoter named Patrick Allocco says that he and his son were kidnapped after Nas failed to show up at a New Year’s Eve performance in Angola. Allocco, who serves as CEO for AllGood Entertainment, and his son were kidnapped at gunpoint by employees of local “concert impresario” Henrique “Riquhino” Miguel, who had supplied money for the show. Allocco had paid Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai $315,000 to perform two shows but both artists failed to get on flights to Angola. |
Snoop Dogg Arrested For Marijuana Possession
| [caption id="attachment_4540" align="alignleft" width="281" caption="Snoop Dogg Photo:Dx Images"]  [/caption]News Snoop Dogg was arrested in Texas this past weekend after a drug-sniffing dog uncovered marijuana on his tour bus. The Doggfather’s tour bus was stopped by border patrol at a checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, the same location where Willie Nelson was arrested for weed in 2010. Agents discovered a prescription bottle with several marijuana joints inside of it totaling under a half-ounce of weed. Snoop said that the weed was his and had a prescription for it, but Texas has a zero tolerance policy for weed regardless of his status in other states. |
Beyonce and Jay-Z baby girl named Blue Ivy
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News NEW YORK -- Music royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z are the proud parents of a baby girl named Blue Ivy, media reports said, breaking the news of one of the biggest celebrity births in years. Pop diva Beyonce, 30, gave birth by caesarian section on Saturday night in a private wing of the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan with rapper Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, by her side, E! Online reported. Initial reports had the baby’s name as Ivy Blue, but those close to the couple confirmed later it was the other way around. |
Welcome to Ultimate 80’s This Sunday
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News Be on VIBES FM on Sunday the 08.01.2012 @16 PM (4PM) - Germany Time! -:: and lets hit the 80's! - Remember - the record companies rarely knew the real time sales of a song or album. The use of computer systems had not hit the retail sector, so there would be many months before the true sales were known. Then how would you work out the sales for a given week across all songs? In the 80s, hit singles were far bigger sellers than today, by the middle of the decade many articles were doubting the future of singles. |
Wiz Khalifa Accused of Stealing “Black And Yellow,”.
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News [Update] Wiz Khalifa's still riding off the high of his smash single "Black and Yellow" reaching triple platinum status, but that high may soon come crashing down. News broke today that Wiz has been served with a lawsuit claiming that he stole the concept behind his hit single from another Pennsylvania artist. The songwriter Max Gregory Warren of Sharon, PA filed a suit against the Pittsburgh rapper for allegedly stealing the concept for "Black and Yellow" from his copyrighted '07 track "Pink N Yellow." |
No Interviews For Chris Brown This Year
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News Following a handful of dicey interviews over the past few years, Chris Brown may not talk to the press through 2012. During an interview with Billboard magazine, Brown’s manager Tina Davis said that they will not be focusing on interviews in 2012 but will instead divert attention to performing and recording. “[The goal for 2012 is to] not have him do interviews but to concentrate on performing and recording,” said Davis. |
Ester Dean Signs Management Deal With Jay-Z’s label
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News Singer-songwriter Ester Dean has signed a management deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The 24-year-old broke the news on Twitter (via Rap-Up). “I’m so Grateful 4 my Team Past and Present! Bringing in the New Year with my new Team @RocNation 2012,” she tweeted. The Oklahoma native has lent her pen to dozens of artists in the game. Credits include Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass,” Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?” featuring Drake, Usher’s “Lil Freak” featuring Minaj and Dr. Dre’s “Under Pressure” featuring Jay-Z. |
Pepsi To Distribute 50 Cent Street King Energy Shot
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News 50 Cent has announced a deal with Pepsi to distribute his Street King energy shot. Breaking the news on Twitter, Fif plans to bring his energy shot to new markets. The business deal comes shortly after he launched the shot in September 2011, with the intention to supply a child in need with a meal for every shot purchased.“I did a deal with Pepsi to distribute streetking its gonna be every were buy a bottle feed some one in need,” he tweeted.50 Cent has dealt with soft drink companies before, having sold his Glaceau Vitamin Water stake to Coca-Cola in 2007. He made off with $400 million from the deal. |
Saying GoodBye To 2011, Welcoming 2012
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News 2011 is coming to an end! Well, as we are just a hop, skip and an eggnog away from putting on silly hats, drinking champagne, and kissing random people as we bid goodbye to the year 2011! Sometimes, it's not easy to look back. The list of people we lost in 2011 is one of those occasions. Good friends we've lost and good friends we've found along our way. Even though we are all eager to enter 2012 with the hope and aspiration that things will be much better than the years before. |
