GRAMMY WATCH: Jamie Foxx Gets Into Scuffle at Pre-Event Party.
R&B crooner Jamie Foxx reportedly got into an altercation at a Hollywood Party on Thursday (Feb. 10) after being attacked by a man. The melee took place at the Belvedere Red party at LA hot spot Avalon, which featured R&B superstar Usher, who has been named the brand ambassador for the product.
Foxx, who was a guest at the event, got into a fight with the unidentified man shortly after Usher took to the stage to perform his hits and was reportedly placed in a headlock before being rescued by security guards, reports TMZ.com. A video footage obtained by the website shows club security intervening in the scuffle and escorting the man out of the venue.
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CONFIRMED: Beyonce to Headline Largest Outside Festival.
R&B superstar Beyonce has confirmed her headlining gig at England's Glastonbury Festival this summer. The five-day festival will play to an expected audience of 200,000, on Worthy Farm, Pilton in South West England at the end of June. Beyonce, who was previously said to be the headliner on Saturday, will actually close out the festival on Sunday, June 26 with a 90-minute set.
"This really is the biggest festival in the world and I cannot wait to perform there. Everyone who attends is really appreciative of music and is in such a good mood that entire weekend," she said. "I'm pumped just thinking about that huge audience and soaking up their energy."
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Waka Flocka Flame Recording Music With Spencer Pratt Of “The Hills”.
Unexpected animal rights activist ...."I feel this collaboration with two of Hip Hop's most entertaining superstars will make for some great entertainment for the world," explained Pratt.
Pratt also recalled having to miss out on a meeting with Waka Flocka because the rapper demanded that he have "twelve naked girls ready for him."
"My wife wouldn't like that," joked Pratt.
Pratt will record with Waka Flocka and Wooh Da Kid later in Los Angeles this month.
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Ja Rule’s Sentencing Postponed, Claims To Be At Work On “Pain Is Love 2”...
Queens, New York rapper Ja Rule has several projects in the works. In addition to The Renaissance Project, which is said to be Rule's first album in seven years, the rapper, presently in court, revealed this morning that he is planning a sequel to 2001's Pain Is Love.
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Nicki Minaj Becomes First Female Hip Hop Artist Since Eve To Have #1 Album.
Early this morning, it was announced that after nearly three months on record store shelves, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday was the #1 seller this week in America. The Young Money/Universal Motown Records release has officially gone platinum, as well as crossed the domestic million-mark.
This is the first time since Eve's 1999 debut, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady that a female Hip Hop artist has had the #1 album in the country. The Queens, New Yorker took to Twitter today to thank her fans for the continued support:
Nicki Minaj : We finally did it! PINK FRIDAY is the #1 Album in the United States of America!!!!! *faints* thank u sooooo much for the continued support!less than a minute ago via ÜberTwitter
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Lloyd Says King of Hearts is ‘Complete Baring of My Soul’.
“They will be able to enjoy a second video. They will also be able to enjoy some exclusive releases that I am going to make between now and the album release time,” Lloyd tells Singersroom. “It’s funny how time flies, and we just want to make sure that people really have a chance to understand why this album is so great in the first place. It really is my best work to date. Anytime that you are working with a mindset or in the early stages of releasing what you consider a masterpiece, you want to make sure everything is right and all the stars are aligned. I think time is very valuable. Being able to have time to do things the right way is really a luxury - its just good that we can afford that luxury.”
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Snoop Dogg Explains How Suge Knight Used To Rip Off Hungry Producers.
"This nigga Slip Capone and CPO [The Boss Hogg], Soopafly did a beat for them and they didn't like the beat - ended up being the song on the Murder Was The Case soundtrack, [reciting] '9 in the morning feds at my door, [from] 'Who Got Some Gangsta Shit,'" Snoop recalled, referring to the first song he ever did with Soopafly. "I took the beat, gave him [$5,000], he had never made a beat for nobody, and I gave him his publishing. And I gave him his credit, I could have said produced by Snoop Dogg. I was on Death Row back then, that's what Suge Knight told me to tell him. He said, 'Tell that nigga you produced the beat, give him $500 and tell him to kick rocks.' I said, 'Nah, I like the lil nigga I think he might be good with our crew and look where he at."
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Cover Art, Guests & Producers Revealed To Snoop Dogg’s “The Doggumentary”.
Long Beach, California emcee Snoop Dogg is finishing up his eleventh solo album, Doggumentary, due for March 28, 2011 release on Doggystyle/Priority/EMI Records. The veteran is promoting his album through the Get Wet Tour, taking its name from The Cataracs-produced "Wet" that Snoop recently gave as bachelor party gift to England's Prince William.
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Rick Ross Says That He Hopes To Work With Lionel Richie.
Lionel Richie's music has been embraced by Hip Hop, from Commodores samples in hits like Beastie Boys' "Hey Ladies" and Eric B. & Rakim's "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em" to interpolations in R. Kelly's "Fiesta." Although last year's "We Are The World 25 For Haiti" found Richie conducting sung vocals from emcee/singer Wyclef Jean, Lionel has never officially released material with a Hip Hop artist, and Miami, Florida's Rick Ross recently revealed that he hopes to be the first.
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Diddy-Dirty Money Member Dawn Richard Drops Prelude Mixtape.
R&B singer Dawn Richard of Diddy-Dirty Money has released her much anticipated mixtape ‘.
Dawn, who will be having an exclusive invite-only "Fan Appreciation Release Party" in the Baltimore/DC area to celebrate the launch of the project, also talks about her favorite cuts on the solo effort.
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