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Fans who showed up at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City Friday for the Life Is So Exciting tour stop presented by MTV Jams were treated to full sets by Fabolous and Pusha T.
Check out some of the highlights below.
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After directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg decided to follow it up with a film about our current president titled, Obama.
The dilemma he faced was finding an actor who could accurately portray Obama. He finally decided on Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, who is known for becoming his character in movies.
Tracy Morgan was selected to play Joe Biden.
Check out this sketch made for the White House Correspondents' Dinner 2013, in which Obama portrays Day-Lewis.
President Obama plays Daniel Day-Lewis in hilarious movie spoof
Obama cracks jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Miami rapper/producer SpaceGhostPurrp drops off an official music video for his song "Bringin Da Phonk." The clip was shot by TeamSESH Bonez and Elliot. Directed by SpaceGhostPurrp.
As he prepares to release his fourth studio album titled Stadium, Akon teams up with David Guetta for the latest single off of the project, "Change Comes." Stadium is due out later this year.
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Christina Milian is featured in the Summer 2013 issue of Cosmopolitan For Latinas. The sexy 31-year old singer flaunts her curvy figure in a collection of swimsuits. The issue hits newsstands on April 30th. In the meantime check Christina out below.
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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with DJ Dimepiece for an exclusive interview.
She talks about being on VH1's "Master of the Mix", doing radio, DJing, wants to DJ forBeyonce, crying on the show, winning "Female DJ of the Year" at the Global Spin Awards & much more!
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Wyclef Jean has lined up a nice list of features for his upcoming April Showers mixtape. Due out April 29th, Clef will get assists from T.I., Trae Tha Truth, Mobb Deep, Waka Flocka, King Los, Troy Ave, Haitian Fresh, Maino, Young Chop, Kirko Bangz and more.
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There is no stopping Ty Nitty's grind. The Queens, New York emcee continues to deliver new visuals weekly. Ty welcomes Gilli Conway home by linking up with him and Aura for "Wasted."
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Lloyd Banks popped at Club Allure's Day Party in New York last week. The G-Unit emcee performed "Fly Like The Wind." DJ Superstar Jay, Love Dinero and DJ Envy were also in the building.
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Lil Wayne could be the second major rapper to lose a lucrative endorsement deal if the family of Emmett Till has their way.
The trouble between Wayne and Till's family began when a leaked version of Future's song "Karate Chop" hit the net in February.
"Pop a lot of pain pills/Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/Beat that p*ssy up like Emmett Till," Weezy raps in the song.
Till was brutally murdered in 1955 at the age of 14 in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman by the name of Carolyn Bryant. Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam took Till, who was visiting from Chicago, from his uncle's home to a barn where they beat him, gouged out his eyes and shot him in the head. They later tied him to a cotton gin fan and tossed his body into the Tallahatchie River. He was found three days later.
When his body was returned to Chicago, his mother insisted his casket be left open so the world could see the brutality of his murder.
Till's killing, and the subsequent acquittal of Bryant and Milam sparked outrage across the country and is widely viewed as a tipping for the civil rights movement.
Wayne's lyrics opened an old wound for Till's family. His cousin, Airickca Gordon-Taylor, voiced her displeasure with Wayne and the lyrics in a February interview with Dr. Boyce Watkins.
“When we first found out about it, it was a coincidence that I discovered it. And read what it said I was instantly thinking about how Emmett Till was murdered," Gordon-Taylor said. “He was murdered for whistling at a white woman in 1955. So to compare his murder, and how brutally tortured he was to the anatomy of a woman was really very disrespectful. We found it dishonorable to his name, and what his death has meant to us as a people and as a culture. It was offensive, but not only to us, but our ancestors, and to women, and to themselves as young black men. I just couldn’t understand how you could compare the gateway of life to brutality and punishment of death,” she continued. "And I feel that they don’t have no pride and no dignity as black men. Our family was very, very offended. Very hurt, disturbed by it.“
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Epic Records, Future's label, reached out to the family. Chairman and CEO LA Reid personally apologized during a phone call and promised to pull the song and remove the offensive lyrics.
Wayne still has not issued an apology to the family. Now they are preparing to try to convince Mountain Dew, a product of PepsiCo, to drop the rapper according to AllHipHop. A similar outcry by UltraViolet resulted in Rick Ross losing his endorsement deal with Reebok.
Gordon-Taylor, Director of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation, Simeon Wright and Pastor Wheeler Parker, Jr., who were witnesses to the Till tragedy, recently released a joint video expressing their disgust with the lyrics.
Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Simeon Wright and Pastor Wheeler Parker, Jr
"When I heard the Wayne lyrics on the song I was shocked. I was outraged that someone would use Emmett Till in the rapping genre to disrespect not only Emmett Till, but our black women," Wright said. "Whatever happened to respect? Whatever happened to common sense? If we continue down this road we're going to destroy ourselves."
Gordon-Taylor added that the family supports radio stations pulling the song and blocking Wayne's endorsements.
"Don't do the Dew. Stop buying it. Stop lining his pockets," Gordon-Taylor urged.
She also encouraged fans to attend Wayne's upcoming "America's Most Wanted" tour.
"Don't support that tour. Don't support it if he's going to do that type of song. And it's going to promote a negative image regarding the memory and the legacy of Emmett Till."
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Duffle Bag Ransom drops off of new mixtape, The Alternative. He recruits Styles P, Lore'l, Bizzy Crook, Papi Storz, Jade, Fire and Dibiasi for features.
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Original Block Hustlerz CEO AR-AB teams up with frequent collaborator Dark Lo and G.I. The General for "Pyrex." The video was directed by @infernovideos. For more info call 267-304-9255.
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50 Cent made a surprise appearance at the Core DJs mixshow live conference in Las Vegas this week. The G-Unit mogul provided some words of wisdom and comedy relief. Peep the footage below.
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Nicki Minaj is about to add an acting credit to her resume'. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the YMCMB artist is in final negotiations to star alongside Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton, Leslie Mann and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in The Other Woman.
The Nick Cassavetes-directed comedy centers on a woman (Diaz) who finds out that she is “the other woman” in an affair. She teams up with the wife (Mann) to get revenge on the cheating cad of a husband, being played by Coster-Waldau.
Upton will play another one of Coster-Waldau's side chicks who joins forces with the other two in the revenge plot.
Minaj will play Diaz's opinionated assistant in the film.
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Soulja Boy just released the second installment of his Foreign mixtape series. In Foreign 2: The Movie he gives us a behind the scenes look at the recording process and cops new jewelry from Ben Baller.
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With Berner, Lola Monroe, Chevy Woods and Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa has built a very solid team for his Taylor Gang imprint. Chevy is working hard to take his game to the next level. He release a music video teaser for "Supreme." today.
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Wiz Khalifa is wrapping up his DayToday vlog series. In part one of the final episode Wiz gathers his Taylor Gang family together in Houston to thank every for their contributions to his 2050 Tour.
Wiz brings out Bun B during the Houston concert before heading Charleson, S.C., Tallahasee and New Orleans where he links up with Curren$y
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Kelly Rowland and The Dream are getting ready to embark on a tour together. Both artists have brand new albums to promote. The-Dream will release IV Play on May 28th. Kelly's Talk a Good Game album will be available on June 18th.
The 11-city tour kicks off on May 24th in Kansas City, Missouri. It will make stops in Baltimore, New York, Cleveland and Chicago before winding down June 26th in San Francisco.
May 24 – Kansas City, Missouri – The Midland by AMC
May 26 – Silver Spring, Maryland – The Filmore Silver Spring
May 28 – Baltimore, Maryland – Rams Head Live
May 29 – Boston, Massachusetts -Wilbur Theatre
May 30 – New York City, New York – Best Buy Theater
June 13 – Jackson, Mississippi – Thalia Mara Hall
June 14 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Varsity Theatre
June 21 – Cleveland, Ohio – House of Blues
June 22 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Bogart’s
June 23 – Chicago, Illinois – House of Blues
June 26 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzaine
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Will.I.Am's fourth solo studio album, #willpower, was released this week. The Black Eyed Peas front man made an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show to perform the song "#thatPower" off of the project
You can pick up a copy of #willpower today on iTunes.
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