If there was ever any doubt as to how popular DJ Pauly D is it was put to rest last night.
The Jersey Shore star who is also signed to G-Note Records was mobbed by hundreds of fans at a gig in South Padre Island, Texas and extra security had to be called in according to TMZ.
Pauly was DJ-ing on a stage that was supposed to have three feet of room separating it from the crowd. But thirsty fans at Louie’s Backyard didn't let that happen as you can see in the pic above. Some fans even tried to climb on the stage.
Things got so hectic that when it was time for Pauly to leave he had to be escorted out by 15 members of security and cops, and even then his shirt was ripped by fans.
The shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin continues to shock and sadden people across the globe. Martin was unarmed when he was gunned down by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida last month. Zimmerman has yet to be charged in the teen's death.
Many Americans have taken to the streets in protest, wearing hoodies similar to the one Martin was wearing on the night he died.
Some celebrities are also showing their support.
Diddy, The-Dream, Frank Ocean, Jamie Foxx, Nelly and Swizz Beatz took pictures wearing hoodies and posted them on Twitter and other social networking sites. See the pics courtesy of Rap-Up below
Melanie Fiona was the musical guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday [March 23]. The songbird was assisted by J. Cole as the two performed "This Time" off of Melanie's new album The MF Life.
The often controversial talk show host chilled for a few minutes with Doggie Diamonds, M Reck and Hynaken to discuss what he's been up to lately.
Topics discussed include his stop snitching movement, whether he's worried about Busta Rhymes being heated at him, his love for the art of battle rapping and his pistol,
Yo Gotti hit up Austin for the SXSW Music Festival and tore it down. Check out the footage as Gotti performs with two MC's from 2012's XXL Freshman Class; Machine Gun Kelly and Don Trip.
Gotti also shares the stage with Meek Mill and hangs out with 40 Glocc, Miguel, Beanie Sigel and more.
While over in London recently, A$AP Rocky dropped by DJ Semtex's BBC Radio 1 Xtra show. The Harlem MC spit a freestyle to The Throne's "N*ggas In Paris" instrumental.
Bangladesh and Cash Money Records have set aside their past differences and are doing business together once again.
Many of you may remember Bangladesh as the producer who said he was never paid for producing Lil Wayne's "A Milli." That dispute simmered for quite a while, but Bang recently told MTV that he has signed a production deal with Birdman and Slim.
"We just did some nice business together. They just bought a whole bunch of tracks, that's about it," Bang said. "They gave me a song deal, basically, first song deal I ever had, so shouts out to Cash Money. Everybody respects each other, and real recognizes real. At the end of the day, the work is solid, so everybody wants to be in business with each other. Our issues, we resolved the issues, so it was time to move on past that and do other business. It's a big step, because it went from negative to positive, so you could show people that you can always work things out."
Here's another cool interview by Nardwuar the Human Serviette. This one is with one of the hottest rappers in the game at the moment, Kendrick Lamar.
Nardwuar blesses Kendrick with some of Dr. Dre's early work with the World Class Wrecking Crew and some classic Compton artists. He cracks Kendrick up with information he knows about his past.
LRG is proud to present Windy City emcee Add-2′s latest mixtape, “Save.Our.Souls.” Hailed for his poignant and conscious lyricism, the entire mixtape feels completely cohesive – making it feel more like an album than an assortment of tracks that were recorded with no sonic direction. With production duties handled most notably by 9th Wonder, Add-2 seems to be the next emcee to blow up. Just don’t forget where you heard him first.
Curren$y aka Spitta sat down with Hard Knock TV at the South By Southwest Music Festival. He catches everyone up what he's up too lately and projects that are coming up like The Stoned Immaculate which drops May 22nd.
Spitta also talks about how he linked up with Styles P and getting a co-sign from Cypress Hill.
Now that Whitney Houston's cause of death has been determined, fingers are starting to be pointed in different directions.
Bobby Brown's sister Leolah Brown appeared on HLN's Dr. Drew show and said Ray J may have provided Houston with cocaine. Brown claims she saw Ray leaving Houston's hotel on the day she died.
"Why is he hiding his face? He's always trying to show his face when he's with Whitney. Why now? Why you trying to hide, Ray J?" she asked. "When I first heard she passed away I said, 'my God somebody gave her a bad bag.' I promise you that was the first thing that came out of my mouth. And then I saw Ray J, and it all added up."
Brown also accused Ray of being a "runner boy" who "knows somebody that sells drugs," which he supplied Houston with.
"I am going to believe that [it was] Ray J - who Whitney told me she had no relationship with," Brown continued. "Now this is a young boy who's running around telling people he is a boyfriend of Whitney's, but I know clearly that he wasn't. He was like she said, a runner boy."
Leolah Brown
Ray is defending himself against the claims. His publicist Courtney Barnes issued a statement to E! News today denying any involvement in Houston's death.
"Though Leolah Brown was nowhere near the Beverly Hilton hotel on the day Whitney Houston died, [HLN's parent company] CNN proceeded to broadcast an interview with Ms. Brown in which she falsely claimed that Ray J was at the hotel and contributed to Whitney Houston's death," reads the statement. "Even the most minimal inquiry with anyone actually in contact with Whitney would reveal that Leolah Brown had been out of contact with Whitney for more than a year and was nowhere near the scene on the day of her death."
The publicist warned that legal action would be taken against any media outlets that "republish these defamatory stories" without verifying the truth first.
The L.A. County Coroner's Office determined Whitney had used cocaine just prior to her death, but none was found in her hotel room.
Leolah Brown claims Ray J was Whitney Houston's cocaine supplier
50 Cent has proven that he knows what it takes to make a hit record. All he needs is the right beat from a producer and you can bet it will become a smash.
Vibe recently caught up with the multi-platinum rapper to find out if he's ever thought of possibly switching gears by producing records himself.
"No, I don't wanna get producer's ears," 50 said. "What I mean by that is the producer hears his snare, his kick and what he thinks his keys should be on the actual record. And sometimes they can't hear something that's hot that someone else done. Because they're into that little pocket."
Fif added that making a hit record requires several different elements coming together.
"I know when I hear a hit and to write the content," he continued. "Because a hit is a marriage between the production and the lyrics and your tone [of voice]. So a hit record is as much the artist having the right tones."
We'll get a chance to hear some more hit records from the G-Unit boss on July 2nd when he releases his fifth studio album.
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