As expected Drake will claim the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart. His Nothing Was the Same album had a very strong debut after moving 658,179 units it's first week out, according to Hits Daily Double.
Drake has been hit with a lawsuit by a former stylist who claims the rapper stiffed him out of $76,490.
According to TMZ, Drizzy hired stylist Michael Raphael in August 2012 at a rate of $39,583 a month. Services included styling, clothing and graphic design for Drake's company OVO, brand direction and photography.
Additional expenses not included in their deal were incurred by Raphael when he had to shell out money out of his own pockets for items that included travel expenses, stores like Nike, Diesel, American Rag and several boutiques.
The rapper paid his bills to Raphael regularly up until December 2012, when the payments suddenly stopped. That month the stylist says he spent $76,490. He's suing Drake for the amount owed.
According to the report, Drake's use of stylists is nothing new. He regularly spends $30,000 a month employing them. In addition he spends thousands more on jewelry and clothing.
Chief Keef just learned a very expensive lesson. When you get sued it would be wise to your lawyers on the case right away.
The 17-year old rapper, real name Keith Kozart, was sued by a concert promotion company called Team Major after he was a no show for a December 2012 concert in London.
The company claimed they lost $75,000 because of it, including the Chicago native's advance.
Four months passed and Keef never bothered to respond to the suit. Now he'll have to pay a default judgement of $230,019 as ordered by the judge in the case for damages, loss of earnings, and reputational harm, according to TMZ.
The Wu Tang Clan were one of the featured performers at Quebec's Festival d'ete on Friday, July 5. The group opened their set with the classic song "Bring Da Ruckus" in front of a packed crowd of 40,000 fans at the Bell Stage on the Plains of Abraham. Peep the footage below.
Lauryn Hill paid $500,000 towards her debt to the IRS just ahead of her tax evasion hearing. The singer is due to appear in federal court in Newark on Monday afternoon to be sentenced for failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million she earned from 2005 to 2007.
Her attorney, Nathan Hochman, said Monday that Hill has paid$970,000 total to satisfy her state and federal liabilities.
The Grammy Award-winner still faces up to one year in prison on each of the three counts she's been charged with according to Time.
**UPDATE**
Lauryn Hill was just sentenced to three months in prison for tax evasion. She will also have to spend three additional months on home confinement according to the Associated Press.
The 37-year old singer pleaded guilty in the case last year. She told the judge that she had intended to pay her taxes, but couldn't during the period of time she dropped out of the music business.
Hill's attorney had sought probation in the case. At this point it is not clear when or where Hill will report to prison.
Tyler, The Creator's latest album, Wolf, checks in at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 after selling 89,000 copies it's first week out. It's the best opening week for the Odd Future rapper. His 2011 album, Goblin, sold 45,000 it's first week in stores.
Justin Timberlake'sThe 20/20 Experience has slowed a bit in the sales department, but still moved 139,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Good enough to claim the top spot on the charts for the third consecutive week. The album has now sold a total of 1.43 million copies.
Lil Wayne'sI Am Not a Human Being II falls 3 slots from the previous week to land at No. 5. It sold 68,000 copies.
The Band Perry slides into the No. 2 slot after selling after selling 129,000 copies of Pioneer. Blake Shelton'sBased On a True Story finished fourth with 82,000 units sold.
Miami Heat player Chris Bosh was the victim of a major burglary Wednesday night. Thieves slipped into his Miami Beach home and walked away with $479,000 worth of cash, jewelry and purses.
-- 12 watches (worth $300k) -- 2 rings ($4,000) -- several purses ($155,000) -- $20,000 in cash
According to TMZ, Bosh's kids, another teenager and two babysitters were in the home at the time of the burglary, but none of them heard a thing.
Police say the thieves took their time and handpicked all of the items they wanted. Bosh's championship ring was spared.
The player and his wife, Adrienne, were out celebrating his 29th birthday at the time of the break in. When they got home they realized their closet had been ransacked. Bosh contacted his security director and his assistant. Police were called at 12:30 a.m.
There were no signs of forced entry, however two doors were unlocked.
"We are leaning on the side of this being an inside job," Miami Beach Police spokesman Bobby Hernandez told NBC Miami.
Police are interviewing the babysitters and checking to see if any contractors had been to the home recently.
The home is equipped with surveillance cameras and an alarm. The alarm wasn't activated because the babysitters were there. Authorities are reviewing tape from the cameras looking for leads
Bow Wow has to dig up $80,000 to pay a French porn star after a judge ruled he used her video footage without her permission.
Celine Tran a.k.a. Katsuni sued the Cash Money rapper/106 & Park host in July 2012 for using footage of her pole dancing in The Electronic Conspiracy music video "Conspiracy Strip Club" for his own video "Drank in My Cup."
According to TMZ, a federal judge ruled in Katsuni's favor and ordered Bow Wow to pay $79,346.07 in damages and attorney's fees. The rapper was also ordered to stop using the footage immediately.
Take a look at both videos below.
THE ELECTRONIC CONSPIRACY FEAT KATSUNI "CONSPIRACY STRIP CLUB"
Bow Wow was just ordered to pay porn star Celine Tran a.k.a. Katsuni a grip of cash, but he vows she'll never see a dime of it.
As we previously reported, the Cash Money rapper/106 & Park host was ordered to pay Katsuni $79,346.07 in damages and attorney's fees for using portions of her pole dancing in The Electronic Conspiracy music video "Conspiracy Strip Club" for his own video "Drank in My Cup."
Bow Wow has replied to the lawsuit via his Facebook page. He argues that the song is not his (it is actually a remix of Kirko Bangz "Drank In My Cup") and the video was fan made.
Yo! That dumb a$$ porn star chick who ever she is aint getting a dime from us! We aint make no video. That video was mashed up by somebody on Youtube and i reposted cuz it was dope. People mash up artist videos all the time online. Everybody looking for a hustle. Then they tryna say drink in my cup is my song. That aint my song u dumb braud! Get a life. I dont play dem games. N*ggas work too hard to give away free money.
Unfortunately for Bow Wow he'll have to hire a lawyer to fight the case in court.
One of the best wide receivers to ever step on an NFL field is having some major problems with the Internal Revenue Service off of it.
According to TMZ, a federal tax lien was filed against Terrell Owens in February. The IRS alleges he owes $438,913.52 after failing to pay $294,661.71 in 2005, $46,504.00 in 2007 and $97,747.81 in 2009.
After 15 years the league Owens has been unable to find a team that will sign him after being let go by the Cincinatti Bengals after the 2010 season. That year he played in 14 games and caught 72 passes for 983 yards and 9 touchdowns, proving he could still play at a high level.
In 2011, Owens had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees. That, along with the fact that he developed a reputation for being a bad influence in the locker room may have scared teams off from signing him.
Drake's apparently got money to burn because the Young Money rapper made it rain to the tune of $50,000 recently at a Charlotte strip club.
According to TMZ, Drizzy showed up at Cameo Nightclub with a cardboard box full of singles and proceeded to shower the club strippers with them until the floor was completely covered.
Rapper Bleu Davinci was also in the giving mood because the BMF affiliate kicked in another $25,000 of his own.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Lisa Ann for an exclusive interview!
In our final part of Lisa Ann's interview, she breaks down the difference between hookersand Porn Stars. She even says she would turn down $100,000 for sex!
In cased you missed the previous parts, check them out below!
Watch part 1 where she hints at having sex with Soulja Boy & Bow Wow, also leaving poor Jack in the friend zone.
Watch part 2 where she reveals she gave a head to a random guy in a cab; also about meeting 50 Cent & Lebron James.
Watch part 3 where she talks about getting STD's + a pimp pulling a gun on her.
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Cash Money Records has faced many lawsuits over the years and today they're staring at another one.
This latest lawsuit is from Robert Poindexter from the 70s band The Persuaders. He accuses Bow Wow of illegally sampling the song "Love Gonna Pack Up (and Walk Out)" for his 2010 track "Still Ballin" off of the mixtape, Greenlight 3.
Poindexter says neither Cash Money nor Bow Wow ever obtained permission to sample the 1972 song. He is seeking $600,000 in punitive damages, plus interest according to TMZ.
Take a listen to both songs below.
The Persuaders - Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)
Snoop Dogg has a significant debt to settle with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TMZ reports that the government has filed a federal lien against the rapper claiming he owes $546,270.29 in unpaid tax bills.
According to documents filed Snoop owes $101,952.44 for 2009 and $444,317.85 for 2011.
(Reuters) - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people.
People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.
The fireball, travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second according to Russian space agency Roscosmos, had blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away.
Car alarms went off, thousands of windows shattered and mobile phone networks were disrupted. The Interior Ministry said the meteorite explosion, a very rare spectacle, also unleashed a sonic boom.
"I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it were day," said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains.
"I felt like I was blinded by headlights."
The meteorite, which weighed about 10 metric tons and may have been made of iron, entered Earth's atmosphere and broke apart 30-50 km (19-31 miles) above ground, according to Russia's Academy of Sciences.
The energy released when it entered the Earth's atmosphere was equivalent to a few kilotonnes, the academy said, the power of a small atomic weapon exploding.
No deaths were reported but the Emergencies Ministry said 20,000 rescue and clean-up workers were sent to the region after President Vladimir Putin told Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov to ease the disruption and help the victims.
The Interior Ministry said about 1,200 people had been injured, at least 200 of them children, and most from shards of glass.
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT
The early-morning blast and ensuing shock wave blew out windows on Chelyabinsk's central Lenin Street, buckled some shop fronts, rattled apartment buildings in the city center and blew out windows.
"I was standing at a bus stop, seeing off my girlfriend," said Andrei, a local resident who did not give his second name. "Then there was a flash and I saw a trail of smoke across the sky and felt a shock wave that smashed windows."
A wall and roof were badly damaged at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant but a spokeswoman said no environmental threat resulted.
One piece of meteorite broke through the ice the Cherbakul Lake near Chelyabinsk, leaving a hole several meters (yards) wide.
The region has long been a hub for the Russian military and defense industry, and it is often the site where artillery shells are decommissioned.
A local Emergencies Ministry official said meteorite storms were extremely rare and Friday's incident may have been connected with an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool that was due to pass Earth.
But an astronomer at Russia's Academy of Sciences, Sergei Barabanov, cast doubt on that report and the European Space Agency said its experts had confirmed there was no link.
The regional governor in Chelyabinsk said the meteorite shower had caused more than $30 million in damage, and the Emergencies Ministry said 300 buildings had been affected.
Despite warnings not to approach any unidentified objects, some enterprising locals were hoping to cash in.
"Selling meteorite that fell on Chelyabinsk!" one prospective seller, Vladimir, said on a popular Russian auction website. He attached a picture of a black piece of stone that on Friday afternoon was priced at 1,488 roubles ($49.46).
RARE EVENT
The Emergencies Ministry described Friday's events as a "meteorite shower in the form of fireballs" and said background radiation levels were normal. It urged residents not to panic.
The first footage was shot by car dashboard video cameras and soon went viral.
Russians also quickly made fun at the event on the Internet. A photo montage showed Putin riding the meteorite and Nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovksy said in jest it was really a new weapon being tested by the United States.
Experts drew comparisons with an incident in 1908, when a meteorite is thought to have devastated an area of more than 2,000 sq km (1,250 miles) in Siberia, breaking windows as far as 200 km (125 miles) from the point of impact.
Simon Goodwin, an astrophysics expert from Britain's University of Sheffield, said that roughly 1,000 to 10,000 metric tons of material rained down from space towards the earth every day, but most burned up in the atmosphere.
"While events this big are rare, an impact that could cause damage and death could happen every century or so. Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing we can do to stop impacts."
The meteorite struck just as an asteroid known as 2012 DA14, about 46 m in diameter, was due to pass closer to Earth - at a distance of 27,520 km (17,100 miles) - than any other known object of its size since scientists began routinely monitoring asteroids about 15 years ago.
($1 = 30.0877 Russian roubles)
Meteorite Shower Hits Russia
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JUST HOURS LATER AN ASTEROID THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD PASSED EARTH BY 17,150 MILES.
A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth's backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid zoomed past the planet.
Scientists the world over, along with NASA, insisted the meteor had nothing to do with the asteroid since they appeared to be traveling in opposite directions. The asteroid is a much more immense object and delighted astronomers in Australia and elsewhere who watched it zip harmlessly through a clear night sky.
Asteroid 2012 DA14, as it's called, came closer to Earth than many communication and weather satellites orbiting 22,300 miles up. Scientists insisted these, too, would be spared, and they were right.
The asteroid was too small to see with the naked eye even at its closest approach around 2:25 p.m. EST, over the Indian Ocean near Sumatra.
The best viewing locations, with binoculars and telescopes, were in Asia, Australia and eastern Europe. Even there, all anyone could see was a pinpoint of light as the asteroid buzzed by at 17,400 mph.
As asteroids go, this one is a shrimp. The one that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was 6 miles across. But this rock could still do immense damage if it ever struck given its 143,000-ton heft, releasing the energy equivalent of 2.4 million tons of TNT and wiping out 750 square miles.
By comparison, NASA estimated that the meteor that exploded over Russia was much smaller -- about 49 feet wide and 7,000 tons before it hit the atmosphere, or one-third the size of the passing asteroid.
As for the back-to-back events, "this is indeed very rare and it is historic," said Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science. While the asteroid is about half the length of a football field, the exploding meteor "is probably about on the 15-yard line," he said.
"Now that's pretty big. That's typically a couple times bigger than the normal influx of meteorites that create these fireballs," he said in an interview on NASA TV.
"These fireballs happen about once a day or so, but we just don't see them because many of them fall over the ocean or in remote areas. This one was an exception."
As the countdown for the asteroid's close approach entered the final hours, NASA noted that the path of the meteor appeared to be quite different than that of the asteroid, making the two objects "completely unrelated." The meteor seemed to be traveling from north to south, while the asteroid passed from south to north -- in the opposite direction.
Most of the solar system's asteroids are situated in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and remain stable there for billions of years. Some occasionally pop out, though, into Earth's neighborhood.
NASA scientists estimate that an object of this size makes a close approach like this every 40 years. The likelihood of a strike is every 1,200 years.
The flyby provides a rare learning opportunity for scientists eager to keep future asteroids at bay -- and a prime-time advertisement for those anxious to step up preventive measures.
Friday's meteor further strengthened the asteroid-alert message.
"We are in a shooting gallery and this is graphic evidence of it," said former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, chairman emeritus of the B612 Foundation, committed to protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids.
Schweickart noted that 500,000 to 1 million sizable near-Earth objects -- asteroids or comets -- are out there. Yet less than 1 percent -- fewer than 10,000 -- have been inventoried.
Humanity has to do better, he said. The foundation is working to build and launch an infrared space telescope to find and track threatening asteroids.
If a killer asteroid was, indeed, incoming, a spacecraft could, in theory, be launched to nudge the asteroid out of Earth's way, changing its speed and the point of intersection. A second spacecraft would make a slight alteration in the path of the asteroid and ensure it never intersects with the planet again, Schweickart said.
Asteroid DA14 -- discovered by Spanish astronomers only last February -- is "such a close call" that it is a "celestial torpedo across the bow of spaceship Earth," Schweickart said in a phone interview Thursday.
NASA's deep-space antenna in California's Mojave Desert was ready to collect radar images, but not until eight hours after the closest approach given the United States' poor positioning for the big event.
Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object program at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory estimate that an object of this size makes a close approach like this every 40 years. The likelihood of a strike is every 1,200 years.
AP.9 is reportedly shopping a sex tape with Coco Austin for $100,000. The Mob Figaz rapper has not been shy about his sexual exploits with Ice-T's wife. In December photos of the two hugging, kissing on each other and AP grabbing the reality star's butt emerged.
Earlier this week AP said the two had unprotected sex.
"We had sex unprotected," he told Star Magazine. "I really hope she isn't pregnant!”
Now there is a new report that a sex tape is being shopped.
Publicist Kali Bowyer told RumorFix that reps for the rapper contacted her asking for “help to promote and sell pictures and video above the 100k offer."
There is audio also being shopped.
According to Bowyer, the musical artist “has various pics, audio and footage of him placing his hand into her private parts, acts of oral sex, doggy style positions with miscellaneous graphic exploits and sexual conduct.”
Kali Bowyer
Bowyer told RumorFix she turned down the offer to help promote the sale of the tape.
"While I personally will not engage in something so crude and disgusting, I have no hesitation in blowing the lid off his intentions," Bowyer said.
50 Cent made an appearance on QVC yesterday to assist in selling his SMS Audio headphones. The G-Unit boss had a blast flirting with the female hosts and watching his headphones fly off the shelf.
"I just made $177,000 dollars in 9min on QVC. Can someone hate on me so I can know this is real life," he wrote.
The headphones are moving quickly. Head over to www.SMSBy50.com to check out the latest colors and order a pair for your family, friends or even gift yourself for Christmas.
Meek Mill raised lots of eyebrows recently when he said he was ready to step back into the battle rap arena. During a recent interview with Shaheem Reid, Meek said it would take $100,000 for him to get in the ring and he named Cassidy and Murder Mook as two rappers he's ready to take on now.
"You gotta have $100K or more. I can't do it for free. That ain't my lane...Win, lose or draw - just for even stepping on the court," Meek said. "I'd do Cassidy and Mook right now. That would be crazy right there. Everybody know Cassidy that's what he do. It aint easy to get around them punchlines he gonna bring to you in a battle. I don't care what you say. Cassidy been in probably more than 5,000 battles and I don't think he had one L. And I don't think a new guy gonna step up and give him that L that easy. I ain't saying it ain't possible, but it won't be easy."
Cassidy heard the chatter and is ready to answer the call. In a new interview with QDeezy of Philadelphia radio station Hot 107.9, The Hustler spoke about the battle.
"Meek a household name. You bring him up everybody know who you talking about. He just dropped an album. He got a wave right now. And I just seen the video. We definitely could get a nice crowd and get some crazy sponsers to put some chicken up. So, it would be beneficial for me to do something like that," Cassidy said. "I'd love to do that because it would be beneficial. I'd get some credibility for biting somebody head off. And I'd get a nice little check out of it. I'm with it. We can do it whenever n*ggas ready. Make it happen, put it together and make it make sense."
Since issuing the challenge and hearing Cassidy accept, Meek took to Twitter last night and said he didn't want to battle anymore.
Is Meek getting cold feet? Or was he just joking with the Tweet?
If the two do battle who do you think would win? Take our poll below and sound off in the comment section.
DJ Whoo Kid and Loaded Lux were the guest judges on The Howard Stern Show for the rap battle between Sal Governale aka "Pouchy G" and Jon Leiberman aka "2 Live Jew."
Both Jon and Sal were both hilariously horrible. In the end Whoo Kid and Lux gave the nod to Sal for being the least worst of the two.
Prior to the rap battle Whoo Kid gave a really funny interview about getting "n*gga slapped" by 50 Cent, hating his wife of 15-years, sleeping with 8,000 women, banging white chicks while on tour with Eminem, his two "Bruce Leroy" kids cursing his wife out, showering with both of his parents, being fired repeatedly by 50, his dad teaching him everything he knows and more.
20-year old Brazilian woman, Catarina Migliorini has successfully sold her virginity after a month-long auction.
A man called Natsu, from Japan, put in a winning bid of $780,000, holding off Jack Miller ($740,000) from the U.S. and Rudra Chatterjee ($730,000) of India.
Catarina will be interviewed before and after having sex with Natsu as part of an Australian documentary called Virgins Wanted.
Catarina has promised to use $722,000of the money to build homes for impoverished families in her home state of Santa Catarina.
The act will be consummated on a private plane hired by the producers of the documentary to avoid legal problems in other countries according to Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. Catarina will take a test to prove that she is a virgin. No kissing is allowed and Natsu will get an hour with her.
"The auction is just business, I'm a romantic girl at heart and believe in love. But this will make a big difference to my area," she said.
The filmmaker behind the auction doubts Catarina will actually give that much money to charity.
"I was surprised she said that because in all my dealings with her, she made it clear that it was a business decision for her," Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely said according to Gawker. "Now, given how big this story is in Brazil, she's trapped. If she doesn't give any money to charity, she's going to look bad."
Not sure how this is any different from prostitution and the idea of paying $780,000 for sex seems outrageous. It must be true that a sucker is born every day.
Check out Catarina's Virgin's Wanted video plus pictures below.
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