Vivid Entertainment might be the happiest people of all because of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's announcement that they are expecting their first child.
According to TMZ, sales of Kim's 2007 sex tape with Ray J have gone through the roof since the announcement.
Vivid's video-on-demand purchases of Kim Kardashian, Superstar have spiked 80% since Sunday night. That marks the biggest increase they've seen since Kim's wedding to Kris Humphries.
Both Kim and Ray J receive a percentage of sales from the tape, so neither one of them has reason to complain.
Kardashian, 32, confirmed the baby news in a blog post on her website on Monday.
"It’s true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby," she wrote. "We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family."
"And your goons ain't riding witcha, they all mad/Cause you ain't never put no food up in AR abs. My dog killed a body for ya, damn he didn't eat from it." Meek Mill - "Repo"
When Meek Mill dropped his Cassidy diss "Repo," he mentions former Larsiny Family member AR-AB. Meek claimed in the song that Cass never let AR eat, even after he caught a body for him.
In a new video blog, AR backs up Meek's claims.
While maintaining that he is still cool with Cass, AR says that The Hustla has been lying about his 2005 murder case. AR claims he actually killed Desmond Hawkins, while Cass ran into his house and locked him outside.
"Claim your rape, don't claim my homicide," AR says.
When AR returned home from prison he claims Cass only gave him $200 and made him sleep on his couch. AR says he starved the entire time he was with Larsiny Family.
AR further claims that Cass was scared to fight Jim Jones and Gillie Da Kid when they stepped to him.
Lil Flip is vowing to fight recent drug and gun charges. As we previously reported, the 31-year old Houston rapper was pulled over in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana on December 25, for speeding.
During a search of his 2010 Dodge Challenger, deputies reportedly found weed and a Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle. Flip was arrested and booked on charges of third-offense possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, and speeding
During a new interview with TMZ, Flip said he has a license to carry the weapon, which he claims is not automatic firing and there was no weed in the car. He said police found "Black and Mild" wine flavored cigars and clove cigarettes
Flip, real name Wesley Eric Weston, says he is "not one of those rappers who would carry drugs on me. I know better."
The rapper also presented TMZ wirh a copy of his concealed handgun license, which he says is also valid in 22 other states, including Louisiana. He said he has been shot before and as an entertainer needs a gun for protection.
"I know they don't mess around in Louisiana and I wouldn't do anything to make me go to the big house. Especially on Christmas night," he told TMZ.
Starting off 2013 with a bang. C-Moez performs his freestyle to the games "Holy Water" instrumental testing out a couple of new flows he has prepared for 2013. Warning his competition to step they're bars up as he taunts them towards the end with him only being 19. Music video dir. By Money Marv Films. New music coming soon.
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T.I. and his Grand Hustle artist B.o.B spent New Year's Eve down in Miami at Cameo Nightclub. Rising star Future was also in the building for a performance as the champagne flowed and pretty ladies hit the dance floor.
The event was sponsored by by Moet and Chandon Rose.
Dogg Pound emcee Kurupt Young Gotti is back with something brand new to start the new year off. "Power" is off of Kurupt's upcoming mixtape Money • Bitches • Power,hosted by DJ Nik Bean.
Up and coming rapper Dirt is a name you will be hearing a lot about in 2013. The Mississippi rapper will be dropping his new EP titled "Six" very soon.
Peep the latest leak off of the project "Mobb Figga."
Nas rocked Radio City Music Hall in New York last night for New Year's Eve. Page 31 was in the building to capture the show as Nasir performed songs from his latest album "Life Is Good."
He also took the audience back while rapping his way through some of his older classics.
Midway through the show Nas counts down to the new year with the audience before hundreds of balloons come falling from the ceiling.
Azealia Banks puts off talk of retirement and drops a pretty dope new track titled "BBD." The talented Harlem emcee gets assists from producers Apple Juice Kid and Sup Doodle on this one.
Timbaland is a giving mood for the new year. The super producer releases another new track. The latest song is a sort of modern take on on Billy Idol's 1982 hit "White Wedding."
Jay-Z took the stage at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Barclays Center at 11:59pm on New Year's Eve Monday night and rang in 2013 with Coldplay's Chris Martin singing along to "Auld Lang Syne." The singer and the rapper hugged, and then the stage was Jay's. In a double-bill show that took place half in one year and half in another, Coldplay -- who had the night's first set -- had been a riot of color and movement all over the arena, while Jay, in a dark tux, stood mostly alone on stage putting a laser focus on his rapid-fire rhymes.
Fans packed in to the arena well before Coldplay took the stage just before 10pm (celebs including Christina Aguilera and One Direction's Harry Styles were also in the house Monday night). Soon Barclays was alight with the synchronized blinking of the multi-colored lights on the bracelets each concertgoer had been given upon entering. Chris Martin, here parked at a piano, there vaulting around the stage, was a blur of energy as the band's 15-song set launched whole-crowd sing-a-longs ("The Scientist," "Paradise"), confetti canons, and even a herd of world-map beach balls unleashed on the audience. For "Princess of China," Rihanna appeared only as a multi-armed image on the screens throughout the space, her part of the duet a mere recording. "Viva La Vida" and "Yellow," meanwhile, won over revelers with just the music itself.
Early on, Martin asked the crowd to "please have a good time," and "cherish the people you love." Nearing the end of the 80-minute set, during which Martin name checked Jay-Z a handful of times, the band appeared suddenly on a platform in the middle of the 100 level sections to sing the ballad "Us Against The World," for the times when you and yours "feel like you can take on anything." The group's trek through the fan-filled floor all the way back to the mainstage elicited growing cheers that only increased when they launched into "Clocks," it's circular piano part and Martin's cooing "oohs" drowned out by the audience. But the applause and whistles and yells of approval reached a crescendo when Jay-Z, casual in a white t-shirt, took the stage to join Coldplay on "Lost."
DJ Cassidy spun old school jams from Michael Jackson to Journey as the crew converted Coldplay's Technicolor graffiti'd backdrop into Jay-Z's simple, black stage and the clock ticked so close to midnight, the ringing in of the new year was almost an anti-climax. But at literally the last moment, Jay appeared in his dapper suit and counted down the last seconds to 2013.
But with 2012 over, Jay was just getting started as he rolled into a non-stop 25-song set that opened with "Run This Town."
"I don't know how I'm going to top 2012," Jay said, looking like he wasn't worried a bit and biting into "On to the Next One" as arms waved and yet another cheer went up. As "Hovi Baby," "Feelin' It," "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)," and especially "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" sped by, Jay rapped without seeming to take a breath, to barely stop, and making it all look easy, inspiring applause for every break when the music stopped and it was just his voice issuing a torrent of rhymes filling the whole arena alone.
"I want to thank you. You could have been anywhere in the world tonight. but you're here in the m***fu**kin' Barclays Center," he said. The native New Yorker is proudly a part owner of the venue's home team, the Brooklyn Nets.
The only hint of his exertion was the sweat streaming down his face, but otherwise Hova held sway over the crowd, calling for waiving arms here, shouts there, bringing us up for "Big Pimpin'" before taking it down to quiet a serious moment. "I'm from Brooklyn, just thought I'd remind you we're going to rule the world in 2013. And in order to do that don't let anybody hold you back or put their anxieties or fears on you." And with that he had the whole crowd give the finger to the haters. He brought the mood all the way back up to deafening as he and everyone else boomed into "99 Problems," while he visited the front rows in style to give those fans a New Year's taste of his champagne, saying, "I want you to feel how I feel."
His set wasn't even half over. Over two dozen songs crammed into an hour and a half, as he continued with Rick Ross' "3 Kings," "Money Ain't a Thang" (which he originally did with Jermaine Dupri), G.O.O.D. Music's "Clique" and his own "Can I Get A…" and "La La La (Excuse Me Again)."
Jay-Z with Chris Martin, "Heart of the City" at Barclay's Center, New Year's Show
Coldplay's Chris Martin joined Jay for a third time for "Heart of The City," Martin's tenor providing counterpoint to Hova's baritone rhymes. Chants of "Hova, Hova" erupted from the crowd unbidden as Jay-Z got to the "I came, I saw, I conquered" line from "Encore." Afterward, he hinted that New Year's Eve live in Brooklyn could become a tradition for him. "Our goal is to do this every year," he said. "2014, you gonna rock with us?"
With so many music celebs in town for the holidays and such a long tradition of guest spots at Jay-Z's shows, it was perhaps the biggest surprise of the night held no unannounced performers. Other than singer Bridget Kelly, who did the hook on a couple of tunes including Alicia Keys' half of the set-ending "Empire State of Mind," and the walk-on by Chris Martin, the spotlight was on Jay-Z during his set. That seemed to suit every ticketholder just fine.
"I really wouldn't want to be anywhere else to ring in 2013," Jay said as the clock ticked toward 1:30am, Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place" played in the background, and the show came to a close. "2012 was a major year for me, it was the birth of my beautiful daughter Blue, it was the birth of this building. Tonight I feel like I'm in the right place. I wish you the best 2013 possible. Peace and love."
Elle Varner and Nas were the featured performers at Radio City Music Hall in New York last night for a special New Year's Eve concert.
Page 31 was on hand to catch part of Elle's performance. Check the talented songbird out below as she sings "Refill" from her debut album Perfectly Imperfect, as well as a cover of Frank Ocean's "Thinking Bout You."
Super producer Timbaland unleashes a previously unreleased track professing his love for "Redbone" women. Timbo gets assists from Petey Pablo and Sebastian on this one.
Kid Ink shows no signs of slowing down as he drops heater after heater from his latest mixtape Rocketshipshawty. The latest music video from the project is "What They Doin" featuring YG.
There was a huge party in New York last night as an estimated 1 million people looking to have a good time packed into Times Square, and MTV was right in the middle of the action.
Joining in on the fun were artists Ne-Yo, Ke$ha and Rita Ora who all belted out songs on MTV's New Year's Eve show.
Check out their performances below.
Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself"
Big Boi kicks off the new year by dropping an official music video to one of the hottest tracks off of his second studio album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.
KK is in the first sanctioned Rick Ross/GD video from Georgia. They reached out to Doggie Diamonds to clarify all the phone calls and videos being sent to http://ForbezDVD.com from guys claiming to be GD and those speaking on the GD situation without knowing the facts! Hopefully this audio will finally clarify a few things for the people.
There were a handful of rappers who had breakout years in 2012. Picking which emcee was the hottest could depend on what region you're from, whether you like wordplay Vs. style or who you thought had the best songs.
VladTV asked stars like Cassidy, Tamar Braxton, 9th Wonder, DJ Premier and more who they would pick as the "Hottest Rapper of 2012."
Check out what they had to say below, you might surprised by some of the picks.
Cassidy, 9th Wonder, DJ Premier, Tamar Braxton & More Pick "The Hottest Rapper of 2012"
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