Chris Brown fans started lining up on Wednesday for a chance to see the singer perform on the Today Show this morning (July 15).
In the end a record 18,000 screaming members of Team Breezy got to see him sing and dance his way through some of their favorite songs at "Today's" Rockefeller Plaza location.
Check out the performance below.
Chris Brown fans began lining up on Wednesday for this morning's perfomance
The Diplomats are bringing their story to the big screen. The working title for the flick is 'Diplomatic Immunity.'
Juelz Santana told XXL that the movie will cover a big chunk of his professional life, as well as that of Jim Jones, Cam'ron and Freekey Zekey.
“It’s gon’ be [about] the break up and us gettin’ back together leadin’ into the album,” Juelz told XXL. “The album is gonna be like the soundtrack to the movie. It’s just gonna be everything from [Cam'ron] meeting Biggie to him meeting me and us becoming The Diplomats.”
Juelz also said the Dips will be playing themselves in the movie.
“It’s gonna be a movie like the way they did Notorious,” Juelz said. “But we’re just gonna be playin’ ourselves. That might be the first [movie] where we get to play ourselves instead of havin’ people. We’ll do it when we’re younger, but as it gets to us we’ll really play ourselves, cut the hair off our face so we look younger and shit like that. Cam might have to gain some weight from when he was big. Jim would have to grow his braids back, get some extensions and all that ’cause he cut his hair. We gon’ figure it out, but we gon’ do it right.”
Previously Jones had told XXL that the project was "currently in motion, we been working."
While no release date has been mentioned yet the Dipset Capo assured fans that everyone was on aboard.
"We definitely been locking in. Shout outs to Cam, shout outs to Juelz, shout outs to Freekey Zekey. Everybody’s on board."
One of the most prolific and talented producers makes way for the big time in 2011. After putting in work with artists like B.O.B. Chamillionaire, J-Kwon Bow Wow and more DNYCE is more than ready to take his talent mainstream. His website www.soundclick.com/eliteproducers shows a small sample of what he is capable of producing from his bare hands. On his website at www.soundclick.com/eliteproducers the page is full of original, creative, masterpieces of music production for artists to use. Follow this young creative genius as he embarks on his journey to take over the production side of the music industry.
There is good news for D'Angelo fans. Billboard is reporting that the R&B singer is back working on his new album.
Frequent collaborator, drummer Questlove of The Roots tweeted that the two were back in the lab.
Others in on the sessions include bassist Pino Palladino and producer/engineer Russell Elevado.
It's been eleven years since the man once dubbed the "R&B Jesus" dropped the Grammy Award winning album 'Voodoo.'. Since then rumors of drug abuse and various run ins with the law have plagued the singer.
The new album titled 'James River' is expected later this year or early 2012 on J Records.
Michael Irvin is one of the best players the NFL has ever seen at his wide receiver position. When he was inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame in 2007 Irving had reached football's peak.
The married father of three, has maintained a high profile in the public's eye in recent years as a very opinionated on-air analyst for the NFL Network.
Irvin has also become an outspoken advocate for the gay community. He just covered Out magazine, a publication that deals with gay men's fashion, entertainment and lifestyle. Irvin said his brother was gay and it opened his eyes to the fact that everyone should be treated with equality.
Irvin's brother, Vaughn died of stomach cancer in 2006.
TMZ caught up with Irvin earlier this week and the former player talked about God allowing each individual to make their own choices about who they want to be with.
"God has taken away a great deal of choices," Irvin said. "He doesn't give you the choice of mom, bad, brother, sister, cousin, uncle [or] nephew. He gives you the choice of companion. Now if God decided to give you that choice I don't think the government should mess with it."
What do you think of Irvin's stance on gay equality?
Famed historian Barry Landau, one of the country's foremost specialists on American presidents, was arrested. Millions of dollars' worth of important documents was supposedly taken by Landau and an accomplice.
How he behaved
Landau, 63, and his accomplice, Jason Savedoff, 24, were both charged with thievery Saturday. Stuff was stolen from the Maryland Old Society museum. This could be found in Baltimore. An employee at the museum viewed the pair when he found their habits questionable. He called the police after he said he witnessed Savedoff put a file in a portfolio and leave the building.
File in locker
Later, the police found millions of dollars' worth of documents in a locker used by Savedoff. This integrated papers signed by Abraham Lincoln and presidential inaugural ball invitations. An investigation is being launched to the matter. It will talk about museum thefts under a federal statute.
Even signed out
There are lots of rules about the paperwork in the museum's collection. They're very strict. A signature is required at each visit, and only one set of documents can be checked out at a time to be viewed within the museum building. In addition, a first-time viewer is needed to fill out a registration form and present current photo identification. Landau wasn't very wise about the theft. He checked out many documents found.
A media-friendly professional
When it comes to American presidential trivia, Landau is a professional. He is also known as a collector of important presidential inaugural memorabilia. He wrote a book in 2007. It was called "The Presidential Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy." The book was meant to be the first part of a trilogy.
Interviewed on July 4
The national media interviews Landau regularly. He was interviewed on July 4 by CNN. He said that the American flag doesn't get enough respect from citizens.
Could have lost so much
Burt Kummerow, president of the Maryland Old Society, expressed to CNN reporters how grateful he was that the papers had been retrieved. "It would have been a huge loss because then (the documents) are no longer in the public record and then they're no longer available."
Gucci Mane is back in grind mode. Fresh from a stint behind bars for shoving a female out of his moving car for refusing a cash offer for sex, the Atlanta rapper is already back in the studio and shooting music videos.
KarmaloopTV caught up with Gucci, who revealed that he went directly to the studio upon his release.
"First thing I did [after being released] was get my feet back on the ground, went to the studio and banged out about 5 records," Gucci said.
Gucci also talked about what he was like in high school, what made him get the ice cream tattoo and where he sees himself in 10 years.
In a separate interview with MTV, Gucci's friend Shawty Lo revealed that Gucci has already shot 4 videos since being released.
"Gucci doing good now, he just came home the other day,“ said Shawty. “He back working, shooting a lot of videos and doing his thing.”
Shawty added that Gucci is now off of probation which should allow him more time for his family and music.
“I think he’s off probation now and his focus is his music and family.”
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The rumors of T-Pain leaving Konvict Music to join Lil Wayne's Young Money record label have been floating around for several months.
Jeweler Gabriel Jacobs initially let the cat out of the bag in December when he told VladTV that he had just designed a YM chain for the singer.
"T-Pain's about to sign to Young Money," Jacobs said at the time. "He better, after doing this. So you see it's all blacked out. It's all natural, red rubies, black diamonds. We gotta put a red ruby necklace on this thing. The pendant is worth around $45,000 and when it's with its chain, it will cost $100,000."
In a new interview Akon confirms that 'RevolveR' is Pain's last album on his label.
"That's Pain's business decision," Akon said of the move to Young Money. "We got one one more album which is the one he's about to release now. After that Pain is free. He's his own man, his own entrepreneur. Decisions from this point he has to make them on his own. I'm happy for him whichever way he goes. That's my little brother, he gets the support from us."
Obie Trice's mom passed away Tuesday (July 12) from breast cancer.
The former Shady Records artist spoke to AllHipHop about the tragic loss, and how he is more determined than ever to make his mother proud.
"My mom was always in my corner and her presence will be missed tremendously," he said. “I'm more determined than ever to ensure I not only impact the music industry but also my community, just as she expected."
We wish Obie and his family the best during this difficult time.
His third studio album 'Bottoms Up' is due out later this year.
Foxy Brown escaped prosecution for allegedly dropping her panties and mooning a neighbor when a judge dismissed the charges on Tuesday [July 12]. Today Foxy's lawyer says the rapper plans to sue to the city for $100 million.
Salvatore Strazzullo told the New York Post that his client is suing the Assistant District Attorney's office for what he calls "malicious" treatment of his client.
"With school budgets cut, they had the audacity [to file charges]." Strazzullo said. "Do we want our tax dollars going for this?"
A rep for the city said ADA's have "absolute immunity" from being personally prosecuted and would seek an immediate dismissal of the lawsuit.
From Paris to NY, the throne’s been on watch for quite sometime now. And today, MTO scored photos of Jay, Ye and Bey during the album’s creative process. Eat well, drink, and record. Shots from the lab underneath.
A thief in Meshchovsk, Russia met his match and then some, when the salon owner he tried to rob beat his ass then kept him as a sex slave.
Police say Viktor Jasinski. 32, was beaten up by Olga Zajac, who is a black belt in karate.
After knocking Jasinski unconscious with a kick, Zajac then dragged him to the back of her shop for what the DailyMail describes as some 'Pulp Fiction' type of revenge. But unlike Ving Rhames character in that Quentin Tarantino directed flick, Zajac didn't need to call in a team of "hard pipe hitting n*ggas" to exact her revenge.
The 28-year old salon owner tied Jasinski up, and for three days used him as a sex slave to "teach him a lesson." Force feeding him viagra to ensure he kept up his performance.
After several days Jasinski was released, but instead of going home happy to be alive, he ran right to the police station to tell them what happened.
Now they have both been arrested.
When police questioned Zajac she reportedly said: "What a bastard. Yes, we had sex a couple of times. But I bought him new jeans, gave him food and even gave him 1,000 roubles when he left."
Reporter Elie Seckbach caught up with street legend Ricky Ross and talked a lot about Ross's upcoming plans.
Ross revealed that the movie based on his life is still in the works, said he's looking to become a boxing promoter himself and proclaimed Floyd Mayweather Jr. the greatest boxer ever.
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