Nicki Minaj has pulled off a rare feat as her 'Pink Friday' album rises to number 1 on the charts 3 months after it's release with 45,000 units sold.
The album originally made it's debut at number 2 behind Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Fantasy', but it's proven to have legs and could make more history. The single "Moment For Life" is set to take over the number 1 spot on Billboard's rap chart today.
Billboard reports that the last album to make such a climb was Ray Charles' "Genius Loves Company", which finally hit No. 1 in its 25th week.
Nicki tweeted the good news to her fans yesterday.
Part of the recent surge could be due to casual fans who saw Taylor Swift rapping Minaj's "Super Bass" lyrics at a radio station.
Whatever the reason for the climb, Nicki deserves credit. She looks to be on her way to superstardom
So far 'Pink Friday' has sold 1,035,000 copies.
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Iron Mike Tyson really seems to be in good spirits these days. The former heavyweight boxing champion and his wife just welcomed a baby into the world a couple of weeks ago, and he's landed a couple of high profile movie gigs.
In this interview with with DaTruthBoxing, Mike talks about what he's been up to, and what his plans are for 2011.
"I just finished filming Hangover 2, it was awesome. God willing we're going to go to New York to start shooting Men In Black 3," Mike said.
Iron Mike said he's finally learned to relax and not carry a chip on his shoulder.
"It's just so ironic my life is going in this direction. At one time if someone made fun of me I took myself too seriously. But life's too short, you have to enjoy life and be happy." he said
Mike talked about the highlight of his career. Becoming the youngest fighter at age-20 to win the heavyweight championship of the world. His only regret was that his mentor Cus D'Amato wasn't around to see it. He even said he might become a trainer himself.
It's no secret that the heavyweight division is in dismal shape these days, Tyson has a theory on why that is the case.
"It's horrible, not because the fighters are bad, there's nobody that's a personality that enjoy the people that are not the boxing fans. We're losing fans who are avid boxing fans. We need some excitement, we need something like MMA. When you watch a fight, after it's over in a professional boxing match, it's dead," Tyson said. "But when you go to MMA, when the bout is over intermission is a party! Intermission is off the hook, I think I'm in the club!. The [boxing} fighters are good, but we need that entertainment."
On the subject of a potential Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight, Mike weighed in on that was well.
"That would be a beautiful fight to watch. If Floyd wants to win this fight he has to be at his best. Can Floyd win this fight? Yes he can win this fight, but he has to be on his [A] game consistently moving with his head and his counter punching."
Former G-Unit turncoat The Game is taking L's like this season's Cleveland Cavaliers team.
His 'Red' album has been pushed back farther than Dr Phil's hairline, he got taken for $75,000 by valet drivers last Christmas. Now comes word the Compton rapper will have to un-ass nearly $100,000 for jewelry he ordered, took ownership of, but never fully paid for.
According to a TMZ report an L.A. judge ordered Jayceon to pay Lemmerman's Inc $90,999 for the jewelry ordered between 2007-2008.
The jeweler says Jayceon made a big payment initially, but then stopped paying. Now he must pay the amount owed, plus interest bringing the total to $99,000.
Here's a list of what was ordered:
- a 14K white gold 36" chain with white stones for $15,000
- a 14K yellow gold 36" chain with yellow stones for $15,000
- a diamond stud for $4,000
- a 14K white gold 5-row bracelet for $17,500
- a 14K yellow gold 5-row bracelet for $17,500
- two other gold "pieces" for $30,000
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Not many people would volunteer to donate a kidney, especially to someone they barely know, but that is exactly what Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter did.
Freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan suffered from ANCA vasculitis, a condition in which abnormal antibodies were causing his white blood cells to attack healthy tissue in his body. He needed a kidney and none of his family members were a match.
Walter decided to have himself tested and he was a match. After thinking it over and talking with his family Walter made the decision donate a kidney to Kevin.
"When we recruit our guys, we talk about family and making sacrifices for one another. It is something we take very seriously. I had the support of my family, Wake Forest and my team. To me it was a no-brainer," Walter said before the operation.
The operation took place Monday (February 7) at Emory Hospital in Atlanta and both men are expected to make a full recovery.
While doctors aren't sure if Kevin will play baseball again, he has his health thanks to his coach.
"If [Jordan] makes it back to the playing field, that would be a great story. But I just want him to have a normal life and have the chance to be a normal college student," Walter said.
Kevin's father Keith, feels like a higher power led his son to Wake Forest and Walter.
"It's like divine intervention when you look at everything that happened and how we even got to Wake Forest," Jordan said. "And then to meet a coach like Coach Walter and look at some of the things he had been through and done, and then to now do this, you just can't express it in words."
Information from ESPN was used in this report
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Governor and 50 Cent ripped the Lopez Tonight stage by performing Gov's new hit "Here We Go Again."
Backed by George Lopez's in-house band Michael Bearden the Ese Vatos, the crowd got a much needed jolt of R&B/Soul/Rap 2011 style
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Locked in an ugly war of words with Gabriel Aubry, the father of her 2-year old daughter Nahla, Halle Berry is making it known that her daughter is black despite what anyone else may think.
Amid reports by TMZ that Gabriel, who is French Canadian, "goes nuts" anytime it's said his daughter is anything other than white, Berry gave Ebony Magazine an interview clarifying her beliefs.
"I feel like she's black, I'm black and I'm her mother, and I believe in the one-drop theory," Berry said,
The one-drop theory is a belief by some that anyone with African ancestry is black.
According to Pew Research, 1 out of 7 marriages in 2010 was either interracial or interethnic, citing these statistics:
*A record 14.6% of all new marriages in the United States in 2008 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another. This includes marriages between a Hispanic and non-Hispanic (Hispanics are an ethnic group, not a race) as well as marriages between spouses of different races -- be they white, black, Asian, American Indian or those who identify as being of multiple races or "some other" race
*Among all newlyweds in 2008, 9% of whites, 16% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 31% ofAsians married someone whose race or ethnicity was different from their own
Berry, whose mother is white says when her daughter is old enough she will have to make that decision for herself
"If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself, and I think that's often hard for us to do," she said.
Is the one-drop theory an outdated way to classify a race of people?
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32-year old Ohio gym teacher Stacy Schuler has been indicted on 16 felony counts of sexual battery involving male students, mostly involving Mason High School football players.
An anonymous tip got an investigation started that revealed Schuler had sex off campus with 5 male students on at least 5 occasions in 2010.
Schuler turned herself in last week, but is now free awaiting trial after posting bail. She must wear an electronic monitoring device, must stay away from those 18 and under, have no contact with alleged victims and can't consume drugs and alcohol.
"Overall, I think this is an embarrassment. Not only to Mason public education, but to the teaching profession in general." Dr. Kevin Bright, Superintendent of Mason City Schools told Fox19.
Parents are angry that the teacher was placed on paid administrative leave until she resigned on Tuesday. Some even called for the school Superintendent to be fired.
"Why was Schuler put on paid administrative leave?" said John Meyer. "Send a clear-cut message that you are fired. And Mr. Kevin Bright, you're ten times more dangerous than a molester. Because it's your policies that got us where we are, and it's your policies that cost our kids their innocence. You ought to get out of Mason!"
Kool G Rap is about to drop his 1st album of all new material in nearly 8 years.
If you don't know who KGR is, this is the perfect opportunity to get familiar.
Ask any rapper on any coast and this Queensbridge legend will most likely be in their top 10 DOA.
Peep this Alchemist produced banger featuring Havoc of Mobb Deep and also check out the behind the scenes shoot for KGR's forthcoming cd.
The album 'Riches, Royalty, Respect' drops April 19.
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This free EP is a prelude to G Raps 'Richest, Royalty and Respect' album.
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Fans can expect the best Drake has to offer on his next solo album because his attention won't be divided between different projects.
Back in October Drizzy released "I Get Lonely Too", which was supposed to be a prelude to an all R&B free mixtape titled 'It's Never Enough.'
The Toronto entertainer revealed on his blog that he's scrapping the mixtape to give %100 effort to his sophomore cd 'Take Care.'
I am truly enjoying my life right now. Its been so long since I have wrote anything on here because I feel like for a while I was trying to digest it all and save it for the music. But its finally set in that I am living my dreams and doing with all my closest friends from Toronto. I wake up and never know what to expect from any given day but good or bad I always learn something from it. I have decided that I am going to push "It's Never Enough" and focus completely on delivering Take Care to you all. I feel like my mind is truly ready to make this next album NOW and I don't want that feeling to escape me. My mother is doing well for all who have been asking. She went to her first swimming class the other day and won gold...not really but you know what I mean. OVO gang is all smiles and 40 is making some of the best music I have heard in my entire career. I am in the airport right now headed to LA to meet up with Boi 1da tonight. Its all feeling right. Its truly been a pleasure to speak again. Thank you for all your energy. Soon. Guidance.
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After being in the rap game nearly 20 years, Snoop Dogg has just about seen and done it all. From working with producers like Dr Dre, to helping beat makers like Scoop DeVille and Soopafly make a name for themselves.
In this interview with Taj Mahal, Snoop breaks down the proper etiquette when dealing with a star like himself if you're a new producer.
"I always give n*ggas a chance ... n*ggas that aint got no name. I love giving them a chance by rapping on they beats," Snoop said. "I'm just saying when I do that, don't rob me, rob the next n*gga. Cuz I'm the nigga you tell people, "yeah Snoop gave me $20,000 for the beat.' Nah I aint gave you shit, but you tell a n*gga I gave you $20,000, that's how you leverage the game."
Snoop also recalled how he brought Soopafly into the game with a song that was featured on the 'Murder Was The Case' soundtrack. It was at a time when Death Row Records was at it's peak and Suge Knight was maybe the most feared man in the music industry.
"This n*gga Slip Capone and CPO, Soopafly did a beat for them and they didn't like the beat - ended up being the song on the Murder Was The Case soundtrack, '9 in the morning feds at my door', Who Got Some Gangsta Sh*t," Snoop explained. "I took the beat, gave him 5G's, he had never made a beat for nobody, and I gave him his publishing. And I gave him his credit, I could have said produced by Snoop Dogg. I was on Death Row back then, that's what Suge Knight told me to tell him. He said, "Tell that n*gga you produced the beat, give him $500 and tell him to kick rocks. I said, 'nah I like the lil n*gga I think he might be good with our crew and look where he at."
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When Prince picks you out of the crowd to come on stage and dance with him ladies it's probably best to just go with the flow, as one of the Kardashian sisters found out last night (February 7).
During a crowd participation segment at his Madison Square Garden show, Prince plucked Kim Kardashian out of the crowd to show off her dance moves, but she was as stiff as an iceberg.
The Purple One had enough after a few seconds and sent her back to her seat. "Get off the stage!" he told her as he gave her a playful shove.
Kim tweeted that she simply froze up in the presence of R&B royalty.
"OMG Prince just pulled me up on stage!!! I'm shaking!!!! I was so nervous I froze when Prince touched me!!!!"
She says she redeemed herself later in the show when Prince gave her a second chance.
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