Here is another leak from Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album that will be available April 3rd.
Young Jeezy. Nas and Drake assist one what is surely one of the highlights from the disc.
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Nas is opening up about American concert promoter Patrick Allocco and his 22-year old son. As we preciously reported, both Alloco's were kidnapped by a concert promoter in Angola when Nas didn't show up for a concert on New Years Eve.
"Basically he was a promoter that I never worked with, and he wanted me to come to Africa for New Year's, which, for me, I thought, would be the best way to spend New Year's. ... The business wasn't handled. There was nothing sent to me, and there were no flights," Nas told MTV's RapFix Live. "By the time he did send money — he did eventually send money to me — but it was too late to go. I didn't even have a visa to get in the country. So that's canceled, the show's canceled."
The father and son were allowed to stay in a hotel, but had their passports taken so they couldn't travel until local promoter Henrique "Riquhino" Miguel was paid the money he advanced to Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai.
Miguel had his bodyguards kidnap the Allocos when he realized neither Nas or Jai weren't coming. The American Embassy had them placed in the hotel. Alloco and his son did make it home safely eventually after Nas repaid the $300,000 he had received. Alloco is still considering a lawsuit against Nas after having to spend 49 days trapped in Angolo.
Patrick Allocco and his son, also named Patrick
"Nothing could be further from the truth," Allocco said of Nas' version of the story. "Nas put us in harm's way by not showing up and put my son and I at physical harm and at risk by his inaction to fly to Angola."
Nas thinks Alloco is simply using him as a scapegoat.
"He was in some crazy danger In Africa," Nas said. "So he threw me under the bus."
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T.I. is working his F*ck Da City Up mixtape like it's an album. It's been a great way to keep his name out there in addition to his many features.
Peep the clip for "Hot Wheels."
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Drake decided to entertain BBC Radio 1xtra host Tim Westwood during a recent chat by doing an impersonation of Lil Wayne.
How do you think Drizzy did?
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I-20 teams up with Twista and Ludacris for the first release off of his upcoming project Celebrity Rehab Pt. 2.
Shouts to 2DBZ on the premiere
50 Cent just announced he will be dropping his first ever Gangsta Grillz mixtape. Not sure of the release date yet, but this is great news.
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New heat from Jay Rock produced The Futurisiks
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, financially bedridden by the shaky stewardship of Frank McCourt, leaped out of their hospital bed Tuesday night, and are doing cartwheels out the front door today.
The Dodgers finally are on the verge of a new owner. A magical owner. A man who can instantly restore the credibility bridge that had been torched between a proud franchise and its fans.
A group led by former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson -- along with MLB and NBA executive Stan Kasten, and Peter Guber, head of Mandalay Entertainment, and financed by Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners (a Chicago-based financial services firm) -- agreed to buy the Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt for $2.15 billion, a deal that includes the Chavez Ravine parking lots.
The deal came swiftly after MLB approved the three finalists Tuesday, and if the cash deal is approved by the judge overseeing the Dodgers' bankruptcy, the price will easily be the most ever paid for a professional sports team. The record is the $1.4 billion purchase price for the Manchester United soccer team, and the most paid for a North American sports franchise was $1.15 billion in 2009 for the Miami Dolphins. It was just four years ago when the Chicago Cubs was the most paid for a baseball franchise at $845 million.
No wonder MLB executives are holding their breath and hoping there are no poison pills in the deal; once it goes through, everybody's franchise value just went soaring.
The only guy happier than McCourt, who paid $430 million for his team in 2004, was Mets owner Fred Wilpon. His troubled franchise is now worth a whole lot more than a day ago.
Now, with New York hedge fund king Steve Cohen losing out in his bid along with St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, Cohen could step in and offer a deal that Wilpon can't resist.
And perhaps no one is kicking themselves more than Jamie McCourt, who must be paid $131 million by April 30 in the divorce with her ex-husband. If she knew that her ex would get this kind of money for the Dodgers, she sure would have asked for a whole lot more dough.
The Johnson-Kasten group must now close the deal by April 30, explain why McCourt still will have a say in their joint venture on the parking lots on non-game days, and perhaps divulge whether Fox TV or Time Warner has agreed to have an investment stake in exchange for local broadcast rights.
Cohen had the top bid just a week ago at $1.6 billion, which included the parking lots, and suddenly, his offer was blown away by a staggering bid, one which had top MLB officials scratching their heads.
In the meantime, the Dodgers are celebrating, with their biggest star, Matt Kemp, tweeting: "Good day 4 the @dodgers! The great @magicjohnson is the new owner!! Let's start a dynasty baby!!''
Well, let's start paying a few bills first, pour in $250 million to $300 million to upgrade the decaying 50-year stadium, and then worry about jacking up their payroll.
It's too late for the new ownership group, with Kasten becoming president of the team, to do anything about this year's roster. The free agents are gone. The team is set. And their biggest impact will be made at the trade deadline where they likely would be able to afford anyone, particularly with a monstrous TV deal coming their way.
This, after all, is what the deal is all about.
Magic and Kasten and their financial group don't buy this team if the Dodgers still are locked into an outdated TV contract. If the Lakers are worth $4 billion to Time Warner, what in the world could the Dodgers bring with twice as many games?
Yet, before Dodger fans envision George Steinbrenner in their heads, buying every free agent in their land, this group likely will be financially responsible. Check out Kasten's record. He used to be president of the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. They never spent wildly on a free agent under his watch.
And Magic didn't become a rich man because of his basketball skills. He's wealthy because of his business sense. And you don't lend your name, a few bucks and most important your reputation, if you don't plan on turning a profit.
Let's put it this way, Magic didn't jump into this business venture because of his love for the Dodgers. It's not like he's spotted at Dodger Stadium as often as, say, Kemp might be spotted courtside at Staples Center.
Yet, it's his name that has Dodger fans rejoicing in LA today, and the Dodger players lining up to at least get a few autographs.
The Dodger front office is excited for the stability, but understandably, wary. They have no ties to Kasten. Kasten has no ties to them. General manager Ned Colletti and his front office, along with general manager Don Mattingly have one year to prove themselves.
That's not a bad thing because this is a talented team that suddenly has no excuses. The Dodgers have drawn rave reviews from scouts all spring, and should be a contender in the NL West. If they fall short, and aren't in the race in September, heads could roll, with Colletti in the final year of his contact, anyways.
Kasten will be calling the shots, not Magic. He was president of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks in the NBA and even the NHL Atlanta Thrashers. He was the one who hired Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz, and turned a downtrodden Braves' franchise into a dynasty, winning 14 consecutive division titles. He resigned from his three president jobs in 2003, became the Nationals' president in 2006, and resigned again after the 2010 season searching for the ideal opportunity.
Kasten found it.
He will focus on player development, not free agency. He will stress continuity, not splashy headlines. And he will demand perfection.
Money will not be a problem, but the ownership group certainly won't use it to magically cure their woes.
First, it's time to restore the team's legacy, reconnecting with their abused fans, and resurrecting the franchise's legacy.
This is a start, and for $2 billion, a new chapter is beginning in Los Angeles.
The turmoil is finally over.
Finally, the Dodgers can focus on baseball again.
Source: USA Today
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We've seen Street King energize the likes of Mike Tyson and Deepak Chopra already, next up is Joan Rivers. In the latest commercial for the energy drink, 50 wanted people get a comedic view of what happens when you take a rich character who hits the gym often wearing "athletic-inspired diva wear," but has no energy and give her a sip of Street King.
"It's exciting, it has a lot of humor to it. It has an interesting concept. Me and my partner came up with it," 50 told Access Hollywood. "It has a lot of different layers to it, for something that has to happen in 30 seconds. Joan is a big part of it. She has a great sense of humor so she's able to do it different ways than what was initially written."
Rivers gave herself the nickname "34 Cents" while on the set of the commercial she told AH. She also talked about the idea behind the shoot which went down Tuesday at Planet Fitness in Harlem.
“The premise of the commercial is I have no energy, I drink the drink, and I’m ready for fun,” explained Rivers.
Check out the footage below.
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Ryan Leslie will be releasing his highly anticipated visual album Les Is More on June 5th. The super producer/singer/rapper revealed the information while talking to a fan on Twitter Monday.
According to HipHop-N-More, guests on the album include 50 Cent, Young Jeezy, Kanye West and Pusha T.
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2 Chainz and Meek Mill "Stunt" in Tity Boi's latest video.
The G Fresh produced track is off of his T.R.U. REALigion mixtape.
Directed by Alex Nazari
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They say timing is everything and in the case of Mystikal and G-Unit that is very true. In an interview with AllHipHop, Mystikal reveals that had he gotten out of prison on parole sooner than he did, he would have been wearing a G-Unit cap instead of Cash Money's.
"Before I was released I was talking to lawyers back then. I had the opportunity to get on G-Unit South back then," Mystikal said. "I was excited about that opportunity. I was going up for parole. Had I got out I would have been G-Unit like a motherf*cker."
Do you think Mystikal would have been a good fit for the Unit?
Spotted at HHNM
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Papoose stopped by Tony Touch's Shade 45 show recently to bless him with a freestyle for "Toca Tuesdays."
Check it out below.
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2 Chainz is getting ready to drop another music video from his T.R.U. REALigion mixtape.
"Riot" was produced by DJ Spinz
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Here is the official covert art for T.I.'s new single for his first album since being released from prison, Trouble Man.
"Love This Life" is produced by 1500 Or Nothin and will be released on April 2nd.
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Elle Varner is one of r&b's hottest new voices. "Refill" is her latest single from her upcoming debut album Perfectly Imperfect, which will be released later this year.
Check it out below.
Yelawolf is on the mend from a ruptured spleen. The injury was major enough that the Alabama rapper says he lost 1/3 of his blood inside his body and was in ICU for two days.
Now that he's on the mend he wanted to say thanks to his fans for the well wishes and support.
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In what seems like just a couple of months Azealia Banks has gone from a name many hip hop fans didn't recognize to one that people can't stop mentioning. A public beef with Iggy Azalea, a hit song with "212" and a tendency to say whatever is on her mind will do that for a person if they can pull it off. By all accounts, Azealia can hold her own.
GQ caught up with Azealia for an interview and photo shoot. Check that out below.
Azealia Banks broke through with the indelible black-andwhite video for her goofily raunchy song "212," in which she spits merciless rhymes out of the juiciest lips since Angelina Jolie's. The clip, shot cheaply and on the fly, went viral (4 million hits and counting), earning her a record deal with Interscope, a top-ten spot on Pitchfork's best songs of 2011, and a laundry list of boldfaced fans, including Kanye West, Gwyneth Paltrow, Karl Lagerfeld (who hired her for a party at his home), and Lady Gaga's style guru, Nicola Formichetti, who will direct Banks's next video.
The Harlem-born 20-year-old seems almost aggressively unastonished by the attention. "I definitely have more money and sh*t," she admits, "but that's all virtual stuff. I've been making music for a while. And I could read about myself on the Internet for a while." And meeting the likes of Kanye? "It's cool, but they're just people. The skies don't part and glow orange." As Banks begins recording her first album, is she listening to anyone for inspiration? "Everyone," she says, but mostly "Azealia Banks."
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