Young Money may be missing their general Lil Wayne while he serves his prison sentence, but they are still making concert appearances waving the YM flag.
Drake, Tyga, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Gudda Gudda, Lil Chuckee and company hit up the MTV Spring Break stage to perform a few of their biggest hits.
Check out their performance of "BedRock" off their album 'We Are Young Money'.
A bizarre round of sparring took place in the last day between rapper Joe Budden and Next of Amalgam Digital, Joe's record label.
Next took to his Twitter account to call Joey everything from a dead beat dad to a liar. The direct (private) messages below were sent to a third party, but like everything else in today's internet world didn't remain private for long. They made their way over to JoeBuddenTV.
Read what Next had to say below.
Joe responded to the accusations with the following statement:
"i’m wide awake so i’ll try my best 2 help some of u guys out while i’m bored….
first of all, 2 fully understand the dude, you’d have 2 know him, he’s a little off in the way he thinks, which i am also, but just 2 try & hint at what i’m talking about.. he believes he’s part of some illuminati shit & can control the president’s moves w/ 1 phone call (sounds wild, right ??)
i signed a 2 album deal after PR, 1 digital, 1 physical w/ a 140k advance all in… 80 2 be paid up front, 60 4 them to hold 2 pay producers, mixing, etc..
said contract was 2 pages… 1 being the actual contract, 1 being the sheet 2 sign….
SH signs 2 E1..
dude then calls E1 & my lawyer saying that i’m not legally allowed 2 do that album becuz i’m signed 2 him in an exclusive capacity & sends over a contract the size of a book with my signature, stating all types of crazy ass shit… they’re in charge of my merchandise, publishing, etc, & its a 3 album deal…
i claim i didn’t sign that bullshit & there will be no ER until this matter is cleared up…
he calls 2 beg 4 ER & in exchange will clear me 2 record the SH album while we clear everything up (only way this could be done considering bith ER & the SH album were way behind schedule becuz of all this)
he puts out ER on the same date as SH (seems small, but dude had already been threatening Royce & Joell’s managers w/ dropping a Budden project in close proximity 2 anything they do, which no1 wanted naturally)
E1 wants 2 re sign SH, but here comes Shady (E1 signed us 2 a 1 album deal which every1 in the industry called them fools 4 doing)
Next then goes & cuts some deal w/ Alan (E1), what that deal included no1 really knows 4 sure, but they got a shitload of $ under the promise they’d be able 2 deliver Budden product,( remember, E1 wants Budden desperately)..
so now a hard copy of ER comes out 2 every1’s surprise & is doing great generating A LOT of $ that i haven’t seen a dime of, along with PR HH & MM royalties…
i decide i’m not handing in GE (2 E1 who’s expecting it becuz thats what they paid Amalgam 4 basically) until Amalgam has absolutely nothing 2 do w/ Budden…
keep in mind, when i did try 2 hand GE 2 amalgam, i told them they needed 2 start paying these producers w/ that other 60 b4 we start losing records (this is back when we were trying to “clear” everything up).. they said hell no, i better pay them from the 80k i got, the 60 aint movin til the albums out….
i also offered 2 pay them, in full, 140k 2 remove themselves from any situation of mine, didn’t happen… E1 offered them 200k 2 do the same, i was told “dude is crazy, he’s coming back w/ astronomical #’s, he desperately wants 2 be a part of)….
so now E1 is supposedly trying to buy that contract from them, but E1 also wants to keep that exclusivity part in there 2 have some control over the SH/Shady deal…. Shady offered a buy out, they didn’t take it, Shady offered an over ride (which they’re negotiating now 2 my knowledge)….
bottomline… Amalgam forged a contract, probably cuz they knew their piece of shit company would fall immediately once i left, but thats me guessing, who really knows why… so that, along w/ E1 trying their best 2 keep SH, is holding things up a tad bit….
take what u will outta that, i tried my best 2 help clarify without disclosing everything….
& PS… if any of u have ever bought a car… Tahiry is leasing hers 4 $500 a month, which i put the down payment on (4K)… since when did u ever need 80k 2 even buy a car ?? *jordanshrug*
but yeah… dude is a real piece of sh*t."
Joe has released several albums on Amalgam. Most notably 'Mood Muzik 3' and 'Padded Room'. From the looks of it there won't be any more solo albums from Budden anytime soon.
TWITTER REPORT! You know sound something like that Missy Elliot remix intro. We all know Twitter has got the hip hop community in a frenzy and there is a lot going down on Twitter. You wanna know all the birdness going down on twitter. Jazzy got you covered so you already know what time it is. I'm GOIN IN!
Fabolous aka @MyFabolouslife aka #FABSTEETH whatever just ask @NickiMinaj about Fabs chip tooth! wait back to the point, Fabolous aka THE BEST TO EVER TWEET which is the throne he owns on Twitter sent out a tweet stating a girl rolled up on him in her whip with some dude and said, AYO Fab! You fell off on TWITTER! YUUUP! "TWITTER" is that serious folks. Fabolous sent a warning. "The Best to ever Tweet will be back as of Monday 3.22.10" and was that yesterday ok we will see if @MyFabolouLife is back and GOIN IN. He also decided to go in on a few twitter fronters for jacking his TT(Trending Topics). I could tell the whole story but I got my own twitter birdness going on @itsJazzyFBaby so check out the full TWITTER REPORT BELOW! I just hope Fab don't start *#twittersnitchin* and getting people locked up again. Everyone was in a frenzy! I think that was the same day #FABSTEETH became a trending topic like Lil Mama number sign.
The trending topic is #ListenBitch and once again the trending topics has started some mess. Soulja Boy sent out the tweet add Chris Brown @ChrisBrown and Bow Wow @BowWow followers up and they still don't add up to mine *SHOTS*. Bow Wow replies lets add bank accounts up and then Soulja Boy hit him with a low blow. Soulja Boy tweets lets add up the first week sales of our new albums*#SHOTS*. Chris replies with a snappy come back about how much his show performance is worth and typical Bow Wow does as he did when Fabolous made him a trending topic like Lil Mama number sign he deleted his tweets #C'monSon!
Fabolous your Mixtape TINC2 might be blazing hot in the streets and Soulja Boy and Bow Wow the two of you do your thing on those albums but for right now here are your TWITTER REPORTS! Your favorite celeb is no different from you and I.
(CBS) When a marriage breaks up, there sometimes can be a third party. But being the "other man" or "other woman" can cost you: In seven states, you can sue the woman or man you believe broke up your marriage. And recently, this centuries' old law helped one North Carolina woman win big -- $9 million big.
Under a law called "alienation of affection" Cynthia Shackelford, 60, of Raleigh, sued Anne Lundquist, 49, of Aurora, N.Y., charging that she broke up her marriage.
"Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez reported the concept dates back to common law, when a wife was considered property that could be stolen.
Some attorneys find the law archaic.
Tina Schuchman, a family law attorney, told CBS News, "It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. And the trend is more and more toward shutting it down."
But in Cynthia Shackelford's case, the law was upheld in a big way. She won $5 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages.
However, Allan Shackelford claims his marriage didn't fail because of Lundquist.
In a online post to his local newspaper, he said his wife "... wanted to divorce him at least two years before he began a relationship with Anne Lundquist. (The) marriage did not break-up because of Anne Lundquist."
But on "The Early Show," Cynthia Shackelford said she didn't say she was going to divorce him at all. At that time, Cynthia Shackleford said, she and her husband were working on improvements to their home, so their children could come over after they got married with their children.
"I had no idea that there was divorce in the future," she said. "... It was all news to me."
Cynthia Shackelford added that she didn't believe her husband was cheating.
"I didn't believe it because I trusted him," she said. "And he had told me that they were just friends. And any time any affair was mentioned it was alleged. So I just kept on and on, and just saw the path of our marriage was not doing well. And it seemed like she was always calling our house and he was always taking her home and one thing led to another."
But why sue the other woman? Rodriguez pointed out that she wasn't the one who made marriage vows.
Cynthia Shackelford responded, "But she's the one that came in between us as far as her luring ways, and which I had plenty of proof from e-mails, phone records, spending, that she alienated him from me. She used work and other ways to get in and get friendly with him, and it's like those Lifetime movies or whatever that you see that she just worked her way."
Rodriguez noted that Lundquist has said she doesn't have $9 million to pay Cynthia Shackelford.
"I'm not in it for the money, but I wouldn't believe anything she had to say anyway," Cynthia Shackelford said, adding, "But I'm just trying to send a message to other people that are like Anne (Lundquist), that if they're looking at somebody else's husband -- that's still living at home, that's still sleeping in the marital bed and comes to parties and introduces his wife at his better half -- to leave him alone and not go after him."
Lundquist is appealing the $9 million decision. But Cynthia Shackelford's lawyer Will Jordan said he believes the decision will stand.
As for the marriage law referenced in this case, Lundquist likened it to laws against people who tamper with contracts.
"Perhaps if one network tried to lure you to another against your contract, there would be a suit for interference with contract rights," he explained. "And 'alienation of affection' is very similar to that."
Amy Winehouse is backing a new campaign that's encouraging women to take better care of their genitals.
The makers of a new feminine hygiene product called the Mooncup have launched a survey of women around the world, in a bid to break the taboo surrounding the intimate area.
To promote their product, Mooncup bosses are asking ladies to log onto loveyourvagina.com and reveal the nicknames they use for their vaginas.
And Winehouse is leading the way - the Jewish star reveals, "I call it my little VaJew-Jew."
Whether she's just eccentric or just downright insane, Lady Gaga has found a way to keep attention focused on her.
With outlandish costumes and over the top concert performances the leader of the "little monsters" continues to push the envelope.
On Sunday (March 21) she tweeted a pic of the latest piece for her jewelry collection, a new gold grill.
"RUSSIAN ROSE GOLD VAMPIRE GRILLZ early birthday present from the haus, gravediggaz! i've been begging for these."
In addition to that, she's also hired a new spiritual advisor according to the Cleveland Leader who is helping her find herself.
"When I am lost or need guidance I ask 'what is my destiny?' He always says, 'it is your destiny to live and die serving your fans. They are your purpose in the world'. So that's how I live my life."
Protesters outraged at an upcoming concert by R&B singer Akon hurled stones at a Sri Lankan private broadcaster's headquarters Monday, injuring four workers and damaging the building.
Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said several protesters against the Akon concert were taken into custody after throwing rocks at the headquarters of the Majaraja Organization, the broadcaster sponsoring the concert scheduled for April in Colombo.
About 200 people suddenly gathered outside the office in the capital Colombo and threw stones at the building, said Chevan Daniel, head of news at Maharaja broadcasting.
Four workers suffered injuries that were not serious, he said. The stones shattered some of the office's windows and damaged several vehicles parked outside the building.
Placards left at the scene read, "Stop Akon's show."
Some Sri Lankans accuse Akon of desecrating an image of Buddha in a music video. The video "Sexy Chick" features scantily clad women dancing at a pool party with a Buddha statue visible in the background. Sri Lanka's ethnic majority Sinhalese are mainly Buddhists.
Maharaja Organization has three television and four radio channels and they have come under attack in the past, too.
Last year, a group of armed men attacked its studio and transmission compound, tossing hand grenades and spraying the building with gunfire. There was no clear motive for that attack.
The days of when the west coast dominated radio airwaves and the Billboard charts disappeared a long time ago. The days of unity, where established artists helped the newcomers break onto the scene, seem like a distant past.
Today, aside from a handful of already established artists, the sea of untapped talent are on a constant grind, waiting for their shot to become the next artist to break into the mainstream.
Those OG co-signs have become less and less over the years, and new artists are left with a large task and steep hill to climb.
While Ice Cube recenlty said it wasn't his responsibility to help local Los Angeles rappers, one veteran feels it's one of the keys needed to bringing a vibrant music scene back to the city.
His name is Xzibit.
"I feel like if more of us held down more of our own, it would generate and circulate throughout the whole coast. We'd have a vibrant f***in' scene here," X told BallerStatus in a recent interview, adding that he, himself, got the co-sign of an OG to get on. "How did I get on? What happens if King Tee wouldn't have come through and been like 'Hey man, not only can you drink 40s, you can rap' (laughs). King Tee came through and gave me a shot, and Tha Alkaholiks a shot. It's gotta start somewhere."
During Xzibit's show and prove days, there were showcase events around the Los Angeles area, namely Unity and the Good Life. These shows not only bred guys like X, but also helped launch the careers of other acts such as the Black Eyed Peas, the Hieroglyphics crew, and even Slaughterhouse's Crooked I.
The "Pimp My Ride" host says that if artists could somehow interact and help each other more, the west could have a shot again. X isn't just talking about what could be done either, he's practicing what he preaches.
If you've paid attention to some of the new music he's released as of late, you'll notice collaborations with newcomers like Young De, who X recently formed a group with alongside B-Real. Most recently, he enlisted the skills of young producer Scoop Deville for his brand new single "Hurt Locker", which he couldn't be happier about.
"It gotta start somewhere," Xzibit says. "I think f***in' with these dudes, they gonna be representatives of where we at. Some them the ropes before somebody else takes some more sh** from us."
While the west may have a long way to go to regain the stature it once had, X is taking a step in the right direction.
Make sure to follow Xzibit on Twitter @MrXtothaZ, and watch out for his upcoming solo album MMX, due later this year.
With his mixtape (The First Flight) and countless other singles/remixes (Star Is Born, Point to Prove, Set Me Free) being recognized by fans, yet overlooked by major media outlets, it took the release of his remix to Drake's, "Over" (Just The Beginning), that eventually got Daniel "Diggy" Simmons love shown by said outlets for being "the first" to drop something over the newly then released track. Although people were receptive of his remake of the new single, Diggy still had more hearts and ears to capture and win over, with the goal of letting everyone know that him creating music was not a hobby but a passion and it was something he is great at.
Going back into the studio, the young fashion icon spit a crazy sixteen over Nas' "Made You Look", and unleashed "Flow Stoopid". Linking up with PhilTheGod to create a visual along with the track, Flow Stoopid, was the hit that finally got Diggy more love then anticipated. With cosigns by Lupe Fiasco and Swizz Beatz via twitter and blog postings by Kanye West and Common, Diggy EARNED his buzz that has major companies, labels and the internet wanting to get familiar with him.
Last week the buzz generated rumors that Atlantic Records signed Diggy Simmons, a small statement of denial was released due to at that time it not being true but as of Monday, March 22, 2010, the day after Diggy's 15th birthday, the deal has been sealed; Atlantic Records has signed Daniel "Diggy" Simmons!!
"For all of those who have supported the project thus far, you are MUCH appreciated as this has been a FUN and VERY successful journey. It really does not stop with getting signed, more GREAT news to come SOON!"
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Now of course Usher would drop "Lil Freak" as the next single for his upcoming album because it features Young Money first lady Nicki Minaj. This looks a little like love is this club video but more interesting since Nicki Minaj is playing her other half, a chick that likes chicks. You will see here young Nicki is working her magic on bagging a chick and she is def being a "Lil Freak". I guess her and Usher are walking around the club being freaks trying to bag chicks. Check out the preview to the official video. I guess Usher will have a successful album this time around.
Radric Davis aka Gucci Mane was to hit mainstream rap hard last year but that became a distant memory when he was incarcerated. We have yet to get a statement from Gucci since he got locked up but for the first time in a recent interview with the Associated Press Gucci Mane speaks from jail. Gucci Mane talk about how he has been adjusting to jail. He celebrated his 30th birthday in Febuary and his album "The State vs. Radric Davis" hitting the number #1 spot on the rap charts all while being locked up late last year for parole violation. Gucci spoke on his future plans and where his career is going later this year. Gucci will be releaseing two albums, "The State vs. Radric Davis: The Appeal" and then "The State vs. Radric Davis: The Verdict" and a mixtape with DJ Drama later this year. Check out Gucci Mane's interview below.The Associated Press: You were featured on Carey's "Obsessed" and had the hit "Break Up" with Mario and Sean Garrett, as well as the single "Spotlight" featuring Usher. How did it feel to finally breakthrough?Gucci Mane: It felt good to finally be noticed and get some kind of acclaim. This is by far the most praise I've ever gotten. It feels like all my hard work is getting recognized. It makes me work even harder.AP: How did it feel to have your album top the charts while in jail?Gucci Mane: Excited. I still had a release party, though I wasn't there. But the day after was the toughest because I just wanted to get out there to see my fans. ... Getting on stage, it's nothing like it.AP: Gucci, you've been to jail on a few other occasions. How can you avoid being sent back again?Gucci Mane: Before I make an action, think about the consequences. ... Any decision I make is a heavy decision. I got a lot of people who depend on me. Everything I do has so much weight on it.AP: How do the other inmates treat you in jail?Gucci Mane: It's a great response. ... So I try to take a couple of these young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.AP: Rappers who have been jailed in the past like Tupac has said it was difficult to jot down lyrics while in prison. How has writing songs been for you?Gucci Mane: Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs. This time, I have a peace within me. I've been so excited to get out. I've written about 50 to 60 songs.AP: How much has your jail time been a setback on your career, which was at the peak?Gucci Mane: With money and selling CDs, I can always do that. I believe I can make all the money I've missed the last six months. But I can't regain the time with fans and family.FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @ITSTHESOCIETYRead more…
Radric Davis aka Gucci Mane was to hit mainstream rap hard last year but that became a distant memory when he was incarcerated. We have yet to get a statement from Gucci since he got locked up but for the first time in a recent interview with the Associated Press Gucci Mane speaks from jail. Gucci Mane talk about how he has been adjusting to jail. He celebrated his 30th birthday in Febuary and his album "The State vs. Radric Davis" hitting the number #1 spot on the rap charts all while being locked up late last year for parole violation. Gucci spoke on his future plans and where his career is going later this year. Gucci will be releaseing two albums, "The State vs. Radric Davis: The Appeal" and then "The State vs. Radric Davis: The Verdict" and a mixtape with DJ Drama later this year. Check out Gucci Mane's interview below.The Associated Press: You were featured on Carey's "Obsessed" and had the hit "Break Up" with Mario and Sean Garrett, as well as the single "Spotlight" featuring Usher. How did it feel to finally breakthrough?Gucci Mane: It felt good to finally be noticed and get some kind of acclaim. This is by far the most praise I've ever gotten. It feels like all my hard work is getting recognized. It makes me work even harder.AP: How did it feel to have your album top the charts while in jail?Gucci Mane: Excited. I still had a release party, though I wasn't there. But the day after was the toughest because I just wanted to get out there to see my fans. ... Getting on stage, it's nothing like it.AP: Gucci, you've been to jail on a few other occasions. How can you avoid being sent back again?Gucci Mane: Before I make an action, think about the consequences. ... Any decision I make is a heavy decision. I got a lot of people who depend on me. Everything I do has so much weight on it.AP: How do the other inmates treat you in jail?Gucci Mane: It's a great response. ... So I try to take a couple of these young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.AP: Rappers who have been jailed in the past like Tupac has said it was difficult to jot down lyrics while in prison. How has writing songs been for you?Gucci Mane: Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs. This time, I have a peace within me. I've been so excited to get out. I've written about 50 to 60 songs.AP: How much has your jail time been a setback on your career, which was at the peak?Gucci Mane: With money and selling CDs, I can always do that. I believe I can make all the money I've missed the last six months. But I can't regain the time with fans and family.
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