Blogs

Jay-Z is taking his 40/40 Club international and according to The Sun, London will get the first one in Britain.

Hov is reportedly going into business with U.K. soccer play Ashley Cole to build the "ultra-posh" hot spot.

Ashley Cole

The restaurant plans to give back to the community by hiring unemployed young people and giving some of it's profit to charity.

This is the latest business move by Jigga as he expands the 40/40 brand that started with a location in Manhattan and spread to Atlantic City, N.J. There are plans in 2011 to open new establishments in Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta as well as two previously announced international locations in Tokyo and Macau. The London spot will open in 2012.

Hov has also teamed with Delaware North Companies, to bring 40/40 Clubs to select airports across the United States.

Audio After The Jump

50 Cent called in Shade 45 yesterday (July 2) to talk with DJ Whoo Kid and no subjects were off limits.

50 chopped it up about the recent leak of Amber Rose's nude pics. rumors he was going to bail Max B out of jail. Mobb Deep,his new single 'Outlaw,' his relationaship with Dr. Dre and more.

Video After The Jump

Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be getting ready to face Victor Ortiz in September, but Manny Pacquiao's name continues to be brought up.

Once again, the subject of performance enhancing drugs were a topic during a recent press conference. While Mayweather isn't accusing Pacquiao of using PEDs, he did say that Sugar Shane Mosley advised him that he should make the Filipino fighter take a steroid test.

Pacquiao easily won a 12 round decision over Mosely when the two fought in May. Right after the match Mosely said he had never been hit harder in 54 professional fights. He later hinted later via twitter that he believed a story that had come to light, regarding a former Pacquiao sparring partner, who claimed he used to inject Pac Man with steroids.

"Shane Mosely said 'if I were you I'd make him take the test,' Floyd told FightHub. "Basically saying before he went into that fight, he should have made him take the test."

It is fair to point out that Mosely himself was involved in a steroid scandal of his own. In 2003 he was linked to Balco Labs. The company that manufactured tetrahydrogestrinone ("the Clear"), a then-undetectable, performance-enhancing steroid.

Mosely has denied knowingly taking steroids.

Video After The Jump

Washington D.C. rap sensation Boobe unveils his blazing music video Cadillacs, which was directed by the famous Chris Broadway Romero, known for his blockbuster work for 50 Cent's I Get Money, Lloyd Banks smash hit Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley, and Boobes debut video My Way.

"Im really into cars and decided to display my affection for my classic Cadillac collection. My Coupe DeVille and Fleetwood are street legends," explained the CEO of Oy Boyz Recordz.

Check out Boobe's previous interview with ThisIs50 here.

@onewayboobe  @broadwayallday

Video After The Jump

Trae Tha Truth might be the hardest working man in the game right now. After dropping two well received mixtapes earlier this year, Trae is set to release his new album 'Street King' July 12.

At his June 28 album release concert at the House of Blues in Houston. Trae brought out a top notch line up of some of his recent collaborators.

Lupe Fiasco, Waka Flocka and Jadakiss all performed at the show.

Peep the footage below.

After recently revealing his switch to Warner Bros. Records, Common drops the first single from his upcoming album 'The Dreamer, The Believer,'

Audio After The Jump

Big Boy's Neighborhood caught up with the kid 50 Cent a few days to talk about what the G-Unit General has been up, to,his relationships with Dr Dre and Eminem and whether or not he thinks Nicki Minaj's ass is real.

How is your relationship with Eminem?
It's always good. You know when you get older you don't expect someone to come into your life on a level that you know has good intentions for you. He made so much money selling records that he don't really have interest in a lot of the other stuff... So for me, they'll be asking me questions...about the deals I do away from music. For Dre, the big thing was the 'Beats,' the headset.

You weren't a part of 'Beats By Dre.' And you went and did your own headphones. Is there a situation where you feel like you should have been a part of that?
If you know that I'm the guy in the system that's capable of moving the needle -- there's nobody else in the Interscope system that sold vitamin water. I'm the last guy. They even did Diddy Beats before they come around. And then when I actually set ut my own company, they say 'oh he's going to be a complete competitor.'

How's your relationship with Dr Dre?
I love Dre...What's ill is no matter how I look at my success, my career in music -- anything that I've done. Without success in music I wouldn't have been able to be involved with companies on the marketing level or have the finances to allow myself o buy my way into those deals. So without 'In Da Club' and Dre's guidance on the first record...none of those other things would've happened. That's the biggest record of my career still!

Dre can be difficult at times, and not intentionally. He can be on his own and in his world. Like when Snoop says something that's out of frustration for him not being able to have what he would consider regular communications with somebody. Because Dre's set up is special. Then Em's world is a whole other world separate from that. And Jimmy [Iovine] will be like 'you're the guy that's gotta keep this functional, between the two of them.' So at different points you're compromising what you would do. Like 'where is my world if I'm fitting into Dre's world and fitting into Em's world?'

Nicki Minaj ass, real or fake?
I Don't know, at this point does it matter?

Sean Kingston is still recovering from injuries suffered in a jet ski accident in May, but he is feeling well enough to already be thinking about returning to music according to TMZ.

The singer still has several weeks of physical therapy to complete before he can start recording again. According to friends TMZ spoke with, Sean is said to be adamant that he won't return until he's 100% healthy. But he has already come back a long way from the the accident that left him in the hospital for three weeks in Miami.

Sean suffered a fractured jaw, water in his lungs and a fractured wrist when his watercraft hit a bridge on May 29.

Video And Pics After The Jump

Jennifer Love Hewitt stole the show on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premier of the movie 'Horrible Bosses' on Thursday (June 28).

The 32-year old actress showed up in a body hugging burgundy bandage dress by Herve Leger. 

Fellas, check out the video and photos below and let us know if you think she's still got it.

Cappadonna - Milk The Cow (Directed By Doggie DIamonds)

Michael Vick is climbing his way back to the top both on and off the field. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback just re-signed a new endorsement deal with Nike.

CNBC reports that they believe it is the first time in the history of sports marketing, that a brand that dumped an athlete came back to sign him.

Nike suspended it's original contract with the player on July, 27 2007, after he was found to have been involved in an illegal dog fighting ring.

"Michael acknowledges his past mistakes," Nike said in a statement. "We do not condone those actions, but we support the positive changes he has made to better himself off the field."

Vick is proving that you can make a mistake in life and bounce back from it.

Video after The Jump

Producer Jim Jonsin has been behind the boards on a lot of hit records in recent years. He's produced chart topping songs for everyone from Lil Wayne to Usher.

It's safe to say that Jonsin has an ear for radio friendly tracks.

He recently talked with MTV about producing "Space Bound" for Eminem, his interpretation of the song and why he was surprised that Em picked it as a single

"Me and Steve McEwan actually wrote the song, we actually did it here in New York on guitar — it was just a guitar vocal on an iPhone," Jonsin said. "We took the idea later in Miami, like three months after, and produced the track, and we sent it out to Eminem to see what he thought about it. He loved it. So he interpreted it his own way. The chorus was based off of a chase, a guy who's chasing after a woman that he's crazy about. He loves her; she's everything to him. I'm a rocket ship aiming at her heart, her heart's the moon — I'm going full-on," he explained. "I didn't really believe that it would end up on Eminem's album, let alone be a single."

Houston rapper Scarface has been behind bars since October 2010 for several cases of failure to pay child support. Judging from the most recent news out of H-Town, he might be there quite a while longer.

XXL is reporting that Uncle Face is being held for two active child support warrants totaling $123,372. In addition, he also faces two other child support charges as well as charges from the federal government.

Scarface came to prominence as a member of the Geto Boys in 1991, along with Bushwick Bill and Willie D, when they released the single "Mind Playing Tricks On Me." Since then he has dropped 11 solo records, had classic guest appearances and is widely considered to be one of the best rappers ever.

We wish Scarface the best and hopefully this situation gets worked out sooner than later.

Fans hoping to grab a copy of Jay-Z and Kanye West's album 'Watch The Throne' on the 4th of July are going to be disappointed, because it's not going to be released just yet.

Rumors had run rampant that despite no real promo, the album would a digital only release on the holiday. But Jay-Z's management team told VH1 "it's not happening" when asked about the possibility.

The album is still scheduled to drop this year.

Video After The Jump

As we previously reported Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun's album release party for 'Monumental' was interrupted by mace spraying, billy club wielding members of the NYPD.

By all accounts the party being held at Tammany Hall in Mahattatan was a peaceful event, until a few people outside of the venue started trouble when they were denied entrance. Once police arrived they overreacted and a riot ensued.

Police stormed the club and cleared everyone out, including the artists.

The Urban Daily caught up with Pete Rock and General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun to get their take on what went down.

Video After The Jump

Two of America's favorite pastimes, football and basketball, are involved in messy labor negotiations that are threatening their upcoming seasons.

Both the NFL and the NBA have locked out their players. The NFL did so several months ago, while the NBA shut it's doors at midnight this morning.

During the lockouts teams can have no contact with players. Meaning injured players can't work out at team facilities or consult team doctors. There will also be no free agency or trades.

NFL owners have made significant strides in their negotiations with the players over the past month. Leading many to believe their season has a chance to start on time.

The same can't be said about the NBA, where the players and owners are so far apart in negotiations there might not be a 2011 season at all.

"We had a great year in terms of the appreciation of our fans for our game. It just wasn't a profitable one for the owners, and it wasn't one that many of the smaller market teams particularly enjoyed or felt included in," NBA commissioner David Stern said according to ESPN. "The goal here has been to make the league profitable and to have a league where all 30 teams can compete."

"The problem is that there's such a gap in terms of the numbers, where they are and where we are, and we just can't find any way to bridge that gap," Executive Director of the NBA Billy Hunter said.

What are your thoughts on the NBA and NFL lockouts in general?

We now know who one of the featured artist on 50 Cent's upcoming album will be.

Fif let his 4.7 million twitter followers know last night that the he is in the lab with Eminem knocking out new bangers.

50 also said that he will be releasing another new song soon.

"I'm a drop something new soon outlaw is popping. I'm a see what's up," he tweeted. "I'm so in pocket right now. When yal here this record yal remember the suckers that was hating lol."