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Below is the first song off of DJ Diggz' new project Cut From A Different Cloth.
CD will be hosted by A-Mafia.....Dropping soon!
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This girl is just mad talented.
She uses three iphones to recreate Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" from the drum track to the chords.
To top that off she sang it and nailed it 100%.
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Mark Sanchez is enjoying the perks that being the quarterback of the New York Jets brings.
He was was spotted leaving a 'Saturday Night Live' after party with a parade of women.
Six total managed to squeeze into the back of his Lexus sedan where he was also sitting.
I wonder if he had Juelz Santana's "Back To The Crib" playing when his ride pulled off.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Colombian pop star Shakira met child survivors of Haiti's earthquake on Sunday as her charity prepared to build a school in the disaster-stricken Caribbean country.
The singer, who has already joined Hollywood actors and other global celebrities to raise funds for the victims of the January 12 earthquake, flew into the wrecked Haitian capital Port-au-Prince aboard a private jet.
At the planned site of her Barefoot Haiti school, she met about a hundred children, some of whom danced to her songs. She then toured a camp housing nearly 50,000 people on a golf course. There, she met U.S. actor Sean Penn, whose own charity is also helping victims.
"We've come to make all the preparations to be able to start the building of a Barefoot school here in Haiti," Shakira told Reuters in a brief interview.
She explained that the school would be modeled on similar establishments created by her Pies Descalzos (Barefoot) Foundation, a charity that provides education, nutrition and psychological support to over six thousand Colombian children displaced by violence.
"We think we can employ what we've learned (in Colombia) here, apply it in this country which needs it so much at the moment," Shakira added. The Haitian school would be built and run with other non-governmental organizations.
The Haiti quake, described by some experts as the deadliest natural disaster in modern history, may have killed more than 300,000 people, the Haitian government says. It also left more than a million people homeless, many of them young orphans.
Shakira said that providing education to Haitian children would be a key part of the reconstruction of the quake-shattered country, which even before the disaster was already the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere.
"We need to think about the future of this country and of how Haiti's children can be useful to their societies tomorrow ... Education is one of the fundamental tools with which to develop and rebuild Haiti," she said.
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Swizz Beatz has shown tremendous growth as an artist and producer in the last several years.
In addition to working with some of the biggest names in hip hop currently, Swizzy is prepping his next solo project 'Life After The Party'. The follow up to 2007's 'One Man Band'
Swizz says you should expect different sounds on this album.
"2010 I'm gonna graduate my brand, my image, my music, my sound, my audience, my reach, everything
In music nobody is really raising the bar, he continued. We need to bring something more tangible to the table where it's not like a bubble gum factory where the fans are just chewing up the latest flavor and then spitting it out"
In addition to his own album Swizz is working on projects for Eve, Busta Rhymes, Drake and Nicki Minaj.
There's a lot more to the interview including Swizz's take on working with Cash Money/Young Money and Jay-Z.
Check it out below.
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Kelis admits giving birth naturally helped her believe in the power of God.
Kelis believes faith helped her give birth.
The 'Acapella' singer, who has nine-month-old son Knight from her former marriage to rapper Nas, admits her faith in God is stronger because of her natural childbirth.
She said: "It was really savage. I was in labour for 67 hours.
"I went natural, and it was savage! If you ever doubted the glory of God, you have to rethink that after having a baby.
"I mean there's no way I could have done this by myself. There is a creator."
She also admits that hitting the age of 30 in August 2009 gave her a whole new outlook on life.
She said: "My mom always used to tell us, 'Your twenties? Whatever. In your thirties you'll be your most beautiful, your sexiest, your smartest.' I've been through so many life changes getting here, it's like, she was right'."
Discussing her upcoming album 'Flesh Tone', she claims pregnancy helped her record her best work yet.
She told Style magazine: "Being pregnant and recording was awesome. I just felt I had so much to say."
Source: ContactMusic
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Lady Gaga is known for her racy, sexually-charged songs. But in real life, the 24-year-old singer (real name: Stefani Germanotta) is celibate.
While recently discussing her role in Mac’s Viva Glam campaign, which supports global HIV and AIDS projects, she told London's Daily Mail she wants her fans not to have sex, either.
"I can’t believe I’m saying this – don’t have sex. I’m single right now and I’ve chosen to be single because I don’t have the time to get to know anybody," she said. "So it’s OK not to have sex, it’s OK to get to know people. I’m celibate, celibacy’s fine."
She said her celibacy is something she wants "to celebrate" with her fans.
"It’s OK to be whomever it is that you want to be," she said. "You don’t have to have sex to feel good about yourself, and if you’re not ready, don’t do it. And if you are ready, there are free condoms given away at my concerts when you’re leaving!"
The important thing, she said, is for her fans to stay true to themselves. "I remember the cool girls when I was growing up. Everyone started to have sex," she said. "But it’s not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It’s cooler to be strong and independent."
She added that she is proud to be a role model. "When you’re in the public eye, you’re a role model whether you want to be or not. And I want to be," she said. "I’m not one of those self-obsessed artists who don’t care about their fans. It’s not just about the music."
She said she has a "responsibility" to her fans and that "and you’re an idiot if you don’t know that."
Source: US Magazine
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Mixtape Maven: Asher Roth
Holding It Down For: The Big Apple? He just moved to NYC
Mixtape: Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry
Real Spit: Asher Roth is in it for the long haul. He's not just trying to make a quick dollar and skate — although there are aspects to the game that frustrate him.
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The New York Jets acquired talented but troubled wide receiver Santonio Holmes from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night for a fifth-round pick in this month's draft, sources confirmed by ESPN.com.
ESPN 1050 in New York first reported the story. The teams have yet to announce the trade.
Holmes, the 2009 Super Bowl MVP, gives second-year quarterback Mark Sanchez another big-time target to throw to in an offense that already included receivers Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, promising tight end Dustin Keller and recently signed running back LaDainian Tomlinson.
Holmes has 235 career catches for 3,835 yards and 20 touchdowns, but also brings his share of off-field issues, which could explain the relatively low price the Jets paid to get him.
The 26-year-old Holmes is facing a lawsuit in Florida from a woman who claims he threw a glass at her, cutting her above the eye, in an Orlando nightclub. The police also have been investigating the woman's claims. Holmes denies hurting the woman, and a witness has since taken responsibility for tossing the glass, according to Holmes' lawyer.
In 2008, Holmes was arrested for possession of marijuana, and he was involved in a domestic violence incident in 2006; the misdemeanor charges were dismissed.
The 5-foot-11 Holmes, a first-round pick out of Ohio State in 2006, adds a speedy complement to the Jets' passing game. He's coming off the best season of his career statistically, after having 79 catches for 1,248 yards and five touchdowns. His presence should allow Cotchery to assume more of a slot role, where he is extremely effective, and take double coverage off Edwards.
Holmes has one year remaining on his contract.
"Wow we got Holmes this is crazy," All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis posted on his Twitter account. "We makin big moves this off-season. Putting the pieces together to get closer to that superbowl ring."
After making it to the AFC Championship Game last season, the Jets and general manager Mike Tannenbaum have been aggressive despite the league's "Final Eight" restrictions that have limited who they could sign. New York has traded for Holmes and cornerback Antonio Cromartie, and signed Tomlinson, safety Brodney Pool and kicker Nick Folk.
Add in the draft-day trade with Cleveland to select Sanchez last April and the acquisition of wide receiver Edwards from the Browns in October, and the Jets have made quite a splash during the last 12 months.
The Jets are still also waiting to hear from free agent linebacker-defensive end Jason Taylor, who met with the team for two days last week. The NFL's active sacks leader went back home to Weston, Fla., on Friday without a deal in place, but is expected to make a decision sometime this week whether to join the team he has considered an enemy for most of his 13-year career.
The Jets have shown themselves to be unafraid of adding players with questionable backgrounds. They traded for Edwards two days after he was accused of punching a friend of NBA star LeBron James in October outside a downtown Cleveland nightclub.
New York also acquired Cromartie last month from San Diego even though he was dealing with paternity issues. Cromartie has fathered seven children by six women in five states, and the Jets advanced him $500,000 to clear up his legal troubles.
The Jets acknowledged having interest before last year's draft in former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who's currently serving a prison sentence. Burress pleaded guilty last August to attempted criminal possession of a weapon for having a loaded handgun in a nightclub that went off and shot him in the leg in November 2008.
Despite being benched earlier in the 2008 season for the marijuana arrest, Holmes made a number of big plays for Pittsburgh -- none bigger than in the Super Bowl against Arizona. His tiptoe catch in the corner of the end zone of a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 35 seconds left sent the Steelers to a 27-23 victory. He caught nine passes for 131 yards in the game.
The move for Holmes could also end speculation that the Jets might have interest in acquiring Denver's Brandon Marshall. Despite saying those rumors were unfounded, New York has been grouped among numerous teams who could make a move before the draft for the Broncos receiver.
Source: ESPN
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It's a fight club for orangutans.
A safari theme park in Thailand has become a macabre tourist attraction for its orangutan kick boxing matches - complete with simian "round card girls."
As the heavyweights of the jungle duke it out, female orangutans parade around in bikinis displaying the round number.
After the 30-minute shows, the orangutans are returned to their dark, dingy charges, according to an investigative report.
"It's sad that people would find this entertaining," said Debbie Leahy, director of captive animals for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
"When you see these animals performing what are completely unnatural tricks...they're not doing it because they want to, they're doing it because they're afraid not to," Leahy said.
The Daily Mail of London obtained video exposing the barbaric matches at Safari World and showing tourists cheering wildly as apes pummel each other.
While organizers insists the orangutans have been trained to pretend as if they've been knocked out, disgusted animal rights activists warned of the abuse the 250-pound animals endure while being trained.
Orangutans previously rescued from other entertainment parks showed signs of abuse upon arriving at an animal refuge in Indonesian Borneo, they said.
"It is heartbreaking that such practices still go on," Grainne McEntee of the wildlife rescue group Borneo Orangutan Survival told the Daily Mail. The Thai government shut down the Safari World monkey matches in 2004 - and seized 48 orangutans that had been illegally smuggled from Indonesia.
It's unclear why the bizarre show is once more allowed to go on.
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Jay-Z was the first rap artist to headline Britain’s Glastonbury Festival in 2008 and he will make history once again next Friday when he becomes the first solo hip-hop act to top the bill at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. But Jay wasn’t always able to command a stage. He opens up about the rapper who indirectly encouraged him to become a better performer and the artists who’ve influenced his on-stage evolution.
“In hip-hop, there’s not many great performers,” Jay-Z told the Los Angeles Times. “I look outside the genre, measuring myself against others. I look at Madonna’s production and envy that. Daft Punk’s set, I’m like, what the… And I look at the way U2 can command an audience. Bono’s a performer pretty much like I am. He’s not a dancer; he’s not jumping around. He’s having a conversation. He’s using his stillness as movement.”
The hip-hop heavyweight was modest when talking about his early stage presence. “All my early years? Forget it. I was a horrible performer,” he admitted, realizing that he needed to up his game when touring with DMX in 1999. “DMX tore me to pieces. I remember being stunned.”
It was then Jay knew that he had to raise the bar. “[DMX] had me really working. But I had to figure this out,” he explained. “If you want to be a headliner, you better put on a headline show.”
Now well adjusted to playing sold-out arenas, Mr. Carter is looking forward to his next headlining gig at Coachella in Indio, Calif. “There’s nothing like seeing 100,000 diamonds.”
Source: Rap-Up
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Percy "Master P" Miller has gone from thug MC to the pulpit of hip hop in an attempt to school mc's on the do's and don't of the industry according to him.
In an interview with Houston's 97.9 The Box he recently spoke on his brother C-Murder which lead to some controversy,
Now he's going in on Birdman and Lil Wayne for their appearances. Wondering why they would put tattoos on their faces.
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Hoo Bangin/Cash Money Recording artist Glasses Malone is a fast rising name in the New West Coast movement.
He's an artist who feels his time has come and he's not going to let anyone, not even Ice Cube stand in his way.
In this interview with Doggie Diamonds of Forbez DVD Glasses addresses all drama related to Cube and also speaks on East Coast gangs.
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Mixtape DJ: DJ Young Prezzy
Mixtape Title: Street Arsonist
Direct DL Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9ZCR5E09
Stream Link: http://www.datpiff.com/DJ_Young_Prezzy_Chalie_Boy_Travis_Porter_T_Pain_.m111346.html
Tracklist:
01 Street Arsonist Intro
02 I Look Good (remix)
03 Travis Porter feat. Chalie Boy - Go Shorty
04 White Tee feat. GS Boyz, Sparkdawg, & Yung Lott - I'm On Fire (Hot Tamale)
05 Pries feat. Rockie - Lights, Camera, Action
06 Amazin Da Corna Boi - iFunction
07 B Hamp feat. Chalie Boy & Southside - Do The Ricky Bobby (remix)
08 T Pain - Kiss Her
09 Trey Songz - Over (remix)
10 I.P. feat. Chantz Kacey - My Everything
11 Lloyd feat. Sean Garrett - Hey Player
12 Slim (of 112) - Keep It Coming
13 The Dream - Love King
14 Brutha feat. Twista - You Ain't The One
15 Shanell feat. Jae Millz - Tell Me (remix)
16 Lil Twist feat. Sean Kingston - Life Style
17 Jadakiss - Til It All Falls Down
18 Trae feat. Rick Ross & Lil' Wayne - Inkredible
19 NeYo feat. Brandy - She's Right Here
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