Birdman and Lil Wayne are adding a collaborative album to the growing list of YMCMB releases for 2012. Stunna announced via Twitter that he and Weezy are following up their 2006 release, Like Father, Like Son with a sequel.
The original release made it's debuted at No. 3 on Billboard with first week sales of 176,000, and has since been certified gold.
Birdman has talked about Like Father Like Son 2 for close to a year now, telling Billboard last April that the disc would drop in December 2011. We'll keep you posted on the actual release date once it's revealed.
Charles Hamilton hops on the instrumental to "Rack City" and disses Tyga, Drake and Wiz Khalifa. With Charles you never know what sets him off, but he can spit when he wants to.
Peep the video below and let us know what you think.
It seems like this album has been forever in the making, but due to label politics and problems that come along with that it got pushed back several times.
Now that everything has been cleared up Obie Trice will be releasing his third studio album on February 28, 2012 via his own label, Black Market Entertainment.
It seems like this album has been forever in the making, but due to label politics and problems that come along with that it got pushed back several times.
Now that everything has been cleared up Obie Trice will be releasing his third studio album on February 28, 2012 via his own label, Black Market Entertainment.
Rome (CNN) -- The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground -- killing three people and injuring 20 more -- was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for abandoning ship and manslaughter, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy.
Abandoning ship is the more serious of the potential charges, authorities said.
The captain, Francesco Schettino, had been earlier interviewed by investigators in Porto Santo Stefano about what happened when the 4,200-passenger Costa Concordia struck rocks in shallow water off Italy's western coast, said officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno.
Authorities were looking at why the ship didn't hail a mayday during the accident near the Italian island of Giglio on Friday night, officials said. The ship is owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises.
"At the moment we can't exclude that the ship had some kind of technical problem, and for this reason moved towards the coast in order to save the passengers, the crew and the ship. But they didn't send a mayday. The ship got in contact with us once the evacuation procedures were already ongoing," Del Santo said prior to the announcement of the arrest.
Giuseppe Orsina, a spokesman with the local civil protection agency, said 43 to 51 people were missing, though authorities are reviewing passenger lists to confirm the exact figure.
"These people could be still on the island of Giglio, in private houses or in hospitals," Orsina said.
The coast guard said 50 to 70 people could be missing.
Authorities said earlier Saturday they believed everyone was accounted for, but that they did not have a definitive list of names.
"Fear and panic are comprehensible in a ship long over 300 meters with over 4,000 passengers," Del Santo said. "We can confirm that the ship has a breach on the hull of about 90 meters, and that the right side of it is completely under water."
Two French tourists and a crew member from Peru were killed, Port authorities in Livorno said. One of the victims was a 65-year-old woman who died of a heart attack, according to authorities.
A surviving crew member, Rosalyn Rincon, 30, of Blackpool, England, said she wanted to know why the cruise ship was sailing so close to shore. She described a harrowing grounding of the vessel, whose tilting and rising water evoked the film "Titanic," she said.
"I'm pretty much angry, and I want to know why we were so close to the coast," said Rincon, who works as a dancer on the ship and was entertaining passengers by performing a trick inside a box with a magician when the accident occurred.
Nautilus International, a maritime employees trade union, called the accident a "wake-up call" to regulators.
"Nautilus is concerned about the rapid recent increases in the size of passenger ships -- with the average tonnage doubling over the past decade," said Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson in a statement. "Many ships are now effectively small towns at sea, and the sheer number of people onboard raises serious questions about evacuation."
The ship was 2.5 miles off route when it struck a rocky sandbar, according to the Italian Coast Guard. Local fishermen say the island coast of Giglio is known for its rocky sea floor.
Gianni Onorato, president of Costa Cruises, expressed "deep sorrow for this terrible tragedy," but said the cruise line was unable to answer all the questions that authorities are now investigating.
"On the basis of the initial evidence — still preliminary — Costa Concordia, under the command of Master Francesco Schettino, was sailing its regularly scheduled itinerary from Civitavecchia to Savona, Italy, when the ship struck a submerged rock," Onorato said in a statement before the announcement of the captain's announcement.
"Captain Schettino, who was on the bridge at the time, immediately understood the severity of the situation and performed a maneuver intended to protect both guests and crew, and initiated security procedures to prepare for an eventual ship evacuation," he continued.
"Unfortunately, that operation was complicated by a sudden tilting of the ship that made disembarkation difficult," Onorato said.
Some passengers fell into the chilly waters during the rescue, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
The huge ship, which was lying on its side in shallow water Saturday evening, was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground around dinner time.
Initial reports suggested as many as six people had been killed, but it was unclear why the number dropped. About 1,500 of the people aboard the ship were on their way home Saturday, the Civil Protection Authority said.
Passengers described how the lights went out and it then became clear the ship had hit something, prompting scenes of chaos.
Laurie Willits from Ontario, who was watching a magic show with her husband at that moment, told CNN: "We heard a scraping noise to the left of the ship and then my husband said 'we're sliding off our seats.'"
The couple ran to their cabin to get coats and life jackets before making their way to a lifeboat. Emergency instructions in English were hard to hear, Willits said.
Panic spread as people scrambled to find lifeboats in the dark as the ship quickly leaned to one side. Access to some lifeboats was hampered by the ship's tilt into the water, adding to the confusion.
Willits and her husband, who managed to get into a lifeboat about an hour to 90 minutes after the alarm was raised, watched from a pier on the island as the ship slowly sank until it was at an almost 90 degree angle in the water.
"I'm exhausted, I haven't had any sleep, I'm hungry," Willits said, but added that she was relieved to have been able to call her family thanks to the help of people on the island.
The coast guard said three helicopters were used to rescue some passengers from the ship.
Adm. Ilarione Dell'Anna, head of coastal authorities for the port city of Livorno, said an investigation is under way.
"There has probably been a technical blackout," he said. "The ship was dangerously near the coast. We worked all night in a state of maximum emergency.
"Fortunately the sea conditions have helped us, otherwise -- given the high number of people to rescue, 4,231 -- we could have had a completely different scenario: a real tragedy."
Many of those rescued in the early hours were taken to small churches and other buildings around the island for shelter. Some were still wearing the pajamas and slippers they had on as the ship went down, as they waited for help Saturday morning at reception centers set up on the island.
Costa said it was focusing on the final stages of the emergency operation and helping passengers and crew return home.
"It is a tragedy that deeply affects our company. Our first thoughts go to the victims and we would like to express our condolences and our closeness to their families and friends," Costa said on its website.
The Concordia, built in 2006, was on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome with stops in Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo, according to the cruise line. It was unclear how far into the cruise the grounding occurred.
Most of the passengers on board were Italian, as well as some French and German citizens.
CNN affiliate America Noticias, in Peru, said a group of 32 Peruvians were also onboard. Brazil's state-run Agencia Brasil said 53 Brazilians were on the cruise ship: 47 passengers and six crew members, according to the foreign ministry. An estimated 126 Americans were also on board, according to the U.S. State Department. There were no reports of injured Americans.
The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office was working with Italian authorities to identify British nationals on the cruise, a spokesman said.
Another Costa ship was involved in a deadly 2010 accident when the Costa Europa crashed into a pier in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh during stormy weather, killing three crew members.
The hottest new strain of weed being sold in Hollywood is named after Blue Ivy Carter.
According to TMZ "OG Blue Ivy" can be purchased at legal marijuana dispensaries throughout Hollywood. So not only is Blue Ivy the youngest person to ever chart on Billboard, she's also the youngest to have a strain of weed named after her.
I'm sure Jay-Z and Beyonce are somewhere shaking their heads in disapproval.
Busta Rhymes made sure the crowd at Nokia Theater in L.A. left happy Friday night (January 13) following his star studded performance.
The new member of YMCMB brought out Chris Brown, Swizz Beatz and Snoop Dogg at various points throughout his time on the stage to perform "Look at Me Now," "I Wanna Rock" and "Touch It."
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A lot of people were surprised that Two Chainz picked Kreayshawn to appear on "Murder," a track off of his latest mixtape T.R.U. Realigion. The Atlanta rapper is now taking it a step further by shooting a video for the C Note produced track.
Take a look at some behind the scenes pics of the Alex Nazari directed clip courtesy of S B Dot Photography.
The Yardfather returns with a new mixtape, WARNING SHOTS 3: One Foot In The Grave. The first single off the upcoming project is the DJ Corbett produced "I Am 4 Real."
Video directed by Elan Alexenberg and Nicolas Heller.
While at CES 2012 in Las Vegas this week, 50 Cent took some time away from promoting his new SMS Audio headphone line to get at Manny Pacquiao for "running" from a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"We're trying to bring some attention to the general public about Pacquiao because he's running scared right now," 50 said while standing next to Floyd. "We're looking for him. If you see somebody that knows him say, 'why's your man scared? 50 was talking about him at the CES Convention.'"
Earlier in the week Floyd called Manny out via Twitter.
"Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see," Floyd wrote. "My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk."
In an interview with Fighthype.com Friday (January 13) Floyd reiterated his stance, saying he doesn't want to fight anyone except Pacquiao.
"Like I said before, Floyd Mayweather don't want to fight nobody but one person. I don't want to fight nobody else but him. Nobody! I don't want to fight (Miguel) Cotto. Not Canelo (Saul Alvarez). And I aint looking to fight (Juan Manuel) Marquez a second time. Nobody! I only want him! I only want one person, Pacquiao!" Mayweather said. "I’m not trying to fight (Robert) Guerrero. I fought a southpaw, I fought (Victor) Ortiz. Ortiz was a tune up preparing me for Pacquiao because I thought that fight was going to happen and it’s the fight I want to give the world. I’m looking to fight Manny Pacquiao, why is he duckin’ and dodgin’ me?”
Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum told the Manilla Bulletin today that the Mayweather/Pacquiao could still happen in late May or early June in Las Vegas. But he also added that there are alternatives for the Filipino champion if negotiations fall through.
Arum said possible alternatives for Pacquiao include a 2nd fight with Cotto, Tim Bradley, Lamont Peterson or a fourth fight with Marquez.
There is also the possiblity the Pacquiao/Mayweather fight will take place in the United Arab Emirates, where there are investors willing to pay huge sums of money to make it happen.
“Dallas would be the best place to put on that fight in the US because you could get 100,000 people in Cowboys Stadium but Dubai is the best moneywise," Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach told the Manilla Bulletin. "There were negotiations with people from Dubai. I met with a group of people who were negotiating with [Pacquiao's financial adviser] Michael Koncz."
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