Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 28, 2011 at 10:30am
After numerous delays Young Jeezy's fourth studio album, Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, was released on December 20. With final numbers counted the album moved 233,000 units. Good enough to place 3rd on the Billboard 200 chart.
Adele's21 shows no sign of slowing down. The album placed No. 2 on the charts with it's biggest sales week yet, moving 399,000 copies to push it's 2011 total to 5.68 million according to Billboard.
Michael Buble'sChristmas album claimed the top spot on the charts, selling 467,000 copies.
Common's The Dreamer/The Believer sold 69,000 units, landing at the No. 18 spot.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 28, 2011 at 10:00am
It's been a good holiday season for Nicki Minaj and her boyfriend/hypeman Safaree aka Scaff Beezy. The couple plopped down a significant amount of cash for his and hers matching Bentley GTs
"Blurry vision got you seeing double," Safaree wrote on his Twitter page, attaching a pic of the luxury cars.
The rides costs between $200,000 and $300,000 each.
"I got ova 600k in insured jewels," Safaree added on Facebook. "I think I can afford to buy a Bentley I shoulda bought a Civic…. LOL all good"
The youtube video "Sh*t Black Girls Say" has gone viral with over 1.2 million views since being posted on December 16. The clip is a spoof of another popular series of videos "Sh*t Girls Say," but not everyone is laughing.
The Elijah "EK" Griffin directed video features actor Billy Sorrels dressed in drag, playing the role of "Peaches," a black woman who pats her itchy weave and constantly complains.
“We were just trying to amuse ourselves. We didn’t expect it to be viral,” Sorrells told the New York Daily News. “People need to laugh. When we laugh, we see each other better.”
Despite what looks to be an overwhelmingly positive response from most of the video's viewers, two African American women's advocacy groups are not amused.
“While those images are funny to those of us who are well- educated, some young people don’t know how to filter the message,” said Benita Miller, founder of The Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective. “Young people don’t know what is real or what is imagined,” Miller said. “When you work with young women they take on these characteristics.”
“You put something on YouTube, the whole world is watching,” added Farah Tanis, executive director of Black Women's Blueprint. “I don’t think it is a man’s place to offer this type of representation of black women.”
Griffin says people need to learn how to laugh and get over themselves.
“To all those people offended out there - it is a simple joke,” said Griffin. “It’s made for people who are easy going.”
Cory Gunz and Meek Mill team up with director John Colombo to deliver official visuals for "YMCMB MMG." The song is featured of Cory's mixtape Son Of A Gun.
In episode 10 of Tyga's "Careless World" web series we get a peek at footage not seen on "Keepin Up With the Kardashians" as Kendall Jenner celebrates her "Sweet 16" birthday party. Tyga is the entertainment for the night and Kendall requests he perform "Rack City" and "Make It Nasty."
Tyga also hits up El Paso, NYC, Toronto and Santa Ana during the clip. Guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Drake, J. Cole and Waka Flocka.
50 Cent recently went into detail with Vibe about his miscommunication with T.I. earlier this year. The two rap titans briefly butted heads due to comments Fif made regarding Tip's wife Tiny, and the possibility she should take the charge in their 2010 drug bust in L.A.
Tip responded in the December/January issue of Vibe, basically saying it was nobody's business how he handled affairs regarding his family.
50 shot back on Twitter:
“Man I just saw something T.I said in VIBE about a tweet I wrote when he caught his drug case. He just got out a jam and caught a new one. Any other time a n*gga done. Get caught with 10 machine gun an silencer then catch a drug charge. You will f*ck around and get natural life.”
It looked for a minute like 50 and T.I. might be headed towards a beef, but a mutual friend intervened and got them to talk things out over the phone like gentlemen.
In the clip below 50 speaks on the incident and how the media and fans play a role in stirring up controversies between artists.
"He had a lot of legitimate points," 50 said of his phone call with Tip. "Like, the press will ask you questions about things. They'll ask artists that are relevant to the culture things about other artists that are just going through something. Your response impacts harder than it would at any other point. Then you get the people who want the fight. They'll start to champion that like, 'go, go, go!' Then when they find out that it's not going to actually happen, and I'm the source of where they find that out at they go, 'ahh.' They try to make the fight again. They try to say, 'oh he's scared.' Like me, when you known me to back down?"
The L.A. County Coroner's Office said today that the rap pioneer died due to a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot in his lung caused by deep vein thrombosis according to TMZ.
Heavy, real name Dwight Arrington Meyers, had just traveled back from Europe after performing at a Michael Jackson tribute concert in Wales. The long flight back may have played a part in the blood clot forming in his legs and eventually traveling to his lungs.
The coroner's office also said the 44-year old rapper suffered from heart disease.
Heavy died on November 9, 2011 after returning home from a shopping trip. He collapsed at his Beverly Hills home complaining of difficulty breathing. He was rushed to Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
In the latest episode of Kanye West's "Watch The Throne" tour vlog a lucky fan wins a pair of tickets to see Ye and Jay-Z live. Watch the lucky fan's excitement as Yeezy's manager, Don C, grants him and a friend free access to the show.
Slim Dunkin was laid to rest Friday (December 23) a week after suffering a fatal gunshot wound during a fight in an Atlanta recording studio. The rapper's friends and associates hit the block in his old neighborhood to pay their final respects to the Brick Squad Monopoly member.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 26, 2011 at 11:30am
Drake has made no secret that he's a huge fan of late singer Aaliyah. He sampled her song
"At Your Best (You Are Love)," for the track "Unforgettable" that appears on his debut album Thank Me Later.
Last year the Toronto rapper penned a letter to the singer via Rap Radar expressing his love for her.
Dear Dana,
I’ve never lost a parent, a friend, or a lover but I will never forget this day for the rest of my life. I remember getting the news that you had passed and it connected with my heart like a clean shot from Muhammad Ali. I was crushed. Not only was I one of your biggest fans but I was truly in love with you. I loved the way you carried yourself, the way you dressed, the confidence with which you addressed passion and relationships in your music. I said to myself that even if we never met, I wanted a woman in my life just like you. I am pained that we will never get to connect now that music ended up being my career path. But you should know, we all listen to you everyday and we remain inspired and moved by all that you’ve given the world. I hope I make the right life choices so I can end up in heaven where I know you rest your head. I’ll continue to make music in your honor until the day we finally meet. Dinner’s on me!
Love you always and forever,
Drake
This year Drizzy has taken his affection for Aaliyah a step further by getting a tattoo of her face on his back. He released the picture Christmas Day, which shows him shirtless after playing tennis. The Aaliyah tat appears to have wings above it.
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