One of music's biggest icons would like to duet with today's biggest pop sensation, for what could be a huge hit if done right.Janet Jackson reveals in an interview with UK's Metro that she wouldn't mind putting out a record with Lady Gaga.
"What I love about Gaga is her story, where she came from," Janet told Metro's Anne Lee.
Michael Jackson's little sister says she knew Gaga before the fame and is happy for her.
"Before she made it, before anyone knew who she was, I knew who she was and, to see her finally make it, I was so happy. If we were to work together that would be cool."
It seems like everyone wants to collaborate with Gaga these days.
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Hip-hop star Kanye West won't have to attend in person a mediation session aimed at resolving a lawsuit filed against him by rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.
A Miami federal judge recently agreed to permit West to take part in the Aug. 26 session by phone. West's lawyers say he can't be there personally because of a long-standing business commitment outside the continental U.S.
Knight is seeking more than $1 million in damages from West and his companies. Knight was shot in the leg at a 2005 Miami Beach party hosted by West, whom he blames for lax security.
West, Knight and their lawyers met in New York for six hours in June but failed to settle the case.
The shooter has never been identified and the case is unsolved.
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Jay-Z has topped a list of the world's richest rappers, beating Sean 'Diddy' Combs in a list from US magazine Forbes.
The Empire State Of Mind rapper made $63 million (£40 million) in personal income between June 2009 and June 2010.
Diddy made less than half that with $30 million (£19 million).Akon came third followed by Lil Wayne and Dr Dre.Big income
Jay-Z's income was no doubt boosted by the release of his album The Blueprint III and a number of high profile live gigs including headline slots at Isle Of Wight and Wireless in the UK.
Lil Wayne - real name Dwayne Carter - still managed to earn $20 (£13 million) despite beginning a jail sentence in March for weapons charges.
Forbes noted that all the highest earning names on the list had "diverse" business interests outside of music - including alcohol sponsorships, clothing lines and film appearances.
Perhaps most surprisingly Eminem came joint 14th in the list despite his most recent album Recovery selling 741,000 copies in its first week.
The Detroit rapper earned $8 million (£5 million).
Zack O'Malley Greenburg, the writer who compiled the list, said: "It's pretty shocking to see him so low down on the list. Compared to his peers, he doesn't really do much outside of music."
The full list of the list's top 20 is as follows:
1. Jay-Z – $63 million
2. Diddy – $30 million
3. Akon – $21 million
4. Lil Wayne – $20 million
5. Dr. Dre – $17 million
6. Ludacris – $16 million
7. Snoop Dogg – $15 million
8. Timbaland – $14 million
9. Pharrell – $13 million
10. Kanye West – $12 million
11. Drake – $9 million
11. T.I. – $ 9 million
12. Swizz Beatz – $9 million
14. Eminem – $8 million
14.50 Cent – $8 million
14. Young Jeezy – $8 million
17. Common – $7 million
18. Soulja Boy – $7 million
18. T-Pain – $7 million
20. Lil Jon – $5 million
20. Gucci Mane – $5 million
20. Rick Ross – $5 million
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Don't expect rapper Joe Budden and NBA player Glen "Big Baby" Davis to hang out with each other anytime soon.
The two went at it on Twitter yesterday (August 17), with Budden practically calling Davis every foul name in the book because of his youtube video, where he does a feminine version of the "Teach Me How To Dougie" dance.
It all started with Joe talking about the video and posting a link to it.
"lets revisit the Glen Davis shit, mind u, he's home ALONE !!!! smmfh .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIz80L9eJhA.""can any Celtic fan or NBA player defend this buffoonery ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIz80L9eJhA."
Davis caught wind of Joe's dissing him and started to fire back.
"Tell Joe burdens !!! I don't play with trash , I take it outside !!! Plus he's broke has hell!! I think his fans forgot about him!!""Plus when the last time he made a hit cd or song !! Come on homes you Got to do better!!! Ayo baby ps don't worry about me, just do you."
From there, they start going back and forth. Big Baby tries to fire some comebacks, but Budden was on a roll.
BUDDEN"hey @iambigbaby11 , shut your faggot ass up ... ol' "i love boxing niggaz out" ass nigga"
"hey @iambigbaby11 keep it 100 .... u asked 4 your championship ring in pink, right ??"
"i know 1 thing @iambigbaby11 , u ever try 2 use the urinal next 2 me & i'll fuck yo ass up, try me ... wait, i take that last part back."
"this dude @iambigbaby11 will tell a nigga "suck my dick" & mean that shit."
"tell the truth @iambigbaby11 in your spare time u dress in drag ?? 4 Halloween u was that crazy dude from "Silence of the lambs" ??"
"this bitch ass nigga @iambigbaby11 plays "neighbors know my name" to get hype b4 the game ??"BIG BABY"Joe !! Who ever that fool is!! Have no clue In the world who he is really no joke!! I really have no clue!!! Where we from we call guys like that lames from Spain."
"Take your ass to Spain and go sale some CDs ! Or at Least Burn your shit and sale at the comer store !! You might Make some money you clown!! Paint your face !!!"
"Make some money you clown!! Paint your face !!! Ayo baby!! How you like those apples !! Clown!! Hahahhahahahah."JOE BUDDEN"Doc Rivers - i want u 2 start next game .... @iambigbaby11 - nah coach, i like sitting on wood.""hey @iambigbaby11, tell the truth, what would u have done if the trophy was shaped like a dick ?? >>>> http://twitpic.com/2forbo."
"ATT. ALL NBA PLAYERS - watch this nigga @iambigbaby11 next time y'all play the Celtics.. he go "Hard in the paint", if u get my drift."
"ya'man @iambigbaby11 was the only nigga runnin around wearin a NBA Jersey dress ... in a 10x too."
"smh @iambigbaby11 , ol "catch the bouquet at a wedding" ass nigga .... keep playin with me .. wait, scratch that last part"
BIG BABY"Like I said I don't play with trash!!! I take it out!! Ayo baby!!!!!!"
As you can see, Big Baby got ripped apart. If I was him I'd take the video below off of youtube. It is definitely not a good look.
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Wyclef Jean has gone into hiding following alleged death threats as he awaits an official announcement on whether he can run in Haiti's November's presidential election.
The ex-Fugees star said he was at a secret location in Haiti in defiance of threats to leave the country but revealed few details about who may be responsible for the intimidation.
Jean's presidential hopes hang in the balance as electoral officials prepare to announce whether he is eligible to run in what promises to be a tumultuous contest with dozens of candidates.
A list of candidates who meet constitutional requirements to lead the earthquake-hit country – requirements that could disqualify Jean – was due to be published yesterday but officials said several unnamed candidates remained under review and that the announcement would not be made until Friday.
In a series of emails to the Associated Press, the 40-year-old rapper said he did not know whether the electoral commission, known as the CEP, would approve his candidacy but that there had been questions about whether he met residency requirements: "We await the CEP decision but the laws of the Haitian constitution must be respected."
His lawyers were at the commission's headquarters seeking to argue his case, he said. In the same emails he announced he was in hiding but did not elaborate on the nature of the threats.
If approved, Jean will be a frontrunner, but the fact he has lived in the US since he was a boy could put a premature end to a campaign launched two weeks ago with fanfare, dancers and hype.
Legal requirements and political intrigue – few believe the decision will be based on entirely technical reasons – could sink his hopes of swapping a recording studio for power in a broken country.
Jean was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, outside the capital Port-au-Prince. At the age of nine he moved with his family to New York, then New Jersey, and made only fleeting return visits to the Caribbean.
Opponents said his history violated constitutional requirements that a candidate must have his or her "habitual residence" in Haiti and have resided in the country for at least five consecutive years before election day. Jean said his appointment as a roving ambassador by President Rene Preval in 2007 exempted him from residency requirements.
The race has drawn 34 candidates from diverse backgrounds, including veteran political operators and one-man band neophytes.
"This is a very volatile situation. The easiest thing they can say is 'You are all candidates'. But I don't know if they will do that," Robert Fatton, a Haiti-born political expert at the University of Virginia, told the news website Haitian Truth. "It's going to be fascinating to see how many are in the race after 17 August."
The Unity party of Preval, who is stepping down as president, has backed Jude Celestin, head of the government's primary construction firm, as his successor.
The party had been expected to back a former prime minister, Jacques-Edouard Alexis, who instead registered with a different party, the Mobilisation for Haitian Progress. The horse-trading suggested that murky deals as much as votes could determine the election outcome.
Fresh doubts about Jean's fitness for office arose today from a New York Times investigation into apparent mismanagement and questionable accounting at his charity, Yele Haiti. The newspaper alleged the charity had failed to deliver water as it had claimed to several camps of earthquake survivors, and that some donations vanished into blurred lines between Jean's business, political and charity endeavours. He denies any wrongdoing.
Yesterday his public relations representative, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, announced without explanation that it had resigned from all public relations work for Yele and Jean's presidential campaign.
The musician has batted away doubts about his suitability for office. "Celebrity has taught me that politics is politricks. The fact that I'm coming with this with fresh eyes but not naive ears, I think that's a good start."
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As we reported here yesterday, Method Man was injured by a flying beer can thrown by a fan at The Gathering Of The Juggalos festival over the weekend.
The Wu Tang Clan member continued his performance, even though he was bleeding, but he plans on suing those "motherf*ckers" for his injuries according to TMZ.
"It's not OK .... I don't condone throwing things at the talent while they're performing. It takes a lot of heart and balls to continue performing after you've been hit in the face," Meth told TMZ.Tila Teqila was brutally beaten at the same festival just a couple of days prior to the Method Man incident. She has stated that she also plans to sue the event's organizers.
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More Pics After The JumpWhile Lindsay gets her head together in rehab. We're still getting nice pics of the movie star.
Not really sure what other problems she might be dealing with but the woman is a work-a-holic.
Check her pics from her most recent shoot for Maxim.
Hip hop fans are well acquainted with Blink 182 Drummer, Travis Barker. Name a hot hip hop track and chances are Travis has given it a sick rock remix, heavy on drums.
Name a hot song and chances are Travis has made a sick remix, heavy on drums out of it
Now it's time to call in a few favors as he prepares his solo album
XXL has the feature list looking something like this. Eminem, Lil Wayne, Drake, T.I., Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, Rza, Lupe Fiasco, Bun, B, Beanie Sigel, Clipse, Yelawolf, The Cool Kids and many more.
The album isn't titled yet, but an October release date is realistic.
This is one cd I'll cop.
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Video After The JumpLooks like fans will have to wait a little longer for the release of T.I.'s 'King Uncaged' album.
T.I. says he needs more time to focus on the release of the movie, 'Takers', which also stars Chris Brown. So scratch the September 28 release date off your calenders.
"I pushed the album back, so I could completely focus my attention ro the roll out and release of this film, Takers. Which will be coming out August 27," he explained. "And I felt like it wouldn't be fair to the film or the album if I was splitting my attention span amongst the two. And once we debut number one I will completely re-submerge myself back into the music."
Tip says he has 100+ songs recorded and needs to narrow those down to 14 for the new album.
Back in April, he told Rolling Stone that this album is "the most significant return from incarceration that the game has had." since Tupac got bailed out by Suge Knight.
If he's going to meet his own expectations, he needs to get back into "album mode" fast.
No word yet on the new release date.
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More Pics After The JumpAt 29, Kim Kardashian was just a tween when MTV started airing “The Real World,” but watching those televised tales of seven strangers picked to live in a house was her “aha” moment.
“In elementary school, ‘The Real World’ came on, and I was like, 'That’s it! I know I want to be on a reality show,'” Kardashian told Allure for their September issue. “And I was like, ‘Ok, when I’m old enough, I’ll make an audition tape.’”
Kardashian doesn’t elaborate on whether or not she ever created an audition tape for “Real World,” but we do know that she created a tape of another kind, one that turned an intimate evening with ex-boyfriend Ray J into footage the entire world could see.
“Not my most proud moment,” Kardashian told the beauty magazine about the sex tape. “It was humiliating. But let’s move on. Not that I don’t think it’s no one’s business, but I think I’ve done a good job with replacing negative things with positive things.”
Those positive things all fall under what she terms “The Brand,” encompassing workout DVDs, clothing, self-tanner, skin care products, perfume and, of course, her E! reality show with her family, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”“I feel lazy when I’m not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad,” Kardashian explained. “He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, ‘I know you’re gonna be OK. I’m not worried about you.’”
And so, Kardashian presses forward, trying to limit club appearances – where a celeb can get paid to just show up and party – in favor of endorsement deals for companies in which she also owns a stake. The strategy seems to be paying off – Kardashian recently purchased a five-bedroom home in Los Angeles rumored to cost more than $4 million. (Allure notes that Kardashian converted one of the bedrooms in the home into a closet.)
Kardashian admitted that “It was way above my price range,” but “I saw it, and I was like, ‘This will be mine.’”
Of course, living a lifestyle that’s so focused on building The Brand doesn’t leave much room for finding The One – at the time of her interview with Allure, Kardashian’s five-year relationship with football star Reggie Bush had come to an end.
So while she’d thought that by 30 she’d be a mom of four, the challenges of dating have pushed that dream back about five years, and have dropped the expectant kid count from four to one or two.
“Who would ever want to deal with a hectic schedule and not really [getting] to see someone that often? That’s the reality of my life right now,” Kardashian said of the challenges of dating. “It’s tough, but I’m totally fine on my own. I’ve always been in a relationship, so it’s kind of refreshing to just do me 100 percent.”
What about her obsession with grooming?
“I am Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with laser hair removal! Arms, bikini, legs, underarms...my entire body is hairless."
Read the full interview in the September issue of Allure, which hits newsstands August 24.
Case dismissed!Charges of driving with expired auto insurance against hip-hop pioneer Ice-T were tossed by a Manhattan judge Tuesday morning after prosecutors acknowledged a DMV snafu.
"That is what I'm talking about - dismissed!" the "Law & Order: SVU" star bellowed as he strutted out of a packed courtroom.
"You appreciate that!" he said to people in the audience waiting for their cases to be called.
"Like I said from the gate, I never broke the law," Ice-T said outside the courtroom, his buxom wife Coco, dressed in a black dress and sky-high heals, close to his side.
"I had no knowledge of any suspension," he said. "That is why I was so angry."
The 52-year-old actor, whose real name is Tracy Marrow, famously vented via an Internet video after his July arrest, irking city cops - the very people he's made a career of portraying on the television drama.
"Everybody heard I called the cop a punk b----," he said on the video diatribe, referring to a statement he tweeted after his arrest.
"The reason I did that was because he pretty much was a punk b----."
Ice-T was vindicated when prosecutors yesterday told a Manhattan criminal court judge that the state Department of Motor Vehicles wrongly suspended his license in 2008 because the agency believed he'd ignored warnings to re-up his auto insurance.
But Assistant District Attorney Jessica Barron admitted Ice-T had properly surrendered his New York plates when he moved to New Jersey - something that "was not reflected in the DMV's computerized records."
"It basically turned out to be a clerical error," Ice-T explained of switching his registration to the Garden State when he moved there that year.
The actor insisted he never got any notifications from New York indicating his driving privileges has been suspended.
"The last two years, I've been driving around and then I'm in handcuffs."
"I wasn't worried one bit," said Morrow's blond wife Coco, sporting matching hot pink lipstick and toe nail polish.
Coco had her own admirers in court.
"Damn girl, you're fine," one man said.
Ice-T said he has no plans of suing. "I was just upset. You're not supposed to go to jail. The cop put me in jail that day. I said, 'You've really got to put me in?'"
"I hate courts," he said as he sauntered out in a crisp blue suit and blue and red striped tie. "I'm not coming back."
Asked where he was headed after court, Ice-T quipped: "Oh, I don't know, Disney Land."
As he left, a fan shouted "I'm down with Ice-T."
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Video After The JumpBUDAPEST (Reuters Life!) – A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest has become a YouTube hit with his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels.
The Reverend Zoltan Lendvai, 45, who lives and preaches in Redics, a small village on Hungary's border with Slovenia, believes skateboarding can open the way to God for young people.
The video of him in action, has so far attracted close to 275,000 hits and now also has a music version.
Lendvai says he follows the ways of Saint John Bosco, an Italian priest and educator in the 19th century who dedicated his life to improving the lot of poor youngsters and used games as part of their education.
"Many times I have felt that this is the way I can bring many people a bit closer to Jesus," he told Reuters.
He learned the skills of skateboarding at the age of 14 at school but it was only later, when he served as a priest in the town of Kormend in northwest Hungary, that he realized the impact his skill could have on youngsters.
He said three boys aged between 16 and 18 who had never attended church before started coming regularly after he showed them a few skateboard tricks.
His first board bore the papal coat of arms and he has since given away at least six to his young parishioners.
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Singer Erykah Badu has been fined $500 and ordered to serve six months probation for her now infamous video shoot in Dallas' Dealey Plaza for her video "Window Seat"
The video shoot shocked many onlookers, because Badu stripped naked in broad daylight as she walked in the same place where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
At the end of the video , Badu falls to the ground as if she had been shot.
A mother, whose daughter saw Badu naked filed a complaint in April with the city of Dallas. Police cited the singer with disorderly conduct.
The Associated Press reports Badu has already paid the fine.
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Laurence Fishburne has had enough, and has reportedly told his porn star daughter to kick rocks.
According to TMZ, 18 year old Montana contacted her dad for the first time since news of her XXX career broke and he wasn't having it.
Laurence reportedly told her her, "I'm not going to speak with you 'till you turn your life around, you embarrassed me."
He shouldn't wait for Montana to stop her h**ish ways anytime soon. She recently told ENews that she loves being filmed having sex.
Laurence fired one more shot before brushing his daughter off. "You used your last name. No one uses their real name in porn."
That's real talk right there from a hurt father, I hope they can eventually work this all out.
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I'm sure most Juggalos and Juggalettes are good people, but a few are giving the whole lot a bad name..
We've learned that Wu Tang Clan rap veteran, Method Man was also inured at the same festival where Tila Tequila was brutally attacked.
TMZ is reporting that during Method Man and Redman's set Sunday at the Gathering Of The Juggalos, somebody from the crowd threw a full can of beer that hit Meth in the face, cutting his eye.
The music is immediately stopped as Redman screams at the crowd asking who threw the can.
Eventually Method Man decided to keep performing, saying, "Start the music we're continuing the show, let's f**k these motherf**kers up.".
The Gathering Of The Juggalos was a four day event held in Illinois. Juggalos and Juggalettes are male and female fans of the festival's headliner, Insane Clown Posse.
Other acts at this years festival included Tech N9ne, Lil Kim, Kottonmouth Kings, Critical Bill, Brotha Lynch Hung, Prozak, Psychostick, Sid of Slipknot, Vanilla Ice, Wolfpac, Warren G and more according to the festival's website.
ICP needs to get this thing together. I mean how in the hell can you have a concert if the artists playing are getting injured by the fans?
Five months into his jail bid for attempted weapons possession, Lil Wayne hasn't forgotten about his family, fans and famous friends. Weezy wrote another letter, posted on his WeezyThanxYou.com blog today (Aug. 16), in which he shouts out his mother, children, fans, Young Money crew and recently-incarcerated actress Lindsay Lohan, among others.
"Hey Lindsey, glad it's over doll. I should have written her huh?" Wayne wrote to the troubled star. "Young Money, you're the best I ever had. Mother, I love you. Nae, you're my angel. Lil Tunechi Jr., you're the man. Lil Kam, you're the best heartbreaker. Lil Neal, you're the littler meatball," he continued, naming all four of his children by their nicknames.
Lil Wayne Talks Prison Life in New Letter to Fans
Wayne also asked fans to "Look out for 'Nino 3,' and 'I Am Not A Human Being," albums, both which he said are "coming soon."
In addition, Wayne told fans he's using his time in prison wisely by working out ("I should be a little bulky" he said) and engaging in the game of UNO ("Last night, I kicked **s in UNO!"). Wayne also said, although he's met "some pretty cool people" while in New York's Rikers Island -- where he is serving his time -- he's learned "plenty already and the best lesson is to not come back."
He closed the letter with a simple "I love you all!"
Wayne's written four public letters before this one, the last one titled "As Time Flies."
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All signs continue to point toward the eventual divorce between Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets.
League sources say it is now a matter of when, not if, Anthony and the Nuggets will go their separate ways.
Anthony is weighing whether to sign a three-year, $65 million extension offered by the Nuggets. His dilemma, league sources say, is what affords him the best chance of continuing his career elsewhere. Anthony could sign with Denver and convince the team to then trade him. His other option would be to not sign the extension, thereby forcing the team to move him rather than risk losing him next summer as a free agent.
During his annual basketball camp in Colorado on Saturday, Anthony said he had no timetable on when he'll decide whether to sign the extension.
In either case, "he's going to make it real clear that he's not coming back," said one league source.
But both Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and Anthony already are well aware that they don't have a future together, sources say. That became clear to Kroenke at a reception after Anthony's July 11 nuptials to La La Vasquez in Manhattan.
A series of toasts at the wedding reception, initiated by New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul, suggested Anthony leave Denver for the New York Knicks. Paul suggested it playfully, one source said, but subsequent guests -- including Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire and Anthony's brother, Robert -- made the point more forcefully.
Then Kroenke stood up to give a toast and the room was filled with an awkward silence, one wedding guest said. Kroenke tried to make light of the situation by suggesting Paul could come to Denver but that elicited no response.
While Anthony stood and applauded Kroenke when he was recognized, he apparently did nothing to discourage or dismiss the suggestions that he should leave the Nuggets.
"There were other people saying, 'We're going to get you guys together,' but it doesn't become a runaway train if Melo says something," said one source. "Maybe he didn't perpetuate it, but tell people to stop or say, 'Stan, I'm sorry.' He didn't do any of that."
Paul has since met with Hornets management and appears less eager to leave New Orleans, but all the signals from Anthony are that he would like to be in a different uniform this season.
Wedding signals included.
Anthony's agent, Leon Rose, could not be reached for comment and the Nuggets declined to comment.
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Birdman and Slim are set to add another star to their already filled to the brim Cash Money roster.
According to Allhiphop, Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is about to join the label with a solo deal.
Bizzy has been in the news a lot throughout his career, and it hasn't always been positive. He's clashed frequently with his band mates. This could be the fresh start he needs to pull things together.
Bizzy did not make an appearance during Bone Thugs' latest reunion tour, although he did take part in recording the group's most recent album, 'Uni-5: The World's Enemy'.
Maybe news of Bizzy's new heavy metal album, 'Crossroads 2010' piqued Birdman's interest, since Lil Wayne released a rock album, 'Rebirth' recently.
Whatever the reason he's joining Weezy's house, we wish Bizzy the best of luck.
'Crossroads 2010' is due out August 24.
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