Fabolous Accused Of Assaulting Atlanta Busboy..
Octavious Butler, a busboy at Atlanta’s Fox Sports Grill, is charging Fabolous with assault, after he claims the Brooklyn rapper struck him with both a glass bottle and his fist. The incident allegedly happened during Fab’s recent visit to Georgia, and the suit was filed January 31 in Fulton County Superior Court. |
Rihanna Gets Interviewed By Kanye West About Fashion, Career, Kids.
Kanye West can add interviewer to his resume, as the multi-platinum rapper/producer recently presided over a question-and-answer session with "Run This Town" collaborator Rihanna.
The piece, available in part on interviewmagazine.com, covers a wide range of topics. Kanye began a passion he and Rihanna share: fashion. "I probably see a lot of menswear, or something extremely, extremely feminine," explained Rihanna when asked what her next look would be. "But I like to play with both. It would have to be so extreme that it's a look, because I don't usually like typical ladylike, girly-girly stuff. It would be a look if I were to do it. I always like something that's a little off, so it's just not typical or expected." |
Mariah Carey And Nick Cannon Expecting A Boy And A Girl
Nick Cannon confirmed that his wife, Mariah Carey, was having twins back in December, and now, it has been revealed that the couple are expecting one boy and one girl.
In the forthcoming issue of Life & Style magazine, the songstress shares the big news, gushing about her impending motherhood.
"Even before we announced it was twins, I was trying to keep everything gender-neutral, because I didn't want to impose an identity on them too soon," Mariah laughingly told the mag. "There were fan contests on Twitter about what gender they are and rumors about them being two boys or two girls — but nobody guessed this!"
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Warner Music Confirms Curren$y Signing, New Mixtape And Tour.
After he released both Pilot Talk and Pilot Talk II through Damon Dash’s BluRoc/Def Jam imprint, Warner Music Group has confirmed signing New Orleans emcee Curren$y. Rumors of of the signing began weeks ago, but neither side would confirm them. The signing marks the third new label for Curren$y, who was previously signed to No Limit before a stint at Young Money under the Cash Money/Universal umbrella. |
DJ Kool Herc Hopes To ‘Shine Light’ On Health Care Reform…
DJ Kool Herc (born Clive Campbell) is feeling better but still needs financial help. Late Monday, The New York Times reported that the hip-hop pioneer was recently hospitalized due to surgery for kidney stones — a painful, yet treatable, condition made all the worse due to Herc's lack of health insurance. |
EMI Record Label Group Now Taken Over By Citi Group…
The famed EMI Music Group, which includes labels such as Virgin, Capitol, Priority, Blue Note and others, has been acquired by banking giant Citigroup. According to Billboard.com, the deal took place as a debt-for-equity agreement, reducing the struggling music conglomerate's debt by a reported 65%. |
Rihanna Pokes Fun At Media In ‘S&M’ Video.
Pop stars have a history of tackling their tabloid headlines in music videos and now Rihanna is having some fun with the media in her "S&M" music video. It's a colorful romp through the singer's sexed-up public persona, complete with an appearance by Perez Hilton and plenty of stereotypical-looking reporter types. |
Kanye West Vs. Kobe Bryant In Sneaker Showdown.
The Kanye West and Kobe Bryant partnership might have taken a wrong turn somewhere.
The pair were photographed in the studio together last year when West was working on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The rapper, despite his Chicago roots, also said he wanted to be like the Los Angeles Laker.
Over the weekend, however, in a preview of a Nike commercial spot that will debut over the upcoming NBA All-Star Weekend, West (in character) is shown at odds with Bryant in a campaign for the baller's new sneaker.
"Bring him to me!" 'Ye screams in the clip, which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and also features Bruce Willis. "The Black Mamba ain't nothing. I'm the boss!"
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Eminem To Appear In Lipton Claymation Super Bowl Ad.
Eminem will make an appearance during the Super Bowl in a commercial for Lipton Brisk Iced Tea, the New York Post reported on Monday (January 31).
For a reported $1 million payday, Em will be remade into a claymation character in a commercial described by an unnamed insider as "very funny." While it's a rare promotional gig for the press-shy Detroit MC, he's the latest star to appear in the series of stop-motion ads for the beverage, following previous spots starring metal icon Ozzy Osbourne — who is set to co-star with Bieber in a Super Bowl commercial for Best Buy — and go-to tattooed bad man actor Danny Trejo ("Machete").
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Lloyd Says King of Hearts is ‘Complete Baring of My Soul’.
R&B singer Lloyd is preparing the release of his third studio album, ‘King of Hearts,’ on March 22, and he says this effort is about “stepping outside the box” and “trying new things.”
“It is just a complete baring of my soul,” the Lloyd tells UK’s DJ Firestarr. “It’s just kinda me saying F**K it, imma just leave it all out there and it’s kinda like a re-invention of myself and my art.”
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