Denver Nuggets Forward Carmelo Anthony (aka Mr. LaLa) has moved to expand his hustle by launching his own social networking site, Thisismelo.com. Congrats Melo, but the Nuggets will still fall to the Lakers this season.
By the way, shouldn’t 50 be getting a royalty check each time someone launches a “thisis(insert celebrity name)” website? Just saying…
Del tha Funky Homosapien and Tame One discuss their upcoming collaborative album, Parallel Uni-verses.
If his recent tweets are anything to go by, Pharoahe Mon Chi Chi may be the latest rapper to go the independent route. Peep game. Read the rest of this entry »
Just to prove that there is no universal justice, everyone’s favorite spotlight-stealing, autotune-abusing rapper (if you can’t pick it up from that go ask Taylor Swift who she’s NOT a fan of right now) leads the pack for this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards with nine (9) nominations. Jay-Z and Weezy F. tie for second place with seven (7) thumbs-up each. BET plans on awarding West Coast legend Ice Cube with the “I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award for his contributions to hip-hop. The show will be taped in Atlanta and premieres on BET Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m.
By now you’ve probably heard that Lil Mama crashed Jay-Z’s VMA performance and made a fool out of herself. During Jay’s performance of “Empire State of Mind” with Alicia Keys, Mama invited herself to the stage and started dancing. Jay tapped Mama’s knee and motioned for her to get off the stage, but she ignored him and kept swaying. At some point, Jay even told her, “You’re T-Paining right now,” a reference to T-Pain’s impromptu stage appearance at Jay’s Summer Jam rendition of “D.O.A.”
Lil Mama offered the following apology to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys via MTV:
“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys. I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”
Pop the lid for a video of Jay-Z punching Lil Mama backstage after the performance. Read the rest of this entry »
Move over Will Smith, Doug E Fresh’s Scientology-penis is bigger than your Scientology-penis. “I am the first hip-hop artist to do it,” Doug E Fresh told Essence magazine in a recent interview.
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Speaking of femcees, London’s own Speech Debelle has won Britain’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize for her Speech Therapy LP. The album was inspired by her experience in the streets as a homeless teen. Debelle knocked out 11 other acts, including Kasabian and Bat for Lashes, to snag the prize, ÂŁ20,000 ($33,000).
I feel so good,” the 26-year-old told the AP after her win. “It feels better than I imagined. My family’s here. My friends are here. I’m from south London. I don’t get emotional – I’m emotional.”
Other artists in the running were: Florence & the Machine, La Roux, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, The Horrors, Glasvegas, Led Bib, The Invisible, Lisa Hannigan, and Friendly Fires.
Pop the hood for some videos of Speech at work.
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Word on the street is that Mandate Pictures has picked up the teen dance drama script Dream On from Jason Ubaldi for Laurence Mark to produce. According to Variety, the plot revolves around an aspiring Olympic gymnast who discovers the underground hip-hop scene in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
