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50 Cent Talks Jay-Z And Drake

“[Lil Wayne] has that new kid, what’s his name, Drake. The kid is coming up. I heard Jay-Z got him on his single. Right? That was ill, like, that was fast! For him to put him on his single, like that’s ill. I don’t know if he’s rhyming or singing but the fact that he’s [...]

ARETHA CANCELS ANOTHER APPEARANCE

Aretha Franklin has been making more headlines these days for gigs she has cancelled.
The Queen of Soul has just nixed her scheduled June 16 performance in San Antonio, TX, and ticketholders are being told they can request a refund at the point of purchase. No reason was given for the cancellation.
“All of our [...]

Music Industry So Weak You Only Need To Sell 83,000 To Be No. 1

The top spot on this week’s Billboard album chart belongs to Chrisette Michele. Never heard of her? Neither have many other people because Michele has scored the lowest first-week sales total in Nielsen SoundScan’s 18-year history.
Her second album, Epiphany, only sold 83,000 copies in its initial week of sales. Only two other albums have debuted [...]

Chris Brown ‘Trapped’ In Country, Says Producer

Chris Brown might be facing legal woes but as they say, the best must go on.. According to songwriter/producer Robert Allen, Brown is tackling country on his forthcoming effort “Grafitti”.
“It’s just feeling like you don’t want that dream to go away,” Allen says of a song titled “Trapped In A Dream”.
Since achieving multi-Platinum success [...]

Usher to Launch Ladies-Only ‘One Night Stand’ Tour

R&B crooner Usher is looking to prove that he hasn’t lost his sex appeal now that he’s family man. The singer has announced plans to launch a ladies-only jaunt dubbed ‘One Night Stand,’ in support of his latest album ‘Here I Stand.’
“There’s only a few artists that can pull that off,” [...]