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T-Pain’s Father: €Akon Is A Thieving, Un-Islamic, Back-Stabbin’ P*ssy”

Shaheed Najm & his son Fahiym “T-Pain” Najm in 2005

Tensions have been high between T-Pain and his father/former manager Shaheed Najm ever since Shaheed was left sitting alone at the negotiating table at Interscope Records in L.A. while his son signed paperwork with Akon’s Konvict Music label in Atlanta back in 2005. Needless to say, [...]

T.I., Jennifer Hudson Dominate Charts

T.I.’s Paper beats Metallica’s rock.
The legally embattled Georgia rapper got some good news for a change as his new Paper Trail debuted at No. 1, selling a career-high 568,000 copies and ending the three-week reign of Metallica’s Death Magnetic.
Jennifer Hudson, Robin Thicke, James Taylor and Kellie Pickler all landed albums in the Top 10.
This [...]

Jermaine Dupri Teams with Proctor & Gamble to Launch Music Label

In a seemingly unlikely partnership, music producing big wig Jermaine Dupri has launched a new music label with pharmaceutical giant Procter & Gamble. Dupri - who has produced hits for Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, and longtime girlfriend Janet Jackson - joins a wave of celebrities partnering with consumer goods companies in efforts to revive languishing music [...]

Wal-Mart Selling Digital Music Free of Copy Curbs

 Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it is now selling digital music downloads on its Web site without the customary copy-protection technology that limits where consumers can play the songs. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said its new MP3 music catalog includes thousands of albums and songs from major record labels such as Vivendi’s Universal [...]

Prince Plays ‘Guitar” For Verizon Wireless

First single from upcoming album available exclusively to subscribers

Guitar,” the first single from a new Prince album due in July, will be available free exclusively to Verizon Wireless subscribers who participate in an online demo of its new Song ID music identification service.
 
      You’ve seen the commercial where a woman puts her Verizon phone up [...]