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Jon Connor has been compared to many of the industry’s greats such as Jay Z, Nas, and Kanye West. However, this young artist has continued to create his own musical legacy with his 3rd national release. The Calling Part 2 is Jon Connor’s most creative and soulful release to date. This album features the inspirational single “Forever” which was inspired by current global events such as Barack Obama’s political journey, the War in Iraq, and the current economic recession of our nation.
Dem Franchize Boyz
Dem Franchize Boyz is a hip-hop group from Atlanta signed to So So Def Recordings. The group comprises four members: Maurice “Parlae” Gleaton (born March 4, 1983), Jamal “Pimpin” Willingham (born January 1, 1984), Bernard “Jizzal Man” Leverette (born February 17, 1983) and Gerald “Buddie” Tiller (born March 6, 1983).
Notable songs include “White Tee”, “Oh, I Think They Like Me”, “Ridin’ Rims” and “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It”. The group collaborated with Korn to produce a mash-up of “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” and “Coming Undone” called “Coming Undone (Wit It).” They are also featured in Monica’s single “Everytime tha Beat Drop”. Recently they have been released by Capitol Records and they are dropping their new album, Our World, Our Way, on Koch Records on September 30, 2008.
Yahoo featured two stories on its homepage this evening. One featured Yahoo story reported that a Golden Statue of Kate Moss was made that cost $2.8 million dollars.
The second featured story showed a picture of Barak Obama at the Democratic National Convention giving a speech. The title of the Barack Obama story said, “Did Obama Deliver?”
Take a look at the pic below or read it again. Now I know we probably have never met, but I think we feel the same shit in life.
I did not read the story titled, “Did Obama Deliver” either. I don’t know about you, but I know he delivered. It’s kind of like knowing Kobe Bryant or Lebron James played well despite you not watching the game.
I’d much rather believe in that, in Obama, than to believe that in the year 2008, someone actually made a $3 million dollar Golden Statue of Kate Moss.
Kate Moss vs Barack Obama
Percy Miller aka Master P announced plans to launch Better Black Television (BBTV) a family friendly network that will provide positive content for a black and brown culture that will appeal to all races with a goal to bring people of color a choice when turning on their television. The content on the channel will contain a wide arrangement from health and fitness, animation, financial planning, reality TV, sitcoms, dramas, movies, responsible hip-hop music and videos, politics, sports and entertainment news, educational children’s shows as well as teen and family programming.
Production has begun and will be based out of California, New York, Louisiana and Florida. In addition, BBTV is in the process of purchasing local cable channel affiliates across the country.
Born in Hollywood, Better Black Television is the brainchild and passion of some of the most diverse, powerful, celebrated entertainers and trendsetters from the Television, Film, Professional Sports, Corporate America and Music industries. These visionaries all share the common goal of enhancing the current television landscape for this highly coveted demographic currently monopolized by only a few significant providers, with fresh, innovative, uplifting and above all family-friendly entertainment. Envisioned and headed by its Founder, P. Miller, a legendary music, film, and television entertainer as well as world-renowned African-American entrepreneur and social activist, Better Black Television is guided, staffed and supported by a highly skilled, talented, and above all dedicated team of professionals that have been working for more than 5 years to make this dream a reality.
“Better Black Television has been a vision of mine for some years,” said Miller, BBTV’s Chairman & CEO. “I’ve done a lot to promote and change the way messages are relayed to our children and our families over the last few years. Promoting positive content and positive messages is so important to educate and preserve the next generation. Being exposed to positive content is what changed my life. I believe that there is a market in our community for a new diverse network that provides a new brand of superior programming that caters to all aspects of television from reality to original programming. In addition, I’m excited to be able to expose the urban community to a vast array of jobs in the entertainment community that they might not otherwise be privy to. I have a great relationship with BET and MTV and my son and I will continue to do work with them and support their networks. With BBTV, we’re spearheading the initiative to meet consumer demand for family friendly hip-hop content.”
The BBTV Advisory Board members consist of some of the most significant entertainers in Hollywood, professional athletes as well as movers and shakers in the community such as Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Denzel Washington; businessman and Academy Award nominee Will Smith; Vault Load Films President, entrepreneur and senior level business executive, Jim Finkl; NAACP Executive Director Vicangelo Bullock; Professional basketball player and businessman Derek Anderson (Charlotte Bobcats); an award winning, 20-year veteran of the cable television and film industry, Professor Sal Martino; businessman, community activist and founding father of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc; entrepreneur, businessman and animation specialist, Olatokunbo Betiku; and community activist, Board President of Nailah House Foster Family Agency, speaker and teacher at Trump University, real estate mogul Curtis Oakes
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III sold 1.01 million copies last week, the first album to top the million mark in a week since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005.
“He has figured out what the record industry is struggling with,” says Vibe editor in chief Danyel Smith. “Lil Wayne has been giving away songs for the last two years,” expanding his audience in the process.
“This whole album leaked two weeks before it came out, and people still bought it like crazy.”
Signs abounded that the New Orleans rapper was about to break big. Last week, the album sold 423,000 copies its first day. Hit single Lollipop has sold 2.14 million downloads and is the year’s top-selling ringtone at nearly 2 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
While his nicknames may be ever-changing, Sean Combs himself is immediately recognizable as one of the richest and most influential people in hip-hop.
In the past few years, the rapper-turned-mogul has found two new projects to juggle in addition to producing records, designing clothing and managing restaurants: acting on Broadway and rocking the vote with his “Vote or Die” campaign.
Combs starred in the stage revival of A Raisin in the Sun in 2004. A television adaptation was released on DVD in May.
Combs talks to Terry Gross about his almost obsessive rehearsal process for that show, about losing his father — an associate of reputed druglord Frank Lucas — in a shooting when Combs was 3 years old, and about the influence his mother and grandmother have had on his life and career.
Hyphy.com’s Caliber interviews Tech N9NE, one of the most talented independent Hip-Hop artists around.
Tech N9ne will sell his one millionth album independently with the release of his forthcoming Killer album. The double-disc release is due in stores July 1 and features guest appearances from platinum rappers Ice Cube, Scarface and Paul Wall. An indication of the anticipation for Killer: lead single “Everybody Move” has already enjoyed more than 215,000 plays on Tech N9ne’s myspace page, myspace.com/techn9ne. Another Killer cut, “Drill Team,” has more than 145,000 plays.
2008 has already been a banner year for Tech N9ne. In March, Tech N9ne embarked upon the Fire And Ice 2008 tour with Paul Wall, which hit more than 50 cities across North America.
In April, Tech N9ne’s second DVD, The Psychumentary, arrived in stores. The hour-plus DVD follows Tech N9ne during a hectic day in his native Kansas City and features exclusive interviews with the Kottonmouth Kings, Cool Nutz and Strange Music artists Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Kutt Calhoun and Prozak, as well as Tech N9ne’s wife, among others.
London-based ZooNation will perform with the Royal Ballet and disabled dance group Candoco at the closing ceremony of the Beijing games.
A London 2012 spokesman said the eight-minute piece will show “London’s creativity, diversity and youth”.
But London Assembly (LA) member Brian Coleman said: “This is not the image we want to send around the world.”
‘Best of British’
London Mayor Boris Johnson will be given the Olympic flag during the 24 August ceremony, watched by up to 100 million TV viewers worldwide.
The dancers will be joined by other performers, with the full line-up to be announced on Monday.
The 2012 spokesman said: “We are in the final stages of planning our handover ceremonies – they will be the best of British, with a range of talent.”
ZooNation incorporates street dance and breakdance into its choreography and is the group behind hit West End musical Into The Hoods.
But Conservative LA member Mr Coleman said: “There are much more positive images of London, whether it is red buses or West End shows, or our diverse culture.”
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