Kanye West has produced a track for a boyband in South Korea. According to AllKPop, boyband JYJ have a track on their album produced by Mr. West. The Kanye produced “Ayyy Girl” will appear on JYJ’s album “The Beginning”. Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins is also involved on JYJ’s project. Jerkins said, ”It’s all about the East meeting the West these days and the world is becoming a melting pot of various cultures. To have Read More ...
Shakira insisted that Dizzee Rascal be part of a promo video for her new single. The singer’s new single “Loca” features Dizzee but in the original plans for the promotional video, the rapper wasn’t included until the singer changed her mind.
Pharrell Williams has said that rapper T.I. has a heart of a champion. Speaking to MTV, the producer was quick to praise Tip following his current legal situation. “He got the heart of a champion. Whatever happens, Tip gonna be fine, regardless. He got a good heart, and at the end of the day, he’s a human being…What you can’t do is take away any of the good stuff that Read More ...
Watch The Throne could be released on November 23rd. Reports suggest that the 5-track EP from Jay-Z and Kanye will drop on the same day Nicki Minaj is set to release her Young Money debut “Pink Friday”. There are also unconfirmed reports that the EP will be released with Def Jam. Kanye’s album is slated for November 16th. GG
In the new issue of XXL Magazine, Kanye West discusses the moment when President Obama called him a “jackass” following the MTV VMA’s when the rapper interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech. Yeezy felt (and rightly so) that Obama at that time had better things to do rather than discuss the incident. When Obama called me “jackass”, after the Taylor incident, I thought that the person who taped that wasn’t supposed Read More ...
Hip Hop artist 50 Cent is being sued for £100k after a production company and a casting agency are claiming that they have not been paid. The lawsuit relates to the film project “Things Fall Apart”, which the rapper financed himself. Crispy Twig Productions (CTP) and Nancy Nayor Battino (employed to deal with casting), claim that they’ve not been paid over £58,000. According to court papers, “CTP agreed to provide the casting services of Nayor Battino Read More ...
Usher is set to return to the UK for a string of dates in early 2011. The OMG Tour kicks off in Manchester on 26th January and ends in February at London’s O2 Arena. It’s the first time in six years that the R&B star has toured the UK. Expect the singer to perform some of his biggest hits as well as tracks from his sixth studio album ”Raymond vs. Raymond”, which Read More ...
