Saturday, December 18, 2010
Jay-Z's Hotel, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Kim Shoots A Video
Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z has scrapped plans for a Manhattan hotel. The rapper had plans to open the J Hotel, after the group bought a space at Tenth Avenue and West 21st street in December of 2007 for $66 million. According to reports, Jay-Z turned the mortgage back to the lenders for $52 million. The project also ran into troubles when Jay-Z filed a $3.7 million lawsuit against Highland Capital Management. Jay-Z claimed that he attempted to return the mortgage to Highland when the value of the property began to fall, and that the company's unresponsiveness cost him millions of dollars.
Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa has struck gold with his latest single "Black & Yellow." The track, which hit #1 on iTunes' Hip-Hop chart, has sold over 500,000 copies since its release in September. Last night, Wiz debuted the official remix to "Black & Yellow" featuring Snoop Dogg, Juicy J and T-Pain. The news caps off a productive year for Wiz Khalifa, who recently finished his nationwide "Waken Baken Tour." Wiz is currently in the studio putting the final touches on his upcoming debut for Atlantic Records, which is slated to drop in Spring of 2011.
Rapper Lil Kim isn't finished with Nicki Minaj just yet, as the Brooklyn emcee is preparing to drop a video for her diss track "Clap Clap/Black Friday." The video, which began shooting on location in Brooklyn early this morning (December 16th), is slated to be released in the coming weeks, according to sources close to the shoot.
2 Live Crew To Give Australian Fans 'Hot and Nasty' Christmas, New Year's
Legendary Hip-Hop group The 2 Live Crew will perform their first ever Australian concerts later this month, promising to give fans "hot and nasty" Christmas and New Year's celebrations.
Brother Marquis and Fresh Kid Ice will kick off a five-date tour of Australia, treating fans to their classic singles like "We Want Some P**sy," "Throw That D**k," "Face Up, Ass Down," and their biggest hit, "Me So Horny."
“We are ready for Australia,” says Fresh Kid Ice. “We hope they’re ready for us! We’ll be playing the old hits and the new songs, and since it’s a 2 Live Crew show, anything can happen.”
The group will also debut new material from their upcoming album of new material, Just Wanna Be Heard.
“We’re looking forward to it,” added Brother Marquis. “We’re doing it old school, playing all the hits, some new stuff, and it’s all full of energy. With 2 Live Crew it’s start fast, then a fast song and more fast songs. We line ’em up back to back.”
The tour will kick off on December 26th in Perth, at the Belvoir Amphitheatre, the Espy in Melbourne, Sussex Inlet and The Forum in Sydney at the Forum.
“We want everybody to come see us and support our tour,” says Fresh Kid Ice. “Look for all the new singles on iTunes. Pick them up, download them, and get to know us so we can get to know you. Look for us on Myspace and Facebook. It’s gonna be a party and we’re looking forward to it!”
Tour dates are listed below:
Sunday, 26 December 2010 Perth Show
Venue: Belvoir Amphitheatre
Saturday, 1 January 2011 Melbourne Show
Venue: The Espy
Sunday, 2 January 2011 New South Wales
Venue: Sussex Inlet
Thursday, 6 January 2011 Sydney
Venue: The Forum Sydney
Saturday, 8 January 2011 Melbourne 2nd Show T.B.C
Dr. Dre Partners With Zynga; Detox To Be Promoted Via 'Mafia Wars'
Social gaming giant Zynga Inc. has announced its first ever musical partnership with producer Dr. Dre, to promote his highly anticipated album, Detox.
Starting today, Zynga will start promoting Dr. Dre's album Detox to their 200 million plus users, through the popular social networking game Mafia Wars.
Mafia Wars will feature Dr. Dre inspired game experience with music content and limited edition virtual goods within a portion of the game titled "Hustlin' wit Dre."
Fans can collect Dr. Dre themed cars, headphones an weapons. Additionally Dr. Dre will deliver messages only available within the Mafia Wars game.
“We felt it was a perfect fit for Dre to be the first musical experience for the millions of Mafia Wars players to enjoy while gaming,” Interscope's CEO Jimmy Iovine told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “We’re always looking for innovative and interesting ways for fans to discover great music and with an artist of Dre’s cultural significance we really wanted something special that’s never been done before,” said Jimmy Iovine, Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records. “We felt it was a perfect fit for Dre to be the first musical experience for the millions of Mafia Wars players to enjoy while gaming.”
The official partnership with Dr. Dre comes on the heels of a promotion with one of Dre's discoveries, superstar rapper Snoop Dogg. In August, Snoop Dogg and Zynga blew up a 4-ton armored truck, to mark Mafia Wars reaching 10 million visitors in two weeks.
“Dre is a cultural icon that has inspired generations of music lovers,” said Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of Zynga. “We're huge music fans at Zynga and we know the players within Mafia Wars will love the chance to discover incredible music content while playing with their friends.”
Waka Flocka Flame's Home Raided (While Gucci Was Inside)
It was a rough morning for hip-hop as two people were arrested and Gucci Mane was briefly detained during a raid on Waka Flocka Flame’s Georgia home, and DMX was sentenced to yet another year in prison.
According to a search warrant obtained by TMZ, police raided Waka Flocka's house seeking "marijuana, articles, pictures, and communications relating to gangs and gang paraphernalia." Waka wasn't home at the time, but police told TMZ that marijuana, prescription drugs and two firearms were found. Two men were arrested in the raid and charged with possession of less than an ounce of weed; Gucci Mane, who was also in the house at the time, was briefly detained and later released. He and Waka are both members of the 1017 Brick Squad collective.
Today Waka posted several messages about the incident on one of his Twitter accounts: "The folks just kick my door n good thing i left for court lol ... N they fuck my whole house up talking bout they got a tip ...... Hello i fucking rap .... Next time (po po) get a better tip ... If i dont stand for nothing i'll never b shit and thats real talk."
Waka Flocka was shot in what he described as a botched robbery in January, and was arrested for probation violation in March.
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