Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Deadmau5 to Headline London Music Festival

This weekend's Barclaycard Wireless Festival in Hyde Park could create buzz not only with its performances, but also the troubles of its sponsor and the recent Drake-Chris Brown showdown. LONDON - Rihanna, Drake, Deadmau5, Nicki Minaj and Pitbull are among the headline acts set to perform at the 8th annual Barclaycard Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park that takes place Friday through Sunday. The Roots, Jessie J, Wiz Khalifa, Afrojack, Kaskade, Calvin Harris, Far East Movement and many more established and rising talents are also scheduled to entertain music fans on four stages at the open-air music gathering, organized by Live Nation. Viacom's MTV UK is the official TV partner for the festival, which organizers say is one of the biggest on the country's festival calendar with more than 160,000 attendees expected over the course of the weekend. MTV's coverage will air on July 28 and July 29 and include 10 live performances, a compilation show and a countdown of the festival's top 50 moments. The festival could create buzz beyond its performances given the recent showdown between Drake and Chris Brown, who isn't scheduled for the festival, about Rihanna and U.K. bank Barclays' interest rate manipulation scandal, which this week forced its CEO Bob Diamond to resign. The bank's Barclaycard unit has been the festival's title sponsor since 2009. The original sponsor was telecom giant O2. Festival performances will start around 2pm every day and go as late as 10:30pm. The main stage will on Friday feature The Roots at 7:10pm followed by headliner Deadmau5 who is scheduled to play from 8:25pm until 10:25pm. Saturday's main stage action will culminated with Nicki Minaj followed by Drake. And Jessie J followed by Rihanna will close out the festival on the main stage on Sunday. Single-day tickets for around 50 pounds ($62) were still available for all days as of late Friday morning London time. Combination tickets for all three days were also still available, but two-day tickets were sold out. Organizers have previously said that this year's eighth edition of the music festival is shaping up to be the biggest and best-selling edition so far.

IBM's New Partnership in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, July 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today signed a collaboration agreement with the Tanzanian Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology to help accelerate the adoption of technology as part of Tanzania's ongoing development and strategy to increase its competitiveness in East Africa IBM will work with the Tanzanian Government to help achieve its vision of becoming a hub for trade in the wider East Africa region and to enhance sustainable economic development as outlined in the Tanzania National ICT Policy. "This agreement supports the goals of the National ICT Commission to use innovative technologies and approaches to transform our infrastructures, build national data centers, increase cyber-security and invest in IT talent development," said Honourable Prof. Makame M. Mbarawa, the Minister for Communication, Science and Technology. "Working with IBM will help to ensure that our initiatives are in line with international standards while positioning us to become competitive regionally and internationally." IBM and the Government of Tanzania will co-operate to support the country's National ICT agenda developing simplified and more effective social and administrative systems for e-Government, e-Health and e-Education among other areas. "IBM is a long-standing partner to the Tanzanian government and we are committed to supporting the country's economic growth and technical advancement," said Dr. Mark Dean, Chief Technology Officer and IBM Fellow, IBM Middle East and Africa. "A key part of our strategy in Africa is to build skills and a culture of innovation across the continent." One of the focus areas of the agreement will be the port of Dar es Salaam which is the main point for Tanzania's imports and exports. The port also serves the neighboring landlocked countries of Zambia, Malawi, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. By working with IBM, the Tanzanian government will explore the use of innovative technologies and approaches to help the port to operate more efficiently, transform revenue collection processes and strengthen regional trade links. The agreement underscores IBM's commitment to Africa and builds on a similar agreement signed in March 2010 between IBM and the Tanzania Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to support the adoption of IT in the areas of education, research and development. Significant progress has been made since that earlier agreement, including the provision of international guest lecturers, three academic awards, the donation of 37,000 technical reference books and journals to the University of Dodoma and the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology, as well as international co-operation with Tanzanian academics. IBM has also been actively engaged in Tanzania through its Corporate Service Corps program. Since 2009, 88 talented emerging leaders from more than 25 different countries have worked on one month assignments to Tanzania in projects aimed at social and economic development. Through this program IBM has dedicated over 10,000 hours of pro bono information technology and business consulting to Tanzania. Beneficiaries of IBM's citizenship work in Tanzania include the Tanzania Traffic Police; Tanzania Library Services; Tanzania Postal Corporation; the Tanzania Education and Research Network; the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency; the University of Dodoma, the Africa Wildlife Foundation; the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators and the Arusha Institute of Accountancy. In June 2011, IBM opened a subsidiary office in Dar es Salaam as part a broad program of investment in Africa covering the creation of new facilities, offices, training, staffing and recruitment, skills development, sales & marketing and corporate citizenship. IBM has a direct presence in over 20 African countries including South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Angola, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria. About IBM To find out more about IBM's African growth story visit: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/34710.wss For up to date information on IBM Growth Markets please follow: https://twitter.com/#IBMGrowthMkts Contacts Vera Rosauer IBM Africa +254 20 283 4000 veraros@ke.ibm.com Jonathan Batty IBM Growth Markets +48 69393 5403 Jonathan.Batty@pl.ibm.com SOURCE IBM

Prodigy Named Brand Ambassador Of SUPRA; Drops “H.N.I.C. 3″ Album

Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy has been name brand ambassador of footwear company SUPRA. The rapper, who has supported the brand for years, will help promote and market SUPRA through advertising campaigns and other endeavors. Today is a busy one for Prodigy, who is also promoting his album H.N.I.C. 3, which landed in stores today (July 3). This afternoon, the rapper will appear at SUPRA’s flagship store in New York to promote the new album. Prodigy will be signing copies of the album until 5:00 PM this evening. Later this evening, Prodigy will hit the stage at B.B. Kings’s in Times Square, to perform selections from H.N.I.C. 3. Doors open at 11:00 PM.

Former Three Six Mafia Member Crunchy Black Shot

Rapper wa Zamani wa kundi la The Six Mafia anaejulikana kama Crunchy Black,Ameripotiwa KuLazwa Hospitali kutokana na Majeraha aliyoyapata kutokana na kupigwa Risasi na cha ajabu Maelezo hayakuwa PUBLIC kwamba Sababu gani iliyopelekea tukio hilo. Crunchy, Jina Halisi Darnell Carlton, Aliibukia katika Hip Hop industry Miaka ya 90 NA Mwanzoni mwa 2000 akiwa na kundi lake la Three Six Mafia, na Baadae mwaka 2006 kuliacha kundi hilo. MTV Wameweka wazi picha za Rapper huyo ammbaye ametazamiwa kurudi katika hali yake ya kawaida hivi Karibuni

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Andre 3000 To Cover Beatles and Muddy Waters Hits On Forthcoming Jimi Hendrix Biopic

Rapper kutoka Kundi la Outkast Andre 3000 is amepanga ku cover hits of some of music’s most legendary artists, as he records and films for the upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic. According to CNN, All By My Side, in production for the past four months and set in London in the late ’60s, will include Andre 3000 remakes from The Beatles (“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and more), along with Blues legend Muddy Waters (“Mannish Boy”), Elmore James, and others. Filmgoers will not hear original songs, however, from Hendrix’s hugely popular but short-lived career. The guitarist who passed away at age 27 left a bevy of music, but his estate has refused to license his hits for the upcoming film or virtually any other requests in recent years. Experience Hendrix LLC, overseer of the Hendrix estate, spoke out last month regarding the movie. According to Hendrix’s sister Janie who also runs the company, Hendrix’s estate “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to include original music or copyrights created by Jimi Hendrix, can be undertaken without its full participation.”

Despite the lack of original music, watchers are already lauding Andre 3000′s embrace of the legendary guitarist’s likeness and mannerisms. “Andre has been Jimi for four months now,” says Sean McKittrick, co-producer of the film that is currently shooting in Dublin, Ireland. “He speaks and walks like Jimi. He dropped a ton of weight. The transformation has been amazing.” Adds McKittrick, it was “easier…to recreate 1967 London.” The film is set to show at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2013, with the release to follow, along with a possible full soundtrack of Andre 3000 covers.