At the end of the lyric video for his record with Jay-Z, Justin revealed the release date to his upcoming long-awaited third album, The 20/20 Experience, which is set to hit stores on March 19.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Thrift Shop” Hits Number One
After going platinum two weeks ago, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ single “Thrift Shop” is now the number one song on the charts. If you haven’t yet you should pick up the album.
Justin Bieber Reportedly Got High Off Syrup & Banged A Nursing Student
According to Star:
On December 21, an insider tells the magazine, the 18-year-old pop star joined rapper Lil Twist and nursing student Milyn “Mimi” Jenson around 6 p.m at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons.
“They all went to buy weed at a smoke shop on Olympic Blvd. in Hollywood,” the insider said, “then they got food at McDonald’s and went back to the hotel.”
At the hotel, the group smoked marijuana and drank a chemical concoction known as “sizzurp” throughout the night. From there, they went to the Baby singer’s $6.6 million Calabasas mansion, where Justin opened up about his fondness for tattoos and Xanax, as well as his plans to build a hookah room in the house.
After that, Justin held Mimi’s hand, and showed her the breathtaking view from his backyard. The insider said that Mimi said Justin was really kind, romantic — and stoned — after he’d been “smoking pot all night.”
The group returned to the Four Seasons, where the coupling between Mimi and Justin continued in his bedroom suite.
“Justin surprised her by saying, ‘I want to know if you taste good.’ He started kissing her cheek and ear and neck and then her whole body,” the insider said. Then, the Biebs removed Mimi’s clothes and engaged in sexual activity with her.
Justin, who stayed clothed the entire time, ended things quickly after the marathon session, despite Mimi’s hopes he’d take things further.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Swimming Pools’ Goes Platinum
US digital sales: @kendricklamar’s Swimming Pools (Drank) tops the 1 million mark. It’s his 1st million-seller.
— Chart News (@chartnews) January 23, 2013
Congrats to Kendrick Lamar….here’s to hoping that we’ll get a new project in 2013 (we’re supposed to!).
UPDATE: Bobby Valentino Carjacked At Gunpoint In Atlanta
UPDATE: An arrest has been made in the carjacking of R&B singer Bobby Valentino in Midtown Atlanta Tuesday night, according to Atlanta police.
Authorities say Wilson and witnesses identified one suspect and the man was taken into custody. The man’s identity and photo has not been released while police are still looking for the second suspect. – AA
From WSB-TV in Atlanta:
Police are investigating a carjacking involving a high-profile R&B singer in midtown Atlanta.
One person was arrested after the singer’s Bentley was taken at gunpoint on Tuesday night, Atlanta police told Channel 2’s Ryan Young.
Police said Robert “Bobby” Wilson, better known by his stage name Bobby Valentino, came out to his car on 14th Street and Spring Street when two males approached him with a gun and carjacked the singer.
Police said an arrest has been made and Valentino’s car has since been recovered.
Bunny Wailer & Rastafari Speak Out Against Snoop Lion
I was wondering when some true Rastafari would come out against what Snoop Dogg’s been doing. From TMZ:
Snoop Lion, nee Snoop Dogg, has done the seemingly impossible — pissed off a bunch of ganja smoking Rastafarians — who claim he lied about becoming a Rasta just to make a movie and sell records … and now they’re threatening to sue.
Bunny Wailer — an original member of Bob Marley and the Wailers — tells TMZ he’s heated about the docu-film “Reincarnated” … which documented Snoop’s immersion in the Rasta culture as he recorded his first reggae album in Jamaica last year.
Wailer claims Snoop has engaged in “outright fraudulent use of Rastafari Community’s personalities and symbolism” — and has failed to meet “contractual, moral and verbal commitments.”
And it’s not just Bunny who feels burned — leaders of something called the Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council (aka Rastafari Millennium Council) — fired off a 7-page demand letter to Snoop.
In the docs they claim to have made it clear to Snoop that “smoking weed and loving Bob Marley and reggae music is not what defines the Rastafari Indigenous Culture!”
Bottom line … they want Snoop to stop using the name “Lion” … pay up the “financial and moral support” they claim he committed, and issue a public apology.
If Snoop refuses — FIRE WILL BUN FI HIM!! Or in layman’s terms … they’re gonna sue his ass. We called Snoop for comment, and so far no word back.
Chief Keef’s Interscope Deal Revealed To Be Worth $6 Million?
According to MTV News
the two deals can bring Keef more than $6 million in earnings if certain sales goals are met — and that’s not counting the income he could potentially earn from future royalties. Interscope agreed to pay Chief a $440,000 advance; half of the sum was paid up front and the other half will be paid after a judge approves the advance. Court papers state that the advance is to be placed in a trust fund controlled by the rapper’s grandmother and then made accessible to Keef when he turns 18.
The rapper received an additional $300,000 to cover the costs of recording his debut album, Finally Rich, which was released in December and features appearances by 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy and Wiz Khalifa. If the “I Don’t Like” rapper doesn’t sell at least 250,000 copies by December 2013, Interscope can pull the plug on the deal. Finally Rich sold approximately 50,000 copies in its first week of release and has since moved about 100,000 more.
The label deal for GBE is a separate three-year agreement in which Interscope handed Keef and his team another $440,000 in the form of an advance, plus an additional $200,000 for overhead expenses and operation costs. Interscope can terminate that deal if GBE tallies losses exceeding $4.5 million.
93 Feet East Set For Closure Following Massive 2012 Raid
From Gigwise:
In December a ‘Benny Hill-esque’ police raid saw 175 police officers storm the venue, and the club’s licence was revoked after ten people were arrested, reports The Stool Pigeon.
The raid, which was part of Operation Condor, saw 93 Feet East temporarily close its doors, but now its licence has been revoked by the council it will be closing for good.
Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamelts, Ohid Ahmed, told The Evening Standard: “The decision on 93 Feet East’s licence demonstrates that we are prepared to take swift and decisive action if bars are found to be allowing drug dealing and drug misuse.
“Through continued partnership working between the council and police, including the dealer a day initiative, we will continue to go the extra mile to tackle drug dealing in our community.”
The Roots Announce Next Album Title
The Roots plan on releasing a couple of projects this year and ?uestlove gave an update with Billboard on their collaborative project with Elvis Costello.
The initial plan was to cut just a few tracks, but those sessions proved fruitful enough for the artists to keep going. Says Thompson, “we had 13 or 14 songs, but then we said, ‘Ooh! Wait a minute! Let’s replace four of these songs with four better songs! And now we have the tightest 12-14 song collection out of about 20 songs that we made.”
The band also revealed the title of their next album, & Then You Shoot Your Cousin which released this year or next. Check out the lineup for their annual picnic in Philly on June 1st.
Lightshow Announces Mixtape Release Date
Lightshow logged onto twitter tonight to announce the release date of his upcoming mixtape, Get Well Soon set to drop in March.
My new mixtape #GetWellSoon will be available March 2013!!! #RT
— Lightshow (@Lightshow10thPL) January 23, 2013
A$AP Rocky Long.Live.A$AP Tops The Charts
A$AP’s debut album Long.Live.A$AP will land at the top of the Billboard charts. HDD reports an estimated 141,003 in first week sales. Final numbers tomorrow.
Trinidad Jame$ Announces Tour
To help celebrate his debut album and his next single “Females Welcome”, Def Jam’s latest artist will go on his first headlining tour, Don’t Be S.A.F.E. starting in Cleveland on February 20. TJ had this to say.
“I want people to understand where I come from. I’m not perfect, we may forget a word or two but we are always gonna turn up together. At the end of the day, you will always remember the experience”
February 20 – Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
February 21 – Louisville, KY Pub & Billiards
February 22 – St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
February 23 – Chicago, IL Reggie’s Rock Club
February 24 – Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
February 26 – Greensboro, NC Green Street Music Hall
February 27 – Norfolk, VA NorVA
March 3 – Richmond, VA National
March 4 – Washington, DC Howard Theatre
March 5 – Philadelphia, PA TLA
March 6 – Boston, MA Middle Eas
Talib Kweli – Prisoner Of Conscious (Album Cover)
Prisoner Of Conscious should be dropping April 23rd through Javotti Media/Capitol/EMI.
BREAKING: Shooting At Houston, TX Community College; Campus Locked Down
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From NBC News:
A law enforcement source told NBC News that three people were shot and one person possibly suffered a heart attack.
NBC station KPRC-TV reported that police had one person in custody and were searching a subdivision near the North Harris campus of
Lone Star College to determine if another person who fled the scene could be a possible suspect.
Live aerial video taken by the station showed emergency crews moving two people on stretchers into ambulances. KPRC reported that two patients were brought to Ben Taub General Hospital.
Police officers in SWAT gear were shown on the video entering buildings on the campus and bringing out students.
Beyonce Reportedly Lip-Synched Her Inauguration Performance
From NY Post, Page Six:
Beyonce Knowles’ flawless performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the inauguration was entirely lip-synched, Page Six has confirmed. A rep for the United States Marine Band revealed that she decided to perform to a pre-recorded track at the last minute.
“All music is pre-recorded for the ceremony because there are so many eventualities and conditions that day,” Kristin DuBois, a rep for the band tells Page Six. “We performed, live, the band. But we received last-minute word that Beyonce was going to use the pre-recorded vocal track. Those were the instructions we were given. We don’t know what the (sic) reason why.”
The news will surely shock those who watched the emotional performance. At one point, Beyonce even dramatically removed her earpiece – which now seems even more ludicrous, as she wasn’t even making any noise.
A rep for Kelly Clarkson, however, tells Page Six, “Kelly did sing live!”
Pusha T Responds To Consequence Dissing Kanye West Via Twitter ?
Reports This is 50:
Yesterday on The Breakfast Club, Consequence and his girlfriend Jen The Pen aired Kanye West out for not sending a gift when their child was born. The couple revealed that Kanye was smashing Kim Kardashian when she was still dating Reggie Bush.
Cons also went at G.O.O.D. Music artists Big Sean and Q-Tip.
Pusha T responded to the interview on Twitter. But instead of talking a lot of trash he did it in a humorous way by joking about Consequence’s teeth. Peep Pusha’s tweet below.
Confucius says if a man purchased the very teeth u have in your mouth, u should NEVER speak ill of that man…
— PUSHA T (@PUSHA_T) January 22, 2013
Common On Cruel Winter & Next LP
Common sits down with Vulture and tells them that G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Wintercompilation is probably not going to happen.
Does G.O.O.D. Music really have a Cruel Winter album coming?
Oh, yeah, nah, nah. I don’t think that’s happening. It was more of a rumor — cats been creating, but everybody’s been doing their solo album. So that’s what that is
Common Speaks on his next album:
What can people expect?
New beginnings, new energy. You can expect to hear me rapping on music that you never heard me rapping on before. It’s gonna be fresh. It’s gonna be original.Who’s working on that?
I’m definitely looking at some of the producers like Travi$ Scott, No I.D., 88-Keys, Hit-Boy. This has been the first time I’m open to working and not having just one, two producers and that’s it.
Wes Walker’s Wife Airs Out Ray Lewis On Facebook
As the Ravens continued their goal for a Super Bowl title after beating the New England Patriots, Wes Welker’s wife took to Twitter to ‘remind’ or ‘enlighten’ folks of Ray Lewis’ checkered history:
“Proud of my husband and the Pats…by the way, if anyone is bored, please go to Ray Lewis’ Wikipedia page. 6 kids, 4 wives. Acquitted for murder. Paid a family off. Yay. What a hall of fame player! A true role model!”
Well, she ended up deleting the post while replacing it with an apology of sorts, which was probably coerced:
“I’m deeply sorry for my recent post on Facebook. I let the competitiveness of the game and the comments people were making about a team I dearly love get the best of me. My actions were emotional and irrational and I sincerely apologize to Ray Lewis and anyone affected by my comment after yesterday’s game.
“It is such an accomplishment for any team to make it to the NFL playoffs, and the momentary frustration I felt should not overshadow the accomplishments of both of these amazing teams.”
REPORT: Florence Welch (@flo_tweet) Performs Kendrick Lamar On The London Tube
I hope we can snag a visual soon (if ever). From Gigwise:
Kendrick Lamar’s concert at the Hammersmith Apollo was star studded, with attendees including Nicola Roberts, Jameela Jamil and Tinie Tempah.
However, Florence was the only one to get the tube on her way home, to try and avoid the traffic.
A source tells The Sun, “Florence jumped on the Tube after Kendrick and, as you can imagine, every carriage was packed. At first she tried to keep a low profile but it didn’t take long for a few people to recognise her.
“They started singing ‘You Got The Love’ but instead of bailing at the next stop, Florence joined in. It was brilliant. She finished ‘You’ve Got The Love’ before changing to the Kendrick Lamar song ‘Backseat Freestyle’.”
Florence has been a hip-hop and r&b fan for a while, as she previously toured with Canadian r&b artist The Weeknd. She’s also good friends with A$AP Rocky, and featured on his track ‘I Come Apart’.
Casey Veggies – Life Changes (Tracklisting)
Casey Veggies reveals the tracklist to his upcoming mixtape that is set to drop tomorrow. The 13-track project will see features from Dom Kennedy, BJ the Chicago Kid, Harry Fraud, 1500 or Nothin, Cardiak, The Futuristiks, and more. Tracklisting below.
01. Life Changes feat. Phil Beaudreau (prod. The Futuristiks, Dawaun Parker)
02. My Vision (prod. The Futuristiks & 1500 or Nothin)
03. Young Winners (prod. Dynamic Duo)
04. She in My Car f. Dom Kennedy (prod. DJ Dahi)
05. Faces (prod. Rob Holladay)
06. Life$tyle (prod. Cardiak)
07. The Team (prod. The Futuristiks)
08. Whip It (prod. D.R.U.G.S)
09. Love = Hate (prod. THC)/Ulterior Motives f. BJ the Chicago Kid (prod. Rahki)
10. Everything Wavy (prod. PriceTag)
11. I Love Me Some You (prod. Harry Fraud)
12. These Days (prod. The Futuristiks & 1500 or Nothin)
13. Take My Life (prod. The Futuristiks & 1500 or Nothin)
5 DMV Artists Up For XXL Freshmen 13 Cover
Tonight, XXL Magazine released the list of possibly nominees and a ballot for you to cast your vote. XXL will pick 9, and the artist with the most votes will earn the 10th spot. We got 5 artist on this year’s list. I’ll be happy with one artist from the list. What you think?
Fat Trel
Logic
Phil Ade
Los
Lola Monroe
Chief Keef Sued By Middle Schooler Over Child Support?
According to TMZ
17-year-old rapper Chief Keef is already getting a head start on his baby mama drama — in fact, he’s so far ahead of the game … he allegedly impregnated a girl who’s STILL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL … and now, she’s suing for child support.
The girl filed the petition for child support in Chicago, claiming Keef — real name Keith Cozart — fathered a baby daughter with her back in 2011.
The girl’s exact age is unclear, but according to the docs, she currently attends a Chicago middle school — meaning she was .. at MOST … in 8th grade when she conceived the child, but could have been in 6th grade.
Cozart — who has since worked with Kanye West, Young Jeezy, and Rick Ross — was 15 at the time.
In Illinois, it is considered a misdemeanor for two people under the age of 17 to have sex … even if they’re in a consensual relationship. When both parties are between 9 and 17 years old, the older person commits a crime called “criminal sexual abuse.”
Punishment for the crime includes a max sentence of one year in jail … and a requirement to register as a sex offender for ten years — but in reality, these cases are almost never prosecuted.
The most likely scenario in which Keef would face a judge is if the girl’s parents press charges — but if that hasn’t already happened, it probably won’t.
The girl is suing Keef for an undisclosed amount of child support, including health insurance and other medical expenses. Calls to both Keef’s people and the girl’s family were not returned.
Keef’s no stranger to legal problems — he was just sentenced to 60 days in juvey for violating his probation on a gun charge.
On The Set: Pusha T x Rick Ross “Millions”
Pusha and Rozay brought out their cars and began shooting the video for the recent collaboration in Miami. More photos below
Lloyd Banks Announces New Mixtapes
Lloyd Banks doesn’t seem like he’s taking this year off. Earlier, he took to Twitter to announce his new mixtape series with DJ Drama. No date set yet, but expect it soon.
The A.O.N (all or nothin) series coming soon!! Bank$ Drama! Volume 1..F.N.O (Failure’s No Option)