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Snoop Dogg Album Reincarnated
Snoop Dogg Announces 12th Solo Album, "Reincarnated" With Documentary
Nineteen years after "Doggystyle," Snoop Dogg shows no signs of slowing down.
Long Beach, California emcee/actor/producer Snoop Dogg announced the title of his 12th solo album. The Doggystyle Records founder revealed that Reincarnated will be the release title, and feature a corresponding documentary.
In 2012 the Priority/EMI Records executive and artist released Doggumentary, along...
Lil Kim's Tax Trouble: She Owes IRS More Than $1 Million
According to TMZ, the rapper owes the feds the astounding seven-figure sum of $1,026,862.42.
As per documents obtained by the gossip site, Lil Kim owes money for every year spanning 2002 to 2009. In the last of those years alone, she wracked up $86,347.85 in tax debt ? an amount just recently heaped onto the total.
Between the colossal tax liens and her ongoing battle with Nicki Minaj, who disses her mercilessly on the track 'Stupid H?,' Lil Kim is...
Ne-yo: Joins The Motown Family
Ne-Yo has left Def Jam and is now a part of Motown Records. He’s also taken on the Senior Vice President of A&R with the label. His new role will have him producing and mentoring Motown’s artists and looking for new talent. Ne-Yo tells Billboard, “These are big shoes to fill. But trust [me], I [...]
Jay-Z Comes to the Aid of Struggling Rocawear Company Via New Ad Campaign
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z’s hold on music may be secure, but the Rocawear clothing brand the rap mogul aligned with over the years is on shaky ground.
Rocawear is faltering so much so that Jay-Z is taking the bull by the horns and leading the effort to put the brand back on top with its first-ever television commercial.
The Anthony Mandler-directed black and white clips, titled From “Marcy to Madison Square,” will chronicle Jay-Z’s rise from selling CDs from his car in the Marcy Projects of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to headlining Madison Square Garden with Kanye West on the “Watch The Throne” tour in November 2011.
The Rocawear commercial arrives amid troubling times for the apparel line, which experienced a global sales dip of $500 million. As a result, “Roc Apparel Group LLC laid off 28 of its 56 employees at its Manhattan headquarters,” Women’s Wear Daily reported.
Speaking with the publication, Iconix Brand Group president and chief executive officer Neil Cole revealed that things are looking up for Rocawear, despite a “rocky winter.” Iconix bought Rocawear for $204 million in 2007.
This winter has been especially hard for Rocawear. In November, the company came under scrutiny for allegedly selling “Occupy All Streets” T-shirts without giving any of the profits to the Occupy Wall Street movement which inspired the clothing. In addition, rumors swirled that Jay-Z was about to leave Rocawear. As it stands now, sales of Rocawear’s men’s clothing account for just over 15 percent of their overall intake.
Talk of Jay-Z’s departure has since been silenced. The entertainer is committed to staying on with Rocawear until 2014, after renewing his contract for another three years. While the rap star has a lot on his plate, Cole maintains that Jay-Z is still in control and doing his part to ensure that Rocawear continues to thrive.
“Of course, he’s a busy guy between his tour and his new baby and his music,” the executive said. “Are there times when he’s not on tour and not in the studio where we get more time with him? Yes. And are there times when we have to work via e-mail and through other channels? Yes. But we are lucky enough to get a lot of his time and caring.”
In addition to the new commercial, Rocawear plans to rebound by focusing on children’s and international sales, which have proven to be more successful. The Jay-Z-featured Rocawear ad is set to hit the small screen this spring and air on MTV, BET, and TNT during NBA basketball games and online.
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50 Cent Track To Be Featured In Suzuki Super Bowl Commercial
(AllHipHop News) U.S. rap star 50 Cent will get major exposure this weekend during the Super Bowl, thanks to a new commercial by American Suzuki Motor Corp.
50′s track “Movin’ On Up” is being featured in Suzuki’s “Sled” Super Bowl ad, promoting the new all-wheel-drive 2012 Kizashi sports sedan.
The commercial features an Eskimo, who upgrades his sled to the new Kizashi sedan by Suzuki.
“We are thrilled to show off the Kizashi’s fun-to-drive capabilities during the most-watched sporting event of the year,” said Jeff Holland, director of social media, American Suzuki. “We feel that 50 Cent’s upbeat music brings the Kizashi to life in a way that viewers will relate to.”
The Suzuki 2012 Super Bowl ad will continue to air both in 60-second and 30-second formats, as part of a new Suzuki advertising campaign that is scheduled to debut in March.
Tonight (February 4), 50 Cent will join Lil Jon and Pitbull as the headliners of the Bud Light Hotel Super Bowl XLVI party in Indianapolis.
Check out the Suzuki Kizashi commercial below:
Filed under: Headlines, News Tagged: 50 Cent, Kizashi, Super Bowl, Suzuki
Kid Cudi Unplugs From Twitter
(AllHipHop News) Cleveland, Ohio rapper Kid Cudi has officially disconnected from social networking site Twitter.
The rapper made the announcement to his 389,000 followers yesterday evening (February 3), along with a message about his new album, WZRD.
“Going away for awhile,” Kid Cudi tweeted from his official account. “For WZRD updates follow @DotDaGenius or visit http://wzrd.co.uk/v1.html.”
According to Kid Cudi, his new album WZRD will be out at the end of February.
In his last message, Kid Cudi no indication on when he plans to return, or why he was stepping away from Twitter.
“Since y’all won’t hear from me, I hope you all like the album when it comes out Feb 28th,” the rapper tweeted. “I really worked hard to do my best. Thank You.”
In 2009, Kid Cudi deleted his official account and stayed offline for over two years before his return in January of 2011.
According to the rapper, after the release of WZRD, he will release a project with fellow Cleveland native Chip Tha Ripper as The Almighty Gloryus.
Following that album, Kid Cudi said he will drop another, untitled solo project.
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Swizz Beats: File-sharing Site Shut Down, Employees Indict
Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down the Swizz Beats-run file-sharing company MegaUpload.com and charged its founder and owner with violating piracy laws. The Feds say the company has cost copyright owners more than $500 million from bootlegged films, music and other content. Swizzy is not named in the indictment. MegaUpload claims that...
