Chris Brown Signs Modeling Contract With Wilhelmina International
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According to Billboard.com
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The R&B singer has signed with Wilhelmina International, becoming the latest star to nab a modeling contract with the agency that reps stars like Fergie and Natasha Bedingfield.
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"Art and style has always played a significant role in my life," Brown told Women's Wear Daily. "I'm so happy to join the Wilhelmina team, which has countless successes in the industry, to explore this new avenue."
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Taylor Hendrich, director of Wilhelmina Men, shares Brown's optimism for the new relationship, telling WWD that his company is "excited to translate and extend [Brown's] brand."
Brown is already turning heads in the fashion world. The R&B singer revealed his latest venture -- an urban line of street wear through his new wardrobe brand, Black Pyramid -- in Los Angeles last week.
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While Brown has proven himself successful in the fashion industry, do you think he will be able to see the same success as a model?
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Great move for Breezy, nice to see him moving forward within his career!
Public Enemy & NWA Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
10/04/2012 • 
According to The NyDailyNews.com
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This year’s list of nominees to rock music’s sacred hall is the most hip hop-friendly to date, with pioneers Public Enemy and N.W.A. earning nods in their inaugural year of eligibility.
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It’s unlikely Public Enemy or N.W.A. will need so many ballots to get in.
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In its 1980s heyday, Public Enemy created one of hip-hop’s most sonically innovative sounds, full of dense samples and assaulting beats that captured the defiant heart of New York. The band, which included Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Professor Griff, also stood among rap's most politically confrontational acts, with seminal videos directed by Spike Lee and a hit album called “Fear of a Black Planet.”
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N.W.A. offered a West Coast version, with seminal tracks like "Straight Outta Compton" becoming the soundtrack of disenfranchised Los Angelinos.
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This is very dope for hip hop!
Swizz Beatz Named Global Ambassador For NYC Health & Hospitals Corp
09/27/2012 • 
Swizz Beatz is proving to be a jack of many trades. he's been appointed as the Global Ambassador for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, according to BET.
"Swizz Beatz" is committed to using his creativity, his innovation, and his international stature to help spread the HHC message on a global scale to promote better health in our city and our world," said Joe Schick, the Executive Director of the Fund for HHC.
Swizz will help the HHC raise funds and spread awareness about the relationship between the arts and therapeutic healing. On September 27, there will be a special fundraising event at 7 p.m. at the Harlem Hospital Center in honor of the music mogul. He will officially begin his role that evening.
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Jay-Z Being Sued Over The Roc-A-Fella Records Logo
07/18/2012 • 
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According to the Ny Daily News
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"A Bronx clothing designer says superstar Jay-Z and his former Roc-A-Fella record label partners owe him $7 million in unpaid royalties for designing the label logo, one of the best known symbols in rap music.
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In a copyright infringement suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday, Dwayne Walker says he created the design.
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“The logo has become universally recognized as an iconic symbol of Jay-Z, one of the most successful recording artists in the history of popular music,” the suit says."
WOW.
Young Buck Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, Will Serve 18 Months
07/16/2012 • 
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According to MSNBC
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Multi-platinum rapper Young Buck was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after he was convicted on weapons charges.
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Young Buck, a Nashville native whose real name is David Darnell Brown, was arrested for possessing weapons despite being a convicted felon following a stabbing several years prior.
Former B2K Member Raz B Accidentally Slashes His Wrist
07/10/2012 • 
According to Mtv.com
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Raz B is recovering after surviving what he says was a near death experience. After wrapping a concert in Shanghai, China on Sunday the B2K singer was hanging in his hotel room, where he tripped and fell through a glass door, cutting his wrist.
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Raz told TMZ that he tried to break his fall after tripping, but instead crashed through a nearby glass door which severely damaged his wrist, destroying nerves, tendons and ligaments, exposing his bone. From here the singer says he passed out and when someone alerted hotel staff an ambulance arrived to take him away.
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When he arrived at Huashan Hospital Fudan University in Shanghai, he underwent surgery for 5 hours to repair his wrist and he was released on Monday.
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Damn! Glad he survived this near death experience.
50 Cent Involved In A Car Accident
06/26/2012 • 
50 Cent was involved in an ugly accident last night as his bullet-proof SUV was rear-ended by a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway in NYC.
When we first heard of it, we thought uh oh another publicity stunt but after seeing the photos (Below) we knew ish was real. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Former Roc-A-Fella Records Exec, Kareem “Biggs” Burke Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
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According to Mtv.com
One of the co-founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, Kareem "Biggs" Burke, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilos of marijuana.
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The New York Daily News reports, Biggs was snared as part of a dragnet dubbed "Operation Green Venom," in which 50 people were arrested for conspiracy to distribute marijuana in a coordinated sting that included New York's Department of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York Police Department, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New York and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's office.
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Burke was caught via a wiretap discussing activities at a grow house with the ring's leader. Prosecutors alleged that the drugs were being grown using hydroponic systems in Florida and California and later smuggled into New York and sold on the street.
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During his sentencing, Biggs promised Manhattan Federal Court Judge Loretta Swain that she would never see him in court again. She replied that it was nothing personal, but, "I'm going to keep you to that promise." Burke, 38, was arrested in the case in October 2010 as part of a sting operation focusing on a marijuana trafficking operation that distributed weed to customers in New York, New Jersey and Florida. Biggs faced a mandatory minimum sentence of five to 40 years on the charges and was forced to forfeit $15,000 in cash, his $600,000 New Jersey house and a BMW as part of his plea deal.
Freeway Talks Jay-Z Announcement In Philly & Why He Was There!
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According to Billboard.com
Jay-Z held a press conference (May 14) on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to announce a new two-day music festival, Budweiser Made in America, to be held Labor Day weekend (Sept. 1-2) at Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Parkway in Fairmount Park. Jay-Z-who is headlining the event was joined by Philly Mayor Michael and a few other noteworthy people Also on hand was Philly native and former Roc-a-Fella Records artist Freeway.
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"I was there because I wanted to see my friend, and I wanted people to know that me and Jay are still cool," says the rapper, born Leslie Edward Pridgen, who stood silently onstage during the announcement. "If you follow me or you're familiar with what I do on the Internet, whenever anyone comes to town in Philly that I'm OK with, I usually come and support them."
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Freeway's attendance at the press conference didn't come without controversy. The rapper wasn't included in a group photo op at the event, prompting media to assume that his presence wasn't actually welcome and sparking a flurry of chatter online that found Freeway the butt of many jokes. Still, he remains unfazed.
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"All press is good press, and I've definitely been doing a lot of press," says Freeway, who took to Twitter (@PhillyFreezer) during the press conference to post a picture of himself with Jay-Z at the event with the note: "Stop that shit, Jay my N***a!!" "I'm happy for the press, because the truth is, Jay knew that I was there and it was all love. There's nothing negative about that. People just turned it into what they wanted to. I actually thought it was kind of funny."
[Video]: CNN Interviews Jay-Z ; Talk’s Gay Marriage
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