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HILARIOUS SWAGGER LIKE US FAN-MADE VIDEO:
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THIS IS SOOOO WRONG:
RIVIERA REGIME + NECRO = DAAAMN, HOMIE.
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DADDY YANKEE IS SO FUCKING WRONG, BUT IT'S SO RIGHT THAT FAT JOE DEBATES HIM LIKE THIS:
As much of vocal Hip Hop seems to support Barack Obama as America's best fit Presidential candidate, Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee shocked some in his staunch endorsement for Republican candidate John McCain.
Earlier this week, in an Arizona high school, the Interscope Records platinum performer announced his support, and spoke to the urban youth on the candidate's strengths, via a YouTube clip, posted below.
Another artist of Latin heritage, Fat Joe [click to read], told MTV late Thursday, that the Puerto Rican Yankee is a "sellout" for doing so.
"I’m talking to little cousins that like [Yankee] and all that, and they’re starting to believe that John McCain is [the best candidate]. I can’t have that," said the Bronx-born member of D.I.T.C.
Noting the affect the endorsement had, the Hip Hop veteran added, “I felt like I wanted to vomit when I seen that. The reason why I called him a sellout is because I feel he did that for a [publicity] look, rather than the issues that are affecting his people that look up to him. How could you want John McCain in office when George Bush and the Republicans already have half a million people losing their homes in foreclosure? We’re fighting an unjust war. It’s the Latinos and black kids up in the frontlines, fighting that war. … We over here trying to take the troops out of Iraq and bring peace. This guy immediately wants war. If not with Iraq or Afghanistan, he’ll start a new one with Iran. I feel real disgusted that Daddy Yankee would do that. Either he did that for a look, or he’s just not educated on politics.”
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I AGREE WITH THESE TWO. BARACK OBAMA IS AN ACTOR. SO IS SARAH PALIN. THIS SHIT IS A FUCKING FARCE. PEACE TO THESE PEOPLE WHO TELL THE TRUTH:
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OVERNIGHTMARE CELEBRITY:
Overnightmare Celebrity from jeff on Vimeo.
LOL!
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APPARENTLY, JUELZ GOT ROBBED IN LONDON THIS WEEKEND:
I wasn’t going to post this either, but it’s so crazy and it came from a very reliable source.
It seems that Santana’s former manager got a couple of London promoters for 70K a couple of years back and ran off into the sunset like shit was sweet. So I guess these gentlemen got word that Juelz was in the country and saw an opportunity for getback.
And so the story goes that a large contingent of goons rushed Juelz’ hotel last night on some No Country For Old Men type shit. Long story short, Young Splashy Splash had to be escorted out of the place by police and checked into a different hotel. The aforementioned chaps eventually tracked him to the new hotel, ran up his new room and took all of those shiny baubles you see him flashing on hood DVD’s.
There’s more to the story, but I can’t even bring myself to put it out there. From what I hear, alot more information, and possibly even some video, should be trickling out of the U.K. over the next couple of days.
WWW.NAHRIGHT.COM
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BANKSY HITS UP NEW ORLEANS SOMETHING SEEEERIOUS:
MORE HERE: http://grandgood.com/2008/08/30/banksy-hits-up-new-orleans/
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RIHANNA IS BROKE? PROBABLY NOT TRUE, BUT WOW ANYWAYS:
Patricia Williams, who was recently released from her duties as Rihanna's accountant, tell all to New York's Page Six revealing that the singer is broke, check it out the report:
Rihanna's now ex-business manager Patricia Willliams has been recently fired as she recalls "for no good reason, all in ignorance" and is "livid" with Rihanna & her management company Rebel One's decision to axe her.
Rihanna recently met with Willliams to check on her accounting affairs and was shocked to see that almost all her money was missing. She instantly accused Willliams of "stealing her money."
"I'm a professional Business Manager, I have a staff of more than a dozen, I have worked for many high profile actors, musicians and multi-million dollar corporations. Why would I steal from Rihanna?" She continues, "I showed her all the paperwork and tried to explain to her the circumstances but she wouldn't listen. She called me all sorts of horrible names and stormed off. I now feel compelled to share with the world the background story as I will not allow my name to be slandered"
The Barbados born singer has had four back-to-back albums, including a re-release since her debut of "Pon De Replay" in 2005.
According to Willliams, Marc Jordan, manager and owner of Rebel One Management has been taking care of Rihanna's financial situation with her. "Def Jam doesn't fund Rihanna properly, so Marc uses the money Rihanna makes from third-party endorsements and from tours to fund her album and music videos." Since 2005, Rihanna has been sponsored by the likes of JC Penny, Samsung, Covergirl, Secret, Venus Breeze etc,. and has gone on two major tours, most recently label-mate Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" Tour and with PussyCat Dolls across Europe.
"I don't want to disrespect Marc's name. He is a fantastic manager and genuinely believes in Rihanna. But he uses her money to fund her future projects because he believes he can break her in the world-market. Her album sales are not nearly as close to her single sales and he knows that if she is only known as a 'singles artist' she will only be as good as her last hit. Unfortunately, he didn't inform his client and I'm receiving the brunt of it.
"Why is Def Jam lacking in funding support for there act? Why was so much money spent? How much exactly? Williams continues,
"Her record label Def Jam has put out 3 albums in a time span of 2 years. Alot of that was orchestrated through her management Rebel One. It was never Def Jam's intention to release so many albums back-to-back but Marc Jordan found loop holes and ways to make it happen.A lot of the money Rihanna made through her endorsements between CoverGirl Cosmetics, Samsung.. Notice that majority of Rihanna's videos have a cell phone in it?"
"After the release of Rihanna and Teairra Mari, Def Jam had intention to drop both acts because their album sales were not successful. Her manager fought to get [S.O.S (Rescue Me)] and quickly tried to negotiate with as many companies as possible. Nike picked up the song and funded a video. This brought the hype back for Rihanna in the company's New York office. Majority of the official 'S.O.S' video was funded by Samsung because the record label was only willing to put up a small amount. Once 'S.O.S' picked up digitally and at radio, Def Jam agreed to fund the rest of her album. Jordan instantly got a video shot to 'Unfaithful' (he negotiated with video director Anthony Mandler to drop his price and would be given more videos from Rihanna in return). Then they shot 'We Ride' which was an extremely cheap video to create. 'Break It Off' was released as a third album, but again, Def Jam was unhappy with the sales of her album "A Girl Like Me" and refused to shoot a video. At this point Rihanna was opening up for the PussyCat Doll's in Europe. She was making 30,000 a show but she didn't see any of that money because it was needed to fund her next album." Which is now known to the greater public as a 'Good Girl Gone Bad'."
The song "Umbrella" was found & Jordan fought again for Rihanna to have it. They shot the video, which CoverGirl funded half of, and the song became a success. When the record label had there meeting with Music Stores across the U.S to order her album for shipment, the number's weren't coming in the way that they expected. When the album's first week numbers came in at less than 150,000, the label was shocked. Def Jam's President LA Reid was livid! Umbrella was #1 for 11 weeks! Any other artist would have sold way more first week. T-Pain even did better in sales than her that week. Def Jam told Jordan they were no longer funding the album, so Jordan needed money again to pay for music videos 'Shut Up & Drive' and 'Dont Stop The Music'. Almost 250,000 was spent to have those videos created. Plus, an additional 120,000 to shoot 'Hate That I Love You'. Jordan was noticing that 'Dont Stop The Music' was picking up, so her persuaded the label to support it at radio in the U.S and the remaining singles, and they did."
"Then came for the repackaging of her album 'Good Girl Gone Bad', which is called 'Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded', that entire project was funded through Rihanna's money. 'Take A Bow' was bought through her money, the video was created with her money and so is her most recent video and single 'Disturbia'. The label didn't even want to pay a dime for anything! Close to 750,000 was spent on those two songs alone. And now she expects to see money in her account?"
Williams states that Jordan, her publicist from well-respected public relations firm 42-West, Alicia Silverman has built alot of hype around Rihanna's name but the singer has only made "a little bit above a million" and "all of it was spent on making her as big as she is now.It's not my fault that she only has 20,000 to her name."
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JD ERA IS A GOOD GUY. PEEP THIS:
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/09/01/6626846-sun.html
JD Era jumps into full-time
'Now or never,' hip-hop artist says
By NICHOLAS DAVIS, TORONTO SUN
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the school year for thousands of students across the Greater Toronto Area. Mississauga's Joseph Dako is one of those students. He needs one year to complete his communications degree at Wilfrid Laurier University, but Dako plans to take this year off school so he can do a different kind of learning.
Dako is considered one of the premier young music artists in Canada. He goes by the stage name JD Era. For the past three years, he has been juggling his academics with his burgeoning music career, and he's found success in both. But this year, he's going to focus solely on his music career so he can learn all he needs to learn to become a successful recording artist.
"I want to be able to make music my career," says Dako, who also took business courses when he was at university. "I know if things don't work out I can always go back to university and finish off my degree, but I really feel now is the time to try to establish myself beyond Canada's hip hop community."
Dako has a massive following in Canada's hip hop community. His nickname is the Prince of the North. If you visit Dako's MySpace page, he has a couple of songs with more than 33,000 hits, he has more than 7,000 friends and has almost 2,000 comments from fans right across the country.
"I know I have a solid fan base here in Canada, especially in Toronto," says Dako, who burst on to Toronto's hip hop scene in 2005. "And it was important for me to have that before I tried to establish myself outside of this country. It's the support of my local fans that has helped spread my name beyond Canada's borders and given me the strength to pursue music as a full-time vocation."
There have been other hints that have made Dako feel his time is now. He says he Googled his name the other day and saw one of his mixed tapes on a Japanese site and a Russian site.
GETTING SOME LOVE
"It was kind of crazy since I couldn't read what they were saying," says Dako, "but I have already been to England and was well-received over there and I'm also getting some love from south of the border."
Dako has built his name and reputation on the strength of the six mixed tapes on his discography. A few singles from those tapes have found their way to mainstream radio. Take Me Home and Ride Clean, both charted on Toronto's urban music station FLOW 93.5. And Good Morning Toronto became a smash hit on Toronto's underground hip hop scene.
"I think those records showed people how good a songwriter I am," says the 23-year-old Dako. "I'm lyrical enough to be respected by underground heads and versatile enough to be accepted by mainstream fans."
Dako was supposed to have released his first commercial CD earlier this year. The much-anticipated album was in the works for the past two years; it even had a title -- Coming To America. But instead, he released it as an underground mixed tape.
"I never felt the buzz was big enough to drop an album," says Dako. "I want to make sure when I drop my album that it really is the right time. I look at how well Kardinal Offishall (local Toronto rapper) is doing right now in the States and I realize the importance of timing."
By the end of this year, Dako says he will release an EP, and he will follow that up in 2009 with his first album. He feels taking the year off school will help him reach his goals sooner.
"Right now I'm hungry," says Dako. "I wake up everyday and I consume hip hop. I read about, I watch it, I practice ... I love this business. School held me back a bit, but this year I'm going for it. It's now or never."
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I AIN'T READ THIS ALL YET, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE WORTH PEEPING:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22713461/inside_the_miseducation_of_lauryn_hill
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GANGSTA OBAMA. HILARIOUS!
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ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME PALIN ISN'T AN ACTOR? PEEP THIS:
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THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS.
I GOT STUFF TO CREATE.
LOVE,
ADHIMUSIC
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