We heard from Lupe on Twitter awhile back that he had completed his long-delayed album Food and Liquor 2 let’s hope it is a great Rap Album, it seems as though the project is in fact cement.
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Mary J Bliges Burger King Commercial Axed
Mary J Blige was paid $2 million dollars to appear in a Burger King commercial in which she sings a jingle about a chicken wrap, after being dragged on twitter by her followers and following a torrent of bad feedback from the black community, many of whom claimed the advert was stereotypical and offensive, the advert was pulled and Mary J Blige and Burger King apologised for releasing an unfinished advert, Burger King wanted to highlight the fact that other celebrities Salma Hayek and Jay Leno are also are advertising the snack wraps. Check out the video that many have described as rachet below.
A trailer for Sparkle emerge not too long ago which features Whitney Houston’s final film performance. Sparkle marks Houston’s return to the big screen after a 16-year hiatus, her first starring role in a film released in theaters since she co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Preacher’s Wife in 1996. It will also be her last. Houston died February 11th at age 48 in her Beverly Hills hotel room. Sparkle stars Jordin Sparks as Sparkle Williams, one of three sisters from Detroit struggling with fame as a singing group in the Sixties. Houston plays the women’s mother, who had her own unpleasant experience with the music industry, and she is seen in the trailer warning her kids of its dangers. Cee Lo Green, Mike Epps, Derek Luke, Tika Sumpter and Amari Hardwick co-star. Watch the Sparkle trailer below.
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Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius also know as WZRDMade an appearanceon LA Favourite radio Show The Big Boy’s Neighborhood to promote their new WZRD spoke about his music family G.O.O.D. Music their upcoming compilation album and his good friend Kanye West. Kid Cudi also revealed
“Some of the G.O.O.D Music album was recorded before Watch The Throne was established. G.O.O.D Music is a very strong force a lot of people need to start getting prepared for. Now that everyone’s got their projects out of the way, everybody’s focused on this.”
West Coast Rapper teams up with producer Diplo and DJ Switch to put his heart into singing reggae as he is making a reggae album. With help from Major Lazer, the rapper is reportedly turning singer, putting “his heart” into an LP of reggae tunes.
“It’s like Snoop Dogg and Major Lazer together,” explained the producer Diplo, who formed Major Lazer with the English DJ Switch. “What we’re doing is a reggae record … It’s all reggae and [Snoop’s] singing and he’s doing an awesome job. I never knew it, but he had his heart in every song.”
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Andre 3000 Interview For US GQ
Andre 3000 has featured on some of the hottest tracks of 2011, including Drake The Real Her from the album Take Care, Ke$ha Get Sleazy Remix, Beyonce Party from The Album 4 and Chris Brown Deuces Remix to name a few, leaving many fan’s questioning if there will be another Outkast project or a solo project released in 2012. Andre 3000 aka Benjamin Andre the MC with few words for the media recently spoke to GQ magazine addressing numerous questions including whether there will be another solo project:
(Special Thank’s to GQ.com for providing the full interview)
The GQ&A: Andre 3000
Out of nowhere, Andre 3000 is back on our televisions, on our radios, and—by the end of the year—in our closets. The man they call 3 Stacks tells us what is and isn’t in the works for the next year, from the status of a new OutKast album to his solo project
Stalley let go the first leak from his Savage Journey To The American Dream project dropping March 30th.
A fithteen foot billboard featuring super model Kate Moss wearing the new Mango Spring Collection collapsed on Oxford Circus in London yesterday, falling off the Mango Flagship store onto one of London’s busiest shopping areas, crushing innocent by standers and injuring four. Three fire engines, four fire rescue units and three ambulances rushed to the scene bringing traffic to a standstill. Four people are reported to have minor injuries, while onlookers took photos and uploaded images to social networking websites Twitter and Facebook.