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A lawsuit could halt the Hologram performance of Michael Jackson

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A lawsuit has been filed to stop the use of  Michael Jackson hologram performance at he 2014 Billboard Music Award that airs on ABC May 18th.  Alki David say he controls the right to hologram technology and he has filed a suit to stop The Billboard Music Award main event.  He has filed suit against Michael Jackson estate, MJ Production and Dick Clark Production to stop them from showing the hologram of Michael Jackson using David technology.  The hologram performance is similar to the 2012 Coachella performance of rapper Tupac Shakur.  The performance will have a life size projected 3D image of Jackson will showcase a never released Jackson song ‘Slave to the Rhythm’.  David say “if Billboard goes ahead with the Jackson performance Sunday … it will destroy his plans for a similar, high-profile holographic MJ performance. He wants a judge to stop it … STAT.”  Howard Weitzman the lawyer for the MJ Estates says “This is another Alki David stunt, no different than his claiming that Brandon Howard was Michael Jackson’s son.  It is ludicrous … and the show goes on.”

Jay Z will be Kanye West best man

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It was once reported the Jay Z and Beyonce would not attend Kanye and Kim wedding because they did not want to be a part of the filming of the reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashian.  Kardashain announced on twitter that the wedding will not be filmed for the reality show but we will see everything leading up to the wedding.  So according to a new source the super couple will be attending the wedding and Jay Z will be Kanye best man.  Source said the decision to attend may have been the result of negotiations with the television network ‘E!’ to keep much of  the ceremony free of cameras.

Tribeca Film purchase Nas “Time Is Illmatic Documentary

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Tribeca Film company has obtained the U.S. distribution right to ‘Time Is Illmatic’ which chronicles the making of Nas debut album ‘Illmatic’. The film premiered in April with the like of Robert De Niro and Raekwon in attendance.  Eric Parker wrote ‘Time Is Illmatic’ he said “If you look at conditions then and now not much has changed for the people Nas represented, but so much changed in the world”.  “What is important for us to tell is that Nas is a genius, but he’s one of just a few that made it out”.  The documentary will be in theaters and on-demand in October.  In the film there will be appearances from Nas, Alicia Keys, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and more.

BET release the 2014 BET Award nominees

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Beyonce and Jay Z leads in all nomination with four apiece.  Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown and August Alsina each has three nomination.  Best Female Hip Hop Artist nominees are Eve, Angel Haze, Charli Baltimore, Iggy Azalea and Nicki Minaj.  Best Male Hip Hop Artist nominees are Future, Drake, Jay Z, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. Here is a list of the rest of the nominees
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist 
Beyoncé
Janelle Monáe
Jhené Aiko
K. Michelle
Rihanna
Tamar Braxton
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist 
August Alsina
Chris Brown
John Legend
Justin Timberlake
Pharrell Williams
Best Group
A$AP Mob
Daft Punk
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
TGT
Young Money
Best Collaboration
August Alsina f/ Trinidad Jame$ – I Luv This
Beyoncé f/ JAY Z – Drunk In Love
Drake f/ Majid Jordan – Hold On (We’re Going Home)
JAY Z f/ Justin Timberlake – Holy Grail
Robin Thicke f/ T.I. & Pharrell Williams – Blurred Lines
YG f/ Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan – My Hitta
Best Male Hip Hop Artist 
Drake
Future
J. Cole
JAY Z
Kendrick Lamar
Best Female Hip Hop Artist 
Angel Haze
Charli Baltimore
Eve
Iggy Azalea
Nicki Minaj
Video of the Year
Beyoncé – Partition
Beyoncé f/ JAY Z – Drunk In Love
Chris Brown – Fine China
Drake – Worst Behavior
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Video Director of the Year 
Benny Boom
Chris Brown
Colin Tilley
Director X
Hype Williams
Best New Artist
Ariana Grande
August Alsina
Mack Wilds
Rich Homie Quan
ScHoolboy Q
Best Gospel Artist
Donnie McClurkin
Erica Campbell
Hezekiah Walker
Tamela Mann
Tye Tribbett
Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Lupita Nyong’o
Oprah Winfrey
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Forest Whitaker
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart
Michael B. Jordan
YoungStars Award
Gabrielle Douglas
Jacob Latimore
Jaden Smith
KeKe Palmer
Zendaya
Best Movie
12 Years a Slave
The Best Man Holiday
Fruitvale Station
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Brittney Griner
Lolo Jones
Serena Williams
Skylar Diggins
Venus Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
Blake Griffin
Carmelo Anthony
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Centric Award
Aloe Blacc – The Man
Jennifer Hudson f/ T.I. – I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel)
Jhené Aiko – The Worst
LiV Warfield – Why Do You Lie?
Wale f/ Sam Dew – LoveHate Thing
Best International Act: Africa
Davido (Nigeria)
Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
Mafikizolo (South Africa)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Toofan (Togo)
Best International Act: UK 
Dizzee Rascal
Ghetts
Krept & Konan
Laura Mvula
Rita Ora
Tinie Tempah
The BET Awards will air live from Los Angels, California Nokia Theatre on Sunday June 29th.

Comedian/Actor Chris Rock will host 2014 BET Awards

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On May 14th BET release the nomination for the 2014 BET Awards, they also announce that comedian/actor Chris Rock will be hosting the show on June 29th.  Rock has not hosted a music award show since 2003 when he hosted the MTV Video Music Awards.  Stephens G. Hill who is President of Music Programming and Special at BET said “It was a long process to get Rock to host.  We’ve been trying to make this happen for a very long while and we’re ecstatic”.  This will be Rock first time hosting the BET Awards we can not wait to see what he unleash on the audience.

Beyonce sister Solange caught on video pysically assaulting Jay Z in an elevator

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On May 5th Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange attented the Met Gala.  While at the event Solange and Jay Z got into a physical altercation on an elevator.  A video shows when the 3 got on the elevator Solange begin screaming and pointing at Jay Z.  Video shows Solange clawing and kicking at Jay while Beyonce looked on. Jay looked as if he was trying to hold her arms down as another man maybe a bodyguard was holding her back.  Once Solange broke free and tried to approach Jay again Beyonce appeared to say something.  The bodyguard wanted to keep the incident private so he stop the elevator.  As they exit the elevator an unhappy Solange walked ahead of the couple.  Another video show the threesome approached the same car to leave Solange got in first then Beyonce and then Jay went to another vehicle and they left separatley. It is not known what cause the incident because the black and white video did not have sound.

50 Cent negotiates $23 million payout with Interscope Records

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In a recent interview with Canada’s Business News Network 50 talked about his new album Animal Ambition. He said the album will be a reintroduction because he spend a long time on hiatus. During his hiatus he worked in business part of the music business. 50 was also working on his final album requirement for Interscope. He was in a position where he would have to do audits and go through the books. There were conflict in different areas 50 said “Get Rich Or Die Tryin is the largest debuting Hip Hop album and the way they sold ringtones is exactly how we sell the single”. “So the language in the contract spoke the same light and the way I would be paid off a ringtone if that the way I was to be paid off the single would mean they owed me like another $23 million maybe”. So they went through the process that took 4 years but he got paid.

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Levine is getting ready to position themselve within “Apple Company”

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While Apple is working on closing the deal to purchase Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine is getting ready to position themselves within the Apple Company.  It is not known the specifics of their jobs but they willl report to Apple CEO, Tim Cook.  Dr. Dre took to Instagram proclaiming himself as Hip Hop first  soon to billionaire.  In other news the soon to be billionaire lost a lawsuit for $3 million.  Dre has filed suit in Death Row bankruptcy case claiming he was owed royalties for his time on the label the judge did not agree.

Rapper T.I. tell Atlanta House Wives Apollo I ain’t snitching like you

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Atlanta House wives star Appolo made a big mistake when he claim rapper T.I was a snitch. Appolo had copped a pleas with the Feds in his wire and bank fraud case by becoming an informant to help catch other crooks. Since people are calling Appolo a snitch he tweeted that T.I. and Michael Vick agree to be snithces for the Feds because they sign a similar agreement. T.I. did not like what Appolo had said because it was not true. T.I. and Mike caught up with Appolo in a parking lot yesterday to make sure Appolo keeps T.I. name out of his mouth. While being video taped T.I. tells Appolo their cases were not similar at all. A source say T.I. is right we’ve seen the documents of his plea agreement with the Feds and it do not include a so-called snithcing clause. After the video incident Appolo deleted the tweet.

Apple is set to buy Beats by Dre Electronics for $3.2 billion

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Dr. Dre is second on Forbes Cash King list for highest net-worth among Hip Hop artist.  He will soon be number one on the list after Apple purchase Beats Electronic for $3.2 billion he can make upward of a billion dollar off the sale..  Apple is ready to purchase the leader in the U.S headphone market, this will be the company biggest acquisitions since Steve Jobs died in 2011.  The acquisition will include ownership of Beat Electronics music subscription service, and Beats Music which is a competitor for iTune Radio.  In 2011 manufacturer HTC purchased 50.1% of Beats Electronics for $300 million less than 3 years later Beat Electronic purchased the shares back for $415 million.

Rick Ross says Suge Knight recently showed him love

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In a video online Suge states that he want to “beat the s*** out of Ross and “play with his titties”.  As of last week Rozay took to Instagram to suggest he and Suge were cool.  A photo of the two was uploaded to Instagram with the caption “Ran into Suge last week and he showed Alot of Luv!!! Said MMG them Niggaz’ #Mastermind”. This is not the first time Knight called out Ross, in 2012 Knight had an issue with Ross and Meek Mill song ‘Tupac Back’.  At the time Knight said “I don’t got nothing negative [against him] personally, I just feel like he do do good music, and you can’t take that from him. That boy got bars, he’s gonna write…at the same time, I feel like there’s a line you cross, and Rick Ross crossed that line. If you’re gonna be with [Diddy] who killed Tupac, you can’t go turn around and do a record [called] ‘Tupac Back’… Rick Ross is a grown ass n***a. I’ll beat the dog s**t out of Rick Ross for manipulating these people out here.”

Scarface do not think Sterling should apologize

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Scareface said Sterling should not have to apologize for what he said the the recording. The Houston rapper said “I don’t fell like he should  apologize. Why should he? Why would he? For what? What you sorry about? I’m sorry because if don’t like black people, No sir why you sorry about that?”.  Scareface also commented on the age difference between Sterling and V. Stiviano he said “You’re in love with your daughter granddaughter type s***” “Dude you f***in 80 years old how the f*** can you be in love with a-like looking back that not even a child to him that’s like an infant”. Other rap artist have reacted to the Sterling recording Snoop Dog, Meek Mills and Lil Wayne to name a few.  Lil Wayne said “if i was a Clipper fan I would not be one anymore, but if i was a Clipper player, a current player you would not see me on the court anymore in that uniform.  An apology wouldn’t do for me it wouldn’t work for me.

Rick Ross offers advice on weed, love, cheating and more

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Rick Ross is currently a Rolling Stone advice columnist. Read below his some what comical advice he has offered.
The first advice Ross offer is to a man who girlfriend claims he do not buy her enough stuff.  How do I keep her happy? Ask Chris from Chicago. Ross responded was “how much is she really worth to you? Is she quenching your desires? Just tell her hey girl am working at he car wash right now.  What I can do is spend these special moments with you, some bullsh*t like that”.
Second person who seek advice is a 23 year old man.  The man live with his dad and he gets embarrassed when his dad barges in and ask his son if he want to smoke weed with him? Phil, Santa Monica Ross said “I think you should reconsider.  Your situation is unique take advantage of the bond time.  I definitively would have smoke with my father if I could have.  I say have an open-door policy.  Come on in Dad!”.
Next advice was given to a high school student who wanted to turn in a report(which got a A) his older brother wrote a few years ago. Should I just hand in his paper? Freddie, Toronto Ross ” Look over you left shoulder and look over your right shoulder. Why not hand in the paper, make your teach proud and spend that time on something else”.
Next was an high school varsity basketball coach who is tire of people trying to tell him how to do his job.  They never bother me when I was just a jv coach. How do I get the haters to shut up? Yusuf, Detroit  Ross replied “Sound like it’s time to go into boss mode.  That’s when you sever all ties with you conscience and tell these haters just how you feel”.
Last advice was given to a man who girlfriend wanted him to stop smoking weed. Help me out her Rozay Should I break up with her? or break up with her? Joe, Denver  Ross said “Uh, yeah you definitely gotta break up with her. No girl ever told me I smoke too much.  They know that would be suicidal

Lord Jamar comments on Young Thug wearing dresses

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Lord Jamar has spoken out a lot in recent months. The Brand Nubian have spoken out on topic he see as damaging including the femininity of men. He recently offer his thoughts on rapper Young Thug who receives a lot of attention for his music and his tendency to wear women clothing. Lord said “I’m not felling him, I seen the n***a in a video where he came out in his n***as got guns but he got on some womanly looking shirt on. It’s like the more effeminate s**t that you go, the more you’re going to have to do the s**t to try to prove your manhood”. The emasculation of young men affects society as a whole. These young boys don’t have a father figure. They are disrespecting women, have babies with different girls and not taking care of them. All these things they are doing affects society.

Lil Durk Responds To Tyga, Game’s Via Twitter

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Lil Durk goes in on Tyga and Game on twitter speaking on the gang affiliation and street credibility read the tweets below:

Wtf tyga was talkin bout lol he let game get all the song so tyga can feel tuff

— LIL DURK (@lildurk_) May 6, 2014