Archive for the ‘REAL TALK’ Category

Big Pun’s family and supporters held a rally Saturday in efforts to rename 163rd St and Rogers Place in The Bronx, Big Pun Place.For those wanting to see a change, sign the petition here .

Popular video site worldstarhiphop was taken offline. Most likely due to a technical glitch or oversight. Soon after 50 Cent claimed responsibility for the shutdown via Twitter.

I don’t know why people underestimate me. I just shut down WORLDSTAR for future advertising contact thisis50.com suckers lol. I put worldstar to bed, you don’t believe try me I will shut your sh*t down. Lol. I predict 2 more web sites will shut down this week. Take a guess who they are. I’m sick of the hate I’m to strong. Me and @FloydMayweather don’t thing worldstar was good representation of black people as a hole. We will present better.

50 Cent then called Angie Martinez on Hot 97 and reiterated the claim.

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WSHH’s proprietor “Q” phoned in after and shot down the accusation. All the while, his site became a trending topic on Twitter and promoted it in the biggest media market in the world.

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Fif had a separate convo off-air with the CEO of Worldstar, Lee “Q” Odenat.

Recently, Drake spoke on Ms. Haughton’s musical influence with SoulCultureUK.

J.Cole recalls making a beat in tribute to the R&B singer shortly after she passed.

G-Dep appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday and plead not guilty to second-degree murder. Last month, G-Dep turned himself in after confessing to a ’93 shooting.The WSJNY says Dep plans to fight the life sentence with his lawyer seeking a plea deal. He claims the rapper’s confession was influenced by drugs.

Khaled brought us to the studio. In the clip above, he puts the final touches to his track. Expect a video soon, directed by Gil Green.

At the CES convention , BE caught up with Ludacris as he gave a breakdown of his Soul headphones.

BlackEnterprise.com: What type of input did you provide towards the engineering of the Soul headphones?
Bridges: We went through a lot of stages. It’s been a process and we were extremely specific about every detail. After two years we’ve gotten exactly what we wanted. It’s the closest thing to perfection. There is a lot of competition out there, but me personally, I feel like there is no competition when it comes to the overall sound quality and the design of the headphon

Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has officially moved a million units and scores his fifth platinum studio LP. Congratulations ‘Ye. Keep giving us great music.

Soulja Boy didn’t pen Willow Smith’s breakout hit, that honor goes to Jukebox, he does get interpolation credit for the opening line “Hop out the bed turn my swag on”.

After shutting down Saturday Night Live with Eminem, Weezy retreated to his blog and discussed his performance and upcoming Rolling Stone cover.

Hello World & Fellow Martians! I hope you enjoyed my Saturday Night Live performance. I can’t describe what it felt like being back in my element. I wanted to share some behind the scenes photos from my Rolling Stone photo shoot. The shoot was in Miami two weeks ago and just being able to do this type of stuff again is therapeutic. Be sure to pick up the issue when it hits stands. Thank you to the people at Rolling Stone for the opportunity.

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Thank you for making 6 foot 7 foot #1 on itunes, you will continue to be #1 in my heart.