Posted: Wednesday – November 18, 2009

The Mothers of rappers Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and T-Pain have teamed up together to create a new talk show titled “Dinner Table Discussions”. The format immediately makes you think of The View. Aliyah “Mama Pain” Najm (T-Pain‘s mother), Jacida Carter (Lil Wayne’s mother) and H. Loraine Smith (Ne-Yo’s mother) will serve as hosts of Dinner Table Discussions, which aims to present a quality and informative program.

Dinner Table Discussions will present a quality and informative program, yet entertaining that tackles hard-hitting topics, current events, interviews and feature segments. “Our vision is to be a premier talk show that delivers a creative and informative format that assists viewers in educating and solving challenging issues,” says Najm. “There are situations in our communities, cities, states and even nationwide that people have made us aware of and they want to resolve the issues, but they just don’t know where to get help or how to properly handle certain issues,” says Najm. The show plans to start in 2010 however no channel or distribution has been announced yet.

Posted: Sunday – October 18, 2009

T-Pain recently arrived at an event driving a hearse and blasting Jay-Z’s “Death Of Autotune” single. The Grammy Award Winning singer held a “funeral” during the album release party for DJ Khaled this week.

Pain stood around his car rocking out for all the photographers, video cameras, bloggers and other media outlets then walked to the back of the hearse and pulled out a coffin with a skeleton dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt inside wearing his infamous “Big Ass Chain.” After parking, T-Pain walked down the red carpet and entered the club. In related news, Lil Wayne was recently interviewed backstage by Europes top DJ, Tim Westwood. When asked about the Death Of Autotune, first Weezy joked about putting out “Rebirth 2: The Rebirth Of Autotune” before saying “There is no such thing as the death of Auto-Tune, T-Pain is my dude.”

Source: Drewreports

Posted: Wednesday – September 9, 2009

Rapper 50 Cent has set off speculation that a name change could be coming after the release of his fourth major album, Before I Self Destruct. 50 sent a cryptic message on his Twitter.com page, stating “50 Cent is a person I created, soon it will be time to destroy him and become somebody else.” 50 Cent took his name from Kelvin “50 Cent” Martin, a notorious “stick-up kid” who hailed from Brooklyn, New York and was the subject of the documentary Infamous Times: The Original 50 Cent. In related news, 50 Cent’s book The 50th Law with author Robert Greene, landed in stores yesterday (September 8).

Fabolous recently took to Twitter.com, where he fired off a series of Tweets attacking superstar producer T-Pain. Fabolous mistakenly replied to a Tweet sent from a phony T-Pain Twitter account that stated “f**k Jay-Z and Fabolous too.” In addition to defending his own honor, Fabolous took up for fellow Brooklynite Jay-Z, who was dissed by T-Pain just days earlier in Las Vegas. Yesterday, a trending topic on the site was the “hash tag” “#tpainbetter.” That was followed by a number of insults, including #tpain better not meet me in Brooklyn” and..#tpainbetter audition to be a California Raisin….“He’s done. stop singin in the fan… that aint talent we can all do that.” When Fabolous found out the Tweet was from a fake account he stated: “thats jus a taste of what u’ll get if u f**k wit me via twitter, Back to my Twitter chillin.” T-Pain has yet to respond to Fabolous’ rant.

Lil’ Wayne’s 2008-2009 North American tour schedule grossed over $42 million dollars, making it the most lucrative Hip-Hop tour ever tracked by industry trade magazine, Billboard. Lil Wayne headlined 78 arena’s or amphitheater concerts from December 2008 to September 2009, drawing over 804,000 fans. Wayne’s $42 million topped Jay-Z’s 2008 tour with Mary J. Blige, which raked in $34.6 million off of 28 shows.

Rapper Speech DeBelle beat out 11 acts to win the esteemed Mercury Prize for her album Speech Therapy. The rapper, who hails from south London, won the Mercury Prize for releasing what critics felt was the best album in the past year. In addition to added exposure as a new artist, Speech DeBelle won £20,000. “I feel so good. It feels better than I imagined. My family’s here. My friends are here. I’m from south London – I don’t get emotional – I’m emotional. This proves if you believe in something and you think you can do it, you can achieve it,” Speech DeBelle said.

Source: Allhiphop.com

Posted: Saturday – August 29, 2009

Yesterday’s sudden passing of 36-year-old Philadelphia native Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein in his Soho apartment in New York City has sparked a national response on Twitter by various celebrities.

DJ AM was found dead in his apartment yesterday (August 28), from an apparent drug overdose.

According to reports, police found prescription drugs in the kitchen in addition to a crack pipe.

DJ AM battled drug and crack addiction, but was sober for nine years, friends have stated.

He allegedly started using again after a recent breakup with his girlfriend Hayley Wood.

DJ AM was also dealing with post-traumatic stress from a deadly plane crash last September.

The Hip-Hop and R&B communities mourn the loss of AM, who started T-Pain wrote, “RIP DJ AM another talented young artist leaves too soon.”

“In shock about AM, he was really a great person. My love and prayers go out to his family and friends. RIP,” said Bad Boy singer Cassie.

“I’m F#c*ed up Behind DJ AM passing away. Such A kool down to earth Dude. Just makes me respect life that much more,” DJ Clue added.

Solange Knowles stated, “”Wowww RIP to DJ A.M — we lost a major dj in the game! I hope people don’t taint his legacy…..because there isn’t any concrete proof yet. That guy was a walking miracle.”

Socialite and reality television star Kim Kardashian wrote, “DJ AM was such a genuine person! He is in a better place, may God rest his soul.”

“RIP to DJ AM a talented, world renowned talent and man. Bless his family and friends and fam,” said NYC Power 105.1 morning show host Free.

Goldstein was a member of the rap-rock band Crazy Town, who released the 2001 chart-topper “Butterfly.”

There’s no official word of the cause of death at the present time. No foul play is suspected.

Source: Allhiphop.com

Posted: Friday – July 3, 2009

Veteran rapper/actor Busta Rhymes is going beyond the borders of the United States to give fans a lively dose of hip-hop with his upcoming tour of Canada.

The outing, which kicks off July 16 at the Ottawa Blues Fest in Ottawa, ON, will be in support of Rhymes’ latest album Back On My B.S.

The release, which features the T-Pain-assisted hit “Hustler’s Anthem,” includes appearances from Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, Ron Browz , Mary J. Blige, John Legend, Akon and Jamie Foxx as well as production from DJ Scratch, Jelly Roll, Cool and Dre, the Neptunes and Mr. Porter.

In addition to Rhymes, fans will also be treated to opening sets from Juno and MMVA award-winning rapper Belly and Toronto-based rhymesayer Peter Jackson.

Belly, who is currently enjoying the success of his latest single “Hot Girl” and featured appearance on Danny Fernandes’ “Private Dancer,” will appear on Western Canada tour dates.

The outing’s August shows (Aug. 10-21) will be supported by Jackson, who is garnering a buzz from his debut single, “Come on Over.”

The Canadian tour is the latest achievement for Rhymes.

The Grammy nominated entertainer is noted for his work in films such as Shaft, Higher Learning, Finding Forrester and The Rugrats Movie. Rhymes also has a catalog of hits, including tracks like “Whoo Hah!! Got You All In Check”, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”, “Break Ya Neck”, “Make It Clap, “I Love My Chick,” “Arab Money” and others.

The following is a list of dates for Busta Rhymes’ Canadian tour:

July 16 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
Aug 10 Kelowna, BC Level Nightclub
Aug 11 Medicine Hat, AB Cypress Centre
Aug 12 Calgary, AB Flames Central
Aug 13 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Centre
Aug 14 Saskatoon, SK Ryly’s
Aug 15 Regina, SK Evraz Place
Aug 17 Winnipeg, MB (venue TBC)
Aug 19 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
Aug 20 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Aug 21 Barrie, ON The Roxx Nightclub

Source: Allhiphop.com