As the world reaches out to assist Haiti with relief in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake, the music world is quickly mobilizing to find ways it can help. Linkin Park's non-profit foundation, Music for Relief, has teamed up with the United Nations Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Dave Matthews Band's BAMA Works organization's Haitian relief effort for a project called Download to Donate for Haiti.
By Rose Lilah 373Eminem stays on top of album sales charts again this week while M.I.A. Currensy, Paul Wall & CNN make appearences on the charts also.
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By Rose Lilah 223Wale's debut album, 'Attention Deficit,' received lack-luster success compared to the hype that was built around it. But never one to quit, Mr. Folarin returned on Tuesday, Aug. 3, with his new DJ Omega-hosted mixtape, 'More About Nothing,' to reclaim his throne as one of the most buzzed-about young rappers.
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Black Wall Street associate DJ Skee recently revealed that Game's "Street Runners" Nas collaboration, which send a subtle diss 50 Cent's way, was recorded over four years ago.
According to Skee, the Brake Lights track had been kept under wraps.
By Rose Lilah 1076To create his fourth studio album, 'Wake Up!' John Legend enlisted the creative guidance of production veterans, The Roots, which has resulted in an album laced with soulful renditions of classic '60s and '70s songs, in addition to the project's sole original track 'Shine.'
By Rose Lilah 201Kanye West jetted to Singapore this week, to take the stage at the country's annual SINGfest Music Festival on Wednesday, Aug. 4, where he performed his new single 'Power,' in addition to a few throwbacks that included 'Jesus Walks' and 'Heartless.'
By Rose Lilah 834Wale brought the buzz of his new 'More About Nothing' mixtape to New York City on Monday night (Aug.16) with an energetic set at the Highline Ballroom. Download Mixtape Here.
Diggy Simmons held down the mic with his popular viral freestyle over Nas' 'Made You Look' before handing things over to Wale, who kicked off a one-hour set with the Bun B-featured track 'Mirrors,' followed by 'World Tour' off his 'Attention Deficit' album.
MTV has announced that teenage crooner Justin Bieber and genre-bending rapper B.o.B will be joining Kanye West and Drake as performers at the 2010 Video Music Awards.
Both B.o.B and Bieber have enjoyed fairytale years. In addition to releasing a No.1 album and starring in his own Adidas sneaker commercial, Bobby Ray is up for five VMA nominations including Video of the Year and Best Male Video, while Bieber scored a platinum-selling No.1 album and is nominated for Best New Artist.
Snoop Dogg has a strong presence on the digital sales market, with Snoop-branded virtual gifts, pets and clothing being sold through online worlds like Gaia Online, WeeWorld and Zwinky. But apparently, his sales initiative has earned him a pretty penny. According to a new case study, the emcee has sold more than $200,000 of branded virtual goods across these networks, with his sales on social gaming site WeeWorld totaling more than 2.5 times that of non-branded goods.
Chris Brown may be hitting his musical stride again. Notching Greatest Gainer/Airplay honors for a second straight week, the singer is this close to notching a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "Deuces." The breakup song-featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall-moves 15-11 in its sixth week on the chart.
Released to iTunes June 29 along with another new Brown song, "No B.S.," "Deuces" moves 60-59 on the Digital Songs chart. Up 11% in digital sales, the song has sold 132,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
By Rose Lilah 388""A brief feud between Fabolous and Soulja Boy, which started on Twitter, has been resolved on the radio waves of New York City.
DJ Clue of Power 105 in New York conducted a brief interview where the two men settled their differences.
The entire incident started after Soulja Boy was allegedly caught in a tryst with Kat Stack, who said the young rapper was snorting cocaine. The vixen also showed a plate of what seemed to be the illegal drug in an online video.
Grammy-winning rapper Eminem's Recovery moved up a notch to No. 2 with 81,000 copies falling one slot behind Sara Bareilles' Kaleidoscope Heart which sold 89,500 records. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the rapper's new album has sold 2,501,400 records to date.
Soulful singer Fantasia's Back To Me fell from Top 10 moving down six slots to No. 11 with 29,400. After three weeks in stores, the singer's new LP has sold 186,600 copies.
In This Month's issue of Complex Magazine, Cudi talks about his recent issues like drug use, peers and more.
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