Can’t afford the expensive bubbly? Well Jigga may have the drink for you cognac sippers. Last night, he helped Barcadi introduce their new drink D’usse (“dew-say”) at a private event in New York City. Pricewise, a 750 ml bottle will cost you a reasonable $44.99. Not bad at all. Cheers!
During an interview with DJ Whoo Kid's Shade 45 show, Atlanta, Georgia star rapper Young Jeezy confirmed that Eminem will be among the guests on his December release, TM 103 (Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition). This will be the first collaboration between the heads of CTE and Shady Records respectively.
According to HipHop-N-More.com, who ripped the interview's audio, other guests on TM 103 will include Jay-Z, Andre 3000, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Plies, Devin The Dude and Snoop Dogg, among others.
At present, Young Jeezy's TM 103 is scheduled to release on December 20, 2011.
Just one year after Jay-Z’s Decoded hit bookshelves, the New York Times bestselling book will be re-released on November 1. Featured in a new expanded paper back, the re-release will contain a new chapter, seven additional illustrations, three decoded songs: “I Know”, “Young Gz”, “Lost One” and a new afterword.
IN HIS WORDS...
What still excites me about rap is that it’s an open thread, a cipher that listeners find their own meanings in. The point of this book is not to settle arguments or transform rap songs into neat stories with a beginning, middle, and end. Rather, I’m trying to point readers to some ideas and information, get them to see deeper into the music than they saw before and learn more about worlds different from their own (or find new ways of looking at the worlds they already know)—to find their own meanings and connect them back to their own lives. I want readers to see the craft and learn the context—and I want them to still be able to feel the magic, and enjoy the show. —JAY-Z, from the new Afterword
Behind Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady, Hov and Bey come in as the second highest-paid celebrity couple for this year’s Forbes top earning list, but numero uno musically with a combined total of $72 million.
From May 2010 to May 2011, the misses racked in $32 million mostly from endorsement deals from Dereon to L’Oreal, while her hubby’s earnings stem from his 2008 $150 million Live Nation deal, 40/40 chains and his partial ownership of the New Jersey Nets.
1. No Church in The Wild (Feat.
Frank Ocean)
2. Lift Off (Feat.
Beyoncé)
3. Niggas in Paris
4. Otis (Feat. Otis
Redding)
5. Gotta Have It
6. New Day
7. Prime Time
8. Who Gon Stop Me
9. Murder to
Excellence
10. Welcome to The
Jungle
11. Sweet Baby Jesus (Feat. Frank
Ocean)
12. Love You So (Feat. Mr
Hudson)
Bonus
13. Illest Motherfucker
Alive
14. H*A*M
15. The Joy (Feat. Curtis Mayfield)
Jay-Z is looking to reposition "his" clothing line (the line he works for because he sold it years ago) Rocawear, by launching a new campaign for the brand on Thursday. He recently announced that the brand is evolving, and that contrary to popular belief, he doesn’t see the collection as “street” or “urban”:
In his words
“We are a great American brand. We don’t envision ourselves as an urban brand or streetwear brand. We wanted to show people how we’ve evolved and repositioned ourselves, without abandoning our original DNA.”
“It’s all walks of life. When I played the Glastonbury music festival people said a hip-hop artist couldn’t play a rock festival. But culture isn’t segmented like that any more. There’s so much cross-pollinization and the same thing is true for clothes.”
The new campaign will show an eclectic mix of people from all
backgrounds as poets, artists, musicians, and even a troupe of
double-dutchers in 37 short videos, all in hopes of shifting the
brand from urban street wear to the mainstream.
In addition to the new campaign, Rocawear is opening a brand showcase pop-up shop in Manhattan where celebrities, bloggers, and radio personalities and students will be filmed, sharing their testimonies of what Rocawear means/meant to them.
