Nas In Ghostwriting Controversy

An offhand tweet by writer/filmmaker dream hampton has caused a small firestorm amongst hip hop fans. hampton claimed in a tweet that Nas' "Untitled" album was mostly written by dead prez member stic-man and Roc Nation emcee Jay Electronica. The claim raised the ire of Nas fans online, and stic-man addressed the controversy on Twitter and issued a statement on Facebook denying that he ghostwrote for Nas.

"As far as the rumors about myself and jay electronika ghost writing for Nas, let me say this. Nas is one of the if not the most prolific original lyricist to EVER do it," he tweeted. "My contributions to his album was a collaboration and an honor and under his direction of what he wanted to convey and say. Haters cant discredit that man's genuis. Nas is the Don. [sic]"

He then addressed dream via Facebook.

"Dream Hampton. I certainly don't mean to call u a hater. I am just being brought up to speed about your tweet. I heard the "rumors" from other tweets and a few emails from fans. I still haven't read your tweet. So my statement was just being clear on how I felt about the collab. That was a great opportunity for me to work with one of the most influential emcees to my own personal flow and craft. I can't speak on what Jay and Nas collab was cause I wasn't there and that's there business. Both of those cats are awesome lyricists in my opinion. But for me I was just a white belt that answered the call for a session with a master of the craft. And I assisted where it was requested with ideas, beats and some writing. Not because Nas "needed" me lol...Again I was just honored to get the call. Nas new album Life is Good is lyrically magnificent and his skills have always spoken for them self. So that's just my view I respect that folks may field different ways about it. Just clarifying my position. And I referred to it as a "rumor" because obviously no one of the people talking about it were present in the session. So people can sometimes think they know but weren't present so they speak on what they think as opposed to being there. [sic]"

Lil Wayne, Rihanna Lead Billboard Finalists

Superstars Lil Wayne and Rihanna lead the finalists for the this year's Billboard Music Awards. The 2012 show will be taking place on May 20th at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, and both artists are well-represented amongst nominees.

Rihanna is a finalist in 13 of the 22 artist categories this year, with Lil Wayne as a finalist in 10 categories.

Billboard reports that the awards finalists will “reflect Billboard's chart rankings based on key fan interactions with music, including album sales and downloads, track downloads, radio airplay and touring as well as streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, Youtube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music.”

Trey Songz On Stars' Over-Tweeting:

R&B singer Trey Songz shared his opinion on stars oversharing on Twitter. The star says that he wants to be more like the celebrities of yesteryear that retained a little mystery, as opposed to those that can't seem to get enough of putting their business out there for fans.

"What made Prince Prince is, you didn't know sh*t about him," Trey told GQ. "As an artist, you [need] a persona, a mystique. When you step into Twitter, Facebook, alla that...you're giving a piece of it away."

Mr. Songz may be changing musical directions, as well.

"I could make a hundred 'Bottoms Up's, but they won't change nobody's life. Marvin Gaye sang love songs to a certain point, and then it was like, 'F**k this, I'm not clean-cut no more. I'm putting this skully on, letting this beard grow out, and I'm doing whatever the f**k I wanna do," he says.

SOPA/PIPA Sparks Hip Hop Artists

SOPA/PIPA legislation has been decried by Internet users and websites like Wikipedia and Facebook, who believe it will only lead to censorship and information restrictions online. With many sites 'going black' yesterday (January 18) in protest of SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act), several hip hop artists also voiced their opinion on the issue.

"I'm not usually into politics but .... this has gone too far... we have to fight for our freedom," B.o.B. tweeted. "How do you guys feel about this?"

"This a blow to the heart of the American people who have been able to put food on the table from the opportunities provided by web." he added.

Pop rap star Kreayshawn also tweeted about SOPA. "#StopSOPA #STOPSOPA #stopsopa," she tweeted. "Don't let the government take away our power to share art, music, creativity and individualism. #StopSOPA"

Hip hop veteran MC Hammer rallied in San Francisco and spoke out against the legislation. "We don't want people who spend their days legislating trying to control creativity," he said. "I speak on behalf of a lot of artists ... who would like to be able to continue to utilize the valuable tools that the Internet has brought."

Snoop Aims For Twitter Record

Snoop Dogg will attempt break a Twitter record set last year by fellow rapper Rev. Run and enter into the Guinness Book of World Records. Snoop is looking to achieve the most re-tweets, after reaching 4 million followers. Starting today (August 23rd), Snoop will send out his message for fans to re-tweet between 12:00 AM that morning an12:00 AM the following Wednesday.

"Hitting four million Twizzles is a big moment for me and I want to thank all my fans for their continued support,” Snoop Dogg told AllHipHop via statement. “I want to show the world how powerful and influential social media and my fans are, which is why I am attempting to set the world record for the most ‘retweets’ on Twitter.”

Snoop will promote his efforts using Twitter, Facebook, Ustream and other popular social networks.

“We’re always excited to see new records set in the world of Social Media, and as with all potential record-breakers, we wish Snoop Dogg the best of luck with his attempt. We will be liaising directly with Twitter on the verification process,” said Dan Barrett, Community Manager, Guinness World Records.

Lil Wayne, Eminem Hit the Record Books

Lil Wayne and Eminem have gotten into the Guinness World Records. It was announced that, to coincide with Social Media Day, the two rappers have both reached historic numbers in terms of online fan-dom.

Lil Wayne's Facebook page has the Most "Likes" on a Facebook Item, Weezy's fans posted 668,198 comments, in response to a challenge posted on February 15, 2011 to break the record set by Oreo cookies. Wayne's fans posted over a half-a-million comments in less than 24 hours.

Eminem's official page has 42.5 million "Likes," alongside major brands like Facebook itself, YouTube.com, Zynga and pop artist, Lady Gaga.

"There's still a world of possibility in the social media space for new records as services emerge and existing ones increase their penetration," Barrett told AllHipHop.com in a statement. "There are a few landmark figures which will surely be passed in the next few years, who will be the first Twitter user to amass 100 million followers? Which Facebook page will be the first to reach 100 million likes? Whoever it is, you can be sure that Guinness World Records will be there to recognise all of these milestone achievements."

Game Seeks Fan Assistance

Rapper The Game is asking fans to help him ghostwrite a verse for his upcoming R.E.D. Album. He says the best contribution will be featured on the project and he will acknowledge the fan who contributed the verse in a video during the song's recording.

"Eh yo, look, I'm looking for another verse for my single 'Red Nation,'" Game said in a video. "I'm going to record my favorite verses on video and share it with the world. For the winner verses, your name and link will pop up during your lyrics so everyone knows your verse was pretty f*cking hot, man and I chose it and now you're the sh*t and your friends are talking about you in school. If you ain't in school, all the homies are talking about you in the hood and if you ain't a n*gga around the hood then all the girls are talking about you in the salon."

"So basically, man, this video will be seen by millions of people all around the world and I mean millions of people are going to see this sh*t," he explained further. "You'll be featured on my Facebook, Twitter, website and Interscope newsletter. Let me tell you about this Interscope newsletter. Lady Gaga be in that motherf*cker."

The Demonization Of LeBron James. PAY Attention!!!!!!! Says Maverick Carter

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“If LeBron were an IPO, I’d buy it … At 21, I wasn’t remotely as mature as LeBron.” — Warren Buffett

Now that the NBA season is over, I have taken a moment to reflect. The lasting memory is not of the glorious success of the Mavs. It is of LeBron James and the season-long media/fan obsession with seeing him and the Heat fail. As one weary sportscaster put it, “We discuss LeBron as if he was our media Facebook status.”

It occurred to me that if all I knew about someone is that he announced a job move and staged it so that $2 million in cash would be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of America, my first reaction would probably be, “Now there’s a person with media savvy who is also a good person at heart.”  Add the fact that the donated cash was virtually all the advertising revenue from that single event and I would feel reassured it was not just a ploy for disguised greed.  If I further discovered that another $1 million in computers and Nike equipment was spread among eight Boys and Girls clubs – most notably Akron, and Cleveland, I would feel even better about the donor who gave back something significant – not just empty words and a wave – to the cities he was raised and was employed.

But if I knew nothing more, I would probably scratch my head about why the network that aired the announcement only made a minor footnote of the $3 million chartable aspect of the event.  And I would scratch my head again if the donor is primarily blamed for the event, when the worst part about it was the publicity, controlled by the network. If I took a moment to reflect, I would say, “Wait a minute. ESPN controlled the sickening number of promotional ploys leading up to the decision. Only ESPN could create the hype because only ESPN controls the airspace.” Then I would say, “For all I know ‘The Decision’ was ESPN’s title.”  Clearly, ESPN made the decision to announce the upcoming decision over and over again, day and night as if it was the second coming of Jesus Christ, instead of the second team for King James. Yet, the demon as crowned by the media was James, not the media itself.  This was the beginning of the demonization of LeBron James.

So let’s add a few other facts. The City of Cleveland and the donor’s prior employer had the benefit of his services for seven years.  During that time the employer’s product (a team) went from mediocre-at-best with a half empty arena to a team on the verge of being the best in the world with a frenzied sold-out arena.  The owner made millions. The local economy grew by millions per year. Yet the employee who is leaving didn’t say anything bad about the City before he left. In fact, he said he loved them and he understood their frustration. His kind words came despite knowing they were burning his uniform in effigy and creating as much venom as their imagination could muster.

In response to the employee’s resignation, the employer’s principal owner called him a “coward”, who was “selfish” and one who committed an act of “betrayal” for exercising his lawful right to pick a new employer. Objectively, on those facts, I hope we would all conclude that if the employee gave up millions of dollars in pursuit of a championship, that kind of selfishness is not so bad.  The reprehensible selfishness would have been demanding all the money he could get even if it hurt the teams salary cap – financial stability.

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PlayStation Network Hacker Is Now Working For Facebook

Infamous computer hacker, George Hotz, has reportedly cleaned up his act and got himself a 9-to-5. According to report by the iPhone Download Blog, the hacker notoriously known for being the first person to unlock the Apple iPhone back in 2007 and, for being sued by Sony after posting instructions on how to install third-party software onto your Playstation 3 (which, in turn, caused the hacker group Anonymous to bring down Sony's PSN this past Spring) has been hired by Facebook as a software engineer. Maybe Cam'ron was right: crime does pay.

[iPhone Download Blog via San Francisco Chronicle]

Soulja Boy Says Hackers Posted Rant

Soulja Boy found himself in the middle of controversy after a racist and homophobic rant was posted on his Facebook page, during which it appeared the rapper blasted white people for coming to his Facebook page to criticize his music. Following the expected backlash, Soulja Boy has issued an official statement saying that the post in question was not his, but hackers who used to be the administrators of his account.

"I wanted to clear the air and let everyone know that my Facebook got hacked," Soulja Boy said. "I had administrators on my account that no longer work with me. The hackers used these old accounts [to] post hateful messages. This is not done by me or anyone on my team and I'm upset that I am being labeled as a racist and homophobic person."

Soulja Boy's Racist Rant

Soulja Boy exploded in a racist tirade against critics on his Facebook page. The rapper blasted anyone who 'likes' his Facebook page just to trash him as an artist, and he went so far as to target White people, in particular. Perez Hilton posted the rant in its entirety.

"WHO THE f*ck "likes" an artist on facebook who they dont LIKE. DUMB A**," the rapper began. "If you dont like ME or my music UNLIKE the page and let the people who do enjoy their artist giving updates and music out. sh*t getting out of hand now. GTFOH you stalkers" "how can you say "i hate you" blah blah blah. when you are on my page that doesnt make any sense! it sounds crazy you are stalking a person who you dont like WTF kinda sh*t is that. no life having b*tches" "haters are so f*cking stupid! "i dont like soulja boy so im gonna like his facebook and wait till he post a video to be the 1st one to comment" n***a get the f*ck out of here go get some pussy and stop being a lame"

"p@ssy a@@ white boys make me sick man. LET A BLACK MAN SHINE AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE!!!" his rant continued. "D@MN YALL ALREADY GOT MONEY AND LIVING RIGHT STOP HOLDING US BLACK PEOPLE DOWN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH THEIR LIVES! YALL BEEN f#ckING WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. if I don't like a artist im not going to like their facebook and talk to them. use common sense and stop being stupid."

"IM TIRED OF WHITE PEOPLE DOING US LIKE THIS MAN!! THEY TREAT US SO WRONG!!" Soulja Boy added. "f#ck THEM MAN ON GOD!! fu*k THEM FOR LIKING A BLACK MANS FACEBOOK JUST TO TALK sh#!! #ck RACIST I HATE YOU" "Maybe I finally said the right sh#t to get these racist to unlike my page. Fans i'm sorry you had to read this. but we must take a stand. they WILL not treat us like this any longer. I dont give a f#ck."

Watch MTV's Documentary on Life at Facebook

Diary - Celebrity News

 MTV got all-access to Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California for this special edition of its long dorment documentary series, "Diary". See how the company gets down IRL, without a word written by Aaron Sorkin, in the full episode above-- presented in three parts.
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Latest Adean export: Beauty Queens for Mexican narcos

                    


  MEXICO CITY — Mexican drug lords may be importing more than cocaine from the Andean region. It looks as if they're also bringing in beauty queens and models as girlfriends.
The latest case may be that of Juliana Sossa, the winner of a 2008 Colombian beauty pageant, who was arrested Tuesday alongside a man who's accused of leading a drug gang.
Sossa, 25, wore a bulky black parka and loose blue jeans when police took her on a perp walk, a far cry from the revealing swimwear that she dons in publicity videos posted on YouTube.
Police said Sossa unwittingly helped them track down Jorge Balderas Garza, who's known by the nickname "El J.J." and is suspected of leading a drug gang, when she wrote on her Facebook page that she lives in the Bosques de Chapultepec neighborhood of Mexico City. Police said they knew Sossa was the alleged drug lord's girlfriend.
"I like modeling and I've participated in contests like Antioquia 2008 and others that are less well known," Sossa wrote on her Facebook page, adding that she speaks Spanish, English and Italian.
In addition to drug-trafficking charges, her boyfriend is accused of shooting Paraguayan soccer star Salvador Cabanas in the head in a Mexico City nightclub on Jan. 25, 2010. The news shocked Paraguayans, who'd hoped the star would lead the national squad to last summer's World Cup. Though Cabanas recovered, his playing days are over.
About three weeks after the shooting, Interpol authorities issued a red alert for Balderas Garza's capture, finally tracking him down this week.
In November, police arrested Juliana Lopez Aguirre, who's also a Colombian, alongside Harold Mauricio Poveda, a narco suspect known as "El Conejo," or "The Rabbit."
Police say Poveda was the go-between from the Beltran Leyva narcotics gang to Colombian drug traffickers.
The Colombian model had been nearly arrested two years earlier when security agents burst into one of Poveda's properties while she celebrated her birthday. News reports described the property as a "narco-mansion" with a Jacuzzi in a grotto, a dance floor and two pet black panthers.
Another erupted last April and touched on Alicia Machado, a Venezuelan who won the 1996 Miss Universe crown, then was caught in a controversy about her weight gain and Donald Trump's remark that she was an "eating machine."
Machado, a Mexico City resident, found herself in the news again when a report from a secret witness under federal protection that claimed she was involved with Gerardo Alvarez Vazquez, an accused kingpin known as "El Indio," or "The Indian," filtered out to Mexican media.
The witness asserted that Machado had borne Alvarez's daughter, Dinorah, in 2008 and that several drug lords from the Beltran Leyva gang came to the baptism.
Through a spokeswoman, Machado denied the allegation, saying it "was totally false because the father in question is a very respectable businessman."
Another model, Angie Sanclemente, who was crowned Coffee Queen 2000 in her native Colombia, was arrested in Argentina last May. Prosecutors said she'd married a Mexican drug lord known as "El Monstruo," or "The Monster," before relocating to Argentina to manage young women ferrying cocaine to Europe via Mexico.
Gangsters in Mexico also have turned their eyes to homegrown beauty queens. Best known is Laura Elena Zuniga, who was crowned Miss Sinaloa 2008 and went on to capture the title of Miss Hispanic America the same year in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Upon her arrest late that year, Zuniga said she had no idea her boyfriend was a leader of the Juarez Cartel. A judge believed her and set her free in 2009.

MAKING OF JULIANA SOSSA

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Facebook NOT shutting down March 15

(Mashable) -- There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg "wants his old life back," and desires to "put an end to all the madness."

We have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumor is false.

We asked him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, "The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness."

He added, "We didn't get the memo about shutting down and there's lots to do, so we'll just keep cranking away like always."The spurious report was started by a site to which we refuse to link, known for its reports of impending attacks of alien spaceships and false reports of a Michelle Obama pregnancy.Let's think about this for a minute. Would Facebook decide to shut down the company just a few days after announcing a round of funding, consisting of $450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, on a valuation of $50 billion?

The fact that this absurd hoax spread so efficiently makes us wonder: Will people believe anything?

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FACEBOOK WILL END ON MARCH 15th!

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.
“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.”
Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts.
“After March 15th the whole website shuts down,” said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs at Facebook. “So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won’t be able to get them back once Facebook goes out of business.”
Zuckerberg said that the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset.
“I personally don’t think it’s a big deal,” he said in a private phone interview. “And to be honest, I think it’s for the better. Without Facebook, people will have to go outside and make real friends. That’s always a good thing.”
Some Facebook users were furious upon hearing the shocking news.
“What am I going to do without Facebook?” said Denise Bradshaw, a high school student from Indiana. “My life revolves around it. I’m on Facebook at least 10 hours a day. Now what am I going to do with all that free time?”
However, parents across the country have been experiencing a long anticipated sense of relief.
“I’m glad the Facebook nightmare is over,” said Jon Guttari, a single parent from Detroit. “Now my teenager’s face won’t be glued to a computer screen all day. Maybe I can even have a conversation with her.”
Those in the financial circuit are criticizing Zuckerberg for walking away from a multibillion dollar franchise. Facebook is currently ranked as one of the wealthiest businesses in the world, with economists estimating its value at around 7.9 billion.
But Zuckerberg remains unruffled by these accusations. He says he will stand by his decision to give Facebook the axe.
“I don’t care about the money,” said Zuckerberg. “I just want my old life back.”
The Facebook Corporation suggests that users remove all of their personal information from the website before March 15th. After that date, all photos, notes, links, and videos will be permanently erased.

Its not going to happen and i'll explain later....

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Kevin Hart On 106 & Park

He's at it again Kevin Hart does his thing on 106 n park talking smack speaking on his up in coming movie little fockers + he explains will the lady hair catches on fire at diddy's party + self promo's this guy is the next big thing and u didnt know your sleeping under a rock get with it

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Speaks On $100 Mill Donation From Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg joined the ranks of openly philanthropic billionaires Friday with a 100-million-dollar grant to a troubled New Jersey public school system. He made the announcement on the Oprah Winfrey show, accompanied by the mayor of Newark and governor of New Jersey, who vowed to turn the city’s failing school system in a national model of excellence. “I’ve committed to starting the Startup: Education foundation, whose first project will be a 100 million dollar challenge grant” to Newark’s public school district, Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg, 26, jumped to the top ranks of Forbes Richest Americans list this week with an estimated net worth of 6.9 billion dollars, which made the Harvard drop-out the 35th richest American and second-youngest self-made billionaire. With this gesture Zuckerberg is joining forces with the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who earlier this year launched a campaign to get other billionaires to donate most of their fortunes to charity. Gates appeared in a video on the foundation’s Facebook page thanking Zuckerberg for his contribution and urging him to devote time as well as money to the effort.
“Your involvement in the years ahead — your thinking, your energy — will be even more important than your resources,” Gates said.
“Improving education in this country is the key to its future, making it a just place, achieving the full potential of all students. There’s a lot to learn.”
Oprah repeatedly chided Zuckerberg for wanting to make the donation anonymously, saying his shyness and desire for privacy should not outweigh the impact of a public announcement. “He needs to make this public so that more people will join in and give money,” the talk show diva and noted philanthropist insisted, to the applause of her studio audience.
Zuckerberg’s act of public generosity comes a week ahead of the October 1st release of “The Social Network,” a Hollywood film on the birth of Facebook that casts a harsh light on its founder. Promises of elitism, geekdom, betrayal and greed are fueling anticipation for the film and early reviews have mentioned the potential for it to be a contender in the Academy Awards. Facebook and Zuckerberg have not sanctioned the film, which takes viewers back to Harvard, where Zuckerberg was a student with dazzling computer skills who didn’t fit in at the status-conscious elite university. Zuckerberg downplayed the film as an act of fiction. “Oh, well, I mean, it’s a movie. It’s fun, you know what I mean? A lot of it is fiction, but even the filmmakers will say that they’re trying to build a good story,” he told Oprah. “And I can promise you, this is my life so I know, it’s not that dramatic. The last six years have been a lot of coding and focus and hard work, but maybe it will be fun to remember it as partying and all this crazy drama.”
Zuckerberg allowed Oprah’s cameras into the modest rental home he shares with his long-time girlfriend – a school teacher he met at Harvard who inspired him to get involved in educational reform – in Palo Alto, California. He said he chose Newark – a city to which he has no significant ties – because he believed in the leadership of Mayor Cory Brooker – whom he met at a conference in July – and Governor Chris Christie. “I’ve had a lot of opportunities in my life, and a lot of that comes from, you know, having gone to really good schools,” Zuckerberg said. “And I just want to do what I can to make sure that everyone has those same opportunities.”
The five-year grant will help reform a district of 40,000 children in which last year only 40 percent of students could read and write at grade level by the end of third grade, only 54 percent of high school students graduated and just 38 percent enrolled in college.