Last Week In Music: 12/13-12/19
Last Week In Music: 12/13-12/19
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New Venture - During an appearance on George Lopez’s late night, “Lopez Tonight” show, Fif suggested a condom line with Tiger Woods may be in the works due to the golfer's infidelity issues. "Thirteen women and no condoms - you're a gambling man ain't you Tiger?" 50 quipped. "Rappers use condoms often. Golfers apparently don't use condoms."
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Lil Opinions - Lil Mama said of Nicki Minaj’s image, “Nicki Minaj is a talented rapper. She’s out there, she’s doing her. What she represents, I don’t represent and she’s doing something different, that’s her lane. As the voice of the young people, Lil Mama, I focus on bringing up young girls to respect their bodies, respect theyself, do it up.”
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No Harm No Charge - On Friday (December 18) Lil Wayne and his entourage were detained by authorities at a Texas border checkpoint. Several pounds of marijuana were discovered on Wayne’s tour bus during a routine stop. Hours after being arrested, Wayne and his team were released without any charges being filed against the crew.
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Refocus - Kid Cudi has unexpectedly left his post on Lady Gaga’s Monster’s Ball Tour. Cudi cites focusing on the recording of his sophomore effort as the reason for his departure.
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No Beef - Though Trey Songz has publicly voiced his opinion about R. Kelly’s new style of music on his open letter track, “Death of Kellz,” Songz strongly asserted there’s no animosity toward the Chi-town crooner. Songz said, "It was me telling R. Kelly to take the damn Auto-Tune off his voice, which he did on his album. His album is good."
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Still Down - Jermaine Dupri made it very clear during an interview with V-103’s Ryan Cameron that his working and personal relationship with Da Brat is doing just fine. Dupri offered, “When Brat come home, I am going to be the person that take care of her and make sure she gets back on her feet and do what she gotta," Dupri told Cameron. "That’s just like everybody talking about Tiger Woods. We know nothing about the situation and everybody should shut up.”
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Victorious - Rihanna’s “Rated R” project beat out Chris Brown’s “Graffiti” effort in an unofficial soundscan showdown. Chris’ project sold an impressive 102,000 copies, but “Rated R” declared Rihanna the winner with 180,000 copies sold in seven days.
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Thank You Thank You - Kanye’s straight-to-internet video, “We Once Were A Fairytale,” snagged 2009 “Video of the Year” honors handed out by PitchFork.com. Ye said of the mention, “SPIKE IS A GENIUS AND HE BROUGHT THE BEST OUT OF ME. HE CALLED IN A LOT A FAVORS AND WE DID THIS FILM FOR UNDER 50GS. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.”
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Early Arrival - T.I. may be coming home sooner than expected. Speaking with the rapper’s lead attorney, Steve Sadow, XXLMag.com confirmed that T.I. is slated to be released from Arkansas’ Forrest City Prison in March 2010.
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Pay Up - Michael Jackson’s estate holders are demanding to be compensated for their work. According to TMZ.com, estate holders, John Branca and John McClain are demanding 70 percent of their fees until the court approves the entire amount.
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