Nas Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Show 12-16-06

Nas Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Show 12-16-06

Video of 50 Cent Interview on Carson’s Show 12/15

50 Cent announces new album for March 2007.Collaborators list include Dr Dre and many more.

He also shut down rumors of him retiring,new album will have a Motown Vibe. 

[R2HM]Jay-Z interviewed by Barbara Walters

[R2HM]Jay-Z interviewed by Barbara Walters

Lupe fiasco wants Pink Floyd on next LP

Lupe Fiasco Speaks On Next Album
December 12th, 2006 | Author: Andres Tardio
Lupe Fiasco can get rappers as guests on tracks anyday. So, Fiasco has decided to challenge himself. Reports indicate that the Chi-Town MC will try his hand at getting Pink Floyd to appear on his next LP.

“I got my wish list on my last album so I made this one unattainable,” he recently told Billboard of his first LP, which featured guests such as Jay-Z, Jill Scott, Pharrell Williams and more. “Now I want to work with Pink Floyd, or the remnants of Pink Floyd,” he added.

While Lupe knows this is sure to be a difficult task, he’s also confident that it could work. After all, this isn’t the first time he’s had to face this type of situation.

“‘American Terrorist’ wasn’t going to be on the album, because we heard Chick Corea doesn’t like hip-hop,” Fiasco explained. “But we went the extra mile to make sure he heard the rest of the record and could see that there was no cursing, and that there was positivity. We were taking extra care with his work and not putting any garbage out there. It’s that same approach with Floyd. I’m really serious!”

Fiasco’s next LP, tentatively titled The Cool is sure to have some “intensity.”

“Lyrically, it’s going to be intense, but nothing is recorded as of yet.”

Kanye West sued over music video

Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of “Evel Kanyevel” and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.

Knievel, whose real name is Robert Craig Knievel, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tampa on Monday claiming infringement on his trademark name and likeness. He also claims the “vulgar and offensive” images depicted in the video damage his reputation.

“That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I’ve ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public,” the 68-year-old daredevil said Tuesday.

A spokesman for West said the 28-year-old rapper no comment. The lawsuit seeks damages and to halt distribution of the video.

In the video for “Touch the Sky,” released earlier this year, West dons the familiar Knievel star-studded jumpsuit and jumps a canyon in a vehicle “visually indistinguishable” from the one used by Knievel in his failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974, the lawsuit said.

The video, which features Pamela Anderson as West’s girlfriend, contains “vulgar and offensive sexual images, language and conduct involving `Evel Kanyevel’ and women apparently trying to gain his sexual interest,” according to the lawsuit.

“The guy just went too far using me to promote his filth to the world,” said Knievel, who lives in Clearwater and has been in poor health in recent years. “I’m not in any way that kind of a person.”

The lawsuit also names Roc-A-Fella Records, video director Chris Milk and AOL for distributing it.

West was so disappointed at not winning best video for “Touch the Sky” at the MTV Europe Music Awards last month that he crashed the stage when it was presented to Justice and Simian for “We Are Your Friends.”

In a tirade riddled with expletives, West said he should have won the prize because it “cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons.”

Knievel failed spectacularly in the 1974 jump. He was secured inside the cockpit and the Sky-Cycle was fired up. But his parachute opened just as he cleared the ramp. After soaring about 1,000 feet, he wound up landing about 20 feet from the river on the rocky south bank. He sustained only scrapes and bruises.

In the video, West’s vehicle crashes to the bottom of the canyon in flames.

Da Band’s Chopper Signs With Cash Money; Disses P. Diddy

Da Band’s Chopper Signs With Cash Money; Bashes Diddy

By: Liz “Red” Thomas

Chopper (a.k.a. Young City), formerly of Da Band, has disbanded from Diddy’s Bad Boy label to join Baby and Cash Money Records. According to the rapper, the reason for the split being Diddy didn’t look out for him, when he was in his time of need.

The rapper, who was featured on MTV’s “Making The Band 2,” suffered a huge setback when Hurricance Katrina blew through New Orleans last year. He lost his house, his mother lost her home and his family was in need of aid. That’s when Cash Money Records co-founder Baby provided for him, according to MTV. Not Diddy.

“Puff is a multimillionaire, I’m a thousand-naire at that time, grinding,” Chopper told MTV. “I shot the ['I See You Lil' Daddy'] video and the remix with Lil Wayne and Jody Breeze without him even giving me an advance check. I did that thinking it was all love. [Then] Katrina hit, boom, took away my house, my mama’s house, took away a lot of stuff from my family.

“When that happened, I didn’t get no phone call [from Diddy],” Chopper continued. “He didn’t call me and say, ‘Are you all right?’ He didn’t say, ‘I got these Sean John clothes and can make sure your family at least has clothes on its back.’ He didn’t do none of that. So at the end of the day, I felt played. That’s why I wanted to disband myself from the Bad Boy situation.”

Diddy saw the situation in a different light, calling Chopper a disgruntled employee of his label. “[He] is a former disgruntled artist of Bad Boy who obviously has an ax to grind. We wish him well in his future career,” he said in a statement released to MTV News.

Bad Boy spokesperson disputed Chopper’s claims, stating Diddy promoted Chopper as the first breakout artist from Da Band, and that Bad Boy and its distributor, Atlantic Records, funded both of Chopper’s videos. Additionally, she commented that Diddy, with Jay-Z, contributed a sizable donation to the American Red Cross for the Katrina relief efforts.

Nevertheless, Chopper didn’t feel the Bad Boy deal was right for him. According to MTV, a month after leaving Bad Boy, Chopper ran into Baby, who asked about his status with Bad Boy. When the rapper said he had left the label, Baby immediately offered him a spot on the Cash Money roster and threw some money his way.

The rapper is currently in Miami working on his solo debut, Fast Life, which will include collborations with Lil Wayne, Chingy, Soulja Slim and Princess of Crime Mobb, according to MTV. Chopper hopes the album will help him step out of the shadow of his reality TV past and showcase his ability as a legitimate artist.

In other Chopper news, his lawyer Paul Gardner says the rapper is facing 90 years in prison for an armed-robbery charge, stemming from an incident in Baltimore from 2001. He is scheduled in court February 28.

Jay Z looses battle in court fight wrestler Diamond Dallas Page.

Jay-Z Named In Trademark Infringement Suit Filed By Wrestler Diamond Dallas Page

A federal judge granted a motion to add Rocawear owners Roc Apparel Group LLC, Urban Menswear LLC and Rocawear Licensing LLC to a trademark and copyright infringement suit filed by professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page.

The suit, which was originally filed December 2 of last year, claims the hip-hop heavyweight has illegally adopted Page’s trademark hand gesture — the Diamond Cutter — as his own.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Federal Court, accuses Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records of trademark and copyright infringement, as well as misappropriation of the hand symbol. The wrestler is seeking an injunction (meaning Jay-Z would be prohibited from using the gesture) and unspecified monetary damages.

Earlier this year, Diamond Dallas Page discovered that Jay-Z’s clothing line, Rocawear, manufactured and sold merchandise displaying the diamond cutter symbol, which prompted the request that the clothing line be included in the lawsuit.

Page claims to have started using the hand sign to promote his persona in 1996, while working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). As his popularity increased, so did the recognition of the sign as his trademark, by fans, athletes and celebrities. As he moved on from wrestling to other entertainment and business ventures, he has continued to use the sign as a brand-building logo. Currently, his “Yoga For Regular Guys” DVD series and book, and his soon to be released Own Your Life motivational audio book, all featured the trademark symbol.

The wrestler also said as his success as a wrestler grew, so did sales of his merchandise, including t-shirts, hats, stationary, posters and action figures, which featured the Diamond Cutter trademark.

Neither Page nor Jay-Z were available for comment at press time.

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