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In a new video, rapper 50 Cent makes fun of fellow rapper Fat Joe for reportedly selling only 5,000 copies of his new album.
Rapper 50 Cent had a lot to say in regards to Fat Joe’s album sales for his album The Darkside, Volume 1. The album, which was released on July 27, reportedly went on to sell somewhere around 5,000 copies.
In a video posted on ThisIs50.com, 50 Cent mocked the rapper for his more than lackluster album sales.
The video which is humorously titled “50 Cent Loves Fat Joe” features various sound clips of people crying as well as animated, sad faces.
“What’s up everybody this your boy 50 Cent. I just listened to Fat Joe’s record and this is all I have to say,” says 50 Cent in the video as he puts up a copy of The Darkside, Volume 1 which is later replaced by a crying, sad face. “I didn’t mean to do this to you Joe.”
Fat Joe is just one of many artists 50 Cent has had issues with in the past year or so. 50 Cent also attacked Fat Joe’s last album J.O.S.E. II using a viral campaign and various videos.
The SoundScan numbers for Fat Joe’s The Darkside, Volume 1 have yet to be released.
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Young Buck’s financial problems come to a head as federal agents raid his home.
The financial problems Young Buck alluded to in his highly-publicized phone call with 50 Cent have come to light, as federal agents raided his home yesterday (August 2) morning.
The agents siezed assets such as recording equipment, jewelry, furniture and platinum wall plaques. The action was taken in response to the rapper owing $300,000 in taxes, despite his lawyers’ efforts to protect his assets.
Agents armed with shotguns rand the doorbell, entered, and took the aforementioned items. “The worst part of this isn’t the material stuff–that will all be replaced. It’s what it does to the people around me. They took my kids’ Playstation, my assistants’ computers, and baby’s mothers’ jewelry. They took my home studio so I can’t even record…”
Despite this, Buck did not shirk his responsibility in the matter, saying he needed to be more involved in his financial affairs. “I have a new team in place, but I am also paying full attention now. Nothing like this will ever happen again. This is a huge wake up call for all entertainers to stay on top of your own trusted employees and team members, and replace anyone that was put in place by your record label if the situation you have goes sour. This IRS situation came about because I trusted accountants, lawyers, and managers to handle my business for me while I focused on making music. From now on, I am going to stay on top of my own business.”
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Platinum Producer Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys celebrated their new marriage today (July 31st) during an intimate ceremony aboard a 260-foot yacht on the Mediterranean Sea.
Miss Info reports that Swizz and Alicia were married earlier this week in the United States, before heading to the exclusive resort Costa Smeralda.
According to reports, a handful of family and friends were on hand to celebrate the marriage, in addition to Keys’ pregnancy.
Swizzy, born Kasseem Dean, celebrated two bachelor parties as well, according to Miss Info. In addition to celebrating in New York, the producer partied on Friday (July 30th) at Sardinia’s exclusive Billionaire Club.
Alicia Keys wore a Vera Wang gown during the celebration, while Swizz wore a suit made by Tom Ford.
The singer, 29, who is pregnant, and the producer, 31, exchanged vows in front of close family and friends in a private home on the Mediterranean Sea.
Their friend Dr. Deepak Chopra presided over the intimate ceremony.
Keys wore an ivory silk, georgette-draped Vera Wang goddess gown with jewel detail on the back shoulder.
She carried a bouquet of purple calla lilies. The groom donned a classic Tom Ford tuxedo.
“Wowwwwwwwwww,” Beatz (real name: Kasseem Dean) Twittered Saturday. He later wrote, “It’s a brand new day 
I feel like Nas and Diddy song love y’all and blessing!”
Drake held his first annual Ovo (October’s Very Own) Festival in conjunction with Blackberry yesterday (Aug. 1) in his hometown of Toronto, Canada, and took the term “putting on for his city” to another level. Aside from performing a slew of his own hits, Drake brought out the best of the best in hip-hop, including Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Bun B and Fabolous for the inaugural event.
Despite the stellar acts preceding Drake, there was no doubt who the audience had come to see when he took the stage. Opening up with “9 am in Dallas”, backed by a killer band and 16,000 fans, October’s Very Own tore through mixtape obscurities and album singles to equal crowd acclaim.
Rick Ross was brought out for “Blowin’ Money Fast”, while Drake stood grinning behind him, in as much awe as his audience. Kardinal Offishall came out for “Ol’ Time Killin’”, Fabolous came out for “Throw It In The Bag”, and Young Jeezy joined in for “Unforgettable”. But in between the features is where Drake really shone. Although, in typical Canadian style, he is too bashful to admit it, his recent success is all his own. Songs like “Fireworks” and “Best I Ever Had” drew deafening applause based on his showmanship and his borderline-neurotic need to please his fans.
He had the audience in the palm of his hand and hanging on his every word. Just as he was telling his crowd that he wanted this concert to last “Forever”, he took the evening to its apex. Eminem came out for a dead-on recitation of his verse on the Boi-1da-produced single. Jay-Z came out minutes later for “Run This Town”, causing the man sitting beside me not only to jump out of his chair, but almost over the chair in front of him.
Closing out the night solo with “Over”, Drake yelled “point the biggest skeptic out, I’ll make him a believer” with a ferocity that assured you it wasn’t just bravado.
I’ve been reading a couple of early reviews from The Toronto Star and Eye Weekly that chalked up Drake’s dramaturgy to a swollen ego and famous friends. What they are quick to call ego, is actually pride. Pride in his city and the level of recognition he has finally been able to bring to it. Could Maestro Fresh Wes have brought this much platinum to Toronto for just one night? This is something Toronto has been working towards for decades, and the Forest Hill superstar knows he is on stage because of the people that came before him. He’s as a humble as the first Canadian hip-hop artist to go platinum in the United States and Canada can be.
Drake may be on voice rest for a couple days, following one of the loudest shows I’ve ever been to and what is sure to have been one hell of an after-party, but he’ll get his voice back. And as long as Toronto’s finest keeps reminding himself of the city that made him, he’ll continue to make Toronto proud and grow as hip-hop’s furthest reaching voice today.
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After making stops at the headquarters of Twitter, Facebook and XXL magazine, Chicago rapper/producer Kanye West ended his week by talking to Rolling Stone magazine about his latest album.
Explaining the new direction he plans to take, West stated, “Everyone says all great art comes from pain, but I think my greatest art comes from excitement and joy. It’s a completely different perspective about being extremely excited about stuff that is only cool to me.” With joy and pain in mind, Ye’ continued, “It was important to find out a way to bring these two things together and not be limited by the art form of Rap, but to have Rap bring it to another level.”
Kanye West went on to describe the pressure of putting out music on a large scale that likewise can elicit positive change. “It takes so much for me or an Eminem to come back and embrace [it] and say, ‘You know what? We have to deliver this on a major level to make a difference.’ It’s just such a shame that all of your favorite artists are so underground. It’s not cool for no one to hear shit anymore.”
As an artist who time and time again has spoken up on his own beliefs, Kanye added, “Who would really put their life on the line for what they really believe in; who would make a sacrifice?”
Kanye West’s fifth studio album is expected sometime this year, though a September 14 release date has yet to be confirmed.
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