We’ve seen Ice-T and Cocoa on their show “Ice Loves Coco.” But they say that life as a novelist is more rewarding.
Now they’re hitting book shelves everywhere with their respective novels: Ice-T’s is “urban fiction” while Coco’s is an “erotic mystery.”
The internet today has aided and played a big factor on the fact that physical album sales have been hitting an all-time low for plenty of mainstream artists.
Racing to Be Hip-Hop’s First Billionaire!
Yesterday marked the launch of the Forbes 400, our annual list of America’s richest citizens, headed by Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Larry Ellison.
There are five artists to watch for: Sean “Diddy” Combs, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. All five already boast nine-figure fortunes, and are well on their way to answer our question. Who will be the first to a billion?
Eminem is King of Hip-Hop, says Rolling Stone in a new list of top rappers, hip hop artists and musicians which also includes the likes of Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, T.I., Diddy, Wiz Khalifa, B.O.B, Waka Flocka Flame and others.
In an article released by Rolling Stone entitled “Introducing the King of Hip-Hop,” the popular culture magazine crowned Eminem at the top of the list, which followed the release of “Introducing the Queen of Pop” list which crowned Lady GaGa and featured Nicki Minaj on that list as well, whom by the way was the sole female to make their hip hop list.
Nick Minaj, a female, on a “King of Hip-Hop” list, hmmm. Female Kings do date back in Egyptology.
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Behind the scenes footage from Rick Ross and Andy Samberg’s Complex Magazine cover shoot.
April’s issue of Playboy’s ‘Rock The Rabbit’ features hip-hop and electronic musicians as well as fashions in the new publication and pictorial.
This will be the fifth consecutive year that ‘Rock The Rabbit’ will be taking place.
Some of the artists pictured this year include Cee Lo Green, Robin Thicke and R&B singer/producer/songwriter R. Kelly.
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One of America’s most sensational models of all time turned TV Host/media mogul — Tyra Banks — is now enrolled in classes at Harvard’s Business School. Tyra Banks tells MTV News that she started Harvard last summer and didn’t really talk about it.
Tyra added that it was very incognito, but she has decided to spill the beans now because “it’s a positive thing” for young girls to see that they can continue to educate themselves no matter where they are in their life and still be fabulous, fierce and feminine.
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Diddy covers The Source Magazine’s February – March 2011 issue, which hits stands January 25th.
Nicki Minaj reveals that she has another mentor besides Lil Wayne and it’s non-other than music producer and rapper Kanye West. The female rapper cites his eye for fashion, advice and well-rounded conversation as the reason for being taken by him.
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Founder of social networking website Facebook and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg, 26, announced that he was named as the 2nd youngest person for Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
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Hip hop mogul Jay-Z is in the news for making comments that he agreed with Kanye West’s “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” comment back during Katrina.
Jay-Z was asked by Associated Press about his comments made in his new book Decoded and the hip hop mogul, businessman and new author backed artist Kanye and called out President Gerorge W. Bush.
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