Last month, Jay Z finalized the acquisition of Aspiro for $56 million. Now, the an online streaming company is valued at $250 million. The subscription music service has generated over 100,000 new users within 3 days, and aggressively competing with Spotify and Apple. Although Sprint and parent SoftBank have bought a minority stake in the […]
Threats, misinformation and entitlement are three themes that permeate Icelene Jones’ response to Chris Kanik’s retelling of why the screening of the Ol Dirty Bastard documentary Dirty Platinum failed to come to fruition. In an interview with XXL, Jones spoke on the legal issues that prevented the documentary from being screened, the inconsistencies in NuHo Film Festival’s […]
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The National Action Network of Los Angeles, a leading national civil rights group founded by Rev. Al Sharpton calls for a national boycott of hip hop superstar Kanye West new clothing line featuring theconfederate flag symbol. Why? “Kanye West already has several pieces of merchandise from his Yeezus tour that are emblazoned with the controversial Southern Cross at his tour store in Los […]
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Chris Brown Enters Anger Rehab Just two days after he was arrested for allegedly punching a man and breaking his nose, Chris Brown entered rehab on Tuesday evening. His representative confirmed the news to E! on Tuesday evening in a statement. ‘Chris Brown has elected to enter a rehab facility,’ the statement read. ‘His goal is to […]
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