Luda and Nicki Minaj premiered the video to “My Chick Bad” tonight on 106 and Park. Dope Video but if you blink you might miss Eve and the other rap chicks.
Nicki’s turning into a hip hop version of Lady Gaga…
Here are more stills from Yo Gotti’s upcoming video “Women Lie, Men Lie”. Wayne’s not here.
Kid Cudi and Calvin Klein? This photo was part of a spec shoot and shot late last year by Lizz Kuehl. She posted the remaining outtakes on her blog. Peep more frames after the jump. But be clear this not official advertising material.
Nicki’s all alone on her inaugural magazine cover. Issue hits newsstands on March 2nd.
“I don’t want people to think I’m up there trying to be cute. I’m trying to entertain, and entertaining is more than exuding sex appeal.” is what she had to say about her image.
“Anybody that knows me knows that I have a very, very bipolar personality, so one minute I’m excited and the next minute I’m crying and the next minute I’m cussing and yelling and the next minute I’m singing Enya. I’m not kidding. And the point is, my rap style now reflects my true personality. Because I am so weird…I wish I could fricking remember the first boob that I signed. I don’t know why I did it, but now I can’t go anywhere and not do it. People
Naomi Campbell has taken her Fashion For Relief: Haiti campaign over to her home city of London. She hosted another fashion show for her org to raise money for Haiti Relief. She hit the catwalk herself .
More pics and news on which ANTM chick got arrested when you read the rest…
Luda’s new album will occupy retail racks on (March 9th). Take a look at who made the final cut below.
1. “Intro”
2. “How Low”
3. “My Chick Bad” feat. Nicki Minaj
4. “Everybody Drunk” feat. Lil Scrappy
5. “I Do It All Night”
6. “Sex Room” feat. Trey Songz
7. “I Know You Got a Man” feat. Flo Rida
8. “Hey Ho” feat. Lil’ Kim and Lil’ Fate
9. “Party No Mo’” feat. Gucci Mane
10. “B.O.T.S. Radio” feat. I-20
11. “Can’t Live With You” feat. Monica
12. “Feelin’ So Sexy”
13. “Tell Me a Secret” feat. Ne-Yo
14. “My Chick Bad (Remix)” feat. Diamond, Trina, and Eve
AK graces the March issue of Gotham mag.
“I’m in the H-A-W-A-I-I/ Dream dropped another one, tell them niggas bye bye”
DREAM just unleashed the title track and first single off his upcoming album, Love King. Sounds like your typical radio killa track, but after a few listens, you would have to agree it will do just that.
Say it ain’t so, Birdman and his brother Ronald had diversified their portfolio and formed Broland Oil & Gas LLC. But according to the Bloomberg news desk, the company appears to be a sham. In fact, energy officials from Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana have said that they’ve never heard of Broland. Contrarily, Baby states in the current issue of Ozone, “I’ve been in the oil business about 4 or 5 years now. I’m making good money off that…I got pumps and shit that are getting money monthly.
Beyonce was spotted poolside in Argentina . she showed up with bodyguard Julius
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Sade | Soldier Of Love | 502,000 | 503,000 |
| 3 | Jaheim | Another Round | 112,000 | 112,000 |
| 4 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | 89,000 | 265,000 |
| 8 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 67,000 | 2,066,000 |
| 12 | Alicia Keys | Element of Freedom | 40,000 | 1,039,000 |
from his fifth album.Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Sade | Soldier Of Love | 502,000 | 503,000 |
| 3 | Jaheim | Another Round | 112,000 | 112,000 |
| 4 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | 89,000 | 265,000 |
| 8 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 67,000 | 2,066,000 |
| 12 | Alicia Keys | Element of Freedom | 40,000 | 1,039,000 |
Lil Wayne and teammates' We Are Young Money crossed the 300,000 line. The album, along with Rebirth, will likely remain on the charts through to Drake's Thank Me Later, presently due in April or May.
Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 and Eminem's Relapse both remained in the Top 50. Both releases have double-platinum aspirations, particularly Jay-Z's one-album distribution deal with Atlantic Records, who's biggest star, T.I., was unable to release a 2009 album due to his jail sentence.
Two Rap-related releases cracked the charts last week. New Orleans Funk/Jazz outfit Galactic's eighth album Ya Ka May debuted at #152. The Anti Records group has frequently worked with The Coup, and may have a full-length on the way with a Jurassic 5 member. HipHopDX will report more on that this month. Poet/singer and Rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here sold just under 4,000 debut week units. The XL Records album features Kanye West soundbeds, as well as some public support from Mos Def.| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 41 | Young Money | We Are Young Money | 20,000 | 311,000 |
| 43 | Jay-Z | Blueprint 3 | 19,000 | 1,615,000 |
| 48 | Eminem | Relapse | 16,000 | 1,840,000 |
| 142 | Galactic | Ya-Ka-May | 4,900 | 5,100 |
| 181 | Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here | 3,700 | 3,900 |
Kobe Bryant is on March GQ magazine.
It’s a permanent roster of his team, his home team. The names of his two daughters—Natalia, 7, Gianna, 3—are tattooed on the forearm. The name of his wife, Vanessa, is inscribed below the bulging deltoid.
They met in 1999. He was a global superstar working on a rap album, never to be released, and she was a high school student dancing in a rap video. They were engaged quickly, over the strenuous objections of his parents, who didn’t attend the wedding in April 2001. Most reports said the Bryants thought Vanessa too young. Whatever the cause, there was an ugly split—which has apparently healed, because Bryant says he and his parents are tight: “I talked to my mom today.”
A staple at Staples Center, Vanessa has become one of the most visible women in the nation’s most visibility-conscious city, but she seldom speaks to reporters, and Bryant discusses her with clipped, protective answers. Though their marriage has been tested—by infidelity, by gossip—he says it’s strong. Asked to name his best friends, he names her first. “We’re close,” he says. “We’re like homeys.”
