The Game Barely Tops The Billboard Album Charts With L.A.X.
Akon plans on trial in New York fan-toss case (AP)
Dr. Dre’s Son Laid To Rest Over The Weekend
Young Jeezy To Register To Vote This Week
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From AHH:
Dr. Dre’s son has reportedly died, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner.
The body of Andre Young Jr. was found in his Woodland Hills home on Saturday morning, says a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Andre Young Jr. was only 20.
Young went out on Friday night and came in about 5:30 A.M., but his mother found him unresponsive when she checked on him at 10 in the morning.
She called 911 immediately.
The cause of death will be revealed after a toxicology report. Andre Young Sr., professionally known as Dr. Dre, has not released a statement on the death of his son.
1. 50 Cent
2. Jay Z
3. Diddy
4. Kanye West
It’s been some year for Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. In the past 12 months, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-born hip-hop demigod released a platinum album, signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation and tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Beyoncé Knowles. Quite a record. But only good enough for a silver medal.
While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com’s inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months–almost twice what Jay-Z made.
Kanye West clocks in at No. 4 with $30 million. The pink-polo-sporting rapper and producer released his third solo album, Graduation, last September. After handily outselling 50 Cent’s Curtis in a head-to-head opening-week matchup, West’s album went multiplatinum and won four Grammys. West has penned hits for Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and Diddy, among others. Earlier this month, he headlined the music festival Lollapalooza in his native Chicago.
5. Timbaland
6. Pharrell
7. Swizz Beats
8. Snoop
9. Dr. Dre
10. Ludacris
11. T.I., Lil Wayne
12. Eminem, Common, Akon (whoa, Common is rakin in as much as Akon???)
13. JD
14. Lil Jon, Outkast, Chamillionaire, The Game
Some hip-hop legends don’t need to do anything to keep earning outrageous sums of money. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young banked $15 million even though he hasn’t had a hit in years–he still gets rich on royalties from two decades of hits. A founder of the seminal rap group N.W.A he released his multiplatinum solo opus The Chronic in 1992 and has produced hits for the likes of Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Eminem and Tupac Shakur.
Tupac himself pulled in a handsome sum this year–about $15 million–even though he’s been dead for over 10 years. Tupac is probably having himself a last laugh from beyond the grave, knowing that his onetime friend Suge Knight isn’t cashing in on the bonanza. Knight, the bodyguard-turned-president of Death Row Records, long rumored to have arranged Shakur’s killing, filed for bankruptcy and put his Malibu, Calif., mansion up for sale last June.
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Gee, I wonder where they got this idea from?
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DJ Khalil is a staff producer from Dr. Dre’s camp. Fast forward to 30 secs in…
SOHH has some Jadakiss quotables from his interview with The Come Up DVD:
“Nas is dropping N*gger, why I can’t drop Kiss My Ass,” he asked? “I think I might keep my sh*t. Kiss My Ass coming soon.”
“I still gotta holla at Kanye, Just Blaze, maybe Pharell, hopefully Dr. Dre, Toomp … whoever got the f*cking heat man, Timbaland, Storch,” he said. “I don’t discriminate. If it’s hot, let’s have it.”
“N*gga’s is garbage,” he said. “The game is f*cked up … a bunch of ring tone, tight-pants-wearing motherf*ckrs. I’m just doin’ me. The music is f*cking garbage, man. Kanye came out with hot music. He sold records. T.I., same thing. Alicia Keys, same sh*t. If your sh*t was hot and you had a machine, you sold records.”
“Don’t blame nobody, just make better music, *ssholes,” Jada said. “It’s a business at the end of the day, so you can be mad at who ever but you gotta be mad at yourself. Either the music wasn’t right or you didn’t handle your business. It’s as simple as that.”
On Jay Z:
“He tried his hand for a few years, he raped the budget, he got however much they was paying him and he stepped down,” Jada said. “He got his masters, he doin’ his thing. 40/40’s in Vegas and all that, hotels, he good.”
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Press Release:
Monster Teams Up with Dr. Dre and Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine to Design State-of-the-Art “Beats” Headphones Engineered to Accurately Reproduce the Best of Today’s Pop Music
Legendary Music Producer/Artist Dr. Dre’s First-Ever Foray Into Consumer Products
Las Vegas, NV, January 6, 2008 - Monster, well known for working with legendary musicians on countless productions recorded with Monster Cable and Monster Power products, is proud to announce the introduction of the first-ever product to be endorsed by legendary music producer and artist Dr. Dre. The new “Beats by Dr. Dre” high-performance headphones were conceived by Dr. Dre and mutually designed, with groundbreaking and inventive engineering by Monster. The headphones feature both a unique and futuristic style as well as newly developed sonic technologies for unprecedented state-of-the-art performance.
When world-class producers like Dr. Dre record their music, they utilize large high-performance studio loudspeakers and high-powered amplifiers to craft richly detailed musical soundscapes. Until now, however, consumers listening back to the music using conventional headphones have never had the opportunity to experience the full sonic palette of these recordings, with the full dynamic range, low bass, punch and clarity intended by the producers. To provide consumers with a brand new level of headphone audio performance, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, and Monster, three of the most powerful forces in music and technology, teamed up to create “Beats by Dr. Dre.” Monster’s innovative sound and design engineers implemented the team’s vision.
