Hour.ca has the story.
But in Jamaica, ground zero in the war over dancehall, there have been a reported 98 gay-bashings so far this year, including four lesbians who were raped and four gay men who've been killed. And anti-gay dancehall has become the music of the people.
That is why the three-year-old international campaign against these dancehall performers is called Stop Murder Music.
And the just-formed Canadian chapter is protesting Elephant Man's 12-date Canadian tour that began Sept. 20 in Winnipeg and brings the dancehall don to Montreal's Rialto on Oct. 5.
Mariah has responded to Diddy's challenge in regard to her fragrance. From contactmusic.com:
"I heard about this competition, and I wish Puff (Combs) all the best with his new fragrance. ... I think we're actually appealing to different types of women. M by Mariah Carey is about being unforgettable, not unforgivable. ... It's not about a menage a trois or a one night stand, it's for the woman who wants the man to fall in love with her immediately, stay in love, and treat her like royalty."
The article also details how Diddy has invited her, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani and Sarah Jessica Parker to do a blind smell test in front of the Sean John store in NYC. He says that the loser would have to pay for a shopping spree.
Via DailyIndia.com.
The album insert for "Welcome to the Zoo" is similar to the "Don't Talk, Just Listen" and "Hustlenomics" as it has the same Sean John Eyewear advertisement. On the other side, it mentions "Press Play", "Hustlenomics" and "Don't Talk, Just Listen" as in stores now and "Back Up N Da Chevy" and "Let's Get Physical" as coming soon.
"Also coming soon", it lists Mario Winans, We Invented the Remix II, Cassie, Jordan MCCoy, Cheri Dennis and Danity Kane - no titles or dates are provided.
The Los Angeles Times has a huge story today.
A prison inmate who had implicated a former Los Angeles Police Department officer in the shooting death of rap star Biggie Smalls has renounced his story, tying a new knot in the tangle of intrigue that surrounds the still-unsolved killing.
Waymond Anderson, who was briefly a top-selling R&B; artist and is serving a life term for murder, said in a recent deposition that he lied about LAPD involvement in the Smalls slaying as part of a "scam" concocted by two other convicts to squeeze a large monetary settlement out of the city.
Smalls' family has filed a wrongful death suit seeking damages from the city. In a surprising twist, Anderson accused the rapper's family and its lawyer of participating in the scheme and offering to pay him for false testimony implicating the LAPD.
He said he was offered a percentage of any settlement if he testified that former Los Angeles Officer Rafael Perez had told him that another ex-officer, David Mack, was involved in the murder. In the deposition, he repudiated earlier statements to police investigators in which he described conversations with both of the disgraced officers.
Read the full story for more. Sanders, and a lawyer he is associated with, have denied all of these claims.
Via Ronnie Gamble.
With "Welcome to the Zoo" released, I thought I'd talk about some of the tracks and features that had been discussed that didn't make the cut or end up panning out.
In April, Block spoke with MTV, saying that Zoe already had songs done for his album with Bobby Brown and Big Boi. In August, Bad Boy issued a bio for the rapper. Bobby Brown was mentioned, once again, alongside Akon as features on the album. A song with Zoe featuring Bobby Brown called "Life of a Hustler" was released online and featured in a tracklist released by the label in August. Akon and Big Boi were probably the two biggest features mentioned for this album. Unfortunately, neither made it, nor did Bobby Brown.
A version of "Tryna Make a Jug" was released online toward the end of August. It featured Big Gee and Rick Ross. The album version just features Big Gee.
In June, Bad Boy released a Sizzle Reel where they indicated that Young Jeezy would be featured on "Hood N****". Though this version was released online, the album version does not feature him.
The afforementioned tracklist featured a few tracks that don't appear to have made the cut, based on track titles. It's possible that they may have made the cut with different titles, however. They are:
"Zoe"
"Battle Up" (Could be "Battle Field"?)
"Locked Up or Dead"
"Won't Let You Down"
"Life of a Hustler a.k.a. Money on the Block"
AllHipHop.com spoke with Diddy on the "I Get Money" remix. A sampling:
"If it came down to a video, I would make sure the video is right," ... "The session was the way you can imagine it. It was a billion dollars in the building. It was a lot of power in there. You basically had the powerhouses of Hip-Hop all in one room and we had a ball."
"People say that s*** and they making it up [in their rhymes] but I was on the cover of Forbes with Jerry Seinfeld ten years ago. So the world is just catching up," ... "I�ve had my subscription since I�ve been nineteen years old with Forbes and Robb Report and Fortune Magazine. I stays on the lists.
To have that articulated in the most craziest pop s*** way and then to have two of your counterparts [50 Cent and Jay-Z] critique your verse and give it the thumbs up? It isn't even fair."
Though it may not have much in the way of impact, you can vote to help B5 decide their next single. My vote would be for "In My Bedroom". As I write, here are the poll results:
1. "She Got It Like That", 44%.
2. "In My Bedroom", 28%.
3. "Right to Left", 16%.
4. "Teardrops", 12%.
Gorilla Zoe's debut album, "Welcome to the Zoo" has been released today. Here is the tracklisting:
1. "Do Something"
2. "Hood N****"
3. "Money Man"
4. "Tryna Make a Jug" featuring Big Gee
5. "Crack Musik (This That Muzik)" featuring Jody Breeze
6. "Battle Field" featuring Block and Big Gee
7. "Take Your Shoes Off" by Gorilla Zoe featuring Yung Joc
8. "I Know"
9. "Count on Me" featuring Jody Breeze and JC
10. "Real M**********" featuring Boyz N Da Hood
11. "Juice Box" featuring Yung Joc
12. "Money Up"
13. "You Don't Know Me" featuring D. Woods
14. "Lil Shawty"
15. "Last Time I Checked"
You can order it at Amazon.com now.
Diddy spoke with MTV on the "I Get Money" remix and the process of creating his verse:
There's been a lot of hoopla surrounding the remix of 50 Cent's "I Get Money," featuring three of the biggest titans in the game: 50, Jay-Z and Diddy. Was Jay going at LL Cool J? Was Diddy going at Mase? Well, according to the Bad Boy CEO, there was no type of animosity between Forbes' hip-hop cash kings when they got together to record. And he should know: Jay and Fif actually helped him write his verse, he told us.
"Everybody put all the greasy, slick-talk to the side," Diddy explained. "And we all got in the studio and cooked up something real special for the people. That would've been impossible [for us to be dissing anyone] being that we all sat in the same room and everybody helped me out with my verse, to finish it up. ... It just wasn't that type of energy, you know what I'm saying? And the song ain't really taking shots at anybody to be honest. It's really just putting down your status in the game. Everything I said on there I did. I wasn't just ... on top of the Forbes list. I was on the cover of Forbes. You know, 10 years ago, before cats even knew what the magazine was."
Going at Mase? Which part of the verse could that be? Was Mase riding around in Miami on mopeds? heh.
From MTV.com:
Diddy also put to bed any rumors of a rift between him and Elephant Man. Whispers started getting louder that the dancehall artist ran up in the Bad Boy offices in New York and put his hands on Diddy. Apparently, the Energy God wasn't too happy with the progress of his project. But Diddy said don't believe just everything you hear.
"Elephant Man's been in Jamaica," he explained. "He was here and when I was here � you see, I don't have problems like that, to be honest. That sh-- right there, that be happening to other people. That sh-- don't be happening to me. My house is all good and everybody sees the way I handle my problems, you know what I'm saying? You just kind of let it go. Everything don't need to be addressed. You kinda take that approach."
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