PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES » Rapper Nelly (pictured above) chatting with Derek Fisher of the L.A. Lakers and sitting courtside enjoying the Lakers game Sunday night (Mar. 23rd) in L.A. According to Rap-Up.com Nelly’s working hard on his new album, Brass Knuckles, due in stores June 24th! He recently shot a video for the single featuring Fergie, Party People, and according to Rap-Up, the album features collaborations from T.I., LL Cool J, Chuck D, Akon, and Ciara, who is featured on the Jermaine Dupri-produced Stepped On My Js. The track is a tribute to Nike Air Jordans, which Nelly describes as “Grillz and Air Force Ones on steroids.†Being an avid fan of waking up early on Saturday mornings to cop the newest pair of Jordans myself, I can’t wait to hear this track!
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The all-star lineup for the 2008 Essence Music Festival, held annually in New Orleans, has been announced! Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown, Jill Scott, Chris Rock, Morris Day and The Time, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly are all slated to hit the stage in July for the weekend-long music festival. The festival, which takes place at the Louisiana Superdome, features three days of cultural celebrations and empowerment seminars and three nights of performances.
“This past year has been amazing for these talented performers and our audience will be thrilled to welcome them home for the ultimate Fourth of July weekend party,” said Michelle Ebanks, President, Essence Communications Inc.
The 2008 Essence Music Festival takes place from July 4th through July 6th.
… He even gives MediaTakeOver a quick shout-out! “I’mma just put it on YouTube right now … I don’t really do this … but it’s funny to me!” The young R&Ber says in a jokingly, yet serious manner, “the media always builds you up to get you down [and] I just want to tell all my fans out there that we don’t carry, or conduct, ourselves like that”. Honestly, the best advice I can come up with for Chris, or any celebrity, is to just ignore the rumors. Becos the more you entertain them, and feed into them, you begin to justify them. That’s a no-brainier.
And to the people unaware, MediaTakeOver is obviously a site you shouldn’t be taking seriously. I mean, if that is where you go for reliability and justification, I don’t know what to tell you …
We kinda stole this from Vibe Magazine. You know, where they do the questions. However, there are two differences - we ask an additional question, and the questions they ask, and the ones we ask are completely different! Oh yeah … we spell it like “qwestchuns” lol!
#1: Why did it take to long for Beyonce to get a non-singing role in a movie?
#2: Why does Weezy’s ad for condoms look suspect?
#3: Why are Reggie and Kim playing us with this fake ass relationship?
#4: Speaking of “fake ass relationships,” Chris Brown and Rihanna! Whaddup?
#5: Why didn’t Woody tell Sisqo about his call from the Lord before hitting the radio airwaves? Couldn’t he have at least put him on threeway? CONTINUE READING
Here’s another set of photos featuring Hollywood’s new favorite couple. Or soon-to-be favorite couple. Or favorite publicity stunt. Whatever the case may be, Chris Brown and Rihanna are making headlines, especially with all of these new photos of them caking … hard. Here are a few photos of the two in Paris at the John Galliano fashion show this past weekend. [ IMAGES VIA ULTIMATE RIHANNA ]
“Rumored couple” Chris Brown and Rihanna were caught by Page Six splashing around at a pool in Jamaica, where they reportedly spent the weekend together. The media has been putting these two together for so long that I guess they decided to make it official.
R&B’s most secretive couple were sharing a romantic weekend in Jamaica and we can say for sure guys, the cat is out of the bag. The Grammy winner, who was thrown a big birthday bash by Chris for her 20th birthday last week, was all over her younger man. “They were smooching in the pool and were really lovely dovey,” the PageSix.com spy told us exclusively. “They were playfully making out and he was kissing her on the neck.”
The attractive pair, who got matching star tattoos on their necks in January, got in the pool after a leisurely lunch yesterday at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in Jamaica. They were hanging out with friends and at about 3 p.m., Chris, 18, jumped into the water and waited while Rihanna went to her room and changed into a bikini.
She came back and was very scared of getting her hair wet, said the spy. “They were floating together with him carrying her and she kept saying, ‘Don’t get my hair wet.’ She was very soft and feminine but he was a big kid and splashing around.” The couple arrived in Jamaica together on Friday from Rihanna’s native Barbados for the Smile Jamaica Africa Unite Bob Marley celebration in St. Mary, where she performed.
Here is Jordin Sparks’ new music video for the single, ‘No Air’, featuring Chris Brown from her eponymous album out in stores now! I love this song so much, it’s really addicting, I’m glad they made it a single!
Well damn! Excuuuuse me y’all, straight from the source, it actually turns out ‘Picture Perfect’ featuring Will.i.am will NOT be the next single, evidently ‘Down’ featuring Kanye West will be! Smart move, indeed. ‘Down’ was the song I imegiately, IMEGIATELY clicked to, so I feel a hit coming on …
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Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye West, and Ne-Yo (pictured above) chilling backstage at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Here are a few candid shots of some of the celebrities who attended the show. More can be found after the cut.
And photos from the Red Carpet of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards just keep on rolling in! Here are some flicks of Beyonce & Solange, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Fergie, and more on the red carpet. Want to see who else showed up on the red carpet tonight? Check out more flicks after the cut … of course! Photos are being uploaded all night, so check back often. CONTINUE READING
Here are a few photos of Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, and Chris Brown on the GM Red Carpet. Interested in seeing who else was photographed on the GM Red Carpet? Check out more photos after the cut! CONTINUE READING
Here are some photos from the Pre-Grammy Cocktail Party hosted by the legendary Clive Davis. The party was held at the Beverly HIlton Hotel last night in California. The guest list included the likes of Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Lil Mama, and more. Check out the rest of the photos after the cut. CONTINUE READING
Sara Bareilles rises three spots, at number 9, to number 6. Rihanna rises up just two spots, number 5 to number 3, from last week’s chart with the electro-single “Don’t Stop The Music”; Chris Brown climbs to number 2. Meanwhile Flo Rida’s smash hit “Low,” featuring T-Pain, retains it’s number 1 spot on the charts once again.
#1 - Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - Low
#2 - Chris Brown - With You
#3 - Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music
#4 - Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic - Apologize
#5 - Alicia Keys - No One
#6 - Sara Bareilles - Love Song
#7 - Fergie - Clumsy
#8 - Snoop Dogg - Sexual Seduction
#9 - Yael Naim - New Soul
#10 - Sean Kingston - Take You There
If you want a more detailed view of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart or would like to view the remaining 90, continue on here.
Mario » “Music for Love” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Music for Love” is set to be R&Ber Mario’s forthcoming single from his much-underrated album Go! (J Records), which is in stores now - I highly recommend you buy this album! I think the single is gold, really every song from that album I find single-material. The song is really subtle with melodies and harmonies, it’s “whip-listenable,” as well as pleasurable, in my opinion.
Chris Brown ft. Will.i.am » “Picture Perfect” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Picture Perfect” featuring domestic-producer Will.i.am will be Chris Brown’s forth single from Exclusive (Jive). It’s interesting they’re making this a single; Chris Brown co-produced it. “PP” took me a minute to get into, it wasn’t my immediate favorite when I first heard Exclusive, but I’m feeling it now! I can’t wait to see how this plays out, with the promotion, video, etc.
Fergie » “Finally” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Finally” will be the final single from Fergie’s 3x’s platinum-album The Dutchess (A&M). The song itself was produced by John Legend, he was the pianist, and also Fergie stated that she would be performing with him at the 50th Grammy Awards. I liked this song a lot listening to Fergie’s album, the song was a nice ballad for her, it really showed her vocal capability nice.
Kanye West ft. Chris Martin » “Homecoming” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Homecoming,” featuring Cold Play’s Chris Martin, will be the fifth single from Kanye West’s 2x’s platinum-album Graduation (Def Jam). Unfortunately the song will only be released in the UK, instead of “Flashing Lights,” which is serving as the fourth single in the rest of the world. I said it once, and I’ll say it again, you UKer’s get everything! Lol. But for real, I really like this song, “Homecoming” has to be the most creative, conceptual song I’ve heard, as far as personification, this great man - is genius!
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