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Chris Brown has high hopes for his new album, F.A.M.E. The singer said Monday in an interview with New York-based radio station Hot 97’s Angie Martinez that he hopes to sell 1 million copies of the album in its first week. “I would love to do like a mill the first week, honestly,” Brown said. […]
Like all music sales, the royalty rate paid is determined by a contract between labels and artists. But in the majority of recording contracts – particularly those first executed before the debut of iTunes – digital royalty rates are not stated explicitly stated. Eminem’s team believes that downloads should fall under the licensing agreement portion […]
Soulja Boy took to Twitter on Monday (March 21) to express grief over the death of his half-brother Deion Jenkins. The 14-year-old died on Sunday in a car accident in Charleston, Mississippi, according to XXLmag.com. The “Pretty Boy Swag” MC remembered his sibling online, tweeting, “at home crying my eyes out I can’t believe my […]
Lil Wayne has announced a release date for The Carter IV, his ninth album. Weezy fans can circle May 16th on their calendars as the day to pick the album up in stores. Weezy announced the date for what’s sure to be the soundtrack to this summer at the opening date of his “I Am […]
Simmons wanted to speak with Cosby to end their feud which began when Simmons criticized Cosby’s 2009 “State Of Emergency” project, which included a rap album. Simmons wrote a post on GlobalGrind.com about their confrontation at the awards dinner that has since been deleted. In the post, Simmons claims that Cosby refused to talk to […]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reid is being released from his contract with Island Def Jam early so that he can take the job on the show. However, rumors have been swirling for quite some time that Reid’s job at Island Def Jam was in danger. With the recent announcement of former Universal Music Group […]
McGrew tells TMZ that Nate Dogg had made significant progress in recovering from the two strokes. According to McGrew … Nate was “95% recovered from the first stroke in 2007″ … when the second stroke occurred in 2008 … leaving Nate partially paralyzed and causing partial memory loss. But McGrew says Nate had “cognitively fully […]
Wiz Khalifa‘s “Rolling Papers” is set to release on March 22nd. The debut disc has fourteen tracks and appearances from only three artists: Too Short, Curren$y and Chevy Woods. 1. When I’m Gone 2. On My Level (feat. Too $hort) 3. Black And Yellow 4. Roll Up 5. Hopes & Dreams 6. Wake Up 7. […]