The G-Force baton has been passed from reggae/dancehall songstress Tanya Stephens, who originally set the foundation for the brand, to dancehall sensation Michelle Downer, more popularly known as D’Angel.
D’Angel will be the official spokesperson and new face of the campaign, which kicked off on October 4, with a new set of radio commercials blasting the airwaves.
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New York rapper Jim Jones doesn’t seem to be too pleased with being left out of T.I.’s mega-collabo track “Swagger Like Us.”
In a recent interview with Complex magazine, the Harlem diplomat expresses his distaste with the song saying he was deliberately left off collabo featured on T.I.’s latest LP, Paper Trail.
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A UK based lawyer is planning to file a complaint against machine-gun toting police officers, who arrested Busta Rhymes last week in the London City airport.
Busta Rhymes’ lawyer Philip Trott was with him on September 25 in the airport, when at least 15 police officers detained Rhymes over his immigration status.
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“November something” now has an official number: November 25. On Friday night in Los Angeles, Kanye West announced the exact release date of his new album, 808s and Heartbreak, when he appeared as a special guest during T.I.’s MySpace concert at the Key Club.
West came out and surprised the audience, performing “Swagger Like Us” with Tip. The King of the South then turned the stage over to Kanye’s command, and the Chicago native went into the first verse of “Love Lockdown.”
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R. Kelly’s last tour brought the singer a lot of drama — from Ne-Yo’s jumping on and then off, resulting in a lawsuit and the whole mess over how much money he was owed for touring in the first place, to R’s nearly being arrested over a tour-bus delay that made him late to court.
But on Monday (October 6), that issue was settled when an independent arbitrator awarded Kells $3.4 million in back pay for performances on the Double Up Tour last fall and winter. The singer initiated legal action back in February against Rowe Entertainment while he was still on tour. Kelly completed the tour while the payment dispute was still ongoing.
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Hip-Hop star 50 Cent will star in an upcoming movie titled Dead Man Running.
In an interview with the BBC, British actor Danny Dyer divulged details of the movie, which is described as a gangster flick.
“It’s about one guy who basically gets in a serious bit of trouble with a real gangster and he’s got one day to live or he’s going to get ironed out if he doesn’t raise the funds,” Dyer said. “So, it’s basically about a dead man running, which is him, and I play his sidekick who’s trying to get him out of trouble.”
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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