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Well, the hip hop nuptials keep on coming. Congrats to Swizz Beats & Alicia keys on their marriage today. The couple were successful at keeping the dates and details of the event under wraps.
Ron Artest is guest editor in chief for ESPN The Magazine's 'Revenge of the Jocks' issue, which will feature career insights and more from nearly 350 professional athletes. Check out the hi-res cover above and Ron interviewing himself at The Mag's offices:Kanye West/ Hype Williams - Behind the Scenes from Rashad El Amin.
It's official! T.I. & Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle married at a courthouse in Miami on Friday as planned. Expect more celebration as the couple's rep told Us Magazine that they will hold three lavish ceremonies in Miami, Atlanta and Las Vegas over the weekend. Check out the marriage license below (TMZ)
Kanye West hosted an incredible, nearly two-hour Town Hall-style meeting at Rolling Stone this afternoon, where he played songs from his fall album, jumped up on a board room table to spontaneously rap, and fielded questions about everything from his diet ("Eating celery is not hip-hop!") to his Italian internship at Fendi to the craziest thing he's ever bought (an antique fish tank).
West says the vibe of his new record is positivity, acknowledging that he's made mistakes in his life. Adding that he believes great art doesn't have to come from dark places, he said, "I feel like [now] I can be a vessel for good will and energy." Dressed in a tailored charcoal gray suit, black wayfarer-style sunglasses and lace-less Dries Van Noten shoes, West opened up his laptop and fired through nearly a dozen new tracks plus snippets of unfinished ones. He played the full version of "My Chain Heavy" (the racially charged song he debuted a cappella at Facebook earlier this week), which was anchored by an old-school beat with a spacey whistle hook. Other songs featured some of Kanye's most adventurous and experimental music yet: heavy beats, cellos, sparse piano lines, fuzzed-out electric guitar solos, and spooky sci-fi melodies.
After gesturing for all the office's interns to join him and ask questions, West said he'd love to work with Lauryn Hill ("she's last of a dying breed") and Thom Yorke, made frequent references to Anchorman, Dodgeball and Semi-Pro, and joked that Twitter was designed with him in mind. "Rock stars just get scared and just run away from popular culture," he said. "It takes so much for me and Eminem to come back and embrace [it] and say, 'You know what? We have to deliver this on a major level to make a difference.'"
Bun B. talked about this track during his recent interview with FADER. Produced by Steve Below. Cop the album on Tuesday!
Wow, well when I saw the numbers at hits daily double, they were too close to call and held of on posting news about whether Rick Ross took Eminem's #1 spot this week on the charts. Well the numbers are in from Billboard/Soundscan and it seems the Teflon Don still had to bow down for Eminem's Recovery, which is now in it's 4th week at the top. The numbers were close though, with Shady selling 187,000 while Ross sold 176,000.
