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ITTY BITTY BITS: Rockwilder launches RocBattle.com; Roker unwilling to play nice; Hot 97 strikes back at building owners; Kanye West sued.
*Producer Rockwilder has launched a new Web site designed to assist aspiring producers in selling their beats. www.RocBattle.com, a collaboration with Trailblaze Studios, allows music makers the chance to show off their work and hopefully, pocket some money in the process. The site will also keep track of the producers' sales and include their beat ratings, stats and rankings. “Technology has allowed lots of hip hop talent to prosper in unconventional ways and now I'm using the advancements of it to help music producers get some shine,” Rockwilder said in a statement.
*There is such a thing as red carpet etiquette, but Al Roker apparently doesn’t have it. The weatherman for NBC’s “Today Show” did a no-no while working the premiere of “Mission: Impossible III” on Wednesday when he reportedly grabbed filmmaker Ken Burns away from an interview he was doing with ABC News radio's David Blaustein. "I never pulled him away from anyone. He was right there," Roker argued, according to the New York Post. However, a witness, “Inside Edition” reporter Kim Dean, says Roker “actually reached his arm around him and just took the interview away. Later, he gave David a wink and wave. I think he realized he wasn't practicing good red-carpet etiquette."
*The owners of New York radio station Hot 97 filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Friday against their landlord, the Carpenters Union Pension Fund, reports the Associated Press. As previously reported, the Fund filed suit to evict the embattled urban station because a number of related shootings and bomb threats have left other tenants in the building afraid for their safety.
Kanye West has been sued over a Mercedes that is allegedly being held hostage. TMZ.com reports that in Sept. 2002, West's company, Konman Entertainment, Inc., leased a Mercedes G500 for $1,295.00 a month. West personally guaranteed that the lease would be paid. The lease expired in Jan. 2006. But according to the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the car was not returned and the defendants stopped paying. DCFS Trust, which holds the note on the car, is suing for $53,747.15, which represents the value of the car. In addition, DCFS is seeking back lease payments and late charges. Both West and Konman have been named as defendants. The suit also seeks punitive damages
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