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*On Monday, Lil Wayne made his first public appearance since being hospitalized after suffering a seizure last month. The hip hop star visited Miami’s Mansion nightclub to celebrate rapper Rocko, reports People.com. Joined by Cash Money founder Birdman, Lil Wayne, an onlooker tells the website, “looked healthy and fresh-faced.” This time, there was no sizzurp [...]
*After TMZ damn near declared him dead enough to receive his last rites, Lil Wayne is still with the living. On top of that, he’s getting a constant stream of high profile visitors. The Young Money MC who was hospitalized last week following a series of seizures, has been surrounded by friends and family since [...]
*Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae Carter and Birdman’s daughter Bria Williams, both 14, will make their literary debut this summer as the co-authors of Paparazzi Princesses. Released through Birdman’s Cash Money Content imprint under Simon & Schuster, the novel follows two teen girls experiencing the perks and pitfalls of being unintentionally famous. Readers will follow the [...]
*Looking like Latoya Jackson, former Barbie, Lil Kim, jumped back into the beef between her and her one-time protégé, Nicki Minaj. On Power 105′s Breakfast Club show, the rapper talked about her new projects, but couldn’t help but focus a lot of her energy and interview time on the Young Money princess. Before questions could [...]
*Rapper 50 Cent may have won $5 million dollars from Cash Money Records CEO Birdman. While nothing has been confirmed, the two did go back and forth last week about the Super Bowl. Birdman said he had his money on the Patriots because he said his nephew played on the team. A few weeks ago, [...]
*Forbes writer, Zack O’Malley Greenburg has generated a watch list of Hip Hop artists who are on the verge of possibly becoming the industry’s first billionaire. So far he’s got Sean “Diddy” Combs, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, and Cutis “50 Cent” Jackson. Right now these artists are at the [...]
*Forbes has released its list of the past year’s top earners in the hip hop field. New Watch the Throne members Jay-Z and Kanye West are first and third respectively, with Sean “Diddy” Combs at No. 2 Jay-Z took in $37 million, while Diddy made $35 million and West accrued $16 million in the past [...]
*Bryan “Birdman”/”Baby” Williams is showing the world that he ain’t no punk. Although he recently made a ridunkulous bet. The Cash Money Records head honcho put down $2 million, wagering that the Miami Heat will take the NBA Championship title this year against the Dallas Mavericks. Either that’s just blind confidence or he knows something [...]
*Birdman made a huge, ridiculous purchase for $7.8 million, not on a yacht or house, but on a car. The Cash Money label’s head man dropped nearly $8 million on a Mercedes Maybach Exelero. Birdman, whose real name is Brian Williams, is reportedly worth $100 million. So the vehicle purchase is just a drop in [...]
*There’s a new, old no. 1 in town. Forbes just named Diddy as the wealthiest Hip Hop artists with Jay-Z in close second. The media mogul moved his peer from the top spot he’d been hogging for four years straight. Now Diddy is worth $475 million while Jay-Z is at $450 million. Behind Diddy and [...]
*Have you seen Gucci Mane’s face! Of course you have. He’s got an ice cream cone on his face. Oh and by the way, he got that ink shortly after being discharged from the mental hospital. So his tattoo artist, Shane Willoughby is now reconsidering doing face tattoos. “When [Gucci] said he wanted to do [...]
*Rumor has it that Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is looking to add to his VIP minority boardroom, and the latest candidate is none other than Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan “Baby” Williams. Williams, also known as Birdman, would join Venus and Serena Williams, Gloria Estefan, Fergie, Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony as [...]
*Hip hop artist and CEO of Cash Money Records, Birdman has been criticized in recent days for what some see as promulgating the negative stereotypes commonly associated with the Hip Hop genre generally and rap music specifically. His recent purchase and promotion of a 2.1 million dollar car has been met with a hefty bit [...]
*Lil Wayne’s scheduled sentencing in a New York City gun case was postponed until March 2 today because his teeth are in dire need of dental work. The rapper is due to complete a number of oral surgeries before he goes to prison, where he’s due to serve as much as a year in jail [...]
*Brothers Bryan “Baby” and Ronald “Slim” Williams, CEOs of Cash Money Records, are stretching their business portfolio with the launch Bronald Oil & Gas, a new venture that aims to identify and use gas and oil reserves. The company, according to Allhiphop.com, is using several locations to develop oil and gas outlets, such as Osage [...]
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