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*Andre Young, also known as the hip-hop master producer Dr. Dre, has pledged $35 million of his own money in a $70 million collaboration with producer and co-founder of Interscope records Jimmy Iovine to begin a program in his and Jimmy Iovine’s name at the University of Southern California. The Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy [...]
*Rap mogul Andre “Dr. Dre” Young and music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night. The huge gift from the two who have been music business partners in the past will be used to create the [...]
*During American Idol, Fox has shown commercials for the new “Beats Pill” featuring Nicki Minaj and comedian DeRay. It’s a cute commercial that focuses on the Beats Pill’s sound capability by morphing it into Nicki’s loud mouth girlfriend. But Radio Shack has a different ad for the newest addition to the Beats by Dr. Dre [...]
*Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics is onto something bigger and better in the ever evolving world of technology. The company just received a $60 million investment for Project Daisy, a streaming music service created by Beats. Billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries led Funding for the branch project (which may become it’s own spin-off company). Daisy’s been [...]
*Oh boy, they’ve thought of everything. A new reality show starring the sons of rappers is next on the hot plate for television junkies. According to TMZ, N.W.A. and Run-DMC’s kids are going to be entertaining viewers as they go along in the shadows of their fathers. Currently titled, “Seeds of Hip Hop” (sounds kind [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE From what we get, we can make a [...]
*Dr. Dre and Beats by Dre are suing Yamaha over headphones the company is manufacturing, which Dre claims infringes upon his Beats Electronics patents. In the new lawsuit filed in California federal court, Beats by Dre says that it has revolutionized the use of headphones as a fashion accessory, and is alleging that Yamaha is [...]
*Will we finally get the “Detox” album in 2013? It looks like Dr. Dre will release his long-awaited third solo album on the unofficial weed holiday of April 20th. The rapper/producer appeared in a brief video with producer/friend Just Blaze, who teases fans with news about a special release next year. “Guess what else comes [...]
*Despite a 13-year gap between studio albums, Dr. Dre has managed to top Forbes’ new list of “The World’s 25 Highest-Paid Musicians,” earning an estimated $110 million from May 2011 to May 2012. Dre’s bested such competition as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Kanye West, all of whom made the cut, and was [...]
*Kendrick Lamar chatted with JAMZ/Phoenix about his collaboration with Dr. Dre, and music with Lady Gaga; saying fans can expect some good, new music soon. He mentioned that like any good musician he’s got a studio on the tour bus, and much of “Good Kid” was created while on the road with Drake. “It was just me [...]
*Lil Wayne is recovering this morning after an in-flight medical scare on Thursday afternoon that forced the rapper’s plane to make an emergency landing in Texas. After Weezy had suffered from seizure-like symptoms on a private jet, the craft landed in an undisclosed location in Texas, according to TMZ. From there, he was rushed to [...]
*Another rapper is going to keep his fans waiting. This time it’s 50 Cent. His long awaited “Street King Immortal” album is being held off until… who knows when. It was originally set to hit public ears next month. “It was scheduled to release November 13, but we had to move the date,” he said. “For [...]
*Dr. Dre has out-earned Sean “Diddy” Combs and Shawn “Jay Z Carter to land atop Forbes magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, with earnings of $110 million in the past year. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The financial haul, made between May, 2011, and May, 2012, was largely from sales of his Beats By Dre headphones. [...]
*Her OWN cable network may be struggling, but its namesake continues to reign supreme when it comes to personal bank accounts. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Oprah Winfrey earned $165 million from May 2011 to May 2012 to top Forbes’ list of highest-paid celebrities for the fourth consecutive year. Dr. Dre and Tyler Perry also [...]
*FX has closed a script development deal with rap mogul Dr. Dre for a one-hour drama, reports Deadline.com. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The project, written by Sidney Quashie, explores present day Los Angeles through the lenses of the music business and the crime business. Quashie and Dre will executive produce, with Daniel Schnider from [...]
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