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*Rihanna’s been a big hit lately on the newsstands, but like her counterpart, Taylor Swift, who has also been plastered all over the place, fell a bit short when it came to sales. In a report compiled by WWD, Taylor Swift covered five magazines, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Haper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Glamour in the past years, but her [...]
*A Lady Gaga tune has come between Teddy Riley and his 21-year-old daughter Taja Riley. Last week, in California federal court, Mr. Riley filed a lawsuit against Taja for claiming a songwriting credit and partial ownership of a song that he says he developed with Gaga – and that Taja had absolutely nothing to do [...]
*The rumors started swirling last month with two Instagram photos of Beyoncé’s hoop earrings — engraved with the word “Ratchet.” According to Billboard, a Dec. 30th pic showed Bey sporting “Ratchet” bamboo earrings and a Houston Rockets fitted, repping her hometown. A camera, which hints at a video set, is just barely visible to her [...]
*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 [...]
*The new Barclays Center in Brooklyn made its debut last night with the city’s native son and Nets part owner Jay-Z opening the arena with a sold-out concert – the first of eight. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The rap mogul celebrated ahead of the gig with the grand opening of his new 40/40 club [...]
*International singing and songwriting sensation Akon always knows a good thing when he sees it. In 2004, he took the music industry by storm with a string of chart-toppers like “Locked Up,” “Ghetto,” and “Lonely.” He then became renowned for breaking incredible musical talent like Lady Gaga, T-Pain and, South Korea’s sizzling girl group, Wonder Girls. The [...]
*The first day of school is an important time for parents and their children. Some are starting first grade, some are starting high school. Both are developmental levels in a child and parent’s life that they won’t soon forget. But, when the school year starts with a child being shot in the cafeteria, that cannot [...]
*Beyonce’s music video “I Was Here” for the UN’s World Humanitarian Day campaign generated one billion messages encouraging people to do a good deed on Sunday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The campaign is designed to increase the amount of good deeds done by ordinary people, and additionally, to give something back to those [...]
*Forbes has released its list of social networking superstars, using a formula that simply adds a star’s Twitter followers to his or her Facebook fans. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to the list, Rihanna comes out on top with 23.8 million Twitter followers and 59.6 million Facebook fans. She edges out Lady Gaga, who [...]
*You all can hate on the white boy rapper if you want, but he’s got swag and crowd appeal because he just made Facebook history by becoming the first person to receive 60 million likes. He can totally brag now because the proof is in the social network and no one can say he’s not [...]
*In show business it’s best to never say ‘never.’ Oprah Winfrey learned the hard way. Long ago she vowed never to interview rappers on her TV show because – if memory serves me correctly – she disapproved of the “n” word, the “b” word and other degradation that served as poor excuses for rap lyrics. [...]
*It is now official. The nominees have been revealed for the upcoming 2012 Billboard Music Awards that is set to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 20. And among the nominees are Rihanna, with 13 nods, along with Lil Wayne who is recognized in 10 categories. Also Lady Gaga, Adele, [...]
*Nicki Minaj is about tired of the Lady Gaga comparisons lately. She says the two are different, although they march to their own beat quite obviously. In an interview with ABC, the rapper admitted she’s quite annoyed. “Offends me, no. Irks me, yes,” Minaj said when ABC’s Juju Chang asked if the Lady Gaga comparisons [...]
*Oprah Winfrey’s struggling cable channel OWN saw a 21 percent rise in total daily viewers in the first quarter of 2012, as the TV titan’s decision to put more of herself on the network began to pay off. However, the 15-month-old venture is still attracting only 180,000 viewers a day, on average, according to first [...]
*Her name became bigger than life just a short time after she began to collaborate with major artists. The secret to her rise to success comes from hard work and laser focus on what she’s got to do, say critics. Being one of the newer artists with an extreme style and loud hair colors, Minaj [...]
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