Archive for June 9, 2009

MAX B FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER TRIAL

Former Dipset member Max B. was found guilty of murder conspiracy and robbery charges today (June 9). Prosecutors accused Max B., born Charly Wingate, of coordinating the robbery of two men at a Holiday Inn located in Northern New Jersey. Max B.‘s ex-girlfriend Gina Conway testified that she and a stepbrother named Kelvin Leerdam were to rob two men of over $40,000 in cash during the robbery. The plan went awry and resulted in the death of one of the robbery victims, David Taylor, who was shot at point-blank range in the face by Leerdam. Conway testified against Max B. and Leerdam, in exchange for a sentence of 18 years on armed robbery and manslaughter charges. Sources have told us that Max B. was convicted on nine out of the 11 charges stacked against him. Max B is scheduled to be sentenced July 30.He faces up to 25 years in prison for his part in the crime.

VERSE TAKES OVER LONDON ONCE AGAIN!

CELEBRITY STATUS: The Hard to Breathe SPECIAL EDITION

VERSE is calling out all the celebs and personalities on June 19th in London, ON. for one glamorous night of local stardom.  Its always a major event when VERSE is in town throwing an event and this one seems to yet again raise the bar.  Most importantly, CELEBRITY STATUS will be the first of 2 premium parties debuting VERSE’s new single ‘Hard To Breathe’ with Hooks & Monique!

SPONSORS: CARLSBERG, Lavish LIFE TV, LIFEPulseBlog.com, LIFE Records Entertainment Group

DATE: June 19th, 2009

LOCATION: Club LARGE

MUSIC: HipHop, Reggae, R&B, Soca, Old Skool

ADMISSION: $5

DRESS CODE: Style Code

HOSTS: VERSE, HOOKS/D BROWN, MONIQUE & YOUNG ROSS

GIVEAWAYS: Bottles, CDs + More!

JAY-Z PLANNING TO RELEASE ON 9/11/09

Continuing a media blitz that started on Saturday night (June 6) with the release of his new single “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune),” Jay-Z appeared on New York’s Hot 97 for a candid conversation with longtime host Angie Martinez.

During the chat, Jay confirmed that his eleventh solo album, The Blueprint 3 will be released on September 11 as rumored.

“It’s the date the first one came out and it was a horrible date in our history,” he stated. “I have a wonderful idea for a show, proceeds are gonna go to charity. You know, just bring it full circle. I have a historic venue in mind, I’m gonna bring some artists out. It’s gonna be big.”

The multi-platinum rapper, who ranked #32 on the latest Forbes list of top earning celebrities, also took time to address the controversy created by “D.O.A,” which was co-produced by autotune user Kanye West.

Jay clarified that his gripe about the recording tool is simply with those artists who “use it as a crutch,” adding that autotune can be a great tool, when you have melodies behind it.

During the show, a fan texted Martinez, asking if the song was a jab at Ron Browz and DJ Webstar for their collaborations with Jim Jones.

Jay-Z dismissed the rumors and replied “so far away from my thought process. Really far away.”

“It’s not me, the people are sick of it,” Jay-Z continued, before closing out the interview to the sound of his live performance at Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2009 on Sunday night (June 7).

As for T-Pain’s appearance on stage during the impromptu performance, Jay said that it was not planned as many believed.

Jay-Z took advantage of the interview to share his thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop, speaking on his likes and dislikes and co-signing both newcomer Drake and Soulja Boy, who often comes under fire from Hip-Hop purists.

One of the most poignant statements he made during this most recent interview, however, spoke to the quality of music itself.

“We can’t complain about the state of rap and where it’s going and the decline every year,” he concluded. “We have to look at ourselves first. I can understand why a lot of people get turned off of rap. You can talk about the machine, but you gotta be willing to clean yourself up first.”

KANYE REBUKES READING AT HIS BOOK SIGNING!

“… I read one-fourth of the Library of Alexandria/”

 — Canibus, “Master Thesis,” Mic Club: The Cirriculum, 2002.
 

At a recent signing of his new book, “Thank You and You Are Welcome,” Chicago MC Kanye West apparently said the following: “Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud nonreader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.”

Of course coming from a teacher’s son, and a distinguished one at that, many have taken to underline how much of a disappointment, to the late Dr. Donda West (R.I.P.), his comments must be. As they see it, Dr. West, renowned as chairwoman of Chicago State University’s English department, had to be a “fan” and “reader” of books. Kanye’s critics, therefore, have piled on him, accusing him of promoting “illiteracy” among young, adoring fans.

- VERSE – Could he have said anything more ignorant?; especially while promoting his book SMH.

IS JAY-Z GOING AT RON BROWZ?!

Jay-Z’s new song is definitely getting the people talking, but you have to wonder where it came from. Think about it, it SEEMS like the Autotune phase as pretty much run its course, but not for everybody. I heard some people in the South aren’t too pleased with it, but he’s pretty clear that he’s not dissing T-Pain. The real target according to rumor is RON BROWZ. Well, if you know, Ron Browz produced “Ether” for Nas and still seems to want to live off that fame, by calling himself “Etherboy.” Not to mention that he uses the Autotune in a way that’s not exactly original. I heard that is Jay’s real target in “destroying” the trend. Not, sure but that talk sure has hit a fever pitch.

Uh, I’m hearing DJ Webstar called Jay-Z an “old a** hater” and suggested that the song was directed to him AND Ron Browz.  I think someone is trying to hard.

NEW TALK SHOW FOR RAP LEGEND AZ!

Yes I am an AZ fan and I am excited to bring a rumour that is spreading quickly. I don’t know where this one came from but I am hearing that legendary rapper AZ is going to make a remarkable transformation in the near future. Somebody told me that AZ is looking to take his personality and morph it into a talk show personality. Yeah! How crazy is that? The word is that he will seek to become a new era Arsenio Hall.  That would be 2 dope!

For now, here is the legend on the remix of Jay-Z’s new single D.O.A (Death of Autotune)

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