Jay-Z rips though his many, many hits at MSG for his September 11th Benefit Concert supporting the “Answer The Call” charity. The concert featured a Star studded line up including, Beyonce, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi, Santigold, Mary J. Blige, Memphis Bleek and more.
You can watch the whole thing right here!!
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MTV Debuted Hip Hop Artist Jay-Z's "Run This Town" Music Video featuring Rihanna & Kanye West. You can watch the new music video here!
Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation will release his new album the Blueprint 3 on September 11, 2009.
Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface Killah has some words of wisdom for Def Jam label mate Rihanna.
On a song that leaked onto the net earlier today, the Staten Island MC addresses the singer’s alleged domestic abuse dispute with boyfriend Chris Brown. Titled “A Message From Ghost,” Starks shows his support for Rihanna and other women that have found themselves in similar positions.
Rihanna's lawyer Donald Etra told Usmagazine that the 21-year-old singer could wind up testifying in the felony assault case against her boyfriend Chris Brown.
"She is planning to do everything that the law requires her to do," Etra tells Us. "If she is required to testify, she will do so."
Rihanna was not present Thursday as Brown, 19, briefly appeared at Los Angeles Superior Court after being charged with two felonies (assault likely to cause great bodily injury and making criminal threats) for allegedly beating her Feb 8 in Los Angeles. Etra - who was in court - did not request a more restrictive order that Brown stay away from her.
He said she has provided no comments on the outcome she wants in the case.
Is Rihanna suffering from the fact that she is an import? We are suffering as Americans and when that happens we tend to become very protective of our own. Could it be that the major labels are so stuck in the way it used to be? Can you tell me why as a major record label you would still be trying to sell albums if the music-buying public don't want them or are not buying them?
Here's footage of T.I performing along with Kanye West and Rihanna at the Key Club for the MySpace Release Show. MySpace has just launched it's new MySpace Music Store which is said to be on the level of Rivaling Apple's iTunes Store. Kanye West join's T.I. on stage to perform "Swagger Like Us" while the Barbados born Rihanna joined the Atlanta superstar to perform the hook from their smash hit "Live Your Life". "Live Your Life" has jumped from #80 on Billboard to #1 making it the largest one week jump in the history the charts. "Live Your Life" has sold 335, 000 downloads in one week.
I don't know about you but I am a little disappointed in Rihanna's Disturbia. When I first heard this song, the lyrics seem to dive directly into the Pop/Rock music world even more deeply than any of her other tunes. However, when I viewed the video on MTV recently, it confirmed my original opinion of Disturbia.