Tag: Music

Rapper Guru from Gang Starr in coma

 
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Guru, the rapper from Gang Starr, is in a coma after suffering a heart attack Sunday and will undergo surgery Monday.    In a Sirus radio interview, Gang Starr partner, DJ Premier, mentioned the 43-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keith Elam, is receiving treatment at a New York hospital, reports Billboard.

L.A. Reid flies to Belize to sign rapper Shyne

 
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L.A. Reid, Chairman and CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group, flew to Belize Monday to meet with Shyne.  The rapper was deported to his homeland Belize in Oct. 2009 after serving nine years in prison for weapons charges stemming from a high-publicized 1999 nightclub shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.  The two reportedly signed a $1-$5 million deal that will also provide distribution for Shyne’s Gangland Records.
 
“I have come here to stand by Shyne and to officially kick off our partnership with Island Def Jam Music Group and Gangland Records,” Reid said in an interview with 7Newsbelize.com. “So it is really an honor to be here, really very special place. I am here because great people are worthy of travelling many, many miles for it and I come here to say that your country is great and I hope you guys know that this is a great man from your country who deserves this kind of respect and who deserves this kind of support. So that is why we are here.”
 
Shyne also expressed his excitement about the deal.
 
“It is an honor and a pleasure, not just for me but for Belize,” Shyne said. “Chairman Reid is on the level of Berry Gordy, Clive Davis — the biggest music men in the history of music — and so to have a partnership with Gangland Records and Island/Def Jam is incredible for me.”

Video: Kanye West ‘Coldest Winter’

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Kanye West has released a video for “Coldest Winter,” which is on his 808s and Heartbreak CD.  He does not appear in the video, which kind of reminds me of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Remember those creatures on horseback chasing the hobbit?  So what do you think of Kanye’s newest video?

Video: Alicia Keys and Usher perform at the NBA All-Star game

 
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Usher and Alicia Keys were some of the musical acts Sunday at the NBA All-Star game.  Usher performed his new song, “More” and the hit, “Yeah” during the the intro.  Alicia Keys sang a medley of her hits, “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart,” “Empire State of Mind II” and “No One.”
 
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Video: Erykah Badu performs at NBA All-Star Game

 
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Erykah Badu performed James Taylor’s song “You’ve Got a Friend” live during half-time at the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest Saturday night.
 
The singer tweeted @fatbellybella about the experience and suggested she is related to Jamie Foxx. The two headlined a concert later that night.
 

glad I got a chance to sing 1/2 time, but wish I could have sang my own damn song ..(salute:James Taylor tho..)I like carol kings version …Winter spring summer AND fall.. Shoulda broke into Whodini version of ‘ Friends ‘…I ‘m not so great at doing covers .. Fucked that bridge ALL up .. Lol…

Dallas Headed to my show at Palladium with my blood cousin Jamie Fox . He don’t know we some kin yet . I’m gone break it to him tonite.