Copyright (c) 2008 UDub!News, All rights reserved. http://www.udubnews.com Udub!News Featured Articles & News en-us Thursday 29th of July 2010 02:42:07 PM 5 240 119 http://www.udubnews.com http://www.udubnews.com/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3447 2010-07-29 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3447"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3447_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Rapper and the latest artist to join Twitter, Kanye West, has scrapped the title for his forthcoming album. Originally 'Ye was set to call the album "Good Ass Job" but announced via tweets that he's playing with new titles "The album is no longer called 'Good Ass Job.' I'm bouncing a couple of titles around now." Kanye's first day on Twitter say his followers climb to as high as 100,000 followers, something he noted emotionally affected him “This has been an amazing first day I'm floored by the warm reception I need a moment.”</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3446 2010-07-29 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3446"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3446_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Hip Hop's most wanted female MC, Nicki Minaj, is mulling over what to call her debut album. The Young Money star revealed that she has ideas for a few titles but hasn't settled on anything yet "But right now, it's all about the album. November 23. Nothing comes before that" Nicki told MTV. "Maybe we should call it ...The Album. Nicki Minaj: The Album. I don't know, it'll come."</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3445 2010-07-29 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3445"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3445_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Entrepreneur Diddy, is lashing out at Nightline reporter, Martin Bashir, following his interview, after he was asked about his excessive gift for his son. Diddy is responding to Bashir, whom he dubbed a racist when the interviewer questioned Combs' $300,000 Mercedes Maybach for his young son, "There were times in the interview when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren’t being handled the right way. In hindsight, when I saw him I shouldn’t had done the interview because I know the style of interview that he does . . . The whole thing about giving a Maybach to my son, that’s really like a racist question. You don’t ask White people what they buy their kids. And they buy ‘em Porsches and convertible Bentleys and it ain’t no question. It’s really a racist question and put things back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And I’m not saying that consciously he’s a racist. But he probably don’t even realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has that money and that’s the gift his kid is supposed to get."</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3444 2010-07-28 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3444"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3444_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Music icon, Al Jarreau, was hospitalized and in critical condition after falling while overseas in France. Sources say that Jarreau slipped and fell on a French mountain, and decided to admit himself to a hospital for precautionary reasons. Once admitted doctors advised Jarreau to stay put until he fully recovers. A promising note posted on his website read “once again asking about delicious local dishes he can sample …. Al greatly values the opportunity he has to share his music and joy with fans around the world.”</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3443 2010-07-28 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3443"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3443_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Late yesterday, numbers were reported that rapper Rick Ross dethroned Eminem's four week stampede on the billboard charts, taking the number one slot with his fourth solo album. Early today, Soundscan reported that Eminem actually bested Ross by about 1,000 copies, showing that Ross' numbers were less than previously reported. The question; if Ross nailed his fourth number one, has made for more compelling headlines than who's actually purchasing Eminem's 1.6 million albums.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3442 2010-07-28 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3442"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3442_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Fours years after a tragic shooting that ended the life of a groom to be, Sean Bell, and wounded two of his pals, victims Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield; have agreed to a settlement with the NYPD. According to reports, the men along with their attorneys and the wife of the late Bell, Nicole Paultre-Bell, agreed to a $7 million settlement yesterday in New York after a Federal judge approved the deal. However, one of the injured men, Joseph Guzman, says the settlement doesn't spell the end of future shootings in the city “I don’t think a black or Hispanic man’s life means much in this city.” </p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3441 2010-07-27 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3441"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3441_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Rihanna's collaboration with Eminem on the song "Love The Way You Lie" is from the perspective of a real life experience says the singer. "It's something that, you know, we've both experienced, you know, on different sides, different ends of the table," Rihanna told Access Hollywood. "He pretty much just broke down the cycle of domestic violence and it's something that people don't have a lot of insight on. I knew if he sent me a record there must be something to it. It couldn't just be, 'Oh, Duh! She was in that relationship so we have to get her. The lyrics were so deep, so beautiful and intense. It's something that I understood, something I connected with."</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3440 2010-07-27 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3440"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3440_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Rapper DMX spent just under a month as a free man before he landed back in jail for driving charges dating back to 2002. DMX reportedly turned himself in to a California jail to serve a 90 day sentence, after reaching a plea deal in '02 over DUI charges.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3439 2010-07-27 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3439"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3439_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Embattled rapper Nas is looking to stamp his next album as one of the most important of his life. In an interview with UK disc jockey Tim Westwood, Esco revealed details surrounding the new project, “I am definitely looking at my solo project as one of the most important records of my life, you know what I mean? I’m happy to be here, I love the state of the game. “Kanye West hit me up and said ‘I want to do the album,’ and the RZA,” Nas revealed. “I heard Kanye’s album and its crazy. The new album is crazy. So I was just listening to Drake’s stuff and I was inspired by Drake shouting me out on the album. I have been inspired by his mind state for the album and he says my whole name."</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3438 2010-07-27 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3438"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3438_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Publication, Essence magazine, may be in line for a face lift after the company hired it's first Caucasian fashion director, who will ultimately be charged with the responsibility of broadening the mags reach. New Editor, Ellianna Placas, comes from a background that includes US Weekly, and is expected to bring a drastic change to the publication that targets female African American beauty. “It is with a heavy, heavy heart I have learned that Essence magazine has engaged a white fashion director, this hurts, literally, spiritually" tweeted writer Michaela Angela Davis.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3437 2010-07-26 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3437"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3437_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Lupe Fiasco can thank his fans after his support system all but forced Atlantic Records to finally release his "Lasers" album. Last week Lupe's fans took to the digital space demanding that his album see the light of day, "Dear Atlantic Records: The fans below have been waiting for the release for Lupe Fiasco's album "Lasers" for over a good year now. Since when it was originally announced last summer, there has still yet to be a release date announced. It has even been stated by Lupe Fiasco the artist himself, that the album is in fact completed. Enough is enough, we demand that you stop playing around and give us the album that we have been highly anticipating since the release of The Cool." Atlantic Records sent a tweet earlier today that simply stated "#Lasers is coming folks!"</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3436 2010-07-26 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3436"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3436_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Music mogul, Jermaine Dupri, is piping mad over a profile an Atlanta publication ran on his shrinking Atlanta music empire that led to a heated conversation with blogger Sandra Rose. According to Rose, an enraged Dupri called her up then proceeded to threaten her life saying “I run Atlanta! I got ni**as calling me saying they don’t know what you look like, but all I gotta do is point you out and they will FU*K YOU UP!!!!” Rose says that she's since got the authorities involved and is pursuing charges.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3435 2010-07-26 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3435"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3435_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>As the clock continues to countdown until Lil Wayne is freed from New York City's Rikers Island, his inner circle are releasing details on his upcoming "Carter IV" album. Fellow rapper Drake elaborated on a recent phone call he shared with Weezy, who spit a few bars from the album "He called me the other day from jail and rapped me two verses, man. It really made me, like, 'I gotta do something different. I gotta get sh-- together,' because he's really got bars and he's rapping from a broader life perspective, saying these things people love to hear."</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3434 2010-07-23 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3434"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3434_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Eminem, the rapper who's made a career out of poking fun at some of America's biggest entertainers, is turning over a new leaf by calling out Kanye West over last years MTV Video Music Awards Taylor Swift incident. In an interview with Spin, Em told the outlet "He shouldn't have done that. I mean, she's a little girl. The less that's out there about the kids, the more chance of them having a normal life. I want the world to know how much I love them, but at the same time you gotta know when to pull back." Last year Eminem himself grabbed headlines when he verbally attacked kid's favorite entertainer, Nick Cannon's wife; Mariah Carey.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3433 2010-07-23 <p><a href="http://www.udubnews.com/article.php?id=3433"><img src="http://www.udubnews.com/pictures/politricks_others/3433_big.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a>Lil Wayne isn't the only Young Money artist to do a million. After going gold in one week on shelves, current YM flagship artist Drake has gone platinum with his debut album "Thank Me Later." The Canadian sensation wrote in on Twitter confirming the news "Thank you to everyone who allowed us to go platinum on a debut album! WOW."</p><br clear="all"/>