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Janice aka Miss Mad News

TRAILER: RED APPLES FALLING (BYRD GANG MOVIE)

August 10, 2009

This trailer confused me at first. Is this supposed to be a movie or a documentary? I was then informed that it is in fact  “Mixtape Cinema – a little bit of everything”. Make of that what you will! Anyway, the people behind this project clearly have plenty of energy to burn and money to waste. Rappers running around pointing guns, shooting each other, handling large amounts of US currency, shots of their respective housing projects and terrible ‘acting’. It’s all so late 90s /early 2000s. There is nothing […]

JAY-Z SET TO APPEAR ON OPRAH

August 9, 2009

According to Elliott Wilson over at RapRadar.com, the “mighty HOV” will appear on the mighty O’s talk show. As I type Jay is taking Oprah on a tour of Marcy Housing Projects, the place where in grew up in Brooklyn New York. I’m sorry I missed that day trip in the hood. Source A sickly looking Kevin Liles (Warner Music Executive), Jay and Oprah.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S FRIEND CLAIMS PATERNITY

August 9, 2009

Via BBC News Mark Lester, a former child star and long-time friend of Michael Jackson, says he could be the father of one of the late pop star’s children. Speaking to the News Of The World, Lester said he had donated sperm to the King of Pop and was willing to take a paternity test. “I believe Paris could be my daughter,” he said, and noted she bore a physical resemblance to his daughter, Harriet. Calls to Lester’s home in Cheltenham were […]

UK MUSIC NEWS: SINGER TAIO CRUZ SAYS ‘I MAY NEVER PUT BLACK GIRLS IN MY VIDEO’

August 8, 2009

[Thanks Shach] Last year I dedicated a post to UK singer Tiao Cruz, and asked him why he refused to feature black women in his videos. Where is the balance? Well our resident ‘equal opportunity’ employer has now finally addressed the issue….. Via Filing The Void “I like to put girls in my video that I think are hot. If a really hot black girl came to a casting, she’d be in my video. I think that people even focusing on the race issue in my videos is a problem. […]

UK MUSIC: BEVERLEY KNIGHT – ‘BEAUTIFUL NIGHT’

August 8, 2009

UK songstress Beverley Knight is back with the new single ‘Beautiful Night’, which will be available to purchase on the 7th September. The track is taken from Knight’s forthcoming album ‘100%’ which is set to drop on the 14th September. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

ICE CUBE AND BOW WOW SET TO STAR IN NEW FILM ‘LOTTERY TICKET’

August 7, 2009

Ice Cube Rapper Bow Wow and rapper/actor Ice Cube will star in the new film comedy entitled Lottery Ticket. According to Digital Spy  music video director Erik White is on board to steer the movie, which is about a young man in the projects who holds a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million. He must rebuff attempts from his opportunistic neighbour to steal the ticket over the weekend. Abdul Williams wrote the script for the comedy, which has moved from its original home at Rogue […]

QUOTE OF DAY: MIKE TITLE (FRONT MAN FOR THE BAND DEAD KIDS)

August 7, 2009

I think that the music industry is something I look upon as an anomaly. I don’t really understand what’s going on and who’s going to make money from it, unless you’re a massive pop artist.  It just seems to be about money full-stop. We’ve been playing festivals this summer and I’ve met people signed to big major labels and big indie labels and they look worried. Their foreheads are creased. There’s concern. They’re flogging a product that no one is buying. That’s […]

MASSIVE ATTACK STRIKES WEBSITES

August 7, 2009

Via BBC News High-profile websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter have been targeted by hackers in what is described as a “massively co-ordinated attack”. Other sites such as the blogging platform Live Journal were also reportedly targeted. Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook’s service was “degraded”, according to the firms. Google said it had defended its sites and was now working with the other firms to investigate the attack. Continue Reading…. Twitter is still experiencing difficulties and I […]

UK ARTIST: JADE EWEN – ‘MY MAN’

August 6, 2009

This is former Eurovision contestant Jade Ewen’s debut single ‘My Man’. ‘My Man’ sounds suspiciously familiar, but it’s an OK uptempo mainstream track and should do well. I wish Jade the best of luck with it. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?