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Long-delayed rock-influenced album is now scheduled for February.
By Gil Kaufman
Lil Wayne’s <i>Rebirth</i>
Photo: Cash Money/ Universal/ Young Money
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: After bumping around to various December dates, Lil Wayne’s perpetually delayed rock-influenced album Rebirth has now been pushed to a 2010 release.
Wayne’s Cash Money boss, Baby (a.k.a. Bryan “Birdman” Williams), announced on Twitter Wednesday that the album, which has had more than half a dozen release dates so far, has now been pushed back from a December 21 street date to February 1. “Rebirth album pushback Feb. 1,” Baby tweeted, adding, “Young Money [coming] out December 21.” So, while the compilation album from Weezy’s Young Money All-Stars, which was supposed to be bundled with Rebirth, appears to still be on track for a holiday release, fans will now have to wait a few more months for Wayne’s disc.
A spokesperson for Wayne’s label, Universal, did not return requests for comment on the latest delay in the album, which the rapper has been tinkering with nonstop as track after track from the effort has leaked over the past six-plus months.
“Yes, the album is still rock,” Wayne has said about the disc, after confusion arose over whether it really represented a trip to the rock side for the rapper fond of strapping on a guitar onstage. “I play guitar on 80 percent of the songs, and there’s a lot of rock influences and rock beats. I also have Travis Barker on the album. But I don’t want people to think I’m trying to do something I can’t do. Don’t think you’re going to put on the album and hear me screaming and singing.
“When I said I was doing a rock album, it was about doing a freedom thing,” he continued. “This album isn’t hip-hop. When I do my Carter albums, I know I’ve got to rap, I know I’ve got to spit. I know the words I’ve got to say and the subjects I’ve got to talk about. I also know the things I shouldn’t say, the things I shouldn’t talk about. There’s none of those limits on this album. I say what I want, how I want. That’s what this album is: a freedom album.”
While frustration among fans is growing due to the multiple delays for the first new studio album from Wayne since 2008’s smash Tha Carter III — which was first slated to street in April, then May, then August, then several dates in December &8212; it’s worth keeping in mind that Carter III suffered a similar fate prior to its release and went on to be the best-selling album of the year.
Though Wayne’s camp is not discussing the reason for the latest delay, the new February release date, if confirmed, does fall around the time that the rapper is expected to be sentenced to a one-year prison term following his October guilty plea for attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
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Baby will be Weezy’s third son to be born in just over a year.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Lil Wayne
Photo: Chris Polk/ FilmMagic/ Getty Images
Lil Wayne recently confirmed in an interview with the BBC’s Tim Westwood that he and R&B singer Nivea are expecting a son.
If all goes well, the baby will be Lil Wayne’s third son to be born in just over a year. He and actress Lauren London welcomed a baby boy
last month, and in October of last year, while accepting a BET Hip-Hop Award, Wayne announced to the crowd he was expecting his first son in a matter of days.
Wayne did not provide many details about the impending birth in the BBC interview.
“Two girls pregnant at the same time?” Westwood said.
“Congratulations.”
Wayne responded “Three,” before clarifying his remark for Westwood, who thought the rapper meant he’d gotten three women pregnant at the same time.
“I mean [I'll have] three sons,” he explained.
When Wayne was asked if Nivea was expecting, he responded, “Yessir.”
The casual announcement was similar to Wayne’s confirmation of London’s pregnancy, which he also revealed during a radio interview, with Los Angeles’ Power 106.
Rumors of Nivea’s pregnancy have been rampant for months (the singer and former husband The-Dream filed for separation in December of 2007), but no official comment emerged. In a recent clip that appeared online, a visibly pregnant Nivea participated in a baby shower — judging by appearances, the baby is due soon.
A representative for Lil Wayne had no comment when contacted by MTV News; a rep for Nivea was unable to be reached at press time.
The baby will be Lil Wayne’s fourth child, although information about the children and their mothers is sparse.
In addition to his son with London and the son that was born last year (to an unidentified mother), the rapper has an older daughter, Reginae, with his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Carter.
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‘Jay, come holler!,’ Dre says.
By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Matt Elias
Dr. Dre
Photo: MTV News
Songs that leaked from Dr. Dre’s Detox recording sessions earlier this year revealed that Nas and R. Kelly are among the artists in consideration to appear on the long-awaited opus. And T.I., Lil Wayne and Drake are among the MCs believed to be ghost-writing
for the album.
But if Dre gets his way, a certain renowned Brooklyn rhymesmith will be pulling double-duty on Detox, both writing and delivering a guest verse.
“Well, actually, Jay-Z’s just been in the studio doing some writing,” Dre told MTV News on Friday while promoting his new Beats by Dr. Dre/ HP notebook collaboration. “Hopefully I’ll get him to perform on the record. Jay, come holler!”
Detox is the follow-up to Dre’s 2001 album and will complete the trilogy that began with 1992’s The Chronic.
In May, a snippet of a Detox track was released on a Dr. Pepper commercial that features Dre. The song, tentatively titled “Sh– Popped Off,” features production similar to a track that leaked in February with Tip referring Dre.’s vocals. “It’s the D.R. … Made the West side worldwide, no PR/ Gangsta-rap God, I’m the end-all, be-all/ California love from the Bloods to the C-Dogs.”
Earlier this month, Dre told ABC News he’d like to finally put the finishing touches on Detox by the end of this year in time for a 2010 release. “Hopefully, I’ll get it done at the end of this year, and we can hear it next year,” the normally press-shy producer said.
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Huge sales, huge tours, huge label take Weezy to ‘A Milli’ and beyond!
By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez
Lil Wayne
Photo: Universal/MTV News
The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout is now complete! As in 2007
and 2008, the list, determined by the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust, is based on an MC’s achievements right now, rather than an entire career. The criteria is based on a combination of rhyme skill, flow and how those things are implemented musically as the main factors. The Brain Trust also considered buzz, impact, commercial success — sales, airplay, business ventures, Web presence, endorsements and helping to spawn other artists’ careers — and the intangible, impact: Can an artist not only contribute to the rap game but influence cultural shifts? Are they trendsetters? All of these factors — and the results of our audience poll, which closed last week and got a vote at the Round Table during the Brain Trust’s debate — contributed to deciding who is the Hottest MC in the Game. All this week, we’ll be rolling out reactions from artists, DJs, the MCs themselves — and you! Upload your comments, reactions, arguments and/or your own list to YourMTV.com — the best videos could be on TV!
Flame Thrower: Lil Wayne
2009 Rank: #2
Previous rankings: 2007 (#1); 2008 (#3)
Why He’s Hot:
Why He’s Hot:
2007’s Hottest MC in the Game, Lil Wayne, has been in the top three of the Hottest MCs list three years running on account of his consistently powerful skills on the mic and perennially enormous impact.
Even without an album release in 2009, Weezy’s rep and influence continued to grow, owing to his status as rap’s most active and lucrative touring act, the rise of his Young Money crew of newcomers, and his armor-piercing punchlines on guest appearances.
Just one example of his lyrical marksmanship can be found in Jadakiss’ “Death Wish”: “I’m from the mecca of the reckless/ With a record-breaking debt list/ The wreckers and neglectors think the election won’t affect us,” Wayne raps about his hometown of New Orleans. “I’m knockin’ n—as down this year, I’m on my timber sh–/ Big lion growl at you n—as/ On that Simba sh–.”
Over the past year, the big lion tore up the road for nearly 80 dates on his “I Am Music” and “Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” tours, which banked slightly over $42 million — a record for a hip-hop act, according to Pollstar. Wayne’s show was must-see as he exploded onstage with spectacles such as a live band whose members were suspended in the air, sexy dancers, his guitar (heh heh!) and his most important weapon, his charisma. With his swinging dreads, tattooed body and insurgent attitude, Weezy’s stage command was practically a religious experience for fans as he infused rock, pop and all his hip-hop blockbusters into his live set.
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As boundless as his raps and live performances were, so was Wayne’s media omnipresence. The New Orleans native’s appeal proved universal as he snagged the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for his still-unreleased new Rebirth LP, analyzed sports for ESPN and wooed CBS News’ Katie Couric and the ladies of “The View.”
Weezy’s other big move in 2009 was ushering in others. Wayne may not look like the traditional buttoned-up CEO, but his business acumen proved potent as he helped introduce music’s rookie of the year, Drake. Drizzy’s So Far Gone mixtape (released in February) became so popular that virtually every major label tried to sign him. It was Wayne and his Young Money label that won out, and for good reason: Weezy’s star-powered co-sign has served as a major catalyst for Drake-mania, with the newcomer already being tapped by fans and media to be a rap phenom before he’s dropped a full album.
While other members of Young Money, such as female standout Nicki Minaj, have shown tremendous personality and presence on the mic, the Drake/ Wayne tag team on freestyles and singles such as “Ignant Sh–” “Every Girl,” “Successful” and the all-star team-up of “Forever” (also featuring Kanye West and Eminem) has been lyrically exhilarating, carpeted with ferocious quotables. The prolific duo has planted the flag for Young Money’s takeover.
Wayne’s trusted stamp of quality has even given his career-long recording home, Cash Money Records (of which Young Money is an offshoot), an added rejuvenation. Veteran the Birdman has featured his stepson Weezy on two concrete hits: “Always Strapped” and the current “Money To Blow.” Meanwhile, newcomers Jay Sean and Kevin Rudolf have been able to ride the Wayne bandwagon to the top of the charts with the Weezy-guested hits “Down” and “Let It Rock,” respectively.
Wayne’s ballyhooed guest spots didn’t slow or stay contained to his musical family. He terrorized rough hip-hop tracks for the likes of Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross, Jadakiss and Fabolous — not to mention his spot in T.I.’s all-star track “Swagga Like Us,” also featuring Kanye West and Jay-Z — while even Madonna placed a call to Wayne to add some New Orleans spice to her greatest-hits LP.
Wayne is still music’s number-one go-to guy because his versatile flow, coarse voice and swagger blend with a surprisingly diverse range of musical styles — and when it comes to wordplay, Wayne’s abstract thinking remains on another planet, keeping his innovative bars above his peer group. (Who else in rap would compare the seats of a car to a human posterior, as he did on Ross’ “Maybach Music 2″?)
Although Weezy F. is currently spreading the love to others, we can’t forget that his most major singular accomplishment from last year added to his heat inn ‘09. Tha Carter III was the biggest-selling album of 2008 and obviously was a huge reason why so many fans came to Wayne concerts in 2009. The album also took home a Grammy for Best Rap Album in February.
While the long-promised Rebirth LP remains on ice, Weezy’s high volume of high-quality work with the entire music industry keeps him on top — album cycles just don’t apply to the Fireman anymore. The Kobe Bryant of rap is not just a marquee artist; Wayne’s a leader. You see people like Gucci Mane following his dogged work ethic, living in the studio and churning out song after song. Street MCs such as Young Jeezy have incorporated live bands in their stage repertoire after seeing how seamlessly it worked for Wayne — and maybe the biggest nod to Weezy is that record company execs are paying close attention to Young Money’s moves in a hope to emulate their success.
Co-Signer: Diddy
“I nod my head to Wayne, I tip my hat to him. I told him at the BET Awards. I said, ‘You doing the new generation of Bad Boy. You’re doing what we did back in ‘94, that’s really creating a movement. I tip my hat to him, but now I gotta watch him because he’s competition. But he’s doing his thing. He’s gone from artist to label mogul, so you have to give him his respect.”
Ignitable Incitement:
“These people all have the drive that I have, and that’s ‘never stop working,’ ” Wayne told MTV News about his Young Money artists. “We never get tired. Soon as I meet somebody that never gets tired: ‘Let’s do it, and when you ready, let’s go!’ Let’s go, [then] you Young Money. These people right here are that.”
Blistering Ballistics:
“Pardon the swag, but b—h, its Car-tay/ Long bread, I don’t eat shortcake/ How come I can’t miss a woman like I can’t miss court dates?/ Cheese, but she’s not in this portrait/ Life’s fine, but I do not portray/ And I’mma f— the world, but this is just foreplay/ Tired of hearing bullsh–, bring on the cow sh–/ Haven’t met a smell that’s stinkier than our sh–.”
Hot Streak:
Selected Mixtape:
Dedication 3
Singles:
“Lollipop,” “A Milli,” “Mrs. Officer” (featuring Bobby Valentino), “Got Money” (featuring T-Pain), “Prom Queen,” “Every Girl” (with Young Money crew), “Bedrock” (with Young Money crew), “Comfortable” (featuring Babyface)
Street Bangers:
“Mr. Carter,” “You Ain’t Got Nuthin’ ” (featuring Fabolous and Juelz Santana), “Let the Beat Build,” “Phone Home”
Key Guest Appearances:
Drake’s “Successful” (also featuring Trey Songz), “Uptown” (also featuring Bun B) and “Forever” (also featuring Eminem and Kanye West), Kanye West’s “See You in My Nightmares,” Birdman’s “Money To Blow” (also featuring Drake), Birdman’s “Always Strapped,” Fabolous’ “Salute,” Jadakiss’ “Death Wish,” Keri Hilson’s “Turnin’ Me On,” Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music 2″ (also featuring Kanye West and T-Pain), T-Pain’s “Can’t Believe It,” Madonna’s “Revolver,” Chris Brown’s “I Can Transform Ya,” Mack 10’s “So Sharp,” T.I. and Jay-Z’s “Swagga Like Us” (also featuring Kanye West)
Meteoric Metrics (as of October 2):
$42 million: the combined earnings of Wayne’s “I Am Music” and “Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” tours
1 million-plus: First-week sales of Tha Carter III
MySpace Friends: 1,618,594 Facebook Fans: 2,168,793
Business Ventures:
Young Money Entertainment label (featuring Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Mack Maine, Tyga, T-Streets, Lil’ Twist and Lil’ Chuckie)
Tours:
I Am Music Tour (2008 and 2009), Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival (2009)
Monumental Moment:
Showing that the “Best Rapper Alive” may soon be the best label CEO alive by helping to launch Drake’s career and establishing the Young Money camp.
Forecast: Too easy! Wayne’s poised to close out this year with a humungous bang. He has a mixtape soon and the Young Money and Rebirth albums both slated to drop in December. In 2010, he’ll once again be a major contender for the #1 position on this list.
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‘My President’ brings Jeezy a major hip-hop moment during Obama’s election.
By Shaheem Reid
Young Jeezy
Photo: USDA/MTV News
The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout is on! As in 2007 and 2008, the list, determined by the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust, is based on an MC’s achievements right now, rather than an entire career. The criteria is based on a combination of rhyme skill, flow and how those things are implemented musically as the main factors. The Brain Trust also considers buzz, impact, commercial success — sales, airplay, business ventures, Web presence, endorsements and helping to spawn other artists’ careers — and the intangible, impact: Can an artist not only contribute to the rap game but influence cultural shifts? Are they trendsetters? All of these factors — and the results of our audience poll, which closed last week and gets a vote at the Roundtable during the Brain Trust’s debate — contribute to deciding who is the Hottest MC in the Game. We’ll be announcing an MC’s rank every day this week, with the full list revealed on Sunday at 10 p.m. during “P. Diddy’s Starmaker”!
Flame Thrower: Young Jeezy
2009 Rank: 7
Previous rankings: 2007 (#6); 2008 (#8)
Why He’s Hot:
Young Jeezy may not yet have a mainstream, marquee name like some of his platinum peers, but the Snowman is an undeniable rap goliath. In hip-hop, his moniker holds just as much weight as the other big dogs. How else could he bring out Kanye West and Usher during the big Birthday Bash concert in his hometown of Atlanta last summer, and then turn around in 2009 and usher out surprise guests Mary J. Blige and Lil Wayne? And by the way, when Jay-Z decided to perform his earthshaking “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” in concert for the first time anywhere on the globe, he came out during Jeezy’s set at the “Summer Jam” show in New Jersey. And he followed that with a prominent slot on Lil Wayne’s “America’s Most Wanted”
tour last summer, which ran for six weeks and was one of the most successful tours of the year thus far.
This year the Snowman continued to galvanize his fans with authenticity, riding the wave of his most well rounded album to date, The Recession. Young wasn’t afraid to make a topical LP that confronted many of the fears in a climate of economic uncertainty while still feeding his loyal followers with a slew of bangers that added to his legacy of undeniable anthems. The LP was a milestone in Jeezy’s still-young career, and a bold reproach to any detractors who might have claimed the Snowman is light on lyrics and the mic. Nah! Jeezy continues to be one the game’s most inspiring speakers, levying records like “My President” that resonate from the ‘hood to the globe, such as while articulating the common man’s angst as well as his own grief during bangers such as “Crazy World.” Even in the harshest of times however, Jeezy also shines with versatility, parading street anthems that put his commanding savoir faire and ear for speaker-splintering beats right on Main Street. No matter what club you go to across the country, every DJ plays a Jeezy set.
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Co-Signer: Lil Boosie
“I’mma say Jeezy [belongs on the list] before everybody,” Lil Boosie told MTV News. “He has a new album coming — it’s still a Recession, so he’s got the title. He’s killing everybody’s remixes. He don’t switch up: People know he’s rapping his life. Once you get the people like that, they become fanatics for you. He’s sold 3 million records and he’s still talking birds. He’s street, he ain’t changing and people love Jeezy for that. Me and him got the same fanbase, we got them street kids who don’t even listen to a radio, be on the corner all day. He’s got a big following.”
Ignitable Incitement:
“We got to stand up,” Young Jeezy told MTV News. “We got to be ‘We the people’ — it’s on us. That’s what we got to do. We got to stick together. I really wanted to get me on [The Recession], expressing my feelings, my concerns about what’s going on. I wanted to make good music around this time, but I also wanted to drop a couple gems about what’s going on in the economy and stuff like that. Sometimes we look over it. We don’t tap into it until election time.
“Music is how you feel,” he continued, talking about the motivation behind “My President.” “But if I can say one word, I’ll say ‘necessary.’ I felt it was necessary. I never ever paid attention to any election. I’m not really [into] politics or anything like that. It never benefited us. This time around, it’s not a black-or-white thing — you got somebody in there for us that’s well-spoken and gonna handle their business. I just wanted to do my part and let them know we need change, we need help, it’s rough out there.”
Blistering Ballistics:
“When I was 14, I turned nothing to a quarter mil/ Probably why I never give a f— about a record deal … Light bill, phone bill, plus my granny’s nerve pills/ Feel like I should be takin’ ‘em, imagine how my nerves feel/ I want a new Bentley, my auntie need a kidney/ And if I let her pass her children never will forgive me/ God damn, another trap, I think Bush trying to punish us.” (from “Crazy World”)
Hot Streak
Albums:
The Recession
Selected Mixtapes:
The Shield Gang; Trappin’ Ain’t Dead
Singles:
“Put On” (featuring Kanye West), “Vacation,” “Crazy World,” “My President” (featuring Nas)
Street Bangers:
“Circulate,” “Who Dat,” “24-23 (Kobe-LeBron),” “My President” (remix, featuring Jay-Z), “Biggest Movie Ever” (featuring CTE)
Key Guest Appearances:
Kanye West’s “Amazing,” Jadakiss’ “Something Else,” Busta Rhymes’ “Conglomerate” (also featuring Jadakiss), DJ Khaled’s “Out Here Grindin,’ ” Ice Cube’s “I Got My Locs On,” Lil Boosie’s “Better Believe It” (also featuring Webbie), Birdman’s “Always Strapped” remix (also featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross), Jay-Z’s “As Real As It Gets”
Meteoric Metrics (as of September 30):
MySpace Friends: 363,847
Web Site Members: 34,485
Business Ventures:
8732 clothing; endorsement deals with Adidas and Grey Goose.
Tour:
“Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” six-week summer amphitheater tour with Lil Wayne, Drake, Soulja Boy Tell’em and others.
Monumental Moment:
The release of “My President”
Forecast: Young Jeezy is on the trajectory of sky rocketing into an even more elite class of MC, the pantheon of the greatest career artists. The streets are his kingdom; he’ll rule there for as long as he wants. What is going to make him even more dangerous is that the early word on his next album, Thug Motivation 103, is that he has a few hits that will shake up the mainstream.
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Clip was shot in Miami alongside Drake’s ‘Forever’ video.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Birdman and Lil Wayne in the “Money to Blow” music video
Photo: Cash Money, Universal Motown
Birdman, Lil Wayne and Drake together on one track equals a multi-million dollar lineup. So it only makes sense that the trio talk dollars on Birdman’s track, “Money to Blow,” the latest single from his Pricele$$ LP, which is set for release next month.
The pricey video for the track was recently shot in Miami at the same time that the posse filmed the video for Drake’s “Forever” (from the LeBron James documentary, “More Than a Game”), which also features Wayne along with Kanye West and Eminem.
In the Gil Green-directed “Money to Blow” clip — which debuted on MTV.com on Tuesday (September 29) — Drake kicks things off, rocking an all-black outfit against a milky white backdrop.
“I am on a 24-hour champagne diet/ Spilling while I’m sipping, I encourage you to try it/ I’m probably just saying that ’cause I don’t have to buy it/ The club owner supplies it, boy I’m on that fly sh–,” Drake says in an Auto-Tuned croon.
Drake’s movements are kept to a minimum, of course; the video was shot just before he underwent surgery to repair ligaments he tore in his knee over the summer.
Birdman (a.k.a. Baby), though, does anything but stand still. The Cash Money co-CEO sways side-to-side, tossing wads of cash while standing between a pearl Lamborghini and matching Maybach.
The track first leaked online featuring just Drake and Lil Wayne, but the Drumma Boy-produced number is now firmly in Birdman’s possession as he spits, “Kept stuntin’, more money, burn it up.”
Weezy closes out the clip in money chamber of sorts, joined by his Young Money cohorts Lil Twist and Lil Chuckee.
“Well, I get paid every 24 hours, money and the power/ Come in VIP and get a champagne shower/ I don’t have to worry because everything is ours,” Wayne boasts.
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‘That’s my favorite football player ever,’ Weezy says of Favre.
By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
Photo: VH1
Even rap’s hardest working MC deserves a little break on his birthday, and Lil Wayne celebrated turning 27 by heading to Minnesota to seen the Vikings beat the San Francisco 49ers in a last-second nail-biter. Brett Favre threw a 32-yard touchdown pass.
Calling into DJ Drama’s radio show on Hot 107.9 in Atlanta, Weezy described the first part of his day.
“I took a plane to Minnesota to see Bret Favre play,” he said. “That’s my favorite football player ever. He won the game with like two seconds left, of course. He did that for my birthday.”
Wayne phoned in from Miami and said that he had planned on going out that night that was if “the studio don’t swallow me.”
Weezy’s next projects will be the Young Money team album, his long-delayed solo LP Rebirth (”We have a surprise for the Rebirth,” he promised, but didn’t elaborate) and a new mixtape called No Ceiling.
“I got tired of sitting back,” he said. “Everybody was making mixtapes. And I could rap too. Once I found myself jumping in my car putting on the radio instead of CDs, that’s when I know I gotta go murder their beat.”
When Drama gave Wayne props on having the hottest crew in rap right now, Weezy accepted the praise but noted his squad has love for everybody.
“I never heard a female rap like her before in my life,” Wayne said of Nicki Minaj.
As for Drake, he said, “Once I heard him, I knew the game was missing that.”
Video of some of Wayne’s birthday celebration hit the web today. He received a (reportedly) million-dollar Chopard watch and a birthday cake with diamonds wrapped around it. Stepdad Birdman was on hand and showed off his new tattoo: Wayne’s birthdate on his arm, “9-27-82.”
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‘Miss Acosta is still very much single,’ her manager tells MTV News.
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Rosa Acosta and Soulja Boy Tell’em
Photo: rosaacosta.com
On Thursday, rumors began circulating on the web that Soulja Boy Tell’em had gotten engaged to model/ video star Rosa Acosta — according to Acosta’s manager and a source in Soulja Boy’s camp, the rumors are false.
Acosta’s manager, Charles Garner, told MTV News on Friday (September 25) that the rumors began after the pair was seen hanging out together in photos on the model’s Web site. In the photos, Acosta is seen wearing what looks like an engagement ring — however, her manager said the ring wasn’t a gift from Soulja Boy, but her mother. A source in Soulja Boy’s camp also told MTV News that the rumors are untrue.
“So the story is that the proposal is false,” Garner said in an e-mail to MTV News. “Miss Acosta is still very much single. She was in L.A. filming the Chris Brown video (featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz) with several other models. Soulja Boy was in L.A. He’s been with friends with Rosa for awhile and asked if she and the other girls wanted to go to dinner.
“So he took her and four other girls to dinner, [during] which some playful pictures were taken as ‘behind the scenes’ for Miss Acosta’s Web site. The ring she has on her finger is a ring that was given to her by her mother about three or four years ago and it was not given to her by Soulja Boy. The picture that everyone has up is a harmless picture where he’s kissing her on the cheek. And there’s about four other pictures where you see him at the table with her and the other models and he’s hugging everybody.”
In response to the rumors, Soulja Boy simply tweeted “LOL.”
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Plus: Mack 10 shoots a new video with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross, in Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid
Eminem
Photo: Getty Images
Don’t Sleep: Necessary Notables
Independent Album: Soft White
Headliner: Mack 10
Key Collaborations: “It’s Your Life” (featuring Anthony Hamilton), “Clack Clack” (featuring Akon and Red Cafe), “Hood Famous” (featuring J. Holiday) and “So Sharp” (featuring Rick Ross and Jazze Pha)
Essential Info: Mack 10 tried to tell y’all about 15 years ago that independence was the key to success. He’s sold gold and platinum albums on his own and has been able to accumulate a lot more funds than artists on majors who may have sold that much or more.
“With me, it was never about selling 5 million records,” Mack said with a grin. “I kept the business side of it upfront, ’cause it’s the music business. I always took the route that made the most sense when it came to business. I never understood how being on the majors made sense. It never made sense to me. It seems all you can get is famous. Famous never paid no mortgage.”
Mack’s latest, Soft White, comes out next week, September 29.
“Soft White, if you from the streets, you know what it is: raw and uncut,” he said. “It’s me being me. I wasn’t pulling no punches on this one. I was swagging all the way out. This one had to be Soft White.”
The album’s first single is “So Sharp” with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. The three shot a video in Malibu.
” ‘So Sharp’ is really Mack being Mack,” he explained. “It was a fun song. I wanted to try and do something outside of what you was expecting. I wanted to have fun on this one, ’cause I feel that’s where it’s at now. It’s 2009. You can’t be 1996 tough no more. You gotta have some fun. We was just having fun. I called on the lil’ homie Wayne and Ross. They came down. Jim Jones was on the original, but when it was time to shoot the video, he was overseas. It’s all love. That’s my homie too. So I shot the [video] with Ross on it, and the rest is history.”
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DJ Whoo Kid is lurking. The spinner said he’s been sticking around the studio lately, and he’s heard some of the newer material from Mr. Marshall Mathers. The G-Unit member said Eminem is only going to come crazier on his next album.
“The comeback is crazy,” Whoo Kid said about Em’s return in May with Relapse. “What I really laughed at was the Mariah Carey [dis record]. That was funny. But that’s nothing compared to Relapse 2. What I heard, that’s just 2 percent [of the intensity]. Eminem from back in the day has returned. The crazy, lyrical, maniacal Eminem is back. Maniac!”
Whoo Kid said the difference between Relapse and Relapse 2 is the level of insanity.
“He was maniacal, but that was like, ‘Let me come back now. Let me get my sh– situated. Who I gotta go at? Let me see what’s going on. Let me get comfortable.’ Now that he’s comfortable, now he’s gonna be like [a monster] in Relapse 2. Good luck, people.”
Whoo Kid also had Lloyd Banks on his radio show this past weekend, and the Punch Line King told him to expect a double mixtape dropping soon.
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