T-Pain has been branded "Songwriter of the Year" at the BMI Urban Awards.
The singer-songwriter was awarded the trophy last nox (September 4) and he was besides credited as producer of the year, alongside Kanye West and J.R. Rotem.
Other winners on the night included Soulja Boy, Polow Da Don, Rodney Jerkins and Ne-Yo.
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Sound matters.
It�s a shibboleth every record label should endorse. But in the present digital era of CDs and mp3s, sound quality has tanked as labels crank the mass and launder out the dynamic range audiophiles loved about vinyl. Indie labels kept putting out wax by underground artists long after the majors well-tried to kill off vinyl, but you were out of fortune if you wanted to hear that warm merchantman end vinyl gave Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and countless other classic artists whose LPs went out of print during the CD boom.
Now, with the second sexual climax of vinyl, the �Sound matters� catchword has been picked up again by Warner Bros. Records to promote a massive slate of prominent 12-inch reissues. In a strange
South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are the latest names to ante up their deference to belated singer Isaac Hayes, subsequently he sadly passed aside earlier on in the week from a stroke.
Hayes voiced the character of Chef in the popular cartoon for eight eld (between 1998-2006), but relinquish the series when South Park mocked Scientology in an episode.
Stone and Parker have frame their differences aside and have straightaway posted a picture of Chef on their official site, which reads "In Memoriam Isaac Hayes - 1942-2008."
Tuesday (May 13) was a rough day for Remy Ma. One day after her planned jailhouse nuptials to fellow rapper Papoose were called off due to a misunderstanding about an alleged skeleton key Pap was wearing when he showed up at Rikers Island prison, the MC was sentenced to eight years in prison.
On March 27, Remy Ma (born Reminisce Smith), 26, was found guilty of two charges of assault, in connection with an argument she had with a friend, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, last July, during which Barnes-Joseph was shot two times while the two women struggled in a car.
According to Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, the New York Supreme Court sentenced her to eight years in prison on Tuesday for charges of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion. Fisher said the prosecution had originally requested a 13-year sentence — less than the max of 25 years she was facing — but the judge in the case gave the rapper eight years, which Fisher plans to appeal very soon. Though he couldn't say for sure, Fisher said it's possible the judge in the case was swayed by an emotional address Ma gave the court during the proceeding, during which she addressed the victim directly.
"Remy Ma spoke to the court and movingly spoke to the victim, who was in court, to share with her how sorrowful she was about what happened to her," Fisher said. "It was an extremely moving moment, where she expressed how badly she felt about the tragedy of being shot and that she was very, very sorry it happened to Makeda."
The rapper burst into tears as the sentence was read, and Fisher described her state as "benumbed," "very emotional" and "sobbing." The lawyer said Ma "spoke to the court about the impact the sentence would have on her son [who is 7 years old]."
Both Remy Ma and Fisher have said that the shooting was an accident. After the sentence was handed down, The Associated Press reported that Papoose screamed, "All you want is money!" in the hallway outside the courtroom, seemingly addressing Barnes-Joseph, whose civil suit against the Grammy-nominated Ma has been dropped but could be refiled in the future. Barnes-Joseph was in the courtroom for the sentencing, but was not in the hallway when Papoose began shouting, the AP reported. As he was escorted out of the courthouse by court officers, Papoose reportedly added, "Lock me up! Lock me up!"
Fisher denied that the key Papoose wore to the prison over the weekend could unlock handcuffs, as was widely reported.
"I don't know much about it," he said, "but I know that if the corrections folks thought this was a key used to open their handcuffs, I doubt very much that they would have released Papoose." The lawyer added that the two still plan to wed, but maybe not until Ma is transferred to an upstate prison.
After hearing the sentence, according to XXLMag.com, Remy told the judge, "I'm not a thug. ... I'm not a hard-core anything, I have feelings. I'm a wife, mother, daughter, big sister." The site also reported that supporters of the rapper were in the courtroom wearing red-and-white T-shirts that read, "Free Remy."
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Kid Rock was rushed to the hospital minutes before he was to head on stage Friday at a music festival in England, according to People.com.
Organizers of the Download Festival said the rocker, 37, had been hospitalized in Nottingham, which is 100 miles north of London. He was suffering from stomach cramps and dehydration, his spokesman told the music magazine NME.
He had reportedly attended a late-night event at Central London�s Whisky Mist nightclub that had continued into the early hours of June 13.
The performer had stirred controversy in the U.K. earlier in the week after telling a black interviewer that he thought the confederate flag was �cool.�
Former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland has denied a British tabloid report that she blew £116,000 on alcohol while visiting the U.K. last month to promote her latest album.
The Mirror reported on May 12 that the singer, "ended a weekend of house hunting in Chelsea by blowing £116,000 on booze and food with friends Usher and Nelly at two London night clubs."
Rowland, who's currently on promotional duties in Australia, dismissed the rumors telling a local radio station that the story is a lie.
"Do you know what my mom would do to my behind if I were to do something like that?" Rowland asked. "It's so funny because as soon as I heard that I was like 'This is complete rubbish.'"
She adds that "never in a million years" would she spend that amount of money on a night out.
"I don't care how much money I have, I would never do that."
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BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE have reportedly bought a $60 million (GBP30 million) mansion in the south of France.
The couple has been renting in the country for the last few weeks and now they are said to have made their ties to the region official by investing in a luxurious 35-bedroom estate.
According to E! Online, the house includes a vineyard, a lake, two swimming pools and a banquet hall, and the couple hope to move their family in within the next three months.
A source tells the website, "It's called Chateau Miraval in a village called Brignol, which is near from Aix-en-Provence.
"And it's absolutely unbelievable. Brad and Angelina are thrilled, they love the place and have already been furniture shopping to fill the place as it's massive."
Pitt and Jolie are currently expecting twins. They also have three adopted children Maddox, six, Pax, four, Zahara, three, and biological daughter Shiloh, nearly two.
Looks like Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker will be getting some well-deserved R&R this summer. And where would the basketball star and his lovely wife of almost one year head for some fun in the sun? It seems that the Caribbean island of St. Barths is the couples' destination of choice.
While shopping at Armani Exchange in NYC, an onlooker tells OK!, �Eva held up a pair of white shorts and said, �Babe, these would be great for St. Barths.�
Though Tony, whose July 7, 2007, wedding to the Desperate Housewives star was featured exclusively in the pages of OK!, didn�t see eye to eye with his wife on those particular shorts, he didn't hesitate to look for her approval on other items he was looking at, including some sunglasses.
The onlooker adds, �They were extremely cute together, and it looked like Tony did well as he walked away with more bags than Eva.�
Don't you know all you need on the island is swimwear!
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