As if he doesn't have enought going on in his life, a photographer is suing Chris Brown, saying his bodyguards assaulted him when he tried to take pictures of the R&B singer at the gym.
In a stroke of unintentional irony, the lawsuit, filed by photographer Robert Rosen, emerged the same day Brown hit the internet with his "I am not a monster" video.
Rosen claims he was assaulted by Brown's bodyguards after trying to capture his likeness at a Universal City gym.
With the economic recession affecting the daily lives of people all over the globe, it is no surprise that the negative effects are also hitting the world of Hip Hop. But the failing economy is doing more than just leaving a dent in Hip Hop album sales. According to the Wall Street Journal, a lack of financial resources is also making it difficult for rap artists to afford the obligatory diamond-studded accessories and heavy, laced out gold chains.
“A lot of these rappers simply don't have the money for real stuff anymore,” said Jason Arasheben, Beverly Hills-based jeweler whose clientele includes Hollywood celebs and Saudi royalty. “It's to the point where they are wearing imitation jewelry, and that's ridiculous.”
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Ashton Kutcher -- Twitter's top tweeter -- warned he may pull the plug on his tweeting if the micro-blogging service partners on a reality TV show.
Ashton Kutcher said he might give up Twitter if the Web site's parent company participates in a reality show.
"It's all fun and games until somebody gets stalked," Kutcher wrote in a Twitter posting late Monday.
Variety magazine reported Monday that San Francisco-based Twitter.com had partnered with TV producers Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment on an unscripted show that would be "putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format."
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said there was "no official Twitter TV show" in the works, but "we have a lightweight, non-exclusive, agreement with the producers which helps them move forward more freely."
Best-selling 90’s collective Boyz II Men recently appeared at Minneapolis’ Institute of Production and Recording to announce the initial planning of their new R&B/Hip-Hop scholarship.
During the visit, the group participated in a Q&A panel with students to share their 20 plus years in the music industry.
“It was an honor having these guys come by our school,” said Brian “Champtown” Harmon, IPR artists coordinator. “They are around first-class, great men. A lot of folks don’t understand their love for Hip-Hop. To have them be down with our scholarship program we are developing is a wonderful thing."
With the music industry flooded with Youtube videos and fake beefs, it seems the use of a gimmick is no longer an option. But Southern rapper Paul Wall says he will never bow to the pressure, regardless of how it might improve his record sales.
According to Wall, he's always used the industry to build relationships and puts his focus on making a quality product.
"It just seems like the music industry revolves around hype, it don't seem like it revolves around music anymore," he said in an interview with iHipHop. "I've built my career around making good music, building relationships up, and going out there to put in real work ... I've never tried to build hype, or use a gimmick, or anything like that. If I did, I'd probably have way more record sales, but for me to have longevity, I feel like I have to put out good music...You see artists like LL Cool J and Snoop [Dogg] and it seems like they've been in the game forever. You see rock artists like ZZ Top, and they're d*mn near 70 still going on tour and I don't see why rappers can't do the same thing. I want to be on tour at 70 too, I love music. So hopefully I'll be able to do this for another 50 years."
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Ashton Kutcher -- Twitter's top tweeter -- warned he may pull the plug on his tweeting if the micro-blogging service partners on a reality TV show.
With the music industry flooded with Youtube videos and fake beefs, it seems the use of a gimmick is no longer an option. But Southern rapper Paul Wall says he will never bow to the pressure, regardless of how it might improve his record sales.