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Jay-Z and Beyonce | From “4″ to “13″

Maria More — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:13:32 +0000

By now we should know the significance of numbers in the Carter Household. Beyonce and Jay-Z both born on the “4th,” their anniversary on the 4th, and lets not forget Baby Blue’s middle name is “IVY” (“IV” roman numerals for the number”4.”)

Well according to Billboard, here’s another number for Jay and Bey to celebrate!

Billboard recently released their 2012 “Power 100 Index” and Mr. and Mrs. Carter came in at #13. If you’re wondering why they didn’t come in higher, this list includes Artists AND Executives in the industry. Check out the full list HERE

. Irving Azoff

2. Coran Capshaw

3. Lucian Grainge

4. Martin Bandier

5. Doug Morris

6. Michael Rapino

7. Rob Light

8. Len Blavatnik

9. Tim Leiweke

10. Jimmy Iovine

11. Eddy Cue and Robert Kondrk

12. John Hogan

13. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter & Beyonce Knowles

14. Lyor Cohen

15. Randy Phillips

16. Emmanuel Seuge

17. Frank Cooper

18. Barry Weiss

19. Rob Stringer and Steve Barnett

20. Arthur Fogel

Nicki Minaj Brought To Tears, Talks Taylor Swift [VIDEO]

atlantashottesthiphop — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:14:04 +0000

Nicki Minaj was recently honored by Billboard, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she talked about the award and shouted out Country superstar Taylor Swift. Nicki accepted the magazine’s Rising Star Award and became emotional about when talking about what it meant to her to be recognized by this publication.

See how pretty Nicki Minaj looks when she cried in the video below, and find out why she keeps showing Taylor Swift so much love.

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Why Drake, J. Cole & Estelle Are “Most Anticipated”

atlantashottesthiphop — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:28:19 +0000

Drake‘s “Take Care” and “Cole World: The Sideline Story” by J. Cole are two projects that millions are anxious to hear, and they are two of the two artists selected by Billboard.com for their Fall’s Most Anticipated Albums list. Estelle, Akon, Trey Songz, The-Dream and Mary J. Blige were also included.

See who else made the cut on Billboard’s list of most anticipated Fall albums here.

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Chris Brown Gets His First Number One Album

Atlanta's Hottest Hip Hop — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:00:36 +0000

Chris Brown may be a public relations nightmare, but it hasn’t affected the sales of his music. Brown’s new album, F.A.M.E. will debut at number one on this week’s Billboard Top 200 album chart.

On the album’s release date last Tuesday, Brown was interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” As we previously reported, after performing on the show and being interviewed by GMA’s Robin Roberts, Brown retreated to his dressing room and smashed a window because of a line of questioning from Roberts dealing with his 2009 assault on Rihanna.

Brown apologized for the incident, and ABC extended an invite for Brown to come back to “Good Morning America.”

Spotted @ Billboard.com

Nicki Minaj Sets New Billboard Record

Atlanta's Hottest Hip Hop — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:28:52 +0000

Even though she hasn’t even released an album yet, Nicki Minaj is setting records.

Billboard magazine just named the Young Money rapper as the female emcee with the most chart entries on the chart. She’s also appeared on seven of Soundscan’s biggest selling singles of 2010 with over 4 million sold:

- Nicki Minaj “Your Love” (755k)
- Luda’s “My Chick Bad” (1,246,000)
- Lil Wayne’s “Knockout” (519k)
- Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up” (518k)
- Usher’s “Lil Freak” (508k)
- Sean Kingston’s “Letting Go (Dutty Love)” (377k)
- Jay Sean’s “It Ain’t The End” (355k)

Bishop Eddie Long Billboard Causes Controversy In Atlanta [VIDEO]

Atlanta's Hottest Hip Hop — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:15:29 +0000

A billboard in Atlanta featuring Bishop Eddie Long and the words, “Love Like Him, Live Like Him, Lead Like Him” is causing controversy.

The billboard, located on University Avenue near the I75/I85 connector, has been there since around April of this year.

Long’s Church, New Birth Missionary Church has claimed that the words are referring to Jesus, but it appears to be referring to Bishop Eddie Long, which would make the words “Love Like Him” seem disturbing due to the current allegations.

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Nicki Minaj Does Billboard [PHOTOS]

Atlanta's Hottest Hip Hop — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:00:21 +0000

Nicki Minaj did a little photo shoot for Billboard. Even though she toned her look down, she still managed to keep it fun and silly.

Take a look:

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VIDEO: T.I.’s Jeans Ad May Be Too Sexually Suggestive

The Durtty Boyz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:34:59 +0000

Folks have their panties twisted in a bunch in Newark, NJ.

T.I.’s clothing line Akoo Jeans has a new billboard in downtown Newark and folks say it’s a little too sexually suggestive. The ad features a man in jeans with a woman on her knees in front of him, the side of her face pressed against his pelvic area, about to pull his unbuckled jeans down.

A lot of people in the community are offended by the ad and want it removed.

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Anti-Abortion Billboards Invoke Race In Metro Atlanta

Denise Dunbar — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:16 +0000

VIA: New York Times

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards here with an alarming message: “Black children are an endangered species.”

The groups responsible insist that they are not exaggerating, despite contrary federal data. The billboards, which show a close-up of a worried-looking African-American boy, are an effort to highlight data showing that black women get a disproportionate number of abortions, especially in Georgia, and that the number in Georgia is increasing.

“The impact of abortion has become so great that it has begun to impact our fertility rate,” said Catherine Davis, the minority outreach coordinator for Georgia Right to Life, the state’s main anti-abortion group, which has sponsored the billboards in partnership with the Radiance Foundation, a group based in Atlanta that encourages adoption.

The billboards — there are 65 now and will eventually be 80, Ms. Davis said — were created in conjunction with a new Web site, www.toomanyaborted.com, which says that all of Georgia’s abortion clinics are in “urban areas where blacks reside.” The Web site connects abortion to segregation, saying that after the civil rights era, racists went “underground,” and that today “abortion is the tool they use to stealthily target blacks for extermination.”

It also says that Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, wanted to reduce the population of blacks, an assertion that Planned Parenthood has disputed.

Ms. Davis said Georgia Right to Life would also support state legislation that would make it a crime for abortion providers to solicit business based on the race or sex of the fetus.

In 2006, 57.4 percent of the abortions in Georgia were performed on black women, even though blacks make up about 30 percent of the population, according to the most recent figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control. Of the 37 states that reported abortion data by race, Georgia was second only to New York and Texas in the number of abortions performed on black women. Only Mississippi and Maryland reported a higher percentage of abortions going to black women than Georgia.

But there was little evidence that abortions had made black children unusually endangered. The fertility rate, or births per 1,000 women of childbearing age, among black women remains higher than the national average and has inched up in recent years, according to C.D.C. data.

The advertising campaign has drawn fire from supporters of abortion rights. Loretta Ross, the executive director of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective in Atlanta, said the billboards painted black women as either monsters intent on destroying their own race or victims of whites who control abortion clinics.

“The reason we have so many Planned Parenthoods in the black community is because leaders in the black community in the ’20s and ’30s went to Margaret Sanger and asked for them,” Ms. Ross said. “Controlling our fertility was part of our uplift out of poverty strategy, and it still works.”

Ryan Bomberger, who left his job in advertising to found the Radiance Foundation and who designed the billboard, argued that it was not intended to induce shame.

“This is not a campaign that targets black women,” Mr. Bomberger said. “It’s a campaign that exposes an industry that we believe targets African-Americans.”

T.I. Among Billboard’s Top Artists Of 2009

@Beestroh — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:59:04 +0000

VIA: Allhiphop.com

Billboard has announced their completed year-end and decade recap lists which featured many prominent Hip-Hop and R&B stars.

Kanye West was named music’s Top Male Artist of 2009, a distinction shared with his female counterpart Taylor Swift.

The two had a memorable stage moment in September when West interrupted Swift’s MTV VMA acceptance speech.

Rounding out the list of top artists for 2009 are Beyonce, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyes Peas, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, T.I., Nickelback, and Pink.

Drake secured two awards: one for Hot Rap Song of the Year(“Best I Ever Had”), and Top New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.

T.I. won the Top Hot Songs Artist of 2009, courtesy of his four Top 5 singles off 2008’s double platinum Paper Trail (“Whatever You Like,” “Swagga Like Us,” “Live Your Life,” and “Dead and Gone”).

As reported earlier this week on AllHipHop.com, Eminem was crowned the best-selling artist of the decade, beating out fellow chart heavyweights Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Nelly, and 50 Cent.

Additional awards were given based on an artist’s dominance of a given chart over the last 10 years.

This criteria yielded recognition for T.I. (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist), 50 Cent (Top Hot Rap Songs Artist), and Jay-Z (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums).

Fans can view the entire 2009 and decade lists at www.billboard.com.

Twitter War? Mo’Nique And Keri Hilson Going At It?

@Beestroh — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:08:54 +0000

AAhhhh ha ha ha, this is funny. It seems Comedian Mo’ Nique had some words for Keri Hilson via a popular Twitter page bearing Mo’Nique’s name check this out…

# I like that Keri wilson girl

# She remind me of a fake ciara im just saying

# I no damn well that skinny bird looking b**ch didn’t [mean] what she say suga

# Keri wilson f***ed up Beyonce is My girl

# How that bitch gon hate on beyonce Ms. Wilson get it together

# Wilson, Hilson hell i dont give a damn

Now I dont know what you did Keri, but Ol girl aint nuthin nice on that stage!!! Dont worry Keri I still love you the most!! ahhh Tweet fighting, whats next?

Jay-Z Surpasses Elvis For Most No. 1 Albums

@Beestroh — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:16:19 +0000

Superstar rapper Jay-Z released his 11th studio album entitled The Blueprint 3. The album featuring production from Kayne West, featuring artists such as Alicia Keys and R... Read more..