Versace for H&M Cruise Lookbook

Versace is back with their elegant style and vision for the fresh, this collection is comprised of an variety of cut shirts,pleaded shorts,tailored suits, and printed trunks. This collection will be available in the European market via internet store on January 19…

Marc Jacobs “Crayon” Sneaker

With tonal stitching and a blue canvas that creates the look of crayons, these shoes will be a great addition to any closet. Priced at 522$ these shoes can be coped at http://zozo.jp/shop/designers/goods.html?gid=1264707&did=&cid=14615

A Bathing Ape Ladies 2012 Collection

This collection comprised of button-ups,vests,jackets, and bottoms will be released the Spring/Summer of 2012. With versatility and style to match any piece of clothing can be mixed & matched with different looks to complete any wardrobe.

Aspiring rapper sentenced to five years

Olutosin Oduwole

Olutosin Oduwole

DWARDSVILLE, Ill. – An aspiring rapper was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison over a 2007 money-demanding note that threatened a Virginia Tech-like killing spree, failing to convince a judge the writing was innocent lyrics and other musings.

A barely audible Olutosin Oduwole insisted in court that he “did not mean to incite fear.”

“That was never my intention. That is not my character,” said the 26-year-old rapper and former Southern Illinois University student. The note was found in his car on the college’s campus.

Madison County Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli said jurors were right when they convicted Oduwole in October of attempting to make a terrorist threat, a felony.
“The jury found that this was not a song. They found it was a threat, and I do not disagree with them,” the judge said of the case.

Oduwole started blankly toward Tognarelli when the judge rejected the defense’s call for probation and ordered what he described as “appropriate” prison time. The sentence was well short of the maximum 15-year term prosecutors were seeking.

Tognarelli also sentenced Oduwole to 364 days and a $1,000 fine on a related conviction of illegally having or storing a loaded pistol in his on-campus apartment the day he was arrested in July 2007, just months after the Virginia Tech rampage that left 32 people dead along with the gunman.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/21/aspiring-rapper-sentenced-to-5-years-in-alleged-lyric-threat-case/#ixzz1hEPOyQxI

Lil’ Kim Dead?

Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones Photo by Katy Winn/Getty Images

 

On Sunday night (December 18) news reports confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had died of a heart attack. He was ranked as the 31st most powerful person in the world by Forbes in 2010 and was also regarded by many as a tyrant, so naturally social media networks caught fire with the news. However, tracking stories on Twitter can sometimes be like playing the childhood game “Telephone”—what begins as one thing can end as another—so more than a few tweeters got their facts confused, thinking that Brooklyn rapper Lil Kim had died instead.

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Mystikal signs to Cash Money

Mystikal and Birdman

Mystikal and Birdman

In an interview with XXL, Birdman talked about signing fast rapping artist Mystikal to Cash Money Records, and how he was happy signing a home town hero to the label. He also stated that he thinks he can help the rapper reach huge levels of fame given his original talent:

“Just to be able to work with Mystical, I’ll tell him I appreciate the opportunity,”Birdman says of the union. “All he’s been through and him being from the town and what we been through together, it means a lot to me, what we’re doing, building the brand and the team. I’m super excited, the team is super excited. 2012 we’re gonna let it go, we have a lot of great music on him. I want him to be bigger than he’s ever been. I have a lot of great music on him, we know it’s a lot of work. He knows it’s a lot f work. We’re gonna go hard. It’s perfect timing for him and for us to be able to work with him,” continues Baby. “We’re just excited. I didn’t even look at the past. I didn’t think about what we went through. That shit’s so far behind us. We’re trying to provide for the team and the family. I think he’s a special talent like a Busta Rhymes or a Drake or a Wayne. He can’t be duplicated. His style is original. We gonna put out some visuals on him, his album is coming in May and we gonna roll.” (XXL)

This interview comes just after the announcement of Mystikals signing which was just announced December 13, in which Mystikal said how the signing made him “feel like a rapper again”:

“It has been a truly long time since I have felt like a rapper and with this signing, and partnership, Birdman and Slim have given me my life as a rapper back. I am ready to go. I am going to put my red Superman drawers, cape and boots on and go! This is a huge moment for me and I am truly excited to be with Cash Money Records.”

Cashmoney has stayed busy in recent days, with the announcement of bringing hip hop heavyweight Busta Rhymes to the label as well and stressed that he likes to give his artist their independence to do their own thing:

Whatever they bring to the table, whatever their vision is, [my role is] just to back it up and let them be the artist that they want to be and we support what they want to do,” Birdman said in an interview. “We never was [the type] to try to tell no [artist] how to do music, that’s not what we’re about. We like to let an artist be an artist and we support what they want to do.” (MTV)

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Rappers Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa new album

ATLANTA – Snoop Dogg remembered watching all of the Cheech and Chong movies growing up, idolizing the pothead tandem’s ability to always escape from danger in their comedy films.

Wiz Khalifa revered Snoop Dogg for his weed-smoking, ultra-smooth West Coast swagger shown extensively throughout his rap career.

One is the mentor, the other is the protege. Since the two rappers met for the first time last year, they’ve built a strong rapport with each other and have united to create their own album, “Mac & Devin Go to High School,” which was released this week.

The album is the soundtrack of the rappers’ upcoming stoner comedy, “Mac & Devin Go to High School,” which is expected to be released early next year. The duo feels they are capable of following the footsteps of Cheech and Chong, who gained fame through their marijuana humour.

“They smoked joints, they were funny, they were cool and they would get into real situations,” Snoop Dogg said. “To me, that’s what me and Wiz represent. A lot of kids growing up don’t understand who Cheech and Chong are. So we’re the modern-day image of them. We’re bringing it back.”

Snoop Dogg and Khalifa have embodied the fun-filled, carefree life, with a devotion to smoking marijuana. Their easygoing demeanour is displayed on the duo’s single, “Young, Wild & Free,” featuring Bruno Mars, which peaked at No. 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

The rappers are latest popular hip-hop characters to create an album and movie revolved around their pothead excursions. Rapper Redman and Method Man appeared in the 2001 film, “How High.”

But Khalifa said he and Snoop Dogg are “”trying to create our own lane.

“There have been others to pave the way for us, so we’re just trying to keep it going, and tell our own stories,” added Khalifa, who finished a six-city tour with Snoop Dogg this week.

Some believe the rappers are having too much fun with their storytelling. In May, there were reports that school officials cancelled the filming of “High School” at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif., after learning the theme of the movie was centred around marijuana, which is an illegal substance.

When contacted by The Associated Press, school officials declined to comment.

But Snoop Dogg and Khalifa — who both stand at a lanky 6-foot-4 — coolly denied there were any problems.

“We heard about it, but it didn’t mean much to us,” Snoop Dogg said. “We got done what we needed to get done. It was shot and promptly prepared.”

Snoop Dogg, 40, took a liking to the 24-year-old Khalifa after he noticed his kids’ infatuation with the Pittsburgh-bred rapper’s ubiquitous 2010 hit “Black and Yellow.” From there, Snoop Dogg invited Khalifa to his home in Los Angeles.

“We have built a bond and a friendship that’s going to last a lifetime,” Khalifa said. “People will hear it in the music, and see it in the movie.”

After a conversation that lasted a few hours, the two rappers decided that same day to collaborate for an album and movie. They didn’t waste time, filming the movie and recording the album within a two-month timeframe.

In “High School,” Khalifa stars as a senior valedictorian named Devin who is only focused on his academics. He breaks out of his shell after meeting Snoop Dogg’s character, Mac, a teenage student (yes, he is playing a teen) who has street smarts but struggles to apply them in the classroom.

Snoop Dogg described his partnership with Khalifa as “a magical situation.”

“I’ve been around magic a lot of times from being with Dr. Dre, Tupac, Master P. and Nate Dogg. What me and Wiz had was a magical moment right there.”

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