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Making the Brand

Diddy is back with a new season of Making the Band. We last saw him expand with his MTV reality tv venture with the formation of the currently untitled, “Male group,” which was chosen by fans for the last Season 3. In a twist and I knew they weren’t crazy, Donnie of the show was [...]

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Posted on January 29, 2008

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Forbes 2007 Top Grossing Female Musicians

Its that time again, where Forbes trumps the top grossing female artists. Artists like Beyonce, coming in at #5 with $27 million; Nelly Furtado (#16 w/ $6 Million) and Gwen Stefani (#6 $26 million)(they’re “Hip Hop” right?) made the top 20. Of course Madonna made number one with a whopping $72 million. After inking [...]

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Posted on January 29, 2008

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Fashion, Joint Ventures, Launches, Women

Simmons Sisters Diversify

Angela and Vanessa Simmons have found a niche. The sneaker line plays off of a pastry theme developed during the MTV Run’s House reality series, has now grown in the a tween-teen sensation. In addition to becoming spoke-models for Girl Scouts, they have since expanded the female sneaker line to a clothing-line. Keeping to [...]

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Posted on January 29, 2008

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Bossip Launches..LiveSteez.com

Bossip recently launched a Digg/media style site called Livesteez.com.  It seems to be the “urban” alternative to TMZ. I have not seen an official press release on the launch but, looking through it, its obvious thats the goal, mainstream media coverage. This will be interesting to see the outcome since, there had been mention by [...]

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Posted on January 24, 2008

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Commentary, Stay Losing, The Market

Not So Fast..

I considered speaking rhetoric about the economy discussion this week. It would seem normal for me to say something. Then I thought about it, despite there being some dramatic falls in the “stock market” or the stimulus package passed/proposed by the President, there really is nothing solid enough to really give input, other than speculate. If anything its down right hilarious that the [...]

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Posted on January 24, 2008

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Joint Ventures, Launches, Real Estate

Preview of Brooklyn Barclays Franchise

Bret Yormark discusses the new entertainment franchise for the Brooklyn Barclay’s. Which includes entertainment and marketing branding. From the looks of the stadium, the yearly royalties they’d have to pay for the name (Barclays (BCS: 7.50 0.00 0.00%)), Jay-Z could potentially launch off of the Barclay entertainment package (via Apple (AAPL: 86.29 0.00 0.00%)). I [...]

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Posted on January 19, 2008

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Commentary, Stay Losing, The Market

You Had Me At Recession

Its officially hitting the fan. President Bush spoke about passing something to alleviate the problem, cause by the residue of the millennium’s balling era. While, Bernake….Berny Berny Berny. He spoke to congress on the 101 of Economics. I mean really, what else would he talk about…again. In the words of Cedric the Entertainer…”Tell’em we ain’t got it man.” I [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2008

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Joint Ventures, Launches, Power List, Real Estate

Scarf Must Be |–This Big–| to Buy

A couple of sources are reporting Jermaine Durpi will be venturing into the Hotel business, like Jay-Z and his recent announcement of J Hotels. Jermaine Dupri, will be launching Hotel D.
Now most of the other sources are knocking Jermaine for his recent deal, noting a swagga jacking of Jay-Z’s recent mentions of the Hotel [...]

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Posted on January 15, 2008

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Business News, Endorsements, Launches

Eco Jordan XX3

BEAVERTON, Ore., Jan 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE, Inc., announced the launch of the long-awaited, 23rd iteration of the world’s most respected and innovative basketball shoe franchise, the AIR JORDAN XX3. The AIR JORDAN XX3 celebrates 23 years of a legacy started by the most revered basketball athlete [...]

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Posted on January 12, 2008

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Lasonic i931 iPod Boombox

* Musical Light Horns* the Boombox, for your iPod. $169, officially ready for the public and looking for vendors. Read Entire Review image & review via Gizmodo
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Posted on January 11, 2008

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