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Donnie Klang of Making the Band, rings in Stock Exchange [NYSE] [Purchase Album]
Ne-Yo Wins Lawsuit Over R.Kelly’s Chicago esque antics [E!Online via Bossip]
Venture Capitalists Strike Again, Seriously SEC Who Regulates This Garbage?…No Seriously [NY Times]
Lehman Bros, Like I Figured. America For Sale Again? Or Just a Reign Check? [CNN Money]
Hedge Funds Get Even [...]

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Posted on September 03, 2008

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Automotive, Business News, It Just Seems, Lawsuits

Hip Hop Might Condone Swagger Jacking But The Real World Doesn’t

In a new biopic movie called Flash of Genius, it tells the story of real life Bob Kearns and his right for credit , for one the automotive’s most simiplest yet valuable discovery. Oh and one of the most crudest forms jacking an invention. Like the victimizing of some of Garret Morgan’s inventions, sometimes, [...]

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Posted on August 05, 2008

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Business News, Dissolved, Lawsuits, Making the Brand, Real Estate

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Lil Kim & Foxy Brown, sued for non bio book submissions [Bloomberg]
Jay-Z Talks About How Hood Life, Is Not Choice [Bossip]
Scott Storch…just read, I’d hate to kick him when he’s down [Rush PR]
Diddy reachest out to the LBGT community on new show [Perez Hilton]
Like We All Don’t Benefit From Merchants of Death [Business Pundit]
Hollaback [...]

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Posted on July 25, 2008

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Endorsements, Lawsuits, Making the Brand

50 Pesos

50 Cent is on protecting his brand, other known as his name with tacobell
50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, accuses the Mexican-style fast food chain of “diluting the value of his good name” and employing a guerrilla advertising campaign to fool consumers into thinking he had endorsed the chain, said the lawsuit, [...]

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Posted on July 24, 2008

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Faux News vs Fox News

For most of major cities, the Fox channel and its morning, afternoon and nightly news has been the hot bed for upcoming minority anchors. In Los Angeles, Fox new syndicate pushed a Pro-Illegal agenda, while the cable news channel was CLEARLY anti-illegal immigration. In Chicago, most of the front end and backend staff is mainly [...]

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Posted on July 22, 2008

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Artist Stock, Charity, Death in Taxes, It Just Seems, Jesus For the Fetus, Lawsuits

How To Ruin A Good Thing

Reading the blog comments, the latest 50 Cent and BM drama, people are suggesting 50 Cent, be the bigger man and just pay his BM…My point, he doesn’t need to break her off of nothing. She opened her mouth and ruin a good thing. And the way things are going, he might be the [...]

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Posted on July 17, 2008

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We Like Rapper Who Like Rappers Who Pay Bills

Over the past week or so, crazy going on’s in Hip Hop business:
Like I suspected Jay-Z’s “management team” for 40/40 has been running some Castro esp employment fairness. There have been reports one of his managers even threatened an employee if they joined the pending class action suit against the establishment and disgruntle workers. The [...]

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Posted on July 14, 2008

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Artist Stock, Lawsuits, Making the Brand

Havanna Hov?

“Rap mogul Jay-Z could soon be shelling out the Benjamins for forcing workers at his trendy 40/40 club to pick up the tab for deadbeat customers. Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Preska said current and past servers, bartenders and others who’ve toiled at the downtown sports bar and lounge could be eligible for a payout from [...]

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Posted on July 02, 2008

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Artist Stock, It Just Seems, Lawsuits, The Product, Walking Investment

Don’t Bite My Style: Jay-Z Ed.

“Former heavyweight boxer Mitchell Rose is planning to file an $88 million dollar copyright lawsuit against Jay-Z in Brooklyn Federal Court. According to Rose, he gave Jay-Z his demo tape on March 12, 2001, following a bout between William Joppy and Felix Trinidad.
He was shocked to discover that Jay-Z allegedly stole his style of rhyming, [...]

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Posted on June 12, 2008

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Artist Stock, Business News, Death in Taxes, Dissolved, Lawsuits, Salt Doses In Grain, Stay Losing

We Like Rappers That Like Rappers Who Like Paying Bills

Scott Storch in the news again, for finance issues. Earlier this year his upscale art collection was reposseed, following the same path as Wayne, by not paying an artist what was due. In addition, th car given to Lil Kim, which first lead to speculation on Lil Kim being broke. Now, his infamous home [...]

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Posted on June 11, 2008

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