Monthly Archives: July 2011

‘ROUND THE WAY: BOW WOW OPENS UP ABOUT DAUGHTER & THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE IN FAN LETTER

Rapper Shad “Bow Wow” Moss wrote an open letter to his fans via his official website. In the letter, the 24 year-old actor opened up about his daughter, Shai Moss, how she changed his perspective on life and the idea of suicide and why he has chosen to keep his daughter out of the camera lens:

Let me start off by saying i love my fans. With out yall i wudda been left the game. For the past 3 years i been battleing life. Even thought about taking my own. I felt like as a kid i did everything and saw everything too fast which spoiled my adult years. I felt as if i had no purpose to live(Thinking selfishly) until god gave me the illest gift of my life. No lambo, no blk card nuffn ammounts to my lil girl. I waited so long to tell yall the truth because i was nervous on how yall would look at me. Yall know everyone makes a big deal out of everything i do. I wanted to be 1st n let yall know the real. My lil girl is getting BIG fast. i love every minute of it. She inspires me to go harder. Even made me treat my mother better, its like it made me into a man over nightContinue

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MUSIC NEWS: BEYONCE SELLS OVER 300K / PRE-ORDER KANYE & JAY-Z’S ‘WATCH THE THRONE’ / KELLY ON NEW MUSIC & ALBUM

With her album 4 leaking three weeks before its official release date, Beyonce still came out on top in 1st week album sales! According to HitsDailyDouble.com, “King B” finished her 7 day album sale run with 313, 420 units, making it the least amount of album sales out of all her solo studio albums! On a brighter note, the 29 year-old diva surpassed her labelmate Adele, who sold over 90,000 copies of her album 21. Congratulatoins to her!

K. WEST & JAY-Z’S ‘WATCH THE THRONE’ AVAIL FOR PRE-ORDER

Kanye West & Jay-Z have joined forced on their first studio album collaboration, Watch the Throne. The album became available for pre-order in 4 different versions over the weekend. It is said that album will feature guest vocals by Bruno Mars and Beyonce on their track “Lift Off”.According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Murder To Excellence,” “Illest Motherf—er Alive” and “Living So Italian” are some song titles from their upcoming album. Although rumors were saying that the album would be released on the fourth of July, the official album release date has yet to be announced. The cover (to the left) is designed by Givenchy creative director, Riccardo Tisci. To pre-order your copy of their anticipated album, visit http://www.watchthethrone.com

KELLY SPEAK ON UPCOMING PROJECT

Check out Kelly Rowland talking with Fuse TV about her upcoming studio album, Here I Am, her first dance single, “Commander” as well as who she worked with on the forthcoming project. Here I Am hits stores on July 26th!

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GUESS WHO: TRYING TO AVOID CAMERAS AT EMF

GUESS WHO avoided cameras as she walked through the Essence Music Festival VIP Lounge? HINT: She is one of those celebs that you know the face, but have to take some time to remember their name…

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CL MUSIC EXCLUSIVE: MICHELLE WILLIAMS – “LOVE GUN”


♫ MIchelle Williams – Love Gun

Fresh off the theatrical stage, Michelle Williams has been working hard in the studio on her new project, still untitled at the moment. Michelle is following up her #1 Dance album, Unexpected with the buzz single “Love Gun,” produced by Druski.

When asked about the sound of her new album, Michelle says:

“My album will be ‘inspirational pop.’ Think of Katy Perry’s ‘Fireworks’ or Natasha Beddingfeld’s ‘Unwritten.’ I want to give people a message of hope while at the same time get them moving with dance inspired tracks.”

Michelle is currently working with Jim Jonsin and Rico Love, with whom she worked with on Unexpected. Michelle’s album is slated to drop this winter with an official single release in August/September.

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