Carter IV likely to reach Carter III status

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Carter IV likely to reach Carter III status

When the initial reports came in that Lil Wayne was looking at a likely week of somewhere between 600 and 750k, we thought he should be thankful—with all the delays and the underwhelming fan response, anywhere in that range seemed like a pretty respectable showing to us. But then, the numbers changed—Billboard reported yesterday that Wayne was more likely to come in at around 850,000. And now, projections have gone up again: HITS Daily Double reports that Weezy is closer to the 925-975k range, very clearly in…Read full post

Rihanna fires Jay-Z

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Rihanna fires Jay-Z
You can count Rihanna as one person who does not appear to be moved to tears by news of Beyoncé’s pregnancy. After Sunday’s public belly rub confirmed B and husband Jay-Z are expecting, Rihanna has decided to fire Jay as her manager, MediaTakeOut reports. The Barbadian was considering the move back in April, when she became aware of “financial irregularities” that occurred among her RocNation management team once they began “unofficially” managing BeyoncĂ©, whom she felt would get first pick of any incoming endorsement deals. And now that Jay and…Read full post

Exclusive Interview With Big Sean: The G.O.O.D., The Bad & The Freaky

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Big Sean discusses signing with Kanye, sending d*ck pictures and having a life coach.

What would make you give up a full ride to college? Kanye West signing you to his G.O.O.D. Music label perhaps? Big Sean has been putting in work since a chance meeting with Kanye in 2005. Kanye only allowed Sean to spit 16 bars, but after 10 minutes, Kanye liked what he heard and he eventually signed with Good Music in 2007.

Since then, Big Sean has hit…Read full post