JAY-Z TO CHANGE HIS NAME

Its rumored that Jay-Z and wife Beyonce will be changing their names. It is rumored that Jay-Z will now be known as "Shawn Knowles-Carter" and wife Beyonce will be known as "Beyonce Knowles-Carter". The name change reportedly came from each one wanting to honor the family name. The Knowles family do not have any boy children and wanted to keep the name going.

NEW MUSIC FROM BEYONCE-CONTROL

New 50 Cent Cartoon featuring Foxy Brown

Have you seen this cartoon! OMG, this is so hillarious!

SLIM THUGS NEW ALBUM DROPS MARCH 24TH

Slim Thug is a reluctant celebrity if ever there was one. The Houston-bred rapper who pushed his towering frame through hip-hop’s heavy doors in the late ‘90s never envisioned himself as a rap star. “I didn’t come in the game wanting to be a rapper,” he explains. “I wasn’t like a kid saying I wanna be a famous rapper, I wanna be like Tupac. I was from the ‘hood. We didn’t believe in none of that shit. I’m 6’6 tall and I never played basketball because I never believed in going to the NBA. That was just too far fetched for me and being a rap star was too far fetched for me.”

But it wasn’t long before an eye-opening encounter with Swisha House’s Michael “5000” Watts had Slim singing a different song. “I was at a party freestyling and he invited me to his house to do a mixtape,” he recalls, adding that Watts “showed me the hustle of it, how it all worked. As soon I saw that, I started making money.”

Although he has only one major label release to his credit – 2005’s Already Platinum, Slim Thug has the swagger and the fanbase of a more seasoned rapper. His new CD, Boss of All Bosses (Boss Hawg Outlawz/E1 Music), is a testament to his independent spirit both as an artist and an entrepreneur. It is a testament, he says, to the ‘reality music’ that has made his native Houston a hotbed for hip-hop over the years. “This album is me doing what I wanted to do. I put it together the way I wanted without being influenced by any other people – no A&Rs, none of that. What people are gonna get from this album is Houston. I have all the artists out of Houston on it: UGK, Scarface, Lil Keke, Z-Ro.”

As he cites appearances on his CD, Slim Thug gushes with pride. “These are the people I listen to all the time all day,” he proclaims, “and I just wanna give the world that, let the world know the type of stuff that we’re on because I don’t see too many people outside the southern region catching on to how we do our stuff out here. There’s still a whole other side of Houston that hasn’t been displayed so I’m still trying to bring it out to a broader audience.”

After one CD, several mixtapes – including Serve and Collect: Volumes 1 and 2 – and a number of appearances on other people’s projects (Mike Jones’ ‘Still Tippin’ Gwen Stefani’s “Luxurious" and Beyonce’s “Check On It”), the original boss man from Houston is back in the mix, still calling the shots, still doing things his way. “It’s always been like that,” he says confidently. “I was always in control of whatever I did. That’s why when I got with the majors I wasn’t comfortable because I wasn’t calling the shots. I’ve always been a boss in this music game. Now, in my mind, I’m starting over from scratch. I’m just hitting the reset button and start from there.”

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

Slim Thug I Run clean - http://latiument.com/slimthug/irun_clean.zip

Slim Thug I Run explicit - http://latiument.com/slimthug/irun_dirty.zip

CHECK OUT THE INTRO MAGAZINE ISSUE FEATURING SLIM THUG

Etta James puts Beyonce on blast!

Ok, so early this morning before I could get my daily work out on I heard that Mediatakeout had this audio of Etta James stating that she does not like Beyonce and that she was upset that she sung "At Last" at the Inaugural Ball. Initially I saw nothing wrong with the performance but I didn't look at it from Etta's point of view. Etta James has been singing this song for a number of years. Hell, it is her trademark song! I even have the best of Etta James just for this song. I think it was an honor to have her song chosen to be sung at the Ball but I do think that it was rude to not have Etta sing the song. They could have even sung it together. I don't think that it was our Presidents fault. It may have been an oversight with the staff that was coordinating the event.

MEDIATAKEOUT: AUDIO OF ETTA JAMES
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DESTINY CHILD'S KELLY ROWLAND RELEASES NEW MUSIC

MUSIC WORLD/ COLUMBIA RECORDS PRESENTS
KELLY ROWLAND
FT ROCK CITY

With Her New R&B Smash Hit
"BLAZE"
Produced By Mad Scientist
CLICK ON THE SONG LINKS BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE SONG
KELLY ROWLAND FT ROCK CITY- BLAZE
http://www.myspace.com/FOREVERBRANDY

"Ciara vs. Beyonce"

"Diva" -Ciara

"Diva"-Beyonce

PRODUCED BY: BANGLEDESH & SEAN GARRETT

NEW CHAMILLIONAIRE AND PROMO TOUR DATES - MIXTAPE MESSIAH 6 - JAN 13TH

While most of us were taking it easy over the Holiday period, Chamillionaire was hard at work in the studio, as usual, gearing up for the January 13th release of Mixtape Messiah 6, the soon-to-be-announced release of Mixtape Messiah 7 and of course, the 1st Quarter drop of his highly anticipated third album, Venom (Chamillitary/Universal Republic.)

Venom's first single, Creepin' (Solo) ft. Ludacris (at his maniacal best) is already on steady smolder mode since it was leaked in December and shows all the signs of an organically-grown hit. For those with a constant jones for freestyles though, we have provided a link below to download all of the latest, along with accompanying artwork, for your iPods, websites, blogs and general consumption.

Happy New Year from the Chamillitary family. Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD LINK:

http://audio.chamillionaire.com/fanbuild/chamillionaire/mixtape-freestyles.zip

JANUARY PROMO TOUR DATES:

1/13 - *** Mixtape Messiah 6 drops

1/13 - San Marcos / Round Rock

1/14 - Arlington - Valley View Mall

1/15 - Dallas / Ft. Worth

1/16 - Austin - Live remote at Club Vicci

1/17 - Houston - 8th Annual High School MLK Battle of the Bands - Del Mar Stadium - celebrity judge

1/18 - Houston - In-store at Fly Rydes

1/19 - Houston - 15th Annual MLK Grande Parade - Co-Grand Marshal

1/20 - D.C. - Inauguration

1/21 - D.C.

1/24 - McAllen - Performance at McAllen Convention Center event