Billboard reports that Diddy has revealed the executive team that will lead Revolt TV, his new cable TV channel that will debut this fall.
Keith Clinkscales, formerly of ESPN and VIBE, will be the company's CEO. Former MTV executive vice president, programming & production Andy Schuon has been linked to the project since it was announced and will serve as president. His Twitter bio mentions that he is a co-founder of the network.
Finally, former Comedy Central and Lifetime Television executive Val Boreland will be the executive vice president of programming and scheduling.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today. French Montana's "Ain't Worried About Nothin" sees nice gains.
Albums
The Billboard 200
138. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 78).
Top Current Albums
122. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 76).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
25. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 19).
42. "Lace Up" by Machine Gun Kelly (down from 39).
DJ Prostyle has released "F.O.H" featuring Fabolous and French Montana. You can listen to and download the clean version above. You can buy the explicit cut on iTunes and listen to it below, as well as check out the cover.
Bad Boy Blog will be quiet from July 18 through July 23 as I will be taking some time away from the site. Thank you for reading and for your patience and support. Have a great weekend!
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards nominees are out and Janelle Monáe picked up a nomination for her "Q.U.E.E.N." video in the Best Art Direction category. Other nominees include Capital Cities' "Safe and Sound," Third Second to Mars' "Up in the Air," Lana Del Ray's "National Anthem" and Alt-J's "Tesselate."
Machine Gun Kelly has released the music video for "Black Tuxedo" featuring Tezo. It was directed by Spordy19xx. The song was featured on his "Black Flag" mixtape.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released on Thursday. French Montana's "Ain't Worried About Nothin" reaches a new high on the Hot 100.
Albums
The Billboard 200
77. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 63).
Top Current Albums
72. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 60).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
15. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 14).
39. "Lace Up" by Machine Gun Kelly (down from 38).
Skullcandy is offering a free download of "Back 2 Ballin (Rumble Remix)" by Wale featuring French Montana. You can find it in the "Download" tab on skullcandy.com/revolution/wale.
According to Sean John, Finish Line stores are now selling Sean John footwear. You can use the store locator on the Finish Line website to find a location near you.
Bad Boy Records has historically been pretty bad about informing the general public about who is and isn't on the label. There has typically been two rosters: the roster Bad Boy is currently promoting and the other artists they've signed who they are not currently promoting.
As such, we have often maintained coverage of certain artists after they left the label because Bad Boy didn't reveal that they had left the label, but it eventually was said by someone credible or simply became clear.
Bad Boy Blog will now cease coverage of Big Gee, Boyz N Da Hood, Dirty Money (except as it applies directly to Diddy), Jordan McCoy, Marina Chello, Mario Winans and Shannon. With the exception of Dirty Money, all of these artists were signed to Bad Boy/Atlantic and when Diddy made the move to Interscope, he said that a Bad Boy/Atlantic label would still exist with the artists that he had signed previously. And it does.
But, over time, it has become clear that Janelle Monáe may be the only active artist who is still signed to it. I've heard rumblings here and there but nothing anyone would put on the record, unfortunately. That said, the inactivity, the exclusion of these artists from the "official" roster and words from the artists themselves have indicated to me that it is appropriate to cease coverage of them at this time (and probably was appropriate some time ago).
If anything should happen regarding these artists and Bad Boy (or the work they created while with Bad Boy), I'll be sure to mention it.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released on Thursday. French Montana's "Ain't Worried About Nothin" leads the way with gains across the board.
Albums
The Billboard 200
63. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 52).
168. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (re-entry).
Top Current Albums
60. "Excuse My French" by French Montana (down from 50).
Jay-Z released his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," today exclusively to Samsung Galaxy users who installed a dedicated app. The album features "Jay Z Blue (Daddy Dearest)," which contains samples of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "My Downfall," in the form of vocals from Biggie and Jay-Z reciting some of the lines himself.
You can now pre-order "The Electric Lady," Janelle Monáe's upcoming album, on iTunes. There are 19 tracks listed, though only two have titles. This doesn't mean the final release will have 19 tracks, though, as the track listing has yet to be released.
CoverGirl has released a new promo for their Clean Whipped Creme Foundation featuring Janelle Monáe and her new single, "Dance Apocalyptic." Watch it above.
Forbes recently released their annual ranking of the 100 most powerful celebrities, The Celebrity 100. Zack O'Malley Greenburg included Janelle Monáe in his list of three long term prospects to keep an eye out for future editions of the list. He notes that she is now grossing over $100,000 for a night on the road.
Last week, Forbes released their 2013 list of the world's most powerful celebrities, The Celebrity 100. Diddy did not make the cut on this year's list.
Forbes has ranked him as hip-hop's wealthiest artist for two consecutive years, but the second and third entries on the wealthiest artist list are both on The Celebrity 100 - Jay-Z and Dr. Dre - while Diddy is not.
Janelle Monáe has released the new music video for "Dance Apocalyptic." It was directed by Wendy Morgan based on a treatment written by Chuck Lightning. Monáe has released the treatment and you can read it care of Atlantic Records.
Machine Gun Kelly's drummer, JP Cappelletty, has released a drum cover mix of three songs from the "Black Flag" mixtape. "Peso," "Swing Life Away" and "Breaking News." This video represents the second to last"Black Flag" strike.
At last night's BET Awards 2013, A$AP Rocky walked away with the Best Collaboration award for "Problems" featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar. French Montana's "Pop That" (featuring Rick Ross, Drake and Lil' Wayne) had been nominated in the category.
