The
Post reports that Rashida Salaam, formerly an unpaid intern at Bad Boy Entertainment, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company, arguing that they violated minimum wage laws with their unpaid internship program.
The filing suggests that there may be more than 500 ex-interns of the company who could be eligible to join the class action suit.
At the end of January, house and electronic producer Guy Gerber
revealed that a collaborative album with Diddy was almost finished and would be his "main album for next year."
At first, Diddy wanted him to
do a remix album of Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris," but Gerber wanted to make something
"deeper musically."
Now, in an
interview with the Miami New-Times blog Crossfade, Gerber talks more about how the album came together.
How did you first hook up with Sean "Diddy" Combs? And what can you tell us about the new mystery album you collaborated on?
Well, he just called me one day and said that he loved my music and sampled one of my tracks for the intro of his album, and asked me to come to New York and hang out in the studio. At this point, he didn't know what he wanted. But I was just working out some beats and some musical landscapes and he was totally into it, even though the music was really deep and weird. Then he said, why don't I make a whole remix version of his album Last Train to Paris, some kind of a more underground interpretation. And I decided to take the opportunity to make something really different. I have to say that Puff really inspired me and pushed me to the limit. And I just took some time off touring and started making music that I'd never done before, and he was really supporting whatever I was doing. I think that is just great that he could have this vision about the whole project.
No official release date has been announced.
Here are Bad Boy's positions on the most recent Billboard U.S. album and single charts, released today.
Singles
The Billboard Hot 100
87. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (down from 82).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
37. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (a new high, up from 38).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
37. "Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money (a new high, up from 38).
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There was a story floating around that Diddy and Tracey Edmonds were dating and that she said he was the man for her and he was funnier than Eddie Murphy. We skipped that story in difference to it's legitimacy.
People spoke to reps for both Combs and Edmonds and they denied that their clients were dating. Edmonds rep called the story "a complete fabrication" while Combs' said that Diddy is single, but that he and Edmonds have known one another for over 10 years.
We're going to try something new here at Bad Boy Blog with our weekly Billboard chat report. Instead of just reporting Bad Boy positions on The Billboard 200 and Hot 100, we're also going to be reporting their spots on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, Pop 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Tracks charts. We may also temporarily report on other charts that are presently relevant to Bad Boy, such as Top Reggae Albums this week, due to the Elephant Man release. Here we go:
The Billboard 200
10. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" by Danity Kane (down from 7).
18. "Day26" by Day26 (down from 4).
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
4. "Day26" by Day26 (down from 3).
5. "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (down from 4).
38. "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man (debut).
69. "In and Out of Love" by Cheri Dennis (down from 60).
76. "Greatest Hits" by The Notorious B.I.G. (up from 85).
Top Reggae Albums
1. "Let's Get Physical" by Elephant Man (debut).
The Billboard Hot 100
20. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (a new high, up from 21).
98. "Got Me Going" by Day26 (down from 87).
Pop 100
16. "Damaged" by Danity Kane (a new high, up from 17).
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
31. "Got Me Going" by Day26 (a new high, up from 32).
85. "Juice Box" by Gorilla Zoe featuring Yung Joc (a new high, up from 90).
