Tonight is the night: Diddy's appearance on CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" is tonight. It'll air at 10 PM ET. Check out the video below to see some clips from the episode, set over Dirty Money's "Coming Home."
Steven J. Horowitz of The Boombox reports that, during an appearance on HOT 97, hosted by DJ Absolut, Diddy was asked to name his five favorite rookies and lyricists.
When it came to lyricists, it was Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, Fabolous and Drake. Diddy said that he would take Fabolous over Drake, if it came to it as he "would have to roll with the home team if I had to leave somebody out."
Dirty Money spoke with the Boston Herald about the tour, the dynamics of the group and what Diddy has told Dawn Richard and Kalenna, in their quest to gain a wide audience.
“It sounds corny, but you get out of it what you put into it,” Diddy said from Chicago. “I tell them all the time that I don’t have magic dust to make them a star. They’re out here to make themselves stars. Will.i.am had to make himself a star. Beyonce had to make herself a star. Kanye had to make himself a star. There’s nobody that’s gonna be able to sprinkle some magic dust on you. It has to come from within.”
Sept. 7 San Antonio AT&T Center
Sept. 8 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
Sept. 9 Louisville KFC Yum! Arena
Sept. 11 Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
Sept. 13 Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Arena
Sept. 14 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
Sept. 16 Omaha Qwest Center
Sept. 17 Tulsa BOK Center
The video below is random and the sound is behind the visuals, but I wanted to share it nonetheless as it is the first video released since the signing. They talk about some fraudulent charitable promotion. I couldn't find much out about that.
On her blog, Dawn Richard talks about returning to the stage to perform on Diddy/Dirty Money's "Coming Home" tour. There is some rehearsal footage mixed in there, as well.
James Reed of the Boston Globe has an interview with Diddy, touching on the inspiration for "Last Train to Paris," the appearance of Grace Jones on Dirty Money's "Yeah Yeah You Would" and more.
Q. You have an all-star cast on this one — from Lil Wayne and Justin Timberlake to Usher and Drake — but how did Grace Jones end up on this album?
A. We had a show with her in Rio [de Janeiro], and I go to her brother’s church. It was a whole six-degrees-of-separation thing. I had met her one other time a long time ago. We just had a vibe. I picked up the phone and called her. I sent her the record, and she was like, “I loved it. And you know I don’t do anything with anybody.’’
