About four months ago,
Rap Radar asked Diddy who the baby was on the cover of The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, "Ready to Die." Today, on the 16th anniversary of the release of the album, they posted the footage. Diddy says that it was simply a casting call.
BBB reader
Theo passed along the video below. Starting at the 7:19 mark, Black Rob comes on, proclaiming himself as "the newest member of the Duck Down family." Shortly after, he says that "we [are] back to Bad Boy for the "Losing's Not an Option" album."
While this does seem to indicate that he is "back to Bad Boy," Rob has come out on Twitter, saying that any suggestion that he has signed back to Bad Boy is simply
"rumors" and
"false."
On Twitter,
Diddy passed along a
free download for "Coco Loso" by rapper Mickey Da Kid. The record is inspired by the Ciroc-mixed cocktail of the same name.
At press time, it has been downloaded 9,933 times.
On Twitter,
Diddy mentioned that Aasim will be releasing a new mixtape, "The Money Pit, Part 2," to follow "The Money Pit," another mixtape that Aasim released, back in 2005.
On a related note,
Aasim announced on Twitter that he would re-release the first mixtape with a new song.
A month ago to the day,
I reported that Aasim would be releasing a new single featuring Dawn Richard titled "We Ride." Aasim has now
released the track.
Download it for free. The record was produced and mixed by Aasim and Tony Dofat.
Update: Initially, this story had indicated that the song was produced by Aasim and mixed by Tony Dofat, as that had been the
official information provided previously. But, Aasim this evening mentioned
on Twitter that the record was produced and mixed by him and Tony Dofat.
Yesterday,
we learned that Gorilla Zoe's "King Kong" had been taken off of it's October 26 release date and was now simply coming this fall.
Today, on the
Block Entertainment Twitter, it is noted that the album will be released in October. Stay tuned for an official date.
Janelle Monae recently performed on Belgium TV program "De Laatste Show." She did "Tightrope" and you can watch the
full performance on the show's website.
The nominations for the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards have been announced and Diddy and Dirty Money combined to pick up four nominations in three categories. Here is the break down:
Reese's Perfect Combo Award
"Hello Good Morning (Remix)" by Dirty Money featuring Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj
"All I Do is Win (Remix)" by DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Jadakiss and Nicki Minaj
Hustler of the Year
Diddy
Best Club Banger
"Hello Good Morning" by Dirty Money featuring T.I. and Rick Ross
As an aside, Hype Williams (director of Dirty Money's "Angels," "Hello Good Morning" and "Hello Good Morning (Remix)" music videos), received a nod in the Hip-Hop Video Director of the Year category.
