Yesterday, Diddy was honored by ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, who presented him with the ASCAP Founders Award at 24th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.
Past recipients have included Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown Industries, Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, James Taylor, Neil Young, Annie Lennox, Dr. Dre and Rod Stewart.
Rap-Up.com reports that Dr. Dre was on hand to introduce Diddy. In the clip below, you can watch Dr. Dre's speech as well as a portion of Diddy's.
Red Cafe makes a brief cameo in the new music video for Rick Ross' "9 Piece" featuring Lil' Wayne. The director's cut is below. Warning: you must be 18 or older to watch the clip, which includes nudity.
For the second consecutive year, according to Jordan Schultz at the Huffington Post, Sean John is providing a gifting suite for top prospects drafted during the 2011 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft. The experience includes suit fittings for the players, outfitting them for the draft which took place on Thursday.
The suits, filed by the three people who were shot on that night, were aimed at Sean "Diddy" Combs, Barrows and Club New York owner Michael Bergos. Bergos, who refused to sign a confidentiality agreement, revealed to the Post that the victims were paid $1.8 million, $500,000 and $50,000. Natania Reuben, who was shot in the face and suffered seizures due to the incident, received the largest amount. Her attorney, Debra Reiser, had no comment for the post.
"My client wanted the confidentiality agreement because she didn't want any further publicity," he said. "She's been victimized enough."
The payments were split between Combs, Barrows and Bergos. According to him, insurance covered the portions paid by both the club owner and Barrows, but Combs paid his portion out of his own pocket because his insurance company is now out of business.
Yesterday, on Twitter, Aasim announced that he would be releasing his "official" single, "Upside Down." The song, accompanied with a video, was supposed to be released yesterday, but is not yet out.
Earlier this week, Red Cafe mentioned on Twitter that he was finishing up a new track, a "summer anthem" in his words" featuring Fabolous and produced by Jahlil Beats, who produced "Money, Money, Money."
