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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Odd Future Inks Indie Deal With Red/Sony

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Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) has officially inked a deal with Red Distribution/Sony, which gives the 13-man collective creative control over their destinies.

Odd Future's manager Chris Clancy confirmed the reports that ODD Future inked the deal, although the group's resident singer Frank Ocean, is signed to Def Jam

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"We kinda joke that they signed to themselves, but it's actually the truth," Chris Clancy told MTVNews. "The way it's working is Odd Future Records is an entity that will live on RED Distribution, which will be run and operated by Odd Future. That means in regards to releases, art, music, schedule, we're not bound to quarters and that type of stuff."

The new deal allows the group to operate an independent with major label backing, courtesy of Sony.

In May, Odd Future's leader, Tyler the Creator will drop his album Goblin, although that record will be released through XL Recordings under a previous deal.

Odd Future Records is currently mapping out a release schedule for all thirteen artists on the new imprint.

Failed Rick Ross/Erykah Badu Concert Results In $50K Lawsuit

A failed concert that was supposed to feature rapper Rick Ross and R&B singer Erykah Badu during the Soul Train Music Awards has turned into a lawsuit.

While neither Rick Ross

or Erykah Badu are named in the lawsuit, a concert that was supposed to feature the artists is what triggered the lawsuit.

Michael-Bryant Hicks and Eve Runyon filed the lawsuit against Tracey Pennywell and Penny in the Well Productions on April 26th.

The lawsuit was filed in The Superior Court of Fulton County for the State of Georgia.

According to Hicks and Runyon's lawsuit, Pennywell said she had entered into an agreement with the SoulTrain Productions to produce and promote a concert during the Soul Train Music Awards in November of 2010.

The lawsuit claims that Pennywell persuaded Hicks and company to invest $50,000 for the production of the concert.

Not long after signing a deal and receiving the funds, Pennywell and her company allegedly started abusing the investment on personal expenditures, nearly exhausting the finances.

The concert, which was supposed to feature Rick Ross and Erykah Badu, was to take place at the Atlanta Civic Center.

At the last minute, Pennywell changed the venue from the Atlantic Civic Center to Opera.

When Hicks and Runyon hit Opera to see how the event was going, they found out the artists were not performing and keeping their deposits.

When managers at Opera found out there would be no performances, they kicked Pennywell and her assistants out of the club.

SoulTrain ended up having to refund the cost of fans' tickets.

Hicks and Runyon seek to recover their initial investment of $50,000 a damages.

Jim Jones Turns Down Plea Deal Over Suspended License

Harlem, New York rapper Jim Jones could be heading to trial over a simple suspended license charge, after he was arrested for driving in March.

According to reports, the rapper turned down a plea deal yesterday in hopes of getting the misdemeanor offenses down to a simple violation.

Jim Jones was busted in Soho on March 30th, when police stopped the rapper for driving his Bentley in a bus lane on Broadway.

If Jim is convicted of the offense, he faces up to 30 days in jail.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

NYPD Investigating Diddy's Police Escort After Concert

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The NYPD has launched an investigation into reports that Hip-Hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was provided a police escort from his concert in Manhattan, to an after party in Northern New Jersey.

According to New York's 1010 WINS, Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly earlier today (April 26th), when reports hit the net that Diddy received a three-car police escort for his convoy of vehicles after a show at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Combs was originally supposed to take a helicopter to Club 4 Sixty 6 in West Orange, but a request put in to the FAA to fly and land the helicopter was received too late.

“Police escorts should be provided if there’s a security issue, period," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "Either for you, for me, for everybody else…The bottom line is the police department should treat everybody exactly the same. If you don’t get a police escort, P. Diddy shouldn’t.”

The internal investigation seeks to determine who authorized the police escort for Diddy.

Styles P. Opens Juice Bar In The Bronx

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Rapper Styles P. has teamed with three business associates to open a new juice bar in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx.

According to The Bronx Times, the rapper recently opened Juices for Life last month, along with partners Leo Galvez and Nyger Rollocks.

The three decided to open Juices for Life after bonding over juice drinks at another juice bar Rollocks owns in Harlem

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Juices for Life has exercise equipment inside of Juices for Life, which also has a bar where patrons can sit, as long as they are drinking a juice.

“I was eating a lot of fast food, but Rollocks got me eating right,” Styles P. told The Bronx Times. “Our first goal is to get everyone a little more health conscious.”

Maxine from Family Matters wants to do playboy

according to tmz

Admit it, you've always wanted to see Laura Winslow NAKED -- well, now you might be able to see the person who played her best friend Maxine on "Family Matters!!!"

Johnson -- who's 35-years-old now -- tells us, "I have been threatening my family that I was going to do 'Playboy' since I was 18 years old."

TMZ has obtained a photo of Cherie Johnson -- who also played Punky Brewster's BFF back in the '80s -- taken during a nude-ish photo shoot on a So Cal beach last week ... and she's hoping the pics will score her a spread in Playboy.

Cherie adds, "When my mom said 'Okay' ... and my grandma said, 'Bring me a autographed copy,' I figured I'd make it a goal."