Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Takeover 2008!
After a year of hip-hop being ran by the South, Jay-z had to put his super-hero abilities to work. With Kanye settin the year off right with Graduation going plat in about 3 days, the ROC was definately in the buildin. The Jay came and shut the shit down when he annouced his American Gangster album (Which is one his best pieces of work in my opinion). Then rumors of State Property gettin back together were confirmed a couple months ago and the hip-hop world was shocked to see Roc-a-fella records makin they're climb back to the top. Free and Beans album drop next month. I hear they're both supposed to be bangers. Then last night during Hov's American Gangster tour, he announced that Jadakiss is the newest member of the Roc-a-fella team. WOW. We all know Jada's a monster, so ummm the takeover has begun.
"Your boys Off The Wall these other niggas is Tito" - Party Life
Sunday, November 11, 2007
It's Confirmed Kanye's Mom Passes...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donda West, mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, has died, a spokesman for the rapper said. She was 58.
Donda West died Saturday night in Los Angeles, said the spokesman, who asked for anonymity because not all family members had been notified.
"The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief," the spokesman said.
A cause of death has not been released.
Donda West was known for the strong bond she shared with her son, by whose side she was often seen at parties and award shows.
Kanye West, 30, often spoke of his close relationship with his mother, who raised him alone after her husband left when Kanye was 3.
She was the inspiration for the song, "Hey Mama," on Kanye West's 2005 album "Late Registration," in which he sings: "Hey Mama, I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you ... I appreciate what you allowed for me. I just want you to be proud of me."
Donda West frequently defended her son against critics who accused him of penning misogynistic lyrics and other purported transgressions.
"I support my baby," she said in a Chicago Sun-Times interview. "He is telling how he feels and he is speaking the truth as he
sees it."
In May, she published the book "Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star," in which she paid homage to her famous son.
Donda West served as chief executive of West Brands LLC, the parent company of her son's business enterprises, and as chairwoman of the Kanye West Foundation, an educational nonprofit that works to decrease dropout rates and improve literacy.
Kanye West told the Associated Press in August that he and his mother worked together to devise the foundation's first program, "Loop Dreams," which helps public school students get involved in music.
"Me and my mother were discussing ways to give back and came up with the concept," he said.
Donda West worked in higher education for 31 years, before leaving academia in 2004 to help manage her son's career, according to a biography on the Kanye West Foundation's Web site.
She began working at Chicago State University in 1980 and eventually chaired the school's English department, according to the site. She started her teaching career in the early 1970s as an instructor at Brown College in Atlanta.
Kanye West's writing partner Rhymefest lamented Donda West's death Sunday in an appearance on Chicago radio station WCGI.
"She was everyone's mom," Rhymefest said. "A spirit never dies, a spirit lasts forever."
Associated Press Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody in New York and AP writer Sophia Tareen in Chicago contributed to this report.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
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