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Jay Z Buys The Music
Vin Diesel and Girlfriend Paloma Jiménez Welcome Third Child
VIN DIESEL
Vin Diesel attends The Cinema Society with Men's Fit- ness & FIJI Water host a screening of "Guardians of the Galaxy," July 29, 2014, in New York.
"Furious 7" star Vin Diesel has welcomed his third child with his girlfriend, Paloma Jiménez.
The beloved actor, 47, an- nounced the news Monday on Facebook, posting a sweet pic and some lyrics.
"I hear babies crying, I watch them grow. They'll learn much more, Than I'll ever know. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world..." he wrote, alluding to the classic song “What a Wonderful World.”
'Empire' Soundtrack Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart
The Lyon family came to- gether to record a legacy album in the "The Lyon's Roar" episode of Empire that aired Feb. 25th on FOX.
It's official: Fox TV's break- out hit series Empire crashes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as its soundtrack debuts atop the list after a bat- tle was brewing between it and Madonna's new Rebel Heart album.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi- metric consumption, which in- cludes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent al- bums (SEA).
The Empire soundtrack was released March 10 through Columbia Records and bows with 130,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 15, accord- ing to Nielsen Music. It's the first TV soundtrack to debut at No. 1 since 2010, when three different Glee albums arrived atop the list. (Both Empire and Glee air on Fox TV.)
Kanye West Calls Kendrick
Streaming Firm, Aspiro
Lamar An 'Inspiration'
It’s official: Jay Z is buy- ing an online streaming com- pany that competes with Spotify and Apple.
On Friday, the investment vehicle that the rap star used to make a $56 million bid for the Swedish technology com- pany Aspiro announced that it had acquired enough of As- piro’s shares to take over the company. Aspiro, which is publicly traded in Sweden, operates subscription streaming services under the brands WiMP and Tidal, which entered the United States market last fall.
And 'Gift To The World'
Jay Z, whose real name is
Raven Symoné Defends TV Host’s
Kanye West Says President Obama Did Not Call Him At Home...But His People Did
KANYE WEST, PRES. OBAMA AND KIM K
JAY Z
Shawn Carter, made his offer for Aspiro in late Janu- ary through an entity he con- trols, Project Panther Bidco. Aspiro shareholders had until Wednesday to consider the offer, which needed 90 percent approval for Project Panther to take it over.
Kanye West has publicly praised fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar following the latter's new album release.
Lamar released his new album 'To Pimp A Butterfly' a week earlier than expected on March 16th.
The album was originally due for release on March 23 but was made available early on iTunes and Spotify.
Taking to Twitter, West called Lamar an "inspira-
KENDRICK LAMAR
tion" and said that his "mean- ing, message and execution" are "gifts to the world."
Michelle Obama Comment: ‘Some People Look Like Animals’
Raven-Symoné may have just put her foot in her mouth, again. Make that both feet.
Appearing as a guest-host on ABC’s ‘The View’ Monday, the actress weighed in on the controversial comments a TV host made about Michelle Obama’s appearance.
During the conversation, Symoné seemed to offer a bizarre defense of the now- fired host’s comments.
Univision’s Rodner Figueroa was fired last week for suggesting that the first lady could have been cast in the ‘Planet of the Apes’ fran- chise.
Regular View host Rosie Perez was livid about the re- mark, calling it undeniably racist. Symoné wasn’t con- vinced.
RAVEN SYMONÉ
“He did say Michelle Obama looks like a cast member of the ‘Planet of the Apes,'” Perez said em- phatically.
“But was he saying it ‘racist-like?'” Symoné inter- jected. “Because [Figueroa] did say he voted for [Michelle] later and I don’t think he was saying it racist.”
“Oh please!” Perez fired back. “That’s like saying, ‘I’m not a racist, but I have black friends.
Score one for the Presi- dent. He was right when he said he has never called Kanye West's home, despite Kanye's protestations to the contrary.
Sources directly connected with Kanye said President Obama had a breakfast in Beverly Hills last October and a bunch of celebs attended, in- cluding Kim and Kanye. The President talked about using star power to get people to vote.
When it was over, Pres. Obama told Kim and Kanye he wanted to set up a call to continue the conversa- tion. A few days later a staffer called to follow up.
Pres. Obama told Jimmy Kimmel he doesn't even have their home num- ber, but at LAX Kanye begged to differ.
Kanye sure sounded con- vincing that Pres. Obama called him, but he didn't. At least it was Obama adjacent.
50 Cent To Stand Trial For
Uploading Sex Tape Of
Rick Ross' Ex-Girlfriend
50 Cent has received a court date relating to criminal charges that he uploaded a sex tape of fellow rapper Rick Ross' ex-girlfriend.
50 Cent - real name Cur- tis Jackson - allegedly up- loaded an explicit video to YouTube in 2010 featuring Lastonia Leviston, mother to one of Ross' children, and her then-partner Maurice Murray.
It's claimed that Jackson posted the video to get re- venge on Ross, who has been embroiled in numerous feuds with Jackson in the past.
A newspaper reported: "Before posting the tape on the Internet, Jackson altered the tape, inserting himself into it. He blurred Murray’s face but not Leviston’s and she says the mental and emo- tional distress almost caused her to commit suicide."
50 CENT AND RICK ROSS
Jury selection will begin on May 26, with the two-week trial following in June.
Meanwhile, 50 Cent re- cently claimed that Suge Knight wanted to kill Dr. Dre during the 1990s in a bid to keep rapper Tupac Shakur on their Death Row Records label.
"Suge was gonna kill Dre," 50 Cent said. Pretend- ing to be Knight, 50, then said: "How do I keep him? Maybe I'll give him Dre's half. I don't know. Something might have to happen to Dre."
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