Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz Headline 2010 Coachella Festival
Jay-Z is set to co-headline the upcoming Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival in April. The festival's organizer's announced the line-up on Tuesday (April 19), which has Jay headlining it's opening night during the three-day concert, with Muse and then the Gorillaz taking the duties the following evenings.
Other acts include veteran and new school hip-hop acts like De La Soul, Wale, B.o.B. and P.O.S. to electro-pop favorites MGMT, and countless ... Continue Reading
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Doing Their Part for Haiti: Bun, Wale Throw Benefit Concerts, the NBA Donates < Million
In the wake of the destructive earthquake that rocked Haiti earlier this week, several celebrities are trying to do their part to help. While Wyclef Jean has raised more than a $1 million through his Yéle Haiti organization, others are pitching in as well.
UGK's Bun B is gearing up for a fundraiser event called "Houston For Haiti," where a stellar line-up of the city's artists will perform. Along with Bun B, Slim Thug, Trae The Truth, ESG, Lil ... Continue Reading
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Beanie Sigel Says 50 Cent Used Him For Publicity
Former Roc-A-Fella Records recording artist, Beanie Sigel, had quite a year. After dropping a new track in October 2009, where he called out his former boss Jay-Z, he hooked up with one of Hova's rivals -- 50 Cent.
From there, things got interesting. Beans and 50 went on a campaign, where the Philly rapper began airing out the Roc's dirty laundry on radio and through other media outlets. It seemed he'd go on to become the next artist on Fif's G-Unit ... Continue Reading
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Free Download: Digital Dynasty Pt. 10, Hosted By DJ Whoo Kid
Just in time for New Years, the 10th edition of our free Digital Dynasty mixtape series is here ... finally. As most already know, G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid served as our gracious host.
After nine volumes, we along with Tha Advocate, are proud to reach such a milestone. Over all our past titles, we've accumulated over 500,000 digital downloads, and had some of the dopest artists play host (Ras Kass, Chamillionaire, Crooked I and others).
Now, here we ... Continue Reading
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DJ Skee’s Live From L.A. Podcast: 12/22/09
BallerStatus.com has partnered with DJ Skee to provide fans of his popular Sirius/XM satellite show, "Live From L.A.," with an exclusive weekly podcast of his show.
Normally, his show can be heard on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. PST on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's HipHopNation. If you don't have Sirius/XM or missed a broadcast, that's what podcasts are for. Here you can stream the entire 2-hour show, or download for your portable media ... Continue Reading
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In Rotation: Rakim, Raekwon, Wale, Chrisette Michele, Exile, Inspectah Deck, Lil Wayne & More
Just a few more days until Christmas. To keep you from getting bored while doing some shopping for those last Christmas gifts, here are some new songs and mixtape to put on your iPod. The Wu-Tang fam leaked a new Raekwon freestyle and Inspectah Deck song, while Wale and Sean Kingston share a love for Twitting. Others on the list include Lil Wayne, Rakim, Dorrough and many more.
To submit tracks, albums and mixtapes, get at us at audio@ballerstatus ... Continue Reading
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Full Text From Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
As reported in October, U.S. President Barack Obama was the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for giving the world "hope for a better future". This is the full text of Obama's acceptance speech, which he delivered on Thursday (December 10) in Oslo, Norway (courtesy of the White House):
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this ... Continue Reading
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