Music producers Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine will donate $70 million to the University of Southern California to establish a center for arts and technology. The donation will be used to create the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, USC newspaper the Daily Trojan reported on its [...]
Dr. Dre Tops 2012 Forbes List of Highest Paid Musicians
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
If we’re to believe Forbes — and why not, we do every year — Dr. Dre is 2012′s highest paid musician. Your father’s favorite publication released their annual list today and the West coast rapper claims the throne with $110 million dollars. For those that think that number’s solely from his two Coachella performances, come [...]
Lil Wayne Suffers Seizure, Forces Plane to Make Emergency Landing
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Lil Wayne reportedly suffered from seizure-like symptoms during a flight on a private jet yesterday afternoon, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at an undisclosed location in Texas. Wayne was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for several hours before being released at about 6 p.m., according to TMZ. Weezy’s [...]
Dr. Dre Leads List of Top Hip-Hop Money Earners
September 6, 2012 | Posted by
Atlanta Black Star reported last week that Dr. Dre was the top money earner in hip hop because of the sale of his headphones, according to the Forbes magazine annual list of the top-earning celebrities, but who else is on the list of the top 20 money earners in hip hop? The website Hypebot put [...]
Forbes: Oprah Winfrey Highest Paid Celeb for 4th Year in Row
August 28, 2012 | Posted by
For the fourth year in a row, Oprah Winfrey sits atop the Forbes list of the highest paid celebrities. All the cogs in the Oprah machine came out to $165 million of income between May 2011 and May 2012. Winfrey beat out super director Michael Bay by just $5 million, as Bay realized quite a [...]
Dr. Dre Working with F. Gary Gray on N.W.A. ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Biopic
August 15, 2012 | Posted by
Rapper/producer Dr Dre recently posted this picture to his Twitter page with the caption that read: “Dre & F Gary Gray – The NWA Movie kicks off the collaboration! Expect more incredible projects from this powerhouse duo” This is a photo from the set of the N.W.A. film, which proves that F. Gary Gray has [...]
Skip the Celebrity: 11 Great-Sounding Headphones at Various Price Points
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
I get Dr. Dre having a headphone line. He is after all a producer of music, so headphones make sense. I get Ludacris, to a lesser extent, but he is a musical artist. Usain Bolt? That one is a stretch, but these days, it seems everyone and their mother has a headphone line, so I [...]
50 Cent Releases New Song, Starts Company with Floyd Mayweather
July 29, 2012 | Posted by
Rapper 50 Cent has dropped his new track, New Day, which features Alicia Keys and Dr. Dre, effectively squashing any rumors of a beef between 50 and the latter. Dre even acknowledged that he and 50’s relationship is still intact during his verse. “Me and Fif still in this bitch, we going the distance with [...]
Hip Hop Fan Zimmerman Was Disappointed P Diddy Supported Trayvon
July 21, 2012 | Posted by
George Zimmerman was a fan of hip hop to such an extent that he expressed surprise and disappointment that P Diddy came out in support of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old that Zimmerman killed. This revelation came from the transcripts of the 150 telephone conversations Zimmerman had while he was locked up in Seminole County [...]
Rick Ross: Recording With Dr. Dre, Jay-Z ‘Biggest Collaboration In Hip Hop’
July 20, 2012 | Posted by
Rick Ross set the internet ablaze yesterday when New York’s Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex debuted “3 Kings” off his upcoming album “God Forgives, I Don’t.” The song, which features hip-hop legends Dr. Dre and Jay-Z, is the first single from his latest project. The Miami native sat down with MTV in Washington, D.C. to [...]
