Author: Paul “Big Homie” Duong

Diesel: Only The Brave: Donnis

[vodpod id=Video.4624936&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D627106412001%26amp%3BplayerId%3D340480126%26amp%3BviewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fconsole.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Famfgateway%26amp%3BservicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%26amp%3BcdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse%26amp%3B] ATL’s very own is up next for Diesel’s Only The Brave video series. Here he tells Common how his four years stationed in Japan  influenced his music and his desire for performing. Fashionably brave. Previously: Nipsey Hussle | Vado

Diddy’s Nervous About Sound Of Album

Puff’s Last Train To Paris has suffered more than a few derailments. In this week’s issue of NME, Diddy says he’s apprehensive about the amount of singing on the project. As of now, the album is scheduled to pull off in December. “There’s definitely nerves. It’s nerve-wracking because there’s more singing for me. You have a new concept, and it took people a while to buy into it. I think a lot of times people forget how many hits I’ve had. […]

Nicki Minaj Sets Billboard Record

A few months back, Nicki Minaj scored her first Billboard number one. Now, she has become the first female rapper with the most entries on Billboard’s 100. The seven entries are listed as Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling songs of 2010 with, so far, a total of 4,298,000 in sales: The entries consists of her single “Your Love” (755k) as well as her guest features including Luda’s “My Chick Bad” (1,246,000), Lil Wayne’s “Knockout” (519k), Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up” (518k), Usher’s “Lil Freak” (508k), […]

Busta Rhymes Recalls Battling Jay-Z

[vodpod id=Video.4620010&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1649317%2526vid%253D581115%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A581115] We all know Busta attended the same high school with both Jay-Z and B.I.G. in Brooklyn. But during Busta’s MTV RapFix Live session earlier today, Trevor recalls battling a young Shawn Carter in the school’s cafeteria. No sore losers here. “One day, somebody came up to me and was like, ‘Yo, Hov is in the cafeteria. They weren’t calling him Hov at the time; they were calling him Jay. ‘Do you want to step to him on some rhyme sh–?’ So I go. […]