Author: Paul “Big Homie” Duong

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. […]

Billboard Tastemakers: Bun B

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Lloyd Banks On “Start It Up” With Kanye

[vodpod id=Video.4618906&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D581102%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A581102] Since Kanye praised Banks, we’ve heard the two on last G.O.O.D. Friday’s  “Christian Dior Denim Flow” . Today Banks tells 1515 that yesterday’s release “Start It Up” off H.F.M. 2 was initially supposed to feature just Fabolous. Hey, the more the merrier. “That was one of the last joints I recorded for my album. Originally it was me and Fab, then I got Kanye, then Swizz was in the city and so was Ryan. The difference from that track being me and […]