Author: YN

Kanye West & Lady Gaga “Fame Kills” Tour Dates

Whatever break ‘Ye may be planning to take, needs to go down in the next couple of months. Starting this November he’ll be gone with Lady Gaga on the ironically-titled “Fame Kills” tour well into early 2010. There goes Perez Hilton. He must be in the front row! Got a feeling the nation’s collective boo’s will turn to cheers by then.

Diddy’s Morning Commute

The Dirty Money dictator dropped by to visit Hot 97’s Jew-Rican morning show combo before he heads back to Cali for a month. Guess these guys are startin’ to get the big guests now. Eureka. Part 1: Sean insists there’s no auto-tune on his new joints. He used a “Flanger” instead. Take that! Part 2: Speaks on his heated exchange with a plain clothes hip-hop cop, and, of course, Kanye’s VMA outburst. Part 3: Combs eats some cheesecake and plugs […]

Our President Is Black, Kanye Is A “Jackass”

And you say, Chi-City! So before Leno got his Oprah on last night and Kanye promised a hiatus, an ABC reporter snitched that the Pres threw Mr. West under the bus in an off-the-record comment. ABC was left with pie on the face and released this statement: In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from […]

Timbaland Wanted A Drake “Off That” Verse

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3423559&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D437086%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A437086%2526startUri%3D%7BstartUri%7D] Tim can’t stop his camp from leaking records, but he’s got something to say about Hov’s decision to keep Drizzy just on the chorus of “Off That.” This guy got balls. “You gotta ask him. It should have been [on there],” he said of Drake’s missing rhymes. “But I thought, to me, we took [Drake] out of his element. But he said that was good to him. I said, ‘Oh, sh–, let’s go back and get him in […]

50 Cent & Tia Smooth Magazine Cover

You won’t believe what Ice just posted. Apparently, Officer Ricky still needs a restraining order. This is gonna go right in YN’s odd magazine cover collection. Hey, Curtis as a guest editor? That sounds familiar. Thank God, I’m off that. Ha!

Wale “World Tour” (VMA Rehearsal)

So we close the RR behind-the-scenes show with the latest from Wale’s upcoming Attention Deficit. No word if Jazmine Sullivan will be joining in on the fun tonight. But this just in: Bunyan got his biz partner ONE ticket and YN will be in the building solo dolo. You can hate me now. I know, you already do. Ha!

Wale “Make Her Say”/”Day ‘N’ Nite”/”Pretty Girls” (VMA Rehearsal)

Ever see one of XXL‘s celebrated freshmen cover the music of a fellow one? Well, here ya go. Tonight, you’ll see Scotty in the flesh, but this is a gem as Wale proves he knows all the words to his homie’s biggest hit. Also in the other clip, proves he can do a mean Gucci Mane impersonation. And you can throw in a DJ AM dedication too boot. You’re welcome!