Here is your Friday Hip-Hop for report for this week. If you missed any of the hottest news stories in Hip-Hop this week, get a full recap here! Have a great weekend and remember to be safe!
The Top Stories In Hip Hop This Week:
-A New Orleans jury convicted C-Murder of second-degree murder, for the January 12 2002 death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas.
-A member of Raekwons entourage allegedly punched Joe Budden in the face back stage at rock the bells in LA. Joe Budden then offered to fight Raekwon one on one and yesterday announced on hot97 that the beef is squashed.
-And finally Vibe Magazine will be back in November as a website, after being purchased by Intermedia Partners.
New Albums & Mixtapes Released This Week:
-Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
-Sean Paul - The Dutty Chronicles
-DJ Drama, Camron & Vado - Boss of all Bosses (Gangsta Grillz)
New Music Released This Week:
-Lloyd Banks - "80's Baby"
-The Game ft Ludacris "P*ssy Monsters"
-Nicki Minaj ft Shanell "Handstand"
-Chris Brown "Don't Know What It Is"
-Yung Joc ft Chris Brown & Pleasure P "Choose Me"
-Beyonce "Poison"
-Young Buck "Anticipating"
New Music Videos Released This Week:
-Ginuwine - Trouble
-DJ Quik & Kurupt - Hey Playa
-Slum Village - Actin Normal
WTF Moment Of The Week:
-This weeks WTF moment is the Kardashians, one's pregnant(Kourtney Kardashian) and one went blonde (Kim Kardashian).
The Billboard 200 This Week:
1. Michael Jackson - NUMBER ONES 98,000 - (CATALOG)
2. Michael Jackson - ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 54,000 - (CATALOG)
3. Michael Jackson - THRILLER 47,000 - (CATALOG)
4. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. 44,000 - (872,000)
5. Maxwell - BLACK SUMMER'S NIGHT 43,000 - (593,000)
6. Fabolous - LOSO'S WAY 37,000 - (136,000)
7. Michael Jackson - BAD 23,000 - (CATALOG)
8. Eminem - RELAPSE 22,300 - (1.3m)
9. Michael Jackson - DANGEROUS 20,000 - (CATALOG)
10.Michael Jackson - OavFF THE WALL 19.000 - (CATALOG)
And still at number 1 for the 6th consecutive week is Michael Jackson's Number Ones selling 98,000 units.
