Eminem‘s Recovery album has been knocked down to number three on this weeks Billboard’s Top 10 list thanks to California girl Katy Perry and her Teenage Dream. Eminem reigned over the charts in that number one spot for eight weeks before Perry took it over with her sophmore album. According to Billboard Teenage Dream is […]
We all know divas can be divas, but what about rappers and their backstage demands? As Eminem and Jay-Z get ready to perform at Detroit’s Comerica Park and New York’s Yankees Stadium respectively, The Smoking Gun takes a look at the dressing room demands of both artists. Known as ‘riders’, artists have certain demands before […]
Very few artists would say their success happened overnight. It may have just taken one song for them to blow up, but it’s likely that they had been working towards that moment for years. Many emcees start of in their teens – freestyling, battling, writing whenever they can, hustling, trying to make their dream come […]
Always one to grab an opportunity when it presents itself, Jay-Z – who famously claimed ot have ‘made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can’ – has teamed up with the NY Yankees for a limited edition line of merchandise inspired by latest album, Blueprint 3. The fitted caps and t-shirts will be […]
Big numbers from a big artist Em proves he can do it again! Eminem returned to number 1 on the Billboard 200 again after selling another 133,000 copies in its 8th week on the charts. That takes his total to an astonishing 2,113,000. Congrats to Em for hitting double platinum in just about […]
What a powerful song by Eminem. I have great respect for a person who can own up to his mistakes, especially when that person is in the public eye. Welcome back Eminem. For the rest of us who are not in the public eye; why can’t we take responsbility for our own actions? Success doesn’t […]
It can be debated that the rap industry is either about lyricism, clever delivery and hot production or the money made from it. We know that the rap videos are largely reflections of a rapper’s bravado and paycheck–each video seemingly growing in the amount of cash being thrown around in the air, locations changed, stunts, […]
I ought to make it clear that I am a big fan of some of the latest generation of young talent that have a made a breakthrough into the mainstream. Lately, we have been blessed with some fine albums from new, emerging artists as well as fine bodies of work from more established artists and […]
Jay-Z, in all black everything, helped kick off the Nike World Basketball Festival last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. For 30-minutes, the big apple’s favorite MC, ripped through classics new and old, calling out whoever was in attendance from all the boroughs. ‘Diamonds Are Forever’, ‘Run This Town’, ‘Dead Presidents’, […]
Eminem is the Hottest Rapper Alive Right Now Eminem has had some ups and downs the past few years but has managed to have one of the best comeback’s (if not the best) in hip hop history. There was a time when Eminem was “the” best rapper in the game hands down. After The […]
Rihanna and Matt Kemp decided to have a wonderful evening in New York City last night. Paparazzi caught up with the Rockstar singer and the Dodger leaving Da Silvano looking like two people in love. Matt Kemp better be on his A-Game though! Multi-Platnum rapper Eminem revealed that he would wife Rihanna in a heartbeat. A source […]
Well folks, finally, it’s the video we’ve been waiting for: ‘Love The Way You Lie’ by Eminem featuring Rihanna at long last has the visuals to go with the hit record about domestic violence. Starring Hollywood’s sexy starlet, Megan Fox, Lost‘s Dominic Monaghan, and directed by the renowned Joseph Khan, ‘Love The Way You Lie’ had a […]
