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Aug
25/10
Nicki Minaj Doesn’t Think She’s A Big Deal?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:44
Written by Brandy Smith
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
42059, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Sunday June 27, 2010. Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Photograph:  Koi Sojer, PacificCoastNews.com

Recently rapper Nicki Minaj did an interview with Honey Magazine to talk about her new album Pink Friday, scheduled to hit stores Nov. 23rd.  In the interview she explains that she thought about pushing her album release date because she didn’t think that she had a big enough fan base.

Hmmm… let’s calculate this:

Over A Million Twitter Fans + Featured On 11 Records That Made It To The Billboard Charts+ BET and MTV Award Nominations = A Big Enough Fan Base. Not to mention, she did all of this with no album released.

Here’s what she had to say:

“People act like I have this really big buzz but I don’t really see it. To be honest, it’s not as big to me as people act like it is. I have to do so much work to promote – more work than other people because people expect me to lose. They think I’m one-dimensional a lot of times…I don’t think people see me as a musician, they see me more as a character and sometimes that is not a good thing. A lot of artists say they want my buzz but I don’t think that buzz is directly related to my music. I think once that album comes out, you guys will understand me as a musician”.

Well, I can honestly say that I am a huge Nicki Minaj fan and I haven’t come across many people that don’t like her music. Even some of the hardcore Lil’ Kim fans can’t help but give her props, despite the so-called “beef” between the two. I don’t know how she can’t see that she’s a big deal but I’m pretty sure that any doubts will be gone after her album drops in November.

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Jul
22/10
Rai Knight – Pivotal
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 12:45
Written by A. Hall
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

I ran across these post the other day THE FADER & ARJANWRITES, I’m very happy to see Rai Knight getting some great press. We’ve been hip to her since Mr. Postman was featured in HYPEBEASTRai Knight is from Warren, MI and is signed to FrontStreet Records, she works with The Skouts production team and writes her own material. Nonetheless, she’s dope and I forecast some huge news from her rather soon

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Jun
08/10
Lil’ Kim Has A New Job
Last Updated on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 12:24
Written by Brandy Smith
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Looks like Lil’ Kim has been doing more than talking trash about Nicki Minaj, recently the rapper has been named the new spokesperson for Three Olives Vodka, the newest edition to Vodka’s 18 signature flavors. YRB had an opportunity to speak with Lil’ Kim at her Three OlivesVodka photo shoot and this is what she had to say:

On how she became the Spokesperson for Three Olives
[Three Olives] built the campaign around me, which I thought was really great. That was really awesome. I was really honored. I was amazed they even thought of me. That was [number] one. A lot of times my management finds things, but I would say 90% out of 100%, these things come to me. I’m blessed.

Lil Kim on if she knew she’d one day be a brand
Well, I always knew that I was different. I always knew that I wasn’t going to come into the industry and just be labeled as a “female rapper.” I never even saw myself as just a female rapper, because I know that one thing I do very well is entertain. My mama always told me that, ever since I was a little girl. I would put on her shoes and put on her lipstick and stand in front of the mirror with my brush singing. I always knew that when I came into the industry I would elevate. I didn’t know a lot of the things that came to me would come. I thank God for it; I feel blessed. I can only be myself and do what I do the best. So yeah if that means something as wonderful and gracious as Three Olives Vodka comes my way, I’m gonna jump on it because that’s the direction I want to go in. I want to be universal, and that’s the one thing I feel also about Three Olives vodka is that everyone can enjoy it.

On her new book
I have my new book; it’s called The Price Of Loyalty – how ironic, right? It’s with St. Martin’s Press. We want to launch everything together so the fans have something to continuously pick up. It tells a story. A lot of times my story gets cut short [laughs]

Below are pics from her photo shoot:

Wow! Can we say…coke bottle?

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Feb
17/10
All-Star Weekend in Dallas and How I Wish I Was a Balla’
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:23
Written by Will Huff
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
NBA All-Star Game Basketball match - Dallas

So this weekend I went to Dallas for the NBA All-Star game. I got to town on Friday night. My first stop was to Jack in the Box, a restaurant I have heard a lot about but have never had the opportunity to try, the Philly Steak sandwich was pretty good by the way. Then I had the choice of what to do. I had to go get a peek at the new Cowboys Stadium. WOW! That’s my impression. The thing looks like a giant spaceship landed in Arlington and opened itself up for events. It reall was a site to see. Then I began to look for what was poppin’ in the Big D. There were TONS of parties jumpin’ off. I wanted to show up to everyone of then, except for one fact, the cover charge. I know that this is a big weekend for the city and it’s businesses but come on. Prices for services and clubs were JACKED!!!!! For a rinky-dink club with nobodys performing the cover was five times the normal amount. And if you wanted to go to a jump off, ppsssshh, you might as well take out loans. The parties were averaging around $75 to get in, then once in, $25 for chicken fingers etc. Prices were outrageous! This is where balla’ status comes into play. If I was a balla’ I could have been rubbing elbows with Diddy and Russell Simmons. I could have been grovin’ on the dance floor with Carmen Electra. The truth is, I almost went broke just by getting tickets to the game, taking off a weekend of work and driving my butt to Dallas. I wanted to be all up in those places the whole weekend.

I settled on one party though. It was at the Brooklyn Jazz Club and Kid Capri was the guest DJ. The party was cool until Capri left an hour after I dropped $30 to get in. The place emptied after that as Capri went to another club where the party was hosted by Carmello Anthony, Dewayne Wade and Russell Simmons. After dropping that $30 I really wasn’t in the mood for a $100 entry fee with minimum purchase requirements.  I wish I had the loot so I could have put CDs with  Ten Freaky Girls by Dux Jones and Mr. Postman by Rai Knight into the hands of some of these music executives and big DJs. I did get Capri copies of the two songs but there is a lot more damage I could have done.

The weekend was great though. Dallas was filled to the brim with beautiful people. The women were exquisite. Oh, and I got to attend the biggest basketball game ever, based on attendance. The All-Star game was a classic. There where so many dunks that will be replayed for years to come, and the game came down to the final shot with the east pulling it out. Seeing LeBron, Wade, Amare, Dwight Howard and the other stars all at once, playing together is something I will never forget. I may not have been able to fraternize with the big dogs this time, I was a part of a Guiness world record, the most people ever to attend a basketball game, 108,713 of us saw a classic game in the most amazing arena.