Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants to purchase the New York Knicks. He recently proclaimed his interest during an appearance on Howard Stern's syndicated morning radio show. "I think I could do a good job," Combs said, admitting that his efforts to engage in talks with the team's current ownership have to this point been fruitless. "I'm publicly puttin' it out there, because they're not taking my calls. "I think they need some new blood up in there... I'm not saying let's get rid of the owners, I'm saying put me down. Put me in the game... Because it's not going down right now." His desire stems from the team's poor performance over the past several years. The Knicks finished the 2002-2003 season with a losing record. "I wanna make sure we are gonna win," Combs said. During the interview, Combs criticized the team's personnel decisions. "We're making rush decisions," he said. "I think we need a team that also reflects the spirit of the city. We need an aggressive, fast team that knows how to run." When contacted, a representative for the Knicks had no comment on Combs' comments.
50 CENT has followed in the footsteps of his mentor EMINEM by launching his own fashion label - G-UNIT CLOTHING CO. The rapper has teamed up with respected urban clothing designer Marc Ecko for the line of menswear, and is hoping to expand into womenswear, childrenswear, watches and leather goods over the next three years.
Ecko said, "It's not new for a rapper or pop artist to launch a clothing line, but what is new is that a design-driven company like us is partnering with an artist to offer the marketing and merchandising - it's sort of like Nike and (Michael) Jordan coming together for Air Jordan." 50, a former star of an Ecko Unlimited ad campaign from a few years ago, brings "an interesting point of a view, a clean, crisp sense of style," to the label, according to Ecko. Speaking to Associated Press, he said, "The simplicity is what will be refreshing to the market." The full collection is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2004.
For those who don't know, Keith Murray is no longer on DefJam. His next album will be pushed independently. Keith Murray, who signed with Def Jam last year after getting out of jail in 2000, was released from the label two months ago amid rumors that he had choked two Def Jam employees, causing them to be hospitalized. "I'm not that dude," Keith scoffed when questioned about the alleged incident. "I don't run around here doing this or doing that. If something occurs between me and you, there was something that made it happen. He's decided to put the project out independently so he can earn more of the profits. "I've always had aspirations to go independent but when I came home from jail, I needed money," he said. "I had to go get a record deal and I felt Def Jam was the best place to be. I went to Def Jam because of the mom-and-pop attitude they had, but when I got there and started working with each department I realized] they're no longer mom and pop. They're all corporation." Murray says that he's been getting beats from Erick Sermon and Rockwilder and that he should be done recording his fourth studio album in a month. He wants to get the LP out this year after he secures a distribution deal for his new indie label. "The new album is more about not worrying if the label's gonna push it, if this person's gonna like the record," Murray said, denying any notion that he harbors ill will toward Def Jam. "It's me, full fledged, it's free. It's mentally free. The album is what I feel."
Source: MTV
Styles, one-third of the Lox, will be released from prison on August 4, after 10 months of incarceration. Styles was convicted of assault for allegedly stabbing a man in his backside. Prior to heading behind bars, Styles shared his sentiments with New York's Daily News, saying, "Who wants to go to jail? Jail sucks, you get treated like an animal. I'll catch up on my reading, get in better physical shape, get some rest."
50 CENT has followed in the footsteps of his mentor EMINEM by launching his own fashion label - G-UNIT CLOTHING CO. The rapper has teamed up with respected urban clothing designer Marc Ecko for the line of menswear, and is hoping to expand into womenswear, childrenswear, watches and leather goods over the next three years.
Ecko said, "It's not new for a rapper or pop artist to launch a clothing line, but what is new is that a design-driven company like us is partnering with an artist to offer the marketing and merchandising - it's sort of like Nike and (Michael) Jordan coming together for Air Jordan." 50, a former star of an Ecko Unlimited ad campaign from a few years ago, brings "an interesting point of a view, a clean, crisp sense of style," to the label, according to Ecko. Speaking to Associated Press, he said, "The simplicity is what will be refreshing to the market." The full collection is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2004.
For those who don't know, Keith Murray is no longer on DefJam. His next album will be pushed independently. Keith Murray, who signed with Def Jam last year after getting out of jail in 2000, was released from the label two months ago amid rumors that he had choked two Def Jam employees, causing them to be hospitalized. "I'm not that dude," Keith scoffed when questioned about the alleged incident. "I don't run around here doing this or doing that. If something occurs between me and you, there was something that made it happen. He's decided to put the project out independently so he can earn more of the profits. "I've always had aspirations to go independent but when I came home from jail, I needed money," he said. "I had to go get a record deal and I felt Def Jam was the best place to be. I went to Def Jam because of the mom-and-pop attitude they had, but when I got there and started working with each department I realized] they're no longer mom and pop. They're all corporation." Murray says that he's been getting beats from Erick Sermon and Rockwilder and that he should be done recording his fourth studio album in a month. He wants to get the LP out this year after he secures a distribution deal for his new indie label. "The new album is more about not worrying if the label's gonna push it, if this person's gonna like the record," Murray said, denying any notion that he harbors ill will toward Def Jam. "It's me, full fledged, it's free. It's mentally free. The album is what I feel."
Source: MTV
Styles, one-third of the Lox, will be released from prison on August 4, after 10 months of incarceration. Styles was convicted of assault for allegedly stabbing a man in his backside. Prior to heading behind bars, Styles shared his sentiments with New York's Daily News, saying, "Who wants to go to jail? Jail sucks, you get treated like an animal. I'll catch up on my reading, get in better physical shape, get some rest."