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Skylar Diggins Signs with RocNation Sports Management

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Jay-Z’s RocNation Sports Management today announced the signing of Skylar Diggins, a rookie guard for the Tulsa Shock and marketing gold mine in waiting.

Diggins’ beauty plus her skills are going to make her a transformative athletic marketing figure, and the league a more pop culture-friendly product when you throw in other sexy hoopsters Maya Moore and Elena Delle-Donne.

Jay-Z’s brand recognition brings an relatively novice audience to the sport, young people and hip-hop fans who want to see how Jay’s client fares in the pros. It’s the Roc, you bastards.

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Tuesday

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November 2011

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Hip Hop Chef Roblé Ali to Star in New Bravo Series

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Next month, there will be a new chef cutting into Bravo’s reality TV scene. With his upcoming series Chef Roblé & Co., Roblé Ali will take audiences behind the scenes as he and his crew cater for some of the swankiest events in the New York tri-state area.

“I’m catering parties for a wide swath of amazing people,” Ali says. “Everyone from Kandi Buruss from The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Vanessa Williams to some really amazing socialites that you’ve never heard of that are very fun to watch. We take you from Brooklyn to uptown Manhattan to downtown Manhattan to the Jersey Shore. We’re all over the place.”

via Hip Hop Chef Roblé Ali to Star in New Bravo Series | News | BET.

Thursday

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November 2011

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R&B, Hip Hop artists effected by Billboard’s new ‘cost effective’ chart policy?

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No more nearly free albums. Billboard officially announced a new policy Wednesday, stating albums priced at less than $3.49 will not be counted on its coveted Billboard 200! Will this have an effect on R&B and Hip Hop artists who have occassionally benefited from lowering the sticker price to boost first week sales ?

It is no secret, Lady Gaga caused quite a controversy earlier this year when her anticipated album “Born This Way” was offered for $0.99, causing sales of the effort to exceed the 1 million mark. While it easily made the no.1 spot on the Billboard 200, the album is just one of several lower priced efforts to give an artist the boost they need to reach the summit.

via R&B, Hip Hop artists effected by Billboard’s new ‘cost effective’ chart policy ? – National Urban Pop | Examiner.com.

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November 2011

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Rocawear brings back ‘Occupy’ tees, despite backlash

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Consider the Occupy Wall Street movement to have been officially “occupied.”Jay Z’s Rocawear clothing company is still selling its T-shirt line inspired by the national protests against the banks and the top 1 percent income earners.

The “Occupy All Streets” line disappeared from the site temporarily, amid a dust-up over the company not sharing any proceeds from the sale of the shirts with the months-long movement.

via Rocawear brings back ‘Occupy’ tees, despite backlash.

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November 2011

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Chuck D Files $100M Class-Action Suit Against Universal Music

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Public Enemy’s Chuck D has filed a class-action lawsuit against Universal Music Group in U.S. District Court, alleging that the label didn’t pay fully its artists and producers in licensing deals for digital downloads and ringtones.

The suit claims UMG owes its artists “hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties” because of the discrepancies.According to the suit, Universal’s artists and producers are entitled to 50% of the net receipts from digital downloads and ringtones.

via Chuck D Files $100M Class-Action Suit Against Universal Music « Hip-Hop Wired.

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