What would Black folks in the world do without Sean Penn in this decade? After basically living in Haiti for an entire year starting last January following the earthquake, Sean Penn, who we’re certain hasn’t abandoned his new part-time island home for good, is now fighting for North Africa. After waving an Egyptian flag in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday, Sean Penn has continued west on his humanitarian tour of North Africa. The actor made a stop in Tripoli, Libya, where he spoke to reporters about the state of the country post-Moammar Gadhafi. So what did the star have to say? Penn refused to talk about what his exact plans were in the Libyan capital when he chatted with the press outside his hotel, but he did praise the country’s citizens for their efforts in ousting the dictator, saying he admired “the courage to say ‘we want freedom.’” “It’s an extraordinary thing,” he gushed, adding that he was confident Libya could truly become a democracy. “An enormous price has been paid, but I think there is no question that they can follow it through,” he said. Last week the 51-year-old star was in Cairo, where he was invited by Egyptian-born actor Khaled el-Nabawi to participate in a rally demanding that military rulers speed up the transfer of power to civilians after an 18-day revolt caused the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February. Citizens are worried the power will go to Mubarak supporters. Thank you, Based Sean Penn. No seriously… because which famous one of “us” have you heard go there? Source
‘J. Cole’s success is testament to amazing artist development and Cole’s hard work,’ Roc Nation boss says in statement to MTV News. By Rob Markman J. Cole Photo: C Brandon/ Redferns Cole’s world just got a lot brighter. After news officially broke that J. Cole ‘s Cole World: The Sideline Story snagged the #1 spot on this week’s Billboard 200, his Roc nation boss, Jay-Z , gave the rookie MC a big pat on the back. “J. Cole’s success is testament to amazing artist development and Cole’s hard work,” Hov said in a press release issued to MTV News. “I want to congratulate him on a #1 album and more importantly a great body of work.” The Fayetteville, North Carolina, MC/producer moved more than 217,000 copies of his debut in its first week of release, beating out Blink 182’s long-awaited Neighborhoods album. “J. Cole personifies humility and grace with edge and depth. As an MC, his point of view speaks to and represents me. I’m proud and blessed to be a part of his journey!” Mark Pitts, president of urban music at Sony /JIVE and CEO of Bystorm Entertainment, said in the statement. Cole first attracted a buzz in 2007 with The Come Up mixtape. In 2009, he quietly signed to Jay-Z’s label before releasing his Warm Up tape. The rapper is a former XXL Freshmen cover subject, and along with appearing on his boss Hov’s Blueprint III, he also toured with Rihanna this year. But even with all of his accomplishments, Cole’s debut went through a series of starts and stops before dropping on September 27. On the strength of his singles “Work Out,” “Can’t Get Enough” (with Trey Songz) and “In the Morning” (with Drake), Cole built anticipation for his first album. In an interview with MTV2’s Sucker Free, Cole spoke about the excitement he would feel to have his LP in stores: “I can remember going to get so many albums and just the fact that mines is one of those. Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With J. Cole Related Artists Jay-Z J. Cole
Rapper is poised to sell 250,000 in first week of his debut’s release. By Rob Markman J. Cole Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage In a week’s time, J. Cole jumped from hip-hop’s bench to the starting lineup when he released his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story , and now Billboard is reporting that the Roc Nation MC is poised to have the #1 record on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week. Early estimations have Cole pushing as many as 250,000 copies in his first week, and the Jay-Z prot
Mashup of the Day: The North Korean propaganda / “Party Rock Anthem” mashup you knew was coming is now here. “Ain’t no party like a Pyongyang party, ‘cause a Pyongyang party is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY.” [ error606 / thanks travis! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 20/09/2011 00:30 Number of articles : 2
The Toronto International Film Festival continues, and the frozen North is getting hot, hot hot with a deluge of nudity from old favorites and up-and-coming nude stars alike. Our Skin Skouts saw movies starring Gina Gershon , Juno Temple , Asia Argento , Carice van Houten , and Emily Browning , and we’re slappy to say the nudity reports are all positive. Add a lesbian liplock from Olivia Wilde into the mix, and it looks like we’re headed for an awesome nude autumn. More breaking nudes from Toronto after the jump!
‘He spoke his piece, I spoke my piece, and he told me he loved me,’ Cons reveals on ‘RapFix Live.’ By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Consequence, Baby Caiden and Sway Calloway Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News To err is human, but to forgive is divine. After Consequence appeared on “RapFix Live” back in May and dished on his severed relationship with Kanye West , the ex-G.O.O.D. Music MC returned on the one-year anniversary of the show to tell fans that he and ‘Ye have buried the hatchet. It was a day of positive celebration. Maino, Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones all came on Wednesday to toast the year that was. The Outlawz stopped by as well and talked about their onetime mentor Tupac’s enduring legacy, 15 years after his death . The show’s most revealing moment, however, came when Consequence seized the opportunity to make an announcement. “I got a couple updates,” Cons told Sway, as Banks sat on the red couch beside them. “Me and Kanye spoke.” Back on May 4, Cons visited the “RFL” set, where he first told viewers he was no longer a part of G.O.O.D. Music and expressed his displeasure with West. While he had a long list of grievances, the fiery MC seemed most upset about the long-delayed release of his sophomore album, Cons TV . “At one point, Kanye wasn’t even doing any music after the Taylor Swift situation ; it’s documented he went to Europe,” Cons said, alluding to ‘Ye’s 2009 MTV VMA outburst. “In the midst of all that, I was left hanging.” But the Queens MC revealed he had a change of heart when after the birth of his son Caiden, his son’s mother played the infant “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” one of Cons and Kayne’s more popular collaborations. “It got to the point where I was just like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna hit son one time, and one time only, and see where we’re at with this,’ ” Consequence said of his decision to reach out to ‘Ye. “Is it gonna get all the way turnt up?” he recalled thinking. As many fans know, West famously doesn’t have a phone and the best way to reach him is through email, so Cons fired away. “I hit him, and he hit me back with one of those all-caps tirades,” he said. “He was pissed and rightfully so. And I was pissed and that’s why things happened the way they happened. … He spoke his piece, I spoke my piece, and he told me he loved me. And the feud is over with Kanye.” As for the exact details of the exchange, Cons wouldn’t elaborate much. “He can speak for [himself] but basically it was an analysis of 10 years and [Kanye asked], ‘How could you do this to me in the public?’ And he got hit right back with that: ‘How could you do this to me in the public?’ “When you spend 10 years working with somebody and basically y’all consider each other brothers, that’s a lot, that’s a lot of dirty laundry,” Cons continued. “That’s why it was easy for me to do some of the things that I did, just on the strength that.” Although the two seem to be working out their issues, fans shouldn’t expect them to hit the studio together any time soon. “It doesn’t mean that I’m going back to G.O.O.D. Music; I got my own company,” he said of his newly formed Bandcamp Entertainment. What do you think of Cons’ latest statements about Kanye? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ Anniversary Special With Lloyd Banks, Consequence, More Related Photos Party Time At ‘RapFix Live’ One-Year Anniversary Show Related Artists Kanye West Consequence
‘He spoke his piece, I spoke my piece, and he told me he loved me,’ Cons reveals on ‘RapFix Live.’ By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Consequence, Baby Caiden and Sway Calloway Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News To err is human, but to forgive is divine. After Consequence appeared on “RapFix Live” back in May and dished on his severed relationship with Kanye West , the ex-G.O.O.D. Music MC returned on the one-year anniversary of the show to tell fans that he and ‘Ye have buried the hatchet. It was a day of positive celebration. Maino, Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones all came on Wednesday to toast the year that was. The Outlawz stopped by as well and talked about their onetime mentor Tupac’s enduring legacy, 15 years after his death . The show’s most revealing moment, however, came when Consequence seized the opportunity to make an announcement. “I got a couple updates,” Cons told Sway, as Banks sat on the red couch beside them. “Me and Kanye spoke.” Back on May 4, Cons visited the “RFL” set, where he first told viewers he was no longer a part of G.O.O.D. Music and expressed his displeasure with West. While he had a long list of grievances, the fiery MC seemed most upset about the long-delayed release of his sophomore album, Cons TV . “At one point, Kanye wasn’t even doing any music after the Taylor Swift situation ; it’s documented he went to Europe,” Cons said, alluding to ‘Ye’s 2009 MTV VMA outburst. “In the midst of all that, I was left hanging.” But the Queens MC revealed he had a change of heart when after the birth of his son Caiden, his son’s mother played the infant “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” one of Cons and Kayne’s more popular collaborations. “It got to the point where I was just like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna hit son one time, and one time only, and see where we’re at with this,’ ” Consequence said of his decision to reach out to ‘Ye. “Is it gonna get all the way turnt up?” he recalled thinking. As many fans know, West famously doesn’t have a phone and the best way to reach him is through email, so Cons fired away. “I hit him, and he hit me back with one of those all-caps tirades,” he said. “He was pissed and rightfully so. And I was pissed and that’s why things happened the way they happened. … He spoke his piece, I spoke my piece, and he told me he loved me. And the feud is over with Kanye.” As for the exact details of the exchange, Cons wouldn’t elaborate much. “He can speak for [himself] but basically it was an analysis of 10 years and [Kanye asked], ‘How could you do this to me in the public?’ And he got hit right back with that: ‘How could you do this to me in the public?’ “When you spend 10 years working with somebody and basically y’all consider each other brothers, that’s a lot, that’s a lot of dirty laundry,” Cons continued. “That’s why it was easy for me to do some of the things that I did, just on the strength that.” Although the two seem to be working out their issues, fans shouldn’t expect them to hit the studio together any time soon. “It doesn’t mean that I’m going back to G.O.O.D. Music; I got my own company,” he said of his newly formed Bandcamp Entertainment. What do you think of Cons’ latest statements about Kanye? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ Anniversary Special With Lloyd Banks, Consequence, More Related Photos Party Time At ‘RapFix Live’ One-Year Anniversary Show Related Artists Kanye West Consequence
Jay and J. Cole finally collaborate for Cole World: The Sideline Story, due September 27. By Rob Markman J. Cole and Jay-Z Photo: Getty Images It may not have come as he planned, but J. Cole finally got a feature from Jay-Z on his debut album. Despite being signed to Hov’s Roc Nation, there was no guarantee that the CEO would lend his voice to Cole World: The Sideline Story. Cole recorded the yet-unreleased “God’s Gift” in hopes that Jigga would ride shotgun on it. Instead, it’s the slick-talking “Mr. Nice Watch” that will bear Jay’s bars when Cole’s album drops September 27. It’s fitting that Jay would appear on the futuristic-sounding track, considering its hook borrows from his own “A Million and One Questions.” On the 1997 underground classic, a still-on-the-come-up Jigga raps in third person, “Uggh, nice watch, do you really have a spot?/ Like you said in ‘Friend or Foe’ and if so, what block?” And with that inspiration, Cole builds his single, which leaked online Wednesday (September 14). “No more Mr. Nice Guy, hello Mr. Nice Watch,” the North Carolina lyricist raps as he moves from struggling underground artist to major-label breakout. On the self-produced track, Cole World provides a bouncy dubstep backdrop, perfect for stunting. Hov doesn’t disappoint either, rapping cryptically, using Florida Gators great Tim Tebow to metaphorically illustrate his affinity for his own wrist wear. “Got a Hublot, I call Tebow, I strap that bitch with a gator band/ Y’all n—as ball half time, y’all n—as like the Gator band.” This isn’t the first time Cole has appeared alongside Jay on a track. In 2009, the upstart made his presence felt on Hov’s “A Star Is Born” from the mogul’s The Blueprint III album. But during his appearance on “RapFix Live” back in February, Cole told Sway the high standards that he holds for a Jay collaboration. “They been asking me this for a while because I said he was like one of the only rap features I wanted, but it’s about the song. It’s a lot of pressure on that song. I feel like that’s my hardest song to make, is the one I want Jay for. My standards are so high.” During an August listening session in New York City, Cole played the entire album , and at that point, Jay had not yet appeared on it. Cole played both “God’s Gift,” on which he left an open space for Hova’s verse, and “Mr. Nice Watch.” “Nobody owes me anything,” he told the journalists who gathered that night. “Jay-Z doesn’t owe me a verse because I signed to him.” Well, Jay gave him one and it couldn’t have come at a better time. What do you think of “Mr. Nice Watch”? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With J. Cole Related Artists J. Cole Jay-Z
Jay and J. Cole finally collaborate for Cole World: The Sideline Story, due September 27. By Rob Markman J. Cole and Jay-Z Photo: Getty Images It may not have come as he planned, but J. Cole finally got a feature from Jay-Z on his debut album. Despite being signed to Hov’s Roc Nation, there was no guarantee that the CEO would lend his voice to Cole World: The Sideline Story. Cole recorded the yet-unreleased “God’s Gift” in hopes that Jigga would ride shotgun on it. Instead, it’s the slick-talking “Mr. Nice Watch” that will bear Jay’s bars when Cole’s album drops September 27. It’s fitting that Jay would appear on the futuristic-sounding track, considering its hook borrows from his own “A Million and One Questions.” On the 1997 underground classic, a still-on-the-come-up Jigga raps in third person, “Uggh, nice watch, do you really have a spot?/ Like you said in ‘Friend or Foe’ and if so, what block?” And with that inspiration, Cole builds his single, which leaked online Wednesday (September 14). “No more Mr. Nice Guy, hello Mr. Nice Watch,” the North Carolina lyricist raps as he moves from struggling underground artist to major-label breakout. On the self-produced track, Cole World provides a bouncy dubstep backdrop, perfect for stunting. Hov doesn’t disappoint either, rapping cryptically, using Florida Gators great Tim Tebow to metaphorically illustrate his affinity for his own wrist wear. “Got a Hublot, I call Tebow, I strap that bitch with a gator band/ Y’all n—as ball half time, y’all n—as like the Gator band.” This isn’t the first time Cole has appeared alongside Jay on a track. In 2009, the upstart made his presence felt on Hov’s “A Star Is Born” from the mogul’s The Blueprint III album. But during his appearance on “RapFix Live” back in February, Cole told Sway the high standards that he holds for a Jay collaboration. “They been asking me this for a while because I said he was like one of the only rap features I wanted, but it’s about the song. It’s a lot of pressure on that song. I feel like that’s my hardest song to make, is the one I want Jay for. My standards are so high.” During an August listening session in New York City, Cole played the entire album , and at that point, Jay had not yet appeared on it. Cole played both “God’s Gift,” on which he left an open space for Hova’s verse, and “Mr. Nice Watch.” “Nobody owes me anything,” he told the journalists who gathered that night. “Jay-Z doesn’t owe me a verse because I signed to him.” Well, Jay gave him one and it couldn’t have come at a better time. What do you think of “Mr. Nice Watch”? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With J. Cole Related Artists J. Cole Jay-Z
Jay and J. Cole finally collaborate for Cole World: The Sideline Story, due September 27. By Rob Markman J. Cole and Jay-Z Photo: Getty Images It may not have come as he planned, but J. Cole finally got a feature from Jay-Z on his debut album. Despite being signed to Hov’s Roc Nation, there was no guarantee that the CEO would lend his voice to Cole World: The Sideline Story. Cole recorded the yet-unreleased “God’s Gift” in hopes that Jigga would ride shotgun on it. Instead, it’s the slick-talking “Mr. Nice Watch” that will bear Jay’s bars when Cole’s album drops September 27. It’s fitting that Jay would appear on the futuristic-sounding track, considering its hook borrows from his own “A Million and One Questions.” On the 1997 underground classic, a still-on-the-come-up Jigga raps in third person, “Uggh, nice watch, do you really have a spot?/ Like you said in ‘Friend or Foe’ and if so, what block?” And with that inspiration, Cole builds his single, which leaked online Wednesday (September 14). “No more Mr. Nice Guy, hello Mr. Nice Watch,” the North Carolina lyricist raps as he moves from struggling underground artist to major-label breakout. On the self-produced track, Cole World provides a bouncy dubstep backdrop, perfect for stunting. Hov doesn’t disappoint either, rapping cryptically, using Florida Gators great Tim Tebow to metaphorically illustrate his affinity for his own wrist wear. “Got a Hublot, I call Tebow, I strap that bitch with a gator band/ Y’all n—as ball half time, y’all n—as like the Gator band.” This isn’t the first time Cole has appeared alongside Jay on a track. In 2009, the upstart made his presence felt on Hov’s “A Star Is Born” from the mogul’s The Blueprint III album. But during his appearance on “RapFix Live” back in February, Cole told Sway the high standards that he holds for a Jay collaboration. “They been asking me this for a while because I said he was like one of the only rap features I wanted, but it’s about the song. It’s a lot of pressure on that song. I feel like that’s my hardest song to make, is the one I want Jay for. My standards are so high.” During an August listening session in New York City, Cole played the entire album , and at that point, Jay had not yet appeared on it. Cole played both “God’s Gift,” on which he left an open space for Hova’s verse, and “Mr. Nice Watch.” “Nobody owes me anything,” he told the journalists who gathered that night. “Jay-Z doesn’t owe me a verse because I signed to him.” Well, Jay gave him one and it couldn’t have come at a better time. What do you think of “Mr. Nice Watch”? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With J. Cole Related Artists J. Cole Jay-Z
