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Thursday, October 3, 2013
New Music: Webbie – “Bad B****h 2″
New Video: Keyshia Cole “I Choose You”
Keyshia Cole debuted her latest video for her single “I Choose You.”
The song is from her last album, Woman to Woman. Check out the video below.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
YouTube Hosting Their First-Ever Music Awards in New York City
YouTube will be hosting their first-ever YouTube Music Awards on Sunday, November 3, 2013 in New York City. The live-stream event will “honor artists and songs that you have turned into hits over the past year” thanks to fans watching and sharing their music videos online.
Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Arcade Fire will join other top artists and some of YouTube’s biggest stars including Lindsey Stirling and CDZA in performances and musical collaborations from Seoul, Moscow, London and Rio, culminating in a live event in New York City. Music-video visionary Spike Jonze will be the creative director and acclaimed actor Jason Schwartzman will host with VICE and Sunset Lane Entertainment acting as executive producers.video via YouTube Spotlight
via Official YouTube Blog
With new film, Ja Rule looks ahead after prison
ATLANTA—Ja Rule, who recently spent nearly two years behind bars for illegal gun possession, landed a role in a new movie because screenwriter Galley Molina empathized with the rapper's missteps.
"People used to ask, 'Well, you know he's a felon?' And I would say, 'Well, so am I,'" recalled Molina, a 44-year-old pastor who was locked up for five years for drug trafficking.
"I know his heart. I know what type of dude he is and he was probably one of the most professional guys on the set."
"I'm in Love With a Church Girl" will debut Oct. 18 in more than 500 theaters in the U.S. Ja Rule stars as a high-level drug dealer who struggles to leave his illegal lifestyle behind after getting into a serious relationship with a church-going woman played by Adrienne Bailon of Cheetah Girls and 3LW fame. Stephen Baldwin, "Sopranos" actor Vincent Pastore and Michael Madsen also appear in the movie.
The film was produced by Molina and Grammy-winning Christian singer Israel Houghton and is based on Molina's life. Ja Rule was hired while his gun possession cases were pending. He was released from house arrest in July after he had served most of a two-year sentence in a New York state prison before his subsequent transfer into federal custody in a tax evasion case. He admitted to failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million earned between 2004 and 2006.
"This role was very different for me," said Ja Rule, whose film credits include "The Fast and the Furious." "I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy. I played thug characters, but with this character, even though I play a thug somewhat, he's really a guy going through a transition."
The 37-year-old Ja Rule, born Jeffrey Atkins, said he put on 30 pounds in jail and read a number of books. He also earned his GED and said ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and ex-Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski urged him to pursue higher education.
"It's really minimum—all of the fame, the movies and the music. When you're behind that wall, all that becomes very minimum," said Ja Rule, who burst on the music scene in 1999 and released back-to-back multiplatinum and platinum albums. "I was more focused on getting my mind right, getting my body right, more thinking about my family. Those are the things you cherish."
Ja Rule became known for hip-hop jams that became Top 40 successes, including No. 1 hits with Jennifer Lopez and Ashanti. He earned a number of awards, including four Grammy nominations. He said he's still excited about recording, but he wants to focus on TV and film.
"I love music, it's my passion," said Ja Rule, who independently released "Pain Is Love 2" during his incarceration last year but put up subpar numbers. "This is my second wind right now, and I'm happy to be home, but I think as I'm getting older, my passion is leaning toward doing more television and film. Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life."
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