Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am has landed a role in an upcoming X-Men prequel that focuses on the character of Wolverine. According to Daily Variety, the rapper and producer joins actors Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Kitsch as the newest cast members. All three will portray superheros based on original Marvel comic book characters, with will tackling the role of teleporter John Wraith in what will be his feature film debut. Hugh Jackman, who played Wolverine in the first three X-Men films, has also signed on for X-Men Origins. The film will reveal how the character of Wolverine came to exist in the X-Men universe and will introduce a number of characters that are yet to appear in the previous films. Filming is already underway in Australia and New Zealand and will eventually move to New Orleans. Twentieth Century Fox is planning for a release on May 1, 2009.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
WILL-I-AM IN THE X-MEN PREQUEL?
THE CARTER 3....THIS APRIL?
Lil' Wayne took time out of his schedule to visit his old school, Eleanor McMain Secondary School on Tuesday (Feb. 19).
Before stepping on the schools' premises, Wayne revealed on his tour bus that April would be the release for his highly anticipated album, Tha Carter III. "I make it worse for Universal [Records]," said Wayne to MTV News, blaming the delays on the amount of music he creates. "I keep doing new songs every other day. I don't stop working, so I don't know when they gonna get that. Everything I do be better than the last, like, 'Oh, this gotta make the album!' "
He's made many songs for Tha Carter III that the guest list reads like this: Hurricane Chris, Jay-Z, Corey Gunz, Wayne's artist Tiger, Lil Mama, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, Baby, Brisco, Dre (of Cool & Dre), and Ludacris. Alchemist, Swizz Beatz, Cool & Dre, Kanye West, Jim Johnson and in-house producer Diesel have all made beats for the album.
The first single is currently "A Millie," while the second one will be "Lollipop," which features songwriter Static, who has written for Aaliyah, Timbaland and Missy Elliott.
"That's me. I love music," said Wayne of the new tattoo on his face, which says "I Am Music" in red letters. "I found a love for music. I owe it all to a lot of people in the game. They don't even know."
When Weezy finally got around to visiting his Eleanor McMain Secondary, he sat down with an art class full of juniors and seniors. Wayne began at the school in seventh grade, and met his manager Cortez Bryant. Wayne discussed the impact his mother had in his life, and even said he hoped that one day he and his daughter could be lie Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus. Lil' Wayne was even asked to prom by a girl named Julie on April 19.
"I'll be out the country then. Sorry," replied Wayne with a smile.
"Coming back to speak to them is super-important," said Wayne of his visit. "It was my school. I went to that school. I attended that school. It shows them somebody from there made it. It makes them feel like you can do it. That right there was so important. I see it in their eyes, like, 'We can do something.' Not just doing what I'm doing, but, 'We can be successful.' "
Story from Allhiphop.com
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Max B and Jim Jones Beef!!
So apparently on MySpace, Max B has been taking shots at Jim Jones and making claims that Jimmy has been literally stealing songs from him. Max B posted a few bulletins today, you can see em here.
So what's the future of Byrdgang? Looks as if they've lost 2 of their best guys already, in Stacks and Max B. Jimmy is gonna be in trouble if he really has been stealing all the shit and can't write his own tracks. Maybe it's karma for being disloyal to Cam....
I have a feeling there will be more as this story unfolds...
Fabolous and DJ Drama : There Is No Competition (GANGSTA GRILLZ MIXTAPE)
New Gangsta Grillz Edition Fabolous Mixtape called "There Is No Competition"
Peep the track list and cover art
1. Intro
2. N****s know
3. Suicide
4. F*** wit street fam (feat. neo da matrix)
5. We do this shit
6. Back to do the damn thing
7. Heres another hit
8. Paperman (feat. neo da matrix)
9. Takin pictures (feat. red cafe paul cain and freck billionaire)
10. Mo cars mo hoes (feat. freck billionaire)
11. Hustlas poster child (feat. cassidy)
12. Hand on my glock (la the darkman and willie the kid)
13. Im gettin money (feat. freck billionaire)
14. U aint sayin shit
15. Brooklyns finest
16. F*** em all (feat. red cafe)
17. Paper touchin (red cafe)
18. Fall back
19. I came for the money
20. I dont see nobody
21. Im da main (remix) (feat. red cafe freck billionaire and paul cain)
22. Pimp by blood
23. Say hello
24. Outro
25. Dope boys (bonus)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
NEW JIM JONES VIDEO : LOVE ME NO MORE/BYRDGANG MONEY
Heres a new Jim Jones video for Love Me No More/Byrdgang Money. Jimmy stay bringin that New York hip hop sound and makin it mainstream without selling out to the south like Fat Joe. Check em out and leave some comments about what you think!
Friday, February 15, 2008
NEW VIDEO : KANYE WEST - FLASHING LIGHTS
Here it is folks, apparently this is the new FLASHING LIGHTS video from Kanye West. It's really short to be honest...is this even the official video??