Young Jeezy has been arrested in Atlanta for “speeding, driving with no proof of insurance or license plate, having an open container, reckless driving and driving impaired by alcohol or drugs.” More »
A witness in the Feds’ trial against Fleming “Ill” Daniels, the alleged third-in-command of the Detroit-based criminal organization Black Mafia Family, has claimed that the self-proclaimed snowman Young Jeezy may have, in fact, received multiple kilos of cocaine from the BMF. Creative Loafing Atlanta reports that Ralph “Ralphie” Simms, who is testifying after receiving a plea bargain on another drug case, said under oath that part of his job involved unloading coke from secret compartments in limos; once, at an Atlanta-area mansion that was nicknamed “Space Mountain,” two people stopped by to pick up a multi-kilo shipment. And one of them looked kinda familiar!
While he’s not going to be the label’s new CEO (boss L.A. Reid reclaimed the title after Jay-Z’s departure), Shakir Stewart has been named Executive Vice President of Def Jam, which basically makes him Jay-Z’s replacement. While he can take credit for signing Ciara to LaFace (where he and Reid began their professional relationship) and signing Beyonce to a publishing contract in 1999, it’s believed that the real reason he’s being given the promotion is that he’s responsible for signing Young Jeezy and Rick Ross to the label. Admittedly, these acts are younger and arguably more successful than the fogies like Nas and the Roots that Jay-Z was responsible for, but I’m pretty damn scared what’s going to come from a label run by a guy who takes pride in turning charmless, one-dimensional self-aggrandizement into music-business gold.
I’m not totally sure why Usher bothered making an expensive video for “Love In This Club” when the song it promotes is already a No. 1 hit, but who am I to question the choices of a performer that makes Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and the like look gawky and amateurish? In the clip, Usher is trapped in an empty nightclub that suddenly fills with sexy apparitions, porn stars, and celebrity rappers like Rick Ross, Diddy, and Kanye West. Usher repeatedly tries to canoodle with Keri “The Way I Are” Hilson (“who are you?” “Your every desire…“), only to have her evaporate before he can mount her.
“Is that Mickey fucking Avalon?” Maura asked when I showed her this photo. Why, yes it is! It seems the way-past-his-15 novelty “sleazeball” “rapper” has been tapped by Boost Mobile to irritate us on a variety of media platforms, along with his new friends the Snowman and some guy who hates iTunes.
The clip for the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly duet “Go Getta” is, as one might expect, full of comely ladies; it’s also home to some of the most painful product placement we’ve seen since Mike Myers got a Nuprin from Dana Carvey. More »
We feel a bit weird about posting this track, because it’s clearly been “leaked” by someone in the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly camp, obviously in an effort to get some “blogger buzz” (how else to explain why it’s the clean radio edit?). More »
Discobelle.net has the new Young Jeezy track, “J.E.E.Z.Y.” For those of you keeping score, it contains 55 mentions of Jeezy in the third person, 2″Yeaaaaaaahs,” and 1 Fruitopia reference. More »