Jul
Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics Acquires Streaming Music Service MOG
Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics made a big move toward furthering their dominance in music this week, as news surfaced of their acquisition of digital music provider, MOG. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, as of press time, a source tells the Los Angeles Times that Beats — known mostly for their line of Beats by [...]
Jun
Yves Saint Laurent Set To Change Name, Dropping ‘YVES’
High-end French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent is set to make a name change, dropping the “Yves” from their name to rebrand themselves as “Saint Laurent Paris.” According to UK’s The Telegraph, newly-appointed creative director Hedi Slimane has decided a name change is needed to revive themselves in the always-competitive high-fashion landscape. Slimane wants to “thrust [...]
Jun
Floyd Mayweather Tops Forbes’ 2012 World’s Highest-Paid Athletes List
ESPN named him the highest-paid athlete in the U.S., via their recent “Money Issue”, and now,Forbes officially crowns Floyd Mayweather the highest-paid in the world, topping its 2012 “World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes” list. According to the list, recently released at Forbes.com, Mayweather knocked out the man who held the title for nearly a decade in Tiger Woods, and comes [...]
Jun
Jay-Z Named ‘Director’ Of The Nets’ Brooklyn Arena, Barclay’s Center
Jay-Z is just a minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets, though it seems that he’s much more and he probably is. He’s definitely not the Chairman of the Board, but Hov was recently named “Director” of the Nets’ new home, Barclay’s Center. According to the New York Post, Jay’s title emerged in papers filed by arena [...]
Jun
Apple’s App Store Hits 30 Billion Downloads, Record Revenue Paid Out To Developers
Apple hit a milestone on Monday (June 11), when it announced that it’s App Store has hit the 30 billion number in downloads since its inception four years ago. According to reports, there are 650,000 apps in the digital store overall, 225,000 of which are specific to the iPad. Current Apple CEO Tim Cook says: [...]
Jun
Namco Partners With Snoop Dogg For Upcoming ‘Tekken Tag Tournament 2′ Game Title
Japanese-based video game publisher Namco Bandai announced Tuesday (June 5) a partnership with rapper Snoop Dogg for content for their upcoming fighting title, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Via the partnership, Snoop “gangster touch” on the new Tekken game, creating an original song for the game, titled “Knocc ‘Em Down”; and will also make a special [...]
Jun
EA Sports Announces Multi-Year Deal With UFC To Produce Video Games
EA Sports announced Monday (June 4) that they’ve agreed to an exclusive multi-year deal with Zuffa, LLC to produce and distribute videogames for the company’s UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) brand. The news was revealed live on SPIKE TV, as the annual E3 conference rolls into Los Angeles. “We’re thrilled to begin a long-term partnership that [...]
May
Nike Announces Plans To Sell Cole Haan, Umbro Brands
Nike Inc. is reportedly looking to sell off its ownership in brands, Cole Haan (shoes/accessories company) and soccer-focused Umbro, to focus on its namesake products. According to the L.A. Times, the global athletic giant hopes to find a buyer and sell both brands by the end of May 2013, when its fiscal year ends. Why [...]
May
MySpace Planning Relaunch In Late 2012
MySpace, the once dominant social network, is preparing for a brand relaunch later this year, coming on the heels of its sale last summer for a measly $35 million. According to Music Week, the site’s new owners (Specific Media and popstar Justin Timberlake) has held conversations with agencies, with a view to beginning a formal [...]
May
Google Chrome Becomes World’s Most Popular Web Browser: Report
The Internet saw a big shift recently, as Google’s Chrome browser officially overtook Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the world’s most popular Web browser for the first time, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. According to PCWorld.com, Chrome took the lead with 32.76% share, while IE dipped to 31.94% following years of slowly chipping [...]
May
’90s Rapper Akinyele Cleaning Up In Las Vegas With Newly Launched Strip Club
Rapper Akinyele, best known for his explicit 1990s hit “Put It In Your Mouth,” recently launched a new gentlemen’s club in Las Vegas and is raking it in. According to AllHiphop.com, Lollypop’s was launched during the Mayweather/Cotto fight weekend with Cliff Dutton and Jay. And, that first week was a big one too. The rapper [...]
May
Jay-Z Helps Launch New Cognac D’usse
Jay-Z continues to expand his business resume. After famously calling for a ban of Cristal in the mid-2000s and helping Ace Of Spades take off, the hip-hop mogul is now going into the cognac market. According to The Life Files, Hov was on-hand for an ultra private event in New York on Thursday night (May [...]
May
Floyd Mayweather Named Highest-Paid Athlete In U.S., Talks Business Sense & Money (Video)
With Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming fight against Miguel Cotto set to go down in Las Vegas this Saturday (May 5), the undefeated boxing great covers ESPN Magazine’s newly released “Money Issue.” Here’s a clip from the interview for the mag’s special issue, in which Money Mayweather explains why he’s able to make so much money, revealing [...]
Apr
Diddy Beats Out Jay-Z, Birdman In Forbes’ 2012 Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists List
Forbes dropped their annual “Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists” for 2012 on Tuesday (April 17), breaking down the “Forbes Five” of the genre’s richest moguls. After topping the list last March, it’s Diddy who returns to #1, beating out Jay-Z by nearly $100 million in estimated net-worth with $550 million. The Bad Boy Records founder, responsible for [...]
Apr
BBC Highlights Odd Future & Their $160 Pop-Up Shop Merch (Video)
Buzzing hip-hop collective Odd Future has been on the road overseas, as of late, promoting the recently released OF Tape, Vol. 2. During their trek, they’ve set up pop-up shops for brief time periods, selling merch such as tees, hoodies, hats, and other apparel, some of which sell for as much as $160 a pop. [...]
Apr
Rocawear Announces Partnership With MLB’s New York Yankees
Jay-Z’s Rocawear clothing brand announced Wednesday (April 11) a sponsorship deal with MLB franchise, the New York Yankees. In the deal, the brand will be featured in branded signage in Yankee stadium and integrated promotions throughout the 2012 season. “Jay-Z has been a long-time fan of the Yankees, regularly attends games and has even included [...]
Apr
Facebook Acquires Instagram For $1 Billion
Following the launch of its Android app last week, Instagram makes headlines again with news that Facebook has agreed to buy the hugely popular photo-sharing app maker for $1 billion in cash and stock, in a blockbuster deal that’s got Silicon Valley buzzing. Facebook’s chief executive and founder, Mark Zukerberg, made the announcement Monday (April [...]
Mar
Alex Rodriguez Tops Forbes.com’s List Of ‘Baseball’s Highest-Paid Players’
Forbes dropped a new list this week — the latest rankings of baseball’s “Highest-Paid Players.” Topping the list of the 10 highest-paid is New York Yankee’s superstar Alex Rodriguez. He bests second place athlete Joe Mauer by $5 million with earnings of $32 million. Aside from his annual baseball salary, A.Rod has endorsement deals with [...]
Mar
Rick Ross Signs Endorsement Deal With Reebok Classics
Rick Ross revealed Wednesday (March 14) that he’s recently inked an endorsement deal with shoe maker Reebok Classics. Following the brand’s partnership with producer Swizz Beatz last year, they strengthen their ties within the hip-hop game with Miami rap superstar. Ross confirmed news of the deal via Twitter (@RickyRozay), only after Swizz let the cat [...]
Feb
David Choe Talks Facebook Riches, Loss Of Privacy & Graffiti With Barbara Walters (Video)
Famed graffiti artist David Choe is everywhere over the last couple weeks, thanks to the leakage of news that he owned some stock in Facebook, reportedly worth over $200 million. After giving Howard Stern the first official interview, in which the pair spoke about a variety of NSFW topics — including jerking off, his love [...]
Feb
David Choe Talks New Facebook Wealth, Love Of Gambling & Jerking Off On ‘Howard Stern’ (Audio)
Los Angeles artist David Choe has been all over the news for the past two weeks, due to news of a stock option he took with Facebook in 2005 over payment for painting their first office in Palo Alto, California. That stock is estimated to worth anywhere from $100-$500 million-plus, sparking a media firestorm. Apparently, [...]
Feb
Jay-Z To Star In Rocawear’s First Ever TV Campaign To Help Struggling Brand
With recent reports of struggling sales, Jay-Z is stepping in to help save the brand he started in the 1990s with partner Damon Dash: Rocawear. Although the hip-hop mogul made a killing with the brand over the years, it’s apparent that it’s struggling, after reports surfaced that half of the brand’s employees were laid off [...]
