The rapper released her debut album earlier this year called Speech Therapy which didn't sell as much but was still respected in the community, which is why it was a surprise when she won the Mercury award with little publicity. Speech Debelle is definitely an artist to look out for and get to know.
The Queen is currently shooting a film with hip hop rapper Common called Just Wright which will be out in 2010. Persona will be out in stores August 25th, can't wait for the Queen to return to her music throne.
Here is a small overview of sneakers by Kanye West for Louis Vuitton, sneakers that will be sold at a minimum price of $700, or about 498 €. They were supposed to be put on sale last spring but this was not the case. Rumors say they will make their grand entry into the Louis Vuitton shops at the end of this year. 
The single that caught everyone's attention was Pro Nails featuring fellow Chi Town star Kanye West. Her album which was called Dream Date, now changed to Ultraviolet should be out later this year.
ed to his own label Odd One Out Music, this 20 year old London raised hip hop entrepreneur, is on his way to big and better things. His album is set to release this summer named 'A.D.H.D' which is an acronym for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. As Master Shortie explains ''it’s like when someone’s different, people just don’t know what to do or how to take it, and as a child, if your different, they classify you as having A.D.H.D. Same as my music, it’s very different, and the fact that it appeals to everyone, and it hasn’t been done before.” His album will consist of singles like 'Rope Chains', 'Dead End' , 'London Town' and 'Dance Like a White Boy'. 'Dead End' will be out on the 13th of July 2009 and his album 'A.D.H.D' will be out on the 27th of July 2009. So be on the look out for this intriguing and innovative artist.
The 22 year old who just graduated from the University i attend has dropped a new single. 'Never Leave You' featuring Amelle from British girl band The Sugababes . Already reaching number 1 three months ago with his single featuring N-Dubz 'Number 1'. We hope it repeats itself with another top single. 'Never Leave You' will be out on August the 3rd 2009 and his album called Catch 22 will be out on August 17th 2009 .
Showcased on a feature she done on Drake's Best I Ever Had Remix and her song Can Anybody Hear Me which is on her current mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty, which is out now. Her versatility in her music and pretty girl swagger sets apart from any other artist. With blessings from Foxy Brown showing her BK love, this Barbie is out the box and ready to play.
we caught up with him.
Jay Z has a new track off of his long awaited album Blue Print 3 featuring Kanye West and Rihanna. Run This Town is one hot track, the hard hitting beats and the lyrical genius between Jay Z and Kanye with Rihanna singing the hook could not get any better, what do you guys think of it?
And the video shows that as they are in a club where they are being followed by paparazzi's. Guest appearances in the video is label mate Amerie, Trey Songz, Adrienne Bailon, Rick Ross and Tamala Jones. Throw it in a Bag featuring The Dream and My Time featuring Jeremih were previous singles released which are great songs. We first heard from Fabolous in 2001 on Cant Deny It on his first album Ghetto Fabolous. Mr Fab never disappoints with features from Jay Z, Keri Hilson and Lil Wayne just to name a few, why not go Loso's Way and get the album.
But not only did she conquer the world of video vixens with her gorgeous features which represent her origins of being Ethiopian and Trinidadian. Landing major spreads in magazines like King Magazine and XXL Magazine was not enough. Now she is following her dreams of being an actress and hip hop rapper, Lola Monroe is showing no plans of slowing down her hustle. Rumors were she was signed to 50 Cent's label G-Unit however no confirmation has been made. Her mixtape Boss Bitch's World is out now!!
This is what Drake-mania looks like up close: It's just after 10 p.m.
on a balmy Tuesday night in May and downstairs inside the cramped confines of New York venue SOBs, Drake is receiving what feels like a hero's welcome. Kanye West, Ryan Leslie, Talib Kweli, the Alchemist and Bun B (who'll later join the upstart MC onstage) are all here to acknowledge the much-hyped rapper before his performance, Drake's last before he'll officially begin work on his debut LP, Thank Me Later.
Upstairs it's more of the same. The rap media cognoscenti are all present, as are the executives who have been bidding for Drake's services, including a high-ranking Universal/Motown chief and Warner Music Group Chairman Lyor Cohen. And don't forget the girls. Soon-to-be shrieking girls are lining up just in front of the stage, ready to scream at a moment's notice. It's hard to believe it, but tonight's performance is a part of the New York radio station Hot 97's Who's Next showcase. It's not even a proper Drake concert.
"I'm a new artist, by the way," a cheeky Drake told the packed house when he finally made it onto the stage in designer duds, a striped Commes des Garçons shirt and crimson Nike Air Jordans. "I don't know if you can tell by this show."
Just one month earlier, Drake (born Aubrey Graham), was another buzzed-about rapper on hip-hop blogs, in the class of Asher Roth and Kid Cudi, but not among the newcomers picked for XXL magazine's "Freshman 10" cover last December. His mixtape, So Far Gone, released in February of this year was critically lauded for its mix of melody and deft lyricism. But some derided the work as a knockoff of West's 808s & Heartbreak due to Drake's crooning and female-flavored numbers.
But then the Toronto rapper blitzed through the Big Apple last month — performing at a local college, making a club appearance with Cam'ron and doing interviews on the radio with Power 105's DJ Clue and Hot 97's Angie Martinez. He also freestyled on Funkmaster Flex's show: "I'm in the Aston doing donuts/I will kill the game and never send it my condolensce/ taught to never love the chick and only love the moments/ New York City I can tell the people want it," he furiously spit over the instrumental to Jay-Z's "You, Me, Him, And Her."
"That was probably, to be honest, the first time in a long time I was nervous," Drake says now, recalling the moment. "I don't get nervous for much. But it was like the first time I was like, 'Wow, this is a legendary moment and a legendary opportunity that I'm being given.' It was crazy to be standing in the Hot 97 radio room looking at Flex in the booth. Doing what I seen him do for so many years, for some of the greatest artist to ever be in this business. And to think it was just me there and it was all happening for me, it was definitely ... Surreal is the word.
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Drake told MTV News before his show at Manhattan's S.O.B.'s that he's in the process of putting together a video for the song "Best I Ever Had".
"I been working with a couple people on some ideas," he explained. "I don't wanna say who yet, because everything isn't confirmed yet. It should be pretty solid in the next few days. The biggest thing about that song is that a lot of women come up to me and say, 'That's my song, because it really makes me feel special.' So I told the directors that were interested that I just want the visuals to coincide with that feeling. I want women to feel special when they watch the visual and say, 'I wish that was me,' or 'I know that feeling.' That's the goal with the video — to be genuine and not sappy. Be sexy and keep it together, but still make women smile."
The Toronto-based MC is featured on new track with Mary J Blige "The One".
