Micheal Jackson dies at 50

Micheal Jackson died of a cardiac arrest but his legacy will live on forever. There is no need for an introduction to Micheal Jackson, everyone knows who he was. the best musicians that ever lived has passed away. He was the highest selling artist of all time and was aptly crowned the King of Pop. Some people might not like his lifestyle but everyone respects what he did for Music not only in USA but around the globe.

Micheal Jackson had a far reaching affect than any of the great musicians like Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and was instrumental in creating a loyal global fan base not only for his music, but for English music as a whole. He was a genius not only in making music but coming up with original videos like Thriller, Billie Jeans, Black or White. There is no parallel to him in dance moves even today.

People usually ascribe immortality to celebrities like Micheal Jackson and such an event becomes hard to believe or even downright shocking. Micheal Jackson’s death is a great loss to Music and he will be remembered along with other artists who went too soon like Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Layne Steeley. The King has left the building.

Rest in Peace, Micheal

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Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 — September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur’s songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur’s work is known for advocating political, economic, social and racial equality, as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and conflicts with the law. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. Shakur’s debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained critical recognition and backlash for its controversial lyrics.

Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. He was later shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City. Following the event, Shakur grew suspicious that other figures in the rap industry had prior knowledge of the incident and did not warn him; the controversy helped spark the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur was later convicted of sexual abuse. After serving eleven months of his sentence he was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion “Suge” Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records. In exchange for Suge’s assistance, Shakur agreed to release three albums under the Death Row label.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center.

MTV ranked him at #2 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time

Studio Albums

Released	Album	Peak chartpositions		Certifications
		US 200	US R&B	US	CAN
November 12, 1991	2Pacalypse Now	64	13	Gold
February 16, 1993	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.	24	4	Platinum
March 14, 1995	Me Against the World	1	1	2× Multi-Platinum
February 13, 1996	All Eyez on Me	1	1	9× Multi-Platinum	Platinum
November 5, 1996	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	1	1	4× Multi-Platinum	Gold

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Nothing But Trouble	Himself	(Brief appearance)
1992	Juice	Bishop	First starring role
1992	Drexell’s Class	Himself	Season 1: “Cruisin’”
1993	A Different World	Piccolo	Season 6: “Homie, Don’t You Know Me?”
1993	Poetic Justice	Lucky	Co-starred with Janet Jackson
1993	In Living Color	Himself	Season 5: “Ike Turner and Hooch”
1994	Above the Rim	Birdie	Co-starred with Duane Martin
1995	Murder Was the Case: The Movie	Himself	(Uncredited)
1996	Bullet	Tank	Released one month after Shakur’s death
1997	Gridlock’d	Ezekiel ‘Spoon’ Whitmore	Released several months after Shakur’s death
1997	Gang Related	Detective Rodríguez	Shakur’s last performance in a film
2003	Tupac: Resurrection	Himself	Official documentary film
2009	Notorious	Himself (archive footage)	Portrayed by Anthony Mackie
20??	Live 2 Tell	Screenwriter	(Written in 1995)

Documentaries

Shakur’s life has been recognized in big and small documentaries each trying capture the many different events during his short lifetime, most notably the Academy Award-nominated Tupac: Resurrection, released in 2003.

• 1997: Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal
• 1997: Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV)
• 2001: Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake…
• 2001: Welcome to Deathrow
• 2002: Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw
• 2002: Biggie & Tupac
• 2002: Tha Westside
• 2003: 2Pac 4 Ever
• 2003: Tupac: Resurrection
• 2004: Tupac vs.
• 2004: Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV)
• 2006: So Many Years, So Many Tears
• 2007: Tupac: Assassination

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Audioslave was an American hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of ex-Soundgarden frontman and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band’s second album, Out of Exile, noted that it had established a separate identity.

The band’s trademark sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s grunge. Moreover, Morello incorporated his well-known, unconventional guitar solos into this mix. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums and vocals; no samples were ever used.

After Audioslave released three successful albums, received three Grammy nominations, and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba, Cornell issued a statement in February 2007 that he was permanently leaving the band “due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences”. As the other three members were busy with the Rage Against the Machine reunion, and Morello and Cornell had each released solo albums in 2007, Audioslave was officially disbanded.

History

Formation (2000–2001)

Audioslave’s history dates back to October 18, 2000, when lead vocalist Zack de la Rocha announced he was leaving Rage Against the Machine. This led to the band’s break-up, but the remaining three members of the band decided to stay together and announced plans to continue with a new vocalist. Several vocalists jammed with the three, including B-Real of Cypress Hill, but they did not want another rapper or anybody who sounded like de la Rocha. Music producer and friend Rick Rubin later suggested that they jam with Chris Cornell, the ex-frontman of Soundgarden. Rubin also persuaded the three of them to go into group therapy with performance coach Phil Towle after the break-up.^[6] Rubin was confident that with the right new voice Rage Against the Machine had the potential to become a better band; he believed “it could turn into a Yardbirds-into-Led Zeppelin scenario”. Commerford later credited Rubin for being the catalyst that brought Audioslave together, he called him “the angel at the crossroads because if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be here today”.

The chemistry between Cornell and the other three was immediately apparent; as Morello described: “He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t just sound good. It didn’t sound great. It sounded transcendent. And … when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can’t deny it.” The quartet wrote 21 songs during 19 days of rehearsal, and began working in the studio in late May 2001 with Rubin as producer, while sorting out the label and management issues.

Name

The original idea for the band’s name was “Civilian”, but it was dropped when members found out that it was already taken. Morello later discredited the story, contradicting Commerford and Cornell,^[9][10] and commented that “Civilian” was merely a rumor circulating at the time; he stated: “The band has only ever had one name and that is Audioslave.” Morello described the origin of the “Audioslave” name to LAUNCHcast as follows:

That was Chris’ suggestion that sort of came to him in a vision. We’re all on the two-way pagers, and Chris one night said, “I got it. It’s Audioslave.” We were all, like, “All right, fantastic.”… To paraphrase Elvis Costello, talking about band names is like dancing about architecture—there’s just no point in it because the band name becomes the music and the people.

After the name was announced, it emerged that it was already being used by an unsigned band from Liverpool. The two bands worked out a settlement, with Audioslave paying $30,000 in a deal that allowed each band to use the name. To avoid confusion, the Liverpool band would rename themselves The Most Terrifying Thing.

The name was mocked by critics due to its uninspired nature, and was regarded as one of the worst in contemporary rock music, or even of all time. Pitchfork Media called it the “most asinine bandname of the year”, while Spin magazine chided it as “one of the dumbest band names in recent rock history”.

Audioslave (2002–2003)

On March 19, 2002 Audioslave was confirmed for the seventh annual Ozzfest, even though at that time the band had no official name or release date for their debut album. A few days later, reports surfaced that the band broke up, before they had played for a public audience. Cornell’s manager confirmed that the frontman had left the band, with no explanation given.

Under the name “Civilian” (or “The Civilian Project”), 13 rough rehearsal demo tracks were leaked onto peer-to-peer filesharing networks in May 2002. According to Morello, the band was frustrated because the songs were not in their finished form and in some cases, “weren’t even the same lyrics, guitar solos, performances of any kind”.

Initial rumors suggested that Cornell took issue with having two managers actively involved in the project (Jim Guerinot of Rebel Waltz represented Cornell, and Peter Mensch of Q Prime handled Rage Against the Machine). According to the band, however, the split was not triggered by personal conflicts, but by their quarreling managers. After the mixing of the album was finished, roughly six weeks later, the group reformed and simultaneously fired their former management companies and hired another, The Firm. Their previous labels, Epic and Interscope, settled their differences by agreeing to alternate who released the band’s albums.

The band divulged their official name and launched their web site in early September. The first single, “Cochise”, was posted online in late September, and was on radio in early October. Critics praised Cornell’s vocal style, a distinct departure from the rapping of de la Rocha,^] and found that “the former members of RATM have gone and done a Paul Weller, retreating from the ground they broke back into the sounds that inspired them”. Music video director Mark Romanek shot a video for “Cochise”, which shows the band playing atop an under-construction tower in the midst of a giant fireworks display providing all the lighting. The firework explosions during filming prompted fears of a terrorist attack among residents living near Los Angeles’ Sepulveda Dam, the shooting location.

The self-titled debut album, Audioslave, was released on November 19, 2002 and entered the Billboard 200 chart at number seven after selling 162,000 copies in its first week. It was certified gold by the RIAA within a month of release, and by 2006 achieved triple platinum status. It is the most successful Audioslave album to date, having sold more than three million copies in the United States alone.

Despite its commercial success, Audioslave received mixed reviews. Some critics lambasted the group’s effort as uninspired, and predictable. Pitchfork Media praised Cornell’s voice, but criticized virtually every other aspect of the album, deeming the lyrics “complete gibberish” and Rubin’s production “a synthesized rock-like product that emits no heat”. Other critics, however praised the supergroup’s style reminiscent of 1970s rock and compared it to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, saying they added much-needed sound and style to contemporary mainstream rock.

Audioslave made their live debut on November 25, 2002, performing a brief concert on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City, for the Late Show with David Letterman. This was the first time any band had appeared on Letterman’s marquee.^[37] That year’s KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas was their first official paying concert, where the band played on the first night, December 7, 2002, after giving a secret club show the night before.^[38] Towards the end of the band’s six song set, Cornell told the audience, “These guys saved my life this year”,^[39] and the show ended with his band mates hugging him.^[40] Afterwards, asked to expand on his comments, he would only say that he had dragged the trio “through a trail of shit” in the past months.

During this time, there was a rumor that Cornell had checked himself into drug rehabilitation. He later confirmed it in an interview with Metal Hammer that was conducted from a clinic payphone.^[10] In a San Diego CityBEAT article, Cornell explained that he went through “a horrible personal crisis” during the making of the first record, staying in rehab for two months and separating from his wife.^[41] He credited Morello, Commerford and Wilk with helping him rebound from the difficult period. He dismissed the rumors about being in rehab for OxyContin or heroin, but when asked, only offered, “Various things. I’m not picky. Mainly for drinking.”

“Like a Stone”, the second single from Audioslave, was released in early 2003. It was the highest-charting single from the album, peaking at number one on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. It was certified gold by the RIAA, making it Audioslave’s most successful single ever.^[30] The music video for the third single, “Show Me How to Live”, was banned from MTV, reportedly because it shows the band in a high-speed car chase running police cars and motorcycles off the road.^[44] The band’s first DVD, Audioslave, was released on July 29, 2003.

The band toured extensively worldwide in 2003, gaining positive reviews for their live performances,including at the revived Lollapalooza.

Out of Exile (2004–2005)

In 2004, Audioslave was among the nominees for the 46th Grammy Awards: “Like a Stone” was nominated for “Best Hard Rock Performance” and Audioslave for “Best Rock Album”. They spent the rest of 2004 on break from touring, and working on the second album. This gave Morello time to concentrate on his solo project, The Nightwatchman, and also take an active part in political activities. Cornell had time to focus on his personal life; after his divorce from his first wife was finalized, he married Vicky Karayiannis, a Paris-based publicist he met during Audioslave’s first European tour.

Work on a new album had started in 2003 during the Lollapalooza tour, and continued at the end of the year when band members entered the studio. Aside from writing new material, the band also had some leftover songs from the Audioslave sessions; according to Morello, they had “almost another album’s worth of stuff [already done]“. “Be Yourself”, the first single from the still-untitled album, was heavily panned by critics, who felt it was “limp and the lyrics are bland and directionless”. Nevertheless, it reached number one on the Mainstream and Modern Rock charts.

In April 2005 the band launched a club tour, which lasted until late May. Although on previous tours Audioslave occasionally played cover songs, they deliberately avoided playing their former bands’ songs to avoid using those songs as a “crutch” to “help sell and break Audioslave”, as their aim was to establish the band as an “independent entity”. After achieving that goal, they thought it was “time to own those histories”, and began performing a selection of the two bands’ most popular songs on the tour.

The second single, “Your Time Has Come” was released through a unique promotion, lasting one week, which involved radio listeners around the world. Radio stations were asked to post a link on their web sites to a special timed-out download of the song. Once one million people clicked on the link, the song was unlocked and became downloadable by all one million.

On May 6, 2005, Audioslave played a free show in Havana, Cuba, in front of an estimated 50,000 people at the La Tribuna Antiimperialista José Martí (José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribunal) venue, which was purpose-built in 2000 for mass protests against the U.S. government. Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform an open-air concert in the communist country of Cuba. The band traveled to Havana—bringing along their camera crew—on May 4 to spend two days visiting historic sites and interacting with Cuban musicians and youngsters. Morello and the rest of the band insisted that the trip was not to make a political statement, but to take part in a musical cultural exchange. Cornell commented: “Hopefully, this concert will help to open the musical borders between our two countries.”^[54] The trip was organized with the joint authorization of the United States Department of the Treasury and the Instituto Cubano de la Musica (Cuban Institute of Music), as travel by US citizens to Cuba is restricted, but the authorization arrived so late that the band had to cancel and postpone several confirmed dates of their US tour. The 26-song set concert — which included several Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine songs — was the longest the band had ever played.

Out of Exile was released internationally on May 23, 2005, then a day later in the U.S. It debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, the only Audioslave album to reach this position. The following week, however, it dropped to number three, with a 62 percent sales decrease^[56]—consequently reaching platinum.^[57] Cornell admitted to writing his most personal songs ever on this album, influenced by the positive changes in his life since 2002. He also described the album as more varied than the debut and relying less on heavy guitar riffs.

The album was received more favorably than Audioslave’s debut; critics noted Cornell’s stronger vocals, likely the result of quitting smoking and drinking,^[59] and pointed out that Out Of Exile is “the sound of a band coming into its own”.^[60] Allmusic, which gave Audioslave a lukewarm review, praised the album as “lean, hard, strong, and memorable”.^[61] The lyrics, however, were still a common complaint, musicOMH.com wrote that Cornell’s lyrics “continue to border on the ridiculous”; ^[62] The album’s softer, slower approach was frequently criticized as well.

Following the album’s release, the band embarked on a European tour, performed at the Live 8 benefit concert in Berlin on July 2, 2005, and played their first North American headlining arena tour from late September to November 2005. The music video for “Doesn’t Remind Me”, the third single from Out of Exile, was posted online in September 2005. Audioslave’s second DVD, Live in Cuba, featuring the concert in Havana, was released on October 11, 2005. It was certified platinum in less than two months.

Revelations and breakup (2006–2007)

In December 2005, Audioslave received its third Grammy nomination at the 48th Grammy Awards in the “Best Hard Rock Performance” category for “Doesn’t Remind Me”. Audioslave began recording their next album; Cornell had already expressed his desire to make “an album every year or year-and-a-half” even before Out of Exile was released. In early July 2005, after the conclusion of the European tour, the band returned to the studio to write new songs; Morello said their aim was to “blur the lines between rehearsing, recording and touring”. The actual recording began in January 2006, with plans to release the album in June.^[67] This time, the band chose Out of Exile’s mixer, Brendan O’Brien as producer.

Audioslave had 20 songs written and recorded 16 of those in only three weeks. However, the album’s release date was postponed to early September, and the band cancelled their previously announced European tour, to have a new album to support, when they embarked on touring. The first single off the album, “Original Fire”, was made available online on Audioslave’s official website for free streaming in early July.

News about Cornell’s departure emerged in July 2006, when insiders stated that after the third album he would split for a solo career. The singer immediately denied the rumors, stating “We hear rumors that Audioslave is breaking up all the time. … I always just ignore [them]“. In the same interview, he also discussed his intentions to record a new solo album, the second in seven years, before the end of August.

A special marketing campaign preceded the new album’s release in August, when the art concept was featured on Google Earth as a fictional utopian island, Audioslave Nation, created in the South Pacific. Several songs from the upcoming album appeared on movie and video game soundtracks; “Wide Awake” and “Shape of Things to Come” were featured in Miami Vice, while “Revelations” was on the soundtrack of Madden NFL 07. Revelations was released on September 5, 2006. The album entered the Billboard 200 at #2 and sold 142,000 copies during its first week of release. It became the band’s least commercially successful album; dropping even faster than Out of Exile, its sales were down 65 percent the following week, achieving gold certification a month later. The album showed funk, soul and R&B influences that were non-existent for the band before; Morello referred to the new sound as “Led Zeppelin Meets Earth, Wind & Fire”. Additionally, several songs took a more overtly liberal political stance than previous Audioslave releases.

The album received a similar critical response to Out of Exile with the majority of reviewers praising the band’s integrity on the record. The new funk and soul influences were also welcomed favorably, Allmusic called the album Audioslave’s “most colorful, diverse, and consistent record yet”.^[75] Many others, however, saw it as “just another rock record”, and musically not much different from the previous album.

Cornell decided to delay the Revelations tour until 2007, because he wanted to “let the album come out for awhile” and also concentrate on his second solo album.^[78] The rest of the band went along; Morello also revealed his plans to release his debut solo album in early 2007. The second, and final single from the album, “Revelations” was released in October 2006 with an accompanying music video a month later.

On January 22, 2007, Rage Against the Machine was announced to reunite for one show only, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 29, 2007. Less than a month later, on February 15, 2007, Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, issuing this statement:

Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors.

He stated that, as far as he was concerned, Audioslave had disbanded, and that a greatest hits collection would be issued in the future, because of label commitments.^[79] The New York Post reported that according to sources the split was not about “irresolvable personality conflicts” but about the money, a friend of Cornell said: “Chris was unhappy with the financial arrangement within the group—he wrote all the music, yet the other three bandmates took an equal share in the multimillion-dollar publishing rights.”

Morello has said that he never officially heard and “still haven’t heard” from Cornell that he was leaving the group. Cornell countered: “Tom and I did have communications about the fact that I was gonna go make a record, and that I was tired of what ended up seeming like political negotiations toward how we were gonna do Audioslave business and getting nowhere with it.”^[82] He also added that this process of “doing Audioslave business” led him to go solo.

Cornell admits that he has not spoken to the other members of Audioslave since the breakup. He has said that the breakup was not about money, but that he was just not getting along with the other members during their later years. Said Cornell, “Getting along as people is one thing. Getting along as a group of people that can work together in a band situation…We weren’t particularly getting along well, no. Bands work in a way where everyone at some point has to have a similar idea of how you do things…Three albums into it, it started to seem like our interests weren’t as conjoined anymore.”

The game Shaun White Snowboarding featured the song ‘Gasoline’ as part of the soundtrack, from the album ‘Audioslave’.^[84] However, this song is not included on the official compilation soundtrack.

Musical style and influences

By combining hard rock with grunge, Audioslave created a distinctive sound.^[85] This mix was driven by Cornell’s wide vocal range, Morello’s ‘innovative’ guitar solos and the rhythm section of Wilk and Commerford. Morello, although stating he “never felt musically limited” in Rage Against the Machine, did say that he had “a lot more scope to explore with Audioslave” and a “wider musical territory”.^[88] This meant that the instrumentalists had the opportunity to write slow and melodic songs, something they had not done before.

As opposed to de la Rocha’s lyrics, Cornell’s were mostly apolitical; Morello referred to them as “haunted, existential poetry”. They were characterized by his cryptic approach, often dealing with themes of existentialism, love, hedonism,^[90] spirituality and Christianity.^[89] Critics were not often impressed with Cornell’s lyrical work; its detractors usually deemed his songs clichéd and meaningless.

Audioslave’s first two albums drew influences from 1970s hard rock such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, and from the members’ previous bands (the grunge of Soundgarden and the funk metal of Rage Against the Machine). For Revelations, which was influenced by 1960s and 70s funk, soul and R&B music, Morello used vintage guitars and amplifiers, and Cornell adopted his “seventies funk and R&B-flavor vocals”. The guitarist also cited Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown and Funkadelic as a reason for the funk overtones on the album.

Just as Rage Against the Machine did, Audioslave also included the statement “All sounds made by guitar, bass, drums, and vocals” in their albums’ booklets as Morello’s guitar work often caused listeners to believe that the band used samples, synthesizer effects or different turntable techniques to produce certain sounds.

Songwriting and recording process

All of Audioslave’s lyrics were written by Cornell, while all four members—as a band—were credited with writing the music. Their songwriting process was described by Wilk as “more collaborative” and “satisfying” than Rage Against the Machine’s, which was “a battle creatively”. Cornell also felt the same way; he saw Soundgarden’s songwriting method inferior to Audioslave’s. Rick Rubin, producer of the band’s first two albums, was also lauded as “a great collaborative partner” and was likened to “the fifth Beatle” by Tom Morello.

The time spent on songwriting by the band was always short. They wrote 21 songs in 19 days for the first album, and exceeded that rate for the second album by having a song or sometimes two written every day. This method was adopted for the third album as well.

Cornell’s battle with drug addiction and alcoholism was a defining factor in the writing and recording process of the debut album. The singer admitted that he was “never able to write effectively” while drinking,^[99] and attended rehab after recording Audioslave. Although Morello stated that Revelations was “the first record [Cornell] didn’t smoke, drink or take drugs through the recording”, he later corrected his statement by saying: “Chris was stone sober during the making of our Out of Exile album. Chris was also sober during the making of Revelations and prior to recording he gave up smoking as well.”^[100]

Politics

While Rage Against the Machine’s music was politically influenced, Audioslave’s originally was not. Cornell stated he did not want to become the new singer of Rage Against the Machine or any political band, but he would play benefits the other band members wanted to play. Despite his reluctance to write political lyrics, he himself never discounted the possibility; he already touched upon political issues in Audioslave’s “Set It Off”—a song inspired by 1999’s WTO riots (the “Battle of Seattle“)—then later wrote an anti-war song, “Sound of a Gun”, and what Morello called “the most political song Audioslave’s ever written”, “Wide Awake” for Revelations. “Wide Awake” was an attack on the Bush administration’s failure to act over the consequences of Hurricane Katrina.

The band was openly anti-Bush and against the Iraq War from the beginning; on March 17, 2003, only hours after President Bush announced plans to invade Iraq, the band performed live in Hollywood with messages reading “How many Iraqis per gallon?” and “Somewhere in Texas, a Village is Missing an Idiot”, scrolled across the stage. The music video for “Doesn’t Remind Me” was also critical of the Iraq war.

During the time of the second album’s release several politically-charged Rage Against the Machine songs resurfaced in Audioslave’s live set. Although the members committed to not making political statements during their Cuba tour, Commerford stated in an interview that the concert made Audioslave more politically active than Rage Against the Machine ever was.^[105] While in Cuba, Cornell said that he takes “every aspect of human life” into consideration, when it comes to writing lyrics, and that he would write about the experience in a song, or more songs. This culminated in the political influences on Revelations, although he did not write about Cuba specifically. He asserted that he felt Audioslave can be a band like U2, which is “not overtly political, but Bono gets a lot done”. That year, the band played at two more concerts organized to raise political awareness: Live 8, which aimed to end global poverty, and the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert, ReAct Now: Music & Relief.

Audioslave was prominently involved in the Axis of Justice, a non-profit organization formed by Tom Morello and System of a Down’s Serj Tankian to “bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice”. Axis of Justice tents were set up at almost every Audioslave show, and with the exception of Commerford all band members appeared on the Concert Series Volume 1 CD/DVD charity album released in 2004.

Discography

• Audioslave (2002)
• Out of Exile (2005)
• Revelations (2006)

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Jason Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Mraz’s stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop.

Mraz is of Czech descent through his grandfather who moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1915. His surname is Czech for “frost.” He attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, for a short time, studying musical theater before moving to San Diego.

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• Mr. A–Z (2005)
• We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008)

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Jay-Z’s crowning achievement, his debut album Reasonable Doubt, is ranked by Rolling Stone as #248 on their “500 Greatest Albums of All Time“. His critically acclaimed album, The Blueprint, was written in only two days. After announcing his retirement from recording music in 2003, he returned in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come, which sold 680,000 copies in its first week, Jay-Z’s highest-selling album in a one-week period. MTV named him number one on their list of the greatest MCs of all time. The New York Times announced in April of 2008 that Jay-Z is on the verge of a partnership with Live Nation for $150 million — among the most expensive contracts ever awarded to a musician. Carter married Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008 (source Wikipedia)

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Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American Golden Globe-nominated actress, Grammy Award-nominated singer, record producer, dancer, fashion designer and television producer. She is the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes, and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in the U.S. according to People en Español‘s list of “100 Most Influential Hispanics”.

Starting in 1999, Lopez released seven albums, including two number one albums on the Billboard 200 charts and four Billboard Hot 100 number one singles. She won the 2003 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and the 2007 American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist. She has appeared in numerous films, and has won ALMA Awards for outstanding actress for her work in Selena, Out of Sight, and Angel Eyes. She parlayed her media fame into a fashion line and various perfumes with her celebrity endorsement.

Media attention has also focused on her personal life. She has had high-profile relationships with Ojani Noa, Cris Judd, Sean Combs, Ben Affleck, and Marc Anthony. Her first children, fraternal twins named Max and Emme, were born on February 22, 2008.

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Coldplay is a British alternative rock band formed in London, England in 1998. Band members include vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion. Coldplay have sold 30 million albums, and are also known for their hit singles, such as “Yellow”, “The Scientist”, “Clocks”, “Speed of Sound”, “Fix You” and “Viva la Vida”. [Source; Wikipedia]

I have been listening to coldplay for a long time and felt happy when they won the Grammy for the Record of the Year for their song Viva la Vida from their latest album “Viva La Vida or death and all his friends” (Viva La Vida is Spanish for Long Live Life).  They did not win the Album of the year which was awarded to Robert Plant [Led Zeppelin still rules!!] and Alison Krauss for their duet collaboration album “Raising Sand”.

Viva La Vida was the highest selling album for Coldplay compared to its previous albums which is a big achievement in a time where major artists are avoiding to release album because of the global recession. However, i still love Coldplay’s older albums and would like to focus on one song in particular “Clocks”.

Clocks is no doubt one of the best songs of Coldplay and will always be a timeless masterpiece with lyrics that mean a lot. Here is an excerpt of lyrics from Clocks

Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks (gonna)
Come back and take you home, I could not stop, that you now know (singing)
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities (am I)
A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known as Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/), is a Barbadian singer, model and fashion designer. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for the island of Barbados. She is the first Barbadian artist to officially win a Grammy Award^[2][3]a[›] Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. She has attained five Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far, four as a solo artist and one as featured artist, and is currently tied with fellow singer Beyoncé Knowles as the female solo artist with the most number ones in this decade.

Rihanna broke into the industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features her hit single “Pon de Replay”. Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, “SOS”. In 2007, Rihanna released her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The album has yielded seven hit singles, including four worldwide number one singles: “Umbrella”, “Don’t Stop the Music”, “Take a Bow”, and “Disturbia“. Since the release of her debut album, Rihanna has amassed twelve top 40 hit singles in the U.S.

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Life and early career

Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to parents Ronald Fenty and Monica Fenty. She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty.

Rihanna went to Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then on to the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates. In 2004, she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant and performed in the Colours of Combermere School Show.

In 2003, after forming a girl group with two classmates at the age of 15, Rihanna along with her two bandmates, received their big break when her friends introduced her to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for producer Evan Rogers and said that the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn’t exist. She eventually moved to Connecticut to live with Rogers and his wife. Rogers, along with his partner, Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record material in the U.S. which was sent to various recording companies. Rihanna’s demo made its way to Def Jam who invited her to audition for rapper turned Def Jam president Jay-Z, who eventually signed her to Def Jam Recordings.

Rihanna cites Brandy, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Bob Marley, Fefe Dobson and her Caribbean background as major musical influences.

Music career

2005-2006: Music of the Sun

Rihanna’s debut album, Music of the Sun, was released on August 30, 2005 in the United States, yielding two singles, the first being “Pon de Replay” which was released on August 22, 2005. This single became a huge success upon its release peaking at number 2 in the US on Billboard Hot 100 charts. It also became a global hit where it peaked within the top 10 across 15 countries as well as achieving top 20 chartings on 20 charts around the world. The single written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers was described by Rolling Stone magazine as a “poppy piece of dancehall reggae with slapping, syncopated beats recalling big-band jazz.

However, despite “Pon de Replay”’s commercial chart success, the album itself was rated 2.5 out of 5 stars by Rolling Stone Magazine and described as lacking the replay value, ingenuity and rhythm of the single with “generic vocal hiccups and frills” of US R&B inflecting upon her “caribbean charm”. Since its release, the album reached the top 10 in both US and Canadian charts, gaining gold certification from the RIAA from selling 500,000 units and subsequent platinum certifications for selling 2 million units in various other countries. The second single “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” was less successful than “Pon de Replay”, but it became a hit nonetheless by managing to achieve a top 40 charting in the USA reaching a high of number 36. In Australia, Ireland and New Zealand the single proved to be well-received reaching the top 10 in those countries. Overall the single became a top 40 hit on 11 charts around the globe. Despite the album not having huge promotion and only releasing two singles Music of the Sun managed to sell over 500,000 copies in the United States and 2 million worldwide.

2006-2007: A Girl like Me

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Rihanna second album, A Girl Like Me, was released in April 2006; less than eight months after the release of her first album. The lead single, “SOS”, was used in an endorsement deal with Nike. The song became Rihanna’s first number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it also debuted at number one on the Hot Digital Songs chart. “SOS” peaked at number one in Australia and number two in the UK. The second single, entitled “Unfaithful”, was written by R&B singer Ne-Yo. The song became her third top ten hit in the U.S. and in the UK. The third single, “We Ride”, was not as successful as her previous releases, failing to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, however, it became her fifth UK top 20 single, where it peaked at number 17 on that chart and peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Rihanna’s fourth single from the album, “Break It Off” featuring Sean Paul, had already climbed to number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on airplay. It was released as a digital download on February 19, 2007, which made the song jump from number fifty-two to number ten and then eventually peak at number nine. A Girl like Me’s sales were significantly stronger, selling over 1 million in the U.S.

In total, Rihanna has had eleven number-ones on the Billboard charts and has had major success on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with eight number-ones. When Rihanna received an endorsement deal from Clinique, she recorded a song written by Ne-Yo entitled “Just Be Happy” as part of the deal to promote their Happy fragrance. Rihanna also recorded a song called “Winning Women” with Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger for P&G’s female deodorant Secret.

During this time Rihanna also made her acting debut in a cameo role in Bring It On: All or Nothing, which was released on August 8, 2006.

In 2006, before the release, Rihanna served as an opening act for Gwen Stefani to promote the album. Rihanna then started touring with Pussycat Dolls from November-February 2007 in the UK.

2007-2008: Good Girl Gone Bad

Rihanna went into the studio in early 2007 with Ne-Yo, Stargate, and Timbaland among others to record her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The album was released on June 5, 2007, features Jay-Z and Ne-Yo. Rihanna worked with Timbaland on three songs in the album: “Lemme Get That”, “Rehab” and the Japanese bonus track “Haunted”. Justin Timberlake co-wrote and provides background vocals on “Rehab”.^[21]

The album so far has yielded eight hit singles, including the world-wide number one hit “Umbrella”, featuring Jay-Z. In addition to reaching number one in various countries, “Umbrella” was the number one single in the UK for 10 consecutive weeks, making it the longest running UK number one single since Wet Wet Wet’s single “Love Is All Around”, back in 1994, and the longest running number one by a female artist since Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”, which also topped the chart for 10 weeks in 1992. By the end of the year, “Umbrella” was ranked second on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart in the United States.^[22]

Her other singles, “Shut Up and Drive” and “Don’t Stop The Music” were able to mirror the success of “Umbrella”, with “Don’t Stop the Music” reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna’s seventh top ten single and her fourth top five hit, while peaking at number one in various countries. The fourth single (third single in the US and UK) “Hate That I Love You”, featuring Ne-Yo, was able to peak at number seven in the U.S.

Starting September 12, 2007, Rihanna toured Canada and the United States in support of the album with several shows and then crossed to Europe. The tour was called called the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, and was released on DVD on June 17, 2008, featuring the show performed at the Manchester Evening News Arena on December 6, 2007.

With the re-issue of her third album, titled Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, which was released on June 17, 2008,^[23] Rihanna released the singles “Take a Bow” — which became a worldwide number-one hit — , the duet with Maroon 5, “If I Never See Your Face Again,” and “Disturbia”, the latter of which also peaked at the number-one spot on the Hot 100 chart, giving the artist her fourth number-one singles and her ninth top ten hit in the U.S. The song “Rehab,” which features Justin Timberlake, was later sent radio stations on October 7, 2008 and has so far peaked at 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the seventh single from the album to reach the top 20 on the chart.^[24] Good Girl Gone Bad has so far sold 7 million copies worldwide and has gone 2x Platinum in the US, 4x Platinum in the UK and Canada, 5x Platinum in Russia, and 6x Platinum in Ireland; including Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.

On September 15, 2007, Rihanna embarked on the The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, being the first tour headlined by her alone. During the tour, Rihanna wore S&M leather costumes throughout show. Supporting acts throughout the tour included Akon, Ciara, David Jordan, Chris Brown and various local European acts during the second European leg. Rihanna also released, Good Girl Gone Bad Live, a DVD that includes the show from the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

2008-present

On November 23, 2008 Rihanna was nominated for two American Music Award (Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist). Rihanna won in in both categories making it her third AMA. Rihanna also performed “Rehab” on stage at the AMA.

Rihanna was also selected as the spokesmodel for Gucci’s first UNICEF ad campaign. She will appear in the fashion house’s Tattoo Heart campaign, premiering in December. Rihanna will be photographed in series of special edition print ads with UNICEF items, twenty-five percent of sales will benefit the children’s charity.^[27]

In New York, Rihanna was then enlisted by Gucci’s Frida Giannini along with Madonna to light the UNICEF Christmas snowflake. Rihanna, dressed head to toe in Gucci, is now the face of the fourth annual Gucci Campaign to Benefit UNICEF, which aims to raise funds for children in Africa through the sale of its Tattoo Heart collection of bags.

On December 24, 2008 Rihanna stated that she would be back in the recording studio in early 2009 to resume working on her fourth studio album. She expects the album to be released in 2009.

Notable success and accomplishments

Rihanna has five Billboard Hot 100 number ones hits both as a lead artist thus far (”SOS”, “Umbrella”, “Take a Bow”, and “Disturbia”), as well as T.I.’s “Live Your Life”, on which she is featured. This places her at a tie with fellow Pop/R&B singer Beyoncé as the female solo artist with the most number ones this decade. The Good Girl Gone Bad album has three Billboard Hot 100 number one singles. She has so far sold approximately 11 million albums worldwide.

Future projects

Rihanna has teamed up with H&M and other celebrities like Timbaland and Good Charlotte for “Fashion against AIDS”. The collection is designed to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS. It was released at H&M in early February 2008. She went on the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D.^[31]

There are conflicting reports about her next album. MTV.com reported that Rihanna has now gone into the studio to start recording her fourth album. In the near future, Rihanna is scheduled to work with Ryan Tedder who named her as ‘The Next Britney’. Rihanna will be a godmother of the eight season of Star Academy France.

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I’m going to start work on my next album early in the year. There may be a cool collaboration, but you’ll have to wait and see.

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Charity work

Rihanna created her Believe Foundatioⁿ in 2006 to help terminally ill children. Rihanna has performed a number of concerts to raise funds for both charities and the Foundation. She is also a 2008 Cartier LOVECHARITY Bracelet Ambassador, performed at Madonna’s Raising Malawi fundraiser, and was lauded for her efforts to help a woman find a bone marrow donor.

In September 2008, Rihanna joined other female pop, rock, R&B & country singers such as Carrie Underwood, Ciara, Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and Fergie for the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer and its theme song, “Just Stand Up!”. The single is now available via iTunes.

Discography

• 2005: Music of the Sun
• 2006: A Girl like Me
• 2007: Good Girl Gone Bad

Filmography

• 2006: Bring It On: All or Nothing - Herself

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T.I

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name T.I., and also by his alter ego T.I.P., is an American rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and co-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. As of October 2008, T.I. has had nine Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, with three of them reaching number one (”My Love” with Justin Timberlake, “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” featuring Rihanna).

Early life

T.I. is from Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia and was raised by his grandparents. As a teenager, he was a drug dealer. T.I. explained the origin of his nickname Rubber Band Man, saying, “We used to wear rubber bands to signify how much money, how much blow we had.” He was nicknamed “Tip” after his paternal great-grandfather. Upon signing with Arista Records subsidiary LaFace Records in 2001, he shortened his name to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip.

T.I. has been in a relationship with former Xscape member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle since 2001. Together, they have two sons: King and Major Harris. He has three other children with ex-girlfriend Lashon Dixon: Domani, Messiah and Deyjah. Overall, T.I. has five children.

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Music career

I’m Serious

His debut album I’m Serious was released on October 9, 2001 through Arista Records, which spawned the single of the same title which featured reggae vocalist Beenie Man. His debut album included Pharrell of The Neptunes (who named him the Jay-Z of the south), Jazze Pha, and Youngbloodz. Production was by The Neptunes, DJ Toomp, Madvac, and The Grand Hustle Team. However, the album did not sell very well, and he was dropped from the label.

T.I. released the first single “I’m Serious” with Beenie Man. The single had little airplay and failed to chart. The label would not release another single or video for the album, so T.I. created a video for “Dope Boyz”, which had not a video nor single released, but can be seen on YouTube.

He released several mixtapes with the assistance of DJ Drama, which created an underground buzz. He resurfaced in the summer of 2003 on Bone Crusher’s song “Never Scared”.

Trap Muzik

T.I. released Trap Muzik in the summer 2003 through Grand Hustle Records and debuted at number four and sold 109,000 copies in its first week. It spawned the singles “24s”, “Be Easy“, “Rubberband Man”, and “Let’s Get Away”. The album featured guest appearances by Eightball & MJG, Jazze Pha, Bun B and Macboney and producers include Jazze Pha, Kanye West, David Banner, Madvac and DJ Toomp. The success of the album was followed by some controversy; while on tour, T.I. was charged with violating his probation over a 2003 drug charge, and turned himself in. He was sentenced to three years in prison. While there, he was granted rights to film the music video for “Let’s Get Away”. It sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Urban Legend

T.I. released his third album Urban Legend in late 2004. His first single is “Bring ‘Em Out”, having much success. His second single is “U Don’t Know Me”. His third single “ASAP” reached #75 on the U.S. charts,^[12] #18 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop charts, #14 on the Rap charts, and #35 on the U.K. singles chart. T.I. created a video for “ASAP”/”Motivation”. However, “Motivation” only made it to #62 the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart, but not on the other charts like “ASAP.”

In 2006, T.I. received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Song Collaboration (”Soldier” w/ Destiny’s Child & Lil Wayne) and Best Rap Solo Performance for “U Don’t Know Me” at The 48th Grammy Awards.

King

His fourth album, King debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the first half of 2006, selling 522,000 copies in its first week.^[13] T.I. released his promo-singles “Front Back” and “Ride with Me” before the album’s release date. The singles had small attention, but it helped promote the album and his debut movie ATL. The album also included other singles, “What You Know,” “Why You Wanna,” “Live in the Sky,” and a remix of “Top Back.” King earned numerous awards and nominations including a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album.

“What You Know” won a “Best Rap Solo Performance” and was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 49th Grammy Awards.

T.I. collaborated with Justin Timberlake for “My Love,” which proved to be a worldwide hit. It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Collaboration with Justin Timberlake at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.

T.I. vs. T.I.P.

T.I. released his fifth album T.I. vs. T.I.P. on July 3, 2007. The first single from the album was “Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)” which was produced by Mannie Fresh and was released to radio stations on April 17, 2007. T.I. released a second single “You Know What It Is,” featuring Wyclef Jean, on June 12, 2007.

T.I. vs. T.I.P. sold 468,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The Grand Hustle/Atlantic set is T.I.’s second chart-topper in the past year-and-a-half; King opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 522,000 copies in late March 2006. The album included guests by Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, Nelly, and Eminem with productions by Eminem, Jeff Bass, Mannie Fresh, Grand Hustle, The Runners, Just Blaze, Wyclef Jean and Danja. This is his first album without production by long time producer DJ Toomp or The Neptunes. On October 3, 2007, T.I. released his third single, “Hurt,” featuring Busta Rhymes.

Other ventures

Acting career

In Spring 2006, T.I. starred in his first film, ATL. The other cast members included Lauren London, Antoine Patton, Evan Ross, Mykelti Williamson, Jason Weaver, and Keith David. The movie was written by Tina Gordon Chism and Antwone Fisher, produced by Timothy M. Bourne, Tionne Watkins, and Will Smith, and directed by Christopher Robinson. T.I. played the character Rashad Swann, an orphaned 17-year-old senior in high school. In its opening weekend, the film grossed a total of $11.5 million, ranking third in the United States box office, and went on to gross $21.2. It grossed a million nationwide.

T.I. also appeared in American Gangster with fellow rappers Common and RZA. and was featured on the soundtrack.

According to HHNLive.com T.I. revealed that he is launching Grand Hustle Films. The first project from the movie division of his Grand Hustle brand is titled Once Was Lost. T.I. will star in the film alongside veteran Hollywood actor Danny Glover, who will also act as producer. Filming is scheduled to begin in October 2008.

In September 2008, T.I. appeared as himself in the Entourage episode “The All Out Fall Out” as one of Ari Gold’s clients.

Producing

T.I. was co-executive producer of B.G.’s upcoming album and making beats for artists like Mariah Carey, Cassidy, Rick Ross, Maino, B.o.B., Yung Joc, Young Dro, and himself. He also executive produced the soundtrack to the film Hustle & Flow and released the collection through his record label.

Television producing

Late 2007, T.I. linked up with Los Angeles based production company 828 Entertainment to executive produce a new reality show titled Life on Mars which chronicles the life of young prodigy music producer LaMar “MARS” Edwards. T.I. partnered 828 Entertainment with his company Grand Hustle Records to produce a slate of both television and film projects.

Controversy

Lil’ Flip

According to AllHipHop, T.I. and Lil’ Flip had an altercation in Lil’ Flip’s neighborhood, the Cloverland section of Houston. It has been said that T.I. went there to create a DVD exposing Lil’ Flip to be a fraud. When T.I. went to Cloverland with his entourage, he was met by Flip and his people. Then it was said a fight broke out with the two sets with Lil’ Flip swinging on T.I. until one of TIPS body guards started shooting. The same day T.I. went on a Houston, Texas radio station talking about the altercation. He revealed that he had the tape and he was going to release it with an upcoming mixtape, but that didn’t happen due to the fact that J. Prince stopped him from distributing the tape. It is unknown whether T.I. still has the tape or not. The feud was squashed by Rap-A-Lot’s J. Prince after having them sit down and resolve their feud. The feud was documented by the Houston Press.

Chaka Zulu

On June 24, 2007 at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California, T.I. was involved in a brawl. During a luncheon held by Kevin Liles of Warner Music Group (parent company of T.I.’s label, Atlantic Records), the MC got into a fight with Ludacris’ manager Chaka Zulu. According to witnesses, T.I. punched Zulu in the face and choked him and a small, brief melee ensued.

T.I. brought home the award for Best Hip-Hop Artist at the BET Awards, and took the opportunity to apologize for his scuffle with Disturbing tha Peace executive Chaka Zulu earlier in the week. While accepting his award, he expressed regret over the situation. “They say it’s a fine line between brilliance and insanity,” he said, in an apparent reference to his troublesome alter ego, T.I.P. During the broadcast, cameras showed his onetime rival Ludacris smiling in the audience. The audience stood up and clapped for T.I.

Shawty Lo

Rapper and D4L member Shawty Lo released his second single “Dunn Dunn” which was directly aimed at T.I. In response, T.I. made a diss track called “You Done It Now.” In T.I.’s song “No Matter What” from Paper Trail, T.I. says “So you up and coming rappers wanna diss, just kill it. I’m officially the realest, point blank, period.” which is directed to Shawty Lo. The album also features a song called “What Up, What’s Haapnin’” that directly disses Shawty Lo with lines such as “Still I hear you loud and clear on ya lil’ song, go on get ya dissin’ on while the king gone” and “‘Cause I yell Bankhead and you felt left out, I ain’t mention yo name that’s what all this ’bout?”

On May 16, 2008, Shawty Lo released a video asking anyone who knows T.I. to send him T.I.’s high school yearbook picture, saying that he wanted to prove that T.I. is not really from Bankhead. He offered cash to anyone who would. T.I. continued to insult Shawty Lo, saying Shawty Lo only shows disrespect towards T.I. because he is successful.

Legal issues

T.I. was on probation stemming from a 1998 conviction for violating a state controlled substances act and for giving false information. After being released on probation, he earned a litany of probation violations in several counties around Georgia for offenses ranging from possession of a firearm to possession of marijuana. In 2006, after appearing in an Atlanta court on (May 10) and having charges that he threatened a man outside a strip club last year dropped for lack of evidence, T.I. was arrested on an outstanding probation violation warrant from Florida. The warrant claimed that T.I. did not complete the required number of community service hours he was sentenced for a 2003 assault of a female sheriff deputy at University Mall in Tampa. T.I. was detained by several mall Security Guards at the time of the incident, among them, Jason Phillips (founder of Certified Protective Services), Larry Warner (founder of Tactical Response Services), and Arturo Ortiz, now a security manager in Florida. According to WBS-TV Atlanta, the rapper’s attorney said that the problem was nothing more than a “technical matter” between Georgia and Florida. The confusion arose because T.I. was also sentenced to community service in Georgia for driving with a suspended license, for which he did complete 75 hours of community service in his home state. The rapper was released on bail shortly after being arrested, and was expected to surrender to Florida state authorities the following week to resolve the matter.

On October 13, 2007, federal authorities arrested T.I. four hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards^[35]. He was charged with two felonies — possession of three unregistered machine guns and two silencers, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. The arrest was made in the parking lot of a downtown shopping center, which a witness identified as the Walgreens drug store at the corner of North and Piedmont Avenues. Harris was arrested after allegedly trying to purchase the guns from a “cooperating witness” with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. According to federal officials, the witness had been cooperating with authorities since Wednesday, when he was arrested on charges of trying to purchase guns from a federal agent. The witness had been working as Harris’ bodyguard since July, authorities said.^[36][37] T.I. walked out of the Atlanta United States District Court after appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman on October 26, 2007. Judge Alan J. Baverman required T.I. post a $3 million bond, $2 million in cash and $1 million in equity on property he owns. The rapper was required to remain at home except for medical appointments and court appearances. The only people allowed to live with him were his girlfriend and children. Visitors were required to be approved by the court. T.I.’s suppression hearing was originally stated for January 3, 2008; however, U.S. Magistrate Alan J. Baverman pushed back the suppression hearing until February 19, 2008. The performer later pleaded guilty to US federal weapons charges. He will serve a year in jail beginning in March 2009 after completing 1,000 hours of community service.

In an interview with MTV about serving jail time, T.I. stated, “Presumably, while I’m there, I’ll be able to strategize my comeback.” He went on to say that he would not “just be sitting still doing nothing”.

On November 21, 2008, T.I. testified in the murder trial of his entourage Philant Johnson, who was murdered in a shooting that occurred after a post-concert party at a club.

Community work

In addition to helping with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, T.I. worked with troubled youths at Paulding Detention Center in Atlanta, provided scholarships for single parent families at Boys and Girls Clubs, and headlined the Boost Mobile Rockcorps concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, which featured such performers as Fat Joe, Slim Thug, and Kanye West, and was held exclusively for community service volunteers. As part of his community service time, T.I. has come to a number of middle-grade and high schools in Georgia, where he speaks with the students in an assembly holding a positive message, while maintaining a philathropic view about morals and growing up in the same areas as himself. In June 2005, The Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Foundation, named for the deceased member of multi-platinum female group TLC, and Atlanta’s V-103 honored T.I. with the 2005 Lisa Lopes Award for groundbreaking achievements in music and community service which was court ordered. With this steady list of growing accomplishments T.I. is being recognized as the “Jay-Z of the South,” according to Pharrell Williams of multi-platinum production team The Neptunes.

T.I.’s night club, Club Crucial, will be the host for a give away of 200 bicycles to neighborhood children in the Boys and Girls Club with V-103 announcer Greg Street

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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of girl group Destiny’s Child and went on to sell over 50 million records worldwide with the group.

After a series of commercial successes with the group, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in June 2003. The album became one of the most-successful albums of that year, spawning the number-one singles “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”. It earned Knowles five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2004, and its reception signaled her viability as a solo artist. The disbandment of Destiny’s Child in 2005 facilitated her continued success; she released her second album, B’Day, in 2006, which spawned the UK number-one singles “Déjà Vu” and “Beautiful Liar”, and the worldwide hit “Irreplaceable”. Knowles will release her third solo album titled I Am… Sasha Fierce on November 18, 2008.

The success of her solo albums has established Knowles as one of the most marketable artists in the industry. She has added acting and endorsement deals to her repertoire. In 2006, she starred in the comedy film The Pink Panther, and, in the same year, scored the main role in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Knowles launched in 2004 her family’s fashion line, House of Deréon, and among her many lucrative commercial deals are Pepsi, Tommy Hilfiger, and L’Oréal. Knowles has been with husband Jay-Z since 2002, though they have been discreet about their relationship. After much speculation, they married on April 4, 2008. Knowles has sold more than 75 million albums through out her career together with her album sales with Destiny’s Child.

Beyonce Discography

Destiny’s Child

• Destiny’s Child (1998)
• The Writing’s on the Wall (1999)
• Survivor (2001)
• Destiny Fulfilled (2004)

Solo

• Dangerously in Love (2003)
• B’Day (2006)
• I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)