Today’s Newswire: 2/8/2011

• MTV at 30: How it changed the face of black music

• Sirius XM Radio Second-Quarter Profit, Subs Surge
• MySpace Traffic Continues Fall
• Sirius Still Has Big Fans But Pandora And Spotify Are Wildly Cheaper
• Island Def Jam CEO Barry Weiss Says Label Is ‘On Fire,’ Not Broke
• Jay-Z Denies Beef With Kanye West Over Tour, Calls Him A “Genius”

 

“You want it to be that way…but its the other way”

• 50 Cent Says Def Jam is $80 Million In Debt – (As Previously Mentioned By This Blog Over 1 Year Ago)

• Legal Documents Surface Showing Live Nation Now Manage Beyonce
• Jam Master Jay’s Scratch Music Nabs $3.3M Funding
• 50 Cent Rejects Young Buck’s Debt-Repayment Plan
• Propellerhead Reason 6 Unveiled

Rocafella Uncut

The latest episode of The Last Days Of The Roc from former Rocafella videographer, Choke No Joke.

You can purchase his films from Black Star Music & Video in Harlem.

352 LENOX AVE
(CORNER OF 128TH ST, HARLEM)
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10027

I would like to see the dispute between Kenny Burns & Dame Dash or Cam’ron operating out of Dame’s office in one of these videos!

Kenny Burns was VP when I was at Rocafella for around 2 years. He made numerous important deals that turned Rocafella into a lifestyle brand as well as being an important figure in Kanye West’s career.