NEW YORK // MONDAY, JUNE 30TH 2008 » The USA Basketball Team was in New York today on a media tour promoting the upcoming 2008 World Basketball Olympics. We have an amazing lineup team! Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets); Carlos Boozer (Utah Jazz); Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors); Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers); Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic); LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers); Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks); Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets); TayShaun Prince (Detroit Pistons); Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks); Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat); and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz) are all on USA Basketball Olympians this year. I’ve been waiting for this and I can’t wait til’ it starts! I hope we win it all this year! ESPN is even doing a five-part documentary series called “Road To Redemption presented by NIKE”. The first episode will air Wednesday, July 2 @ 7PM ET on ESPN2. View the trailer now!
MIAMI, FLORIDA // SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH 2008 » On Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the “South Florida Summer Fest 2008†Concert featuring Birdman, DJ Khaled, Ace, Colby O’donis, Casley, Keyshia Cole, Akon, Lil’ Wayne and More live from The BankAtlantic Center. The show started at exactly 7:00 PM with opening acts Selena Serrano, S.O.U.R.C.E International Clique, Michelle Del Amore, Wyneter Gordon, and a bunch of local artists performing their radio hits like Grindmode’s “I’m so “High” and “Ecstasy“, Ball Greezy’s “Shoneâ€, Colby O’Donis’ “What you got“, and last but not least Casely (if you think Chris Brown, Usher and Ne-Yo imitate MJ alot, then you haven’t seen Casely live!) who performed really well, but WAY too long for an opening act, sang about 4 or 5 songs from his upcoming album 1985 including his radio hit “Emotional“.
NEW YORK // SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH 2008 » The Michael Strahan/Dreier Charity Golf Tournament Pre-Party went down last night to help benefit Children’s Rights & Keep A Child Alive Organizations. Many celebs came out to help show support for the two organizations. A lot of people we haven’t seen in awhile too. LaToya Luckett, Ja Rule, Spike Lee, Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, and more showed up to the event.
ENGLAND // SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH 2008 »Jay-Z and Amy Winehouse were the headliners for Day 2 of the 2008 Glastonbury Festival, an annual concert festival held every summer (except every 5th year) in England. There was a lot of controversy behind Jay-Z being a headlining act, since he’s a rapper, but apparently all of that got settled and I hear Jay-Z killed at the show!
American rapper Jay-Z answered his critics, notably Oasis’s Noel Gallagher, with a performance at Britain’s famous Glastonbury music festival that was received to rapturous cheers Saturday.
Striding on stage with a guitar slung over his shoulder, he led the crowd in a rendition of Oasis’s “Wonderwall”, smiling throughout, and with wife Beyonce Knowles in attendance, his set included songs such as “99 Problems”. [ READ MORE » ]
Bow Wow just posted a new video challenging his subscribers and anyone who views this video that he wants you to create the official dance for his song “Marco Polo” featuring Soulja Boy. Not only will he use your dance he’ll fly you out to the ATL to be in the video! You can send your video to Bow Wow on his official YouTube Channel. Check out the following link below!
Jay-Z talked and appeared on a popular talk show in the United Kingdon on BBC One’s “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross”. He talked about a lot of things from Beyonce to his new preferences in music. Will Smith even makes a cameo in this interview. Check out the video above.
Here is new music from Gym Class Heroes featuring The-Dream. ‘Cookie Jar‘ is said to be the first single lifted from GCH’s forthcoming album, The Quilt. The song is very radio friendly, thanks to The-Dream’s melodic hook which seems similar to T-Pain’s ‘Buy U a Drank‘ song.