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Today in Music: #lilwaynedeeptweets, Newsom Talks Skivvies

Shannon Hassett :: Monday, March 1st, 2010 5:15 pm

Lil Wayne pulled a Leno and rejoined twitter.

No Age is behind the score for short fashion film Aanteni.

Billboard releases its list of the highest earning musicians of 2009.

Joanna Newsom talks to TIME about her underwear.

Titus Andronicus posts MP3s and will play a benefit show at Red Hook High School.

PAVEMENT IS BACK.

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RIP Lil Wayne’s Twitter

Shannon Hassett :: Thursday, February 25th, 2010 3:00 pm

For those without a Twitter, there are three important things to know about the site. The first is the meaning of a hashtag, which is any word that appears with a number sign before it (for example, #thisisahashtag). Hashtags were developed to create groupings on Twitter, meaning your tweet will automatically be linked to anyone else using the same hashtag by clicking on the tag. A list of the most popular hashtags, also called trending topics, is constantly updated within your profile, so things like #musicmonday and #nowplaying become very popular. Your second essential Twitter fact is the recent addition of @liltunechi, better known to the world as Lil Wayne. And the third, and perhaps most essential fact, is that @liltunechi is not here to fuck around. MORE »

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Lil Wayne Gets a Twitter

Shannon Hassett :: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 2:30 pm

What else is there to say? Weezy’s first post:
im super new to this twitter shit but wudup tho !……….follow me biot¢h……….wudup mak……happy bday LO……8 days of freedom..ym

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‘We Are The World…II’

Nick Nicoludis :: Thursday, February 11th, 2010 2:05 am

We can all remember (well not me personally cause I was still ‘in the works’ as far as being conceived/born) the 1985 hit ‘We Are The World’ that aimed to help help starving Africans. It was the 80’s and as we all know from movies and what are weird uncles tell us, times were great in the US but pretty crummy in other corners of the world. So a super-group formed that would rival The Justice League and The Super Friends combined. Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson wrote the original tune and scores of musicians chipped in their musical abilities to create one of the catchiest benefit songs to ever come out. Naturally, because we live in an age of recycled ideas, the ’stars’ decided to revamp the 25-year-old classic by adding a million more celebs/musicians/rappers and throwing in a few more interesting twists. MORE »

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Weezy Bails on Jail Until March

Shannon Hassett :: Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 12:15 pm

Considering the year-long imprisonment of Lil Wayne will effect our generation more profoundly than any other news item until his release, it is necessary to inform you that his start date has been postponed. For dental surgery. Yes, the scions at MTV released word yesterday that Weezy’s attorney submitted a request (which was later approved) for the rapper to get a cracked tooth corrected by his personal dentist, who would provide better treatment than the facilities at Rikers. The surgery is set for February 12th in Miami, pushing his imprisonment to March 2nd. The extra few weeks are sure to provide fans with even more new material to be released during his time at Rikers, a wealth of which Weezy already scrambled to finish before yesterday’s scheduled sentencing. And in case you missed it, a poignant farewell video was released on the Upstream page of Young Money member Lil Twist, found here. I laughed, I cried — a seriously more worthy production than nine of those best picture noms.

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Does Your Gun Own You, Mr. Carter?

Zach Custer :: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 4:25 pm

Lil’ Wayne is set for a 12 month prison sentence starting today, February 9, 2010, stemming from a guilty plea to felony gun possession charges in 2007.

On January 14, 2010 Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged with carrying a pistol without a license. This stems from a December 21, 2009 account in which Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton both had unloaded firearms stored in the team locker room. Both players are suspended for the remainder of the NBA season while Arenas’ hearing is scheduled for March 26th. MORE »

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Does Your Gun Own You, Mr. Carter?

Zach Custer :: Friday, February 5th, 2010 4:10 pm

Lil’ Wayne is set for a 12 month prison sentence starting today, February 9, 2010, stemming from a guilty plea to felony gun possession charges in 2007.

On January 14, 2010 Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged with carrying a pistol without a license. This stems from a December 21, 2009 account in which Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton both had unloaded firearms stored in the team locker room. Both players are suspended for the remainder of the NBA season while Arenas’ hearing is scheduled for March 26th. MORE »

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Lil Wayne to Voice Cartoon Jesus

Elissa Suh :: Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 5:05 pm

According to Ozone magazine, Lil Wayne will voice a cartoon Jesus and perform in a video called “Ghetto Commandments” on the new Adultswim special called Freakniks. Check out the site (where photos of T-Pain in blue Santa garb are graced by strippers, a classic staple for any Christmas party) for more details. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but voicing the Lord won’t get you out of jail, Weezy, but you sure can try. After all, you weren’t too bad in The Boondocks. (Click through.)
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