Jay-Z Lands Deal To Bring 40/40 Clubs To Airports In The U.S.

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Jay-Z is expanding his business empire with a new deal that will bring his popular 40/40 Club to select airports across the United States.

The rap mogul and his partners Juan and Desiree Perez have struck a deal with Delaware North Companies, one of the world's leading and hospitality service providers.

Additionally, Delaware North Companies is one of the largest privately held companies in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $2 billion dollars.

"The 40/40 Club is all about creating first-class experiences for guests who want to relax and watch their favorite games," said Desiree Perez. "We want to see our club grow, and to bring those experiences to travelers. A partnership with Delaware North will do just that."

The new deal could bring Jay-Z's 40/40 Club into up 20 major U.S. airports, where Delaware North Companies operate dozens of national and regional brand restaurants.

"We are thrilled to partner with the 40/40 Club, to bring a stylish sports bar and lounge to airports across the country," said Robert Stanton, vice president of business development. "From the personalized, one-of-a-kind jerseys on the wall, to every sports game you can think of on the television screens, the club will bring a new experience that we are sure travelers will welcome."

In related news, AllHipHop.com has learned that Jay-Z's flagship 40/40 Club in Manhattan will close from April to July of 2011 to undergo a complete renovation. The Atlantic City location, which opened in 2005, will remain open.

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According to Hits Daily Double, Mr. West will take the # 1 Spot on The Billboard Charts selling 518,775 Units his first week. While Nicki Minaj will take #2 with 371,049 units sold.

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Kanye..... The Fast Food Mogul....

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Kanye West will add to his discography today (November 22), when his fifth album, My Dark Twisted Fantasy lands in stores across the country.

But the Chicago rapper is planning to expand his career beyond music, with a possible new clothing line with high-end clothing line with French Fashion label, Lanvin and a chain of fast-food restaurants.

According to TheDailyBeast.com, Kanye West may turn into the next fast food mogul, as the rapper snatched up the franchise rights for 10 Fatburger restaurants in Chicago through his holding company, KW Foods LLC.

“It’s safe to say that we’ll be doing more strategic partnerships in areas like fashion and design,” Gee Roberson told The Daily Beast. “Music is the foundation for everything Kanye does, but he doesn’t want to be defined only as a musician. He’s really a designer. He designs his sounds, his raps, all aspects of his tour. He wants to do deals where he can have his fingerprints on the product.”

Kanye West, who already operates two of the restaurants in Orland Park and Beverly, joins a growing number of rappers who have invested money into the Fatburger franchise.

Hip-Hop musician Pharrell Williams opened two Fatburgers in China, Queen Latifah reportedly owns several of the restaurants, while E-40 closed his Fatburger in California in 2008.

Source: www.allhiphop.com

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Wiz Khalifa Unveils Sunglasses Line

Wiz Khalifa is also making moves outside of music and has recently linked up with Eyetique to create a line of aviator shades, The Elevators. The Taylor Gang general can be seen wearing them in his “Black & Yellow” video.

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Jay Electronica Signs to Roc Nation

“Jay-Z invites you to an evening of magic” was the words spoken by President Carter for a secret show at New York City’s The Box on Friday (November 12). But it turns out that this “little” secret show was actually the signing of a well-known underground rapper ‘Jay Electronica’ who hails from New Orleans. “He’s an official Roc Nation signee. Make some noise!!!” said Jay-Z while introducing Jay Electronica to the stage.

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Matt Lauer Speaks on Kanye's Twitter Post on Today Show Interview

Matt Lauer responded to Kanye West’s Twitter rant after his interview on The Today Show yesterday where he discussed the incident in which he said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

Kanye accused Lauer of trying to force answers out of him during the tense interview.

Kanye gets kudos for not backing down from his stance on what he (and many others) perceived as the government’s racist response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. “I think a lot of things that happen in America, period, are because of race.” said Kanye.

Kanye objected to Lauer playing a tape of Bush condemning Kanye’s remarks to get a response from him: “I didn’t need you guys to show me the tape… to prompt my emotions.”

He struggled with Lauer’s leading attempts to get him to say he was sorry for calling Bush a racist. “I did not have enough information in that situation to call him a racist.”

Later, Kanye lashed out angrily when Lauer played the MTV VMA clip of him snatching Taylor Swift’s mic.

“Yo, how am I supposed to talk if you’re gonna run this thing in the middle while I’m talking,” he said as the MTV clip played. Lauer explained to Kanye that the audio was “under” him, meaning low.

“But I’m hearing it while I’m trying to talk. Please don’t let that happen again!,” Kanye snapped to the producers off camera.

Afterward, Lauer explained that running video while a guest is talking is “something we do every day.” He even plugged Kanye’s upcoming live performance on The Today Show on Friday, November 26.

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Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin' to **** Wit!

(AllHipHop News) The infamous Staten Island group Wu-Tang Clan has announced a limited winter tour starting this December.

The cross country tour kicks off in San Diego, California on December 4th and wraps up with a New Year’s Eve performance in Millville, Pennsylvania.

Also included is a stop in Times Square at the Best Buy Theatre on December 29th.

Expect to hear music from the members group albums, as well as solo projects. The last time the group got together was for the Rock The Bells tour this past summer.

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MC Hammer / Jay-Z Beef Over

(AllHipHop News) And like that, it was over.

MC Hammer has declared that the beef between he and Jay-Z has now come to an abrupt ending.

“As a responsible veteran of twenty something years of this [Hip-Hop]. I can't leave it out there with tensions,” MC Hammer told AllHipHop.com exclusively. “I am reading comments on both sides, it's not about that, I have seen all of that before. There is an opportunity to say at some point. We onto the next thing. You know, Jay took his shot and I answered. Now let's move on.”

Hammer also told his nearly 2 million followers on Twitter that he was ready for peace.

“7 Days is enough. I'm Accepting Jay Z at his "Word" and moving on. I made my point. #KingHammer,” he tweeted. Jay-Z denied that he was dissing Hammer in recent interviews, stating he was only being lyrical on the Kanye West track "So Appalled."

Furthermore, Hammer told AllHipHop.com that other matters were commanding his attention, those in his native Oakland.. The recent case surrounding Oscar Grant’s murder and the controversial two-year sentencing of the officer that killed him was one matter. Of the case Hammer tweeted, "The Justice System failed again. Oscar Grant (RIP) was an unarmed victim slain by the court today."

Even more recently, another unarmed man named Derrick Jones, 37, was shot and killed by police in Oakland.

Hammer recently sent out a picture of himself, Oscar Grant’s family and other members of the community (seen at the bottom of the article) after speaking out at an event.

Of the Jay-Z beef, while it is over, Hammer said that he simply wanted to make sure Hip-Hop was educated on who his is now, not only from the late 80’s and a 90’s.

“I already know that this [beef] was going to go down like this. I know the Hip Hop audience. Ain’t nobody more aware than me,” he concluded.

Source: www.allhiphop.com

Akon Plans To Build University, Hospitals For Under Privileged

(AllHipHop News) R&B singer/musicA mogul Akon has announced the launch of a new foundation to help serve under privileged children in Africa.

According to Akon, the Konfidence Foundation was established to create a better future for the children of Africa.

"It all strung from concept of creating a better future for the kids in Africa," Akon told AllHipHop.com. "I started realizing as I was growing up and as I was coming up in this business, I allowed myself to be educated, period. And I think that was the moment where I became more of an entrepreneur; I understood what the essence of business was."

Akon has experienced major success over the course of 2010 with the runaway success of Lady Gaga, who is signed to his record label Konlive.

Other acts on Akon's label include T-Pain, Kardinal Offishall, Ya Boy, Red Cafe, Rock City, French Montana and others.

Akon, who was born in Senegal, applied the knowledge and education he received from mentors and successful executives like Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Iovine and Steve Rifkind, to his own label.

And the new foundation is his way of reinvesting his money into the African continent. The mogul recently opened an elementary school in his Senegal, using the proceeds he earned from touring.

"You start to realize education really is the key," Akon told AllHipHop.com. "You just got to allow yourself to absorb the information and properly use it. With that thought in mind, when we created the Konfidence Foundation, it was more so to find a platform to educate all these children so that they can have a better future with what’s left to develop in Africa. We built my first elementary school in Senegal, which is an incredible accomplishment because I did it with my own money, my tour money and did it myself."

According to Akon, his next project will be to create and establish a new University in Senegal for students, in addition to future plans to build hospitals in the country.

"We feel like education doesn’t mean anything if you aren’t healthy," Akon told AllHipHop.com. "Between health and education those are the two key things to rebuild any country. We want to start with the kids because they have a lot more growing up to do and a lot more to give in order to create a future for ourselves."

Source: www.allhiphop.com

Wiz Khalifa Arrested in NC

(AllHipHop News) Pittsburgh, PA rapper Wiz Khalifa was arrested in Greensville, North Carolina for unknown reasons, it's being reported.

While details are sketchy, early reports state that Wiz Khalifa was at a show at Eastern Carolina University when police reportedly boarded the rapper's tour bus.

Sources suggest the arrest is related to Khalifa’s penchant for smoking marijuana.

The popular Pittsburgh rapper, known for his hit single "Black and Yellow," has boasted about smoking about $10,000 in weed per month.

The 22-year-old rapper was in town to perform at Wright Auditorium, as part of the national "Waken Baken Tour 2010."

The 60-date-tour kicked off September 16th and ends in Boston on November 21st. Tonight, rapper Big Krit was tapped to open for Wiz Khalifa.

Wiz' last tweet came around 4:30 PM EST when he sent the message: "Smoke outs greenville, nc tonight. fall thru wit ur finest plant life."

Earlier, his told his 482,000 followers that he enjoyed waking up and "smoking" on his tour bus each morning.

In October, Wiz Khalifa launched his own line of rolling papers.

At press time, no reason for the arrest was available.

Source: www.allhiphop.com

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Gucci Mane Arrested

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Gucci Man has been arrested for a myriad of traffic infractions and had to be restrained with pepper spray, according to published reports.

Gucci, real name Radric Davis, is charged with driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property, obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges, Atlanta Police spokesman Curtis Davenport told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Furthermore, the report says Gucci had to be subdued by police with pepper spray.

The rapper was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for a medical check up. From there, he is expected to be moved to Fulton County Jail.

Gucci Mane was just released from Fulton County jail in May for violating parole.

"I have made some mistakes in my life that have hurt a lot of people who care about me," Gucci Mane said just after being released from prison in May.

“I have worked very hard to get past them, but those mistakes have brought me to where I am today, and they will not be repeated," Gucci Mane said. "These past six months have been a difficult time, but fortunately I have learned a great deal from my experience. I was able to do a great deal of soul searching; I am coming out with a new attitude towards life."

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T.I.. Turns Himself In to Serve 11 Month Sentence

Rapper T.I. bid adieu to his family and friends yesterday and turned himself into the same Arkansas correctional facility where he spent 10 months last year.

A prison spokesman told TMZ that T.I. checked in yesterday morning and was being processed.

T.I. is a cordial guy and I’m sure he was welcomed warmly by the staff and correctional officers who befriended the “I’m Serious” rapper while he was behind bars on federal weapons charges.

Before he left Atlanta, T.I., 30, attended Ebony Steele’s Bare Chest for Breast Cancer fashion benefit to raise funds for cancer research (photo above from the event). T.I. also donated his time and money to charitable causes that were never mentioned in the media.

T.I.’s wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, 35, hopes to be leaving for the Forrest City federal prison in a few days. But word is Tiny might not be allowed to visit T.I. since she has a pending court hearing on a felony drug possession charge in California.

Inmates in federal prisons can not receive visits from guests who are also charged with felonies.

Last year, Tiny and a friend made weekly visits to the Arkansas prison to see T.I. until he was released to a halfway house last December.

The friend who accompanied her most often to Arkansas was the same woman who was arrested along with Tiny and T.I. during a traffic stop in West Hollywood on September 1st.

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