Solange Knowles Dropped from Interscope?
Last week, news of Kelly Rowland’s departure from her record label hit the net. Now comes word that Beyonce’s sister Solange Knowles was also shown the door by her record label.
From Jawn Murray (AOL Black Voices)
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Geffen/Interscope Records has opted not to further their relationship with Knowles’ daughter Solange Knowles. The eclectic singer’s sophomore release ‘Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams’ has only sold around 138,000 units since its release in August of 2008 and Geffen/Interscope didn’t see the value in doing a new CD on her.
“Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn’t interested in doing a new contract with her. People at the label really liked working with her because other than her infamous news outburst in Las Vegas, she was a constant professional. There were challenges dealing with her camp, but Solange was great to work with. In the end, the CD didn’t sell despite Solange’s countless high profile appearances,” the record label source told me. So both Rowland and Solange are now currently without record company homes; though I am told that Rowland will likely be announcing a new record deal in the coming weeks.
Awww, that bites. Well, let’s look on the bright side: now Solange has more time on her hands to spend with her son Julez and her growing Twitter family.
Sampler: Chrisette Michele – Epiphany
Chrisette Michelle’s excellent 2nd studio CD Epiphany is due in stores May 5th.
Check out the Epiphany sampler at imeem.com/chrisettemichele
Magic Johnson and the Tax Refund Rip-off
Why is Johnson using his considerable fame and influence to peddle tax anticipation loans to poor people?
From HuffPo:
If you watched the NCAA basketball Final Four, you couldn’t miss former Michigan State star Earvin “Magic” Johnson. He was constantly being interviewed or shown on camera.
There is another place you can find Magic Johnson: doing commercials for Jackson Hewitt’s “Money Now.” “Money Now” is a tax refund loan operation.
Tax refund loans (also called refund anticipation loans) are in a class of financial products marketed primarily to poor people.
Someone described tax refund loans as a payday loan guaranteed by your tax return.
That hits the nail on the head.
Like payday loans, the fees and interest rates on tax refund loans are outrageous.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the annualized interest rate for tax loans is 40% to 500%.
According to IRS data, 8.7 million people took out a tax refund loan in 2007. Of those 8.7 million who got the loans, 67% received an Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Earned Income Tax Credit is a program aimed to help the working poor. Only 17% of all taxpayers get it.
When 2/3 of the borrowers come from less than 1/5 of the population, it doesn’t take a genius to see the business model. Tax refund loan vendors must view the working poor as easy pickings.
They are probably right. READ MORE…
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Bow Wow is officially off my Christmas list
I guess Bow Wow didn’t appreciate me posting the atrocious first-week sales numbers for his wack azz CD New Jack City Who?
So he does what any little snot nosed uneducated b*tch would do by posting this immature comment on his Twitter page:
SUMBODY TELL SANDRA ROSE, NEX TIME SHE OPEN HER MOUF, MAKE SURE A D**K IS GOIN IN IT! THIS IS WAT SHE LOOKS LIKE. CLICK Z SHARE LINK
What is he getting mad at me for? I’m just the messenger.
He should be posting pictures of the ones responsible for his monumental flop such as his manager, Columbia execs, his A&R, heck even JD had a hand in that failure, didn’t he? I’m sure heads will roll up at Columbia now that they have no hope in hail of recouping the budget they spent on marketing for that wack CD.
Hey Bow Wow, will you post pics of the poor Columbia Records scapegoats who end up taking the fall for your triple coaster CD?
Beyonce Taking a Break Finally!
According to Access Hollywood, Beyonce is finally going to sit her azz down somewhere and give us a break! She won’t be missed. 
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Beyonce is getting animated about her latest project. The songstress will take a break from her music career to be the voice of Shine, the lead singer of the Wubb Girls in Nickelodeon’s kiddie series “Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!” Mrs. Jay-Z is hoping her character inspires young children. Says the star: “[Music] has given me so much confidence, and it’s given me purpose in my life.”
Couldn’t they just get a man to be the voice of the Wubb Girls? What’s the difference?
Barack and Michelle back in Washington already? Not quite
Wax figures of Michelle and Barack Obama were unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC today. I don’t mean to be funny but, why do they always have to make Michelle look cartoonish?
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Ciara’s pitiful attempt to start some mess w/Beyonce
Not that I care about either one of these two. I wish this were a real dispute and not just a pitiful attention grab by Ciara who desperately needs promo for her new album. I would love to be a fly on the wall in Ciara’s meetings with her new management.
Anyway, I spotted this over on Rhymeswithsnitch.
Ciara said:
“I did my first video with my metal outfit. I was inspired by Thierry Mugler. Now, from my understanding, Beyonce is using Thierry Mugler for her tour. It just is what it is. It’s very petty to me.”
