Usher gives restauranteurs 'a song' for desert
R&B mega star Usher treated folks in a trendy Atlanta restaurant to a free impromptu show while they were enjoying their meal recently.
According to the magazine People.com, the multi-platinum singer was dining with some of his friends Big Boi of Outkast being among them, when he stepped into the DJ booth, grabbed the mic and started to sing.
He would belt out his tune 'Friends and Lovers' and even did the rap done originally by Ludacris. Coincidently, there's a lyric in the rap that said "Now you're all grown up like Rudy Huxtable," and it just so happened that actress who played Rudy in the TV show The Cosby Show - Keisha Knight Pulliam was at the restaurant at the time. A source said, "She was dancing away as Usher sang to her."
In related news, the singer recently hinted that he will be doing his final live performance of the at the Showtime concert special broadcast from Puerto Rico last month. He said that he would be focusing on his film career and his business ventures such as his record label and his part ownership in the Cleveland Cavaliers professional basketball team
source: spotlightonR&B.com
__________________________________________________________________Billboard Latin Music Awards take center stage in Miami
This week sees Miami in full party mode as the Miami Heat makes their playoff push for an NBA title but it's not the highlight (musically at least). That honor goes to the 16th Annual Billboard Latin Music Awards as it take center stage at the Miami Arena this Thursday (April 28th).
The Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by Heineken honors the biggest and brightest stars in the latin music industry. Each year is a festive event that doesn't disappoint adoring fans. Scheduled to appear is Marc Anthony, Paulinho Rubino, Antonio Banderos, Enrique Iglasais, Gloria Estafan and husband Emilio Estafan.
Nominees are determined by the actual sales and radio airplay data that informs Billboard's weekly charts. Based on sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, Billboard's charts are the world's most authoritative music charts.
- Source: billboard.com
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Former Death Row head Suge Knight is back in the news once again all be it for all the wrong reasons you would think. This time the one-time record mogul has been ordered to pay the hefty sum of $107million to a woman who claimed she helped to launch the record label Death Row.
Lydis Harris wife of entrepreneur and convicted felon Micheal Harris stated in her 2002 lawsuit that she and Knight were equal founding partners of Death Row Records but he axed her once he realized just how profitable the label would become. Her lawyer said, “His conduct made it clear that he did not intend to honour his agreement or pay the shares of profit due her. He also publicly insulted her and falsely accused her of promiscuity and incompetence.”
Knight who has yet to give a statement on the recent developments, served 7 years for violating his probation and was released from prison in 2003.
- Source: thesituation.co.uk
Beyonce's new 'Live' DVD hit stores everywhere__________________________________________________________________
Haven't got enough of Destinys Child's leading lady, well you can see more (figuratively speaking of course) and hear more of her in her latest DVD release!
The sexy singer releases her brand new DVD this week called 'Beyonce: Live At Wembley'. The concert film was recorded during Beyonce's 2003 international tour and includes all of the 'big guns' including her Number One hits, her personal favorites, a Destiny's Child medley and a few surprises.
'Beyonce: Live At Wembley' also includes 'The Concert Behind The Scenes', Beyonce's 2004 Brit Awards performance of 'Crazy In Love' and exclusive interview segments.The DVD comes with a bonus CD featuring three new remixes of classic Beyonce tracks and three non-released Beyonce recordings: 'Wishing On A Star', 'What's It Gonna Be' and 'My First Time'
- Source: kwnz.com