According to News Channel 5 from in Nashville, Tenn. Former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been killed. Police said McNair suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville and happened near 2nd & Lea Ave. A unidentified female victim was also found dead. Some media reports are trickling in about a suicide but details are still sketchy. Please prey for McNair and his family.
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In the news of WHAT!?! Free-agent forward Ron Artest has come out and said he was leaving the Houston Rockets to join the Los Angeles Lakers. Said via text message to ESPN.com on Thursday night, Artest wrote: “I am happy to say I am to L.A.”
According to ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard, Lakers have reached a verbal agreement on what is believed to be a three-year contract worth an estimated $18 million. The mercurial swingman was initially courted by the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his text message, Artest said that he met Thursday with Lakers owner Jerry Buss and had spoken to coach Phil Jackson about the move to Los Angeles, where Artest has been spending his off seasons.
Artest’s forthcoming arrival strongly suggests that unrestricted free agent Trevor Ariza — who played such a pivotal run in the championship run — is bound to leave the team. Broussard reported Wednesday that, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations, Lakers for a new team because L.A. was reluctant to sign him to a contract starting above the league’s $5.6 million mid-level exception, even after Ariza has been courted by numerous teams, including Cleveland, and met Thursday in Las Vegas with Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey to possibly swap spots with Artest
I don’t know about getting rid of Ariza though, I would say drop Odom and keep Ariza! But I don’t like Odom. Either way, I think LA has pulled a Chicago and acquired an original bad boy. Only Artest can play offense as as well as defend and rebound! Sorry Lebron, I don’t know if an aging Shaq will get you over the hill.
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Newly signed Young Money/Cash Money artist Drake’s 1st video for his smash hit “Best I Ever Had” directed by Kanye West. Drakes debut album Thank Me Later is set to release 4th quarter ‘09.
“when your out there and they put that D on you, take that D, take that D like the champions that you are…Now look we have 2 minutes left. And you all know good and well what we can do with 2 minutes, YOUR THE FUCKING BEST”
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Complex: For real. Going back to your music, “Best I Ever Had” jumped to #3 on the Billboard charts. And then you announced yesterday that you signed your deal with Universal…Drake: Nah…I definitely want to clear this up, I didn’t sign to Universal. I’m actually signed to… a lot of people were telling me, “Oh, you should do it independent.” I’m actually 100% independent. I signed to Cortez Bryant and G. Roberson, my managers, so I signed a joint venture between Aspire Music Group, which is them, and Young Money. So the only part that Universal plays is P&D [pressing and distribution]. I’m not a Universal artist. I’m signed to myself.
Complex: What does Young Money bring to the table?
Drake: Since the beginning of this, Lil’ Wayne has always put himself out there on behalf of me, from spitting my verse at the VMAs, to jumping on the songs that I needed him on and always promoting me. Right now it’s more about building up Young Money, as opposed to what Young Money brings to the table at this point. Obviously, what Young Money brings to the table is Lil’ Wayne. He’s a powerhouse and I felt it was only fair to stay loyal. I thought it was only fair for him to get that look and I wanted the YM logo on the album and to make sure that he knows that I don’t take what he did for me for granted.
Complex: You were entertaining other offers from Atlantic and Interscope, right?
Drake: I can definitely say that I wanted to be over at Interscope for a while, but it wouldn’t allow me to work with Wayne the way that I wanted to work with Wayne. I had to make a sacrifice. But with that being said, if we sell some records and people actually see how the record deal breaks down… Somebody told me they saw my deal the other day and they said it was one of the worst record deals in history [for] the label. That’s a good thing for me. I own everything, I have 100% creative control, I own all my masters, everything. I’m blessed to be in that situation. If we sell some records, I think we’ll just add to the historic pace that this has been going at.
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Trey Songz entices his fans with the Anticipation Mixtape making sure they eagerly await his upcoming album Ready.
Musically, I’m currently in a creative space like no other. I feel as though whenever a mic is put in front of me, I can do no wrong. At a time in the music industry where album sales are low, fans are fickle, inconsistent, or more into the various songs than they are the particular artist, I feel that I must give u a reason to love me. Embed in you a desire to love me and an appreciation for the music. I must show you that not only do I LOVE what I do but I also do it well.
The creation of Anticipation began after I presented Ready to my label the first time. I just started recording on my days off and the music felt great and decided that I’d rather share the music than let it sit and be idle. This is music without politics, without creative boundaries.
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