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Drake’s Budget Is Unlimited on Universal Music, Says Company CEO
Drake can pretty much request anything he wants in terms of budget from his current home, Universal Music Group. The company’s CEO Lucian Grainge spoke with HipHopDX at a Grammy after party last week and was asked by the outlet how much Drake would be allotted when it came to budget requests. His answer fell…
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Dame Dash Says ‘Big Pimpin’ Saved Jay-Z’s Career
Dame Dash looks back on his music video days with some regrets and made an interesting confession regarding that era when speaking with The Breakfast Club at the end of last month. Dash alluded to his former label Roc-A-Fella having trouble selling records after the enormous success of Jay-Z’s third album Vol 2: Hard Knock…
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Gennaro’s Was a Classic NYC Pizza Joint With Reasonably Priced Italian Dishes
If you grew up in and around the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, Gennaro’s pizzeria was most likely a staple in your life. Formerly Pizza Town, a place that literally looked like a carnival attraction, it was transformed into Gennaro’s with a more traditionally designed building in the 1980s. The new name and edifice…
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Drake Could Receive an Advance Worth Over $250,000,000
Record label veteran and hip-hop business aficionado Steve Stoute believes Drake, who already has an impressive net worth, is about to receive the biggest monetary advance in music history from either a record label or streaming company. Drake, who’s currently signed directly to Universal Music, must be set to renegotiate his contract or broker a…
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5 Common Misconceptions About the Job Search and Being Successful
Depending on your field or degree, landing a job could be extremely difficult, and the process of getting a stable gig can throw all types of surprises your way. A lot of these challenges come because the process bucks our expectations of the job market which are often shaped by many of the misconceptions floating…
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5 Times The Grammys Got It Wrong With Best Rap Album Category
If you’re a hip-hop fan, then watching the Grammys can be a very frustrating experience since the board seems to be very tone-deaf when it comes to the young genre of music. We all have our favorite albums, and hip-hop is arguably the most debated genre amongst its very cult-like fans. It’s probably the only…
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Lee’s Tavern Offers Some of NYC’s Finest Pizza and Fried Calamari
Lee’s Tavern is the type of place that makes a trip to Staten Island worth it when visiting New York City, If you’re a native Staten Islander, a tourist, or someone living in another borough, I strongly recommend trying their signature thin crust pizza and uniquely battered calamari. I grew up not too far from…
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5 Commonly Overlooked Interview Tips That Will Help You Succeed
In both my work and interview experience, I see many interviewees make some of the most thoughtless mistakes when gunning for a job. The interview is your first impression to someone you would hope to be your future employer so you need to treat it seriously, and sometimes there are obvious factors that you overlook…
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Should Eminem Stop Releasing Albums?
Eminem is one of my favorite artists of all-time and has released enough good music in my humble opinion to call him a G.O.A.T. in hip-hop. Eminem Has a Great Discography His first three albums are all arguably classic, and Relapse and Recovery are probably just one notch under those in terms of quality. Encore…
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Pound Cake Ice Cream from Torico’s in Jersey City Annihilates Cake Batter Flavors
If you ever visit NYC or New Jersey, and you’re a restaurant and dessert junkie like me, you need to check out Torico’s ice cream shop in Jersey City. When it comes to cake flavored ice cream, cake batter is normally the standard but is a taste that if done incorrectly, comes off artificial and…
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