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20-08-2008 09:27
In todays daily rap we see celebs coming together to raise money for cancer sufferers, DMX looks for a new home, Jermaine Dupri closes his resturant and Queen Latifah is honored by the Urban World Film Festival.
Names such as Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige and Rihanna have all contributed vocals to famed production duo, LA Reid and Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds on a track called Just Stand Up which will go to benefit the Stand Up to Cancer Campaign.
The song which sees the production duo work together for the first time in twenty years will be available on ITunes on September 2nd and will get its TV premier on September 5th in America.
The organization is about finding breakthroughs in cancer research which will benefit sufferers of all aspects of the disease.
Rapper DMX has decided to document his tumultuous journey over the last year and hope that his video diary might be picked up by syndicated diary.
With six arrests already this year, the rapper and the company piecing together the Ruff Ryder’s front man story are convinced this reality show will be one picked up quite easily.
Said Platinum CEO Ernie Romero who has been working on the show with DMX called This Life of Mine, “When we were approached about doing this show, we knew right away that we wanted to be involved.
DMX is a complex man and this show will reveal his many sides: the street side and the spiritual side, all rolled up in one.”
This is not the first time the rappers life has been documented in the shape of a reality TV show. 2006 saw his Soul of a Man biopic appear on BET but ratings weren’t as hoped.
Atlanta based mogul, Jermaine Dupri closed the doors on his Café Dupri in the Bankhead area of the city for a final time last week.
The entrepreneur is facing a barrage of abuse from former staff who say they have not been paid for their work over the month prior to the café closing due to faulty checks.
The staff for the eatery were unaware that the café was closing and were only privy to the information when they turned up for work last week to discover the eatery had in actuality closed.
No comments have been made by Dupri concerning this matter.
Famed Queen of Hip-Hop Queen Latifah is being honored by the Urban World Film Festival this year in NYC by being made their Honorary Chair.
The festival which screens movies by a varied list of multi-cultural film makers recognized the New Jersey rapper for her contribution to movies and her endeavors as a female film maker.
The BET sponsored event will show over 85 movies this year with a preview screening of Latifah’s new movie The Secret Life of Bees which will open at movies theatres on October 17th.
Melanie Cornish
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