Paris Hilton Signs Deal with Cash Money Records

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May 232013
 

Paris Hilton album

We would be lying if we didn’t say this comes as a shock!  Lil Wayne‘s record label Cash Money Records has signed Paris Hilton to release an album.

Brothers Bryan ‘Birdman Williams and Ronald ‘Slim Williams’ are the founders and co-CEO’s of the lucrative enterprise that operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

Birdman announced the news on Twitter, “Lil Wayne’s Cash Money family has a new member! Paris Hilton: RichgangRichgirl.”

Do you remember Hilton’s 2006 album?  Move the slider to the 30 seconds mark for a little taste of ‘Stars Are Blind.’

Paris has been training and DJing with some pretty impressive house music names for the last couple of years.  She told Showbiz411 that her upcoming album will be produced by her old boyfriend Afrojack and will feature some well known talent.

She hit Twitter to share a YouTube link to ‘Last Night (I Wanna Bang You)’ that she recorded with Lil Wayne in November:

Paris Hilton Twitter

We gotta ask… will you buy her new tunes?

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Jon Bon Jovi Says Richie Sambora Can Return with Stipulations

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May 222013
 

Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi is starting to open up about the sudden departure of Richie Sambora from the band six weeks ago.

The rocker told an Evening Standard reporter, “It’s getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something… because all I continue to say is this — it’s for personal reasons.”

In early April, Sambora abruptly left the Bon Jovi world tour.  He later tweeted, “It’s all good.  Thanks for all of the positive vibes. This is a private matter but please know I love the band and you fans.”

Richie’s most recent stint in rehab for alcohol abuse issues occurred in 2011.  Bov Jovi acknowledged, “He’s been through it before, fortunately for us the same guy who filled in last time was available this time.”

“Life goes on, so if someone chooses not to be here… You have a choice — you either figure it out, go and grow, not only survive but thrive. Or, you say, ‘I hate my brother and I’m gonna quit the band.’”

JBJ revealed this about the day Richie bolted, “At 3:30 p.m. on show day the phone rang and it was Paul the manager, and he said, ‘Guess what?’ and he didn’t even have to finish the sentence.  I said, ‘You’re kidding.’  We went on that night.  I haven’t seen Richie since. Love him, spoken to him once.  I talked to him once, once in six weeks and 18 shows.”

Would he welcome Sambora back?  Jon told the Daily Mirror, “He can return when his is ready to die every night the way I walk on the stage.  It’s different without Richie.  No one’s mad, no one’s sad.”

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Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49

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May 032013
 

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Jeff Hanneman, a founding member and guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer, died yesterday after suffering liver failure.

Hanneman, 49, died at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife at his bedside. His rep Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald indicated the ravages of a spider bite in 2011 may have been a contributing factor in his untimely death.

Slayer announced his passing yesterday on their Facebook and Twitter pages:

Slayer tweet

Hanneman and guitarist Kerry King formed Slayer in 1981 after they met at an audition for another band and decided to go out on their own.

Their breakthrough came five years later with the release of the landmark album Reign in Blood.  They went on to become one of the ‘Big Four’ thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeath and Anthrax, selling nearly 30 million albums.

Jeff Hanneman was influenced by punk music growing up, and played a large role in writing and contributing lyrics on each one of Slayers albums, including the songs, ‘Raining Blood,’ ‘War Blood,’ and ‘Seasons in the Abyss.’

The guitarist stopped touring in early 2011 after he contracted a spider bite that subsequently triggered the debilitating skin disorder necrotizing fasciitis, causing the degradation of deep layers of skin and tissue.

He is survived by his wife Kathy, a sister Kathy and brothers Michael and Larry.

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Kris Kross Rapper Chris Kelly Dead at 34

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May 022013
 

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Chris Kelly, one half of the popular 90′s rap duo Kris Kross, died yesterday in Georgia at the age of 34.

FOX 5 Atlanta reports that Kelly was found unconscious in his Atlanta home Wednesday and was transported to the Atlanta Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. EST.

The cause of death  remains open but a Fulton County police spokesman said, “It appears it may have been a possible drug overdose.”

“Mac Daddy” Kelly and his rap partner Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their 1992 song ‘Jump,’ where it remained for eight weeks.

Kris Kross

Kelly and Smith, famous for wearing their clothes backward, were discovered in an Atlanta shopping mall in 1990 by music producer and rapper Jermaine Dupre, who was 19 at the time.

With ‘Jump’ remaining popular throughout 1992, they hooked up with Michael Jackson for a stint on his Dangerous World Tour.

The group split after their third album to pursue solo careers but they reunited in February 2013 for the So So Def’s 20th Anniversary concert.

We’ve included a video featuring their hit ‘Jump’ below … enjoy!

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George Jones Dead at 81

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Apr 262013
 

George Jones dead at 81

Country legend George Jones died today in Nashville at the age of 81.

A Grand Ole Opry member since 1956, he had been hospitalized since April 18, 2013, at Vanderbilt University Hospital with a fever and irregular blood pressure.

His six decade career began in 1954 and was overshadowed at times by his alcoholism and cocaine addiction.  He picked up the nickname “No-Show Jones” because he missed so many performances.

During the height of his popularity, fellow artist Waylon Jennings wrote about Jones in his song ‘It’s Alright.’

He penned, “George might show up flyin’ high, if George shows up at all … But he may be, unconsciously, the greatest of them all … From the Beatles and me in Nashville, to the billies and the Rolling Stones … If we all sounded like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones … And it’s alright.”

The Country Western Hall of Fame inductee, circa 1992, recorded 14 #1 country hits including ‘White Lightning,’ ‘I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,’ and ‘Yesterday’s Wine.’

Jones was married twice to fellow Nashville great Tammy Wynette, in 1969 and 1975.  Their daughter Georgette Jones followed in the famous footsteps of her parents as a country singer — who has performed on stage with her famous father.

He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Nancy Sepulvado, who resides in Franklin, Tennessee, and three children from two previous unions in 1950 and 1954.

Check out a George and Georgette duet of  ‘You and Me and Time’ below:

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