J. Cole "2014 Forrest Hills Drive" First Week Sales Projections

Early projections for J. Cole's latest album hint at the year's biggest first-week sales numbers from a Hip Hop artist.

After an early leak of the album hit the Internet last week, first week sales projections are in for J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
With a big opener already underway, J. Cole is slated to sell between 240,000 and 270,000 copies of 2014 Forest Hills Drive in its first week in stores according to Hits Daily Double. Cole’s third album quickly jumped to the #1 spot in iTunes and despite a quiet promo lead-up, the song “Apparently,” which was just furnished as a video single yesterday, seems to be the album’s first serviceable radio look.
While the predictions for the album are still early, the numbers would place Cole firmly at the top of the year’s biggest first-week performances for a Hip Hop artist after Rick Ross’ Mastermind managed to sell 179,000 in the rapper’s most recent #1 debut and Eminem’s Shady XV pushed 130,000 in a single week last month. Still, the latest numbers would fall short of Cole’s first week sales achievements for Born Sinner last year, his sophomore release that sold a total of 297,000 for a first-week debut at #2 on the Billboard Top 200.

Billionaire Ayiri Emani Gives BBA Loser, Tayo Faniran, $350K

Tayo Faniran will be smiling to the bank despite losing to Tanzanian Idris Sultan at the Grand Finale of the Big Brother Africa 2014.
Tayo has been awarded a sweet $350,000 reward by Warri born billionaire Ayiri Emani.
The price money for BBA was $300,000 but Ayiri put an extra $50,000 since he is a fan of the exciting Tayo.

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Kendrick Lamar Talks New Album, Working with Pharrell, & Macklemore’s Text

During his visit to New York to prepare for his November 15 appearance on “SNL,” Kendrick Lamar stopped by “Ebro in the Morning” on Hot 97. Rocking an “i” hat to cover his longer hair (“I’m just in the studio. I ain’t got time to look cute”), he spoke about everything from Lady Gaga and Macklemore to his new single “i” and upcoming album.
He’s been in the studio with Dr. Dre and Pharrell (“We went in and did a few records”), but he’s working mostly with in-house producers. “I really stick with four producers that I’ve been working with since day one,” he said. “I don’t really go outside the box of that—Sounwave, Thundercat, Rahki, Tae Beast.”
The follow-up to his critically-acclaimed debut good kid, m.A.A.d city will encompass his diverse tastes. “It’s really been a process about me grabbing from these different types of inspirations that I’ve been growing up off of and putting them into my own batch of hip-hop,” said K-Dot.
Kendrick, who doesn’t smoke and occasionally drinks wine, revealed that he wants to have a big family one day. “I love kids. I wanna have like 10 kids.”
He also called out Macklemore for publicly sharing a text conversation they had following the Grammys. “I think it was uncalled for,” he said.
Plus, find out why he stays off social media and what he thinks of Lady Gaga.

On “i”: “I wrote a record for the homies that’s in the penitentiary right now. And I also wrote a record for these kids that come up to my show with these slashes on their wrists saying they don’t want to live no more.”
On his new album: “If anything, aside from good kid, it probably feels even more raw because it’s a little bit more dirty with the drums on it.”
On ScHoolboy Q: “Q is one of them cats that didn’t know his full potential. He was still in the streets while he was doing the music. To see him go from that to hop on hit records and have a No. 1 album, that’s a blessing.”
On Lady Gaga: “I never smashed Lady Gaga … She’s good people, man. She really just took a liking to the music.”
On Macklemore sharing their text after the Grammys: “I think it was uncalled for. When he sent it to me, I was like, I can see him feeling that type of way because he a good dude. I think for confirmation from the world, he probably felt he had to put it out there, which he didn’t need to do. That don’t take nothing away from him anyway because I know where his heart is at.”
On winning awards: “It’s great, but it’s not confirmation of success for me.”
On social media: “All this technology stuff, I’m just terrible with it. I’m not savvy enough.”

5 Single Mothers That Rule Nollywood

Being a single mum is tough but being a celebrity in addition to being a single mother is far tougher and it is on this premise that we will take a look at 5 top single mothers who are popular Nollywood actresses and practitioners

Clarion Chukwurah
On the scale of achievement, not many actresses can match what Nollywood actress, Clarion Chukwurah has achieved as a single mum in the last 3 decades. She is considered a veteran actress and is the mother of one of Nigeria's biggest video directors, Clarence Peters. Respected for her depth and passion for acting, Clarion Chukwurah stands out from the crowd

Genevieve Nnaji
For more than a few reasons, Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji is easily identified as one of Nollywood's most successful single mums. Over the last two decades, Genevieve has been able to shield her daughter from the press and has excelled massively as an actress and brand ambassador for several corporate brands. She is often touted by fans to be the richest Nigerian actress alive today. The identity of her daughter's father remains a mystery.

Monalisa Chinda
If there's one actress who has been unfortunate with love, Nollywood diva, Monalisa Chinda would fit the picture perfectly. Despite her turbulent emotional life, Monalisa Chinda has soared far above the expectations of many and not allowed her emotional life take her off the course of progress. Her daughter from her marriage to Dejo Richards remains her only child till date.

Kate Henshaw
Kate Henshaw was once married for 12 years and has a daughter named Gabrielle Nuttal but after her marriage hit the rocks, Henshaw channeled her energy into building a career that has seen her sit on the same page with Nollywood's respected names like Joke Silva, Genevieve Nnaji and a whole lot of others. She separated from her British husband, Roderick James Nuttal in 2011.

Waje
Nigerian singer, Waje was blessed with a beautiful daughter 16 years ago but since she is a single parent, she joins our list of Nollywood actresses who are big shots in the Nigerian movie industry. Waje came into the limelight after she was featured in P-Square's hit single, 'Do Me.' She is beautiful and has a growing list of admirers

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Clarion Chukwurah and son, Clarence Peter

Genevieve Nnaji and daughter

Monalisa China and daughter

Waje and daughter

Kate Henshaw

Mafia Dons Recall Notorious B.I.G./Tupac Altercation At The Soul Train Awards

Mafia Dons recall an altercation between Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac behind the Soul Train Awards, react to the Outlawz saying they smoked Pac's ashes.

Mafia Dons (formerly known as Junior M.A.F.I.A.) recently sat down with Vlad TV and their interview was broken up into numerous parts.
During the most recently released segment, the trio recalled an altercation between their east coast affiliates including Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac and Suge Knight.
"It was at the Soul Train Awards," Lil Cease said when asked about the storied run-in. "You seen the movie, it was after B.I.G. won the award and we was outside the back waiting for our car to pull up, him and Suge had pulled up in a Hummer and were just yelling a bunch of shit to us. But you know, nothing happened. All the securities and people got in-between. We all got in the car. I had my words to say too. We was just yelling a bunch of shit at them."
Mafia Dons were also asked about a previous Vlad TV interview during which The Outlawz told the site that they smoke some of Tupac's ashes after he was cremated.
"It was a line he said in one of his songs and they said they wanted to live through it," Cease said. "That's some crazy shit though but hey, that was one of his wishes." Finally, the trio was asked whether they would smoke Notorious B.I.G.'s ashes to which they theoretically declined.

Watch the full interview segment below:

Ma$e Confronts Charlamagne Tha God At REVOLT Conference

A shoving match reportedly ensued at REVOLT Conference as Ma$e and Charlamagne confront one another.

Former Bad Boy Records recording artist Ma$e retired from rap in 1999 to become a minister. Recently he made his return to the mic and some are questioning the move.
Infamous for speaking his mind, Charlamagne Tha God recently called the rapper a hypocrite. It didn't sit well with Ma$e. The two both attended the REVOLT Music Conference and according to witnesses it got a little heated. According to HipHopWired, Ma$e supposedly pushed The Breakfast Club host, which caused security to swoop in and straighten things out. Charlamagne's co-host, Angela Yee was asked on a remote broadcast of the show about what happened. She said Charlamagne insinuated that Ma$e was too close to him and his personal security eventually separated the two.
After the scuffle, it's rumored that Ma$e and Charlamagne talked it all out and Ma$e actually expressed interest in being a guest on The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne would later tweet about the incident and refute many rumored claims.

The Most Embarrassing Rap Product Endorsements

With album sales in steady decline, your favorite artist may find themselves going the extra mile to bring in some supplementary cash. When it goes right, you find Apple partnering with Beats Electronics to help make Dr. Dre a billionaire. When it goes bad, embarrassing rap product endorsements can encompass everything from off-brand condoms to Hot Pockets. - See more at: http://hiphopwired.com/2014/10/19/embarrassing-rap-product-endorsements/#sthash.PCj4EgLQ.dpuf