2009 MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees:
2009 MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees:
Video
Danny Fernandes — “Private Dancer”
K-OS — “4, 3, 2, 1″
Marianas Trench — “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback — “Gotta Be Somebody”
The Stills — “Being Here”
Director
Bedouin Soundclash — “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)” (Director: Michael Maxxis)
Classified — “Anybody Listening” (Director: Harv)
Danny Fernandes — “Fantasy” (Director: RT!)
Marianas Trench — “Cross My Heart” (Director: Colin Minihan)
Theory Of A Deadman — “All Or Nothing” (Director: Davin Black)
Pop Video
Danny Fernandes — “Private Dancer”
Elise Estrada — “Crash And Burn”
Karl Wolf — “Africa”
LIGHTS — “Drive My Soul”
Shiloh — “Operator (A Girl Like Me)
MuchLOUD Rock Video
Inward Eye — “Shame”
Marianas Trench — “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback — “Gotta Be Somebody”
Ten Second Epic — “Life Times”
Theory Of A Deadman — “All Or Nothing”
MuchVIBE Hip-Hop Video
Classified — “Anybody Listening”
Famous — “Ain’t No Use”
JB featuring Ghetto Flex — “Move Your Body”
K-OS — “4, 3, 2, 1″
Shad — “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”
VideoFACT Indie Video
Bedouin Soundclash — “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)”
Metric — “Gimme Sympathy”
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — “Who Do We Care For?”
Shad — “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”
The Midway State — “Never Again”
Post-Production
Classified — “Anybody Listening”
Mobile — “The Killer”
Nickelback — “Gotta Be Somebody”
The New Cities — “Dead End Countdown”
The Stills — “Being Here”
Cinematographer
Bedouin Soundclash — “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)”
Elise Estrada — “Crash And Burn”
K-OS — “4, 3, 2, 1″
The Midway State — “Change For You”
Theory Of A Deadman — “All Or Nothing”
International Video (Artist)
Beyonce — “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Britney Spears — “Womanizer”
Kanye West — “Heartless”
Katy Perry — “Hot N Cold”
Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne — “Let It Rock”
Kelly Clarkson — “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Lady GaGa — “Poker Face”
Lil Wayne — “A Milli”
Miley Cyrus — “The Climb”
T.I. featuring Rihanna — “Live Your Life”
International Video (Group)
Coldplay — “Viva La Vida”
Green Day — “Know Your Enemy”
Jonas Brothers — “Lovebug”
Kings Of Leon — “Sex On Fire”
Metro Station — “Shake It”
MGMT — “Electric Feel”
Pussycat Dolls — “I Hate This Part”
Rise Against — “Re-Education (Through Labor)”
The Black Eyed Peas — “Boom Boom Pow”
The Killers — “Human”
International Video By A Canadian (Artist Or Group)
Billy Talent — “Rusted From The Rain”
K’Naan featuring Chubb Rock — “ABC’s”
Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon — “Dangerous”
Kreesha Turner — “Don’t Call Me Baby”
Nickelback — “If Today Was Your Last Day”
UR FAVE Video
Danny Fernandes — “Fantasy”
Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon — “Dangerous”
Marianas Trench — “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback — “Gotta Be Somebody”
Simple Plan — “Save You”
UR FAVE International Video
Jonas Brothers — “Burnin’ Up”
Katy Perry — “I Kissed A Girl”
Lady GaGa — “Poker Face”
Lil Wayne — “A Milli”
Britney Spears — “Circus”
UR FAVE New Artist
Danny Fernandes — “Fantasy”
LIGHTS — “Drive My Soul”
Shiloh — “Goodbye, You Suck”
The Midway State — “Never Again”
Karl Wolf — “Africa”
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Lil Wayne Explains No Show
Feb 2, 2009 Concert Tour, Lil Wayne
The city of Rochester, New York must really be pissed off with Lil Wayne as he once again screwed them over and did not show up for his performance just a mere 24 hours before he was set to take the stage. That made it the third time he’s flaked on the city in the last 4 months. The rapper’s people blame the logistics of his band because travelling from Rochester to Calgary, where he was scheduled to perform the day after, would be too difficult for the whole group. The concert promoter is considering filing a lawsuit against Lil Wayne.
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Lil Wayne Cancels Show
Jan 26, 2009 Concert Gig, Lil Wayne
They say that third time’s the charm but such is not the case for Lil Wayne fans in upstate New York. For the third time, the rapper has cancelled his Rochester, New York show. He was supposed to take the stage on Wednesday. Back in October of last year, he said he didn’t want to do the gig at Rochester’s Blue Cross arena because of a so-called inferior sound system. Then he just didn’t show up for the re-scheduled show in December. Lil Wayne did not release a statement as to explain why he didn’t show up for the most recent re-scheduled show. I’m pretty sure he’s never going to get another gig offer in Rochester after this.
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Lil Wayne gives back
Jan 14, 2009 Lil Wayne
Rap mogul Lil Wayne has donated $200,000 to a Louisiana community playground in New Orleans, a place where he grew up and spent time playing as child. He feels now that he has earned fame and enough money it is time he gave back something to his own community.
He personally handed over the cash to officials in charge of Harrell Park, which was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
On the occasion of handing over the cash Lil said: You can’t really tell them (kids) what to do these days. When you tell them what to do, that’s when they get angry, when you tell them (to) be like me, because it’s hard to be like me. So, the best thing you can tell them is try to do right.”
Thanks Lil Wayne, you have set a good example and hopefully everyone does their bit for their respective community. That’s the way its suppose to be. More blessings will rain on you
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Lil Wayne Leads the Grammys
Dec 12, 2008 Grammy Award, Lil Wayne
The Grammy Nominations were recently announced and the biggest surprises of the evening were that Lil Wayne leads the field with nominations and Katy Perry ends up getting robbed. Lil Wayne scored an amazing 8 nominations, followed by Coldplay with 7 nods. Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned 6 nominations. Katy managed to get 1 nod for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance but was otherwise shut out despite having one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year. Other notable nominees included Adele with 4 nods, Leona Lewis with 3 and Rihanna with 3. Some other favorites were also nominated including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Robyn, MIA, Pink, Jason Mraz and even Kathy Griffin!
High Demand for Chris Brown
Dec 10, 2008 Chris Brown, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Songs Download
Chris Brown is a wanted man these days. As it turns out, the young crooner is the most viewed singer on in-demand television. Music Choice, one of television’s on-demand services, recently announced that Chris was the most requested artist in a one year period. His fans ordered millions of free plays to view his music videos and interviews. If you want the official number, Chris was ordered over 43 million times. Music Choice even honored Chris with its first Most Demanded award. Teenage girls were said to be the ones responsible for the massive downloads for Chris. The Jonas Brothers and Lil Wayne came in close which brought in millions of downloads.
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Top 33 Albums of 2008
Blender magazine celebrates the year in music by coming up with a list of the 33 best albums of 2008. The list goes through several genres, resulting in a pretty inclusive review. Here’s the list they came up with:
1. Lil’ Wayne, ‘Tha Carter III’
2. Girl Talk, ‘Feed The Animals’
3. TV On The Radio, ‘Dear Science’
4. Metallica, ‘Death Magnetic’
5. Hot Chip, ‘Made In The Dark’
6. Robyn, ‘Robyn’
7. Of Montreal, ‘Skeletal Lamping’
8. Randy Newman, ‘Harps & Angels’
9. Vampire Weekend, ‘Vampire Weekend’
10. Fall Out Boy, ‘Folie A Deux’
11. Death Cab For Cutie, ‘Narrow Stairs’
12. My Morning Jacket, ‘Evil Urges’
13. Al Green, ‘Lay It Down’
14. Jenny Lewis, ‘Acid Tongue’
15. Bon Iver, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’
16. Be Your Own Pet, ‘Get Awkward’
17. Conor Oberst, ‘Conor Oberst’
18. Ponytail, ‘Ice Cream Spiritual’
19. Katy Perry, ‘One Of The Boys’
20. Wale, ‘Mixtape About Nothing’
21. Erykah Badu, ‘New Amerykah Part I: Fourth World War’
22. Coldplay, ‘Viva La Vida’
23. The Cool Kids, ‘Bake Sale’
24. The Roots, ‘Rising Down’
25. Santogold, ‘Santogold’
26. Usher, ‘Here I Stand’
27. Mariah Carey, ‘E=MC2’
28. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, ‘Real Emotional Trash’
29. Raphael Saadiq, ‘The Way I See It’
30. Young Jeezy, ‘The Recession’
31. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!’
32. Taylor Swift, ‘Fearless’
33. Hayes Carll, ‘Trouble In Mind’
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Lil Wayne Big Problems
Lil Wayne is currently facing gun charges. His assistant Terry Bourgeois testified in court recently saying that he only occasionally saw a handgun and people smoking weed on the tour bus. Well that’s not going to be much help. Bourgeois said that he never saw the rapper with a gun but he claims he didn’t know whether one was on the bus back when Lil Wayne was arrested on gun charges. According to a police officer, she boarded the rapper’s bus after smelling marijuana. When she got on board, she claims she saw him try to hide a gun. The rapper’s attorney wants the charges tossed though saying that the cops falsely claimed they smelled weed only to illegally board the bus.
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Birdman Gets Sued
Oct 27, 2008 Birdman, Concert Tour, Lil Wayne
Fool a concert promoter once, shame on you. Allegedly fool a concert promoter thrice, you’re getting sued. The guy who runs Cash Money records, Birdman, is being sued for allegedly taking $275,000 to put on a Lil Wayne concert in Miami and then backing out of the deal several times over. Since there’s still no concert, the promoter wants his money back. The best part of the suit though is that Birdman is accused of backing out of one of the shows because the weather was supposedly too cold. Do consider that this was in Miami. It never gets cold in Miami unless there’s a hurricane.
Lil Wayne is Rich
Oct 17, 2008 Birdman, Lil Wayne, Money
While most people are getting more and more desperate with the fall of economy, Lil Wayne has ice sculptures with money in them. To celebrate the Lil Wayne’s 26th birthday, rapper Birdman threw him a huge party in Miami hotspot Mansion nightclub. They really went all out for the event. There was a large Cash Money Records ice sculpture in the room which held 30 bottles of Cristal. Other ice sculptures had $100 bills frozen inside. Lil Wayne also got one heck of a gift from Birdman – a Luis Vuitton briefcase which was filled with a million dollars in cash. I hope they both have good accountants. I wonder if anyone stayed around and waited for the sculptures to melt.
Lil Wayne’s Unpaid Bling
Aug 20, 2008 Lil Wayne, Rapper
Lil Wayne is turning out to be a cheapskate. Last week, the rapper was ordered by a Miami judge to pay New Orleans jeweller Jack Sutton $146,000. Lil Wayne reportedly purchased a $138,000 diamond ring and $32,000 gold and diamond necklace from the jeweller back in October 2006. The deal was done by phone with the rapper promising to make monthly payments. Lil Wayne sent one $24,000 installment which prompted Sutton to send him the jewellery but then the rapper stopped paying. A source says that Lil Wayne may return the $138,000 ring rather than pay the cash. If you don’t have the cash, don’t buy the bling.
Lil Wayne Rip Off Lawsuit
Jul 27, 2008 Lil Wayne, Rapper, Rolling Stones
Lil Wayne is getting into more trouble as he’s now being accused of ripping off the Rolling Stones. The rapper behind the lollipop song is being sued by a music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones tune ‘Play With Fire’. Abkco Music Inc. is claiming that Lil Wayne released an alternate version of the song without their permission. The company is suit for copyright infringement and is seeking unspecified damages. The company is also calling his version “explicit, racist and offensive”. If it was a rip off, he wouldn’t have done too much to make it explicit. It’s a Rolling Stones tune. It was likely to have explicit undertones to begin with.
Usher Back to Being Mama’s Boy
Jul 11, 2008 Album, Lil Wayne, Records Sale, Usher
The prodigal son is set to return. Rush & Molloy is reporting that Usher is quietly talking with his mom about making her his manager once again. The singer is apparently livid that music big shot Benny Medina couldn’t deliver big sales for his latest album which only sold 433,000 on its first week. Shouldn’t he be blaming himself for controversially firing his mother in the first place or that his choice of tunes just didn’t cut it for today’s audience? He must have been ticked off that Lil Wayne pulled in bigger numbers than he did. He definitely didn’t see that one coming.
Lil Wayne to be Big in 2008
Jun 15, 2008 Lil Wayne, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Rapper, Record Label, Records Sale
Most industry insiders are saying that Madonna or Mariah Carey would be the top-selling album of the year. However, some think that it’s not the case. Some people are saying that both divas will get beat for biggest sales of the year by rapper Lil Wayne. It turns out that his album was helped out by all the internet leaks of his songs. Industry experts are saying that it’s the most effective free publicity. Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ came out on Tuesday so exact numbers are yet to come in but his label estimates that the album will sell around 850,000 to 950,000 on its first week. If that is the case, he’s a shoe-in.
Lil Wayne Gets Bit by Karma
Jun 1, 2008 Karma Ann Swanepoel, Lil Wayne, MySpace, YouTube
A lot of times, when a small time singer says a big time star copied their song and sues, they just want to score a big pay day. However, this isn’t one of those times. Karma Ann Swanepoel sings a folk song called ‘Once’ which is very prominently featured in rapper Lil Wayne’s hit song ‘I Feel Like Dying’. In a lawsuit, Karma says that the rapper’s label has actually been trying to make a deal to use her song but no agreements were made. However, Lil Wayne has been pimping out his song on MySpace, YouTube and even on his tour. Now, Karma is seeking for her dues.
Lil Wayne’s Conspiracy Theory
May 20, 2008 Lil Wayne, Rapper
Lil Wayne recently made smartass comments on doing drugs and now he’s back with his wit by talking about the end of the world in the new issue of Blender magazine. He says “The world is about to end in 2012… ’cause the Mayans made calendars, and they stop at 2012. I got encyclopedias on the bus. The world is about to end as we know it. You can see it already. A planet doesn’t exist – there’s no more Pluto. Planes are flying into buildings – and not just the Twin Towers. Mosquitoes bite you and you die. And a black man and a woman are running for president.”
Charges on Lil Wayne
Jan 28, 2008 Drugs, Lil Wayne, Rapper, Rumor, Scandal
It is being reported that rapper Lil’ Wayne is facing some big time charges after his most recent arrest. He’s now facing possession of cocaine, possession of ecstasy and possession of drug paraphernalia. The rapper, real name Dwayne Carter, was arrested with two others who have been charged with possession of marijuana. Cops found 105 grams of marijuana, 29 grams of cocaine and 41 grams of ecstasy pills when the rapper’s tour bus got stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint. Police also found over $20,000 in cash and a 40-caliber pistol but Wayne says that he has a permit to carry it in Florida. They’re checking if it carries over to Arizona. If not, that’s another charge on him.
Lil Wasted
Nov 29, 2007 Lil Wayne, Music, Music Artists, Performance, Rap Music, Rapper, Rumor
The last time that hip hop artist Lil Wayne was supposed to host an event, he failed to show. But this time, he actually made it. The problem is, it’s not really that much of a good thing.
The eyelid-tatted, blinged-out rapper showed up to perform his hosting duties at Pure Nightclub in Atlanta this past week but he was pretty much out of it. ATLpics.net put up several pictures of Lil Wayne spending most of the night struggling to keep his eyes open.
Whether that’s because of the glare from all his bling or that he’s way beyond drunk, I don’t know and I don’t really care.
Lil Wayne, the Leakingest Rapper in the Game
Oct 30, 2007 Album, Lil Wayne, Music, Music Artists, New Single, News, Photography, Rap Music, Song
Lil Wayne hasn’t released a major-label album in two years, an awful long time in today’s here-today, gone-tomorrow rap market, yet in that time he’s ascended to the top of his field, to the point where his next album, Tha Carter III, is among the industry’s most eagerly awaited. His stock has risen partly because of his innumerable guest features, but more so because of the steady stream of mixtapes he’s released — one after the other, month after month, none of them available at your local big-box retailer. In an age where the Internet is seen by some in the music industry as a threat to be contained with lawsuits and other forms of deterrence, Lil Wayne is one of an increasing number of artists who are using the Internet to their advantage, feeding his fan base all the music it can download and, in the process, inspiring a dedicated following.
Like recent mixtapes by Jay-Z, Kanye West, and 50 Cent, these Lil Wayne mixes circulate freely on the Internet and are promotional in nature, intended to drum up interest for forthcoming commercial releases.
Why Lil Wayne Flaked
Oct 26, 2007 Concert Tour, Lil Wayne, Music Artists, Rap Music
Lil Wayne was a no show for a show at a high school in North Carolina a few nights ago. TMZ got an exclusive with Charles ‘Duke’ Lineberry Jr., the attorney for Mitchell Entertainment Group who promoted the concert in hopes to shed some light on why the rapper flaked.
The concert was promoted as a ‘Stop the Violence’ event and was set up because of 8 gang-related murders in the small community of Wilmington, North Carolina. Lil Wayne was the so-called headliner with ministers and local celebrities taking the stage to speak out against violence.
A crowd of around 3,000 was expected but only about 1,000 people showed up. There are multiple reasons for the small crowd which includes Lil Wayne’s recent legal troubles and that the rescheduling of the concert made people lose interest.