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Eightball & MJG “Pimp Hard” Uncut Version


Today 8Ball and MJG also head their own record labels. 8Ball heads 8 Ways Entertainment (distributed by Koch Entertainment), while MJG heads MJG Muzik. On their label are the young, up and coming Memphis duo, Da Volunteers, who are widely known throughout the Southern United States for their 2006 single, “What’s Yo Favorite Color?”, which glorifies their neighborhood of Orange Mound. In March 2008, MJG signed a deal in Atlanta with 404 Music, Inc. to release his newest solo album entitled, This Might Be The Day. The album is scheduled for release June 2008. These two rappers met at Ridgeway Middle School in 1984. The group had announced in December of 2007 that they have signed on to TI’s record label Grand Hustle.

David Banner – Like A Pimp ft. Lil’ Flip


Music video by David Banner performing Like A Pimp. (C) 2003 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and SRC Records, Inc.

Atlantic Records wants to PIMP 14 year old actress! How do you feel about this?

Keke Palmer, is the 14 year old girl who played Akeelah, in the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. She and her mother Sharon have a huge problem with the upcoming record deal they signed with Atlantic Records in March of 2006. The problem is that the record label wants to market the 14 year old as a sexpot but she does not want that image.

Keke admits “From the very beginning Atlantic’s A&R representative tried to get me to record inappropriate music, and my parents and I resisted.”

Soon Keke and her mom became tired of fighting the negative images that the label kept trying to force on her, and they started looking for a management company that could deal with the situation. They settled on DAS Entertainment, a management company out of New York.(John Legend label. One problem, the label has been blocking the efforts!