In 2012, she signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label through Def Jam, after asking for her release from Star Trak. As an aspiring songwriter, Taylor has worked with and written records for artists such as Usher, Chris Brown, and Omarion. Taylor has appeared on runways during Fashion Week...
Gillie's claims of ghostwriting for Lil Wayne put him into the national spotlight. Cash Money has since denied Gillie was a ghostwriter for Lil Wayne on his 2004 album. As a solo artist, Gilliie released multiple albums, including "King of Philly" in 2008, "I Am Philly" in 2009," "...
Taylor Swift has enjoyed successes that few in the music industry can touch. She was the first woman to win the GRAMMY for Album of the Year three times, and has been nominated in the category once again for evermore at the 64th GRAMMY Awards. Nevertheless, she has often been the target...
Lil Wayne It was actually Lil Wayne’s mother who made him drop out of school after his star rose. The rapper sharedhis storywithKatie Couric: “I had an album out. I was platinum already, thank God, and I was still trying to go to regular public school.” When his mom saw him pu...
getting signed, getting dropped, being depressed. i felt like i had to drop that name because it didn’t get me where i was supposed to get to as if it wasn’t right.” aftermath entertainment “once i got signed to dre, i had people telling me where to be at a certain time and...
He owns a record label, Decaydance Records, which has signed popular bands like Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes. Wentz also ventured into fashion with his clothing line, Clandestine Industries. He authored a book too, The Boy With the Thorn in His Side, which provides a glimpse ...
Bomani Jones sees only one thing about Sanders that might turn people off: “Throwing money in people’s faces,” he said. “But that’s a very Deion Sanders sort of thing to do. I don’t like that stuff, but I don’t think it has the potential to get ...
Those clues live also in the gray space between the many personas the man has worn: Puff Daddy the rapper, P. Diddy the recording impresario, Diddy the business genius, and his most recent rebrand as “Brother Love.” For Sean John Combs (his birth name, and the name we’r...
As the arena full of stars erupted into applause, Roan recounted her own experience being signed by her first record label as a minor and later dropped, leaving her with "zero job experience under [her] belt" and unable to afford health insurance during the pandemic. "Labels, we got you,...
The original Slim Shady has changed vastly from who he once was and has come out of the decades of learning to be a much better person and stronger family man. Who Is Slim Shady? Slim Shady is the alter ego of, Marshall Mathers, also known as Detroit rapper Eminem, which comes from ...