Kanye West
In today's Daily Rap we see DJ AM finally released from hospital, Usher announcing his new tour dates, Kanye West avoiding charges for this outburst at LAX airport and the birthplace of Hip-Hop to be sold.
Kanye to Avoid Charges
After his outburst at LAX airport earlier this month ,Kanye West has avoided felony charges for breaking a camera lens of a paparazzi who was trying to snap his picture as he boarded a commercial flight to Hawaii.
It is still yet to be decided if the Chicago rapper and producer will face misdemeanor charges. The TMZ reporter whom also got involved in the altercation dropped charges against Kanye and his tour manager who was accompanying him.
Kanye is currently promoting the first single from his forthcoming album 808’s and Heartbreak, Love Lockdown which is in the top five on the Billboard charts and ITunes charts this week.
Birthplace of Hip-Hop to be Sold
1520 Sedgwick Avenue which is officially recognized as the birthplace of Hip-Hop is to be sold after months of speculation.
The landlords of the property are withdrawing from the building from the NYC Moderate Housing Program which provides ‘low income families with the opportunity to rent apartments within their financial reach.’ The building is then expected to be sold to a major real estate developer.
Tenants, Hip-Hop lovers and the general public have battled all the way to prevent this from happening by filing a lawsuit which would prohibit the sale of the notorious building, however the case was dismissed, leaving the future of the building unknown.
It was at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue that the first ever Hip-Hop party took place back in the early 1970’s which was DJed by Kool Herc and hosted by his sister Cindy Campbell.
DJ AM Released from hospital
DJ AM who survived the plane crash last week along with Travis Barker has been released from hospital.
The plane crash which took the lives of four others happened late last Friday after the Lear jet blew a tire taking off from Columbia airport in South Carolina and burst into flames.
Travis Barker who is still in hospital in Georgia is expected to spend another two weeks in the hospital recovering from his injuries.
Both Barker and DJ AM suffered considerable burns from the plane crash and have needed multiple surgeries. The two escaped from the crash by using the wing of the plane as a slide. Four people were killed in the fire including Barkers bodyguard and personal assistant and two pilots.
Usher Tour Dates Announced
Usher and Sony Ericsson have announced the up and coming dates for the R&B singing sensations One Night Stand Tour.
Usher who released his Here I Stand album earlier this year, his first since the multi-platinum selling Confessions in 2004 said on the tour and the partnership with electronics giant Sony Ericsson, “I’m so looking forward to getting out there and doing what I do best…up close and personal. I have a long-term partnership with Sony Ericsson that started back in March this year.â€
Usher and his wife are expecting their second child.
Date City Venue
November 2 Atlantic City Borgata Event Center
November 3 New York Hammerstein Ballroom
November 4 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
November 5 Philadelphia Electric Factory
November 7 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
November 8 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
November 10 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
November 12 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
November 13 Chicago, IL House of Blues
November 18 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
November 21 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
November 24 Houston, TX House of Blues
November 25 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Melanie Cornish