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Rest In Peace Shakir Stewart

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Moe Arora
on November 1, 2008
in Announcement and News
. 12 Comments

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Today marks a truly unfortunate day, as Shakir Stewart has passed away.

Just earlier this year, Shakir was named Executive Vice President of Def Jam Recordings. Prior to his promotion, he served as Senior VP of A&R at Def Jam since September 2006 and as VP of A&R the two years prior.

Shakir passed away earlier today as the result of a suicide. More details are available at the moment, however given the unfortunate nature of this situation, I choose to leave it at that and simply extend my prayers to his family, friends, colleagues and all those who have had the privilege of being around him.

The music business lost a great man.

Rest In Peace.

Off Topic: Montrealers Prank Call Sarah Palin

Published
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Moe Arora
on November 1, 2008
in Audio, General, Just Because, News and Off Topic
. 9 Comments

Montreal's The Justiciers Masqués (Masked Avengers), Marc-Antoine Audette and Sébastien Trudel prank call Sarah Palin

This is an off-topic blog post, but I gotta show some hometown love to my city and post this audio from The Masked Avengers, a comedic Montreal radio duo that is notorious for their prank calls.

Earlier today, they pulled off another major prank on none other than Sarah Palin.

Pretending to be French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, they threw a few things her way, like referring to the Canadian Prime Minister by the wrong name and congratulating her on her feature movie, “Who’s Nalin’ Palin” by adult entertainment empire, Hustler.

Needless to say, she didn’t catch on.

Below is the official press release (yes.. there is a press release for a prank call) as well as the audio of the prank:

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Hip-Hop At The Top (Alltop)

Published
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Moe Arora
on October 27, 2008
in Announcement, General, Links and News
. 9 Comments

One of my favourite sites online, Alltop.com, is known as a digital magazine rack for nearly any topic you can think of.

That’s the quickest way of explaining what it is, but for a more detailed explanation, read this post I wrote a while ago, or just watch this video:

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EXCLUSIVE: Usher ft. Barack Obama - Hush

Published
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Moe Arora
on October 23, 2008
in Announcement, Audio, Downloads and Music
. 14 Comments

Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or Independent, you cannot deny the inspiration that is Barack Obama.

Moreso than just being a politician, he is living proof of an idea.

An idea that represents progression and the belief that ANYTHING is possible. An idea that “if you believe, then you can achieve”.

Many of us have faith in the idea of forward movement and progression, but for most, this is merely blind faith.

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Akon, Steve Rifkind & Devyne Stephens Goofing Around

Published
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Moe Arora
on October 23, 2008
in General and Video
. 5 Comments

LOL! Wooooooooowww. I can’t stop laughing at this video.

Akon, Devyne Stephens, Steve Rifkind and others were goofing around and dancing to Akon’s “Right Now” in Steve Rifkind’s office at SRC Records. Devyne starts it all off with a goofy little dance, then some friends jump in and join in on the fun.

The best though, is when Akon’s bodyguard starts dancing at 2:45 into the clip. He gets into a funky groove and then busts into the funniest dance you’ve ever seen.

Quick heads up in case you’re watching this at work: you WILL fall to the floor laughing when the bodyguard catches his groove at 3 minutes in. Guaranteed!

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Can Asher Roth Survive With Eminem Still In The Game?

Published
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Moe Arora
on October 21, 2008
in General
. 8 Comments
Is Asher Roth's Career Over Now That Eminem Is Back?

Eminem Is Back. What Does That Mean For Asher Roth's Career?

The past few days have been interesting.

Last week, Eminem had a release party for his new book, “The Way I Am”. During the event, Shade 45 (Eminem’s radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio) played a new song from Em called “I’m Having A Relapse”.

Ever since the song spread throughout the net, I’ve been noticing a lot of people talking about the effect it will have on Asher Roth’s career.

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50 Cent & MTV Are Scared Of Me

Published
by
Moe Arora
on October 16, 2008
in Announcement, General, Mogul In The Making, News and Video
. 6 Comments

Well, no. Not really.

If you recall, a few months ago I posted about 50 Cent’s upcoming TV show, “Mogul In The Making”. Seeing that my blog is called Making The Mogul, it kinda… caught me off guard (read: got me vexed).

I later posted about my intentions behind launching this blog and naming it Making The Mogul, and figured I’ll just see how it goes and if the similarity in names actually helps my site traffic.

It did for a while, especially during the casting calls, and my blog stayed at the top of any Google searches for “mogul in the making” and other varieties searching for the show. That was a welcome side-effect, but it got extremely annoying when my inbox would be continuously FLOODED with requests to be on the show (which confused the hell outta me before I even knew about the show).

Well, I just peeped the new trailer for 50’s show on Miss Info’s blog, and it seems like they changed the name from Mogul In The Making to The Money & The Power.

Looks like SOMEONE thought twice after peeping this site right here lol.

Unlike previously rumored, the grand prize is not a scholarship, but rather a $100,000 investment towards the business idea of the winner. Makes more sense.

Here’s the trailer for 50 Cent’s upcoming reality show with MTV, “The Money & The Power”.

I’m looking forward to the show.

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=pZqdxYu0ZTI">http://youtube.com/watch?v=pZqdxYu0ZTI</a>

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