Ustream to broadcast Joe Budden studio session live

On Thursday, August 21, 2008, Joe Budden will broadcast live in studio as he finishes making his album “Padded Room”.

Fans will be able to stream the session through Ustream.tv and watch and chat with Joe Budden as he work on his album. The live webcast will air from 4-7 PM (ET) at www.AmalgamDigital.com/TV

During the webcast fans will be able to chat with Budden and watch him record songs in the booth for his sophomore album “Padded Room” due Oct. 28th.

The live webcast will also be streamed on here on thursday. View the video player after the break.
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50 Cent is #1 on Forbes’ 2008 Hip-Hop Cash Kings List

50 Cent can add another title to his resume. He is the #1 earner on Forbes’ 2008 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list beating out 2007’s winner Jay-Z by nearly $70 million dollars.

In the past 12 months, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has raked in $150 million dollars thanks to his VitaminWater deal ($100 million), popular G-Unit clothing line, record label, films, video games, and platinum albums.

For the second consecutive year, Sean “Diddy” Combs finished third on the list with $35 million from his clothing company Sean John, record label Bad Boy, premium vodka Ciroc and reality TV shows.

Last year, the top 3 money makers Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Diddy collaborated on the track “I Get Money” to celebrate their success, no word on if they will do the same this year.

Check the complete top 20 list after the break.
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Rapper Yung Joc Sued For Child Support

Yung Joc’s baby mama Fatimah Jester is looking to get paid. Jester claims the Grammy-nominated rapper whose real name is Jasiel Robinson owes her $2,000 in back child support. The rapper currently lives in Riverdale while Jester lives with their 7 year old son Amoni.

Jester said Yung Joc has missed numerous court-ordered payments which caused her to be late on her bills. Jester says the payments should be chump change because Yung Joc is a famous wealthy rapper with a luxury car rental business.

“Mr. Robinson has all kinds of cars, Bentleys, Mercedes Benz, Ranger Rovers, Two Range rovers,” said Jester. “The type of money he makes, $2,000 is nothing.”

A judge is set to hear the case in court on Sept. 11.

Master P to launch BBTV in 2009

Percy Miller (formerly Master P) will make history as the first hip hop entrepreneur to own a TV Network.

Miller announced he will launch Better Black Television (BBTV). The network will provide family friendly content and include shows from health and fitness, animation, financial planning, reality TV, sitcoms, dramas, movies, responsible hip-hop music and videos, politics, sports and entertainment news, educational children’s shows as well as teen and family programming.

“Better Black Television has been a vision of mine for some years,” said Miller. “With BBTV, we’re spearheading the initiative to meet consumer demand for family friendly hip-hop content.”

Miller added, “We believe TV content can be positive and responsible and still have good ratings with great content.”

View some of the shows that is expected to be on BBTV after the break.
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Rapper Jin makes Hong Kong debut

Rapper Jin, famous for beating rappers on BET’s “106th & Park” freestyle competition, was the first Asian-American hip hop artist to sign a major solo record deal 4 years ago.

Now the 26 year old rapper has released a Cantonese album in his parents’ hometown of Hong Kong. Universal Music Hong Kong re-released Jin’s album “ABC” (released in the U.S. in February 2007) with new a new song and a DVD containing 4 new music videos.

“Universal is not a small mom-and-pop store … And for them to say, ‘we believe in Jin, we believe in this album, we want to support it, throw money into it.’ That right there to me is almost like I haven’t won the war but that’s one battle won already,” Jin said.

Universal Music Hong Kong Assistant General Manager Ho Pak-kin said the rap album would be considered a success if it sold 8,000 to 10,000 copies.