Diddy a Victim of Twitter ‘Unfollow’ Trend

In a new twist to celebrity backlash, a Twitter trend called “unfollowdiddy” has emerged soon after hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs hit one million followers on the microblogging site.

While celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Ashton Kutcher have embraced Twitter and quickly built up an online following, Mr. Combs didn’t receive the same warm and fuzzy reception from Twitterers.

Starting on Wednesday, the hashtag “#unfollowdiddy” reached the top ten Twitter trends, which persisted Thursday, in which users posted the hashtag and listed both humorous and serious reasons why people shouldn’t follow Diddy on Twitter. Some of the highlights were: “because his ego is bigger than all of ours combined,” “Because my SeanJohn Tracksuit Fell APART” and “Diddy is at the intersection of all that is mediocre in the US.”
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Cassie Shaves Head, Posts Pics on Twitter

R&B Singer Cassie (Known for her one and only hit Me & U) shaved off half her head and posted pictures on her twitter account.

On her twitter page she wrote:
“Sometimes in life, you need a change. Something deeper than what you thought you were capable of. Something that displays the “I don’t give a fuck” attitude that was always present, but never showcased. Something that makes you look at this whole wide world a differently…. …& something that will shock your mother, but make her call you a ROCK STAR….”

Check the pictures below:
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Jim Jones interview on Fox News after recent Arrest

Jim Jones interview on MY9 discussing his recent arrest and how he used twitter to keep his fans in the know.

Jim Jones Arrested in NJ, Twitters During Arrest

Rapper Jim Jones was arrested Sunday night on an outstanding warrant in New Jersey, and the hip hop star made sure all his fans were aware of the situation on Twitter.

The 32-year-old musician, whose real name is Joseph Guilermo Jones II, told his fans via his Twitter page that he got pulled over by police in Teaneck around 9:24 p.m.

Apparently as the events with authorities progressed, so did the tweets on his Twitter page.

“Just got pulled over by the boys,” he wrote after being pulled over. “Let’s see how this plays out.”
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50 Cent Uses a Ghostwriter on Twitter

The rapper 50 Cent is among the legion of stars who have recently embraced Twitter to reach fans who crave near-continuous access to their lives and thoughts. On March 1, he shared this insight with the more than 200,000 people who follow him: “My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends.”

Those were 50 Cent’s words, but it was not exactly him tweeting. Rather, it was Chris Romero, known as Broadway, the director of the rapper’s Web empire, who typed in those words after reading them in an interview.

“He doesn’t actually use Twitter,” Mr. Romero said of 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, “but the energy of it is all him.”
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Lupe Fiasco Change Title of Album to “We Are Lasers”

Grammy Award winning rapper Lupe Fiasco has taken to the social networking microsite, Twitter, to announce some changes about his third album. After originally planning a three-disc work tentatively titled LupEND, Lupe has changed course and plans to name the upcoming album We Are Lasers.

“‘We Are Lasers’…comes from some repressed high school outcast shit…blended amidst ‘And He Gets The Girl’ ambitions,” Lupe tweeted over the weekend. Initial reports point to the album being a close-knit affair featuring the rest of his 1st & 15th family, with his longtime producer Soundtrakk handling most of the production.
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