A group of music industry Presidents and CEO’s convened on Hotel Palomar in midtown Atlanta last weekend to celebrate a reunion of sorts. L.A. Reid, Steve Bartels, Bu Thiam, Devyne Stephens, Young Jeezy, Usher Raymond, Dallas Austin and more music industry decision makers all joined each other for an evening of fine dining at the hotel’s Pacci Ristorante for the annual “Dinner With The President”.
Take a moment to take in all the movers and shakers in the room…
L.A. Reid (Pres/CEO Island Def Jam), Steve Bartels (Pres/Island Records) & Bu Thiam (CEO Convict Muzik)
Bu Thiam & Usher Raymond IV
Wow! Looky who Dallas Austin brought out…
It’s Lee “Big Poppa” Najjar (Kim Zolciak’s on again off again married boyfriend). I guess he’s about to be more on the scene since Kim has a hit record…
Rihanna has released another single from her upcoming Rated R album and it’s title is as “Hard” as the song itself! With an abrasive party beat, Rihanna and my boo Young Jeezy rap about how “Hard” they are.
“Tougher than a lion/ Ain’t no need in trying/ I live where the sky ends, yup, you know this/Never lying, truth teller/ That Rihanna reign just won’t let up/ … The hottest b*tch in heels right here.”
In Jeezy’s verse, he talks about his progression from the block to the big leagues:
I used to run my block like Obama and them/ Don’t believe me, ask my momma and them/ Tell ‘em give me back my swag/ They tried to clone me/ See my Louis Chucks, Louis flag, Louis flames, Louis belt/ What that make me, ‘Louis Mane’?/ … ‘Hard,’ if one word describes me/ If I wasn’t doing this, you know where’d I be.
So… in a word. The song is appropriately entitled, “Hard”!
You know it’s party time if Diddy’s in town! The Bad Boy was spotted poppin bottles with Young Jeezy last night at The Compound for one of the million parties surrounding the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards which film in Atlanta this weekend. CTE, Bad Boy and AG Entertainment all on one bill? You already know it was off the chain. A few spotted at the compound were Young Buck, Lil Boosie, Slim Thug, Devyne Stephens, Kenny Burns and BET’s Stephen Hill. I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume there were females there too….
Young Jeezy covers Complex Magazines October/November Issue and I don’t know what to say. Y’all know how much I loves me some Jay Jenkins, but this pic has got me cravin carmex! His swagga is still on a hundred thousand trillion though…I ain’t even gone lie.
Check out some behind the scenes footage from Jeezy’s Complex photoshoot below: (more…)
Young Jeezy is out working hard on the AMW tour with Lil Wayne and nem. Each stop he seems to bring out a surprise celebrity guest. In his recent stop in Cinncinati the surprise guest was non other than Snoop Dogg and they proceeded to rock the stage in classic Jeezy/Snoop fashion.
Jeezy’s lookin better & better these days! A great plastic surgeon and the right nutritionist will do wonders for a thug’s swag!
More Photos & Video of Jeezy’s performance with Snoop and backstage with Lil Wayne under the cut:
Young Jeezy premiered his new shoe “The Snowman” at the ADIDAS store in Lenox Square Mall last weekend. He signed autographs for his fans and shut the store down as he shopped for his performance gear for the night’s AMW (America’s Most Wanted) Tour that he was scheduled to perform.
Check out a few flix from his in-store appearance:
Jeezy was tryna decide which pair to choose for his Atlanta concert. He ended up choosing the ones on his right (your left), the Adidas Forum Mid with black uppers, slime ‘macaw’ green pops and gold accents. The ones he chose retails for $100. (Click Here for more info).
I actually devoted my Sunday to following Jay Jenkins around the store with my Mino! Don’t hate… Check out the video and more flix below:
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Photos by ATLPics
L.A. Reid (Pres/CEO Island Def Jam), Steve Bartels (Pres/Island Records) & Bu Thiam (CEO Convict Muzik)
Wow! Looky who Dallas Austin brought out…
