Moves, Deals, Signings: Asten Morgan Jr., Lou Dog, Sha Money XL, Mickey Avalon, Blestenation, K Real, Bueno

• MOVES
  

• Vibe Magazine Announces Asten Morgan Jr. as Associate Publisher, Director of Sales

• Lou Dog From Kottonmouth Kings Named Assistant Director Of NORML Los Angeles

• DEALS

• FORMER G-UNIT PRESIDENT LAUNCHES DREAM BIG VENTURES WITH NEW DISTRIBUTION DEAL THROUGH THE ORCHARD

• Avid Exposure Adds Music Artist, Mickey Avalon, to Agency Roster

• SIGNINGS

• Blestenation Signs With Suburban Noize Records & Release Free Mixtape Featuring Jadakiss, Puscifer, and Ladytron

• WEST COAST RAPPER K REAL SIGNS MANAGEMENT DEAL WITH A-TEAM ENTERTAINMENT

• Sacramento Rap Artist Bueno Joins SMC Recordings

Business News: Jay-Z x FELA!, Club Beats [by Dre], Kanye's Brand Universe, Music Design Lab, Queen Pen Calendar

• JAY-Z AND WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH TO PRESENT FELA! ON BROADWAY

• Best Buy Teams With Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre to Launch Club Beats

• BrandMakerNews Presents The Brand Universe of Kanye West

• Project 2050 Launches Music Design Lab Curated by World Renowned Author and Mixologist Bobbito Garcia

• CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER "GREG FREDERICK" PREPARES TO UNVEIL STUNNING 2010 CALENDAR OF GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTIST "QUEEN PEN"

Hip Hop Press: Chamillionaire at Stanford, DJ Drama on CNN, Funkmaster Flex x Taurus SHO, Rapper's Delight Anniversary, Ru$$ell Simmons

• Stanford and Intuit Kick Off Global Innovation Tournament With Appearances by Quincy Jones III and Chamillionaire

• DJ Drama Represents on CNN; Superstar DJ Takes Part in Panel Discussion, "Black Men In The Age Of President Obama"

• Celebrity DJ and Customizing Legend Funkmaster Flex Tricks Out 2010 Taurus SHO for SEMA

• Wonder Mike and Master Gee of the Original Sugarhill Gang, MaxaMedia and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Celebrate The 30th Anniversary of Rapper's Delight

• Penn National Gaming Announces a Community Relations Advisory Agreement with Russell Simmons and Rush Communications

• Bounty and Russell Simmon's Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Unveil National Arts Mural

Hip Hop Press: Big Tune Finals, 50 Cent Film Tour, Puma x DJ Hero, Hip-Hoppreneur Blog, Ludacris x Conjure, Sampla, Soul Electric Records

• The Mecca of Hip-Hop Hosts Red Bull Big Tune 2009 National Finals

• 50 Cent Announces a Ten City Screening Tour of His Directorial Debut Film: BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT

• PUMA Mixes It Up with DJ Hero

• NEW WEEKLY BLOG BY HIP-HOPPRENEUR CEDRIC MUHAMMAD - THIS WEEK - "360 DEALS & THE DUMB ARTIST"

• Ludacris Debuts Conjure Cognac on The Jay Leno Show

• SONiVOX Announces Sampla – Hip Hop Production Sampler

• HOUSE MUSIC LEGEND ROY DAVIS, JR JOINS WITH LOS ANGELES CLUB PROMOTER AND PRODUCER JUAN HOERNI TO CREATE INDIE LABEL SOUL ELECTRIC RECORDS

MakingTheMogul.com: From a Fraud Alert to Personal Business Insights

• MUSIC BIZ FRAUD ALERT: Antoine Keane a.k.a Dominic Edmonds

• You Can Try, But You Can’t Steal A Network

• Mind Your Email Manners

• Video Games Becoming More Lucrative For Musicians

• Why I Decided To Close My Business

Partnerships: Dizzee Rascal x WinkBall.com, HoneyMag.com x Ween, Urban Imagery x Mahogany Events, Clout Records x Duplium

• Dizzee Rascal & WinkBall.com Take the Dirtee Stank Tour Global With a Personal Video Blog, Fan Video Walls and Exclusive Backstage Concert Access

• Sahara Media Holdings & HoneyMag.com Forms Partnership with WEEN (Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network)

• Urbane Imagery and Mahogany Events Announce Partnership

• CLOUT RECORDS AND DUPLIUM CREATE A JOINT VENTURE CALLED A PRESSING AND PROMOTIONS DEAL TO HELP ARTIST AND LABELS TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Hip Hop Press: the Jacka Wins, Work For Diddy 2, Calle 13 x Latin Grammy's, DJ Hero x Martin Truex Jr., INgrooves x Suburban Noise

• the Jacka, 2009 SF Weekly Music Award WINNER (Rap/Hip Hop)

• VH1 Joins Forces With Diddy Once Again To Find His Next Personal Assistant For "I WANT TO WORK FOR DIDDY 2"

• Calle 13 and Ruben Blades Set to Perform Together for the First Time on Television at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards

• Target and Activision Partner with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to Feature DJ Hero on the No. 1 Chevrolet Driven by Martin Truex Jr.

• INgrooves Expands With Hopeless Records, Suburban Noize and Independent Label Collective

  
  

Hip Hop Business: Business of Hip-Hop Symposium, Gen2Media x Black Eyed Peas, Public Enemy x SellaBand, D-Boe & Madam Biggz Signed

• Quetone Music Executive speaks at Berklee College of Music's Business of Hip-Hop Symposium

• Gen2Media (OTCBB: GTWO) Tech Innovations Help The Black Eyed Peas' Live Show Rock the Crowd

• PUBLIC ENEMY REDEFINES THE MUSIC BUSINESS AGAIN, PARTNERS WITH FANS FOR NEW ALBUM

• RAPPER D-BOE FROM FORT WORTH TEXAS INKS DEAL WITH R&R RECORDS

• AFFLUENT RECORDS SIGNS 1st FEMALE RAPPER MADAM BIGGZ TO LABEL
  

Hip Hop Press: Hip Hop for iPhone, CMJ Showcase, Show and Prove, Pretty Ricky, Everlast

•  I-play Launches Hip Hop All Star for iPhone and iPod Touch Featuring New Exclusive Tracks From Every Generation of Hip Hop

• Finale, Oddisee, Kam Moye, Jern Eye, Keelay, Trinity, And More Join Headliners Souls of Mischief For October 22 CMJ Showcase

• Brooklyn Bodega's October 20th "Show and Prove" Finalists announced: GNU, Gypsy Flesh, Zarinah, and Kalae All Day

• Platinum-Selling Hip-Hop/R&B Group Pretty Ricky's 'Tipsy In Dis Club' Video Debuts Top 10 (#9) On BET '106 and Park'
  

• Everlast Announces Special Career Retrospective Performance Oct 17th At Key Club In Hollywood, CA

Hip Hop Press: Diddy x Interscope, Art vs Commerce, Beaterator, Easy Mo Bee, NBA Live 10 Mixtape

• Sean 'Diddy' Combs Signs With Interscope Records

• Art vs Commerce keeps it Classic with Smirnoff Vodka
  and The Source Magazine

• Rockstar Games Announces Beaterator Now Available
  In Stores and For Digital Download on PlayStation Network

• Easy Mo Bee has signed on as Head Producer
  for BlackBox Enterprises & Music

• EA SPORTS PRESENTS NBA LIVE 10 MIXTAPE
  HOSTED BY DJ MICK BOOGIE

Hip Hop Press: Kid Cudi Controversy, Industry Events, Business News

KID CUDI CONTROVERSY

• KID CUDI CAUGHT CHEATING: Exposing His Secret Relationship With Former Manager

INDUSTRY EVENTS

• Mark Batty Publisher Announces First MBP URBAN ARTS FEST

• TJ'S DJ'S CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE WITH STARS AND TASTEMAKERS

• Women in Hip Hop Returns to the A3C

• Updated: Berklee to host Hip-Hop Symposium October 5

• 2009 Upper State Independent Awards

•  Brooklyn Bodega Announces lineup for 2009 CMJ Showcase

•  DJ $crilla's "Me, Myself and I" is Best Album Winner of the 2009 Ohio Hip-Hop Awards

• Rap Legend KRS ONE to Host Red Bull BC One

• It's On... EXXXOTICA Expo Returns to New Jersey with 2 Live Crew

• '2009 MTV Video Music Awards' Performances Drive Sales for Beyonce, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Muse, Green Day & Pink

BUSINESS NEWS

•  Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas Expands Jeepney Music's New Artist Search to Australia

• Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Carmelo Anthony and Rob Dyrdek Battle It Out With the Launch of the TAG Signature Series Charity Challenge

• Scratch DJ LLC Unveils New Additions to Hip Hop Setlist for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Videogame

• YO! PROMOTIONS WELCOMES LEGENDARY RAPPER GURU & HIT PRODUCER SOLAR

• Jimmy Jazz Partners Up with J. Cole for "Fresh for Fall" Campaign

• Pepsi and Grammy Award-Winning Artist Will.i.am to Create the Ultimate Music Collaboration

• TOURE' TO HOST FUSE'S "HIP HOP SHOP"

• BET Networks Enters Into Partnership with Live Nation to Promote Concert Tours in House of Blues and Additional Venues

Hip Hop Press: Lebron James, Drinks Americas, Global Mixx Music Retreat, Cornerstone x The Orchard, iJerkin' App, Sound Records + More

•  LEBRON JAMES HOSTS ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FOR
  MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE FILM MORE THAN A GAME

• Drinks Americas Announces First Quarter Conference Call & Webcast

• Slip-N-Slide Records and EMI Label Services Expand North American
  Distribution and Marketing Partnership

• DADDY YANKEE, DON OMAR, NELLY FURTADO, AVENTURA,
  PITBULL, SHAKIRA, AND JENNIFER LOPEZ ALL FEATURED ON
  MUSIC CHOICE DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

• The 5th Annual Global Mixx Music Retreat Proudly
  Announces Panelists, Judges and Event Line-up

• Polow Da Don Trumps 9th Annual BMI Urban Awards
  And Honored As Producer Of The Year

• Cornerstone's PR Division Adds Global Company The Orchard
  As new Client

• DJ Bless Prepares To Launch New Music Group Fall 2009

• NEW BOYZ LAUNCH iJERKIN' APP ON THE APP STORE

• Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels Trades Signature Thick-Rimmed Specs
  for Sleek adidas Shades to Ride 100-miles for Charity

• Health Education Gets a Boost from Hip-Hop;
  Innovative DVD Helps Get Kids Moving and Learning

• SUPER PRODUCERS PLAY*N*SKILLZ INK RECORD LABEL
  DEAL WITH SRC/UNIVERSAL RECORDS FOR G4 MUZIK

• SOUND RECORDS: Seattle's Innovative Indie Label
  Obtains a Vast Array of Talented Established and Emerging Artists
  
  

Audible Hype: Future of Music as Business, Slaughterhouse Album Sales, Hip Hop Producers

• Big Open Questions about the Future of Music as a Business

• The Raw Numbers on the Real Music Business in 2009

• What Slaughterhouse Album Sales Really Mean for Hip Hop

• dumate Producer and MPC Player Man Mantis Talks Tech & Beats

• Advice from Some of the Best Hip Hop Producers Ever

  
  

Hip Hop Press: Beats by Dr. Dre to Europe, Allmighty Entertainment Signees, K.O.D. Tour, Mike Epps x BET Hip Hop Awards

• Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre Bring the Better Music Experience to Europe through the Introduction of their Acclaimed Headphones

• J-Simms Signed to Allmighty Entertainment

• Mansin, Signed to Allmighty Entertainment

• THE K.O.D. TOUR 2009 With TECH N9NE, KRIZZ KALIKO, KUTT CALHOUN, BIG SCOOB, SLAUGHTERHOUSE, STEVIE STONE, AND GLASSES MALONE

• BET Names Actor/Comedian Mike Epps as Host for The Fourth Annual 'BET HIP HOP AWARDS '09'

Hip Hop Press: Mickey Avalon, Amaru Entertainment, Bootleg Festival, Seven Aurelius, BET's Black College Tour, Threader x Beat Freaks, Common x Roots x Hennessy

• Mickey Avalon Rocks the Stage at Designer Christian Audigier 2009 MAGIC Marketplace Fashion Show

• Fashion Week isn't the Only Place to Get Your Fix This Year

• AMARU ENTERTAINMENT SCORES MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST MORGAN CREEK PRODUCTIONS

• Words Beats & Life Presents THE SECOND ANNUAL BOOTLEG FESTIVAL

• Famed Music Producer Seven Aurelius Joins eWorld Companies, Inc. Advisory Board

• Top Brands Microsoft, Microsoft XBox, Verizon Wireless, Def Jam, U.S. Air Force and Sierra Mist Join BET's 2009 Black College Tour

• Threader Urban Clothing Partners With "America's Best Dance Crew's" the Beat Freaks Crew

• Common and The Roots Add Spice to Hennessy Artistry Series with Red-Hot Indie Acts