Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
B.o.B – Throwback (Ft. Chris Brown)(AUDIO)
Ready for Underground Luxury? Coming December 10th, as we get yet another preview of what Bobby Ray has in store. Here is his collab with Breezy.
Kid Cudi (@ducidni) Announces New EP, ‘SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon’
Recently Kid Cudi had announces that new music was on the way and we just wouldn’t know when exactly. Well the timetable is still set as “soon,” but we do know the title of the EP. Cudder tweeted out this morning, KiD CuDi presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon. So be on the lookout because it could release in five minutes or in a month.
KiD CuDi presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon :) coming soon
— Scott Mescudi (@ducidni) November 25, 2013
Ron Burgundy Will Be Hosting ESPN’s SportsCenter; Will Be Awesome
Will Ferrell will guest-host the 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” in his famous “Anchorman” character on Thursday, Dec. 5, a person with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
The person said that the details have not been finalized, but it is unlikely that Ferrell will break from his Ron Burgundy character. Ferrell recently appeared in character on TBS’ “Conan” to promote Burgundy’s new book, and to insult the Dodge Durango — the very truck that the 1970s journalist has been hawking in 30-second increments on TV.
Monday, November 25, 2013
The 2013 American Music Awards Winners
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
New Artist of the Year: Ariana Grande
Single of the Year: Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly – “Cruise”
Favorite Male Artist Pop/Rock: Justin Timberlake
Favorite Artist Rap/Hip-Hop: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Favorite Album Rap/Hip-Hop: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist
Favorite Male Artist Soul/R&B: Justin Timberlake
Favorite Female Artist Soul/R&B: Rihanna
Favorite Album Soul/R&B: Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
AMA Icon Award: Rihanna
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Forbes Names Highest Paid Musicians of 2013
With 2013 coming towards an end, Forbes has released their annual listing of the year’s highest paid musicians. It comes as no surprise that Madonna takes the pole position for highest earning musician, having been announced as the highest paid overall celebrity earlier this year when her ‘MDNA tour’ and other business endeavors grossed over $305 million USD, pushing her so far ahead that Lady Gaga‘s second position spot at a paltry $80 million USD. Following closely is Bon Jovi at $79 million USD, ousting the likes of Kanye West and Beyonce, while other familiar names such as Rihanna, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z gained notable mention. Head here to check out the list in full and to HYPETRAK for more music news.
Reebok Shaq Attack “LSU”
Video: Pusha T Stops By ‘Chelsea Lately’ to Talk Kanye West
The hip hop recording artist chats with Chelsea Handler about Kanye's rants! Plus, get the deets on his dating status.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Supreme X The North Face 2013 Fall/Winter Collection
With Fall being here and winter right around the corner, Supreme has teamed up with The North Face to produce two special versions of the Nuptse Jacket and Nuptse Vest. Made exclusively for Supreme, the Nuptse Jacket and Vest both feature a water-resistant nylon shell and 700 fill goose down. Both the jacket and the vest feature a fur print on the exterior and come with double-layer abrasion-resistant taffeta shoulder reinforcements and taffeta emergency hood with a reflective Supreme logo print. Both pieces will be available in-store and online in New York, Los Angeles and London starting November 21 followed by a Japanese release starting November 23. So dope
Photos: Kanye West Gives Lecture to Harvard’s Graduate School of Design
It looks as though Kanye West popped in to discuss his company, DONDA, to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. No more info as of now, but I foresee videos and recaps coming very soon. Until then, here are some photos from the event swiped from Instagram.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Lady Gaga and R. Kelly ‘Do What They Want’ on SNL
Fresh off her latest album release, Lady Gaga took to 30 Rockafeller Plaza this past weekend to host NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Pulling double duty, the ARTPOP songstress also graced viewers with her presence on the SNL musical stage performing her provocative duet “Do What U Want” alongside R&B legend R. Kelly. The raunchy single was accompanied by some questionable choreography that brought the two artists to the floor for a simulated sex scene as only this tandem can produce.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
First Look: Nike Air Tech Challenge II White/Lime
Via TheShoeGame: There are plans to release an assortment of colorways including this White/Lime combination shown here. Look for this colorway to release Spring 2014 and let us know what you think about this colorway.
Nike Air Tech Challenge II
318408-100
Spring 2014
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Monopoly “Walking Dead” Edition
Joining a long list of thematic editions of the iconic board game Monopoly, Hasbro presents the Monopoly “Walking Dead” edition. Based around the popular TV show on AMC and comic by Robet Kirkman, each stage of the iconic board game has been overhauled with zombie graphics courtesy of Kirkman. Instead of purchasing houses and hotels to increase your wealth, walls and guard towers are bought to defend against attack. Player pieces are modeled after characters from the show, allowing fans of the post-apocalyptic series to fully indulge in its narrative. The Monopoly “Walking Dead” edition can now be purchased via ThinkGeek for approximately $40 USD.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Pusha T - Hold On (Explicit) ft. Rick Ross (Official Video)
New Video by Push... dope hustlers anthem right here!
Childish Gambino Performed “Shadows” Live on Arsenio Cross Legged on a Couch (Video)
Childish Gambino performed a jaw-dropping version of "Shadows" as he sat on the couch right next to Arsenio. Childish Gambino's new album "Because The Internet" is out December 10.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
PUSHA-T Ft. Stalley x Fly Union x Cal Scruby LIVE in COLUMBUS 11/22
Pusha T feat. Stalley, Fly Union & Friends
Newport Music Hall - Columbus,Oh
Friday November 22, 2013; Doors open at 6 PM
General Admission - All Ages
$26.50 - General Admission
$40.00 - Express Line General Admission Tickets
$40.00 - Express Line General Admission Tickets
MGMT - Presented by CD102.5 LIVE @ COLUMBUS LC PAVILION
LC Pavilion - Columbus,Oh
Thursday November 14, 2013; Doors open at 7 PM
$32.50 Advance / $35.00 Day of Show
General Admission - All Ages
This show is indoors!
GET TIX!
Opening Artist: Kuroma
Wiz Khalifa - "The Plan" ft. Juicy J (Official Video)
Dope track from Wiz Khalifa’s ONIFC. All according to The Plan…
Kendrick Lamar is One of GQ’s Men Of The Year
FYI....Full story coming soon... Just another thing to add the the resume..
2 Chainz – Fork (Music Video)
Monday, November 11, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Twitter Raises $1.82 Billion, Pricier Value Than Facebook (Via Bloomberg)
Twitter Inc. (TWTR) is poised to begin trading in New York today after raising $1.82 billion in its initial public offering, seizing on surging investor demand to price at a more expensive valuation than rival Facebook Inc. (FB)
The pricing puts the onus on Twitter, which starts trading today on the New York Stock Exchange, to deliver on its promises of fast growth after earlier pitching shares as low as $17. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Philippe Laffont, founder of Coatue Capital Management, talks about technology stocks, investment strategy and the outlook for Twitter Inc.'s initial public offering. He speaks with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers." (Source: Bloomberg)
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bob Nardelli, Cerberus Capital Management LP senior adviser and former chief executive officer of the Home Depot Inc., talks about Twitter Inc.'s initial public offering and market sentiment on technology stocks. Nardelli speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
A banner with the Twitter Inc. logo hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Photographer: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg
Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo has rallied investor interest in Twitter’s rapid sales curve - with revenue more than doubling annually - even with no clear path to making a profit. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
Twitter’s $26 a share IPO price values the microblogging service at 12.4 times estimated 2014 sales of $1.14 billion, according to analyst projections compiled by Bloomberg. That’s higher than the 11.6 times that Facebook was trading at yesterday and similar to LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD)’s multiple of 12.2 times sales. The shares could begin trading today by 10:15 a.m., Duncan Niederauer, chief executive of NYSE Euronext said on CNBC, describing that as his “best guess.”
The pricing puts the onus on Twitter to deliver on its promises of fast growth after earlier pitching shares as low as $17. Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo has rallied investor interest in Twitter’s rapid sales curve -- with revenue more than doubling annually -- even with no clear path to making a profit.
“People are really looking all the way out to their 2015 and 2016 revenue estimates to price this,” said Larry Levine, a partner in financial advisory firm McGladrey LLP in Chicago. “The risk to buying Twitter is if Twitter does not achieve its very lofty growth estimates.”
At NYSE
Twitter’s $1.82 billion IPO is almost as much as the $1.9 billion that Google Inc. raised in its 2004 IPO and makes it the largest IPO by a U.S. technology company since Facebook’s debut in May 2012. It puts the market capitalization of Twitter at $14.2 billion, more than double that of Groupon Inc. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) led the sale, working with Morgan Stanley (MS)and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
CEO Costolo will be at the New York Stock Exchange for the stock’s debut under the TWTR symbol, along with CFO Mike Gupta. Twitter co-founders Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey will also be in New York, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Lawrence Haverty, a fund manager at Gamco Investors Inc. (GBL), said $26 was a fair price.
“They could have gotten a higher price, and they chose not to because they didn’t want to replicate the Facebook situation,” he said.
Price Range
Twitter had sought to avoid the hype that surrounded Facebook’s initial share sale last year, leading bankers to overestimate demand for its shares. Twitter filed for an IPO confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year, and originally set an offering price range at a discount to its Internet peers.
Demand for the stock exceeded the supply even before bankers started formally asking for orders, people familiar with the matter have said. On Monday, Twitter raised the proposed price range for the 70 million shares sold in the IPO to $23 to $25 each, up from the earlier range of $17 to $20.
A market operated by IG, a company that allows clients to place wagers on the direction of stocks without owning them, signaled Twitter may have a market value of about $23 billion after the IPO, according to prices supplied by the London-based firm. With 544.7 million shares outstanding, that suggests a share price of about $42, according to calculations by IG and Bloomberg.
“When you see something with the user volume that Twitter has today and the engagement that they continue to have among their user base, you can confidently invest,” Matt Krna, a principal at Softbank Capital, which has a small stake in the company through its acquisition of Bluefin Labs, said before the final pricing. “There was a period of skepticism over consumer technology after Facebook’s IPO, and now people are running back.”
Zulily, Chegg
Twitter’s IPO will be followed by consumer-Web companies including Zulily Inc., an online seller of apparel for moms and babies, and digital-education service Chegg Inc., which are set to debut next week. Care.com Inc., owner of a site used to find babysitters, plans to hold an IPO early next year, people familiar with the matter said in August.
“Twitter is every bit as prominent an IPO as Facebook,” said Ted Hollifield, co-head of the venture and merger and acquisition practice at law firm Alston & Bird LLP in Menlo Park,California. “There will be a number of consumer-facing companies that would love to follow in their footsteps.”
User Growth
Twitter will have 544.7 million shares of common stock outstanding after the IPO, its filingsshow. Including restricted stock and options, Twitter will have about 694.8 million shares outstanding. By that measure Twitter is valued at $18.1 billion. The sale doesn’t include an extra 10.5 million shares that underwriters have an option to buy, according to the company’s prospectus.
Twitter, whose website and applications let people post 140-character messages to friends and online followers, still needs to deliver on its business model. Twitter’s loss widened to $64.6 million in the September quarter from $21.6 million a year earlier, and it is unlikely to be profitable until 2015, according to the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. LinkedIn and Facebook were both profitable at the time of their IPOs.
While Twitter’s revenue has surged, reaching $534.5 million in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30, user growth is slowing, filings show. The service had 231.7 million monthly users in the quarter that ended in September, up 39 percent from a year earlier. That compares with 65 percent growth in the prior year.
Mobile Users
Twitter has been touting its engagement with mobile users, where other Web companies have struggled. About three-fourths of Twitter’s active users accessed the service from mobile devices in the three months ended in September, compared with 69 percent in the year-earlier period, according to the filing. More than 70 percent of advertising revenue comes from those devices, a higher proportion than Facebook.
The money from the public offering will help Twitter build its business outside the U.S., where it got 77 percent of users yet only 26 percent of revenue in the third quarter. The company will also expand its infrastructure and work on products that will help it attract more users and advertisers.
Facebook’s debut was plagued with technical snafus on the Nasdaq exchange -- something Twitter may be trying to avoid by listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. paid $10 million to settle charges that the malfunction violated securities laws.
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