We’ve got some big news from some big stars in the Hip Hop and R&B world for today’s Music News ROLO feature. First off, Rapper/Singer Nicki Minaj has been given the Red light from music network BET. The network has banned Minaj’s latest video, Stupid Hoe, which Minaj premiered weeks ago online to preserve the [...]
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Music News ROLO: Nicki Minaj video banned from BET, Jay-Z And Kanye to film N*ggas in Paris Video, Chris Brown will return to Grammy Stage
Posted by ChokLit Factory on February 8th, 2012
ChokLit Factory Exclusives: The Top 25 Songs of 2011
Posted by ChokLit Factory on January 11th, 2012
2011 has come and gone like the wind. The changing face of Music has snuck up on us as well. Dance/Electronic music has become the new popular music. This change has perhaps been ushered in by the popularity of the Jersey Shore folk and their penchant for dance music. Party-boy acts like LMFAO now have [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives 
Tags: Adele, Best of 2011, Beyonce, Big Sean, Bridget Kelly, Cee-Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Drake, Elle Varner, Frank Ocean, Jay-Z, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Kelly Rowland, Maroon 5, Melanie Fiona, Miguel, Miranda Brooke, Nneka, Popcaan, R&B music, Raphael Saadiq, Rihanna, Sade, The Dream, The Weeknd, Tommy Lee, Urban Music, Vybez Kartel, Wale, Wynter Gordon 
4 Comments »Sweet Tooth: Jay-Z Releases Ode to First Child – Glory
Posted by ChokLit Factory on January 9th, 2012
For those not living under a rock, Rapper/Businessman Jay-Z recently welcomed the birth of his daughter Blu Ivy over the weekend with wife Beyonce. Today, the Rapper went a little Stevie Wonder on us as he release an Ode to his beautiful new creation in a song called Glory. Normally the couple is super private [...]
Posted in Sweeth Tooth Tags: Beyonce, Congratulations, Glory, Jay-Z, New Music, Sweet Tooth No Comments »Music News ROLO: Why Lil Wayne’s The Carter IV Outsold Watch the Throne
Posted by ChokLit Factory on September 13th, 2011
After all the speculation over how much The Carter IV would sell after its many push-backs and Wayne’s staggered sales record during and after his prison stint (Wayne’s experimental 2010 rock album Rebirth sold 775,000, while his post-prison album, I am Not a Human Being sold 953,000 in the US ), Weezy proved his critics wrong by stealing [...]
Posted in Music News ROLO Tags: Billboard charts, Hip Hop Music, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Music News ROLO, Music Sales, The Carter IV, Watch the Throne No Comments »ChokLit Factory Exclusives: 5 Things I Learned from the VMAs
Posted by ChokLit Factory on August 30th, 2011
The 2011 MTV VMAs aired live Sunday night, but your favourite Choklit was hundreds of thousands miles high in the sky en-route to Toronto. So I missed the show and the live tweets. Thanks to technology, I was able to watch the show the day after, but I had already heard most of the chatter [...]
Posted in ChokLitFactory Exclusives Tags: Adele, Award Shows, Beyonce, ChokLitFactory Exclusives, chris brown, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, MTV, Nikki Minaj, VMAs 1 Comment »ChokLit Fresh: Kanye and Jay-z HAM it up for OTIS video
Posted by ChokLit Factory on August 12th, 2011
Kanye West and Jay-z look like they are having the time of their lives in the new Spike-Jones-directed video for Otis. The boisterous, soul-driven first official single from Watch the Throne features ‘Ye and Jay deconstructing a priceless (about $380,000 retail) luxury Maybach vehicle. Next thing you know, they fill the dressed down car with [...]
Posted in ChokLit Fresh Tags: ChokLit Fresh, Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, new video, Otis, Spike Jonze, Watch the Throne No Comments »ChokLit’s Choice: Kanye West, Jay-Z & Beyonce Lift Off in New Song
Posted by ChokLit Factory on August 11th, 2011
As expected, Rapper Jay-Z and Kanye West’s dual album, Watch the Throne is making some news in the Industry. The album became the first Hip Hop album in the post-Napster era to not suffer a major leak. It is also rumored to have soldover 1 million copies in pre-orders alone. That’s BIG business!! I still [...]
Posted in ChokLit's Choice Tags: Beyonce, ChokLit's Choice, Hip Hop Music, Jay-Z, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Lift Off, Mike Dean, New Music, Watch the Throne 3 Comments »Music News ROLO: Beyonce’s 4 is Platinum, Kelly debuts high, Ye-Z Drops ‘Watch the Throne’
Posted by ChokLit Factory on August 9th, 2011
In some positive charts news, many ChokLit Artist & Acts are doing well on the charts. Beyonce’s fourth album 4, has been certified Platinum after 5 weeks on music charts. Her June 28 release has now sold 1 million copies as of August 1st. This comes as good news since 4 hadbeen plagued with pushed-back [...]
Posted in Music News ROLO Tags: 4, Beyonce, Billboard charts, Here I Am, iTunes Chart, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kelly Rowland, Music News ROLO, Watch the Throne No Comments »Now or Laters? Bridget Kelly’s Thinking About Forever
Posted by ChokLit Factory on August 5th, 2011
As I gushed about Frank Ocean’s newest leaked track, Thinkin Bout You, I also heard that the song was a reference track for Roc Nation’s newest artist, Bridget Kelly. If you were lucky enough to see Jay-Z’s last tour, you may remember Bridget who sang Alicia’s part on Empire State of Mind. Bridget has a [...]
ChokLit Fresh: *New Music* Kanye West & Jay-Z drop Otis
Posted by ChokLit Factory on July 21st, 2011
Jay-Z And Kanye West are gearing up for the Rap release of the year: their collaborative album, Watch the Throne. Kanye has been tweeting about this album since he began leaking records from his Dark Fantasy recording sessions late last year. So far, the duo released H.A.M to little (commercial) fanfare. This track, Otis, borrows [...]
Posted in ChokLit Fresh Tags: ChokLit Fresh, Hip Hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, New Music, Otis, Otis Redding, Watch the Throne No Comments »
