News Bites: Ashanti, Lil Wayne, R. Kelly, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Lloyd, Fat Joe Ashanti’s The Declaration debuts at No. 6 on The Billboard 200 with 86,000 copies. [Billboard]. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III expected to sell between 850,000 and 950,000 by the end of its first week. Damn. [EW]. R. Kelly won’t testify at trial. [Chicago Sun-Times]. Judge orders 50 Cent to hold on to burned down property where his ex-girlfriend lived. [AP]. Alicia Keys shoots video for fourth single “Superwoman” with director Chris Robinson. [MTV]. LL Cool J’s Exit 13 and Lloyd’s Lessons in Love both pushed back again to August 5th. [Rap-Up.com]. Listen to the remix to Fat Joe’s “Ain’t Sayin’ Nuthin’” with The Game and Lil Wayne. 4 Responses to “News Bites: Ashanti, Lil Wayne, R. Kelly, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Lloyd, Fat Joe” |
June 11th, 2008 at 9:01 am
not lookin to good for ashanti…thats a low number 4 just tha first week
June 11th, 2008 at 11:18 am
wow lil wayne might not do all that but good luck ashanti actually sold 90,000 lack of # of albums shipped
June 11th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
well as u all know alot of people download music nowadays which causes them not to buy the album…i dubt that lil wayne will sell that much…ashanti first week sales doesnt say thats it not looking good…its not about first week sales its about the overall…(she sold over 23M records)…if u havent brought it u should bec its hotttttt…
June 11th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
ashantis album is AMAZING!!!!best album so far real music!SHES SELLING RECORDS NOT SELLING OUT.