This is the interview with Mr. Aubrey Graham from the Fader magazine. It is a very well-written article. It involves a couple days in the life of Drake. You learn about his family, his upbringing, musical tastes, views on his album, and his industry connections. Read the article here:

Perez Hilton is the first to announce that Kourtney Kardashian is PREGNANT! It was reported to websites all over that she would not be announcing the father of the baby, and fans would have to watch the show (Kourtney and Khloe take Miami) which premiers this Sunday on the E! network. I guess she couldn’t hold it in because she admitted that the father of the baby is Scott Disick on the Today Show yesterday. SMH

And this is just the beginning…

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Wussup ya’ll, this week’s “Twit of the Weekend” is from none other than Aubrey O’Day. According to her twitter page last night, her cleaners stole over $30,000 worth of belongings from her closet. Guess she’s stacking enough cake, not to realize that much ish was missing. YIKES.

“just found out my cleaning company are robbers, and stole 30k worth of my clothes (i know I know, my closet is so big i didn’t realize)…

FAME & a crazy, psycho, stalker, killer.

It’s a known fact that living in the limelight has it’s ups and downs, The ups being the fab life of glitz and glam, money and power, the downs, being the paparazzi and the lack of privacy. However, in Beyonce and Jay-Z’s case, one of the downs has become DEATH THREATS. This past Tuesday a 37 year old Detroit man, Leon Desmond Barret was arrested and charged with mailing death threats to multiple third parties of Beyonce, Jay and NFL player Jerome Bettis. The complaint that was filed on Tuesday claims that the threats ranged from December of 2006 to April of 2009. One of the threats that Barret wrote stated:

“I’m getting ready to start killing some more people. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jerome Bettis and Tune-up Man are the first four people I’m getting ready to kill.”

Also in a letter addressed to Bettis’ family Barret wrote

“We do not want to have a gunfight with them but if we have to, we will. I guess it [sic] going to be another Virginia Tech massacre all over again in Detroit.”

Barret has confirmed to the Associated Press that he has had a problem with Jerome Bettis for several years now and wanted to express that to other parties associated with the NFL player. As for why he targeted Hov and B….nothing has been stated.

So before you head into the limelight, theres  more to worry about than just haters…there are psychos. (sigh)

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This week on Rumor Has It, there’s some breakups, some makeups and some “vegetarians” lol….

For starters according to FOX 411, its been said that Kanye West was the reason reality star Kim Kardashian and Football player Reggie Bush broke up last week. Sources say that Bush found “racy” text message from Ye on Kim’s phone. The texts ranged from saying he had a great time to how hot she looked the night they chilled together. When Reggie confronted Kim about the texts, they had a huge fight eventually leading to the end of their relationships. Sources close to the couple say things have been rocky for a while, but these texts revealed trusts issues that were not there before. Now who really knows what went on between these three all I know is Amber Rose might have some competition….

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I know I already posted an SMH but I couldn’t let this one slide. SMH. But hey, at least it’s the Gucci edition. lol. No further comment.

Can the music industry help save the print industry? Well its worth the shot. As we all now, Vibe magazine announced they’ve closed their doors as of last month. The magazine/print market has been on a steady decline as the world wide web has become more accessible to readers. More and more magazines are facing problems trying to not only maintain but make profit from sales that are just not there.

With that in mind, Island Def Jam has announced that they will be the first ever record label to have advertising inserts inside their CD liner notes. Basically based on an artist’s potential sales, Def Jam collabo’s with magazines that would target the consumer group purchasing the album.

Who better to experiment with this project than Mariah Carey. With her first single rising on the charts, album sales are expected to be in the millions.

‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,’ which is slated for a September 15 release. The insert “is a 34-page co-production with Elle Magazine that includes lifestyle ads from Elizabeth Arden, Angel Champagne, Carmen Steffens, Le MZtier de BeautZ and the Bahamas Board of Tourism,” writes Becky Ebenkamp in Brandweek.

L.A. Reid, the company’s president and CEO stated :

“It’s always a bit scary when multiple struggling industries collaborate in order to save each other, but Def Jam is thinking this idea could be huge. “My artists have substantial circulation — when you sell 2 million, 5 million, 8 million, that’s a lot of eyeballs. Most magazines aren’t as successful as those records.”

With Mariah’s controversial first single, Obsessed, not even reaching the number 1,2 or 3 spot on billboards, can Def Jam really estimate she’ll be selling millions? Will the 34 page layout be a hit or miss? Personally I think this is a good venture to save print but whether or not it’ll jack the price of the albums has nto yet been states, I guess we’ll have to wait and see.  -Ciao

-Monika

Here at the Synopsis we don’t really do the whole birthday shout out thing. I mean we are NOT Chucky-Cheese.  But, in all due respect, we must pay tribute to an ever so significant birthday, that of Mr. President Barack Obama. 48 years ago today, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama was born. 48 years ago, the youngest president ever, JFK was sitting in the oval office. Who would’ve thought a few decades later that another mark in history would be made, not by the youngest but by the first black president of the United States. Today President Obama celebrates his birthday in a position not many thought he’d make it to.

Unfortunately 48 isnt the coolest age in the world, and there are no extravagant “Marylyn Monroe” type performances planned out for the President…but I’m sure Beyonce would’ve done a great honor to the Prez. Lol Maybe for his 50^th? Lol. As for now, Happy Birthday Mr. President.

Playboy wasn’t the end of her…in fact, Aubrey O’Day has NOT disappeared yet people. SMH. Fortunately for her sake, people still are interested in her and her music. Former member of Danity Kane has officially dropped her newest single “Party All the Time.” The song is a cover from Eddie Murphy’s 1985 version of Party All the Time. She didn’t attack this track alone, but with friend Shanell Woodgett, known as SnL, who happens to be on tour with Lil Wayne as of right now.  I personally don’t favor the track, but for some reason I can see DJ’s letting this rock at clubs all over. (sigh)

If you havent yet heard, O’day is set to perform in a Vegas gig, the hit Peepshow that is currently hosted by Melanie B. (formerly known as Scary Spice) this fall. (Funny:: didnt Mel. B and Murphy have something?coincedence!)  Not only has she gotten that gig, but she will be filming her own reality tv show during the same time. (that’s not surprising) Anyways check out the Tune and let me know what you think!

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