Michael Rappaport’s long awaited A Tribe Called Quest documentary had its premiere at Sundance this past weekend. Of course the doc has not been without its controversy as Q-Tip has gone public in denouncing the film. Only Phife showed up to support the premiere at Sundance but looks like ATCQ has a good public relations team and understands that this film could be eye-opening to the millions of fans out there. They released the following statemeng:

Thanks to our fans for their support through the years and for the enthusiasm around the documentary. We hope that the film’s perspective conveys our love of hip-hop culture. We could not attend Sundance, but we want to express our love and appreciation for the support that we have received in advance of the film’s premiere tonight. We hope that it is well received. Thank you.

Rappaport was interviewed before the opening and took it all in good spirit. As fans, we just can’t wait to see the movie.

Flavor Flav is officially in the chicken business. He has opened his first Flav’s Fried Chicken restaurant in Iowa this past week.

“When the (Cimino) family first met me, it was automatically love at first sight,” Flav said while standing in his restaurant Friday. “They loved your boy Flav.”

Once Flav started selling his 99-cent chicken wings at Mama Cimino’s in Las Vegas, Nick Cimino developed the idea to bring FFC to Clinton.

“Nick sees me frying the chicken and says ‘I’m going back to my town and I’m going to build us a restaurant, the first FFC restaurant,’” Flav said. “I said, ‘Huh, are you serious?’”

So there it is. During the next year, Flav hopes to open hundreds of restaurants around the country, especially since he’s already received calls about opportunities through the Flav’s Fried Chicken franchise.

Talib gets his inspiration from his new music video “Cold Rain” from Denzel Washington and the Hughes Brothers’ flick Book Of Eli. It’s a visual trip. Check it out.

The upcoming Tupac biopic that is being directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), is still on track to happen and is set for filming to start in April. With only a couple months left, all the major roles have still gone un-announced but as previously reported, Fuqua is looking for unknowns to play the lead role of Tupac. To add to that, Shadow & Act recently reported that Fuqua is also in the midst of casting unkowns to play Pac’s previous love interests Jada Pinkett and Kidada Jones. More details to come but glad to know that this pic is still on the right path.

Pepsi MAX ad features Lupe Fiasco and Nick Javas spitting a verse about the NFC Championship between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. The video produced by New York-based marketing company Cornerstone, will air during the games’ final two-minute warning.
via:Billboard

50 Cent’s Connecticut estate is back on the market. The 52 room mansion on 17 acres of land includes a pond, 25 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms, a weights gym, an indoor and outdoor basketball court, a cinema, an indoor pool, and a mini-nightclub with pool tables, a dancefloor, lounge seating and a bar. 50 has had great success with using the internet to get fans to purchase stock  lets see if someone will buy this mansion. Check out the virtual tour HERE.

Steve Stoute, CEO and found of brand management firm Translation, discuss creating successful collaborations between Artist and Brands in this INFLUENCERS In-depth Series.

Lil Wayne graces the front cover of “Rollingstone” magazine for the third time in his music careers. But this time…you get to see even more of his white boxers. Yay! Issue hits stores later this week.