50 Cent talks with Black Enterprise regarding a potential deal with Mercedes-Benz and Audi for distributing Sleek by 50 headphones. Due to the Kleer technology that is in both vehicles and Sleek, a strategic partnership could be form to benefit both brands. While Dre and his Monster Beats squad plan to tackle sound in laptops, 50 is planning to enhance the audio experience in luxury cars.

“Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron” – Kanye West

Its also hard to be humble when your  face has been immortalized on the dial of an expensive timepiece. Tiret created a custom watch for Kanye West. The bezel is lined with diamonds and the dial which has Kayne’s face outlined with a combo of white, yellow, brown, and black diamonds.  Guess Kanye doesn’t need an iPhone 4 to have any face time.

via: Luxist

Jay-Z has officially ventured into the chicken business. Mr. Carter has teamed with his mother Gloria, his sister Andrea and his first cousin Jamar White to invest in the Buffalo Boss restuarant. Buffalo Boss, which also delivers to the local community, prides itself on its chicken being 100% organic chicken with no hormones and no trans-fat. And no, Jay-Z will not be doing any of the deliveries. But maybe Freeway will to help pay his bills. The restaurant opened in downtown Brooklyn where he hopes to woo Caremlo Anthony with a life time supply of chicken wings.

More casting announcements are making their way now that RZA is busy filming principal photography in China for his martial arts flick The Man With An Iron Fist. The rumor of Russell Crowe in the flick has now been pretty much confirmed (although still not officially announced yet) but the other big news is that Lucy Liu is officially joining the cast as well. Nice to see an actual Asian starring in a film about martial arts. Maybe there will be a Lucy Liu vs. RZA showdown all Kill Bill style. Via: FilmBizAsia

Fergie gets her tongue all twisted up in her new Dr. Pepper Cherry ad campaign. She still looks man-nish to me. Check the :30 TV spot to decide for yourself. Ad is currently running wide on national TV.

Kanye must be taking some Marketing 101 classes. First lesson? Controversy = publicity. In this recent interview with the New Yorker, artist George Condo reveals the art he created for Kanye was purposely done to be banned.

A couple of weeks before my first visit to Condo’s studio, Kanye West, the rapper, asked him to do a painting for the cover of his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. West said that he had seen paintings by Condo, and wanted to collaborate with him. According to Condo, he also said that he was looking for “something that will be banned.”

For those who don’t remember, Kanye ranted on Twitter that his album cover was banned by WalMart. The super store then responded back that they did no such thing. Now we know the truth. Check the full interview over here.

Ahhhh the power of hip-hop. Ever since 50 Cent’s public announcement last week at CES that he was an equity partner in the company H&H Goods, owners of his new Sleek by 50 headphones, shares of H&H have increased by over 355%. 50 did some of his usual viral marketing tactics reserved for his album releases but instead told his fans to buy shares of the company. Is ringing the Dow Jones bell on Wall Street next on his agenda? Via: AHH

We might be tough on Bow Wow and Soulja Boy but we can’t hate on the mass amounts of cash these two have earned by exploiting the dumbness of America. Here Bow Wow and Souja Boy both go for a ride in their Lamborghinis on the way to a video shoot. Way to rub it in all your fans’ faces while they drive them Cutlass Supremes.