Soulja Boy Ready to Throw the Towel In???

Friday Jul 3, 2009 – By Reese

Posted by the Edge Staff

Soulja Boy has had it up to here with all of the hating, and he took to Twitter to suggest he might be ready to walk away from the game:

Like no bullsh** … I’m looking on Twitter right.. all people doing is bitchin/hatin … Thinkin about taking all my money and leaving

F*** having a Million followers f*** putting out music.. why? for yall to cry and bitch all the time. Put up new vidoes for what? f*** it

Shit ain’t how it use to be. N****z always f***ing up public shit. N****z always hating… this world is looking real ugly right now…

Yeah I said. f*** all of yall. I’m taking my money and leaving. Gonna go blow kush and live my 2nd dream. this rap sh** lame now

Like why? Like really. My music dream was THE SH** 2 years ago before I was signed. It was everything I could ever imagine.

Then I get signed. this is where my dream slowly died.. these crackaz wanna critcize a n****. take REAL SH** and turn it to trash

Water down my music and my appearance and make me look like something i’m not. THESE CRACKERS DONT KNOW WHO THE F*** I REALLY AM!!!

I go to the studio make new music for my fans to enjoy and party to. They take my sh** hate on me. Make me look ignorant in the media

It’s all bullsh**. Like WHY do I have to put up with this? because it’s my dream? that sh** died when crank that went #1

I know what you thinking. But SOULJA BOY its the American dream your rich I would kill to be in your shoes. thats what you THINK its all BS!

They say soulja boy u changed. soulja boy u hollywood I ain’t ask for this SH**!!!!!! I want it to go back to how it was before i was signed

I might be soundin crazy now.. I don’t really know about alot of things these days. But I just want EveryBODY to know this sh**

Just KNOW that i’m only 18 man… And it’s only so much I can do. It’s only so much I can take. If your really fans and love and support me

You would hear me out and help ya boy get thru this sh**..

I know everybody is gonna have opinions on the things that i’m saying right now.. but there it is. I’m not perfect. feel the shit im sayin

If they’re hatin’, you must be doing something right, and that’s all there is to it.

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Nia Long, The Ace

Friday Jul 3, 2009 – By Reese

Posted by the Edge Staff

The ageless beauty, Nia Long, threw out the first pitch at the Dodger’s game the other day and we must say that a baseball uniform never looked so good. Go girl. Her son, Massai, was there as well.

Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo, Live From the Chi

Thursday Jul 2, 2009 – By Reese

Posted by the Edge Staff

The krazysexxykool, Keri Hilson, and Ne-Yo gave the masses a taste of what they had to offer, by way of music of course, at the 2009 Taste of Chicago Festival. Likely money well spent for those lucky enough to attend.

Kelly Rowland on Being Dark-Skinned

Thursday Jul 2, 2009 – By Reese

Posted by the Edge Staff

Like many women did as young ladies, Kelly Rowland had an issue with being as dark as she was, and she credits Tina Knowles with helping her accept herself:

“There’s so much peer pressure, growing up I had an identity crisis - I went to a school that was predominantly white and I was the only black girl.

“I remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to be as dark as I am, I want to be a little fairer. I didn’t want to be me.”

“[Tina] sat me in front of the mirror and said, ‘Girl, look at how pretty you are’. She made me feel comfortable in my own skin,” Knowles revealed.

“When I got older, I embraced who I am as a woman. I look in the mirror and I’m like, ‘I like Kelly. Kelly’s not so bad.’

“I think that it’s important to instill that in our girls, to know that they posses something special and that everybody’s not supposed to be the same.”

Any smart person knows that self-worth is not in the tone of your skin, but rather in the amount of money you amass via record sales and performances. JK It’s good that Kelly had someone to help her realize that her value lies within her and is validated by who she is, and not what she looks like (which is a very gorgeous woman, btw).

Quincy Jones Eyes Big Changes for Vibe Magazine

Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 – By Reese

Posted by the Edge Staff

The Dream and Christina Milian have likely graced the last cover of Vibe Magazine as we all know it. Quincy Jones is looking to take his baby (Vibe Magazine, that is) in another direction, as he feels the higher-ups he entrusted with its future have steered it straight towards disaster:

Check out what the Vibe Music Group CEO, Steve Aaron, sent out earlier.

“It is with a heavy heart that I share some tough news, VMG is closing down effective today, June 30 due to lack of additional financial investments.

“Unfortunately, over the last several months, a confluence of events has obviously posed VMG to exceedingly serious challenges.

“The collapse of the capital markets has impacted us greatly. Over the past several months, we have actively pursued investment resources while working intensively with our bank to find a solution. But the deal market right now remains very poor and at the end of the day, the lack of investment resources to restructure the huge debt on our small company has made this outcome become a reality.

“The print advertising collapse hit VIBE hard, especially as key ad categories like automotive and fashion, which represented the bulk of our top 10 advertisers, have stopped advertising or gone out of business. It’s also unfortunate that in a recession many companies reduce the multi-cultural campaigns. These facts, coupled with the continuing decline of the music industry not to mention the newsstand wholesaler consolidation in early 2009 all negatively impacted our business in a significant way.

“The relentless economic situation has depressed our growth initiatives on the digital front. To be clear, VMG has made significant improvement in this part of our business, but not at the accelerated pace required to offset the devastating effects of the most severe recession in our lifetime and the accompanying print losses.”

See y’all, even companies have to diversify their portfolios to weather financial storms and have a chance at longevity. We sure hope Quincy can get things back in order, but it sounds like some heads are gonna roll very shortly.