Drake held the OVO (October’s Very Own) Fest in his hometown Toronto over the weekend with guests like Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Fabolous, and Bun B. But he saved the best for last.
After Drake rapped his opening verse from Forever, out came Eminem, who he called the greatest of all time.
And then Jay-Z came out to do a verse from Run This Town. Drake has stated before that Jay-Z is the most influential MC in his life.
Both superstars are getting ready for a couple of concerts they’re doing together in Detroit and New York in September.
Rihanna I was only going to write about Rihanna, but other bits of news came out today that I thought were interesting as well.
Rihanna
According to MTV.com, Rihanna has joined the cast of the upcoming Peter Berg directed film, Battleship, which I’m assuming is a take on the classic kids’ game.
She’ll join my man Tim Riggins (aka Taylor Kitsch from the TV show Friday Night Lights) and Alexander Skarsgård, who is best known for his role in True Blood.
It will be the first movie for the pop princess who has a number one single out there with Eminem, called Love The Way You Lie. The movie is scheduled to come out in the spring of 2012.
The show is reportedly close to a deal to bring back producer Nigel Lythgoe (who left in 2008) in an executive producer role while targeting new candidates including Justin Timberlake and Elton John as potential replacements for Cowell, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
While the article does say that getting Timberlake would be a long shot, he’d be the perfect replacement. I can’t believe I never thought about him. In my opinion, he’s just as talented a TV performer as he is a music artist. If you’ve ever seen him on Saturday Night Live, you know what I mean. He’d be the anti-Cowell, but he’d bring instant credibility, super stardom, and the ability to create off the top of his head.
The article also says Lythgoe isn’t a fan of the four judge panel, which could be bad for Kara DioGuardi who is the only judge with a little bit of Cowell in her. It would also be bad for me as I think I may just be her biggest fan.
Kanye West
Kanye West made the Silicon Valley rounds today, showing up at both Facebook and Twitter headquarters. He also created a Twitter account and you can find him @kanyewest.
He previewed some lyrics from his new album, which he says is now not going to be called Good Ass Job. I always liked that name.
DJ Hero Early Cover ArtDid any of y’all know that Jay-Z and Eminem were going to take over late night last night? If it wasn’t for a Fab Five Freddy tweet, I wouldn’t have even known.
Eminem delivered a rather wooden Late Show Top 10. Is it just me, or if Ellen DeGeneres gets a buzz cut, could she and Em be kin folk? Jay-Z did a goofy guest segment in which he laughed at Dave’s jokes.
They were on the show promoting their September concert shows in New York and Detroit, which will take place at the baseball stadiums.
And then, they performed on the roof top, which according to MTV.com, was pre-taped early in the week atop the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Eminem went first with his single Not Afraid, (from his new album Recovery) which has both become every baseball player’s batter walk-up music and every MMA fighter’s entrance music.
Then Jay-Z was next with On To The Next One and I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen dude wear shorts.
Lastly, they performed the song Renegade together, which is the best promotion for that concert you can have.
