‘Empire’ Ratings Drop: 50 Cent Blames It On Too Much Gay Stuff

50 Cent thinks he knows why “Empire’s” ratings dipped in its second episode of the season — too much “gay stuff.”

In an Instagram post (see below), that has since been deleted, Fifty shared a page called @industryonblast_ that said the Fox show’s ratings fell because of too many celebrity cameos and “gay” plots.

“There are 3 million less viewers who tuned into last night’s Empire episode!!!! did you watch it?” the post said. “We could not take the extra gay stuff or celebrity stuff last night!!!!”

50 Cent chimed in with his own commentary by urging Taraji P. Henson‘s “Empire” character to call him for help.“Empire” attracted a massive 16 million viewers during its premiere last week. But the ratings dipped on Wednesday night to 13.7 million viewers. While those are still huge numbers, 50 Cent has a long-running spat with “Empire” and jumped at the chance to gloat.

The rapper, who in the past has accused the Fox series of copying the promotional campaign of his Starz drama “Power,” mocked “Empire” on Instagram after it took a dig at him in its Season 2 premiere.

During the episode, Cookie Lyon dropped a wisecrack calling 50 Cent “thirsty” — translation, he’s desperate for attention.

The “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” rapper fired back in a video post saying, “I can’t believe Cookie would say some shit like that about me. Thirsty? Me? Thirsty? Come on.”

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 The Glo ambassadors who just got back from their US tour where welcomed back with these gifts from Glo Nigeria. Peter got a G-Wagon 2015, while Paul got a Range Rover 2015. So excited for them. See more photos below…

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I’m Not Here to Inspire Your Children – Female Musician

Zambian singer Kachanana Simate is under immense pressure and criticism from the people of Zambia for stripping down to a bikini to promote her new single Sexy Body.

According to critics, the singer’s picture does not reflect the true character of Zambian culture and as such a disgrace to womanhood, however, the singer believes otherwise.

In a very blunt tete a tete  interview with BBC Africa’s Meluse Kapatamoyo in Lusaka, Kachanana Simate who believes sex sells disclosed she was not perturbed with the insults being hurled at her since her business is to make music and not to serve as an inspiration to young children.

“I think people are now getting to know me as a sexy girl who loves to flaunt it. I’m an artist. I’m not a role model. I’m not an inspiration. I’m not here to inspire your children. You, parents need to inspire your children. My business is music creation.”

Although she admits the picture in bikini sis a bit controversial, she also believes it is just a way of being free and feeling proud in her skin.

“This picture…yes it’s controversial…yes it’s different. People don’t see people proudly showing off their bodies particularly Zambian musicians but I think I look so hot.”

She also believes the heavy backlash is due to the fact that she is a dark-skinned girl.

” I know the negativity is coming from the fact that I am a dark-skinned girl proud enough to put on a bikini and get out there like not a black girl but I’m a dark-skinned girl so I think that negativity also points to the hypocrisy of lot of Zambians”, she said.

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Janet Jackson, N.W.A, Chaka Khan Nominated for 2016 Rock Hall of Fame

Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails and N.W.A each have a shot to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. Other nominees include Steve Miller, Deep Purple, Chaka Khan, The Spinners, Chicago, Cheap Trick, Los Lobos, CHIC, The Smiths, Yes, The J.B.’s and The Cars.

Eight of these 15 acts enter the race for the first time but none of them have passed the next stage of eligibility. In order to be eligible for this year’s ballot, the artists and bands must have released their first recording at least 25 years ago. That means, their first single or album was released in 1990 or earlier.

Nine Inch Nails, which made the shortlist last year, is the “youngest” act to be nominated this year. CHIC is the most vintage act in the list after being nominated nine times before and never making it to the next level. No other acts in the hall of fame history have been nominated as many.

N.W.A. had been nominated three times before but has a good shot this year after brought back to fame through film “Straight Outta Compton“. If chosen, Jackson would preserve her family’s tradition of being Hall of Fame inductee. Jackson 5 was inducted in 1997 while her late brother Michael Jackson got the honor in 2001.

Votes are officially open for public to choose the artists or bands deserving to enter “fan’s ballot,” which will be counted. The votes will be tallied with other votes by artists, historians and music industry insiders of the Rock Hall voting body. Voting for the Top 5 performers will be closed on December 9 and the induction will be held in April in New York. Venue and date are expected to be announced later

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Ice Prince, Evelle, others thrill youths in Jos

It was home coming for hip hop mas­ter, Ice Prince (real name Panshak Zamani) as he delighted the students and staff of Plateau State Polytechnic, Jos with a thrilling performance when the Eti­salat Cliqfest train berthed at the campus during the week.
The polytechnic community also got frenzy with live performances by the Nige­rian Idol Season 4 winner, Evelle (Evelyn Zibili), second runner-up of the Nigerian Idol Season 5, Nex2 (Ese-Amadasun Im­uetiyan), and the GRIP Boiz.
For several hours, the celebrity music acts kept the large community of students and staff of the polytechnic on their feet dancing and singing along popular lyrics as several of them thronged the school’s open field to catch fun and connect with their friends.
The ‘Oleku’master was everywhere on the stage, and also momentarily surged to­wards the huge army of fans as he dished them ‘Superstar’, ‘Aboki, ‘Gimme Dat among other songs. Wild jubilation rented his popular songs as he took out time to encourage the students to believe in them­selves and their dreams. ‘‘I came out of J town and went places”, he boomed.
“I want to use my story to tell you that if I can make it out of J town and sit with Jay Z, then you can make it. I don’t care about your background or what you have suffered, you too can make it’’, he added.
Interlacing his words with Hausa, he urged them to embrace peace in the spirit of the Independence Day celebra­tion saying “Jos is known for swag and carrying bombs or knives is not swag.”
Crooned in his silky voice, Nex2 also put flame in the infectious excitement performing his tracks such as Ring the Alarm and Mofesterise. Evelle blew them away with her rich renditions of three of her songs – Kilmanjaro, I’m Naughty and Time to Shine. She also gave away her fez cap to one of the stu­dents.
For the GRIP Boiz, it was just good being at home. The hip-hop and dance hall artistes comprising the trio of En­dia, J-Milla and Yung El, who are all from the city of Jos, held the students in their grip singing irresistible tracks such as Dash Me da Ting, Mr. DJ, Holi­day, Fire and Rude Gyal among several other numbers.
As if what each set of musicians had given was not enough, Ice Prince later took to the dance floor with the students and he and GRIP Boiz also performed a stage collabo that sent their fans on wild excitement.
Commenting, the elated Presi­dent of Plateau State Polytechnic Students’Union, Daniel Dashon thanked Etisalat for being the first telco to bring a rich mix of youth-centric initiative to the school.

He said, “This is the first of kind in this school because no telecoms com­pany has deemed it fit to visit us except Etisalat. We are delighted at this gesture, and we are also inviting them to come again and again. We also want them to site their mast in our school as many stu­dents are in love with Etisalat.”

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