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Lil’ Wayne Fails To Block Release Of Documentary About Himself, ‘The Carter’

April 22, 2009 2:22 pm

Perennially blunted-out rapper and syrupy purple drank-enthusiast Lil Wayne has had a request to block the release of an upcoming documentary about him declined.The documentary, titled "The Carter," which scree...

Lil’ Wayne Brings The Pain And Autotune Proclivities To Sundance ’09

Rodrigo Perez

January 15, 2009 6:19 pm

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We may have already covered 11-plus music related films at Sundance, but we wanted to save the mother of them all, Lil' Wayne's "The Carter" for its own story.We all know what Weezy's rhymes sound like. At the ...

Nine Inch Nails Were Supposed To Make A Tour Documentary With James Cameron, Lil’ Wayne & Vashti Bunyan Docs Screening

astrudsands

December 8, 2008 5:51 pm

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Picture this: Nine Inch Nails, on their first tour of liberation from the evil world of major label recordings, which Trent Reznor feels was "the best thing he was ever involved with," tape the final show of sa...

Adam Yauch Says No Soundtrack Disc For ‘Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot’

Rodrigo Perez

June 24, 2008 2:09 pm

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How shitty is the music industry these days? Real shitty. Despite having a movie that boasts tracks by Jay-Z, the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, million-plus seller Lil Wayne, Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys (a new t...

The Gits Documentary Gets Release Date, Madonna Yanks Glastonbury Doc, Lil Weezy Becomes A Hurricane, Hans Zimmer Gives The Joker Some Punk-Rock Edge

Rodrigo Perez

June 10, 2008 6:03 pm

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The titular documentary about the '90s Seattle rock band "The Gits," will receive its theatrical release on July 17 - memorializing the 15-year anniversary of the death of lead singer Mia Zapata. The group were...

Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch’s ‘Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot’ Soundtrack To Feature Jay-Z, Nas, Notorious B.I.G. & Wait For It… New Beastie Boys Track

Rodrigo Perez

May 13, 2008 2:11 pm

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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's basketball documentary, "Hoop Dreams PT. 2" , errr... "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot'" will hit select theaters on June 27 — one day after the draft. The soundtrack will feature tracks by J...

Short Cuts: Lil Wayne & Whitaker, Two Dusty Springfield Biopics!, More Trouble For Jackson’s ‘Lovely Bones’, Soderberg, Polanski; More

Rodrigo Perez

May 2, 2008 6:38 pm

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A few thing happened yesterday when we were out sick. If he doesn't die first from a syrup-induced coma, Lil Wayne - the baby rapper who likes to dress in suits - will star alongside Forest Whitaker in in th...

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