What’s Happening To The Roc?

As rumors have swirled recently that Roc-A-Fella Records and their artists had all been dropped from Def Jam, Beanie Sigel’s manager Mark Byers confirmed to Billboard.com that this is not the case.

“Beans and Freeway didn’t get dropped,” says Beanie Sigel’s manager, Mark Byers. “I just got off the phone with L.A. Reid talking about the next video for ‘Rain’ featuring Raheem DeVaughn that we’re about to release.

We’re re-launching Beanie’s project and releasing a ‘Rain’ remix with State Property.”Despite Byers stance, the departure of Jay-Z from Def Jam as well as his inner circle, including A&R SVP Jay Brown and A&R VP Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith, giving their resignations this month, has left many unsure of the future.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a Roc-A-Fella anymore,” an insider told Billboard. “I do think each artist will have to go to the new people in charge and have a meeting separately. But the Roc artists aren’t going to roll over and die.”

Hip Hop Album Chart Topperz

The good news for Lupe Fiasco is that for the sixth straight week he is holding down the top spot on Billboard’s ‘Top Rap Albums Chart.’ The bad news is he couldn’t even crack the top 25 albums overall.

Fiasco’s “The Cool” moved another 17,928 units this week to bring his overall total to 286,211. The number placed him 29th overall, a far cry from the “Juno” soundtrack which took over the #1 spot overall with 65,000 units moved.
Soulja Boy’sSouljaboytellem.com” hangs in at #2 (#37 overall) with 15,887 sold this week, bringing him to 727,069 total.

Meanwhile Kanye West inches closer to double platinum status, as “Graduation” comes in at #3 with 12,368, 1,958,201 overall.

Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” is just shy of platinum at 953,276, and lands the #4 spot, while Birdman’s “Five Star Stunna” rounds out the top five.

Ludacris & Soulja Boy Preforming At Superbowl?

According to recent reports, Ludacris will be performing at ESPN The Magazine’s Next party on February 1, 2008, which is part of a number of events leading up to the Feb. 3rd Super Bowl at Arizona’s University of Phoenix Stadium.
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