All Blog Posts Tagged 'Orleans' (6)

Big J

What's up everybody. Things are looking good for Mind Over Matter Records, we are planning to relocate the company to sunny state Florida for a new look and possibly, scouting for creative aspiring artists. We are still trying to get a major distributor to generate more CD sales, so we can expand. Well I go to go. Later.....

Added by JAMES WAHINGTON AKA BIG J on November 22, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Mandatory evacuations to begin Sunday morning in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then. You need to be scared," Nagin said of the Category 4 hurricane tearing along Cuba's western coast. "You need to be concerned, and you need to get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now. This is the storm of the century."…

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 31, 2008 at 7:32pm — 4 Comments

Three killed in two afternoon shootings in New Orleans

Three men were shot to death in the span of two hours this afternoon in two separate incidents in New Orleans.

First, two New Orleans men were shot to death in a vehicle Uptown. Travain Jones, 20, died on the scene, and Bryant Langston, 17, died shortly afterward at University Hospital, according to Orleans Parish chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano. Langston was three weeks shy of his 18th birthday.

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 18, 2008 at 8:48am — 15 Comments

New Orleans Rapper Sporty T Shot To Death

Former rapper Sporty T was murdered Tuesday morning (July 15) when unknown assailants with AK-47 rifles opened fire on the FEMA trailer in which he slept.

According to the Times-Picayune, Sporty T, real name Terence Vine, was in bed when several of the bullets shot into the trailer struck his body. The coroner's office said that the former rapper was 39, though friends and family claimed he was 41.

NOPD officers reported that the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 17, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Thabit's Block

What's up ? As you all know me and my brother Big J have a record lable named Mind Over Matter Records. We have been making music since the 90's. We are located in New Orleans, LA. Da 3rd ward Uptown. We have other artists on da lable. Early part of the year 2008 I had given out over 100 promotional maxi-single CDs, to close friends and radio stations. I already had a record release party last month in June. I will have some pictures posted on my page soon. Be on da look out of my album "… Continue

Added by Thabit on July 1, 2008 at 4:19pm — No Comments

LIL WAYNE TO RECORD SONG FOR WHITAKER FILM: Rapper also co-stars in movie set in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

*Lil Wayne, one of the stars of the upcoming sports drama "Hurricane Season" (formerly entitled, "Patriots"), will write and record a new song for the film.

Entitled, "Tie My Hands," the song will be a duet with Robin Thicke and will be on Lil Wayne's new album "Tha Carter III," due in stores today. The digital edition of his album will include an exclusive film version of the song featuring an ad lib about the basketball team… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 10, 2008 at 5:11pm — No Comments