WHAT: Foxwoods Resort Casino will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with “The Platinum Party,” hosted by Grammy and MTV Video Music Award winning music mogul and entrepreneur Diddy. The MGM Grand Premier Ballroom will be transformed into the ultimate party with VIP seating, bottle service, projection screens, dancers, aerialists, giveaways and much more and the Hottest DJs from New York and Boston will be spinning crowd favorite music all night long.

One of the best-known and most successful recording artists and producers in the world, Grammy Award winning artist Diddy will be hosting “The Platinum Party” in honor of Foxwoods’ 20th Anniversary this February. As CEO and founder of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, Diddy oversees one of the world’s preeminent urban entertainment companies, encompassing a broad range of businesses including recording, music publishing, artist management, television and film production, recording facility, apparel and restaurants. He was recently named “One of the Most Influential Businessmen in the World” by Time Magazine and CNN.

WHO: Diddy’s parties are known for their A-List crowds and top-notch entertainment – expect nothing less at The Platinum Party. Celebrity guests include: rapper Jim Jones and his recently announced fiancé Chrissy Lampkin of VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop.”

WHEN: Tonight Friday, February 24
10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

WHERE: Premier Ballroom
MGM Grand at Foxwoods
350 Trolley Line Boulevard
Mashantucket, CT 06338

HOW: Strictly 21+. Proper Dress required. (No sneakers, hats, athletic apparel or bandanas.)

INFO: Buy tickets online at www.foxwoods.com

http://webtixs.mgmatfoxwoods.com/entertainment/?key=6-MGM&EC=EFP0224&autosearch=1&hidecriteria=1

For VIP areas and Bottle service please call 860-312-8232 or email vipbookings@foxwoods.com

MEEK MILLS PERFORMING LIVE

MUSIC BY DJ SKREAM

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT STONEKOLD.EVENTBRITE.COM

Kofi is now signed to the Ice H20 Label owned by Staten Island native Raekwon the Chef. In an interview with Jack Thriller Kofi boasted that Raekwon’s mother used to baby sit him back in the day.

Raekwon Introduces His New Artist Kofi Black

Kofi Black - I Love Your Crazy Feat. Raekwon

Kofi Black mixes soulful sounds with an uptempo twist. He is expected to release his introduction mixtape, ‘Love Sick,’ on March 5th.

Yasiin Bey is at work and still doing what he do. He released a music video for his song “N****s in Poorest.” It’s a stark contrast from the original song for this instrumental called “Niggas In Paris” by Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Yasiin Bey [Mos Def] – N****s in Poorest [Music Video]

Keep up with Yasiin via facebook or twitter.

Time to share my favorite story from the Yahoo home page again. Every once in a while I read something that makes it hard for me to carry on with my day. I’ll spare you my condescending detailed analysis  and simply revert to subliminal suggestions.

Here we go:

[Reports have come in that] the euro surged as the news of a deal broke early Tuesday. The deal should take some pressure off the 17-country currency union that has been battling a serious debt crisis for two years.

Without the deal, Greece was facing a potentially calamitous default next month and possibly being forced from the eurozone.

SMDH. You can read that entire article by clicking here. I posted this vid before but I feel it ought to be posted again. Some of you remember this:

As I read the above referenced article my mind wondered back to a television program that I watched earlier this month in which someone predicted that in 2015 the Chinese economy will surpass the U.S. and become the world’s leading economy. “How is China doing so well?” I ask myself. Here’s an excerpt from another interesting article that I read:

…in recent months, the fond memorials for Steve Jobs and the company’s record-breaking profits have been tarnished by some of the worst press in Apple’s history, most of it related to its top Chinese supplier, Foxconn.

Just after a horrific rash of worker suicides at the Foxconn factory complex outside of Hong Kong in 2010, a monologist named Mike Daisey launched a one-man show called “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.” He described travelling to the gates of Foxconn and meeting people coming off 13-15 hour shifts on the Apple lines. He described a 13-year-old who spent her days cleaning iPhone screens.

Daisey’s show was featured on NPR’s “This American Life” in January and a listener named Mark Shields was so moved, he launched a petition drive online. Over 250,000 Apple users called on the company to build the first “ethical” iPhone, and protests were planned at Apple stores around the world.

Read the entire article here. What say you of all this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kn3TFkxFKeE#!

New EP, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SILENCE available now, featuring Nelly Furtado and Nas. Includes “Is Anybody Out There?” “Better,” & “Nothing To Lose.

Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Time: 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Event Type: Special Events, Concerts
Annual Winter Meltdown Glow

Annual Red Stripe Winter Meltdown Glow Stick Party, a night of elegant attire Red Stripe Winter Meltdown Glow Stick Party.

Music BY
Fwresh International Sound
Chubby Chub
Junior Rodigan
Swanky Sound

Hosted By Ghetto Hype. Show Starts At 10:00PM

subsequently reports came in that Common and Drake got into a heated argument backstage at the Grammy’s.

No word as to what was actually said but the feud is apparently not “kind of over” as there is some kind of tension between the two.

Common attempted a freestyle in Atlanta not too long ago in which he sent mixed messages:

Common – Canada Dry [Drake Diss]

He says “I can talk about some of the emcees that’s sweet”

“Young people asking me questions about Serena”

Common uses the punchline “people want me to keep dissin’ the Canada Dry/wild style/ I can’t do that.” After which the crowd responds with ooh’s and aah’s.

Canada Dry is a punchline quote from Common’s “Stay Schemin” remix.

Common – Stay Schemin [Drake Diss]