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On way to prison, T.I. scores 3rd
straight No. 1 with 'Paper Trail'
The artist with the No. 1 album in the country is
going to prison in a few months.
Billboard confirmed Wednesday that rapper T.I. ,
scheduled in a few months to begin serving a one-year prison term
for gun possession, has scored his third straight chart-topper. The
Atlanta rapper's sixth album, "Paper Trail" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
, sold 568,000 copies in the last week. He also has the nation's No.
1 single, "Live Your Life."
It's the latest high in a year, and a career, that
has also seen plenty of lows. T.I. , born Clifford Harris Jr. 28
years ago in Atlanta, was a drug dealer who transformed himself into
a best-selling rapper and movie star. But a personal assistant was
shot to death in a 2006 gunfight and last year T.I. was arrested for
buying machine guns and silencers. After paying a $100,000 fine and
doing community service, he will begin serving a one-year term in
2009.
All of which has been prime fodder for his career as
one of the best-selling rappers ever to emerge from Atlanta and the
"Dirty South" of ghetto misadventure. Much of "Paper Trail" was
recorded under unique circumstances: while its maker was under house
arrest awaiting trial.
With its cocky, drawling celebrations of his prowess
as an indestructible anti-hero, "Paper Trail" is a far more
commercial work than his more introspective 2007 release, "T.I. vs.
T.I.P." But it also addresses --- and admittedly exploits --- his
real-life legal troubles.
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Dancehall Artiste Bounty Killer Mourns The Death of His Father
By Krazy Katty
OutAroad.com Writer
Dancehall giant and leader of the Alliance Bounty
Killer is now mourning the death of his father Constantine Basil
Pryce .
OutAroad.com gets to understand Bounty's dad had
become ill - he was rushed to the hospital but later on he succumbed
to his illness yesterday (October 9, 2008).
OutAroad.com made multiple phone calls but was only
successful to get Bounty Killer's answering machine. However,
according to a friend close to the family…. “Mi know right now di
Killer feel it because more time him and him daddy wi even touch di
road and have a drink or two, trust mi the dads father gone too
soon."
On the behalf of the Entertainment Fraternity and
members of OutAroad.com , we express our deepest condolences to
Rodney Pryce and his family.
Rihanna Remains #1 on Billboard Chart
 Jonathan
Cohen, N.Y.
Rihanna begins a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with
"Disturbia," but barely fended off the best chart debut in more than
18 months, in the form of David Archuleta's "Crush." The track sold
166,000 downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen
SoundScan, and opens at No. 2.
The last song to open so high was Fall Out Boy's
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" in late January 2007.
"Crush" also scores the best opening by an "American Idol" finalist
with a song not performed on the show.
Chris Brown's "Forever" slips 2-3 on the Hot 100,
with Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" down 3-4 and Coldplay's "Viva La
Vida" trading places with M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" at Nos. 5 and 6,
respectively. Kardinal Offishall's "Dangerous" featuring Akon
remains at No. 7.
Rihanna's "Take a Bow" drops 4-8, while Ne-Yo's
"Closer" inches up 10-9. Taylor Swift lands at No. 10 with "Change,"
one of five songs to debut this week from AT&T's "Team USA
Soundtrack." The cut sold more than 131,000 downloads.
Kenny Chesney scores his first top 50 debut on the
Hot 100 with "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" at No. 41. The lead
single from his fall album, "Lucky Old Sun," sold 30,000 downloads
and also rises 15-13 on Hot Country Songs.
Opening at No. 65 this week on the Hot 100 is Hit
Masters' cover of Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," thanks to download
sales of 37,000. Kid Rock's original version is not available
digitally but due to increasing airplay jumps 28-25 this week.
Rihanna's "Take a Bow" soars 3-1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Song, unseating Lil Wayne's "A Milli" after one week on top. Brandy
has the top debut at No. 70 with "Right Here (Departed)," the first
single from "Human," her Epic debut, due Nov. 11.
Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No" is in a second
week at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, while Coldplay's "Viva La Vida"
jumps 2-1 on the Modern Rock chart, the band's first No. 1 hit
there. Shinedown is No. 1 for a second week on Mainstream Rock with
"Devour."
Additional reporting by Silvio Pietroluongo.
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