Clipse's Pusha T Readying Solo Mixtape Fear of God

Clipse's Pusha T is preparing to make a move as a solo artist with the release of a new mixtape set to drop in the fall. Clipse manager Steve Victor confirmed to MissInfo.tv that Pusha has set a September 14 release date for his solo tape. The Virginia MC even shouts out the title, Fear of God, in his "Bidding War" freestyle, which recently surfaced on the Web.

The mixtape due date is an intriguing choice as rumors have been swirling that Push might be joining Kanye West's G.O.O.D. music collective, many of whom — 'Ye, Kid Cudi, Consequence and Big Sean are dropping albums on the same day.

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Jay-Z Speaks on "We Are The World" Remake

The homie Shaheem over at MTV News spoke to Jay-Z on the red carpet of the Two Kings All Star dinner this weekend in Dallas. And Mr. Carter said he didn’t partake in the “We Are The World” remake because he feels like the classic shouldn’t be touched or re-done. Quotes from the vid:

“I have a interesting take on that,” Jay-Z said Saturday at the annual “2 Kings” dinner, which was sponsored by Sprite and Bing and took place during NBA All-Star weekend. “I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: ‘We Are the World,’ I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think 
 ‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”
Jay said he felt that a new song should have been written instead of re-creating the 1985 classic:

“I would have loved that idea better,” he said. “As everyone knows, I have tremendous respect for Quincy Jones. Of course, I think he’s genius, as everyone else does. [But] I think it’s time for us to make a new [song]. I tried to do that with ‘Stranded,’ the song Jay, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and the Edge premiered at the ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ telethon]. I didn’t try to make ‘We Are the World,’ but I tried to make our take on how we felt.” 

Agreed. 

Linkin Park Leads Music For Haiti Relief Benefit!

As the world reaches out to assist Haiti with relief in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake, the music world is quickly mobilizing to find ways it can help. Linkin Park's non-profit foundation, Music for Relief, has teamed up with the United Nations Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Dave Matthews Band's BAMA Works organization's Haitian relief effort for a project called Download to Donate for Haiti.

Linkin Park, Peter Gabriel, Kenna, the Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morissette, Slash and Beth Hart, the All-American Rejects, Enrique Iglesias and Hoobastank contributed previously unreleased songs for the project, and the artwork was helmed by Shepard Fairey — the album is available now from Music for Relief's Web site.
"Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti," Linkin Park's Chester Bennington said in a statement sent to
MTV News. "We pray that this initiative provides some relief and support to the survivors and hope we inspire our fans, friends and families to make donations as well."
(MTV's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, hosted by George Clooney, Wyclef Jean and CNN's Anderson Cooper, takes place on Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Head here to find more ways you can help with Haitian earthquake relief.)

"We're encouraging people to give what they can," Slash said in a statement. "There's no right or wrong amount. The people of Haiti are in desperate need of food, fresh water, shelter and medical supplies and every little bit helps

Also rapper Wale also threw a benefit concert for Hait.i D.C. artists like Tabi Bonney, D.C. Don Juan, Phil Ade, XO, Kingpen Slim, K-Beta, Que (formerly of Day 26) came out to perform last night at The
 9:30 Club.

Head here to learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Join George Clooney and Wyclef Jean for MTV's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, airing commercial-free Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

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