HOW DON JAZZY SIGNED TIWA SAVAGE

The Mo’hits era is over and all parties involved are finally moving on.

We’ve seen D’banj remove himself from all things Mo’Hits, relocating overseas and signing a fresh recording deal with Mecury Records/G.O.O.D Music.

For several weeks now, questions have been asked about Don Jazzy’s future plans and if he will still hoist and fly the Mo’Hits flag with his loyal label mates .

Michael Collins, the revered sprung up a surprise last midnight, announcing a new record label and signing on the hottest female R&B act in the country!

Just this morning, Don Jazzy announced the signing of R&B-Pop singer Tiwa Savage to his new record label Mavin Records, scooping her from her former deal with events-media boss Cecil Hammond who has in the last few years overseen the singer’s career under his Flytime Promotions umbrella.

The pop act who is working to release her debut album will now feature with the former Mo’Hits clan in a new album ‘Solar Plexus’ set to be released tomorrow May 8, 2012.

Contrary to what is being speculated, about Tiwa dumping Flytime from Mavin, Cecil Hammond tells us there are no issues, insisting he  ’won’t say anything on the phone. Let’s schedule a meeting’.

However speaking with Mavin Records publicist Terfa Tilley-Gyado, he confirms that Tiwa has indeed been released by Cecil Hammond’s Flytime Promotions before signing unto MAVIN.

Mavin says Tiwa was signed two weeks ago after ending her contract with Flytime.

She had been in talks with Don Jazzy for several months, according to our investigations..

‘Yes she has been released from all contracts with Cecil’s Flytime and is now a full signee under MAVIN’, Tilley-Gyado told NET over the phone.

The status of Tiwa’s current manager Tunji ‘T Billz’ Balogun still remains uncertain as Mavin has hired a new management and PR company. Tilley-Gyado however says he cannot ascertain if Balogun will continue working with Tiwa.

‘I can’t say about that but she should retain her PR and Management team’.

All efforts to reach Tunji Balogun proved abortive as he did not pick his calls neither did he reply text messages sent to his phone.

Tiwa now joins the likes of Dr SID, D’Prince and Wande Coal who have steadily stuck behind the hit producer through the Mo’Hits saga and eventual split.

A comment on Twitter about the new development reads; This movie is gonna take a long time to play out. Don Jazzy does his own marketing. DBanj is gonna have to rely on the record company… Hmm’.

QUICK TIPS TO USE TWITTER SEARCH IN A BETTER WAY

The new Twitter homepage is a refreshing change and brings a whole bunch of new features. The major change is that Twitter has improved its search functionality and highlights it with a large search box on its homepage. It has also introduced a list of trending or popular topics that are making rounds on twitter.

This shows that Twitter is moving from a simple social networking site to a real-time search engine. Biz Stone, founder of Twitter, said on his Twitter blog that they will continue to improve the search results. Read more...

LADY GAGA CELEBRATES 21 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS

She never stops communicating with her ‘little monsters,’ and last night (March 21) Lady Gaga took to her Twitter page to share a new photo.

The “Edge of Glory” songstress donned a blue dress with black eyeliner and red lipstick as she posed with a pair of fake diamond earrings, though she looked a bit worn out from her busy schedule.

Gaga included the caption, “Miss you monsters. About 1 month until tour. Whatdya think of these fake baubles? #DirtCheapPlasticLooksFantastic.”

And given that she’s just broken through the 21-million follower barrier, it’s no wonder Gaga is such a devoted tweet-er.

She wrote, “Wow 21,000,000 monsters. Can we build a Twitter Country now and all go live there. #NoSpeakingJustTweeting EMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ONLY!!!! :)”

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN'S REP DENIES ENGAGEMENT

After a week of swirling rumors, Bobbi Kristina Brown's rep finally confirmed that she's not engaged to her 'adopted' brother, Nick Gordon.

Last week, Whitney Houston's daughter was seen out and about with a ring on her finger, leading many to speculate that she may be walking down the aisle in the near future.

On Monday (March 19), Brown's rep told People magazine that the reports are "not true" with another source adding, “She is just wearing her mom’s ring.”

Since the death of her singing icon mother just a little over a month ago, an insider dished to Us Weekly that Bobbi's new relationship has been helpful in the grieving process, saying, “Bobbi Kristina is still so vulnerable since her mother passed away,” adding, “But Nick has become like her rock.”

The controversial romance first made headlines about a week ago when Gordon posted a picture of the two on his Twitter page.

GHANA FEMALE VARSITY UNDERGRAD SUSPENDED--OVER RELEASE OF HER EXPLICIT PIX WITH DAVIDO

On Saturday February 25th 2012 private pictures of wave-making hip hop artistes Davido (David Adeleke) was leaked on social network site Twitter by a groupie,Sonia Jumbo,an undergraduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology,Ghana.

The pretty chocolate skinned lady we learnt took several pictures of herself and Davido which she posted as display pictures on her blackberry messenger and also posted on her twitter account.

In less than 15 minutes the pictures were posted,they were everywhere becoming the most viewed pictures on the internet.

Right now the gist is that the lady in question Sonia,has been suspended indefinitely by the school authorities.

Sources said the school authorities saw her action as an act of immorality and to bring sanity to the school environment she had to pay the price for her actions.

FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA: WHAT YOUR POST SAY ABOUT YOU?

We are living in the height of the digital age and everyone is getting in on the action. Using social media has become as commonplace and necessary as air and we participate as if our lives depend on it.

From young, old and everyone in between, Tweeting on Twitter and updating our status on Facebook have become a daily must-do for millions. Many see it as harmless fun, others use it to network for business or moonlight for pleasure while still others use them as a tool of activism or to make a political statement.

Twitter's 140 characters or less, makes ranting through tweets quite interesting and many celebrities and mere mortals have gone after each other with an unabashed viciousness that they would not normally do out of cyberspace. Why?

Now there is a study which claims that our Facebook status reveals a great deal about who we are and some employers may be using what we say or rant about to profile us psychologically and decide whether we would make great employees, team players or not.

These days, Facebook and Twitter feuds are erupting all over and even killings have resulted from Facebook fights. Then there are the political posts pet peeves. Some users are complaining about political rants getting out of hand and personal ideology and activism being crammed down their throats by their 'Friends" on Facebook.

So how much is too much?

More importantly, what does your status or tweet say about you? Do you post excessively or hardly--and if you do, what exactly do you post? What your 'friends' might consider mindless drivel, numerous games, a stream of daily living quotes that you do not live by or endless YouTube videos clogging the news feed? Are you the nurturing type who like to post affirmations or words of encouragement? Or are you one of those users who stay quietly in the background, observing but saying nothing?

Then again you may be the life of the party on the Social Network where your status updates rank you among the 'popular,'--you know--akin to the high school hierachy-- with a friends list to match. Or the ones with the nude or drunk party pics? Or the the opposite side of the spectrum where the extreme religious reside and every post tells how good God is?

The study say they are a few types of users in social media. The neurotic, the narcissist, the extrovert, and the closeted introvert, the overblown egos and those with a sense of grandeur clearly lacking in their real lives but oozing online. Then there is the cowardly bully, who hides behind aliases to spew hateful vitriol, insults and loud nothings.

Where do you fit in? Or are you completely outside all of the boxes above?

SWIZZBEATZ ANNOUNCES NEW MIXTAPE IN THE WORKS

Swizzy reveals that he's at work on a new project.

Though his third album Haute Living is yet to surface, Swizz Beatz has revealed that he's working on a new mixtape.

In a post on Twitter, Swizzy announced that he's in the studio recording for the release. Swizz initially intended to release his album Haute Living on a song-by-song basis in lieu of a full album release, but the plan was never played out.

CHRIS BROWN IS CHEATING ON HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH ME - RIHANNA

Rihanna has sparked rumors she’s back with her ex, Chris Brown,

After Rihanna saw hip-hop star Brown, 22, snogging his model girlfriend Karrueche Tran at a Las Vegas party, she quickly tweeted to him:

“How can you lie to her, while u lay with me???”

Rihanna has upped her tweets to Chris Brown recently.

Rihanna’s friend said: “Despite everything that has happened RiRi has not stopped loving Chris.

“They have been in constant contact for some time and things seemed to be stepping up a gear in recent weeks. Many thought these public declarations of love on Twitter were paving the way for an official reconciliation.

“Seeing him with Karrueche is very hard for her and her emotions appear to have got the better of her this weekend.”

50 CENT'S DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR STREET KING ENERGY SHOT ISN'T WITH PEPSI

UPDATE: Fif didn't actually team up with Pepsi, but rather one of its independent bottlers.

50 Cent has announced a deal with Pepsi to distribute his Street King energy shot.

Breaking the news on Twitter, Fif plans to bring his energy shot to new markets. The business deal comes shortly after he launched the shot in September 2011, with the intention to supply a child in need with a meal for every shot purchased.

“I did a deal with Pepsi to distribute streetking its gonna be every were buy a bottle feed some one in need,” he tweeted.

50 Cent has dealt with soft drink companies before, having sold his Glaceau Vitamin Water stake to Coca-Cola in 2007. He made off with $400 million from the deal.

STELLA DAMASUS GETS BLOGGING AGAIN

Nollywood actress Stella Damasus has caught the blogging fever again as she recently opened her personal blog stella-damasus.blogspot.com.

The actress who returned to the screens in the latter part of 2011 with the Blessing Egbe-produced ‘Two Brides and a Baby’, tweeted to her 19,000 plus followers on Sunday, January 1, 2012, ‘Hey Guys, check out my blog’.

The blog so far has one post where she writes ‘May it be a year of success and blessings and may God continue to protect you and yours. Also, this is the official launch of my blog .. So you can always come around to get first hand info on what I’m up to.’

 It’s not her first attempt at blogging, as she had in times past kept personal blogs which failed to fly because she did not update regularly.With her return now, will Ms Damasus stay consistent and follow the path of female celebs such as Kim Kardashian, Adele, Amber Rose, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga who are well known for their blogs?

RICK ROSS TO RELEASE "RICH FOREVER MIXTAPE" ON FRIDAY

The Bawse impacts this Friday. Rick Ross is back to releasing new material, as the Maybach Music Group head has revealed that his upcoming mixtape, Rich Forever, will drop on Friday (January 6) at 3:05 PM EST.

The Bawse originally announced the title of the mixtape last week via his Twitter account.

In light of his health complications last year, Ross was forced to delay the release of his highly-anticipated upcoming studio album, God Forgives, I Don't.

The mixtape's official cover is pictured above.

LADY GAGA TO JOIN REVELERS RINGING IN NEW YEAR IN TIMES SQUARE

Lady Gaga (25) got the most important task in New York's New Year's Eve transmitted. You should set in Times Square by pressing a button the crystal ball in motion."What an honor for a New Yorker," the singer was happy late Thursday at the Short message service Twitter.

Lady Gaga follows in the footsteps of former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.The New Year's party in Times Square is traditionally attended by more than one million people. In addition, hundreds of millions to watch on TV. The music channel MTV, according to Lady Gaga is not too long after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to stay in the stands. They have a commitment to continued performances New Year's Eve in their hometown, they said.

The glittering ball that descends in traditionally the last 60 seconds of the year over the lights of Times Square, is this year even richer, even more difficult than in the past. According to the city she was equipped with 288 new crystals, which represent a human chain around the globe, symbolic of global friendship. With the recent addition to decorating the 5.4-ton crystal ball now with 2688 triangles. They are lit by 32 256 LED lights.

GOOGLE, THE MOST VISITED SITE IN 2011

"It was the site with more unique visitors to the Internet in the U.S. this year, followed by Facebook and the search engine Yahoo!. In addition, the portal by Zuckeberg was the absolute leader in social networking, surpassing Twitter"

The Internet Giant received an average of 153.4 million visitors Americans alone each month from computers at home, according to measurement firm indicator of the global Nielsen.

For its part, Facebook racked up 137.6 million unique visitors per month and Yahoo!, 130.1 million.

The pages MSN, WindowsLive and Microsoft Bing were as follows, with 115.9 million unique Internet users, followed by YouTube, with 106.7 million.

Mark Zuckerberg's site, with over 800 million users worldwide, was the absolute leader in the category of social networks and blogs. Their 137.6 million unique users per month account for more than triple the 45, Blogger 7 million and nearly six times the 23.6 million microblogging site Twitter

KAREN IGHO: ARE LAGOS GUYZ NOT UP TO THE TASK

Who is following Karen Igho on twitter? That chic so crack us up. But seriously, we all talk about what we need next in life and even though we might laugh about it, at the end we still meant it.

She’s been on ‘I will never forget this year, 2011’, yeah right! BBA was good, brought the fame and what have you, lol.

Here’s her last tweet: Santa I have been good dis year lol any goodies for me??

Then people tweeted at her, guessing what her goodies might be. Obviously no one guessed right.

Then she tweeted again: Goodies asin I mean boyfriend or husband lol

Lawd have mercy. Hehehe. But this is a serious issue. All you guys day dreaming about giving her the diamond ring, where are you at? Sit down there, until one South African guy who isn’t up to your toes, steals her away. This babe is too hot to be left alone. Throw up those freaking fake lives and be a man. Stop the mummy’s boy attitude. Abi kuku just trended that part, Lolu Shodehinde on his way… what about you?

TEACHERS, STUDENTS, FACEBOOK: TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN

Should middle and high school students and their teachers communicate using Facebook, Twitter, email and other social media and internet tools? In an age when nearly everyone, every team, every cause has a Facebook page, does a teacher really want her students to see her in photos from her last vacation in a sunny part of the world?

As teachers are older and in a position of authority of responsibility, it behooves them to use social media appropriately; most school administrators say that most teachers do indeed do. But it only takes one revelation of illicit text messages to highlight the risks of increased contact. In the wake of numerous scandals, school districts across the US are creating strict new regulations:

In Illinois, a 56-year-old former language-arts teacher was found guilty in September on sexual abuse and assault charges involving a 17-year-old female student with whom he had exchanged more than 700 text messages. In Sacramento, a 37-year-old high school band director pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct stemming from his relationship with a 16-year-old female student; her Facebook page had more than 1,200 private messages from him, some about massages. In Pennsylvania, a 39-year-old male high school athletic director pleaded guilty in November to charges of attempted corruption of a minor; he was arrested after offering a former male student gifts in exchange for sex.

It might seem simply common sense not to allow students and teachers to friend each other on Facebook; to follow each other on Twitter. But teachers interviewed in the New York Times note that such social media sites have been good ways to communicate with students and even to encourage quiet students to ask questions they might be afraid to voice in class. Jennifer Pust, head of the English department at Santa Monica High School, indeed points out that “we would do more good keeping kids safe by teaching them how to use these tools and navigate this online world rather than locking it down and pretending that it is not in our realm.”

Forbidding student-teacher contact via social media, texting and the like could be in violation of free speech rights. Citing this very reason, the Missouri teachers union successfully argued before a judge that a new law instituting a statewide ban on electronic communication between teachers and students was unconstitutional. School boards are charged with devising their own social media policies by March 1. Across the nation, school boards in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia have already created such policies or are in the process of making them.

One more point. If students and teachers communicate digitally using Facebook — and sufficient numbers do, such that Facebook offers guidance about doing so – and the like, or can text message each other on cell phones, students and teachers are no longer only interacting within the space and time of school grounds and of the school day. What if a student contacts a teacher at 8:30 pm or later in the evening because she forgot a homework assignment? Is the possibility of 24/7 online contact between students and teachers really in the best interests of both?

'PEOPLE ONLY WANT TO DWELL ON NEGATIVES' - TIWA SAVAGE

Popular Nigerian R&B singer Tiwa Savage has hit back at those criticizing her dress sense.

The 32-year-old, apparently fed up with the comments and critics took to her Twitter account on Wednesday, November 21, 2011 to speak out after a follower accused of ‘indecent dressing’ in public

‘Gonna speak my mind this morning. People only wanna see fault in others. No one speaks when I wear dresses. Why do you people only focus on certain outfits? No one talks when I wear gowns. People only wanna dwell on negatives’, she tweeted.

‘No 1 tlks wen I wear dresses, haters wanna make out like I only wear pant. Get a life. Truth is most haters do worse things behind clsd doors. @RandaAndrew my dear its unfortunate the criticism is not valid. If I was always naked then fine but truth is most times I am not’, she added.

After a few ‘retweets’ from her fans who were quick to side her, Tiwa concluded by promising to stick her guns and make sure nothing affects her from being the best at what she does.

FACEBOOK ADMITS MISTAKES IN PROTECTING USERS' PRIVACY

Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook. They say that Facebook failed to keep privacy promises and deceived its customers. The unflattering portrait of Facebook's privacy practices emerged Tuesday in a Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The FTC put out a statement last night in which it said that the social networking website had promised that it will secure the information of its users by keeping it secretive but at the same time, it repeatedly allowed the personal information to be shared and made it public on various accounts. FTC noted that these actions were not fair, deceptive and breached federal law.

The Federal Trade Commission has also given the social networking website settlement requirements that require to follow steps that assure that it does not exposes and breaches the information of those using the social networking website, without giving them before-hand notice and keeping their consent in regard.

Some of the complaints against Facebook that has been raised by FTC include changing of the website by Facebook in 2009 that some changes were made to the profile of users which turned their previously altered things which were private as public. The users were not warned of the changes at all. FTC also noted, amongst a list of other privacy breaches done by Facebook, that the 3rd party applications use personal data/all data of users rather than the information it just needs and the users who play these 3rd party applications or use other kinds of such applications, were not aware of it.

The social networking website also had a program by the name of Verified Apps and it was claimed by Facebook that is certified the security rights of the participating applications, when it actually didn’t. The FTC pointed out many other things as well in its report against Facebook. Users haven’t been too happy with the change of settings done by Facebook every now and then, which leaves their privacy to be manipulated in some way or the other.

GAME TALKS BEEF, "DETOX," LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TWITTER CONTROVERSY

Chuck Taylor dismisses his beefs, "Detox's" latest push-back, and discusses his Twitter gaffe from months ago. In a recent interview with Tim Westwood, Game began by dismissing all of his beefs, as he is inclined to do on occasion.

"The Jay-Z shit? Who cares. 50? Who cares. I don't care about that. All I care about is my fans, my kids, my family, and my friends," he proclaimed.

When asked whether he had beef with Big Sean, Game simply replied, "Big Sean is a cool kid. I ain't got beef with nobody. Plus, nobody want no fucking beef with me anyway."

In light of the news that Dr. Dre would be taking a break from recording, Game also spoke on Detox. "I don't know. You have to ask Dr. Dre when he comes to the U.K.," said Game. "It is what it is."

Game also gave his take on his highly-publicized spat with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department caused by tweets sent via his Twitter account. "That was a fucked up situation," admitted Game. "That shit had me all over BBC News and CNN and shit. It is what it is. Twitter's dangerous. Twitter can get people killed. Twitter's doin' all kinds of shit. Gotta be careful with your tweet."

"That shit is stupid. None of you kids should be out there trying to die over a website. It don't make no sense. Live your life and have fun."

50 CENTS REACTS TO T.I., ELABORATES ON INITIAL COMMENTS

Fif takes to Twitter after T.I. responded to his statements that his wife should have taken the rap for him in a drug-related arrest.

After 50 Cent said that T.I.'s wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle should take the rap for him in a drug-related arrest, Tip responded to Fif by stating that he would rather take responsibility than push it onto someone else. The G-Unit leader took to Twitter yesterday to address the comments, echoing his earlier comment that Cottle's punishment would have been less severe.

"Man I just saw something T.I said in VIBE about a tweet I wrote when he caught his drug case. He just got out a jam and caught a new one. Any other time a nigga done. Get caught with 10 machine gun an silencer then catch a drug charge. You will f**k around and get natural life. This boy got a get outta jail FREE card. Don’t get emotional over your lady. It a get you in some sh*t you don’t want to be in," he wrote. "If U can get 5 years easy 4 some sh*t and I’m the support of my family. Why would it be wrong if ya lady had to take probation? Shit she ballin to lol."

T.I. then took to Twitter to say that he would not engage in any sort of beef on the social networking site. "Straight G code...No "TWWEFIN" here champ!!!! Peace 2da real og's we out!!!" he wrote.

Lady Gaga's 'Little Monsters' Bully Adele On Twitter

Lady Gaga, photographed leaving the X-Factor studios in London on November 13th, might have to talk to her fans about bullying again. Gaga’s little monsters who we thought followed Gaga’s guidance of peace, love and equality for all have been making tasteless jokes about Adele’s weight after comments were made about which female was the best selling artist in the world. The Daily Mail reports that the little monsters are afraid Gaga will lose to Adele at the Grammy’s and have taken to Twitter and YouTube to poke fun of Adele because of the title, yes it does sound that immature.

The little monsters have been tweeting cruel remarks like, “Confirmed: Gaga will not be wearing her meat dress because she is afraid Adele will eat it.” One Gaga fan made a video about Adele’s weight by changing the lyrics of a Gaga song, “I’m bootyful in my own way because Arby’s makes nooo mistakes, I’ve got the right order, baby, I was born this weight.” That wasn’t even a good mocking lyric. Instead of canceling her tour because of surgery, some Gaga fans have made the comment that the real reason why Adele had to cancel her tour was because she couldn’t sell enough tickets.

It isn’t every fan that is going around making cruel remarks, an executive at Gaga’s record label said, “Lady Gaga does not approve of bullying anyone for their physical appearance, it goes against everything she stands for. A tiny handful of fans may be letting her down.” There have been plenty of past fan feuds with female musicians like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Demi and Selena and Britney and Christina, but it gets kind of personal to fans when people start commenting on body image instead of focusing on the talent.