New Band-Branded Converse Sneakers Stir Controversy

Converse is rolling out band-branded Chuck Taylors for it’s 100 year Birthday Celebration with the debut of its Fall 2008 Footwear Collection that includes The Grateful Dead and Kurt Cobain. Converse’s goal is to sell a lot more of its sneakers “celebrate musicians who have transformed culture and changed the world featuring shoes designed to honor these pioneers of music who have disrupted the status quo.” The...

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MTV Greenlights Hip-Hop Apprentice Reality Show With 50 Cent

MTV and Ish Entertainment have teamed to create a “Hip-Hop Apprentice – a 50 Cent Meets Donald Trump reality show, which will center on 16 contestants as they live together and compete in challenges that relate to street savvy and music business acumen. The yet to be titled show will end each week with 50 Cent “firing” one of the contestants (Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen – Lawyers Start Your...

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