04.21.06 Music Notes

04.21.06 Music Notes

The self-proclaimed "People's Champ" Paul Wall and his wife Crystal have given birth to a baby boy. William "Fat" Patrick Slayton was brought into the world Tuesday (April 18) at 11:33 a.m. The birth comes amid speculation that Wall and Crystal, whom he married in October 2005, were headed for divorce, but Wall assured otherwise. "Me and my wife have been together a long time," Paul Wall told AllHipHop.com. "Every trip has its bumps in the road. Our relationship is a journey. We're not giving up anytime soon. We're doing great." (AHH)

Ludacris Explains Fued With Miss Sophia

The rapper-turned-actor was miffed when he went on her show to promote "Crash" and got severely edited because Winfrey has a rule of not promoting rap or rappers. "She edited out a lot of my comments while keeping her own in," Ludacris told GQ. "Of course, it's her show, but we were doing a show on racial discrimination, and she gave me a hard time as a rapper when I came on there as an actor. I don't see why people like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle, who I am huge fans of, it's OK for them to go on 'Oprah.' They speak the same language as I do, but they do it through comedy, so I guess that's acceptable." (New York Post)

Jesus, Joseph, Mary, and K-Ci. I thought this shit was over. I think that maybe Oprah needs to invite Luda back on her show again so they can really talk this time.

Mimi Inks New Deal With Pepsi

After spending a busy 2005 dominating the music charts, Mariah Carey will kick back with a Pepsi this spring under a new partnership that will see the singer star in a new commercial as well as write and record original ringtones that will be available exclusively through a Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion. "I had a lot of fun with this project," Carey said in a statement. “It was a great creative outlet because musically I could do things here that I would never think to do for one of my albums. This was a great idea by Pepsi, and I'm happy to be a part of it." The promotion allows users the opportunity to download more than 100 original ringtones created specifically for the program by a host of popular artists, including 20 original voice and music tones written and produced by Carey. Additional information about the promotion can be found on http://www.pepsismash.com. (Eurweb)

I can't wait to see the commercials for this. She is probably going to do that "hand thing" all throughout it in a pair of Ms. New Booty shorts.