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BREAKING: Jury says Safeway, Dominick's owner, has to pay Michael Jordan $8.9 MILLION for this ad in SI in 2009 pic.twitter.com/DD6O7Rt3D9 — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 22, 2015 Michael Jordan just can’t lose, or so it seems. The legendary baller was just awarded $8.9 million in his lawsuit against a grocery chain, who used his name to sell steak. After arguing that the company’s ad hurt his brand image, Safeway has been ordered to pay up. Complex explains: Dominick’s owners violated it and their pockets will be slimmer as a result. Last week, Jordan took aim at the defunct grocery chain for using his name in a 2009  Sports Illustrated  advertisement to sell steak. The advertisement congratulated him on his Hall of Fame induction, but Jordan argued that it hurt his brand image. This week, it’s another win for His Airness. The court ordered Safeway, Dominick’s owner, to pay Jordan  $8.9 million  for what’s become a very expensive ad. ...

For all the promise of Shady 2.0, Eminem's band of merry emcee's have yet to fully deliver as acts on Shady Records. Once upon a time in a universe far, far away, HipHopDX used to host blogs. Through Meka, Brillyance, Aliya Ewing and others, readers got unfiltered opinions on the most current topics in and beyond Hip Hop. After a few years, a couple redesigns and the collective vision of three different Editors-In-Chief, blogs are back. Well, sort of. Since our blog section went the way of two-way pagers and physical mixtapes, Twitter, Instagram and Ustream have further accelerated the pace of current events in Hip Hop. Rappers beef with each other 140 characters at a time, entire mixtapes (and their associated artwork) can be released via Instagram, and sometimes these events require a rapid reaction. As such, we're reserving this space for a weekly reaction to Hip Hop's current events. Or whatever else we deem worthy. And the “we” in question is me, Andre Grant...

The N.W.A biopic is expected to outperform “Sinister 2,” “American Ultra” and “Hitman: Agent 47." Straight Outta Compton is expected to be the #1 film at the box office for a second straight week, according to Variety . The film documenting the rise of N.W.A in the late 1980s and early 1990s is on pace to earn $28 million this weekend. It earned $8 million yesterday (August 21). Straight Outta Compton is set to cross the $100 million mark today (August 22), nine days after it arrived in theaters.  In its fourth week of release, Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation is expected to make $12 million an arrive in second place. New films  Sinister 2 , American Ultra and Hitman: Agent 47 are also expected to debut in the Top 10. For additional Straight Outta Compton coverage, watch the following DX Daily:

Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro take us deep inside their 25-year-old alt-rock classic "The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Bauhaus, Van Halen and Rush were all part of our sound," says Dave Navarro (left) of the blend that produced 'Ritual de lo Habitual.' In the eyes of the cultural mainstream (and most of the music business), 1980s Los Angeles was simply a sea of spandex, a synthetic breeding ground for cookie-cutter hair-metal hopefuls vying to be the next Ratt, Poison or Warrant. But the music of Jane's Addiction  reflected a much different reality. Like the Doors two decades earlier, the band — vocalist Perry Farrell , guitarist Dave Navarro , bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins — drew upon the darker, druggier and more exotic aspects of the City of Angels to create songs that were both viscerally immediate and shrouded in poetic m...

Cult-fave Canadian singer embraced pop appeal with help from superproducer Max Martin                            "Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible," says the Canadian artist known as the Weeknd. Scott Roth/Invision/AP This is the summer of the Weeknd . Look around, the signs are everywhere: In July, the 25-year-old Canadian singer performed his absurdly catchy hit "Can't Feel My Face" for 83,000 screaming Taylor Swift fans after she brought him out as a surprise guest  at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. In August — by which time "Can't Feel My Face" had shot to Number One on the charts —  Stevie Wonder sang a few bars of the song  at a concert in New York's Central Park. Earlier this year, Katy ...

Banksy: "The clip of your speech at Ferguson after the verdict made me cry. When did you last cry watching YouTube?" (46,929) On September 4, Run the Jewels  will perform at Banksy's pop-up "bemusement park" Dismaland  in Weston-super-Mare, England. In anticipation of that performance,  The Guardian facilitated a conversation between Banksy, El-P , and  Killer Mike . Banksy asked them if they agreed that Kanye West was the greatest rock star in the world. El-P concurred, but Mike argued that Rihanna is "the new Tupac (in feminist form)". They also talked about amusement parks, and Mike asserted that his "dream" is to play Six Flags Over Georgia someday. During the conversation, Banksy revealed that he cried when he watched Killer Mike's speech following the Ferguson grand jury decision  on YouTube. He then asked them if they'd ever cried while watching a YouTube video. ( They have .) They also talked about their f...

"HORRIBLE MISTAKES": Dr. Dre has issued a public apology to women he allegedly physically abused while part of the former hip-hop group, N.W.A. --> http://nbcbay.com/Z6pvz9B Posted by NBC Bay Area on  Saturday, August 22, 2015 When films reach a certain level of success, they often have to deal with backlash. However, in the wake of Straight Outta Compton rising to the top of the box office charts, founding N.W.A member Dr. Dre is conducting a Master class on how to handle controversy… and quickly. Shortly after F. Gary Gray’s musical biopic Straight Outta Compton opened at No. 1 and banked north of $60 million, reports started coming out from women in Dr. Dre’s past who had been physically abused and victimized by the rapper. Dee Barnes and Michel’le, ex-girlfriends of the iconic rapper who were part of the misogynistic culture that was prevalent in rap at the time, have spoken out this week about their experiences not being part of the final fil...

There has been talk of an Aretha Franklin biopic swirling around for years now, with the legendary diva herself previously pitching Halle Berry for the lead role and Denzel Washington for the part of her father. It's possible that the door is still open for Washington to play this paternal figure, but if new reports are to be believed then there may be a new front-runner to play Franklin herself: Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson. Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein is developing the movie, and while no deal is in place just yet, The Wrap has confirmation from Jennifer Hudson's people that discussions have been had about the project. Should she wind up signing on the dotted line, she will portray Aretha Franklin as she found herself becoming famous for her music in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the drama will also come from her relationship with Ted White, who was Franklin's first husband and subjected her to domestic abuse. Jennifer Hudson rose to fa...

Dates include six shows over three nights at New York City's Gramercy Theatre Dave Chappelle has quietly announced a mini-tour in select cities across the country this September and October. Daniel Boczarski                             Dave Chappelle has quietly announced an intimate fall tour. The stand-up superstar will play theaters in select cities across the country throughout September and October. Dave Chappelle Kills at First Radio City Gig » The tour will kick off on September 14th at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theater and end on October 7th at Hershey, Pennsylvania's Hershey Theatre. In between, he'll perform at venues in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Colorado and Idaho, to name a few. His longest run, however, will be at New York City's 500-person-capacity Gramercy Theat...

We know about Brandy and Ray J. The Joan and John Cusacks. The Gyllenhaals. Bey and Solange. But not everybody has become famous because of what their sibling is doing, and not every brother and sister in Hollywood do everything together and are everywhere together. Don’t believe me? Check out a few brother and sister pairings that many people don’t even know about. Vanessa and Chris Williams While we know Vanessa for her many endeavors, including being Miss America, being a popular actress and singer, and now strutting her stuff on Broadway, don’t forget about her brother Chris! At second glance, they look pretty similar (he has those stark blue eyes and cheekbones too). He’s also tried his hand at Hollywood success, making appearances in Californication , the movie Friday After Next (he tried to rob Kat Williams’ store), and the movie Lottery Ticket. Zooey and Emily Deschanel Over the last few years, big-eyed sis Zooey Deschanel (to the left) has been getting all...