B13 Peer Review

B-13 Peer Review : Where you Hear It First! Made Films  is a flourishing company that primarily focuses on a assortment of production  videos and photography. Specializing in music videos, we have gradually expanded to commercials, event coverage, video intros, and photography. Made Films originally started out as Big Mind TV in 2006 as a promotions company for clubs and businesses. Using resourceful marketing strategies and a street team we helped these businesses grow and increase their clientele.  In 2008, we decided to take our business to the next level and started using videos on YouTube to help businesses and on the rise artists. In doing so I discovered a hidden passion within me. The more I learned about video production and editing the more it pulled me in. Our company started receiving even more attention the further the videos progressed including from a local group, Dollar Shine. Having never done a music video before I suppressed my fears a...

Family rep says the rapper's letter didn't contain an apology. The family of  Emmett Till  is not satisfied with the  apology   Lil Wayne   offered. Family rep  Airickca Gordon Taylor , Executive Director of Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation, pointed out to  TMZ  that Wayne didn't actually apologize. "While it’s commendable that he has vowed to respect the legacy of Emmett Till and his memory to 'not use or reference Emmett Till or the Till family in his music,' this statement falls short of an apology, as none is mentioned," she said. Weezy's letter to the family began circulating online yesterday (May 1). "It has come to my attention that lyrics from my contribution to a fellow artist’s song has deeply offended your family," he wrote. "As a father myself, I cannot imagine the pain that your family has had to endure. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge your hurt, as well as the letter you sent to me via ...

Happy Birthday to the Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson and her son Jackie Jackson. Wish them happy birthday in the comments below and get tickets to watch Jackie and the rest of The Jacksons perform LIVE at the  BET Experience : http://bet.us/BETXtix

Chris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross,   died Wednesday of an apparent drug overdose , The Associated Press reported. He was 34. Kelly, who was known as "Mac Daddy," and his partner Chris Smith (a.k.a. "Daddy Mac"), were only 13 years old in 1991 when they were discovered by music producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri while performing at the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta. Dupri's label, So So Def, signed the boys and sent them into the studio to record their first album. Kris Kross rocketed to stardom a year later with the release of the single "Jump." The song  spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 , became an aerobics anthem and helped their debut album "Totally Krossed Out" go multiplatinum, CNN reported. Soon Kris Kross was touring with pop star Michael Jackson and appearing as guests on  numerous TV programs . They recorded the "Rugrats Rap" for Nickelodeon and were listed at number 90 o...

  Video After The Jump Mobb Deep  rapper and producer extraordinaire  Havoc  will be releasing his third solo album,  13 , on May 7th. In addition to features by  Royce Da 5'9, Twista, Styles  P and Raekwo n, Hav also got in the lab with  Lloyd Banks  for  "Life We Chose ." The duo sit down with Nature Sounds to talk about the record. " You could put Banks on any record. He'll kill anything ," Havoc said. " But that one in particular it just had like a real hard sound to it. I was like 'yo, let me try to get the homie Banks on there.' We both from Queens and all that. It was just one of those records ." "T he beat was crazy without question ," Banks added. " [Havoc's] beats get you in different modes, that's when you can just go in andv start writing immediately. It was reminiscent of so many different records that I've head. Sometimes it's like that [but] you can't put ...

50 Cent  starred in this year's NFL Draft opener. How You Like Me Now!

Video After The Jump Lil Wayne  could be the second major rapper to lose a lucrative endorsement deal if the family of  Emmett Till  has their way. The trouble between Wayne and Till's family began when a leaked version of  Future's song " Karate Chop " hit the net in February. " Pop a lot of pain pills/Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/Beat that p*ssy up like Emmett Till ," Weezy raps in the song.   Till was brutally murdered in 1955 at the age of 14 in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman by the name of  Carolyn Bryant . Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam   took Till, who was visiting from Chicago, from his uncle's home to a barn where they beat him, gouged out his eyes and shot him in the head. They later tied him to a cotton gin fan and tossed his body into the Tallahatchie River. He was found three days later. When his body was returned to Chicago, his mother insisted hi...