Indefatigable N.E.R.D. front man, Neptunes producer and Billionaire Boys Club founder Pharrell Williams has been typically busy of late, between launching label-media company i am Other and producing for a wide range of artists, including Malaysian singer Yuna, left coast phenom Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco and Rick Ross...
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Though Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch joked with the LA Weekly that he's planning to spend the Oscars distributing "sandwiches outside the theater ... Maybe Harvey Weinstein will be hungry," his film company is very real. Oscilloscope Laboratories, Yauch's indie film distribution company, which is based in New York, has two films up for Academy Awards this year...
Rapper Nas may find himself in a new awards arena. The Queens-bred emcee's song 'Legendary,' penned for the documentary 'Tyson,' made it to the list of possible Oscar contenders. In January members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will listen to select songs and choose five to be nominated for the dubious honor...