As if giving Jermaine Dupri’s has-been behind a stab @ the position wasn’t enough, the suits have reportedly decided that The-Dream deserves Executive Vice President of Island Records. My keen nose allows me to smell a Christina album and a brick all in one whiff. Read the rest of this entry »

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