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Benny Medina closes his management company

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Handprint closing shop
Former clients included Jennifer Lopez, Tyra Banks

By Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva

Oct 21, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Management company Handprint Entertainment is shutting its doors at year's end, sources said.

The firm, led by partners Benny Medina and Jeff Pollack, has boasted such high-profile clients over the years as Jennifer Lopez, Tyra Banks, Mariah Carey, Kyra Sedgwick, Mekhi Phifer, Usher, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Nicole Richie.

However, most of those clients have parted ways with the company, with Banks and Usher exiting within the past year. Reports surfaced last month that Carey was the latest to exit the company, but statements from the singer and manager reportedly indicated that, while Handprint would not be managing Carey, the parties would still be working on projects together.

Calls to Handprint for comment were not returned.
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Reply #1 posted 10/23/08 1:44pm

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9e2284979c0b8c787a43764a244e1dd0\

Handprint closing shop
Former clients included Jennifer Lopez, Tyra Banks

By Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva

Oct 21, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Management company Handprint Entertainment is shutting its doors at year's end, sources said.

The firm, led by partners Benny Medina and Jeff Pollack, has boasted such high-profile clients over the years as Jennifer Lopez, Tyra Banks, Mariah Carey, Kyra Sedgwick, Mekhi Phifer, Usher, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Nicole Richie.

However, most of those clients have parted ways with the company, with Banks and Usher exiting within the past year. Reports surfaced last month that Carey was the latest to exit the company, but statements from the singer and manager reportedly indicated that, while Handprint would not be managing Carey, the parties would still be working on projects together.

Calls to Handprint for comment were not returned.



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Reply #2 posted 10/23/08 3:41pm

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Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".

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lastdecember said:

Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".

Really? Please tell us more.

I'm only familiar with Medina's credentials. I've never heard any stories about him, though.
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daPrettyman said:

lastdecember said:

Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".

Really? Please tell us more.

I'm only familiar with Medina's credentials. I've never heard any stories about him, though.


First would be in the very early 90's with Prince, he was there for D&P but then when prince wanted out of WB he ditched benny and others, benny then proceeded to spread rumours about Prince's so called motives for leaving, told WB that Prince was holding back good songs for his own while giving them crap to release from the vault, also he was behind the EXODUS cd getting shelved in the USA. Second would be the whole JLO thing, he was up JLO's ass, but when she wouldnt give it up to him he couldnt deal with it, Benny was behind things like lifting tracks from mariah and giving them to Sony after Mariah left, this was his job at the time. But when JLO married marc and started to clean house Benny got the boot, and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.

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lastdecember said:

daPrettyman said:


Really? Please tell us more.

I'm only familiar with Medina's credentials. I've never heard any stories about him, though.


First would be in the very early 90's with Prince, he was there for D&P but then when prince wanted out of WB he ditched benny and others, benny then proceeded to spread rumours about Prince's so called motives for leaving, told WB that Prince was holding back good songs for his own while giving them crap to release from the vault, also he was behind the EXODUS cd getting shelved in the USA. Second would be the whole JLO thing, he was up JLO's ass, but when she wouldnt give it up to him he couldnt deal with it, Benny was behind things like lifting tracks from mariah and giving them to Sony after Mariah left, this was his job at the time. But when JLO married marc and started to clean house Benny got the boot, and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.

I remember hearing the rumors about Mariah and J-Lo, but I didn't know that he was the culprit behind them.

I also didn't know that he was behind the Prince rumors. Hell, he may have been the reason Prince and WB can't work together anymore.
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Reply #6 posted 10/24/08 12:12am

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lastdecember said:



First would be in the very early 90's with Prince, he was there for D&P but then when prince wanted out of WB he ditched benny and others, benny then proceeded to spread rumours about Prince's so called motives for leaving, told WB that Prince was holding back good songs for his own while giving them crap to release from the vault, also he was behind the EXODUS cd getting shelved in the USA. Second would be the whole JLO thing, he was up JLO's ass, but when she wouldnt give it up to him he couldnt deal with it, Benny was behind things like lifting tracks from mariah and giving them to Sony after Mariah left, this was his job at the time. But when JLO married marc and started to clean house Benny got the boot, and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.

I remember hearing the rumors about Mariah and J-Lo, but I didn't know that he was the culprit behind them.

I also didn't know that he was behind the Prince rumors. Hell, he may have been the reason Prince and WB can't work together anymore.



same. but i saw pictures of him with jennifer in greece i think it was recently. i remember when she fired him he was on the tv talking bout how it was silly how she brought him along to her and judd's honeymoon badmouthing her and now .wow
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Reply #7 posted 10/24/08 12:24am

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lastdecember said:

Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".


Aren't they all?
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Reply #8 posted 10/24/08 12:30am

missmad

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lastdecember said:

Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".


Aren't they all?



hahaha, as a generalization probably
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Reply #9 posted 10/24/08 12:36am

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Harlepolis said:

lastdecember said:

Benny Medina is the biggest lowlife on earth, he would sell his own mother for a buck. Truly the perfect example of SHADY and corrupt "suits".


Aren't they all?


And there you have it.
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Reply #10 posted 10/24/08 12:39am

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lastdecember said:

and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.


that statement is not accurate at all.

benny wasn't involved with Mariah untill Emancipation, which was 4 years after the Glitter incident.

Jennifer Lopez stealing the tracks from Mariah was not a lie. it was a fact and Ja Rule was the one who called her and tommy mottola out on it on the radio and admitted his guilt in it and that he gave in to Tommy's orders after he called him personally and asked him to left those ideas from Mariah and hand them to Jennifer.

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and btw regardless of whatever shadyness he's involved with, he's actually got such amazing credits to his name:

he helped launch jennifer lopez and ricky martin's careers.

he helped revive mariah's career up from the gutter.

he boosted tyra banks's status to what it is today.
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and btw regardless of whatever shadyness he's involved with, he's actually got such amazing credits to his name:

he helped launch jennifer lopez and ricky martin's careers.

he helped revive mariah's career up from the gutter.

he boosted tyra banks's status to what it is today.
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Yep, I'll give him that credit. He sure knows how to build up a comeback for nearly washed up careers.

A savvy business man,,,,but I could smell a pimp a miles away, and honey, he fits the bill,,,,with a 3 piece Armani suit in the tab.
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PricelessHo said:

and btw regardless of whatever shadyness he's involved with, he's actually got such amazing credits to his name:

he helped launch jennifer lopez and ricky martin's careers.

he helped revive mariah's career up from the gutter.

he boosted tyra banks's status to what it is today.
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To bad, he didn't encourage Mariah to rework E=MC2.
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Reply #14 posted 10/24/08 12:56pm

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PricelessHo said:

lastdecember said:

and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.


that statement is not accurate at all.

benny wasn't involved with Mariah untill Emancipation, which was 4 years after the Glitter incident.

Jennifer Lopez stealing the tracks from Mariah was not a lie. it was a fact and Ja Rule was the one who called her and tommy mottola out on it on the radio and admitted his guilt in it and that he gave in to Tommy's orders after he called him personally and asked him to left those ideas from Mariah and hand them to Jennifer.

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Jennifer had nothing to do with theft of tracks but that is how benny spun that lie because he was no longer with JLO. As for the tactics of calling radio and songs played and not played, Tommy did this for years FOR mariah, that was how she got played out of the box. As for Ja Rule nothing this man says is ever true this is a man that worked for Irv Gotti one of the biggest criminals ever, they all were and still are doing shady things. Mariah has tons of shady people in her camp and she knows it, as did JLO, though they are all gone now because MARC ANTHONY aint having that kind of element around her, Mariah on the other hand still has alot of that element around her.

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Harlepolis said:

PricelessHo said:

and btw regardless of whatever shadyness he's involved with, he's actually got such amazing credits to his name:

he helped launch jennifer lopez and ricky martin's careers.

he helped revive mariah's career up from the gutter.

he boosted tyra banks's status to what it is today.
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Yep, I'll give him that credit. He sure knows how to build up a comeback for nearly washed up careers.

A savvy business man,,,,but I could smell a pimp a miles away, and honey, he fits the bill,,,,with a 3 piece Armani suit in the tab.


He is, ok hes made tons of money and had hits, ok, but hes still shady, and his way of doing things "payola" for the most part is shady.

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Reply #16 posted 10/24/08 1:10pm

Harlepolis

lastdecember said:

Harlepolis said:



Yep, I'll give him that credit. He sure knows how to build up a comeback for nearly washed up careers.

A savvy business man,,,,but I could smell a pimp a miles away, and honey, he fits the bill,,,,with a 3 piece Armani suit in the tab.


He is, ok hes made tons of money and had hits, ok, but hes still shady, and his way of doing things "payola" for the most part is shady.


I'm not gonna hold that against him since EVERYBODY is guilty of doing it,,,,even Stevie Wonder.

This is the "dirty" aspect of the music business.
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Reply #17 posted 10/24/08 5:44pm

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now i understand what goes on behind the scenes and how it affects the artists, especially one's like Prince who is the creator of his own art and how he was exploited.

i appreciate his courage even more so now that he had the guts to speak up and make a change for the better in his life and opened the way for others in the same field to become educated and how they can protect themselves from the corrupt practices of these greedy producers.

good for him!
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Reply #18 posted 10/25/08 12:38am

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lastdecember said:

PricelessHo said:



that statement is not accurate at all.

benny wasn't involved with Mariah untill Emancipation, which was 4 years after the Glitter incident.

Jennifer Lopez stealing the tracks from Mariah was not a lie. it was a fact and Ja Rule was the one who called her and tommy mottola out on it on the radio and admitted his guilt in it and that he gave in to Tommy's orders after he called him personally and asked him to left those ideas from Mariah and hand them to Jennifer.

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Jennifer had nothing to do with theft of tracks but that is how benny spun that lie because he was no longer with JLO. As for the tactics of calling radio and songs played and not played, Tommy did this for years FOR mariah, that was how she got played out of the box. As for Ja Rule nothing this man says is ever true this is a man that worked for Irv Gotti one of the biggest criminals ever, they all were and still are doing shady things. Mariah has tons of shady people in her camp and she knows it, as did JLO, though they are all gone now because MARC ANTHONY aint having that kind of element around her, Mariah on the other hand still has alot of that element around her.


again that's not accurate because benny and jennifer haven't parted ways until 2003. whereas the theft scandal had surfaced in 2001.
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lastdecember said:



Jennifer had nothing to do with theft of tracks but that is how benny spun that lie because he was no longer with JLO. As for the tactics of calling radio and songs played and not played, Tommy did this for years FOR mariah, that was how she got played out of the box. As for Ja Rule nothing this man says is ever true this is a man that worked for Irv Gotti one of the biggest criminals ever, they all were and still are doing shady things. Mariah has tons of shady people in her camp and she knows it, as did JLO, though they are all gone now because MARC ANTHONY aint having that kind of element around her, Mariah on the other hand still has alot of that element around her.


again that's not accurate because benny and jennifer haven't parted ways until 2003. whereas the theft scandal had surfaced in 2001.


The scandal of theft was Mariah's creation early on, then when Benny was dismissed he echoed her JLO theory. Jennifer had nothing to do with lifting tracks, this was all done by JaRule, Irv Gotti and various others. Medina spun it as if Jennifer ordered this because he was feeling like shit because he got canned. But benny's track record was the focus, like La reid's was, but both are failing miserably now and why they are out and one will be out soon. As for Tommy Motola, he made mariah plain and simple, he made sure evvery station played her, every store featured her, and every magazine had her picture, and that is not a debate.

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lastdecember said:

PricelessHo said:



again that's not accurate because benny and jennifer haven't parted ways until 2003. whereas the theft scandal had surfaced in 2001.


The scandal of theft was Mariah's creation early on, then when Benny was dismissed he echoed her JLO theory. Jennifer had nothing to do with lifting tracks, this was all done by JaRule, Irv Gotti and various others. Medina spun it as if Jennifer ordered this because he was feeling like shit because he got canned. But benny's track record was the focus, like La reid's was, but both are failing miserably now and why they are out and one will be out soon. As for Tommy Motola, he made mariah plain and simple, he made sure evvery station played her, every store featured her, and every magazine had her picture, and that is not a debate.



so many wront points there:


-benny never claimed jennifer ordered for the ideas to be stolen. he never even spoke about anything that linked jennifer to mariah. his fued with jennifer was strictly money-related. so he had nothing to do with the whole theft issue to begin with. even the media has dropped that issue at around 2003 (which was 2 years before benny joined mariah's team)

-the story was not 1st announced by mariah. what simply happened was that a few days before the new single's release date was announced, we learned that it was going to feature a sample of Firecracker. then suddenly the single gets pushed back, news surface that mariah is back in the studio to re-work the song and that Cameo was called in and that they're re-basing the track over Candy instead. then just a few days later, Jennifer's song goes to the radio and it featurs what? Firecracker.

-no accusations were made directly at jennifer. they were all directed at tommy. and jennifer may not have known what was going on behind the scenes at the time it was happening, but she knew eventually and yet she still refused to comment on it so it made her seem as if she's part of it.

-yes, tommy made her. but isn't that a given though? and just like he made her, he destroyed her career (then), and ironically one of the people who called him out on it later was wendy williams who used to be on mariah's ass like chicken on rice lol
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-the story was not 1st announced by mariah. what simply happened was that a few days before the new single's release date was announced, we learned that it was going to feature a sample of Firecracker. then suddenly the single gets pushed back, news surface that mariah is back in the studio to re-work the song and that Cameo was called in and that they're re-basing the track over Candy instead. then just a few days later, Jennifer's song goes to the radio and it featurs what? Firecracker.


clearly mariah's camp caught wind that j.lo jacked the beat and would be releasing it sooner than mariah's version.

listen to how da brat raps along with the firecracker melody. you can tell what beat SHE was flowing to.

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^ exactly cinnie
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lastdecember said:



The scandal of theft was Mariah's creation early on, then when Benny was dismissed he echoed her JLO theory. Jennifer had nothing to do with lifting tracks, this was all done by JaRule, Irv Gotti and various others. Medina spun it as if Jennifer ordered this because he was feeling like shit because he got canned. But benny's track record was the focus, like La reid's was, but both are failing miserably now and why they are out and one will be out soon. As for Tommy Motola, he made mariah plain and simple, he made sure evvery station played her, every store featured her, and every magazine had her picture, and that is not a debate.



so many wront points there:


-benny never claimed jennifer ordered for the ideas to be stolen. he never even spoke about anything that linked jennifer to mariah. his fued with jennifer was strictly money-related. so he had nothing to do with the whole theft issue to begin with. even the media has dropped that issue at around 2003 (which was 2 years before benny joined mariah's team)

-the story was not 1st announced by mariah. what simply happened was that a few days before the new single's release date was announced, we learned that it was going to feature a sample of Firecracker. then suddenly the single gets pushed back, news surface that mariah is back in the studio to re-work the song and that Cameo was called in and that they're re-basing the track over Candy instead. then just a few days later, Jennifer's song goes to the radio and it featurs what? Firecracker.

-no accusations were made directly at jennifer. they were all directed at tommy. and jennifer may not have known what was going on behind the scenes at the time it was happening, but she knew eventually and yet she still refused to comment on it so it made her seem as if she's part of it.

-yes, tommy made her. but isn't that a given though? and just like he made her, he destroyed her career (then), and ironically one of the people who called him out on it later was wendy williams who used to be on mariah's ass like chicken on rice lol


Wait Jennifer was never the target of accusations? we can debate the logistics all day, but mariah and her camp were always inciting the whole Jennifer vs Mariah deal as were most mariah fans who did thier best to post it everywhere. Tommy didnt destroy her career, mariah did for the most part and people she brought in did, what tommy did was stop doing for her. Lets remember that a label can do everything from getting you played and not letting you get played, but at the end of the day, people buy you and dont buy you. mariahs popularity was dropping, this was obvious with her change in music style, that change basically lost her the "celine dion" crowd, which is alright, change is good i guess for the most part, but to say tommy is why i dont sell like i used to, is this self indulgent victim crap that needs to just be let go already. its a done deal, which would she rather, Tommy never being involved or they way it all went down? i think she would choose the first in a heartbeat.

As for wendy williams she is the biggest liar on the planet, dont get me started on her, after her bullshit stuff with Christina Milian and then Amerie, that crackhead wannabe howard stern needs to just fall off the face of the earth

Mariah is in need of a serious "house cleaning", everything from path and direction to video directors to producers, to theme, she is in a serious web, worse than the "web" prince was in with his rap/crap phase on albums, but at least was able to do so many other things and types of music to cancel out that shit, Mariah doesnt seem able to do anything different at this point, maybe turning 40 by the next album will bring about some form of change
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lastdecember said:

mariah did for the most part and people she brought in did


show me one quote or footage of her where she accuses jen. she slammed her ass in an answer yes lol but accused her, never.

most mariah fans who did thier best to post it everywhere.


there, you said it lol

but to say tommy is why i dont sell like i used to, is this self indulgent victim crap that needs to just be let go already.


she never even went there. let's not make things up now lol.

the only accusation that she herself has come out and make directly at tommy/sony regarding her career was when they refused to release anymore singles off of the rainbow album. after that, mottola was never linked to anything but the tired broken record of him stuffing her in turtlenecks lol

As for wendy williams she is the biggest liar on the planet, dont get me started on her


doesn't add or take from the fact that mottola had a hand in sabotaging her career. see cinnie's input.

Mariah is in need of a serious "house cleaning", everything from path and direction to video directors to producers, to theme, she is in a serious web, worse than the "web" prince was in with his rap/crap phase on albums, but at least was able to do so many other things and types of music to cancel out that shit, Mariah doesnt seem able to do anything different at this point, maybe turning 40 by the next album will bring about some form of change


that i agree with, except for the prince part as the last thing i need is the P:music & more crowd coming after my ass.
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Mariah is in need of a serious "house cleaning", everything from path and direction to video directors to producers, to theme, she is in a serious web, worse than the "web" prince was in with his rap/crap phase on albums, but at least was able to do so many other things and types of music to cancel out that shit, Mariah doesnt seem able to do anything different at this point, maybe turning 40 by the next album will bring about some form of change


that i agree with, except for the prince part as the last thing i need is the P:music & more crowd coming after my ass.
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You dont feel Prince needed a house cleaning? The rap phase of Prince's career is something was his worst move ever, ive seen prince 75 times now, and that part of his career, was his low point as an "artist" and lost him serious cred.

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oh i just meant i'm pleading the 5th there lol
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Reply #27 posted 10/28/08 5:28pm

steelyd

lastdecember said:

daPrettyman said:


Really? Please tell us more.

I'm only familiar with Medina's credentials. I've never heard any stories about him, though.


First would be in the very early 90's with Prince, he was there for D&P but then when prince wanted out of WB he ditched benny and others, benny then proceeded to spread rumours about Prince's so called motives for leaving, told WB that Prince was holding back good songs for his own while giving them crap to release from the vault, also he was behind the EXODUS cd getting shelved in the USA. Second would be the whole JLO thing, he was up JLO's ass, but when she wouldnt give it up to him he couldnt deal with it, Benny was behind things like lifting tracks from mariah and giving them to Sony after Mariah left, this was his job at the time. But when JLO married marc and started to clean house Benny got the boot, and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.



That's called the music industry..hell the Entertainment industry....Backstabbing and dirty dealing is common place, the general public just don't half the story.
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Reply #28 posted 11/02/08 5:00am

missmad

PricelessHo said:

lastdecember said:

and went to mariah and basically made up the stories of stealing tracks from Mariah for Tommy mottola, which wasnt true this was another lie made up by Mariah Carey that SHE KNOWS IS A LIE. He made it seem as if JLO paid Benny to steal music from mariah for her records, and it was a lie, nothing but a lie that still lives to this day. Now that he is gone from MC im wondering how long it will be before he writes a book on MC.


that statement is not accurate at all.

benny wasn't involved with Mariah untill Emancipation, which was 4 years after the Glitter incident.

Jennifer Lopez stealing the tracks from Mariah was not a lie. it was a fact and Ja Rule was the one who called her and tommy mottola out on it on the radio and admitted his guilt in it and that he gave in to Tommy's orders after he called him personally and asked him to left those ideas from Mariah and hand them to Jennifer.

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[Edited 10/24/08 0:47am]



yep remember watching the video of it
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