Rapper and producer Jay-Z teamed up with England footballer Ashley Cole, because of having business together. These young and successful men are going to launch a club and a restaurant in London.
What a great collaboration! Famous footballer Ashley Cole and hip-hop singer Jay-Z are going to open a restaurant and a club together. The restaurant will offer jobs to the long-term unemployed and will donate some profits to charity each month.
Ashley commented: "I'm delighted to be working with Jay-Z". He also said: "I have grown up listening to his music so to be doing business with him is amazing". Footballer Ashley Cole added that this project will deliver much-needed funds into sport and music on a community level.
Rapper Jay-Z said that their venue will be "the hottest place in town". The club will be part of Jay's successful "40/40" chain and will open next year.
What's Grave's disease? Ask Missy Elliot. Her fans've been waiting six years for a new album and now they know why.
Missy, the 39-year-old rapper, producer and songwriter announced that she's been suffering from the autoimmune thyroid disease (Grave's Disease) since 2008. The hitmaker found out that she had Grave's disease after experiencing tremors, a common symptom of the disease.
Missy Elliot felt bad, because the illness had made even simple day-to-day tasks difficult for her.
She almost crashed: "I was driving and trying to put my foot on the brake, but my leg was jumping. I couldn't keep the brake down and almost crashed," the rap star said.
Elliot said that her nervous system was so badly affected by the disease that she couldn't even write. "I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad - I couldn't even use a pen."
Unfortunately, there is no cure for Graves' disease, but Missy has improved her condition through radiation treatments and exercise. "I'm 30 pounds lighter because I've been exercising," she said. "My thyroid is functioning, so I haven't had to take medication in about nine months. But you live with it for the rest of your life."
Despite her challenges, Missy also announced that she's working on new music with long-time friend and collaborator Timbaland. She’ll also be featured on VH1's "Behind the Music" on June 29, further discussing her battle with Graves' disease, weight issues and being sexually molested as a child.
For more information about Grave's disease visit the "Grave's Disease Foundation" website.
BMW takes automobile engineering seriously and it shows in their latest BMW M5 fifth generation saloon.
The company demoed concept M5 in April and released the details of the latest BMW M5. The car is expected to go on sale by the end of 2011. The car is the first one to take the advantage of company’s BMW M V8 engine which rockets the car from 0 – 100 kmph (~62 mph) in just, hold your breath – 4.4 seconds! For the speed maniacs, the car will take you from 0 – 200 kmph in approximately 13 seconds and BMW’s engineers decided to cap the max speed at 250 kmph or 305 km/h with the optional M Driver’s Package. But that’s not all with the new beast – the engine efficiency has been turbo charged as well.
The fifth generation BMW M5′s engine has been developed by BMW’s M division. The 4.4 liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine delivers 412 kW/560 hp at 6,000-7,000 rpm. The max torque of 680 Nm develops at 1500 rpm. BMW claims that the efficiency of the engine has been improved by approximately 10 percent while the max torque has been improved by over 30%. The tests results indicate that the car will do 100 kilometers in about 9.9 liters of fuel. The improvement in fuel efficiency has been made possible by the auto start-stop and brake energy regeneration. The rear wheels are powered by seven-speed M double clutch Drivelogic transmission. Car’s agility has been greatly improved by electronically controlled rear axle Active M Differential. The steering wheel has M Drive Buttons to control the two car setup configurations. These configurations include Drivelogic shift program, M Servotronic responses, accelerator responses, DSC mode, Dynamic Damper Control. BMW M5 will make a debut at Frankfurt Motor Show in September.
