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# Weekly Hip Hop Business News From ProHipHop
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/weekly_hip_hop_-4/
- Published: 2007-02-02T01:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-02-02T01:16:00.000Z
- Description: >>> The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie will star in the new Candie’s Only at Kohl’s Spring campaign. >>> Indie flick Torture directed by Alvin Gray opens this week with a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/02/weekly_hip_hop_-4.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

\>>> The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie will star in the new [Candie’s Only at Kohl’s](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/fergie%5Fto%5Fstar%5F.html?ref=hypebot.com) Spring campaign.

\>>> Indie flick Torture directed by Alvin Gray opens this week with a [soundtrack of Baltimore hip hop](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/alvin%5Fgrays%5Find.html?ref=hypebot.com).

\>>> Last week [Disco D](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/disco%5Fd%5Fremembe.html?ref=hypebot.com), a hot young producer, took his own life.  
He can be remembered not only for his creative output but also for his business activities and support of other rising artists.

\>>> One of the marketing tools used for the recently released movie Smokin’  
Aces was a [Second Life Assassin game](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/second%5Flife%5Fass.html?ref=hypebot.com).

**\>>> In Jay-Z News:**

- Jay-Z continues his policy of declining to comment on anything controversial as activists make noise about the [Brooklyn Nets’ arena naming](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/jayz%5Fresponds%5Ft.html?ref=hypebot.com).
- Jay-Z has added a [Cherry Coke deal](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/jayz%5Freaching%5Fs.html?ref=hypebot.com) to his portfolio prompting concerns about "Snoop Dogg-like levels of overexposure."
- Jay-Z and Don Shula will  
[face off over the chess board](http://www.prohiphop.com/2007/01/jayz%5Fdon%5Fshula%5F.html?ref=hypebot.com) in one of many Budweiser Super Bowl commercials.

From [ProHipHop](http://www.prohiphop.com/?ref=hypebot.com)