Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

Britain’s Got Talent has produced another talent, a 11-year-old Aidan Davis who dances hip hop.

Check out the video on YouTube and watch how he vowed the judge with his moves.

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Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, was attempting to commit suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand and then come the surprise, pushed him off the ledge! Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion and survived with spine and elbow injuries, according to Xinhua News Agency on Saturday. The passer-by, a 66-year-old man named Lai Jiansheng was fedup with Chen’s “selfish activity”.

“I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest,” Lai was quoted as saying by Xinhua. “They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities’ attention to their appeals.”

Chen has accrued 2 million yuan ($290,000) in debt from a failed construction project and was recovering in the hospital.

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Kung Fu Hip Hop as the name has suggested, is a movie about hip hop dancing with some kung fu in it, starring Jordan Chan, Fan Bing Bing and Korean Poppin Hyun Joon. Originally titled as Kung Fu Pop in China — but possibly re-titled for Hong Kong because the China name sounds like a soft drink.

SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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This is a story about Chu Dong (Jordan Chan) who has to look after his partially-blind sister, Ya Ya (Wang Yue). In order to collect enough money for an operation to save her sight and to make ends meet, he sells trinkets and works as a mechanic during daytime.

His talent for dancing is discovered one night when his nifty moves outside a club is caught on camera by accident. The club’s deejay, Tina (Fan Bing Bing) is impressed as Chu Dong’s gyrations makes her fingers feel “resurrected”.

The club’s resident dance king and everybody’s darling, Shaoxiong (Poppin Hyun Joon, who is Korean superstar Rain’s choreographer and the holder of the Asian Dance King title) feels threatened when he learns about Chu Dong’s dancing skills.

Tina persuades Chu Dong to enter a dancing competition in order to pay her back the money that was taken from her handbag. Chu Dong decides to give it a try since he needs the money for his sister’s crucial operation. To enter the competition, he ropes in his garage pals (played by China dance group Kung Fu Pop) at the car workshop he works at to form his dance team, and call his group, "Kung Fu Kids". Chu Dong does not take too much time in training his group members to learn how to dance from the basic since all of them have kung fu backgrounds.

Shaoxiong also enters the contest as his boss has threatened him to enter the contest or else…

Jordan Chan does not disappoint but his performance lacks behind when compared to that of Poppin’s.

Only watch this movie if you are a dance enthusiast, otherwise, you will feel the nonsensical of disco lights and noise constantly flashing and banging at your face as the entire movie is about dancing.

Overall, it is another movie which tries to incorporate kung fu in something else but fails miserably. It also has poor product placement of Pepsi soft drink.

My ratings: 6 out of 10.

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Big Bang (??) is a Korean hip hop group – the latest music phenomenon in Korea. Watch Big Bang’s We Belong Together from their first album, The First Single Album to know why they’re so popular in Korea.

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Incredible hip hop violin by Paul Dateh and inka one. Just superb!

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This is why he’s hot. Just watch the video to find out why.

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Watch Rihanna struts her stuff in Umbrella Music Video.

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Six-time Grammy Award-winning American record producer and rapper Kanye West is the next “A-list” artiste heading to Malaysia.

The 29-year-old hip-hop superstar will be performing at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur on April 8, 2007.

His concert here will be extra special as this will be his only stopover in the region after Japan and South Korea.

“Kanye is a massive name from the US hip-hop scene and it shows that Kuala Lumpur is getting recognized,” said Razman Razali, managing director of Pineapple Concerts, the concert organizer.

West cut his teeth as a rap producer before breaking into the mainstream with his multi-platinum debut The College Dropout in 2004, which spawned the hits Through the Wire, Jesus Walks and The New Workout Plan.

He consolidated his success with the follow-up record Late Registration in 2005 which amassed critical acclaim and blockbuster anthems Diamonds from Sierra Lone and Gold Digger (which reach no. 1 in The Billboard Hot 100), and other hot singles such as Heard ‘Em Say, Touch The Sky and Hey Mama.

At his concert here, the Illinois-born rapper is expected to trawl through his hits and new material from his forthcoming third album, with a female string orchestra.

Tickets, priced at MYR 230, MYR 200, MYR 150, MYR 120 and MYR 80, are expected to go on sale from the middle of this month.

Razali said that except for the MYR 150 tickets, the others would be seated ones. For enquiries, call +603-2780 7010.

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VH1 Hip Hop Honors Week will take place in the Big Apple from October 12 leading to the 3rd Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors on October 17.

The 3rd Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors, hosted by Ice T, this year’s celebration will honor Ice Cube, Wu-Tang Clan, Afrika Bambaataa, Russell Simmons, MC Lyte, Rakim, Beastie Boys and Eazy E.

For tickets, please call Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 or visit www.ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets.

Via (VH1)

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