Kanye West visited the headquarters of Facebook and performed four new songs [acapella] from his ‘Good Ass Job’ yet to be titled album!
Kanye wrote this message via his blog thanking Facebook and his fans!
To all my friends at Facebook, Many times in life I’ve had to deal with moments of doubt. And as it’s been a minute since I’ve performed any fresh material in front of an audience, this could’ve been one of those moments… but it wasn’t. Your energy was a gift so electric, so genuine, that it really helped me give my best. The energy was so inspiring I had to keep going!I just hope you got as much from me as I got from you…which was everything! Love to all my fans, especially at Facebook.
In related news, T.I. is rumoured to appear on Kanye’s new album, the ATL rapper visited Kanye in Hawaii last week to record.
*Welcome back Kanye… can you come perform at our office next?*
A new trailer has been released for ‘The Social Network’ starring Justin Timberlake.
Following on from the tradition set by the first promo, this latest teaser features zero footage from the film, but sets dialogue to Facebook chat/status updates featuring pictures of the cast and the names of the people they play.
Justin Timberlake is set to play the part of Napster co-founder Sean Parker in a film about the evolution of Facebook.
Timberlake will appear in the movie, which is written by Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote ‘The West Wing’) and executively produced by Kevin Spacey.
The film focuses on how the overnight success of Facebook changed the lives of those who were involved in it, reports Variety.
Timberlake‘s character Parker went on to become Facebook’s founding president.
Joining the singer in the film will be actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield, who appears as the site’s co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
Production on the ‘The Social Network’ is scheduled to begin next month in Boston, before moving to Los Angeles.
In related news; Justin has been working with Rihanna on her new album. He told reporters “The stuff we’ve come up with in the studio, it’s the next step for her. It’s a little more grown-up. It’s got some edge to it.” Rihanna’s album is scheduled to be released November 23rd.