lil weezy solo.

a recent update reveals that lil wayne, born dwayne carter, has been moved to solitary confinement punishment. the twenty eight year old rapper is behind bars for criminal possession of a weapon. his new punishment also includes no tv and one call per week, a drastic change from once a day. why such harsh repercussions? because little weezy was listening to beats- a charger and headphones were found in a potato chips bag in the garbage can in his cell. the actual player was discovered later in another inmates cell. it is considered a contraband to the jail to listen to music other than the radio and players provided. luckily this stunt will not hinder weezy's eight month sentence expected on good behavior. free weezy. 

right here. right now.

This video is the most powerful combination of facts and delivery I have seen to date. The author of Socialnomics, Erik Qualman produces the video about the growing use of social networking. The video is mostly shared on social networking sites such as YouTube, which makes it very ironic. My favorite part of information is that we live in a generation of consumers that do not tend to listen to advertisements. Trust is within the testimonials of real people who have experienced the advertised services and products. It makes complete sense; consumers in this social media savvy world are very smart. We watch commercials and then ask “Yah, but does that really work?”… followed by a bit of online research before we make a purchase.

photo credit: galessa's plastics, flickr.