Monday, January 23, 2012

Rapper Swizz Beatz Revealed as CEO of File Sharing Site 'MegaUpload',Sues Universal


Super Producer and rapper Kasseem Dean known as Swizz beatz has been named the CEO of popular file sharing site , Megaupload.com.

As the CEO of the online storage and file-sharing site, Beatz asked buddies Diddy, Kanye and Will.i.am to spread the buzz in a promotional video.The artist's label,Universal Music Group allegedly did not approve the video. UMG issued a “take-down notice” late last year and Megaupload has responded with a counter lawsuit against the label.
MegaUpload is currently in the process of filing a lawsuit against Universal Music Group , the music conglomerate which owns HipHop powerhouses like Def Jam and Interscope accusing them of blocking distribution of the video which also included cameos from Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx and boxer Floyd Mayweather.

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