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Swizz Beatz named Global Ambassador of NYC Health & Hospitals, playing Beekman Beer Garden w/ Araabmuzik

Long-running hip hop producer Swizz Beatz, who has worked with Jay-Z, T.I., Busta Rhymes and many others, has been named the Global Ambassador for New York City Health and Hospitals (via Black Celebrity Giving)…

Anonymous taking down websites in retaliation for Megaupload; MPAA, Justice dept, RIAA, & Universal websites all down

“http://www.justice.gov & universalmusic.com TANGO DOWN! You should have EXPECT US!” – AnonOps “Anonymous’s favorite weapon for these attacks is what’s called for a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attack, which directs a flood of traffic to a website and temporarily crashes it by overwhelming its servers…

Megaupload shut down by the feds (not long after its public fight with Universal began)

Federal prosecutors in Virginia say they have shut down one of the world’s largest Internet file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws…