Being A Kobe Bryant Fan Cost You...

Yeah thats right. I said being a Kobe fan will cost you. Well, I guess that's only if you're a die hard Kobe fan. Ride or die type fan! I wish I would... never mind.

Anyways, despite K.B. bringing in a whopping $21.9 mil in this season alone, and add to that another $16 mil from endorsements, you're still going to have to pay if you want to view the hoop star in the privacy of your own crib.

Kobe just reopened his website, KB24.com, and it's not free like all the other hundreds of thousands of Kobe fan sites. It'll cost a fan $49.99 to subscribe to the website. fansite?" So, one might ask him/herself, "exactly what are the perks of being a member of the KB24 fan site?" Well friends, you'll be privy to a lot more than us average Joes and Janes out here in brokeville. Let me run down the list of what you can expect to get by being a member of this "exclusive" site.

* Access to exclusive content including videos, audio and photos

* Members-only access to exclusive contests.

* Access to exclusive KB24 events

* Access to member only message boards, blogs, social network

* Exclusive access to KB24 events (chat/blogs/live video/listening party, meet & greets etc).

* And much much more!

Fabolous Launches Website

It's obvious that the hip hop generation is finally coming of age with the acceptance of the internet super highway. With rappers taking on their own personal websites such as ThisIs50.Com, ThisIzGame.Com, DiddyTV.Com, it’s safe to say hip hop is finally embracing technology in a way both parties can co-exist, legally.

NY rapper Fabolous announced last week on the red carpet of VH1’s Hip Hop Honors ceremony that his own personal website is well on its way. “I have a website we just finished putting together called, “MyFabolousLife.Com” where you can find all kind of content of everything that I have going on”, Fabolous revealed. You’ll be able to go there and hear new music and everything else Fabolous related.”

In addition to the website, Fab also let loose on some minor details about his joint project with Neyo. Nothing official has been set in stone as of yet, but the Brooklyn lyricist did assert the project’s wheels are turning. “I mean we got it in the works”, Fab said Thursday night. “Neyo and I keep talking about it and I think we definitely have chemistry when it comes to making records, so I thought it was only right. I wanted to do one in the past with Lil Mo but being on separate labels we could never get it together because of the politics. But since me and Neyo reside on Def Jam, I think we can pull this one off.”

However, before any debuts are charted, Fab’s taking care of himself and his home turf first. His newest offering, which is slated for a 2009 release, so far boasts of production from Jermaine Durpi, DJ Toomp and Polow Da Don. Fab said of his and The Street Fam’s newest material, “I’m definitely putting out the Street Family mixtape first and then I’ll start releasing some of my own music. My album is coming out in February, so I’ll have some music popping soon.”