CORPORATE THUG: YOUNG JEEZY NAMED SENIOR VP A&R FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS.

Young Jeezy and #MsKemi outside the Hot 107.9FM Atlanta Summer Jam in 2004

I found him on the streets of Atlanta hawking CD's from the car trunk at a Hot 107.9FM concert. Always a hustler dying to make it in the business of music. I never gave up on Young Jeezy. He would sell T-shirts, demos and anything possible to make that $$. See me rocking my Jeezy shirt below. I have now preserved it in the hall of collectibles.

#MsKemi rocking a Young Jeezy t-shirt seen here with Atlanta female rapper Shyne and a friend in 2004 

I woke up to hear that Sno had just been named senior vice president of A&R at Atlantic Records, and this morning those rumors were confirmed by the rapper himself.

He tweeted a message that was also retweeted by Atlantic -- by saying "From the streets to the Boardroom. SVP of A&R at Atlantic Records I am. Let's Get it!" That tweet has since been deleted and replaced with the MTV phrase he was describes as "Corporate Thug" 

Jeezy's latest album, "TM103: Hustlaz Ambition," came out last December on Def Jam and he was in Canada earlier this year to tour in what became a string of concerts marred with shootings by wannabe Canadian THUGS. Jeezy does not subscribe to that kind of foolishness and violence. Music is music and Shyt is REAL. Stop the violence is all he preaches.

Congrats to Jay Wayne Jenkins aka Corporate thug Young Jeezy. Now let me see you make that money and exceed Jay-Z's earnings. Young Jeezy is a father to one son above and a community Philantropist who always gives back to the community. Every back to school season on a normal day, you will see him giving kids backpacks and school supplies all over Atlanta--MsKemi @HipHossip on Twitter

MUSIC MOGUL KEVIN LILES HONORED IN FRANCE.

Music mogul KEVIN LILES has been made an honorary citizen of Paris after collecting France's highest civilian honour for his contributions to Parisian culture. The former president of Def Jam Records was the guest of honour at a ceremony in Paris earlier this month (Jul10), where Christophe Girard, the city's vice mayor, presented Liles with the Medaille de la Ville de Paris for helping to spread hip-hop culture to the French capital, reports All HipHop.com.

Liles says, "I am profoundly honoured to receive the Medaille de la Ville de Paris, especially for my role in helping to make hip-hop a mainstream art form globally. "Spreading the message of hip-hop and what it can mean to anyone has long been a personal passion of mine. To be given such a special honour in one of the world's best cities for just that purpose is genuinely overwhelming."

Praising Liles' achievements, Girard adds, "Kevin Liles represents hope and talent, energy and commitment. He never gave up his battle for hip-h op and today hip-hop is a fully recognised art. He is an example for the new generations and now he is my friend and a friend of Paris."

Above is Kevin Liles with our US Correspondents, the Lawrence twins.