A father in Egypt has named his daughter “Facebook,” to commemorate the role of the social networking site in the uprising that eventually led to the “dethroning” of now former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.  Reports of the event first emerged on Sunday, Feb. 20.

Created by now world famous Googler Wael Ghonim, the “We Are Khaled Said” Facebook page emerged just days after Said’s death in June of 2010. The page was key during the uprising. Ghonim seemed to vanish during the uprising; it wasn’t until after Ghonim was released from the custody of Egyptian National Security Forces that he publicly admitted to being the “admin” of the page.

Over the past week much of the nation’s attention has been focused on the relatively small state of Wisconsin, where union employees and their families are voicing their opposition to a bill proposed by Republican Governor Scott Walker.  While the effect on the workers in Wisconsin is important by itself, the Wisconsin debate may also have much larger implications for the country as a whole.  The protests in Wisconsin are more about how much public employee unions contribute to pensions or health care plans.  The protests are even about more than collective bargaining rights, though that is certainly a better argument.  Ultimately, the protests in Wisconsin are about who will pay for the tax cuts passed over the previous three decades, and whether the country still believes in entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security.

The early bird gets the worm. Straight from the lab, 50 runs up on us during the wee hours of the morning with his new recording. So run up on it and check it out.

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Harlem’s mighty rap collective The Diplomats have been teasing a potential deal with industry veteran Jimmy Iovine and his Interscope label since last year. Now, it looks like things are a little more certain. Group member Juelz Santana claimed the deal is a go in a recent interview with Ozone Magazine.

“It’s back to live action, it’s back to doing what we do best,” Santana explained in the interview. “We got the deal with Interscope. Shout-out to Jimmy Iovine. I’m sure people seen the pictures up of us and Dr. Dre, so, you know, we’ve done records with Dre. That was a beautiful experience. Dre had Jim [Jones] in the booth for like an hour and a half.”

After weeks of speculation, it is now official that Rick Ross has signed his Maybach Music Group with Warner Bros. Details are still scarce but it’s pretty much confirmed that Ross will remain signed to Def Jam as a solo act but Meek Mill, Wale, Triple Cs and Masspike Miles will be under Warner Music Group from hereon. This those artist are now label mates witheGucci Mane, Waka Flocka.

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