Despite reports that superproducer/rapper Timbaland (real name Timothy Mobley) attempted suicide on Tuesday, officials with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department say the were commissioned only to help locate the missing husband and father, who disappered in a funk on Tuesday after learning that a Jacob & Co. timepiece with an estimated value of $2 million had been stolen from his Los Angeles home….possibly by a trusted pal.
Reports of the alleged suicide attempt were further exacerbated early Wednesday morning, when radio/TV personality Ryan Seacrest told listeners of his LA radio morning show — “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” — that he heard Timbaland had tried to take his own life.
Timbaland has turned his back on hip-hop – insisting the genre is “just not the same” as when he started out. The Grammy-winning superproducer began his career working for hip-hop superstars Ginuwine and Missy Elliott, but has moved away from the genre to focus on more pop-sounding tracks with acts like Justin Timberlake, The Pussycat Dolls, and even Miley Cyrus
“I was done with hip-hop a long time ago. Once my generation left, I left. I do it, but there’s nobody from my generation besides Jay-Z who’s doing it. I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation. Some people are still acceptable,” he tells MTV.com. “Kanye (West) is acceptable from my generation. It’s just not the same. By it not being the same, I kind of fade to black. I did music that fits where I was going to in my age bracket.”
“I figured it out a couple of years ago with Nelly (Furtado) and Justin (Timberlake) and myself. We had a tremendous run. I think it was good for me to do that. But I got this run, I’m not gonna stop until I wanna stop.”
Disgraced R&B star Chris Brown’s comeback just met a setback — superproducerr Timbaland has cut the crooner from a song on his forthcoming album Shock Value II.
Brown pleaded guilty to beating up ex-girlfriend Rihanna during a fight on the eve of the Grammy Awards last February — resulting in several musician refusing to to work with the “Kiss Kiss” hitmaker.
Timbaland insists he’s not one of those artists – but he has cut Brown’s vocals from new tune “The One I Love.” Timbaland’s manager, Marcus Spence, tells the website the decision to cut Brown from the track “was a creative decision for both parties.”
