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Katy Perry Engaged To Russell Brand, Rep Confirms
Singer and comedian reportedly got engaged while on vacation in India.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand are engaged, a rep for Brand confirmed to MTV News on Wednesday (January 6). The couple's romance began heating up in September at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the comedian served as host and the singer performed.
Perry's label rep also confirmed the news, citing Glamour.com. In a separate Glamour article, the singer praised Brand's quick wit and said she's found her match in him. "When I find a partner who is my teammate, I'm not going to play by any rules, I'm just going to go with my heart. Why wait? I just wrote a song [that goes], "They say it's hard to meet your match, gotta find my other half so we can make a perfect shape."
According to an initial report on UsMagazine.com on Tuesday, the pair got engaged five days ago, while on vacation in Jaipur, India. A source told the site that the trip to India "was his Christmas gift. She told him how much she loved Indian culture while they were eating curry in England, so he surprised her." The source noted that Perry has "never connected with anybody like this," adding that Brand "is super into her. She says he makes her laugh like nobody else in the world."
Last week, while in India, Perry posted a photo of her and Brand at the Taj Mahal on Twitter and wrote, "He built this for me. Early Wednesday," she tweeted, "So when do I start walking the streets naked singing that Alanis song?" a reference to the Alanis Morrisette song "Thank U" about the singer's time spent in India.
News of their engagement first began circulating last week after a source told Splash News that Brand was on the hunt for an engagement ring. "Russell is searching for a jewelry designer to make up a ring in time for New Year after the pair discussed what they wanted to have," a source said. "Russell also has the approval of Katy's parents and everyone in the pair's close circle knows about the engagement."
While the world was still wondering if the two had actually gotten engaged, Britain's The Sun reported that Brand had texted those closest to him saying, "It's true. Much love." A source added that Brand said, "Katy's managed to tame me. This is it — I'm completely in love."
Reps for Brand and Perry hadn't responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time.
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Gucci Mane’s Writing Has Become ‘More Lyrical’ In Jail, Zaytoven Says
'He's really putting more thoughts in his raps,' producer exclusively tells Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid
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When Gucci Mane calls his friend and producer Zaytoven from jail, they don't waste time by talking about frivolous things like the Atlanta Falcons not making the playoffs. The two are mapping out more records.
"We stay working," Zaytoven said Tuesday via phone from Atlanta. "He calls me from jail with new raps all the time. He raps [them] to me, and I tell him to leave it on my voicemail, so I could hear it over and over again."
Gucci Mane went to jail late last year, just weeks before the release of his The State vs. Radric Davis LP, for a probation violation. In December, Gucci called MTV News from jail and said that not only does he have a follow-up album already done and awaiting a spring release, but when he gets home (which should be in less than a year), he plans to record and release yet another project in December. The LPs are called The State vs. Radric Davis: The Appeal and The State vs. Radric Davis: The Verdict.
Zay, who will work on both new albums, said incarceration hasn't slowed Gucci's stride.
"We're working as if he was out," the producer said. "I done been with Gucci so long and he's been locked up so many times, it ain't nothing new to us. The songs he writes, I have the track sitting and waiting on him when he gets out. Sometimes [during our phone calls], I play him my ideas for a track or a hook I got so he could be writing and getting ideas for it. The crazy thing is, when he gets out and comes to the studio, we do something all brand-new. We almost forget about what we been doing [while he's in jail]."
When Gucci gets out this time, Zay said we'll hear an enhanced LaFlare.
"He's still doing his shining and iced-out thing, but the raps now got more lyrical," Zay promised. "He's in jail, so he's really putting more thoughts in his raps, more lyrical content. He's coming with a whole lot of different ideas. Rather than just party music or trap music, he's coming with a lot of strong ideas and lyrical content in his stuff. It gives him a chance to really listen to what he's saying, and he's putting his words together in a different way without no beat."
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