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#Top40Tweets for the week: @LMFAO's photogenic penis, Emerging Ebonics with @BigSean, and I get my first death threat courtesy of enraged @BrunoMars fans

by Aaron Zorgel

August 12, 2011

At the end of each week, #Top40Tweets lists a cross-section of artists on the current pop charts and puts their tweets on display (along with their current chart number) for your enjoyment/scrutiny. This week, we look at 5 artists on the Billboard Music Charts.

#25: Black Eyed Peas – Just Can’t Get Enough

Let’s not downplay the importance of grammar, either.

FUN FACT: will.i.am has an estimated net worth of $75 million. It’s also estimated that neither science nor math aided in the amassing of said millions.

#79: Wiz Khalifa – On My Level feat. Too $hort

Best results when you “Say Aah” before using.

FUN FACT: Wiz Khalifa is dating model Amber Rose, who just happens to be Kanye West’s ex. Amber was not the muse for “Heartless” (see: Alexis Phifer), so don’t expect an 808’s and Heartbreak-esque album from Wiz when Amber dumps him.

#29 (R&B/Hip Hop Albums): Cee Lo Green –The Lady Killer

Puttin’ the rolls in rollstercoaster, amiright?! (He is a fat man.)

FUN FACT: Cee Lo Green is 5’6″, which is actually much taller than I thought. In my mind’s eye, he’s the size of a Furby.

#1: LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem

Pro: He managed to fit 4 different thoughts into 140 characters. Con: He acknowledged the existence of his penis.

FUN FACT: I’ve mentioned this before, but Redfoo is Skyblu’s (that other dude in LMFAO) nephew. They’re 11 years apart! Could any of you guys “party rock” with your uncle?

Now it’s time for EMERGING EBONICS with BIG SEAN!

#60: Big Sean – Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay

Hehn?

Okay…

Nope, I don’t get it.

FUN FACT: I don’t know whether this fact is foolay, boolay, or both, but Big Sean got his break by showing up at a radio station where Kanye West was being interviewed. Kanye told Big Sean to give him his best 16 bars, and the rest is history.

TOP 40 DEATH THREATS:

I must be doing something right, because I just got my first death threat via Twitter, courtesy of a couple of Bruno Mars superfans, after I called Bruno a “waste of skin” and the “spawn of Satan” in this column: