Damn. The beef between Jay Z and The Game is coming to a head, as The Game had the audacity to say that Jigga can’t jiggle out no semen that actually works. Remember when Jay Z said that Chris Brown is a “dead man walking”? Maybe he shoulda been talking about his own sperm.
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By Casey Gane-McCalla July 8, 2009 3:49 pm
Dear Drake,
Congratulations on signing a deal with Universal, but I’m not sure why you signed a deal with a label when you had the number 3 song on iTunes. You’re a talented guy who can write, sing, rap and have already had an acting career but I think you are starting things off on the wrong foot.
One thing I don’t understand is why you signed to Lil Wayne’s label. Lil Wayne is a prescription cough syrup-drinking, Blood gang-promoting, weapon-packing, pseudo gangsta rapper. While Wayne was brought up in one of the roughest projects in America and taken in by an ex con who brought him into the rap world, you were brought up in one of the nicest neighborhoods in Toronto, Canada by a wealthy Jewish woman and went to a prestigious private school. While Lil Wayne might have to use that tired “blame it on my environment excuse” to justify his violent and misogynist lyrics, you can’t say the same thing.
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According to MTV News, 50 Cent refused to listen to the Game’s apology that he issued to him, Dr. Dre, Eminem and G-Unit. We got two questions: 1) why is this n*gga apologizing to everybody? He musta done some f*cked up ish to get to piss everybody off, and 2) Why are rappers always beefin? Can’t we all just…..get alongggg???
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Controversy seems to naturally swirl around Nasir Jones.
Al Sharpton and the NAACP have condemned his albums. He's had confrontations with some of hip-hop's greatest, including Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Jay-Z and Def Jam. And lately his name is smeared across tabloids because his wife, “Milkshake” singer Kelis, is divorcing him.
Through it all, the New York City rapper known as Nas stays strong. He's seen harder times.
He spoke to us about his music, the recession and his coming Wednesday performance with reggae star Damian Marley in the Stir Concert Cove at Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs.
Q. You've got a lot going on (touring, studio time, family drama, etc.). How do you stay focused?
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Hip-Hop Wired’s Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris recently sat down with scholar Dr. Boyce Watkins. The Syracuse University Financial Professor and advocate for African-Americans obtaining education and economic empowerment and warrior against racial injustice goes in on a few topics affecting Black America in the first of many insightful interviews.
HipHopWired: As far as Hip-Hop is concerned, you’ve been one of the people who….you’re part of the Hip-Hop generation, you speak to the Hip-Hop generation without criticizing but you do point out some of the things that are wrong. What are some of the changes you think we as men need to step up and do with the music?
Boyce Watkins: We need to stop being high paid hoes and learn how to be pimps. The truth is that…I actually wrote an article about this literally three days ago. Basically I created a hypothetical conversation between a rapper, a hypothetical rapper named Cash Money and the record label. Basically, Cash Money’s going to the executive and he’s saying, “Oh I know that my last album, Booties, Hoes and Bitches did real well on the charts but I’ve been thinking that this stuff’s not positive and I want to do something more positive next time, so I’m gonna do an album called Studying, Homework and Better Grades…” or something like that. I was just being silly so the executive is basically saying, “You know that’s a great idea Cash Money, I really feel ya dawg but the thing is that Booties, Hoes and Bitches sold two million copies last time and our projections show that the people who follow you, they want more booties, extra hoes and many more bitches so we’re thinking that that would be a great album title for your next release.
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In this episode of Your Black Gossip with Lady Drama, Lady Drama talks about the legacy of the great Michael Jackson. She also talks about the latest with Usher and Tameka, as well as the craziness of Kim Kardashian doing an R&B CD.
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Techn9ne usually outshines all of the national artists who come to his concerts. In fact, the word is that they are afraid to perform with him. Click here to watch his video.
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I ain’t sayin she’s a gold digger….but she does allegedly have sores on her mouth. Media Takeout is reporting that Kanye’s jump off Amber had a long list of sores around her mouth in recent photos. Does anybody even talk about VD anymore in all those damn sex songs on the radio?
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Apparently, the video vixens don’t like each other. Angel Lola Luv seems to think that Superhead made her and other video chicks look like hoes. Well, that’s true. But then again, when you’re shaking your ass right in the camera, wearing nothing but half a thong, then what you think guys gonna think about anyway?
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"Milkshake" singer Kelis has filed new documents in a Los Angeles court, asking her estranged husband, Nas, to pay spousal support and child support for their baby on the way.
Kelis, who is expecting a baby boy on July 21, claims in her court filing obtained by Access Hollywood, that she has "run out of money" and that her rap star husband "is refusing to pay for most of my expenses."
In her declaration to the court, the singer revealed she spent the money she made as a singer-songwriter in part while she attended culinary school in 2008 and on her bills.
Kelis is asking Nas to foot the bill for a host of supplies related to the child she is carrying including $20,000 "towards the cost of purchasing strollers, cribs and other baby supplies" for the couple's two residences – an apartment in Manhattan and a home in Los Angeles.
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Plies says that he “got plenty money.” While he probably ain’t got as much money as he pretends to have (we know how much money rappers really have), his song is definitely hot. Click here to listen.
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Click here to watch the TI’s interview with CNN. The hip hop star has a lot to say. Does he seem remorseful? You be the judge.
Get the scoop on TI and black celebrity gossip from Lady Drama and YourBlackGossip.com.
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This summer, America's Most Wanted is heading to a city near you.
And no, we're not referring to Fox Television's long-running series hosted by John Walsh. In this case, it's the music industry's most notable names of today includingLil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, and Drake are coming together for the 'America's Most Wanted Music Festival' kicking off in Scranton, PA on July 27.
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Actress Janet Hubert is probably best known as Aunt Vivian on the Will Smithsitcom, 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air.'
The 53-year-old actress was fired from the show in 1993 and replaced by actress Daphne Maxwell Reid.
Now the twice-married, mother of one has penned a memoir, 'Perfection Is Not A Sitcom Mom' that is slated to be released early in 2010.
In the book, Hubert lashes out at Smith and accuses the then-hip hop superstar of sabotaging her and other talented actors who worked on the 30-minute NBC comedy.
In one excerpt from the tome, given toBV Buzz exclusively, Hubert writes: "Smith had people around him who made sure no one outshone him. I was happy to see Don Cheadle become the quality actor that he is, and often wondered how he made it past one episode, as Hilary's boyfriend, being such a fierce actor. No one could be on 'The Tonight Show,' that first season, except Will. And I mean no one."
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I woke up this morning thinking about a radio interview I was doing with a station in Pensacola, Florida. The host, a guy named Bob Hill, planned to ask me about my speaking topic for this weekend. The group’s name is “Movement for Change” and their theme is that “Freedom isn’t Free”.
I agree with that assessment with all my heart. I wake up thinking about this every single day. For this particular interview, here were the thoughts I shared with Mr. Hill:
1) Don’t look to others for Black leadership. The greatest Black leader in the history of the world is the one you see in the mirror. Before you look to see what Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or anyone else can do, never under emphasize what you can do. That’s where true change is created.
2) Not seeing your contribution doesn’t mean the contribution is made. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t live to see 95% of the impact of his life’s work. A grandmother may not live to see the impact that her love has on her grandchildren. The contribution is made because you MADE IT, not because you SAW IT. You should always keep moving on faith.
3) We can’t all change THE world, but we can certainly change OUR world. A bad and abusive father can impact his family for generations. Similarly, a loving and inspirational father can create a lasting impact on the actions of his children, grandchildren and others with this impact influencing dozens of others who seemed to be beyond his reach. Don’t feel that you are powerless because you can’t change US policy. Focus on enlightening the souls around you.
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OK, how in the world do you go from this:
and turn yourself into this:
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We all know that the rapper TI recently began his 366 day prison sentence in an Arkansas prison. Merged with the brilliance of TI is the darker side of his existence, the part that makes him willing to risk losing his family and freedom in the midst of all of the chaos in the hip hop industry.
In this conversation for The Bottom Line with Dr. Boyce, we discuss the broader meaning behind TI's arrest, as well as how TI's experience reflects the state of rap music in America. There is also the question of whether or not "keeping it real" is actually good business, and whether TI is actually remorseful for his personal choices.
We can broaden the discussion to other issues in hip hop as well: Is it right that Rick Ross has been penalized for not being a criminal? Does TI have a lot in common with Tupac (beyond the fact that they are both talented artists)? If so, how can he be sure to avoid Tupac's fate? We explore all this and more.
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From Lady Drama at www.YourBlackGossip.com.
Click here to watch a woman get beat down something terrible in a beauty salon! This video is all over the net and after seeing it, all you’ll be able to say is “hayell nawwwwww!”
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This is what happens when Twitter gets into the hands of the wrong celebs! Bow Wow decided to comment on what it feels like when two women he's had sex with become good friends! Read below for his insight:
Fellas, don’t you feel like a G when ya ex and another girl u banged or f*cked around with r now friends? boosts my ego up! like daaaayum ima pimp
wat makes it funny i dont think she knows! ha! im laughn lol….
I mean…he could be talking about someone else but…Timing is everything!
Update from Bow Wow:
deez blogs r funny. y err time i say my ex people think ciara? yall kno how many girlfriends ive had. maybe cuz dats da only 1 yall kno bout. Yall gotta stop assuming. those r assumptions. and clearly im not talkn bout dem. they r 2 great people. but im not referring to dem
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The party won't stop after the BET Awards are over, and Queen Latifah (Lah-TEE'-fah) will be around to make sure of it.
The entertainer is hosting the network's post-awards televised bash, which will air after the live show June 28.
Beyonce (bee-AHN'-say) and T.I. are the top nominees for the BET Awards with five each. The show will be hosted by another nominee — Jamie Foxx.
Beyonce and Foxx are also set to perform along with acts like Maxwell and Ne-Yo (NEE-yo).
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In the latest episode of “YourBlackGossip with Lady Drama”, Lady Drama breaks down Bobby Brown’s latest stunt, why in the world Beyonce would want to be Jay Z and why Kelis has just lost her damn mind.
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Queen Latifah, who now appears to be ok with being openly gay, has admitted that she was sexually abused as a child. Here is the AP report:
Queen Latifah has revealed a traumatic chapter of her personal life: The singer-actress was sexually abused as a child.
In the latest issue of Essence magazine, Latifah says the abuse occurred over a period of time, and at the hands of a teenager charged with watching her.
"He violated me," says Latifah. "I never told anybody; I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arm's distance."
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Kathy Lee dissed MC Hammer in front of his son by making reference to his “failed career”. Did MC Hammer ever think about joining the “Slappahoe” Indian tribe?
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Question: When is Lauryn Actually going to get it together?
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Friday night saw the unveiling of another public service announcement from Jay-Z: "You rappers singing too much/ Get back to rap, you T-Pain-ing too much/ I'm a multi-millionaire/ So how am I the hardest n---a here?"
On New York's Hot 97 radio station, Jay premiered a new song from his forthcoming Blueprint 3 LP called, "D.O.A.," or "The Death of Auto-Tune."
"This is anti-Auto-Tune, death of the Ringtone," Hov begins rapping over a track co-produced by Kanye West and No I.D. Hard drums and horns blaze as Jay conjures images of a black John Dillinger holding a smoking Tommy Gun, laying down a fool ignorant enough to stand in his way. Jay is back to kill biting MCs.
"This ain't for iTunes, this ain't for singalongs," he raps later in the song. "This is Sinatra at the opera, bring a blonde ... My raps don't have melodies/ It should make jackers commit felonies/ This ain't a #1 record, this is practically assault with a deadly weapon."
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Although initial reports said that DMX was headed back to prison, it now appears that he is going to get another chance. But then again, getting another chance doesn’t mean that he’s not headed back to prison, now does it? Get it right brother!
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50 Cent in the dining room of his 48,000-square-foot, 19-bedroom mansion in Farmington, Conn., which he bought from Mike Tyson.
HARTFORD - Rapper 50 Centtestified in court Tuesday that he never would have bought Mike Tyson's mansion if he knew it would cost a pretty penny to fix up.
The star is suing BVH Integrated Services, the engineering firm he hired to inspect the Farmington, Conn., spread when he was buying it from the boxer's ex-wife in 2003.
The company estimated it would cost about $500,000 to repair roofs, decks, driveways and renovate other parts of the property.
50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, said he ended up spending about $6 million on the job. He says BVH should cough up about $3 million.
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Turns out that Nas ain’t having Kelis living off his dime after the divorce. In recent divorce court filings, Nas has asked the court to give Kelis absolutely no spousal support, even though she is carrying his baby.
Dang.
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A professor and a publicist analyze the Eminem “butt in the face” situation for AOL Black Voices. What does this do to the Eminem brand? What are the psychological issues that Eminem is likely to face after being humiliated in this way? Click the image to listen!
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