Petey Pablo Faces Up To A Decade In Prison Petey Pablo‘s future just got a bit dimmer. He pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of a stolen gun. As a part of the plea deal, 2 other charges against him were dropped. Petey faces up to a decade in prison and will be sentenced in June!
Did Michael Jackson Kill Himself? Dr. Conrad Murray’s legal team thinks they can prove that Michael Jackson killed himself. All they need to prove is if a fingerprint off a broken syringe that rolled under Mike’s bed the day he died. According to TMZ, Murray’s lawyers were in court yesterday asking the FBI to hand over the evidence. The defense is trying to prove that Michael gave himself a fatal dose of the drug that killed him when Dr. Murray left the room.
Expect Two New Books From Sista Souljah If you’re a fan of Sister Souljah’s book “The Coldest Winter Ever,” then you’re happy to know that she’s following it up with not one, but two new books, “Midnight” and “Meaning of Love.” “Midnight” will hit stores April 12th!
Topping The Charts Speaking of stores, Lupe Fiasco‘s album “Lasers,” hit stores last week and sits on top of the charts after selling more than 200,000 copies. Marsha Ambrosius‘ “Late Nights & Early Mornings” is #8 with almost 41,000 units moved. And Raekwon‘s “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang” sold 29,000 copies.
On Your Tube If you missed Halle Berry on “Ellen” or Shaq on “Letterman,” those episodes are re-running today on your tube!
Juelz Santana Is Released On Bond Juelz Santana is out on $125,000 bail after being arrested Tuesday in New Jersey on drug and weapons charges. The police had been investigating him for 10 months. Last month they found 2 fully loaded handguns and 17 bags of weed during a raid of his recording studio! Don’t sound good!
Katherine Jackson Has Been Granted Permission To Sue AEG Live Speaking of legal problems, AEG Live, the concert promoter, will soon have some. Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson’s mom, got the green light from a judge to sue AEG Live over the death of The King of Pop! Katherine blames AEG for not monitoring Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor who’s accused of killing Michael!
Uncle Luke Wants Run To Miami Well for some reason, Uncle Luke, yeah THAT Uncle Luke, thinks he can run the city of Miami, and I mean literally. Luther Campbell aka Uncle Luke announced yesterday that he’s running for mayor of Miami! Luke said he’s going to make every day in his office a “reality show,” (I bet) saying he’ll keep the camera’s rolling so everyone can see what he’s doing as mayor. He claims, “People are going to learn about the more mature Luther Campbell, the grown man who is working for the kids in the inner city.”
Usher Will Perform On Stage During The Super Bowl Speaking of the Super Bowl, Usher and former Guns ‘N Roses guitar player Slash, will take the stage during the Black Eyed Peas halftime show! The Super bowl airs this Sunday at 6:30 on FOX.
New Movies And if football isn’t your thing, you can catch “The Roommate” and “Sanctum” both in movie theaters today!
Nicki Minaj Gets The Boot Nick Minaj is officially a rock star! Last Thursday she got kicked out of her hotel room in London after her fans and paparazzi got all out of pocket! They mobbed Nicki at the entrance and some of them tagged the elevators with graffiti! Nicki tweeted, ““Long day of press only to find out we've officially been kicked out the hotel! Lmaoooooooo. Rescue me barbz!!!! Pleeeeeese!!!”
Is Drake Crossing Back Over? Nicki’s play play husband, Drake, could be making his big screen debut alongside Academy Award winners, Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon! He’s supposedly in talks to co-star in “Arbitrage.”
Talk About 15 Minutes Too Long! Speaking of acting debuts, it’s been confirmed, Antoine Dodson has landed a reality show deal! Yes, someone please stop the madness! Word in the streets is that he’s signed with “Entertainment On,” to tape a reality show, which will follow his move from the backwoods of Alabama to West Hollywood! Sounds like “The Jefferson’s” part 2! Mooooooving on up!
No Jail Time For Yo Gotti Yo Gotti got some good news; charges filed against him after a fight outside a club in Memphis. He had been charged with aggravated riot.
Bad News For Juelz Santana Where there’s good news, there’s bad news! Juelz Santana’s New Jersey recording studio was raided on Thursday after a 10 month police investigation. Police found guns, ammo and ganja!
Michael Jackson’s Estate Sues Mike’s Mom…Kinda Michael Jackson’s mother also got some bad news! MJ’s estate has sued a business man who’s working with Mike’s mom to hawk memorabilia on the website JacksonSecretVault.com! They accuse the site’s creator of copyright infringement.
Flavor Flav’s Chicken And Vodka Hopefully Flavor Flav won’t have that problem when it comes to his chicken restaurant, Flav’s Fried Chicken, which is now open in Clinton, Iowa! Flav’s also going to give Diddy a run for his money, he’s coming out with a line of flavored vodkas.
Is Jay-Z The Only One? Let Beyonce tell it, Jay-Z was the first and let’s say only guy to tap that booty! In a recent interview she said other than Hova, she only had one boyfriend, and they never did the nasty!
Box office Report As for the box office, “No Strings Attached” is #1 with $20.3 Million. “The Green Hornet” was 2nd with $18.1 Million. And “The Dilemma” was 3rd with $9.7 Million.
Bad News For The Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin can’t seem to catch a break lately! First her son was attacked in Detroit and now her body’s under attack. A family member confirmed that she was diagnosed with cancer, although there’s no word as to what type of cancer it is.
Bow Wow Talks About His Suicide Rant Speaking of life and death, Bow Wow explained his suicidal Twitter rant last month. He says he didn’t want to commit suicide, but he just wants to live a normal life. Here he is:
The Bahamas Can’t Ban The Snow Man Well life wasn’t so rosy for Young Jeezy either. He was arrested in the Bahamas last weekend. Word is he was arrested, booked and quickly released. No details on why….but they must not know, you can’t ban the snowman!
Bun B is Helping Needy Families Speaking of snow and the holiday season, Bun B is doing his part to make sure needy families have enough to eat! For the second Christmas, Bun is linking up with Boost Mobile to host a holiday food drive in Houston.
Mariah Carey Is Doing An Extreme Makeover Mariah Carey will also be delivering some holiday cheer! She’ll be on this weekend’s episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” in Pensacola, Florida. Mariah’s episode airs this Sunday, December 12th at 8pm on ABC.
Check Out The “Michael” Album Early Even though Michael Jackson’s new album “Michael” hits stores next Tuesday, you can stream the entire CD now at MichaelJackson.com. It features songs with Akon, Lenny Kravitz and 50 Cent, on “Monster.”
Kanye West Is A “Monster” Speaking of monsters, Kanye West is making out with dead women and Rick Ross likes to hang next-to-naked white women from his ceiling! Sounds creepy right! Well it is! It’s from the sneak peek at the video for Kanye’s song “Monster” featuring Rozay, Nicki Minaj & Jay-Z!
Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 30 And the song “Monster” is on his latest album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which is on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s top 30 albums of 2010 list. And Yeezy’s not just on the list, he’s #1! Here are the rest of the hip hop albums on the list:
1. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 7. Drake, Thank Me Later 9. Eminem, Recovery 19. M.I.A., Maya 21. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 29. The Roots, How I Got Over 30. Rick Ross, Teflon Don
Chart Action As for the charts this week, Kanye fell from #1 to #7, but sold 108,000 copies. Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” is right behind Ye, selling an additional 103,000 copies. Rihanna’s “Loud” is #10. Eric Benet’s “Lost in Time” debuted at #30 and Ne-yo’s “Libra Scale” drops to #31 in its 2nd week!
Part 2: Rick Ross Vs. Young Jeezy It must be beefing season because Rick Ross is back talking about his beef with Young Jeezy! He recently spoke about the beef in an interview with the “Source” magazine. He said they haven’t spoken since the BMF beef and he’s not looking forward to it. Ross also said, "I made 'Summer's Mine' just to [let him know], if we gonna play that sports, let's put it on the table like men" and "I had nothing but love for the homie, but if me getting money in the streets or making music offended you, I can't help that."
Is Kim Kardashian Pregnant? Kim Kardashian may not be able to help picking up a lil weight. MediaTakeOut is calling it baby fat!! According to an insider, Kimmy Cakes is knocked up by Kanye West, who she’s been seeing on and off for the past year!
The Stars Are Back From The Dead Speaking of Kimmy Cakes, her and other stars like Usher and Alicia Keys are back from their “digital deaths!” They agreed to “die” to help Alicia Keys raise money for her charity that helps fight AIDs in Africa. The stars died digitally by staying off their Twitter and Facebook pages until a million dollars was raised. Fans raised about half and the other $500,000 was kicked in by billionaire philanthropist Stewart Rahr. Usher did cheat a little though, Tweeting on Sunday night, before the milli was raised! But we already knew Usher was a cheater, so no surprise there! Shots fired!
LL Cool J Wants You To Smell Like Him LL Cool J says that for years he’s been a fan of a certain cologne, but whenever people would ask him what scent he was wearing, he wouldn’t tell them. But now he’s telling everyone because he bought the company! Here he is:
New Releases As for new albums, Charlie Wilson’s “Just Charlie,” Redman’s “Reggie” and T.I.’s “No Mercy” are all in stores today! Click here to read my review of “No Mercy” before you spend your hard-earned money on it!
DMX Is Back In Jail Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! Yep DMX is back at home…in jail! He was arrested at his house in Phoenix on Thursday night for not checking in with his probation officer! He was also arrested for a plethora of drug-related charges and driving on a suspended license! Repeat offender at his best!
Nicki Clears The Air About Lil Kim Just in time for the release of “Pink Friday” today, Nicki Minaj is finally getting real when talking about her beef with Lil Kim.
Faith Evans Feels That There Will Never Be Justice For Biggie’s Murder Well another female artist that Lil Kim used to beef with has NO Faith that Biggie will ever get justice in his murder! Faith Evans told a British newspaper “The family- we have an idea of what happened….we have an idea, though we don’t know if it will ever be solved in the judicial system.” It has already been 13 years, it’s sad, but she’s probably right!
Jay-Z Still Rates Biggie The Best Rapper Well even though he’s been gone for over a decade, Biggie is still topping the best rapper charts! During a question and answer session Jay-Z gave out his top-five rappers, dead or alive. Biggie is #1 on the list and Eminem and Nas are tied at #5.
Jay-Z's Top 5 List Of Rappers (Dead or Alive):
• Biggie (for his story-telling ability and voice) • Tupac (for his emotion) • Kool G Rap • KRS-One • Eminem/Nas (says he would have to alternate between those two)
"Billboard" Picks Top 50 R&B/Hip Hop Artists! Billboard magazine has compiled a list of the Top 50 R&B and Hip Hop Artists of the last 25 years. The roster is based on performance on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts from Jan. 5, 1985 through Nov. 6, 2010
1. R. Kelly 2. Mary J. Blige 3. Whitney Houston 4. Mariah Carey 5. Janet Jackson 6. Usher 7. Luther Vandross 8. Jay-Z 9. Freddie Jackson 10. Alicia Keys
Janet Jackson Wants Your Help In Planning Her World Tour Speaking of Double J, she announced plans for a world tour, hitting 35 cities and she wants her fans to help her decide which cities to roll through! You can log onto her website, JanetJackson.com, to nominate yours!
Life Is Short…Just Ask Michael Jackson! Double J’s brother, Michael Jackson, obviously knew life was short!
New Albums As for new albums today, Jay-Z’s “Hits Collection Volume 1,” Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday,” and Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” are all in stores today!
Box Office Results As for the box office this weekend, “Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows” opened #1 with $125.1 million. “Megamind” came in 2nd with $16.2 million and Denzel Washington’s “Unstoppable” has the 3rd spot with $13.1 million.
Soulja Boy & Kat Stacks Maybe Starting A Family You are not the father…..or at least that’s what Soulja Boy says! There’s a rumor out there that he knocked up everyone’s favorite skeeza, Kat Stacks! But SB says, “We are not having a baby, I think she just likes me and loves saying stuff on Twitter for attention.” Anyway Doe!
Things Are Getting Rough For Tip Bad news for another Atlanta Rapper! Things always seem to go from bad to worse for TIP. He’s behind bars and T.I. is the defendant in a lawsuit! An Atlanta sound engineer says he was beaten by TIP’s people when they accused him of stealing Killer Mike’s chain. He was allegedly threatened with a gun, pushed down a flight of stairs and beaten for more than 12 hours. The suit also says one of the attackers used his cell phone to record the attack and forwarded the video to T.I., who “did nothing to stop or prevent the assault.”
Diddy Plus Rick Ross Equals A New Joint
Well yesterday morning, Diddy and Rick Ross announced that they’ll be releasing a joint EP as the Bugatti Boyz.
Michael Jackson’s New Album Speaking of collabs, 50 Cent, Akon, and Lenny Kravitz will be featured on the new Michael Jackson album, which is simply titled “Michael.” It’s a collection of previously-unreleased tracks, the first album of original MJ music released in 9 years. It’s due out December 14th.
Drake is Trying To Make It Back To TV Drizzy’s been making moves to get back on television. He struck a deal with Fuse TV to televise his recent concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show, which featured performances by Trey Songz, Fabolous, and Birdman, will air on Fuse TV Wednesday, November 24th at 9 pm.
New Movies As for movies, “Skyline” and “Unstoppable” with Denzel Washington are in theaters today!
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I told you a couple of weeks ago that there was a rumor that Amber Rose were knocked up by Fabolous. Well, I don’t know if Fab got her pregnant, but she sho does look preggers. Amber has always had a flat stomach, but Mediatakeout.com has some pics and she definitely looks pregnant! Log onto Facebook.com/power98fm to see for yourself!
George Bush Talks About Yeezy’s Diss Former President Bush says Amber’s ex, Kanye West’s diss against him was a “disgusting moment, pure and simple.” Memba when Yeezy said, “President Bush doesn’t care about black people?” Well Bush said, “He called me a racist and I didn’t appreciate it then. I don’t appreciate it now.” I wonder if any of the Hurricane Katrina survivors care if Bush us mad about what Ye said? I doubt it!
Bill Clinton Is Weighing In On Lil Wayne It must be former presidents comment on rappers day because Bill Clinton is weighing in on Lil Wayne! He said his daughter Chelsea schooled him on hip hop, including Lil Wayne. Clinton spoke on Weezy being locked up, saying, “What I hope is that this is not just something to brand him as a cool guy, but that it’ll never happen again to him.”
And of course you should know by now that Wayne is slated to be released from Riker’s Island today….and hopefully he won’t go back.
Gucci Mane Is Lucky Looks like Gucci is also avoiding going back to prison! Even though he got pepper-sprayed and arrested yesterday, all the charges have been dropped, but a judge warned that they can be reinstated.
Willie D from Geto Boys Is Going To Jail Willie D from Geto Boys isn’t so lucky! He’s been sentenced to a year in a federal prison for a scam involving fake iPhones contracts! Along with his jail time, he’s got to pay almost $200,000 in restitution! Sounds like he was watching “I Got The Hook Up” a lil too much!
Jay-Z Brings Some Class To His Beef With MC Hammer According to Jay-Z, MC Hammer misunderstood his line in the song “So Appalled,” which sparked the beef and made Hammer record the song and video, “Better Run Run.” Jay told the BBC, “I didn’t know that I was the first person to ever say that. Am I?” And here he is talking about how hammer will regret starting the beef:
Michael Jackson Fans Are Mad At T-Pain For This $h!t
Hammer and Jay-Z aren’t the only one’s beefing! Michael Jackson’s fans are pissed at T-Pain for his butchering of Michael’s song “PYT.” Pain and Robin Thicke remade it for Quincy Jones’ new album.
Drake’s Dream Collab Hopefully Drake’s collab with the prince of pop will turn out better! I’m gonna let him tell you who it is with:
T.I.’s New Album T.I. should have some banging collabs also on his new album “No Mercy,” which is due in stores December 7th. Tip said, “This album represents some of my best work inspired by my most recent best and worst life experiences.”
And real quick, I don’t know how true this is, but there’s a rumor out that TIP paid a male porn star to do Tiny while he watched!
Chart Action As for the charts, Lil Wayne’s “I Am Not A Human Being” is the #1 hip-hop album, selling 42,000 copies. Eminem’s “Recovery” moved back up the charts three positions to #5!
God Sent Rihanna A Message I just hope that when God sends me a message, he chooses a different messenger than Chris Brown! Rihanna told “Marie Claire” magazine that Chris Brown’s beating was sent from above. She said, “God has a crazy way of working…I needed that wake-up call in my life. I needed a turning point, and that’s what God was giving me.” Ok Ri Ri, if that works for you…but personally, I’ll take my messages from Godwith less bruises!
Lil Wayne Gets Another Guard In Trouble Speaking of messages, it’s best not to send Lil Wayne any if you’re a guard at Riker’s Island! Another guard is in hot water for communicating with Weezy. Captain Raphael Collazzo has been suspended without pay for 10 days because he visited Weezy for 45 minutes while he was in solitary confinement. He’s the 3rd guard to get in trouble for talking to Wayne!
Akon Is Not Welcome In Australia Akon is no longer welcome in Melbourne, Australia! During a show back in ’09 some fights broke out and Kon ended up in the middle of the brawl after supposedly trying to break it up. Now he’s not allowed back in Melbourne, which means he won’t be on the bill for the “Summerbeatz Tour” stop there, but Ciara, Soulja Boy, and Flo-Rida will be!
Obama Is On Tour President Obama is on a tour of his own! He’s been making his rounds throughout the country to help support congressional Democrats for the upcoming elections. He’s getting some help from Common in Chicago! Com will share the stage with the Pres at a pre-election rally tomorrow in Chi-Town.
Some Movie Action For Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s dream of turning “Thriller” into a full length movie may come true soon! “This Is It” director Kenny Ortega is planning on helming a big screen adaption of “Thriller.”
Chart Action As for the charts, Lil Wayne sells from his cell! He’s got the #5 spot with “I Am Not A Human Being,” which sold 64,000 copies last week. Eminem dropped from the top 5, with “Recovery” landing in the 8th spot, selling 42,000 copies, and Trey Songz’s “Passion, Pain, and Pleasure” lands at #17.
T.I. Is Finally Getting Some Good News Good news for T.I., even though he's going back to prison for 11 months! He's not going to face any drug charges in Los Angeles. The DA announced yesterday that they would NOT pursue the case since he's already heading back to his home away from home! No need to add insult to injury!
Tiny's Pap Smear Results For Sale?
Well I wish there was good news for Tiny also, but not so much! Mediatakeout.com said someone is trying sell Tiny's pap smear test results.
Matt And Gloria Barnes get Back Together
Even though he beat up her and was caught on the 911 tape, Gloria Barnes from "Basketball Wives" must have forgiven Matt Barnes because mediatakeout.com is reporting that they are back together! Which is pretty sad, especially since October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!
Kanye Gets Candid With MTV
Even though he's cocky and arrogant, you can't knock Kanye's creativity! He recently released his 35 minute film "Runaway," which you can watch by logging onto our facebook page: Right after it aired on MTV & BET, Yeezy sat down for a very candid and heartfelt interview.
Jay-Z Is Going Presidential Kanye's big brother is also doing big things! Jay-Z is officially presidential! The Deputy White House Press Secretary, William Burton, told the “New York Post” that Hova might be replacing National Economic Director Larry Summers in 2012! That is huge!
Michael Jackson Is The Highest Paid Dead Celebrity Even though he's gone, Michael Jackson is still bigger than life! According to "Forbes" Magazine, the King of Pop tops the list of the highest paid dead celebrities, with an income of $275 million.
Here’s the complete list of Forbes Top Money-Making Dead Celebs:
1. Michael Jackson, $275 million 2. Elvis Presley, $60 million 3. J.R.R. Tolkein (Lord of the Rings author) $50 million 4. Charles Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) $33 million 5. John Lennon, $17 million 6. Stieg Larsson (author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) $18 million 7. Dr. Seuss (real name: Theodor Geisel) $11 million 8. Albert Einstein, $10 million 9. George Steinbrenner (New York Yankees owner) $8 million 10. Richard Rogers (legendary Broadway songwriter) $7 million 11. Tie: rock icon Jimi Hendrix and ultra-cool actor Steve McQueen, $6 million 13. Aaron Spelling (TV producer), $5 million
Oooooh, the drama! Mario has been all up in the news lately because of allegedly getting into a fight with his mom. He’s facing charges of second degree assault, but his lawyer basically says his mother’s drug problem is to blame! Mario’s lawyer issued this statement: "Anyone who has waged the battle to save loved ones from the forces of drugs knows the irrational behavior that almost always accompanies their actions. Despite the allegations, Mario remains committed to supporting his mother."
Tiger Woods Making His Video Debut?
Speaking of action, one of Tiger Wood’s former mistresses says she has a 62-minute sex tape with Tiger and sold it in a deal with a DVD production company. Devon James said the company gave her $350,000 upfront and projected sales of $5 million!
Was Chingy Confused?
(Sidney Star Interview With Von)
MediaTakeOut is reporting that Chingy was allegedly sleeping with a man…the hip hop transsexual Sidney Star. During a radio interview, Sidney confirmed that he/she had a relationship with Chingy for 2 years. When asked if Chingy knew he/she was a man Sidney said yes! He/she also said, “Chingy is NOT the only celebrity that I’ve been with.” Whooo hooo, it’s about to hit the fan!
What The Flocka: BET Mad At Waka?
(Waka Flocka - Hard In The Paint)
Waka Flocka may have lost a famous fan after his performance at the BET Hip Hop Awards. BET’s executive VP, Stephen Hill, blasted Waka on Twitter after his performance. Hill tweeted, “BET Hip-Hop Awards. The show was going so well...and then Waka Flak-ed. Wanted to give [him] a shot #mistake." Ouch!
BET Hip Hop Awards
Speaking of the BET Hip Hop Awards, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj took home 3 honors apiece. Jay picked up “CD of the Year” for the “Blueprint 3” and Nicki walked away with “The Rookie of the Year” title. And there were tons of performances, including B.O.B., MC Hammer and The Diplomats. The Hip Hop Awards airs on BET on October 12.
Bad News For Bruno Mars
Things aren’t looking good for up-and-coming crooner Bruno Mars. He’s been charged with felony drug possession because he was caught last month in Las Vegas with 2.6 ounces of cocaine inside the Hard Rock Hotel. He could get 4 years in prison and a $5,000 fine!
Michael Jackson’s Estate Being Sued
It never seems to end…even though Michael Jackson has been gone for more than a year, he continues to make headlines! His estate is being sued for $1 million dollars by a financial consulting firm in the Middle East for allegedly failing to pay them for helping him secure a $300 million re-finance loan.
Box Office Results 1. The Social Network - $23 million 2. Legend of the Guardians - $10.9 million 3. Wall Street - 10.1 million
After the stress and strain of running for President of Haiti and working on a new album, Wyclef was hospitalized in New Jersey due to stress and fatigue. A source close to him said he’s been suffering from horrible headaches for weeks. He has been released from the hospital though and asked for his supporters to bear with him while he recovers!
Will Pressure Make TI Pop?
Speaking of stress, TI has apparently been under pressure from his record label, Atlantic Records, to make crossover, pop records. Pharrell told MTV, “"He's got songs out there right now that are singles, but, you know, there are pressures in the world, certain things you can't necessarily control. But his body of work ... he's got a crazy album. I saw, like, 60 records, and almost every record that he played me was really incredible. Then there was the more poppier side of things, where the label kinda puts the gun to your head 'cause they gotta pay their bills...Please trust, T.I.'s album is incredible, and he's an amazing talent, and it's been a while since we got together..."
Drake’s Tour Almost Sold Out Great news for Drake! Only one week into his Light Dreams & Nightmares tour, and it’s already 80% sold out! He’s already sold out New York's Radio City Music Hall (where he performs tonight and tomorrow), the Fox Theatre in Atlanta (Oct. 6) and the Chicago Theatre (Oct. 13-14).
Lil Wayne Is Larger Than Life
Well Def Jam is hoping Lil Wayne can help sell copies of its new video game, Def Jam Rapstar. Starting October 5th, you’ll see Lil Wayne in handcuffs on billboards around the country! Weezy’s song “A Milli” is featured on the game.
Kanye West Goes Def
Rapper/Actor Mos Def has signed a record deal with Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music record label, joining Common, John legend and Kid Cudi. And Kid Cudi, by the way, was sentenced to two days of community service after getting caught with liquid cocaine!
J. Cole Hits The Road
Speaking of good music, Roc Nation rookie, J. Cole, is taking his on the road. He’s kicking off his 35-city tour this Friday in Alabama.
10/10 Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant, MI 10/12 University of Louisiana - Monroe, LA 10/15 Nichols University - Dudley, MA 10/16 private location - New Brunswick, NJ 10/17 Penn State University Behrend - Erie, PA 10/21 UNC Pembroke - Pembroke, NC 10/22 private location - State College, PA 10/23 SUNY Delhi - Delhi, NY 10/24 Keene State College - Keene, NH 10/27 The Norva - Norfolk, VA 11/3 Promowest - Columbus, OH 11/4 Madison Theatre - Cincinnati, OH 11/5 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI 11/6 Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI 11/14 The Sokol - Omaha, NE 11/16 Belly Up - Aspen, CO 11/17 The Fox - Boulder, CO 11/19 Club House - Tempe, AZ 11/20 Key Club - Los Angeles, CA 11/23 Fortune Sound Club - Vancouver, BC (Can) 11/24 Neumo's - Seattle, WA 11/25 Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR 11/26 Voo Doo Lounge - San Jose, CA 11/27 Haze Nightclub - Las Vegas, NV 12/2 Club 77 - Hamilton, ON (Can) 12/4 Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY 12/5 Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Michael Jackson You Are NOT The Father? One of Michael Jackson’s former body guards claims that he might be the biological father of Michael’s youngest son, 8 year old Prince Michael II, better known as Blanket. He said he donated sperm to Michael in 2001 and that it might have been used to begat Blanket! Wow, there’s always some new rumor or scandal…when will Mike be able to rest in peace?
New Releases
1. “The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted” by Gucci Mane 2. “Lyrics” by Donell Jones 3. “I Am the West” by Ice Cube 4. “Incarcerated” by Lil' Boosie 5. “All About You” by Jeremih
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This is yet another way for The Jackson family to make money off a dead man! What do you think of this new Michael Jackson game coming out for Nintendo Wii that lets you score points by mimicking MJ's moves?
Even though it's been more than a year since his death, there's still drama surrounding the situation. Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor at the center of MJ's death, says that Mike's other doctor, his dermatologist, deserves some of the blame. Dr. Murray filed legal papers yesterday challenging a lawsuit by Joe Jackson blaming Dr. Murray for MJ's death.
B.O.B. Is Truly Presidential
On a more positive tip, B.O.B is really presidential! He and a band will perform for president Obama at Gen 44 summit Democrat rally on September 30th. Do it big then!
Kanye Gets Animated
Seems like a lot of rappers have been making some power moves lately. And Kanye West is definitely one of them! Yeezy's going to get animated for the Cleveland Show. Here's a clip:
Will.I.Am Is Hitting The Street
Speaking of rappers on TV, Will.I.Am is hitting the street...Sesame Street that is! He sings, raps and dances with his goons aka Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster! All you big kids can catch him on the September 28th episode of Sesame Street!
Drake, Trey Songz And Pitbull Say cheese! Drake, Trey Songz and Pitbull will star in a new ad campaign for Kodak. They'll also be making appearances at special events for Kodak. Look for that soon!
Chris Brown Wants You To Pay Per View Speaking of looking, Chris Brown wants you to pay $2.99 to take a look at his new video "12 Strands: Matrix." The video will debut on Monday, September 27th at 8pm on his website MechanicalDummy.com!
Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls
There's a lot of buzz surrounding Tyler Perry's new movie, For Colored Girls, starring Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Whoopi Goldberg and so many other talented folks. It was due in January, but got moved up to November 5th so it could be eligible for the Oscars.
Chart Action
Eminem's "Recovery" is in the #2 slot Fantasia's "Back To Me" is #11 Lyfe Jennings' "I Still Believe" is 22 Dorrough's 2nd album, "Get Big," made its debut at #67
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Another Celebrity Wants To Hit Kat Stacks Kat Stacks in amazing! This chick really knows how to make headlines! This weekend, the Internet was going crazy over Carmelo Anthony, allegedly, putting a hit on Rat Stacks via Twitter. He supposedly offered $50000 to anyone who would “slap the sh*t” out of “pigeon faced” Kat. Later though, his rep said his twitter account had been hacked. When will these celebs learn to just ignore her?
Drake & Nick Didn’t Get Married After All Speaking of relationships and publicity stunts, Drake & Nicki Minaj announced that they got married…then announced that it was all a big joke! Nicki had tweeted, “Yes, it’s true. Drake and I tied the knot.” Even though it was a joke, I personally think they should do it!
Did Scary Spice Scare Off Her Husband? Well just as quickly as Drake and Nicki Minaj’s marriage was over, so is Mel B. aka Scary Spice’s! Her husband, Stephan Belafonte, apparently told a newspaper in the U.K., “Dude it’s over.” And said they had been fighting a lot.
Is Fanny Preggers Speaking of ending marriages, there’s a rumor floating around that Fantasia is preggers with Antwuan Cook’s baby!! A family friend said, “Right now she can’t show how happy she is in public.”
Serena Williams’ New Nose While Fantasia might be gaining, Serena Williams is losing! Her nose that is! Some new pictures surfaced of the tennis star with what appears to be a new nose. And I hate to say it, but she looks cute!
Morning Quickies
Mos Def is being sued for more than $57,000 for missing a performance in Toronto.
Jay-Z has teamed up with the Yankees for a line of Jay-Z branded hats, shirts, and hoodies.
And another Michael Jackson concert could hit the big screen soon! It’s a 64 minutes worth of footage from a 1981 concert.
Box Office 1. The Last Exorcism ~ $21.3 million 2. Takers ~ $21 million 3. The Expendables $9.5 million ($82 million total)
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