Jill Scott Engaged to Drummer

The ink on the divorce decree isn't dry yet, from her former husband of 5 years and Ms. Scott has already landed a new boo.

I guess her life isn't the only thing that's golden!

Not trying to make you gag, just speaking the truth.

Russell's 2 Cents

Friends of mine have forwarded me gossip online about my custody agreement details with Kimora. The fact is, we’ve had a pretty good partnership at sharing the girls in the past.
There have been a few bumps in the road, and those bumps have led us to negotiate a minimum amount of time I’m guaranteed to see my kids. That deal is as follows: I have the girls one full week out of every eight, half of the summer, half of all the holidays, a full week at Christmas, and half of Spring Break.
Like in all good partnerships, contracts are meant to protect the partners but are usually not the only way the partners work together.With great love all things are possible.

Regarding the money, my kids live a tremendous life, and I’m happy to provide for that.

Awww...thats so sweet, thanks for setting it straight, God Bless and Goodnight.

Idiot Hackers Temporarily Shut Down Allhiphop & SOHH

Hip-hop Web sites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com were forced to temporarily suspend access to their sites on Friday (June 27) after being targeted this week by an apparent hate group.
Both companies' sites were hacked, and instead of the usual hip-hop related news articles and feature stories, readers were shocked to find fake headlines and obviously photoshopped pictures saturated with racial slurs and other offensive terms; the hackers also stole personal information about employees of SOHH.com. A group or individual going by the name "Anonymous" has claimed responsibility.
SOHH was first infiltrated earlier this week on its forum pages and shut itself down on Friday; AllHipHop.com also had its forums compromised. AllHipHop was back up on Friday afternoon, with a redirect containing an error message and apology.

"It appears that hackers are specifically targeting Black, Hispanic, Asian and Jewish youth who ascribe to hip-hop culture," the statement read. "Other websites, including AllHipHop and DatPiff[.com's] forums have also been compromised or threatened this week. ... Also, as this is an international issue, it is being addressed by the FBI and the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group."

Don't Want It...Don't Need It!

Scarlett Johansson continues to gush about Obama—"I am engaged to Barack Obama. My heart belongs to Barack"

"I write saying, 'Thank you, Scarlett, for doing what you do.' And suddenly we have this email relationship?"

Obama says the actress sent a supportive message to his assistant, who forwarded it to him.

I'm sure the message he wanted to send her went something like this:

Look here Missy, we need to keep running a clean campaign, and we don't need a Hollywood Starlet messing up our chances for change. Support is appreciated from afar.

Kick Rocks,

Barack

Welcome to the Good Life....

An Illinois trust company are demanding that the rapper pay over upwards $600,000 to settle his mom’s condo mortgage. Creditors said that Ms. West—who didn’t have a will when she died— owed the $600,000, plus interest when she passed, and Kanye happens to be the co-executor.

I'm sure the Louis Vuitton Don's got it handled!

Suge Auctions Death Row

A bankruptcy court judge ruled that Knight was to auction off Death Row Records and its assets, and the label was sold yesterday for $24 million to the president of Global Music Group, Susan Berg.

Your probably thinking who the F@#k is Susan Berg? Well, she's the proud owner of all recordings made by Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Dr. Dre and the late Tupac Shakur, which includes twenty songs that will be added to his collection of posthumously released tracks. Global Music Group, mostly represents country artist and were looking to add a few genres to thier client roster.

What will Suge do with himself now??? Glad you asked...trailers for his reality show "Unfinished Business" have been around for months. No word if the would-be show has been picked up by a network.

Check the link for the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrCuD8xxx8

Half A Million Dollar Babies!

According to TMZ, the founder of Def Jam and Phat Farm will have to pay $40,000 a month for his daughters, or $20K per child. According to the documents in the case, Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki, 5, will see their father with the accompaniment of a nanny and a pre-determined authority at all times, whom will be named by Kimora Lee, whom obtains sole physical custody of the girls, and Simmons will be able to see them for pre-arranged visits, once every 8 weeks besides holidays such as Father’s Day and his birthday.

I just hope for Kimora's sake, Russell hasn't had any chats with 50 Cent recently. She just got that house, and I would hate to see it burned down on Season 3 of her reality show!

$480,000 a year in child support!

Now that's Fabulosity!

BET Award Highlights

First off, I'd like to give the "Most Energetic Award"to T-Pain! He spent 60% of the 3 hour show on stage performing. Between the collection of Mad Hatter Hats, and the Slow Motion Walk, BET should have just let him host the show. The Ringleaders circus was much better than the ride we took in the time machine back to 2001 or whenever it was when D.L. was funny....

All in all I do recognize that BET believes in keeping their former "stars" employed, if only for one night. Exhibit B...Big Tigger. Wasn't it great to see him on the aftershow? Boy have I missed the yell of his voice. Let's not forget Exhibits C & D, Neffe and Frankie. They looked good, however I don't speak NorCal so could someone please translate for me? And while we are on the fam- "Worst Performance and "Worst Dressed" goes to....Keyshia Cole! Why do we keep allowing her to sing live?

Hitting a positive note-EnVogue, looked and sounded amazing! Where's their reality show BET?

SWV & TLC, not so much...Coko looked quite perturbed to be sharing the stage with others, and

T-Boz's pants were on loan from Mr. Furley of 3's Company.... Speaking of clothes on loan... it was very nice to see Anthony Hamilton pay homage to Al Green, wearing one of his actual outfits from 1975...white shoes and all!

Could have done without

A shirtless Rick Ross
Lil Kim's fake abs

The ongoing plugs for Ciroc Vodka

Diddy's efforts to reinvent the White Tux

The Black Hills...um I mean Baldwin Hills previews, and cast member sidebars

Surprised to See

Ne Yo with a female date

John Legend with a female date

Maxwell!!! Baby where have you been??? Enough with the foreplay, and put out the Black Summer's Night Trilogy CDs! But grow the hair back first, it's part of your swag.

Token Whitey

Let's not fool ourselves, we know there is one every year.

This year it was the Duchess herself Fergie.

Should Not Be Allowed to Dance in Public Ever Again

Alicia Keys, isn't being beautiful, intelligent and super talented enough? Stick to that please...you can't have it all.

Note to BET-Every year the tribute performances are spectacular, make them into CD's and sell them to the mass markets. It would be the smartest move the network has made in years.

Best Performance

T-Wayne!!! Hands down...talks of a collabo CD between the two have begun, The new era of Best of Both Worlds has begun.

In case you didn't notice, there weren't any actual highlights of the award recipients. Reason being, the BET Awards hold no merit, whatsoever within the entertainment industry.

Not trying to be mean, just being honest.

Welcome to Oz...Surprised?

Not sure if you all remember but back in 2000 Nate Dogg was arrested by the LA SWAT team, for investigation of kidnapping his former girlfriend and torching a car. In 2001 those charges were dropped, Nate was also was sentenced to three years' informal probation in March of this year, after pleading guilty to aggravated trespass and battery charges stemming from a 2006 domestic violence complaint, brought by an ex-girlfriend, now lets fast forward to the present....

According to a California Highway Patrol statement, “a female caller contacted the CHP Los Angeles communications center to report that her estranged husband, Nate Hale, had made death threats against her, and was now following her vehicle as she traveled on north I-405.”

Officers moved to intercept and stopped both the victim and Mr. Hale," the CHP rep said. "Subsequent investigations supported her statement and fears." and Nate Dogg is now being held at the LA Twin Towers jail.

In all fairness, could it be the monotone in his voice, that these women find threatinng? It has to be, Nate Dogg is too busy trying to reclaim the "King of Hooks" title from Akon and T-pain and doesn't really have the time to whisper sweet nothings into the ears of ex-girlfriends...

The man just recovered from a stroke, how much damage can he do to you???

Aside from the singing???

YUCK!!!

Over the weekend, Rihanna, her boyfriend, Chris Brown and his mom, Joyce Hawkins, made a stop at the GBK Productions' Fire & Ice gifting lounge for the BET Awards. Hawkins, according to a source, was overheard cooing, "Rihanna is the sexiest and sweetest girl Chris has ever dated."

WTF? How weird is that??? My brother has brought some chicks home, not once has my momma ever said they were sexy.... Sounds like someones mom needs a date of her own...

Is that what Rick James meant, by "don't bring her home to mother?"

Yeah, yeah, I'm wrong for that one! What else is new???

The Boss???

Apparently, after his Rick Ross makeover, American Idol winner Ruben Studdard has found love and is soon to be wed, to a nobody...like himself.

I know this is not really blog worthy, but I thought this picture was too funny.

Sorry Ricky!

Will.I.AM Cast in next X-Men Film

No, he won't be taking over the Wolverine role, although I can see why you'd think that.

"My character's name is John Wraith. He's a black Texan. He's not a cowboy, but his gear suggests that he is. He's just a badass who'll whoop your ass." Says the Black Eyed Peas front man.

Check for William Adams Jr., March 2009 in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men film series.

Jacob the Inmate....

Jacob "The Jeweler" Arabov — the infamous New York diamond merchant who has outfitted countless rappers, NBA players and even onetime Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani — was sentenced Tuesday (June 24) to two and a half years in federal prison for lying to investigators about his part in a multi-state drug ring.

He was among 40 people indicted in the scheme orchestrated by the Black Mafia Family, which ran drugs out of Detroit beginning in the 1990s. Arabov will report to prison on January 15, and the judge in the case said he might have to receive drug treatment while in prison because he tested positive for cocaine following his arrest.

Maybe, if he's good they will let him add some ice to a few license plates....Don't drop the soap!

Bow Wow's Change of Heart

Bow Wow's first love has been replaced. No not me! He's traded rapping for acting, after six albums in seven years, the 21-year-old says his focus has shifted from music to acting. "I love it more than music," he said on the set of "Hurricane Season."

"As of right now, I'm still gonna release another album," he added. "Music is second to me right now. Acting is my number-one priority ... and this is the first time in my acting career I've been able to do movies back to back to back. I don't wanna lose that momentum. I don't know if this opportunity will ever come around again, so I want to abuse it as much as I can."

After that Double Whammy of a flop, the Face Off CD with Omarion, it's no wonder he's decided to change focus. Good thing, I can definetly appreciate his acting better than his rhymes...No worries Shad, you can still be my fetus fling whether your flowing or gracing the big screen! Call me in 5 years....

BOOOO!

The Grammy winner walked onto the festival stage in Seattle, nearly two hours past his scheduled 2:45 a.m. performance time Sunday morning and was greated by bleary-eyed fans' chorus of boos and chants of "Kanye sucks."

The crowd should have chanted "I need you to hurry up now, cause I can't wait no longer" instead of booing, and don't they know they should be honored by his lateness, that he would even show up to this fake sh*t.....

Sorry, I couldn't resist! LMAO!

Young Jeezy Named In Cocaine Trafficking

Prosecution witness Ralph "Ralphie" Simms, who was indicted last year in a related federal drug case in Los Angeles, has been cooperating with the federal government as it continues to build its cocaine-conspiracy case against alleged Black Mafia Family member Fleming "Ill" Daniels, the paper reported. Simms reportedly told the jury that he is hoping his cooperation will result in a reduced sentence.

Simms, testifying in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, told the court that Jeezy — whose nickname is the "Snowman" — was on the receiving end of multiple kilos of cocaine from the Black Mafia Family, a drug gang accused of moving hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of the drug across the country.

According to Creative Loafing, Simms testified that he worked for the Black Mafia Family and that he was charged with unloading the gang's cocaine from limousines with secret compartments. He told the court that he'd pile hundreds of bricks of coke in various stash houses and that, back in fall 2004, high-ranking BMF members Chad "J-Bo" Brown and Martez "Tito" Byrth ordered him to set aside multi-kilo cocaine "shipments" for two customers.
One of them, he said, was "Jeezy."

"The rapper?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert McBurney asked.

"Yes," Simms replied.

Your honor, I have 2 words for the witness....Stop Snitching :)

Change Your Name, Change Your Name

Yesterday on Wendy Williams' top rated radio show The Wendy Williams Experience - Wendy got former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams to talk openly about smoking marijuana, having sex, and falling on 106 & Park.

For this first time ever, Michelle actually sounded like a real girl - not the manufactured bourgeois singer that she's been playing for the past few years.The best part of the interview though is where Michelle claimed that Matthew Knowles forced her to change name - from her real name Tenitra - to Michelle.

This from someone who named his 2nd child Solange???

Girl please... stop complaining, and count your blessings that Mr. Knowles took you under his creepy wing, and made this child of destiny, a survivor.

Get to work on a new gospel album....Tenitra!

Is Big Boi Bitter?

Obviously, Big Boi's raps have remained incisive through the years, but his partner has gotten most of the shine. Andre 3000 even landed on our "Hottest MCs in the Game" list for the past two years. So does Daddy Fat Stacks think he's being slept on?
"I don't know if it's an underestimation," Big replied. "I just don't really put myself out there like that. I draw enough attention to myself when I step in the room. Lyrically and as being an artist, I have nothing to prove. Me and Dre have done everything there is to do. We've won the Super Bowl of music. Hip-hop artists won Album of the Year at the Grammys. After that, what can you do? All the rhymes are definitely vicious. Once people get the whole Big Boi album and put it under a microscope, they'll see." ...

As usual, the Purple Ribbon All Star speaks the truth which is why he remains to be one of my favorite MC's in the Game!

Big Boi gives details on his new album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, drops next month.

Shante, Shante, Shante

The wife of Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Saturday morning in Orange County, Calif.
Police in the city of Fullerton pulled over Shante Brodus, 32, at about 12:15 a.m. She was booked, cited and given a notice to appear in court.

Good to know, Mr. Brodus isn't the one that can get into trouble.....Damn Boss Lady!!! Someone was rollin' down the street, smoking and sippin'.

The Pied Piper's Justice

A Cook County jury today acquitted R&B superstar R. Kelly of child pornography charges, marking the end of a high-profile trial.

The 41-year-old singer, long denied charges that he videotaped himself engaging in a variety of sex acts with his then-underage goddaughter. Authorities said the female in the video could have been as young as 13 at the time. The jury of nine men and three women deliberated for 7 ½ hours before finding Kelly not guilty on all 14 counts.

After 7 long years of hoopla, this is the end result.

Funny, I thought celebrities only got away with the crimes if the case was tried in California.

I guess it's the same coast to coast LA to Chicago.

Eva The Soap Opera Diva

First it was YaYa DeCosta on All My Children, now Eva on The Young and the Restless. Looks like Top Models are taking over Daytime, one bubbly soap opera at a time.

Eva Marcille has been hired by The Young and the Restless to play a young mother named Devon, on the hit daytime drama! Eva has already begun taping scenes and will debut on June 25th!

In November of 2006, Eva left her managers Benny Medina and Tyra Banks. She signed with new management and officially dropped "Pigford" from her name, now going by Eva Marcille (her middle name).

Kudos to Eva for dropping Tyra as a manager and dropping that hillbilly last name. Marcille is much more befitting for her. (Everyone knows I am an advocate of name changes, (wink! )

Go 'head Eva with your non-acting self!

The Good, The Bad & The Not Right

Round 1

Spike Lee criticises the historical accuracy of Eastwoods films: "Clint Eastwood made two films about Iwo Jima that ran for more than four hours total, and there was not one Negro actor on the screen,” he said at the time.

Eastwood responded "Has he ever studied the history?" he asks, in that familiar near-whisper."That was his version. The negro version did not exist." "A guy like him should shut his face."

Round 2

"First of all, the man is not my father and we're not on a plantation either," Spike Lee told ABCNEWS.com about Clint Eastwood. "He's a great director. He makes his films, I make my films. The thing about it though, I didn't personally attack him. And a comment like 'a guy like that should shut his face' -- come on Clint, come on. He sounds like an angry old man right there."

Spike continues:

"If he wishes, I could assemble African-American men who fought at Iwo Jima and I'd like him to tell these guys that what they did was insignificant and they did not exist," he said. "I'm not making this up. I know history. I'm a student of history. And I know the history of Hollywood and its omission of the one million African-American men and women who contributed to World War II."

"Not everything was John Wayne, baby..."

I am speechless....

The Longest Wait Ever......

The sequel to Sistah Souljah's urban cult fav "The Coldest Winter Ever" will finally hit the stands. It's been 9 long years, since we've last envisioned Winter Santiaga, in her struggle with the streets, family and jail..... in October '08 "Midnight; A Gangster Love Story" will be available wherever books are sold.

Now if only she can get the movie made.....

BEEF: BET vs The Boondocks

BET has undergone a political conflict with The Boondocks. BET threatened litigation if the 14th and 15th episodes of the second season were aired due to references to BET.

The two shows take aim at BET's top execs and the continuous efforts, the network makes to showcase and amplify, negative imagery and stereotypes that work as a "destructive" force within African American culture. However BANNING these episodes, has only brought more attention to the show, as curious minds wander....

Obviously the truth hurts and BET can't stand to take a look in the mirror and own up to the damage they are causing to the youth (their target audience) with their socially irresponsible programming.

If you want to see the uncut and uncensored episodes, Season 2 of The Boondocks is available on DVD now!

The Future Mr. & Mrs.Timothy Mosley

Pack your bags, we are headed to Aruba!....well not "us" per say.

Those close to the uber producer and Monique Idlett, (Tims' publicist/ girlfriend/baby momma) , were told to prepare to fly to the island on June 19th for the nuptials.

Hmmm... I wonder if Justin Timberlake will be the best man......

Smells like Queen Spirit

Dana Owens aka Queen Latifah, has a new scent, which will debut in the United States in the fall 2009 season, with an international rollout to follow.

My only question...Is this perfume supposed to attract men or women???

Hmmmmm..........

Revenge of the N.E.R.D.

FYI- to all fans...Do Not Jump On Stage!

If you do Pharrell will pretend to give you a pound, and push you off of the stage, and into the screaming crowd. Don't believe me, just ask the poor unsuspecting dude this happened to at a recent concert.

Aparerntly this is the protocol for the group, during the "Glow in the Dark Tour"

You've been warned......

Is Sharon Stoned?

At an AIDS charity auction, celebrity auctioneer Sharon Stone, solicits a bid from Diddy, when the mogul jokes that he doesn't have enough dough, Ms. Stone asks"What the F*ck, you been spending it on crack?"

Surprisingly, the Bad Boy did not retaliate with a "crack" to her Botoxed head using a bottle of champagne!

I guess he has respect for the elderly....

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