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Queens Officials Fear Violence at 50 Cent Charity Event
50 Cents surprise concert for his native Queens is being met with resistance from community officials who suspect the event will be mired in violence.
50, who will bus hundreds of children to a benefit concert at New Jerseys Six Flags on August 29, set the free Queens show to commence the following day at the PS-30 schoolyard in his native South Jamaica neighborhood.
Everybodys gonna be there, you need to stop by there and come hang out with us. its gonna be a whole lot of festivities and games going on, a lot of educational stuff at the same time, 50 Cent told AllHipHop.com. “We will have people from the DMV, there if you dont have your drivers or permits and stuff like that you can come do that. The clinics all kind of stuff, if you are there you can come fix it.
Even with his community outreach efforts, law enforcement are fearful that the moguls past street beefs could result in innocent concert goers being hurt.
Someone’s gonna try to make a name for themselves,” an anonymous official told the NY Post. “They’re gonna take a shot at him, and they’re either gonna hit him or they’re gonna miss him and hit some poor, innocent kid or grandmother.
The uneasiness stems from the still officially unsolved shooting of 50 Cent back in 2000.
The rapper was ambushed outside his grandmothers house, and survived despite being wounded nine times by a 9MM handgun.
As a precaution, the NYPD is planning to utilize their gang units to shut down the 20 blocks around the South Jamaica Houses (40 Projects) to manage an expected turnout of 10,000 people.
The event is being sponsored by 50 and Bette Midlers New York Restoration Project, which is a non-profit agency that focuses on support for low-income families.
Although 50 has been prominently featured for the show, his publicist Keesha Johnson denied he would perform a set, insisting the G-Unit CEO would be there for appearance purposes.
The NY Parks Department is finalizing arrangements for the show, which is scheduled to take place on August 30.
The concert will be preceded by the schools Family Day at 5:30PM.
At press time, 50 Cent has not confirmed the artists who will perform for the benefit concert.
Havoc P###. By MoSS
“Fly With Me”
The Undergodz Keith Murray And Canibus Ft. Crooked I
“Show And Prove”
St. Laz Ft. Opium
“Runnin”
Music Video Directors: Assassins 4 Hire?
Watch what youre watching/
Nas, Sly Fox, Untitled, 2008.
Images matter. The age of denying the
insurmountable effects graphic material masters on the minds of young,
impressionable viewers should be far behind us. In the last decade alone, we have
witnessed the dramatic possibilities an irresponsible media state is capable of
producing when held to no account. From the shock-and-awe broadcast of the 9/11
attacks; to the grossly unethical reports about mass looting, criminal rampage,
and child molestation, following Katrinas landfall; to the media-manufactured
scandal last year, involving President Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright
Jr., the truth is no longer deniable.
By and large, the aim is to elicit
specific and planned emotional reactions in the people who see them.[1]
The media is a myth-making machine. It
thrives on the gullibility and vulnerability of untrained and uninformed
viewers. Whether to help propagate political propaganda, or to arouse viewers
to unconscionable actions, images can be the defining factor between life and
death. The power of imagery is so strong, that it has defined the humanity of
millions of immigrants (Blacks, Browns, and Yellows), condemned millions to
death (Jews), convinced nations in supporting unpopular wars, and programmed children
into believing in fables.
Some say the
pen overpowers the sword/
The video camera is just as powerful when it records/
Images matter. Raw footage of LAPD
officers brutalizing the skull of a drunk man[2]
awoke the sleeping beast of unrest in disgruntled youth, resulting in over $1
billion in damages.
Images come from symbols. Thankfully,
renowned psychologists like Dr. Frances Cress Welsing have taken great time out
to decode the meaning behind some of the symbols already ingrained into our
mental facultyor brain computer, as she calls it. These symbols are
responsible for the triggered reactions most of us educe when confronted by
certain imagesthe cross, the gun, the sun, the moon, the stars, sexual organs,
etc. They communicate with pre-established sentiments in our psyche, evoking
strong emotional expressionswhich should discredit the arguments of those who relentlessly
contend that what is shown on TV is mere entertainment; thus, undeserving of
the critical examination thoughtful viewers pay to it.
Acclaimed scholar Henry Giroux has
dedicated a lifetime of service to the assessment of mass media, and the
development of critical theories to fight back against the rise of
neo-liberalism in this media-driven era. In Beyond
the Spectacle of Terrorism: Global Uncertainty and the Challenge of the New
Media, Giroux writes: Mass and image-based media have become a new and
powerful pedagogical force, reconfiguring the very nature of politics, cultural
production, engagement, and resistance. [3]
But the terrain gets a bit tricky to
navigate, with accepted notions that any call for responsibility in media
production is a half step away from Communisman obliteration of the First
Amendment guarantee to Free Press. In the nameor rather, under the guiseof
exercising their right to uncensored broadcasting[4],
ruthless misrepresentations go unchallenged, countless lies are told, and
reports are presented as unbiasedto ensure corporate sponsorship is appeased.[5]
Telling lies to
our vision/
Telling lies to our children/
Telling lies to our babies/
Only Truth can take us away/
Images matter. The average viewer spends
3 hours a day in front of the idiot box, guaranteeing that by age 75, such
person would have flittered away 9 years of his/her life in the pursuit of
unreal imaginations.[6]
The brain functions primarily in Delta,
Theta, Alpha, and Beta Waves. The Delta and Theta waves occur in infants and
children, while the Alpha and Beta waves occur in adults. The Beta state is
required for more energetic work, and the Alpha for cerebral
activitiesreading, sleeping, Yoga, meditation, etc. In the Alpha state, most
nerves are relaxed, and the brain is most vulnerable to information-penetration.
An attentive student in class is most likely to be found in the Alpha state.
The Beta, however, keeps the body functioning on optimum level.[7]
When most people watch TV, their brain
waves immediately switches from the Beta to the Alpha state, leaving the mind
at risk to whatever data is being transmitted. Researchers have found that, at
this stage, the brain relaxes into a mild-hypnotic state, which is why TV
watchers can seat firm for hours, without moving an inch. This also explains
why when disturbed in the middle of their TV-watching sessions, viewers can
become erratic and, even, violentas some are when woken from deep sleep.
Because of the fast-paced images, and the rapid transitions on screen, the left
side of the brain, responsible for assessment and accountability, is, in
essence, shut down, rendering the mind defenseless to attacks from any source.[8]
* * *
Images matter. The gift of music videos
has blessed Hip-Hop with just as much curse. Through television, Hip-Hop
introduced the world to a reality that had trapped the humanity of millions of
Black and Brown men. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Fives The Message has
stood the test of time, remaining the most prolific example of the best
prophetic Hip-Hop has to offer. With the music video release for The Message[9],
a global audience saw firsthand what it meant to be livin in a bag and
eating out of garbage piles; a place where smugglers, scramblers, burglars,
gamblers, pickpockets, peddlers, and even pan-handlers were local heroes. This
audience was forced to pay attention to the criminal conditions inner-city
Black and Brown youth were relegated to.
The message
was delivered.
Unfortunately, Hip-Hop music videos
havent all followed that tradition since. In fact, the majority have deviated
far from it, choosing instead to bow before the altars of sexual exploitation
and materialism, choosing instead to glorify the violence of inner-city warfare.
The horrendously misogynistic nature of
most of these videos has created an atmosphere where women who listen to
Hip-Hop are trapped between their love for it and the hate being hurled at
them, creating a sense of conflict within the psyche that can cause as much
pain as it does pleasure. And, though the 90s brought with it caricatures who
believed the best solution was an all-out vilification of Hip-Hoporganizing congressional
hearings, televising bonfire sessions to burn Hip-Hop posters and CDs[10]the
criticism wasnt all unfair. A good deal of it was warranted.
In The
Isis Papers, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing detailed the need for a critical
understanding of the havoc mass media reproduction of racial stereotypes wreaks
on Black minds: These weekly insults to Black manhood that we have been
programmed to believe are entertainment and not direct racist warfare, further
reinforce, perhaps in the unconscious thinking of Black people, a loss of
respect for Black manhood while carrying that loss to ever deeper levels.[11]
Commercial Hip-Hop music videos have,
without a doubt, furthered and reinforced those insults, and, in many ways,
made it more palatable for a younger
generation to accept, digest, and pass it on to the next batch of guinea pigs.
Black women have been reduced to nothing but disposable sexual objects, Black
men have been portrayed as trigger-happy-gangbanging-Minstrels, and all sense
of commonsense has been completely blotted out.[12]
This covert propaganda machine, which
does the dishes for white supremacist thought, feminist scholar bell hooks
once explained, is in the business of skillfully manipulating representations
to convey to black folks and everyone else the notion, however false, that
black life is horrible, that black people are the enemy, dangerous to
themselves and others.[13]
Images matter. Many Hip-Hop artists have
willfully participated, knowingly or not, in this operation; but music video
directors, answerable only to record label executives, should be held to
greater account.
Take for example famed director Gregory
Dark, who has helped put together videos for many Hip-Hop luminaries including
Ice Cube, Xzibit, Snoop Dogg, and David Banner. Dark, in his former life, was a
p### director and producer.
In 1985, he directed and co-produced two
interracial p### flicks: Black Throat and Let Me Tell Ya bout Black Chicks. In the second, Dark, who is
white, featured a scene where two white men, adorned in Ku Klux Klan attire,
are seen raping a Black woman. Upon entering the bedroom where shes found, one
even blurts out: Lets f**k the s**t out of this darky! Because of the crass
content and racially inflammatory representations, it wasnt released to the
home video market. In an interview years later, Dark reportedly reminiscences on
his groundbreaking exploits: I had these Klu Klux Klan guys riding on top of
black girls as if theyre horses. That scene made me happy.[14]
It makes more sense now that a guy with
such history of devaluing Black femalehood is highly sought after, by our best
and brightest, to extend that tradition to a new generation. But, on the set,
artists rarely get a say. The directors mostly speak directly with the record
labels to draw out a plan for portrayal. Artists are merely the proxy through
which it is delivered.[15]
And this explains why most video vixens are light-skinnedeven if the artists
are anything but.
Up late night,
on they mothers cordless, thinking a perm or/
Bleaching cream will make them betterwhen they gorgeous/
Earlier this year in April, Hip-Hop
entrepreneur Diddys integrity was called into question, following a leaked
casting call memo for the promotion of his liquor brand, CIROC Vodka (40%
Alc./Vol.). The directors of an upcoming commercial requested that all models
be White, hispanic or light skinned african american Height: At least 5’6 or
taller Size 7 or smaller.[16]
Shortly after, CIROC representatives denied it had anything to do with the
inappropriate and offensive casting call, denying consent and knowledge; but
the truth had already escaped the tunnel by then.
Images matter. In an interview with TV
personality Joy Daily for an upcoming documentary, Complexion Obsession, Texas rapper Paul Wall reveals why most
mainstream Hip-Hop videos deliberately feature light-skinned women over their
darker-hued counterparts: From the perspective of the director of the videos,
or from the perspective of the record labels, [theyre] looking at it as,
Okay, if this girl [is] light-skinned, you dont know if she [is] Black, you
dont know if she [is] Hispanic, and she might be White. And, too, a lot of
older White folks it might be easier for them to accept a light-skinned girl.[17]
Those executives, the older White folks he talked about, are the only ones to
whom directors answer, thus making it easy to disregard complaints from artistsif
at all anyabout the unilateral
complexion of the models on set.
Accomplished actress Nia Long has
long-complained about the color-coded biases in Hollywood, and who is to blame
for it. Speaking in 2002 with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Long
contended that light-skinned actresses, in the minds of mainstream movie-goers,
are less threatening and more identifiable. She explained just why this is
so: I think White people can say in their minds: Oh, one of her parents is
White, and so, youre one of us, too. … Youre just a tad bit less
threatening.[18]
This identifiability factor also plays
out in the Hip-Hop game, more so at a time when White suburban kids have become
the dominant consumers of the culture.[19]
Of course, occasionally, some rappers
reveal their struggles with self-hatred, such as Chicago native Yung Berg who,
last year, confessed his distaste for dark-skinned women (or butts, to use
his term): Im kinda racist I dont really like dark butts too much Its
rare that I do dark buttslike really rare. Its like, no darker than me.[20]
But, as Pittsburgh MC Jasiri X pointed out, The Industry Doesn’t Like Dark
Butts Either.
Jasiri X, in a candid essay, revealed
why he chose to pass up the opportunity to join the fray of justifiably annoyed
Black women who lit up the internet in response: [I]f you have ever seen 1 or
1000 rap videos you know dark skinned sisters are damn near nonexistent in
them. (Ironically, Yung Berg has a dark skinned sister in his new video. Whats
not ironic is that he disses her for a lighter skinned woman.) I guess video
casting directors are giving the pool test too. Yung Bergs comments were but
the inevitable reflection of a broader set of concerns, Jasiri noted, because
the epitome of beauty in this society is the blond hair blue eyed white woman
and the closer you are to that image the easier it is to be accepted as
attractive.[21]
Images matter. They are the bedrock upon
which our thoughts are formed. And conceptions of self follow suit. If these
weekly insults to our sense of humanity keep going unchecked, the future will
spell disaster for all those unlucky
enough to reach it.
[1] http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article80.html
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROn_9302UHg
the Spectacle of Terrorism: Global Uncertainty and the Challenge of the New
Media. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2006, p. 26.
[4] http://www.buzzle.com/articles/power-of-an-image.html
[5] http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/01/ge/index.html
[6] http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/culture/television/television-addiction-is-no-mere-metaphor
[7] http://www.200words-a-day.com/alpha.html
[8] http://www.trashyourtv.com/node/318
[9] http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrrio_grandmaster-flash-the-message_music
[10] http://velourpistol.com/the_souls_of_rap_folk.html
[11] Welsing,
Frances Cress. The Isis
Papers: The Keys to the Colors. Chicago: Third World Press, 1991.
[12] https://allhiphop.com/stories/editorial/archive/2009/08/10/21886645.aspx
My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem. New York: Atria, 2002.
[14] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_Tell_Ya_%27bout_Black_Chicks
[15] http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653639,00.html
[16] http://sandrarose.com/2009/03/25/ciroc-doesnt-like-dark-skinned-african-americans/
[17] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKseohALy0&eurl
[18] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NDs9iGjlZk
[19] http://www.divinecipher.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=38
Sticky Fingaz: Debo The Game
Sticky Fingazs has seen some extreme highs and some lows, but hes made it farther than anybody imagined when Onyx hit the scene with Throw Ya Gunz. The raspy, rugged baldhead clique pioneered a heavy metal, hyper-masculine brand of music thats still seen in live shows. Now, hes created a Hip-Hop movie where actors do nothing but rap. Admittedly underrated but characteristically outspoken, Onyx front man Sticky Fingaz talks about 10-plus years in Hip-Hop and his future in the entertainment game. Oh, hes also got a word for those that dont think hes worthy of Top 5 Dead or Alive Honors.
AllHipHop.com: What makes touring overseas and doing shows in other countries different than doing shoes in America?
AllHipHop.com: Its a long flight for starters. [laughs] I think people overseas appreciate Hip-Hop music a little but more than the States. Not that the States dont, but theyre just crazy over there and s**t. Its like a time warp.
AllHipHop.com: Are you surprised at the number of fans that you still have or the amount of people who are still into classic Onyx?
Sticky Fingaz: No Im not surprised. Weve been going over there since like 94, 95, so its been a minute, you know what I mean? Its just a worldwide thing. We just finished an overseas tour a few months ago. We were everywhereRussia, Germany. It was crazy over there. You feel like you Michael Jackson or some s**t over there. We still poppin over here, though. Definitely still poppin. The whole music era has changed in the States. You got all these new cats coming up with the new sound and the down South and the T-Pains, so its a little bit different. Its like that happy, dancin, singin type Hip-Hop. Its made a complete f**kin circle back to the Salt n Pepa days and s**t when Kane and Scoob and Scrap was making up dance moves and s**t where overseas, they still stuck in the classic era, which is the Onyx era. They still want the aggressive music, the angry s**t.
AllHipHop.com: Are you critical of it coming full circle, as you say? Of what you call the happy music?
Sticky Fingaz: What do you mean by critical of it?
AllHipHop.com: Do you think that it dumbs down Hip-Hop or do you think that its just another phase of the music?
Sticky Fingaz: I dont think its good or bad. It just is. Either you embrace it and change with the time or you change the times, you know what Im saying. I think Im one of the changers. I change times. I dont really jump on the bandwagon. When Onyx came out, we was the same s**t. We had changed the times because s**t was on some happy s**t back then. De La Soul was out, Q-Tip and themit was a happy era. And then Naughty by Nature came out. They was more street, but they still had a little bit of happy music. You down with OPP? And thats my dude, you know what Im sayin?
“The reason that Debo the Game has Autotune on it is because Im debo-ing n****s. I was tellin T-Pain Im deeboing s**t. that s**t was out before Hov put out Death of Autotune. Tell Hov to stop biting my s**t.”
-Sticky Fingaz
AllHipHop.com: So who do you make your music for?
Sticky Fingaz: I make my music for myself and then I just feel like maybe I have a universal opinion so maybe what I like, everybody else likes.
AllHipHop.com: If you could mentor somebody in Hip-Hop right now, someone with raw talent but lacks direction, who would it be? Would you even do that?
Sticky Fingaz: I dont know. Probably a couple of those dudes. Nothing comes to mind immediately, though.
AllHipHop.com: Do you consider yourself Top 5 dead or alive?
Sticky Fingaz: Definitely. I feel like Im one of the most underrated artists out there and s**t. Im like one of the illest and I dont even get the proper due. N****s be writing albumsI wrote a whole f**kin movie in rap. Aint nobody doin that s**t. The s**t is ill, too. It got favorite actors in there. N****s aint raising the creative bar like I am. Not to toot my own horn and s**t. Thats why I did the movie, to let people know yall n****s aint ill. Im f**kin ill. So yeah, you know, I see everybody else getting the critical acclaim and the money that comes with it. Meanwhile, Im like underrated and s**t. Im murderin and been doing this s**t for yearsfor instance, Hip Hop Honors. They aint never honored f**kin Onyx. I be seein these little magazines and s**t, they be doing the 10 years in Hip-Hop. My name dont be nowhere in there, Onyx name dont be nowhere in there, like they trying to write us out the book of rap or some s**t.
“I feel like Im one of the most underrated artists out there and s**t. Im like one of the illest and I dont even get the proper due….[It’s] like they trying to write [Onyx] out the book of rap or some s**t.”
-Sticky Fingaz
AllHipHop.com: So why you think youre so underrated? What is it?
Sticky Fingaz: I dont know. Maybe I started at such a young age that I didnt have my business in tact. I left too many gaps in my career. Gaps as far as not putting out albums, like concentrating on movies and s**t and forgetting about the music for a few years and coming back. S**t like that. Maybe that has something to do with itpeople want consistency I guess, you know? That never changes the illness in the person that were speaking about.
AllHipHop.com: So how long did it take you to write the material for A Day in the Life?
Sticky Fingaz: Oh, that s**t was easy. I wrote that s**t in a flash. It took me a long time to film it because I was spending my own money shooting the movie and I was working with other peoples schedules and s**t. So it took a long time to shoot it, but writing it was easy. I already wrote the second one. The second one is shot, in the can and everything. Its got Vivica Fox, Cedric the Entertainer, Angie Stone, Joe Torrey, Malik Yobaits crazy.
AllHipHop.com: So its a sequel?
Sticky Fingaz: Nah, its not a sequel, but its the same concept where the whole movie is in rap. But its a different story and different actors, you know what I mean? Just like my niche. Im good at that and it just flows freely, so I said hey, let me just do another one and keep doin that s**t. So if somebody else do one, they be like, oh thats Sticky s**t. Get the f**k outta here.
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AllHipHop.com: Where did the concept come from? Why a whole movie in rap?
Sticky Fingaz: I got the concept a while ago cuz you gotta figure my first album, Black Trash, was just like that. The whole entire album was a movie and s**t. But I never had the funding to make the actual movie. So the album was the movie. This time, I got the funding. First I started spending my own money, then I got finishing funds from Lions Gate, you know what I mean? I just feel like if you wanna do something, you gotta just put your mind to it and dont let nothin stop you. So I did the s**t. And its doing well. The streets is receiving well, the numbers are great, so I think people are startin to realize and recognize the s**t. But it dont stop there. Then Ima do another and another, then Ima do a TV series like that and keep droppin these s**ts on muthaf**kas.
AllHipHop.com: Speakin of which, do you miss Platinum? We loved that show.
Sticky Fingaz: Oh, I loved that s**t. That was like a party on set everyday. Sticky had the party trailer. It was poppin. I was like, oh, Im gettin paid to do this s**t. Are you serious? I was just having too much fun.
AllHipHop.com: I know you were disappointed when it got canceled.
Sticky Fingaz: I wasnt disappointed. It was what it was. It was fun while it lasted. Good things dont last forever, you know what I mean. All good things must come to an end. It was fun while it lasted, boom. Move on to the next show. Next show after that wasI was playing a soldier in the TV show Over There. After that, I was the first rapper to ever be a superhero. I played Blade in a TV show. Thats what it is, man. The world may not know this, but weve always been the first to do s**t, to change s**t. As far as Onyx, we the first rappers to make Black street kids slam dance and stage dive, the first rapper to ever be a f**kin superhero, the first rapper to ever put out a whole entire movie in rap. We dont follow other people. We make our own paths.
AllHipHop.com: I asked you how you felt about being in the Top 5 but I didnt get the rest of your picks.
Sticky Fingaz: I dont got a Top 5 Dead or Alive. Itd take me too long to think about it. I dont know. Im not a chooser. People be like, “hey, what you want for dinner?” or some s**t. Well, I dont eat beef and I dont eat pork so get whatever, you know what Im saying? Im not really a chooser like that. I would just definitely be one of the people in my own top 5.
AllHipHop.com: Thats funnymy next question is about you choosing acting roles.
Sticky Fingaz: People approach me, sometimes I audition and sometimes I make my own movies.
AllHipHop.com: OK. So do you plan to release a version of Deebo the Game with no Autotune?
Sticky Fingaz: Umm, nah not really. Its already out so just leave that s**t like that. The reason that Deebo the Game has Autotune on it is because Im deeboing n****s. I was tellin T-Pain Im deeboing s**t. Gimme that, homie. But he can have that s**t back now. I used it once. Thats enough. I actually have a record we was gonna put out called OnyxDomain.com and it says Im bout to take that T-Pain s**t and break that s**t. Actually, that s**t was out before Hov put out Death of Autotune. We just didnt mass release it. We just released it on the Onyx website, like a little teaser for the fans and s**t. Tell Hov to stop biting my s**t.
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AllHipHop.com: Can you tell me about the rock album that Onyx is working on?
Sticky Fingaz: Yeah, that s**t is crazy. I think its gonna be Onyxs biggest album. Just like Slam was Onyxs biggest song, I think this is gonna be Onyxs biggest album cuz you know we just embrace things. All our shows we go to, majority of them, overseas, in the States, is like 80% white peoplegoing crazy, slam dancing, stage diving, throwing water, climbing podiums. It got that rock element, so we just embracing it. we still keeping it street, still keeping it hard.
Controversial Journalist Sam Ferguson Shot Dead
Police are investigating the brazen shooting death of a Miami journalist who worked for Don Diva Magazine.
Samuel Ferguson, 47, was shot to death on Friday (August 14) when unknown assailants opened fire on his car, as he was driving along the Florida Turnpike.
Ferguson, who also went by the name of Samuel Silvasteen and was President of Don Diva, crashed his car into a median and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Don Diva founder Tiffany Chiles, Ferguson was hired nine months ago to help the street magazine gain a stronger footprint in the Southern Florida region.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragic and senseless incident,” Chiles told AllHipHop.com. “Sam was not just the president of Don Diva South, he was a family friend for over 20 years. Sam was our brother. He was well respected and loved my many. He will be missed.”
Ferguson aka P Man Sam found himself in the middle of controversy in October of 2008, as news that Rick Ross was once a correctional officer began to the Internet.
Ross, who had known Ferguson prior to his job with Don Diva, took Ferguson to his Carol City, Florida neighborhood for an interview, presumably for the magazine.
The rapper became angry with Ferguson over an interview with Hip-Hop Weekly and for a Q&A with Don Diva magazine titled Would the Real Rick Ross Stand Up.
Ferguson is a liar, hes an informant, hes a rat, hes a b***h, Rick Ross said of Ferguson during their feud. I hope hes offended; get at me in the streets n***a you know how we play. This s**t about to get Deeper Than Rap.
Police have no suspects in the shooting, but they seek a black car with clear tail light lenses.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Akon’s “Fam” Is Livid! Rappers Getting Robbed? Briscoe’s Re-up!
DISCLAIMER:
All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.
THE DAILY TWO SENSE
We post a lot of videos. If you are interested in seeing the videos before I even post them, mosey on over to our video section. Theres a lot there. Check it out!
I have heard all the feedback regarding Miss Mouth, from the top to the bottom. Now, I have said this is a trial period for her as my assistant. We are very new in the game and I am going to give her a fair shot at doing well. Shes not me and will not be me, thank God. Still, I am going to give her a chance like I did with Shelz and Lady Drama. Lets see how it goes.
ILLSEEDS QUICKIES
I am being told that Halle Berry might be preggers again.
SMH. Steve Harveys book Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man is being made into a feature film as in in theaters.
CHRIS BROWN IS WORKING WITH TIMBALAND!
You may have heard this in the rumor page a couple months ago or something, but Im here to let you know again. Timbaland and Chris Brown recently went in the studio again, I have been told. This time, there is a lil different scenario. I heard Timbo brought Justin Timberlake to the session this time. It looks like Breezy isnt playing with his comeback album! Whooooo Weeeeeee! Im not a fan, but I have to admit, hes bringing out the big dogs to ensure they dont treat him like Michael Vick. Did you get that joke? Im too funny.
THE GAME DISSES JAY-Z WITH NEW SONG BY JAZ-O?
Wait a second. Jaz-O is older than Jay-Z. Shouldnt all the age related disses against Jigga apply to Jaz too? Just a question. Still, this song is tight and Jaz-O proves that age is nothing but a number. Hes spitting FIRE and The Game does his thing too.
ROBBERIES IN MEMPHIS?
I am convinced the recession has driven people mad. I mean, being broke will do that, but we are seeing a lot of rapper getting robbed. The latest rumor is that Yo Gotti got robbed at a barbershop. This sounds like Déjà vu from the situation with Briscoe, but they are saying t## is a totally different situation. The place is called Cristylze and that is in North Memphis, from what I have been told.
In similar fashion, we are hearing that Oscar Winner Frayser Boy, formerly of Three Six Mafia crew, got robbed while he smoked a bit with some chicks. The rumor says he was basically set up by some skeezoids.
SHAME ON KURT ANGLE! ROID RAGE?
The rumors are already flying about Kurt Angle and whether or not he had a bad case of roid rage. The popular wrestler was arrested for beating up his girlfriend over the weekend. Dude used to be a nice guy wrestler from what I can recall. At any rate, he beat his girlfriend up, according to reports. Her name is Trenesha Biggers, who wrestles under as Rhaka Khan. She got the police to get crazy Kurt out of her house and into a precinct. I wonder why they didnt just wrestle-fight? Anyway, after he was arrested, he showed up to her house again and Rhaka claimed the Kurt was stalking her. What he was actually doing was trying to destroy evidence. Seems like Rhaka took pics of her beaten body with her camera phone and he grabbed it and deleted the images. I would think that the cops would already have that documented since she had called him, but whos thinking clearly these days?
Back to the roid rage. They found some illegal steroids (two vials of HGH) and USED syringes in his car. He was arrested again for driving with a suspended license and some charges related to the drugs.
Here is Rhaka Khan:
He looks like a rager here and she looks crazy too.
PETA PETA PETA!!!!!!
Ive been a supporter and a detractor of PETA in my day. But, now I have to put out there what I have been getting in my inbox for a couple of weeks now. This is very INTERESTING to say the least. Now, that Michael Vick is an EAGLE, I have to ride for the big home. Sorry, PETA.
Animal lovers worldwide now have access to more than a decades worth of proof that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) kills thousands of defenseless pets at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. Since 1998, PETA has opted to put down 21,339 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of finding homes for them.
PETAs Animal Record report for 2008, filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shows that the animal rights group killed 95 percent of the dogs and cats in its care last year. During all of 2008, PETA found adoptive homes for just seven pets.
Just seven animals — out of the 2,216 it took in. PETA just broke its own record.
At the end if the day, Mike Vick served his time, was punished under the law and deserves another shot at as a citizen. Leave him alone until he messes up again, which he wont since the Birds are going all the way! PETA can take their $32 million budget and give it to me! YAY!
BRISCOES BACK WITH BIG CHAIN
Briscoe got robbed: AND WHAT! I heard that Briscoe is back and back with some more jewels daring somebody to come get them. Ok, I made up that last part. It seems that the robbers got wind of the true implications of robbing somebody connected like Briscoe and offered to just give the stuff back. Briscoe has reportedly turned the offer down. I recommend they just send it back in a box or something and leave the state of Florida. Hes rumored to be getting some new chains as this is being typed. I hope he does! Send the old chains to me. Ill trade them in for a new car. Thanks!
CHARLI BALTIMORE GETS PAID
People didnt know what to make of Charli Baltimore doing her carwashing thing, but she did it. Apparently, she was paid rather nicely to host a day at the car wash to drum up business. So she did it. Simple and plain. Somebody else told me another answer that Chuck was at a video shoot, but I dont think thats correct.
AKONS CHURCH BOI IS P#####!
Akon’s Guitarist and Music Director, a man named Church Boi is HEATED. Read this, which was emailed to me:
For the past 6 years, official member of the konvict family, Church Boi (Cory) has been with Akon since day one before he was a superstar, he even paid for akon’s food and living when he was broke and unknown.
Akon stabbed church boi in the back after alll his loyalty by stealing and selling his material and so much more, now church boi who has produced and written for the likes of Busta Rhymes, Styles P, T-Pain and more is coming out with the true story of Akon and speaks alot of things you do not know about him.
You want the full truth about AKON and all the press, his court cases and everything you have heard about him over the least 6 years?
listen to this OFFICIAL diss record to Akon from INSIDE his own camp.
What do you think about this???? I dont know about the autotune, homey!!!!
SARAS HUSBAND STABBED HERSELF, I MEAN, HIMSELF
I dont know what goes on in the hearts and homes of other people, but if Sara and her hubby think we are going to believe their story, they are NUTS! She says she tripped, got hit her head on something harder than his fists and suffered a concussion. This guy, then goes to get something to help her clean up picks up a knife and then stabs himself. The reports say he tripped her and she then stabbed him. Now, she says she blamed the trip on her confusion of busting her head on the thing that was harder than his fists. Who knows and who cares! Sara used to be ill, but now shes ewwww
Here are a few of her pics for your remembrance.
SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END! (THE MIKE VICK AINT SO BAD EDITION)
Check out this report I got, you wont believe this one:
South Auckland man Paea Taufa was found roasting his pitbull terrier-cross in an umu pit at his home in Mangere, the Sunday News reports.
The dog had been skinned and gutted and was partially charred when SPCA inspectors arrived.
Taufa says he was surprised when the inspectors arrived because dog is a delicacy in Tonga.
“I didn’t know I couldn’t cook the dog. In Tonga, any time there I cook the dog and it is OK. Dog is good food.”
He had decided to cook the dog because it was too skinny and had become unmanageable. He rendered the dog unconscious with a blow to the head before slitting its throat, which is regarded as humane.
Dude got off scott free, but admitted he wouldnt be trying to eat another dog anytime soon.
MISS MOUTH SO, HERE SHE IS
I am now turning it over to Miss Mouth. Anything you may see written in this red hue, is the color or MOUTH. Red is Miss Mouth and black is illseed so there is no confusion.
MISS MOUTH’S DRAMA
There is a supposedly a large 30x 60 confederate flag hanging over the interstate here in Tampa. Residents have been campaigning to have it removed. I dont know if it ever was because I refuse to drive near it. Apparently its being flown from a location that is considered historical landmark, so it doesnt have to be moved. After I got my little ticket for running the red light yesterday, I was driving behind a pickup truck that had a bumper sticker with the confederate flag on it. It read its never coming down. I have the toughest skin in the world, because I talk a lot of ish, but this bumper sticker really got to me. And my little nephew being in the car made me think of all of the young African American and other minority children that are being forced look at this flag daily. What message could it reinforce to them?
LOVE BIRDS
Christina Milian and The Dream are getting married really soon. I wonder if they plan on having children. Those children will definitely have talent. (This is illseed and this girl is being SO SARCASTIC right now. LMAO!!!!!!!)
JANET JACKSON
Was Ms. Jackson in such a huge hurry, at Katsuya in Brentwood, yesterday that she forgot to pay the vale? I personally dont believe that she was trying to be cheap, she is just going through a lot.
AMERICAN IDOL
Could Mary J Blidge be hosting American Idol, alongside Randy, Simon and that miscalleous chick? Hotlanta, she is set to guest host the prelimary auditions there. I can honestly say that she is definitely qualified to judge an artists singing capabilities.
THE VOICE
Mariah Carey is canceling her promotional appearances left & right! I hope that everything is okay?
AMERIES TROUBLES
Ameries album is getting pushed back until November. IS HER LABEL WORRIED IF HER RECORD WILL SELL? I really love Amerie, but I lost a lot of steam for her a few years ago. I was living in Harlem. (137th between Lennox & 7th STAND UP!!) She was being interviewed by my girl Miss Jones and was referred to as an African American woman. She then, in my opinion, slightly freaked out. I remember her saying something to the effect of (NOT VERBATIM)
I dont want to be categorizes as black, I am half Korean.-Amerie
You know it took me to write that quote out, just now, to realize how ignorant I was being over that statement. She is half Korean Duh!!!
AMERIE, ALL IS FORGIVEN
She is soooooo totally going to sell- Miss Mouth
BAD BOY RECORDS
Young Joc is claiming that Bad Boy Records is holding him back. Thats really sad to hear. You know that I honestly wish that Diddy could bring back the prestige of Bad Boy Records. Maybe Shyne coming home soon will be the solution but is he still on Bad Boy?
FABOULOUS SWAG.
Derek Blanks is becoming one of my favorite photographers. His pictures are always flawless.
People just dont understand how much I love TAY TAY. I found a clip of her singing the Star Spangled Banner and she MURKED IT!!! I will post it at a later date.
50 CENT
50 Cent performed during Weezys tour. I am so glad. It is about time for everyone to start getting along because, with the exception of;
The majority of Hip Hop music isnt that great, in my opinion. Its time for folks to start making hits for the streets again. Thats the point Jay was trying to convey with DOA. Not that he really cares who is using autotune.
And if you havent noticed, well the streets are whom I wrote for. So all others can Kick Rocks!!!
MURDER INC.
The streets aside, I really miss Ja Rule lol. His music felt great to listen to, especially his R&B collaborations.
I could never fully understand how ONE MAN, 50 Cent, could destroy an ENTIRE RECORD LABEL beyond the point of recovery. 50 Cent should get some type of accolade for that at the next VH1 Hip Hop Honors, all jokes aside. If you REALLY think about it, that ish was historical. It has never been done in the history of Hip Hop.
And speaking of The Inc, I dislike the way folks speak ill of Irvs relationship with his ex-wife Deb. His reality show has really made me a huge fan. He is totally honest with Deb, still supports her financially, fathered a child by another man and loved her enough to let her go. In my opinion thats a real man.
LATA GATAS,
MM
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THE EAGLES, WE LOVE YOU!!!
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!
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Bow Wow Signs To Cash Money
Lil Bow Wow has officially signed to Cash Money Records, the rapper revealed Sunday night.
The rapper made the admission via his Twitter page with a simple message that read, BOW WOW SIGNS TO CASH MONEY.
The rapper then took to a live stream where he talked further about the deal.
Its the triple threat Bow, Wayne, Drake. Its about to be real stupid.
Any Bow Wow fan that I let down..what I am getting ready to do, I got y’all. I apologize to the fans that I let down. Its finna to go down. Its on now, baby. Me, Drake and Weezy lets get to the money.
Bow Wow, once signed to Sony Records, had strongly considered retiring from music for an acting career. He did say that he was finishing a movie with Ice Cube, but would start on his Cash Money debut right after wrapping the film.
Now the rapper said he will be in the studio for 40 hours a week recording new material.
The rapper had been hinting on the move, but had made no official confirmation.
I appreciative everybodys appreciation, he said.
One of the the last person Bow Wow told of the finalized deal was his mother, which whom he shared the new via his live stream. “He was driving me nuts. He had be stressed out and I don’t even stress she said. One good thing about it is that’s a blessing. At least you had a choice. I think its hot,” his mother said.AllHipHop.com will give more updates as this news unfurls.
Michael Vick Hopes To End Dog Fighting
Controversial sportsman Michael Vick has vowed to help end dog fighting after serving prison time for killing, maiming and forcing animals to battle each other.
Im going to let my actions continue to speak louder than my words. And Im going to still be involved in the community, because I still — regardless of football — would have a voice that can have an impact on kids, Vick said in an interview with “60 Minutes,” because Ive been a living example of what not to do.
On a rural Virgina farm, Vick owned and operated a dog-fighting operation called Bad Newz Kennels and authorities found 66 dogs and found eight others that were already deceased. To make amends, Vick has been working closely with Wayne Pacelle, president of The Humane Society of the United States, and former Super Bowl-winning NFL coach Tony Dungy.
At a recent speaking engagement, Vick further denounced his actions.
I encourage you to love your animals. — whatever animals you have, whether its a dog, a cat, a reptile, if its a horse. I encourage you to love that animal dearly and with all your heart, he said to an audience of inner city citizens.
Vick told reporter James Brown that he realized the grave nature of his actions once he was in a jail cell.
It’s wrong, man I feel, you know, some tremendous hurt behind what happened. And, you know, I should of took the initiative to stop it all I didn’t – I didn’t step up. I wasn’t a leader.
The football star also said that he relied on his faith in God to help him survive his two years incarcerated.
Vick said that he deserved to lose his $135 million contract for acting so foolishly.
I mean, football don’t even matter, he said.
Vick recently signed a 2-year contract with The Philadelphia Eagles.
Knockout Nation: Roy Jones Beats Down Jeff Lacy, Pavlik vs. Williams, Arreola-Klitschko
Jones TKOs Lacy In One-Sided Beating
Roy Jones (54-5, 40 KOs) may be 40 years old, but the wily veteran showed on Saturday night (August 15) that he had enough left in the tank to deliver a master-class, 11th round TKO victory against an overmatched Jeff Lacy (25-3, 17 KOs).
After a long delay due to glove issues with Lacy, both combatants came to ring looking warmed up and ready for battle. From the outset, Roys huge advantage in handspeed was apparent when Lacy attempted to box from the outside. Jones landed several flush left jabs, and stung Lacy with hard straight rights.
Lacys legs wobbled slightly, and within the first minute Jones knew he was in for an easy night and began the taunting. The former pound for pound #1 started shimmying directly in front of Lacys punching range, and would simply turn him and crack a left hook from the hip. Lacy took the fight inside, and landed a glancing overhand right as Roy covered up. Still, the early goings didnt look promising for Lacy.
In round 2 and 3, Lacy decided to make it an inside, mauling fight. This strategy turned out to be bad, as Jones enacted his 2009 version of Alis rope a dope. The ropes were loose, allowing Jones to use a high guard and lean and roll off all the power on Lacys already pushing punches. In these exchanges, Lacys right ribcage took a pounding as Jones would double and occasionally triple the left hook up and downstairs. In several instances the assault made Lacy pause in obvious pain and confusion.
Unfortunately for Left Hook, when he backed off he was a sitting duck for Jones handspeed.
Into the middle rounds, the domination started to take the appearance of Lacys one-sided 2006 beating at the hands of Joe Calzaghe. Lacy was nursing a swelling around his eyes, and a cut. Roy continued to show his skill on the inside, ripping short, sneaky uppercuts reminiscent of Jack Johnson.
The humiliation became worse from the 6th round on as Jones became bored and started holding full conversations with audience members and the announce team, even telling them to watch this before unleashing a combination. When Lacy became angry and flurried, Roy would easily slip them while talking, and rip his own hook flurries in return. Despite looking easy, it was Jones years of experience that allowed him to feel where the punches were coming from based on the position of Lacys gloves, not the cat-like reflexes Jones once possessed in his prime.
The 9th was almost the end, when a series of Roy Jones left hooks made Lacy stumble full across the ring before desperately holding the rest of the round.
By the championship rounds, a debate ensued in Lacys corner about whether to stop the contest. Lacy, who had previously never been stopped, pleaded for more rounds and was given them.
The pro-Jones crowd had no sympathy for Jeff, cheering all of Jones showboating and chanting knock him out, knock him out! in the 10th.
Jones was clearly amused, and amazingly picked up his taunts of Lacy. In a clinch, Jones debuted the dragon punch/tiger uppercut, which most will know from the Street Fighter video games. It was sad for Lacy, who had the desire to win but not the skill to do anything about Roys disrespect against him.
Thankfully, Lacys people had finally seen enough, and the corner stopped the fight just before the 11th round.
In the post-fight interview, Jones confirmed his next fight will be on a showdown with Danny Green in Australia, and that he expects to reach the top of the pound for pound rankings again.
A lot of people think that I cant fight when you put the pressure on me, like Danny Green over there I know hes coming. I go to go Down Under and get prepared for him, Jones explained. I am the best h##### in the game, I have the best left hook in business. Roy Jones [is] still the man pound for pound, still one of the baddest throwing down. They dont have me ranked but they will before long. Just because Im 40 dont mean a dag on thing to me!
While the future looks bleak for Jeff Lacy, the former top super-middleweight titlist vowed to continue his career.
I dont want nobody to hold their heads down for me. I came in here and fought my heart out and left it all in the ring, Lacy stated. Roy Jones was the man tonight, and maybe hopefully down the road we can do it again. You see that I never took a step back, Im going to keep doing it.
Roy Jones looked great tonight, but as always it is wise to keep things in perspective. As long as he continues to fight against B level competition, he will look great. However, against the A level comp in the likes of Joe Calzaghe, Chad Dawson, etc, his age and diminished attributes will be his downfall. Itll be interesting to see how much longer hell stay active. Regarding Green, I like Jones by a clear unanimous decision.
Jones-Hopkins II? Its as good a time as any.
As for Jeff Lacy, it would be wise to retire. The tough Calzaghe loss and the rotator cuff surgery have left him a shell of his former self. At super-middleweight, the top guys are locked in a tournament through 2010, and he remains too undersized to really do damage against the elite at light-heavyweight.
Undercard Results:Jason Litzau (25-2, 21 KOs) TKO3 Verquan Kimbrough (21-2-2, 7 KOs)BJ Flores (24-0, 15 KOs) TKO4 Epifanio Mendoza (29-8-1, 25 KOs)Danny Green (27-3, 24 KOs) TKO5 Julio Cesar Dominguez (20-5-1, 14KOs)
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Super flyweight Nonito Donaire (22-1, 14 KOs) escaped with a tough decision over a thought to be easy opponent in Rafael Concepcion (13-4-1, 8 KOs).
Ever since KOing rival Vic Darchinyan in 2007, Donaire has struggled to capitalize on that fights momentum. Against Concepcion, Donaire was forced to engage in some brutal exchanges early to gain the relatively unknown fighters respect.
By the middle rounds, Donaire found himself at a disadvantage since Concepcion had came in 4 pounds over the 115 pound limit. This extra weight allowed him to walk through much of Donaires firepower and hurt the champion with hard lefts.
But Donaire was still the more skilled boxer, and controlled the final rounds by smartly boxing from the outside and countering Concepcion.
Final scorecards for the bout read 117-111, 115-113, and 116-112 all for Donaire by unanimous decision.
On the undercard, WBO featherweight champ Steve Luevano (37-1-1, 15 KOs) won by DQ when opponent Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 16 KOs) knocked him out with a blatant hard right after the 7th round bell.
Paul Williams vs. Kelly Pavlik Set for November 21
Weight-class jumper Paul Williams will face middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik this November in Atlantic City, NJ.
The fight was all but thought of as dead when both sides refused to bend on hardball salary negotiations.
But after looking at their alternate options (read: there arent any), both camps came to their senses and made the fight.
In recent years, Paul Williams has competed from 147-160 pounds. In Pavlik, hell have his first true test at 160 in regards to if he can take a legit middleweight punch.
For Pavlik, he gets his first opportunity to rebuild his name on a known opponent after being embarrassed and shutout against Bernard Hopkins last year.
We have two young, talented fighters getting it on. What else can you ask for?
Im on the fence about wholl take this one. But my gut is leaning towards Williams by decision if he can take Pavliks punch.
Knockout of the Year ContenderCheck out this knockout from last Fridays Telemundo card featuring Antonio Pitalua (47-4, 41 KOs) vs. Jose Reyes (23-7, 8 KOs). The end comes at the 0:53 mark. Brutal!
Vivian Harris Released from Hospital After Headbutt KOVivian Harris (29-3-1, 19 KOs) ESPN fight ended in disaster when he collapsed in his corner following an accidental clash of heads with Noe Bolanos (20-4-1 NC, 11 KOs). Knockout Nation has confirmed that Harris has been released from the hospital. At press time, Harris nor his promoter Golden Boy have released a statement on his future plans. The fight was ruled a no contest.
Vitaly Klitschko vs. Chris ArreolaChris Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs) will seek to bring a portion of the heavyweight crown back to America when he faces formidable titlist Vitaly Klitschko (37-2, 36 KOs) on September 26 in Los Angeles.
Originally, Vitaly was supposed to face David Haye after the former cruiserweight champ pulled out of his fight with Wladimir Klitschko. However, Haye broke the arrangement in favor of facing another titlist in Nicolai Valuev.
“First of all, David Haye, tried to sell himself, cut off the head of my brother and after that my head. Also, I don’t believe he had an injury before the fight with my brother, Vitaly told maxboxing.com. It was excuses. Right now, he doesn’t understand that the contract we made with him. He didn’t sign the contract,but it was actually the same contract that he signed with Wladimir. My personal opinion [is] his manager talked to Sauerland, promoter of Nicolai Valuev, [the] WBA champion, and he sees his chance to be a world champion against Valuev is much bigger than against Vitali Klitschko. He’s afraid. He has to show his skills against Valuev. My personal opinion is he’s not serious. He’s an unpredictable fighter and not good for boxing.”
For his part, Arreola promises none of the trash-talking of Haye, and that his entire focus is emerging victorious next month in the biggest fight of his career.
“I’m here to make history,” Arreola stated. “I’m going to make him a pop culture question: Who did Chris Arreola beat to be the first Mexican-American heavyweight? I’m honored by this opportunity; it’s not just an opportunity, its history. It’s even hard for me to describe. But come September 26, I know this is going to be a great fight. We don’t need to trash-talk. I respect the man. But we’ll do our talking in the ring.”
This fight should be action-packed for as long as it lasts. Lets hope that Arreola, whos notorious for his weight issues, comes to fight in the best shape possible. Still, Vitaly has to be favored because of his activity, reach, and punching power.
Prediction is Klitschko by an 8th round TKO.
Throwback Fight of the Week: Lennox Lewis vs. Vitaly Klitschko (June 21, 2003)Speaking of Vitaly, it was this entertaining loss that catapulted him to the top of the heavyweight division.
Because of a last minute Kirk Johnson injury, Vitaly was inserted as a sub for Lewis first post-Mike Tyson title defense.
Woefully out of shape at a career-high of 256 pounds, Lewis was wobbled badly several times in round 2 by a fired up Vitaly. But ever the champion, Lewis gutted out the early assault and turned the contest into a barroom brawl, succeeding in shredding the skin above Klitschkos left eye in round 3.
Lewis targeted the cut and was coming on despite Klitschko holding his ground.The fight was still up in the air when ringside doctors stopped the bout at the end of round six due to Klitschkos severe cut. Lewis was booed for what was seen as a lucky escape, while Klitschko was cheered for a gritty, breakout performance.
After a few months of back and forth negotiation, Lennox Lewis decided to retire rather than test fate again against a younger, hungry opponent.
Vitaly would go on to post dominant victories over contenders Kirk Johnson, Corrie Sanders, and Danny Williams before injuries forced him to retire in 2004.
He would return in 2008 and promptly knock out Samuel Peter to regain his WBC heavyweight title. Vitaly is scheduled to face undefeated Chris Arreola in September.
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Sunday Selection: Beyonce – “Poison”
Sunday Selection
Beyonce Poison
Whats up everybody? Hope all is well. I came across some interesting new music this week. I got my hands on two new Chris Brown tracks, even heard some new Bobby Valentino and Tank, but the track from Beyonce titled Poison I received was the most noteworthy this week.
Poison found its way onto DJ Hazes Big R&B Ego Mixtape and its looks like a lot of people are wondering where this song came from. From what I understand the song didnt make the cut for I Am Sasha Fierce, but after listening Im wondering why not.
The overall theme of the song puts me in the mind of a hit from R&B group Bell Biv Devoe circa 1990 that was also titled Poison, but doesnt fair the potential to be a number one song like it did close to 20 years ago. Even though the song doesnt seem like it would be a chart topper it does seem album worthy. Its something most can relate to if youve ever been in a relationship. Beyonce sings about a failed relationship thats no good, but yet is so hard to walk away from and ends up being just like Poison.
Im curious to know what you think about this song. Let me know.
Well yall thanks for taking time out to read what I had to say.
Until next week check out this weeks Sunday Selection Poison.
Nia Beckwith is a Senior Writer for AllHipHop.com. She can be reached at [email protected]. You can also follow her at twitter.com/niabchicago.
Teen Arrested For ‘Trae Day’ Shootings
A teenager who was wanted for his role in a violent shooting last month during Trae Day has turned himself in to authorities.
Albert Walker Mondane surrendered to Houston police officers on Friday (August 14) according to police representatives.
Mondane, 19, also goes by the name A-Walk.
He was wanted in connection with the shooting, which occurred during the event, which was held to honor Houston rapper Trae tha Truth and his community service work.
The annual Trae Day, which took place at Texas Southern University on July 22, was interrupted by gunfire around 8:30 PM, as the event was winding down.
Police believe Mondane and possibly several other men, fired on the crowd, wounding eight people, aged 14-21. Mondane was charged with engaging in organized crime.
He is being held in the Harris County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Raekwon Responds To Joe’s Fight Challenge! Kevin Liles Quits? The Weekend Edition!
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content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual
info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.
KEVIN LILES QUITS?
So, I have decided to give Miss Mouth the weekends for a trial period. We got off to a rocky start for a few, but things have leveled off a bit. Anyway, I do have one rumor that was told to me, based on balleralert.com. Apparently, Kevin Liles has gotten engaged and simultaneously retired from his high-flying post at Warner Music. Nobody quite knows for sure, but when we do find out something, we’re sure to let you know. And for those that don’t know, K.L. started out as an intern at Def Jam records and he went on to be president. After leaving Def Jam, he went over to Warner with all the other O.G. executives. He has largely been behind the scenes, but he has written a book and has been a pillar in the community. Check out how he handled Dame Dash when he was raging a some Def Jam employees.
RAEKWON RESPONDS TO JOE BUDDEN
“He Don’t Want That. He’s Not On My Level”
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HERE IS MISS MOUTH…FTW (FOR THE WEEKEND!)
Oh, Miss Mouth speaks for herself, not AllHipHop.com or illseed. This chick says some mess I cannot ever co-sign like her comments about Michael Vick. SMH.
I absolutely love this chick.
But this one
NOT SO MUCH!!!
However, I am looking forward to seeing what this new transition of hers will bring.
I would like to thank TBD for giving me a $212 dollar ticket for running a red light. Thanks guys appreciate it!!!
Who knew that accelerating through yellow is considered running a red light but those bastards crossed the line when they asked me to turn down my Jeezy.
Miss Mouth loves to give props to a Fabulous Swag. Work it Amerie!
So the new alleged King of Pop, Kanye West and Lady Ga Ga are scheduled to tour together. It sounds hot. I must admit that I caught on to Lady Ga Ga extremely late. I just assumed that she would be another wack watered down hip hop alternative white girl, like Fergie, but I was SORT OF wrong. I actually like her.
New Breezy!!!
I dont know about the rest of you but I am so ready to give him another chance. Britney has gotten several.
Am I ready to give this fool another chance?
NOT SO MUCH!!!
Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Im hearing that he signed with the Eagles and that the great people of Philly are protesting. Until I was given a dog recently, I thought that everyone was being too harsh on him. Now I am hoping that a wild pack of Hyenas bite large chunks out of his ass.
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Dont you just love the crazy pics you find while surfing the net? Pink is also not a fan of Mike Vick. Below is a copy of her tweet;
“wow. michael vick in MY hometown, Philly. of all the places. I hope the fans tear him to pieces like his beloved dogs.”
I am a huge fan of Wendy Williams and I love her new show, but something about it hasnt been quite right and last night I finally put my finger on it. Her hot topics are fantastic, her audience is interactive and she looks fabulous but HER GUESTS SUCK!!!! I am so waiting for her producers to pull out the A listers.
She was talking about the importance of her wearing her wedding ring and stated that she didnt feel as if it was as important for her husband to do the same. She said that he wears a pinky ring instead. Ive come to the conclusion that the only reason a man may want to wear a pinky ring, as opposed to a wedding band, is to attract the ladies Wendy. Im watching his azz.
OMG!!! Did they really find a stash of Propofol at MJs house? The man has been laid to rest already; folks should just let it go. Think of his jits. (jits = kids .ghetto F.L.A slang)
Eva Longria and Beyonce Art imitating life or life imitating art you be the judge. I am so kidding!!!
Kate from Jon & Kate plus 8 is making the tabloids again. She was caught checking into the Days Inn supposedly after a fight with Jon. What is the obsession America? She didnt have multiples by circumstance, which would be have been amazing; she went to the freaking doctor. Anyone could have done it. The real obsession is that white folks are so shocked that someone other than a black man ditched their woman post baby.
But as far as reality shows are concerned, I am all about THE HOUSEWIVES. What was up with Sherees home girl dissing NeNe and Lisa like that? They need to open their eyes Sheree has obviously been talking ill of them to her.
Look at these big belly hevas, this is true beauty!!!
Im glad to hear that alcohol didnt contribute to Michael Phelps three car pile-up in Baltimore recently. You know with him BEING A MAJOR FREAKING WEED HEAD AND ALL, how could he have ever recovered from that?
Is anyone else going to take up Jet Blue on its new offer? You can apparently book unlimited flights during a one month span for only $599. I am lmao at the all you can fly airline buffet. How ghetto of Jet Blue!!! But Im sold.
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THE KEVIN LILES ENGAGEMENT PARTY PIX!
Kevin and Erika
Kevin, Oprahs BFF Gayle King and Chris Lighty
I see Jay-Z dressed for the ocassion
BET executive Stephen Hill and Kevin
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50 Cent Makes Surprise Appearance During Lil Wayne Tour
Rapper 50 Cent made a surprise appearance during the Lil Wayne -headlined Americas Most Wanted Music Festival last night (August 14) in Anaheim, California.
50 Cent took to the stage as a guest performer during a performance with Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy during the stop at the Honda Center.
The appearance is notable because the two rappers have traded disses on various mixtape and album tracks over the past several years, including a recent track titled Play This On the Radio.
Other artists that performed or made appearances during the evening included Young Jeezy, Teyana Taylor and Rihanna.
50 and Soulja Boys cozy relationship was revealed earlier this week, when MTV.com reported that the Queens-bred rapper bought the young emcee a studio tour bus for his 19th birthday.
“50 gave me a bus to record my album since I was on tour,” Soulja Boy told MTV.com during a stop on the Americas Most Wanted Music Festival.
The move could cause tension with headliner Lil Wayne, who has a history of sending subliminal messages towards 50 Cent, although Soulja Boy admitted he was simply trying to steal the show each night on the tour.
“I try to strive for my best. I respect everybody in the tour, likewise, but I’m trying to have the best show in the tour,” Soulja Boy said.
Rappers T Pain, Tay Dizm Give Back To Community Tomorrow
T Pains Nappy Boy Digital, artist Tay Dizm and Bossman Entertainment have teamed with a local community organization to provide children with needed back to school supplies during the 2nd Annual Increase
The Peace free community event. Tomorrow (August 15), a number of rappers, including Piccalo and Rick Ross Carol City Cartel will convene at Florida City Park in Taye Dizms old neighborhood.
The artists, along with Youth Achieving & Succeeding, will distribute book bag and school supplies, while children enjoy bounce houses, face painting and a dance contest.
Each child will be encouraged to participate in the spelling and Black History challenge, while the Homestead PD Gang Task Force will be on hand to help reduce gang membership and violence in Florida City.
The 2nd Annual Increase The Peace free community event kicks off Saturday (August 15) at Florida City Part from 12 – 6 PM.
The Game Ft. Ludacris P###. By Scott Storch
“Pu**y Monsters”
Balance Ft. Freeway and Jay Rock [Heater Of The Day]
“We All In”
Belly Ft. Snoop Dogg
“Hot Girl”