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Flo Rida Denies Animal Cruelty Charges

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

Rap star Flo Rida has hit back at allegations that he was involved in an incident that authorities have labeled an act of animal cruelty.

 

Flo Rida, born Tramar Dillard, was in Lexington, Kentucky to promote his album R.O.O.T.S., which lands in stores March 31st.

 

An eye witness called local Animal Control authorities and claimed they saw two men step of Flo Rida’s tour bus and kill a rabbit.

 

According to reports, Kentucky Animal Control, local police and State Police are seeking to question Flo Rida and his entourage.

 

In an exclusive statement to AllHipHop.com, Flo Rida denied involvement in the incident.

 

“While no one in my party was in any way involved in any incident, the media report that I saw was sickening,” Flo Rida told AllHipHop.com exclusively. “As an animal lover, I would never want to see cruelty inflicted upon them.”

 

In related news, Flo Rida and his label Poe Boy Entertainment, has teamed with MyContent.com to bring fans an exclusive live webcast of his release party from Miami.

 

Fans across the world can log on to MyContent.com on March 28th at 11:30 PM EST to witness live performances from Flo Rida, Flavor Flav, will.I.am, Mr. Dalvin, Wyclef and others.

 

Those who pre-register will be afforded the opportunity to go back stage with Flo Rida and various rappers, as they prepare for the evening.

 

MyContent.com is a self-distribution platform for artists of all kinds to sell their music, videos and other content to fans at prices they determine.

 

“Never before have fans had the ability to witness such intimate access to their favorite music stars. MyContent.com is privileged to invite the world to be a part of the most unique viewing experience the Internet has to offer,” said Cassandra Mills President, Music & Entertainment for MyContent.com.

 

Flo Rida’s single “Right Round” is currently #1 on iTunes’ charts.

 

The song is also the most downloaded song in history, having sold over 2 million copies.

Chick Fill-Aye: The Ass or The Class?

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Uncategorized

Hip Hop and sex have always gone hand in hand.  However, the

carnal endeavors our culture has attached itself to have definitely become more

and more salacious over the years.  Like anything else, the more

you see it, more commonplace it becomes. With this in mind, could the image

of the Hip-Hop female as an insatiable, lolli-pop-licking, half-naked, open-legged hot pocket be affecting the careers of, or even the need

for femcees?  Ask yourself does anyone paying

attention to what she’s saying when she’s bent at the waist showing

you her assets?  Seriously. 

 

I started thinking about this after I had the unfortunate

experience of Miss Brooke(Rick’s baby momma #2) and her homemade sex tape. It was a bit unremarkable

and lime green panties don’t look good on anyone, but I digress  While playing

voyeur, I found myself wincing in pain a few times.  Not at all the super-duper, hot XXX action going on, but at thinking how incredibly painful

taking a tat on the t## would have to be. In other words, I was

totally numb to the presentation in general. I checked some comments here and

there on sites that hosted the pleather pleasure minute and I found echoes of

my own disinterest.

 

Now, I’m not going to joke ole girl because I don’t know

where that video came from.  If she comes with that stolen, dusty shoe box-in the-closet story as most do, I feel bad for her.  This isn’t

really about adding insult to injury. But what I noticed is that we have become

so desensitized to the sexual presentation of women that even the act of

sex itself is no longer sexy enough. With sex being the premier

presentation of women in Hip-Hop, it is feasible to think that listening to a

woman rhyme as opposed to watching her strip is going to resurface as the

valuable commodity in the business of music?  I can’t say I’m

hopeful.

 

Women got caught up in the spirit of sexual independence and

empowerment, but knew not what road to travel to find that Nirvana.  In

our haste to be accepted on our own terms and be our own women and set our own rules,

we have exploited ourselves to the Nth degree. We didn’t walk that road

without help.  The folks in charge understand the power of a woman’s

sexuality probably more than the average woman does. If it were her voice that

made the money, women would be heard, rather than seen.  But

it’s not.  It is the span of her hips and the curl of her lips. 

And in this construct, it’s not all that phenomenal. Word to Maya

Angelou.

 

There are thousands of these young women who believe

their ticket to a life of fame and fortune or at least their ticket to a life

without the burden of the financial aid office is tramp-stamped firmly on their a####. The competition is stiff and the number of competitors has never been

as large.  What do you do to make yourself stand out?  More than the

girl next to you will. Hence, the vixen mores in time will bottom out. 

That’s the reason those Candy Girls will pull more views and book more

gigs than Rece Steel and company did. Folks will be tuning in religiously to see

if the downward spiral will take place on their watch.  I’ll give you odds on that one.

 

So what’s a rapping woman to do?  How can she be heard? I

really don’t know.  The noise emanating from all that T&A is

deafening and that depthless, blow up doll character is the one being allowed

to speak for us right now.  So if you are not willing to take 10 for the

top and 20 for the bottom, you probably won’t be seeing too much success.

But stick to your guns. Sometimes the good fight comes with great sacrifice.

Besides ole girl wearing the butt floss and pasties has a short

shelf-life.  Once that first dimple pops up on her thigh, she’s on

her way out.  Your voice however, is timeless.

Shakir Stewart Hip-Hop Channel Looks for Video Submissions

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

One of the dreams of late entertainment icon Shakir Stewart will become a reality next month courtesy on his very own Hip Hop Music Channel (HHMC).

 

The network was originally conceived by Stewart, his childhood friend Shawn Granberry, and movie producer Robert Watts as an outlet to showcase the diversity and power of Hip-Hop culture.

 

The network, which launches on April 12, bills itself as the only interactive music channel where viewers help determine the content.

 

Viewers will have the ability to chose up to 5 music videos per day from a list of 40,000. The selected clips will then play in the order that they’re received.

 

In addition, consumers will be able to buy available items seen in the videos.

 

Currently, the network has its sights aimed at conquering the mostly untapped Asian market.

 

“The Hip Hop Music Channel is focused on becoming the number one distributor and marketer of Hip-Hop culture in the world, “ stated Shawn Granberry, CEO of HHMC. “Our focus on the emerging Asian market will introduce new and old Hip-Hop artist to emerging markets around the world. There are hundreds of millions of Hip-Hop fans worldwide and we are positioned to deliver top tier Hip-Hop culture to those fans. I am honored to complete the dream’s Shakir and I had as children in East Oakland.”

 

Artist interested in having their work showcased on the network can visit www.hhmctv.com for submission details.

 

A hard copy DVD is requested for all inquiries. Shakir Stewart rose from a local Oakland concert promoter to one of the industry’s most well known and successful A&R’s.

 

Before accepting the Senior Executive Vice President position at Def Jam, he was responsible for signing current stars Ciara, Rick Ross, and Young Jeezy.

 

Last November, Shakir passed away of an apparent suicide in his Atlanta home.

 

He was 34 years old. The Hip Hop Music Channel will be available April 12 on the web (www.hhmctv.com) and through traditional network broadcasting in Japan, the Philippines, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Cambodia, Laos, Australia, and Nigeria.

K’naan: Africano

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Features

Somalian born

lyricist K’naan is far left of the normal gangster, hipster, or baller acts

that rip the air waves today. His anti-norm noise

contains worldly sounds of reggae, rock, and Hip-Hop which

lay background to lyrics of struggle, spiritually and empowerment.

Without being anymore obvious, K’naan simply cannot be compared to the musical

efforts of the mass amounts of self contained artists sprawled across the

musical universe.

 

K’naan gained his first breath of wax on the

afro-beat compilation Building Bridges

and since has propelled into a solo calling as the voice of the struggle seen

in distant places that most Americans fears to think about. His debut, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, was an

extreme success, winning awards and accolades validating himself as an artist

and a musician, and more importantly, as a voice of the unheard.

Now four years since

his dusty debut, K’naan has decided to release the

beast in the form of his sophomore effort Troubadour.

The LP has already acclaimed success in frontiers spanning above and beyond

Hip-Hop and is another example of the thoughts, stories, and rhymes that dwell

within the soft spoken wordsmith.

 

AllHipHop.com: So many artists claim that they are “different” from

the norm, some rightfully so, but the sound of Troubadour cannot be denied as being unique and diverse Do you

agree that it’s a sound of its own?

 

K’naan: Yeah, I feel like it’s a sound of its

own. And so I want it to be recognized as such. That it’s a standard on its sound;

it’s not trying to mimic something. It’s creating something, so that’s kind of

how I see it. With no ego attached, I feel like that’s what it is. It just

happens though, that’s the thing. I only realize after listening to the whole

thing, that it’s doing those things. But it’s just my instinct that works like

that. I’ll be in the studio with another artist and we may be collaborating or

just thinking about a song and then we’ll play some chords and the way that I

might do, the way I might accent a thing or do the time signature of the drum

pattern or think of certain melody or the chord progression, all the artists I

meet always say, “That’s different, I would never think of it that way.”

 

AllHipHop.com: How

do you think you acquired that musical talent?

 

K’naan: I think from growing up in a whole

other culture and also really being musically wide open, listening to different

kinds of music and traveling. And having a real sensibility, a lyrical

sensibility, street sensibility, but then being able to transfer that to the

world.

 

AllHipHop.com: You

really do bring your experiences of the world to your music, most artists in

Hip-Hop do not take these experiences and bring them to their music, and they

stay one dimensional.

 

K’naan: Yeah! And that’s weird to me because

if you have the opportunity to do that, see the world, how could you not bring

something back for the people that you come from. It’s kind of selfish.

 

AllHipHop.com: Nothing

against artists who do not do so, but it’s almost like cheating their fans out

of a new knowledge and experience through the words.

 

K’naan: Yeah, you are right. They do travel

the world, these artists have been everywhere, some

have even heard orchestras from the Czech Republic. How could that not be

interesting at some point? I just think we all have equal opportunity in that

we hear it while we travel as musicians and artists. But giving credit where

credit is due, some of these artists focus is expressing the moment in time and

where they’re at. So that’s where they’re at and they feel they need to talk

about that. So that’s cool, but for me I’m interested just as well on where

we’re going.

 

AllHipHop.com: The

title, Troubadour, means a traveling

poet. Why do you feel that these world issues that you talk about are so

important for people to hear especially when we’re in an America where

everything is focused on our

problems, our economic troubles, our woes.

 

K’naan: It’s kind of strange in that people

still don’t realize that those are not separate things. That

the [world’s] issues are your economic crisis; it’s really the same thing and

its one thing. And when you travel you get to really see that it’s one

thing, that the cause and effect is not state wide, cause and effect is global.

Honestly man, from knowing my music, you know that I don’t preach nothing. It’s

just there; if we don’t talk about it it’s actually true to say that we’re

making an effort to ignore it. It’s not making an effort to say it, because

it’s there. It’s making an effort to ignore it.

 

AllHipHop.com: You’ve always stated that that music has not

changed since your debut, but as an artist how have you evolved since you first

penned The Dusty Foot Philosopher?

 

K’naan: I grew as an artist, I grew musically.

A lot of the musical growth is something I put together on this album. But I

think that the most interesting place for me as far as growing as a lyricist

and an artist is that during The Dusty Foot Philosopher I cared to show

you and for you to know. In some subconscious way a lot of people can’t hear it

in the music, I think I partly cared back then that you know I’m good. Like, I

had lines on that album that are like, “Oh s**t, that’s dope.” And I know it is

too, but I didn’t really need to say that because I know it’s good. If you know

it’s good do you always have to show that it’s good too? So like for this album

I didn’t do that, for this album I felt so grown about things that I stayed

away from ill lines and similes that I could’ve put in there because I’m

telling a story. This is good that’s it, I don’t need

to show you that it is.

 

I think it is grace because that’s the kind of artist I love. Bob

Marley wasn’t trying to show you nothing. Even literature, when I read books,

for example there’s a girl named Zadie Smith and she has a book named White

Teeth and she’s brilliant. I remember reading this book and thinking, “Wow,

she’s a genius. Her similes are incredible, it’s amazing.” At some point I was

like, “Ah, I get what you’re doing. You’re showing me: one too many similes,

one too many good lines, one too many flexing of this thing.” It’s like well,

you don’t need to show me anything as an artist you just need to reveal a

world, not show me how good you are at revealing the world.

 

AllHipHop.com: Do you feel that your songs have appropriately

revealed your world in Somalia and your struggles of your past?

 

K’naan: I

try, and I know songs that I have constructed out of real personal scenarios,

which otherwise I couldn’t have a conversation about. It would not have been

physically possible for me to sit down with my friends and recount those things

without completely falling into serious depression. I made rhymes out of them

and kids sing along and I’m watching them sing it and at some point it’s just

a song.

 

AllHipHop.com: How do you handle putting out your story especially

when like you said, it becomes just a song?

 

K’naan: Well,

that’s an interesting question. The truth is that my story is a country

disguised as a person. So in that sense it’s all personal

but at the same time it’s all universal because my story speaks to millions of

people. I feel comfortable because it’s bringing to life something necessary

for an entire people. I’m just kind of like the prototype story, like the norm

for them, the strange for everybody else. And that’s why that’s okay for me.

 ABCs Official Video – KNaan

AllHipHop.com: Critics of your music always try to compare your

sound because they simply cannot display your music alone. Instead of being

infused between this artist and that artist, what do you feel you should be

seen as?

 

K’naan: Wow,

good question. An artist; possibly someone who is in their

personal life rebellious, and maybe that leads over to the music. Someone who is truly interested in contributing something genuine

to the world of music. That’s it. I don’t think of myself as any other man.

All the other things they bring up to make sense of my music and who I am and

all of that are complements, everything from Eminem to Bob Marley (laughs), it

spans massively. But I’m really just K’naan, and I’m trying to get songs off of

my chest.

 

 

The Chris Brown Chronicles: Bouncing Back

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Alternatives

In

life, a person’s name carries a lot of weight. The weight of the world at

times, if you’re an entertainer.

With

Chris Brown, a name can translate into many descriptions. Until this year, his

name was synonymous with the words “teen heartthrob” and

“role model” while being positioned next to other names like

Michael Jackson and Usher.

 

Who

would’ve thought the one thing shared most between Jackson and Brown is one word:

 

Controversy.

 

And

Brown has yet to drop a third album. Rewind to 2005 when the 20 year-old crooner

hits the scene in a big way with his first single, “Run It.” The

song, whose remix featured Dipset affiliate Juelz Santana, provided the perfect

introduction to Brown’s powerful vocals, as well as those synchronized

dance routines that have become his trademark.

 

Reaction

to the new sensation was instant as Brown became a fixture on BET’s 106

and Park, not to mention the cause of Jonas Brother level screams among female

fans. “Run It’s” stint on the charts was a no-brainer, to say

the least. The tune debuted at number on on the Billboard 100 and remained

there for five straight weeks, giving Brown his very first charttopper. Run It – Chris Brown ft. Juelz Santana

 

And,

as expected, the good fortune created the perfect anticipation for more to come

with Brown’s self-titled debut album. The project, which hit stores in

November 2005, cemented the crooner’s grip on the market as “Yo

(Excuse Me Miss)” and “Gimme That” featuring Lil

Wayne,” “Say Goodbye” and “Poppin” powered the

release to double platinum status.

 

Talent

wasn’t the only factor in Brown’s popularity. The entertainer with

the boyish face and nice guy demeanor came across as the boy next door. Someone

who genuinely enjoyed what he did and loved nothing more than to bring

different elements of dance to his live performances.

 

From

the MTV VMAs to the BET and Grammy Awards, no music show wrap up was complete

without some mention of how Chris dazzled the crowd with his creative and entertaining

dance routines. In short, a Chris Brown performance resulted in more album

sales and tour anticipation for him and more free publicity for any event

associated with him.

 

Brown’s

ability to cut a rug even struck a nerve with Justin Timberlake, who expressed

what many in the audience thought after seeing his competition perform at the

2007 VMA’s.

 

“Nobody likes to be reminded that

they’re getting older,” the former boy member expressed. “And

whatever Chris Brown just did reminded me of how I’m getting older

– ’cause damn. It’s just exciting to see.”

 

The

performance was indeed one for conversation as Brown’s set included

choreography set to two singles from his sophomore album, Exclusive, “Wall to Wall” and

“Kiss Kiss,” as well as an homage to Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”

 The event was also noted for the appearance of the woman who would later

become Brown’s girlfriend, Rihanna.

 

The

pop diva joined Brown to sing her megahit “Umbrella,” thereby

giving fans something more to talk about. Talk soon gave way to actual evidence

with rumors of Rihanna and Brown being more than friends starting to ring true.

Whether they were photographed at a beach or swimming pool or just enjoying

each other’s company, it became clear that Chris had someone around to

spend his spare time with and share in his success.

 

Released

in November of 2007, Exclusive

sold roughly 294,498 copies to debut at number four on the Billboard 200.

Capitalizing off the album’s popularity, the album was re-released on

June 3, 2008. The Forever Edition,

as it was called, included four new tracks as well as a bonus DVD of unreleased

concert and behind the scenes footage. “Kiss Kiss” as well as

“Take You Down” and “With You” were certifiable hits

from the original version, but the Polow da Don-produced title track from the

new edition propelled the project towards worldwide sales of more than a million copies. Add to that the income generated from Wrigley using

“Forever” in its Doublemint gum ads and Breezy was definitely

coming into his own has a businessman.

 

Professionally,

life couldn’t be better. Television roles on UPN’s One on One and Fox’s The OC only prepared Chris for life on the

big screen with his film debut in Stomp the

Yard and co-starring with Lauren London in the family drama This Christmas. It was the icing to a cake

that couldn’t get any sweeter. All leading to a fond farewell of the

years leading into and including 2008.

 

2009?

Well that’s another story.

 

Things

seemed to start out strong with Chris riding his good forturne while becoming music’s

newest go-to guy. Collaborations with Bow Wow (2006’s “Shorty Like

Mine”) as well as T-Pain and Lil Mama, David Banner and Jordin Sparks

(2008’s “Shawty Get Loose,”“Get Like Me” and

“No Air” respectively) only heightened Brown’s exposure

outside of his normal fan base.No Air – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

 

So

much so, that the latter hit was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Pop

collaboration with vocals. Meanwhile, speculation on Brown’s relationship

with Rihanna was relegated to talk of whether or not the entertainers would

officially come out as a couple as well as the occasional unfaithful rumors.

 

Then

the levees break.

 

February

8, 2009. Surprising reports surface of an altercation between Chris and an

unidentified woman the night before the Grammys.

 

The

crooner, who was expected to perform on music’s biggest night, turns

himself in as California

authorities look into accusations made by the woman of Brown assaulting her

after a heated argument heated inside a vehicle. No charges were filed, but the

entertainer is booked on suspicion

of making a criminal threat.

 

Although

he is later released on $50,000 bail, Brown’s world was already coming

undone. Grammy officials scramble to fill the holes left from him and Rihanna,

who was rumored to be the victim at the time, being no-shows to the event.

 

Artists

and fans alike expressed shock at the turn of events. Media outlets swarmed

upon the news as they struggled to cover every aspect of the case. Little by

little, details leading up to the alleged beating came out. A week after the

incident, Chris finally spoke out on what happened via a statement.

 

“Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am

over what transpired,”  said Brown , who also dispelled false

reports of what happened as well as reveal that he is “seeking the

counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed,

with God’s help, to emerging a better person,”

 

Brown’s

statement came as prosecutors constructed a case against the vocalist, who has

become unpopular among those who used to love his music. The issue especially

hit home with TMZ.com’s posting of a photo of a battered and bruised

Rihanna that was taken shortly after police responded to the assault.

 

Some

time later, Brown and Rihanna reportedly put aside the incident and reportedly

reunited. Debate further ensues with the message this sends to young fans of

both singers as well as abuse victims. As it stands now, it looks as though

Rihanna has had her fill of Brown and dumped him. This coming after seemingly

every celebrity has weighed in on the situation and both stars gradually return

to the studio to record new music.

 

Overall,

the issue has divided fans, some of whom blame Rihanna for what happened. Others charge it to Brown’s history of domestic violence in his family, as mentioned in a past interview with AllHipHop Alternatives. In

addition, parents are stuck having to explain why one of their child’s

favorite singers is looking at jail time for allegedly beating up a woman.

 

Whether

or not Brown is able to rebound remains to be seen. His relationship with

Wrigley has soured in light of the company suspending his Doublemint ads. In

addition, the marketing campaign for his upcoming movie with rapper T.I. has

all but excluded him from the promotion of the film.

 

Nevertheless,

history has proven that artists are able to win back fans once they deliver a

solid hit to make all the negativity a memory. No matter what, the name of

Chris Brown will be something for people to love, hate or just talk about.**To get the latest AllHipHop Alternatives Features, follow us on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/AHHalternatives**

Hip-Hop Rumors: Dame Dash Dated Mary? Ciara Swagger Swiping Beyonce? The Game Blasts Bow Wow!

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Rumors

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.

TODAY’S RUMORS!UPDATEJIM TELLIN’ ON HIMSELF?I don’t know how well Jim Jones knows the internet, but he better be careful or he’ll be the next fail! Apparenly he’s on Twitter somewhere and he sent to a message for all to wewed, I mean, read. “I’m late 4 court wit marijuana eyes” and “sittin in court wit a pocket full of weed.” UH…HELLO! You can’t be in court and revealing that you are doing illegal activities right there in court. Obviously, its possible that it’s a fake Jim Jones and equally possible that he was lying on Twitter. Either way, cut it out! We don’t want to see another rapper with a legal mess. MARIAH IS READY FOR A BABY!I wonder if Nick Cannon was an ends to a means for Mariah Carey? I don’t think so, because they seem really happy. But, I have to say, there is a rumor that Mariah is going hard with having a baby. As far as we know, she’s not preggers, but people are saying that the pair paid over $200k on all sorts of baby stuff. They are reportedly buying a lavish mini-palace in the Los Angeles area, where they will put the baby cribs and whatever. I do believe that he reps have denied this rumor so who knows!

DAME DASH USED TO DATE MARY J. BLIGE?

All my real G’s will know where this rumor came from and the remainder of it will come in due time, but for now, I must keep it under wraps. During the making of Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z and Dame were on their grind in the early 90’s and they needed a hit. Well,. Before they locked in Foxy Brown, they locked in Mary J. Blige, who was breaking out as the queen of R&B Hip-Hop. She was doing her thing, but Jay was just starting. I heard that Dame Dash and Mary had a lil’ thing going on at the time. He was allegedly able to leverage his relationship with MJB to get her to sing on “Can’t Knock The Hustle.” That’s pretty much it, but I had never heard that rumor until just yesterday when a person closely related to Dame Dash started talking.

THE GAME CHALLENGES BOW WOW!

Remember the first time that The Game and Bow Wow played? heck out the video below and watch The Game call out Bow-Wow! Bow Weezy never paid Game his $100,000 when he lost the Madden. Now, The Game has called Bow-Wow to the carpet double or nothing to face off with Black College Football Xperience! I don’t see it going down for Bow Weezy since he got beat pretty bad that first time.

LLSEED’S QUICKIES

Rihanna’s Covergirl commericals are running again. She looking very awesome.

Rumor has it, there may be a reunion of the A-Team. I’m not so sure, but…lets if Ransom and the gang can agree to agree.

Chino XL, Sinful and Crooked I – the Dirty Dodgers.

Shout out to my girl, Devi Dev. She sent this over to me for a great cause. There is a fairly new charity called www.lovecurescancer.com and 100% of their proceeds are going to St. Judes Children’s Hospital. Check it out. All you have to do is send a kid some love via a video message.

Basically through Videogram’s they send personal messages of strength to the children in the Hospital and to urge people to donate for Cancer Research!

I just want to send a shout out to IC Member Durtysouf! The guy went and got married! Congrats to Durtysouf and his wife! He’s a good man!

I don’t know how this happened, but somebody confused Wendy Williams with Reese Steel from Ms. Rap Supreme? How did that happen?

Rumor has it. Oprah Winfrey is looking to make Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man” into a movie. I heard that DJ Tre the Chocolate Jock was seriously hating on Steve too. OUCH! Steve was on O twice…that’s big, G.

Remember how I told you Storch was having some issues? Well, he’s now in rehab. God bless the guy. He’s had it rough. Jeez.

The fact is, RiRi is still looking to pay about $6 million for a house in Cali. C. Breezy is still on time out.

Damn!!! Remember Trina Johnson? She was booked to do a show in Suriname as Toni Braxton. But she is an impersonator and the people over there thought they were getting the real thing. Now, the alleged scam has in JAIL! Since February! She thought it was a tribute show!

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

Check out this dude who, out of his head said, “Butt Naked Wonda, Big Brotha Thunda and The Masta Blasta.” This dude is crazy, homeless or both. But, its not safe for work.

Purple rock cocaine!LOON IS NOW MUSLIM!

This really isn’t a secret, but its actually kinda cool. Mase went to Christianity and Loon went the Muslim route. “We love you God!” Very cute of the kiddies.

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY

This is a great fail! IF you are going to have a fail, this is certainly the one! It is a recession and (as I have pointed out) people are doing more and more crazy things to “get over.” A series of windows were broken all through Sacramento, California. Nobody really knew what was going on, but police got on to the scent of the perp. Guess what happened? The local owner of a Glass and Mirror company was arrested and charged with breaking out the windows of several small business. Andrew Krogh, 47, opened his store, lowered prices and advertised all over town. He then allegedly repeatedly broke the windows in a marital arts studio. The studio’s sensei and students staked out the place and caught dude readhanded with a sling shot and ball bearings. LOL. They also matched his car with the car in video from other cameras in previous crimes. Lastly, dude creepily stepped to his victims and offered to fix their windows! Dude pulled a Shaggy to police and said it wasn’t him.

A PRETTY FUNNY JOKE

A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”

The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”

The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”

The pharmacist’s eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband.

That’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”

The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now, that’s different……………………………..

You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”

NEW SLAUGHTER HOUSE!

IS CIARA BITING OFF BEYONCE’S BIG SWAG PIE?

THIS BROKE YESTERDAY

…But I figured you would want a “spoof.”

SPEAKING OF LIL KIM!

She checks in with her fans at myspace! I might add, there was no mention of the TLC addition. Or is there? I didn’t read it all.

Hey to all my wonderful fans, I’m up late on MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook so decided to post a Facebook blog for all my personal Facebook fans. I’m only doing this here, hahaha, MySpace have been getting all my attention for the past few months.

First I want to take the time to personally thank you all for voting so much. It’s the reason I am still on Dancing with the Stars and doing so well. I appreciate it so much from the bottom of my heart. Please continue to watch me this and every monday night on abc and vote vote vote.

Right now I’m in LA rehearsing non-stop with my team Hillary(manager), Chelsea(assistant, personal photographer), Lisa(abc publicist), and they are all going to make sure your girl is moving into the right direction and looking good for the cam. I want to give a big-shoutout to my Ken, Derek Hough, he’s an amazing teacher and I love him, expect more from us soon. After the show hopefully I can release my new album because I just got out of the deal with Trackmasters and I’m now officially off of Atlantic Records (yeeeeees) now I can do my own thing and release my s### independently how I want to.

The new album is going to be a whole new evolution of Lil’ Kim. With T-Pain, Kanye, and Lil’ Wayne singing and rapping, the Queen of this s### need to hold it down for the females and show that I can do it too. You guys are going to love it. It’s picking up where my second album The Notorious K.I.M left off (remember, people aren’t ready for that album when it dropped) but with hip hop and music changing so much, it’s time for me to do my thing. I’m working with so many people but it’s a surprise I’m not going to say who but just say, a lot of people owe me favors and a lot of people are getting back on the Queen Bee wagon and wants to work with me so look forward to a lot of collaborations on the album, HUGE ONES!

I just recently did a song with Fat Joe called “P### Star” so be on the look out for that on his album and I’m working with Derek Hough and his band, my dancing partner, and I love it. We might even get to dance to the song we might be working on.

I really do read all of my comments, wall posts, and messages, I really do. Please don’t think I don’t but it’s just that I get so many that I can respond to them all but I occasionally check my messages and you might get a reply. My assistants, management, and publicist also check my page occasionally to give you all updates so it’s not just me on my page as well. I’m running a lot of pages now, LOL. I’m a computer addict.

Some more upcoming projects I’m working on is my autobiography, which is set to be released at the end of the year because it’s time for me to tell my story. My clothing line is still in the works, 24-7 Star, by the fall. Once my album is out and rolling, I’m going to be launching my Queen Bee label full force and I’m in talks right now with a network to possibly do a reality show searching for artists on my label around the world. So I do listen to all of your songs people tag me in so continue to tag me and check for updates about casting information with that, just bare with me. It’s coming!

Shout out to my people in Croatia, I love you all. I’m going to be back there soon!

Also check out my new official website www.lilkimsworld.com and my Twitter www.twitter.com/lilkimsworld. They will be updated soon!

I love you all and please continue to vote and show your support for me on Dancing With The Stars. We can take this home!! Brooklyn!

Love, Lil’ KimILLSEED IS OUT

I’m taking a nap! Email me at [email protected] …tips, information and other stupid stuff.

For more, go to illseed.com. Or just follow me at http://twitter.com/illseed

DILLA, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

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Police Seek To Question Flo Rida, Entourage Over Rabbit Killing

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

Local police are seeking to question two unidentified men traveling with rapper Flo Rida, over charges of animal abuse.

 

Flo Rida was in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday and Wednesday (March 25), to promote his upcoming CD R.O.O.T.S.

 

The trip went bad when a witnesses allegedly saw two men step off of Flo Rida’s and kill a rabbit.

 

A witness saw the men brutally kill the animal before they re-entered the bus and leave the location.

 

Now, Lexington Police, Kentucky Police and Animal Control are investigation the incident and simply want to question the occupants of the bus.

 

Flo Rida is currently one of the most popular rappers in the world.

 

His single “Right Round” recently surpassed 2 million in sales and is currently #1 on iTunes’ Top 10.

 

His second single, “Sugar” featuring Wynter, is also #5 on iTunes’ chart this week. R.O.O.T.S. is due in stores on March 31.

Electrik Red & Lil Wayne – “So Good”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: Alternatives

Electrik Red has just created the R&B come up of the year. The group has joined forces with Lil Wayne for the remix of their single “So Good,” which has been gaining traction on the charts. The sexy black and white video has yet to be released, but the screen shots are enticing enough to leave fans wishing for more.And the music? Check out “So Good” remix Electrik Red featuring Lil Wayne!

 

Electrik Red!

Sarah

 

Lesley

Naomi

Binkie

Lil Wayne!

Weezy and the ladies!

Kanye West Launching International Tour

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: News

Kanye West is planning a tour of Europe and the United States to promote his latest album 808’s and Heartbreak.

 

The tour is set to begin this summer in Europe, and arrive in the U.S. by the fall. West has consulted with many of the same people who helped inspire staging for his last set of shows, the “Glow in the Dark Tour” to plan for his upcoming tour.

 

“The last one was done because I didn’t feel like doing a rap show, because of all I was going through in my life. All I felt like was playing with ‘Star Wars’ (toys) and being Luke Skywalker. So I figured you know, ‘I’ll do a rap show if I can just be like Luke Skywalker every night.’ And so I just wrote my own sci-fi and played in it.”

 

They include filmmaker Spike Jonze, who directed West’s upcoming “See You In My Nightmares” video, and The Jim Henson Company.

 

No tour dates have been announced as of press time.