KELZ "Foolin' / Kill Em All" Official Video
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Shoe Swag
Shoe Swag - The Return of a Classic
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Should ABC cancel new drama "Detroit 1-8-7"?
Detroit 1-8-7 is a new drama series that will appear on ABC this fall in the tradition of Law & Order and CSI meet The Office. A documentary film crew follows around a Detroit homicide unit of detectives to get a real sense of what the city of Detroit is all about, the city with the highest murder rate in the country is under the microscope in this new police drama.
But it’s nowhere near reality. For one thing it’s being shot in Atlanta. For another their police code “1-8-7″ indicates a murder call only in California. Even if it is a drama for television, we still remember young Aiyana Jones losing her life because a television crew had been following a special-response team for the A&E reality show The First 48, which chronicles police departments on the trail of homicide suspects, and do to police officers being amped up one of their weapons discharged and killed Aiyana. Is this art imitating reality? Is it in good taste for the show to be aired? Should they pull the plug on Detroit 1-8-7?
The show is playing on the fact that Detroit’s auto industry is gone and the new assembly line is solving the numerous homicides that plague the city, as the actress in the opening scene says; “Get them solved and make room for the next one, we might be the last assembly line in Detroit” . Take a look at the the trailer below.
Source: www.globalgrind.com
Monday, May 24, 2010
Pacquiao Finally Agrees to Blood Test
In February, Manny Pacquiao ignored a Floyd Mayweather compromise that would have had their blood testing impasse met in the middle at 14 days prior to fight night. Now, after both men have won subsequent fights against Top 10 welterweights, Pacquiao has confirmed he would be willing to agree to the offer.
“14 days is ok with me, as long as [the blood test] isn’t done on the day of the fight, and only the right amount of blood will be drawn from me,” Pacquiao detailed to the Filipino press.
The quote is Pacquiao’s first statement on a potential Mayweather bout since his post-fight interview in March after defeating Joshua Clottey. At the time, Pacquiao refused to budge on Mayweather’s Olympic style drug testing demand, but stated his goal to fight the winner of Mayweather-Mosley.
Last month, Mayweather silenced critics by outclassing Shane Mosley to a blowout decision win. After that fight, Mayweather said the 14 day offer was now off the table, reiterating his stance from February after Pacquiao walked away from the negotiating table rather than compromise further on the testing. Before talks ended, Pacquiao’s final offer had been random testing no more the 24 days before the fight.
Despite several articles reporting otherwise, neither Floyd Mayweather nor his camp have released any statements since Pacquiao’s new stance on the testing. A few weeks ago, Pacquiao promoter and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said that both sides will discuss business in private to prevent the media circus and pandering that helped sink the previous negotiation.
If terms are met, the fight will be the most lucrative in boxing history with a November target date.
Since the last negotiations, Manny Pacquiao has won a congressional seat in his native Phillipines, which he assured fans will not interfere with his training. Pacquiao will be sworn in on June 30.
Source: http://www.allhiphop.com/
Jamaica Police Declare Emergency
Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a barricaded slum in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.
Sporadic gunshots rang out in gritty West Kingston where defiant supporters of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a Jamaican "don" who is widely suspected of controlling gunmen in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood, have transformed the area into a virtual fortress cut off by trashed cars and barbed wire.
In barricaded Hannah Town, close to Tivoli Gardens, black smoke spiraled into the sky from a police station set aflame by molotov cocktails.
Officers fled the burning station in impoverished West Kingston, where a 2001 standoff between gunmen and security forces killed 25 civilians, as well as a soldier and a constable
Jamaican media have reported just two wounded so far: a police officer and a civilian, both hit by gunfire.
Sunday's violence erupted following a week of ever-higher tensions in the capital over the possible extradition of Coke to the United States on drug and arms-trafficking charges.
After Prime Minister Bruce Golding reversed his long-standing refusal to extradite Coke, the alleged kingpin's supporters began barricading the streets and preparing for a fight.
Earlier Sunday, police urged the neighborhood boss to surrender, calling the heavy barricades encircling his slum stronghold a sign of "cowardice."
The U.S., Canada and Britain issued travel alerts on Friday warning of possible violence and unrest in Jamaica. Most islanders have been steering clear of downtown Kingston entirely.
The state of public emergency, limited to the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, will be in effect for one month unless extended or revoked by lawmakers, the government said.
Coke is described as one of the world's most dangerous drug lords by the U.S. Justice Department. He has ties of loyalty to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and holds significant sway over the West Kingston area represented in Parliament by Golding, who stalled Coke's extradition request for months with claims that the U.S. indictment relied on illegal wiretap evidence.
Source: www.globalgrind.com
Simon Monjack, Brittany Murphy's Husband Found Dead
Police rushed to the scene after receiving a 911 call from a female (whose identity is not know) and upon arriving at Simon Monjack's home, he was found dead. At Brittany Murphy's funeral in December, a visibly shaken Monjack spoke about his relationship with with wife and the sadness of losing his best friend.
Firefighters and police were on the scene and have concluded that Simon died of natural causes.
"We concluded there no signs of foul play or any criminal activity involved," said Sgt. Alex Ortiz, another police spokesman.
Source: www.globalgrind.com
NEIGHBORHOOD x A Bathing Ape “BrotherHood” Collection
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http://hypebeast.com/2010/05/neighborhood-bathing-ape-brotherhood-collection/
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Shoe Swag
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And the Nominees are...
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil’ Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Drake & Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything to Me”
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
"Swagger Wagon" + "Big Booty B***hes"
Monday, May 17, 2010
Shoe Swag
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Atlanta Rapper Gunned Down at Video Shoot
(AllHipHop News) Four men have been charged with murder in relation to the shooting of rapper Yung Hott, who was shot while filming a music video on Saturday (May 15th) in Griffin, Georgia.
Yung Hott, born Jerode Paige, was hit in the head and killed instantly, as a crowd of about 150-200 people gathered to watch the filming of the video.
Three other people were injured in the shooting, including a 5-year-old girl, who was hit by a stray bullet from the 20 rounds fired at the rapper.
The girl was treated for non-life threatening injuries and released.
According to Griffin police, 23-year-old Terrance Jones, 22-year-old Bahir Howard, 21-year-old Terry Fuller and 21-year-old named Corderra Walker are all in custody for the murder of Yung Hott.
Each man has been charged with murder, aggravated battery and child cruelty. All men are being held in the Spalding County Jail.
Source: www.allhiphop.com
www.myspace.com/yunghott
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Shoe Swag
Roc Nation Aviator Headphones
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Jay-Z and Eminem Announce Mega Tour Dates
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Teacher Fired for Putting Her Shoe On 13-Year-Old Student
A Houston teacher has been fired from her position at a school for special education students after she was caught on video viciously beating a 13-year-old student.
Sherri Davis, 40, was terminated after school officials viewed the cell phone video of the assault which took place at Jamie’s House Charter School in Houston.
The boy, who has a history of disciplinary problems, had allegedly punched a female student in the class. Other teachers stood by and watched while Davis dished out punishment to the teenager by slapping, punching, kicking and slamming his head against a wall.
Check out the video below.
Source: www.sandrarose.com
Shoe Swag
Gucci Mane A Free Man
Gucci Mane is finally free.
At 12:01am on May 12 (Wednesday) Gucci Mane (born Radric Davis) was released from Fulton County Jail after serving six months of a one year sentence for violating probation which stemmed from a 2005 incident in which Mane assualted a club promoter.
Check out Gucci's Press Conference below.
Source: www.BET.com
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Whose Got Swag?
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Lena Horne Dies at age 92
Lena Horne epitomized hot and she epitomized cool.
As an actress, she might be the most elegant vision that much of America never saw. For many years Hollywood didn't think the country was ready for a black leading lady, even one whose elegance and beauty could take an audience's breath away.
As a singer, she was in her mid-60s before her one-woman tour de force on Broadway in 1981-82 showed everyone in the city and the world just what she could do with a song.
Horne, who died Sunday in New York Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 92, lit up the sky from the moment in 1932 when she took her first steps in the Cotton Club chorus line. The sky just had a lot of clouds in it for a lot of years.
She began singing in the mid-1930s, with a voice that was powerful and warm yet somehow wistful. It would take her years to really understand her songs, she later said, but the voice was always there.
The movies came next. Her tall-and-tan glamour and flashing brown eyes, not to mention a smile that could melt the polar icecap, turned her into the kind of screen goddess who would, in the phrase of the day, make a bulldog jump the fence.
But even though she also went on to star in nightclubs and on Broadway, it would take almost half a century before America would fully embrace Lena Horne - because throughout her prime performing years, neither Hollywood nor the music business was ready to give a "colored girl" a full fair shot in the mainstream.
She breached the barrier occasionally, winning a Tony nomination for her starring role in the 1957 Broadway show "Jamaica" with Ossie Davis. But Hollywood would rarely let her act at all, instead limiting her to musical "inserts." Producers would darken her skin with a special makeup called "Egyptian Dark," put her in a beautiful outfit and have her sing a song that could be snipped out of the print that was sent to Southern theaters, where some of the owners said their patrons didn't cotton to race-mixing on the screen.
"I was like a butterfly pinned to a pillar," Horne would later say, but she had little choice. When she pressed hard in 1951 for the role of the tragic Julie in the film remake of "Show Boat," MGM decided it was too risky to have a black actress play a black character and instead cast Ava Gardner.
"I had things in my life that helped me fight off the bitterness," Horne said in a 1982 interview. "But I didn't really enjoy my career until I was 50. I always felt like an outsider."
Born in Brooklyn in 1917 to parents who would soon divorce, Horne was raised by her grandmother for the first years of her life. When she was 19 she married Louis Jones, and they had two children, Gail and Teddy, before divorcing in 1944. Gail would become a well-known author as Gail Lumet Buckley, while Teddy died in 1970 of kidney failure.
While Horne in later years said she had stopped defining her career by the obstacles she faced and fought, there always remained considerable speculation what level of star she would have become without those obstacles. That speculation was reinforced by the universal embrace she received for her Broadway show, "The Lady and Her Music."
"The Lady and Her Music" was a concert whose songs also told the singer's story. She included two versions of her signature song, "Stormy Weather" - one the way she sang it when she was in her 20s, the other as she now sang it in her 60s. "I Got A Name" reminded her of her father, she said, and she started singing "Yesterday When I Was Young" after her close friend Hazel Scott died. The show sold out for 14 months and won her every award this side of Super Bowl MVP.
"The reason they never let Lena Horne star in the movies was pretty obvious," said the late Gregory Hines around that time. "She would have blown all the other ‘stars' away."
Her two most-remembered roles came in two all-black musicals made during World War II: "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky." In "Stormy Weather," she sang the title song and played the improbable lady friend of an aging Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. In "Cabin" she played the devil, leaving no question how a man could be lured from a life of goodness to the kind of mischief her eyes were suggesting.
Both were relatively low-budget productions with spectacular song-and-dance: the music of Horne, Fats Waller and Ethel Waters, the feet of Robinson, John Bubbles and the Nicholas Brothers. Horne said four decades later that she was proud of them, adding that "Even though most people seem to like ‘Stormy' better, I was always a little more fond of ‘Cabin'."
Still, those films didn't thaw mainstream Hollywood's cold shoulder, and that roadblock was a major reason Horne spent much of her career on the singing circuit, in theaters and nightclubs. While she was occasionally called a jazz or blues singer there, she brushed aside those labels for the more broad-reaching category of "popular."
"I never sang ‘Stormy Weather' as a blues," she said in 1982, simply because she came up in the big band singing for the pop audience of the day. The bands with which she performed included Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson, though she would later say one of her favorite musical gigs was her first, with Charlie Barnet.
Unfortunately, working with the white Barnet band in the early ‘40s came at a debilitating cost. When the band would go into a restaurant for a meal after a gig, they were often told the "colored girl" would have to eat in the back with the help. Barnet would leave when this happened, Horne said, but eventually it became so wearing that she started making excuses not to go into restaurants at all, waiting until the musicians had left and trying to find a place that would sell her a sandwich.
When she left Barnet she took a club gig at Café Society, where she became more of a song stylist and started meeting fellow artists and activists like Paul Robeson. She became a more outspoken public activist herself during those years and that didn't help her career, either, since Robeson and anyone associated with him were treated as if they were radioactive. But she said in 1982 that she never considered pulling back.
"I joined the causes I would have joined if I weren't a public person," she said, and clearly "The Lady and Her Music" took some of its richness from the tug-of-war between the pure songs she loved and a hard world she came to distrust.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Lil Wayne Writes a Letter to Mothers & Fans
It’s not many words in the world more powerful than “mother.” Those six letters can bring joy, just like they bring pain. It can invoke excitement just as quickly as it can anger, depending on the context, I guess. For myself, it means more than I can ever possibly describe, but I will try. I associate the term with immeasurable strength, beautiful patience and infinite wisdom.
You can probably already tell, but the main reason for this letter is to pay tribute to every positive matriarch on Mother’s Day. In my eyes, that day is 365 days a year, but I understand the significance of the holiday. The love between a mother and her offspring is hands down the most beautiful thing God created. More than money, more than fame, more than cars. You know why? Because true love is the only thing that lasts from the moment you’re born to the second you perish. To all the mothers who read this letter, I hope this day allows you to feel the love and respect you so rightfully deserve. You are the role models, not me.
To the mothers of my beautiful children, there remains nothing but love, adoration and respect coming from my heart. Even with the mistakes I’ve made in my life, you give me reason to smile in a place where they attempt to break your spirit each day the sun rises. I love my babies with all my heart. And the fact you brought them into this world only gives me more and more motivation to write these words. Happy Mother’s Day.
Last but not least, my own mother, Ms. Cita. You are my heart and you are my soul. Please don’t ever forget that. We’ve been through everything one could possibly imagine together. With each obstacle that has come our way, you have handled it with the grace and dignity I can only hope to mimic. Even writing this, it’s tough to come to grips with the fact I cannot spend this special day with you. Like you always preached, a man must accept his own actions – good and bad – and learn from them. And that’s what I’m doing. Mom, I love you more than you will ever know. Probably more than I love my own self. Enjoy Mother’s Day because you deserve it. Also, find comfort knowing your son loves you and misses you like crazy.
To everyone, again, I cannot stress this enough, thank you so, so much for the support. My spirits are sky high thanks to you all. It makes the day pass faster knowing people out there care about you and want you to do well. I pray the letters keep coming in at the volume they are right now, especially the overseas ones. They let me know life still does move on, even if I forget at times. I just ask that you all keep the letters to one page. And keep sending the pictures, too. Some of you are talented beyond belief with the drawings and paintings.
I’ll go ahead and end the letter here, but again Happy Mother’s Day to each and every lady who has raised/is raising her kids the best way possible. Take care. God bless. Live life. Show love.
“I can trust my loving Savior
When I fear the world’s alarms;
There’s no safer place of resting
Than His everlasting arms”
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I would love to thank the following fans:
Saraya Mabrey – Thanx for the love & for attending all my shows.
John Hoffman – thanx for the kind words
Sonovia McPhee – Thanx for holding my hand + you haven’t lost a friend, you’ve found one in me…
Liana Washington – Yes, I’m getting my arnold on
Susan Riler – Thanx for the support Wifey
S.Nicol Bell – Thanx for the respect & for really listening
Esther Oladele, Anita Abayome & Co – (I love ya’ll too in my best english accent)
Luisa Sulsona - you’re nervous but you wrote 7 pages, thanx baby
Anna Hundy Golden aka Miss Cousin – run baby run. thank you
Josiah Temple – Thanx for the love but your eternity is more important. Trust me
Chelsea from Pittsburgh – I honestly couldn’t read your letter from your handwriting. sorry but thanx anyway
Shae Carr – Don’t cry baby
Illya Mitchell – thanx & sorry about your pops
Lindsey Watson – thanx for the luv & carter V is coming soon, yes I’ll be touring & Sorry I only sleep at my house
Emily Ness – thanz for your absolute love & support and knowing all my songs. You’re a true fan. And the sky isn’t the limit, there are footprints on the moon.
Raven Smith aka Ray Simone – thanx for the real love. I’m honored to know I helped you in anyway and the tat in the mouth would be simply fucking awesome & yes I smiled and Laughed while reading your letter.
Jordan Rando – Your words were as motivated as my own. Thank you & I hope that party shuts down!
Ysabella Espinoza – Thanx for the support babe. Thanx for wearing the shirt & attending the show.
Chris Austin – thanx for the love, i’ll let Lil Twist know that I read your letter. Much love 2 the dream team
Ms Carrie Yates – thank you for the words & tears, My new gal pal
Shaniya Duncan – thanx for the words & yes that was me int he episode & don’t worry an alien is cool!
Allison Holley – thank you – your profession is ultimate
Zohal Amir – thanx for the love & support since “hardball”! and you’re a cutie
Joshua Andrews – thanx for the strong words & shout out to the westbank!
Joelle Bryson – you are beautiful in every way I want to meet you. Write back with a #
Samantha Madrid – sorry about granny. there is no secret. Just live & smile. Pain helps the strength of the smile. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Adam Hosford – thanx for the amazing words for attending my show. I be back!
Jacquette Vencie – your words were intelligent yet funny. made me think & laugh & I want 2 meet you as well, & yes I’ll take it easy. By the way, that’s an Aries symbol on the right side of my face.
Ms. Amber Upton – thanx for attending my show & for finding time to write me. I bet your kid is amazing & thanks for the compliment. I hope your fam is fine now.
Tia Wunder – thank you babe. And I hope you kill’em in softball field. Go Tia!
Erica Lynn “Mrs Carter Campbell” – I luv the envelope & what your idea the F is for.
Daniel Wykowski – Write about you babe – be you!
Chris Melchor – thank you & I hope 2 meet you too someday. Tell moms she should listen too! And I hope you never get tired of me.
Samantha Hutcherson – I hope I keep poppin up in your dreams babe & you should still be head over-hills for me
K. Foxx (Hot97) – You are truly a beautiful woman inside and out. Thank you for always remaining positive. Tune is Tuned in to you in the morning.
Source: www.allhiphop.com
Friday, May 7, 2010
Shoe Swag
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Eminem, Artist of The Decade
Eminem has picked up the award for being the biggest selling artist of the decade in the US.
Nielsen Soundscan, who collect data for the Billboard chart, presented the rapper with his award for selling 32 million records in the noughties.
Present as Em’ collected the plaque were his label boss Jimmy Iovine and mentor Dr. Dre.
Shady releases his new album Recovery in June this year with his new single I’m Not Afraid hitting radio last week.
Source: www.mtv.co.uk
www.billboard.com
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Party like a Rap.... Party like a Rap Star!
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