Posted in Celebrity News, Events, Rap on Jul 31st, 2008
Young Jeezy’s new album, “The Recession,” will be released on Sept. 2 via CTE/Def Jam and will be preceded by a three week promo tour throughout the U.S., reports Billboard.com.
The trek kicks off Aug. 10 in Houston and will hit such cities as New Orleans, Chicago, New York and Tampa before wrapping in Atlanta [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 31st, 2008
Nelly is making his rounds, promoting his upcoming album Brass Knuckles. In addition to the new solo project, he may be working on a collaborative project with the King of the South, T.I.
In the cover story for Rap-Up magazine’s summer issue, Nelly says the two rappers are currently in talks, but nothing is confirmed [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Gone but Not Forgotten, Maryland on Jul 30th, 2008
when radio personality Bob Lopez died in May 2005, after 27 years on 98 Rock, his bosses knew finding someone to fill his shoes wouldn’t be easy.
“We had lost a guy who had been on the air almost since the birth of the radio station,” said Dave Hill, at the time three years into his [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Gospel on Jul 30th, 2008
*Family and friends from around the country gathered at a Brooklyn church Monday to say goodbye to the wife and grandson of the Rev. Timothy Wright.
While the pastor remains in critical condition at a Pennsylvania hospital, a funeral was held for Betty Wright and grandson Daniel “D.J.” Wright at the Washington Temple Church of [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 30th, 2008
Rap superstar Nelly will likely be the first hip-hop star to get paid for letting their underwear show. The St. Louis-bred artist, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., will be the new spokesmodel for Sean Jean Underwear, the intimates line by fellow hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Nelly is Sean Jean’s first underwear model, though [...]
Posted in Law and Order, Politics, Scandal on Jul 29th, 2008
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison on Tuesday for his role in the cut-rate sales of city land to his former mistress.
U.S. District Judge William Martini gave James 27 months and ordered him to pay a $100,000 fine, but did not require [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Sports News on Jul 29th, 2008
The former Newsweek editor, who joined NBC last year as senior vice president of news, will assume many of the off-camera duties held by Russert, who died of a heart attack in June.
As bureau chief, Whitaker will be in charge of “Meet the Press,” as well as NBC News’ election and political coverage. He also [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Gone but Not Forgotten, Maryland on Jul 26th, 2008
The thousands of fans who filed into Morgan State University’s auditorium for Khia Edgerton’s funeral today could recite the DJ’s accomplishments: recording artist, radio personality, leader of an underground music movement.
But during the two-hour music-filled ceremony, those fans learned how Edgerton rose from spinning records in her family’s Randallstown basement to become “K-Swift,” leader of [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 19th, 2008
The latest in the Rick Ross drama surrounding his past employment as a prison guard comes, again, from Smoking Gun, as well as the Boss himself, who claims all of this drama is nothing more than a smear campaign.
Through a Freedom of Information request, the Smoking Gun Web site obtained Florida Department of Corrections [...]
T.I. has joined forces with political organization, the Hip Hop Caucus, to launch new voter registration and Get Out the Vote campaign that combines the power of celebrity and media with grassroots efforts to mobilize and educate young people between the ages of 18 and 29, who are not in college.
The campaign slogan, “Respect [...]
Posted in Law and Order, Politics on Jul 19th, 2008
DETROIT (July 26) - A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena.
Brian White wasn’t prepared for what he said followed: a physical confrontation with the beefy mayor that involved a profanity-laced tirade by Kilpatrick and a possible hip fracture for [...]
Posted in Law and Order on Jul 19th, 2008
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man wielding a shotgun entered a church and opened fire as congregants watched a youth performance Sunday, killing one person and injuring eight others, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen said.
Police said the gunman was taken into custody. They didn’t immediately release his name. No children were injured. A hospital spokeswoman [...]
Posted in Events, Gone but Not Forgotten, Obama, Politics on Jul 19th, 2008
*According to Reuters, if Europeans had a vote, polls suggest Democratic candidate Barack Obama would be a shoo-in for U.S. president, but his speech to a huge crowd in Berlin showed he would be a more demanding partner than many realized.
A sea of about 200,000 German Obama admirers cheered on the senator from Illinois [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Scandal on Jul 19th, 2008
Sean “Diddy” Combs is not engaged to singer Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, despite some published reports to the contrary, a representative for the music mogul tells PEOPLE.
“Contrary to tabloid reports, there is no engagement. This was a complete fabrication,” states Combs’s rep.
Combs, 38, signed the singer, now 21, to his label Bad Boy Records, which [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Obama on Jul 19th, 2008
After the recent success of his anti-superhero film Hancock, Will Smith has become Hollywood’s Best-Paid Actors, according to Forbes.
The superstar actor, who started his career in entertainment as a rapper, came in at no. 1 on the magazine’s list of the Best-Paid Actors in Hollywood this week, banking an estimated $80 million over the [...]
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