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, Uncategorized 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 [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap, Sports News on Jul 19th, 2008
Rapper Gucci Mane was reportedly arrested near Atlanta early Wednesday morning (July 23) and charged with gun and drug possession charges.
While details regarding the arrest are sketchy, the rapper (real name: Radric Davis) was taken into custody after being pulled over by police in Henry County, Georgia during a routine traffic stop, in which [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 19th, 2008
Another lil’ problem for Lil Wayne — who’s now accused of ripping off the Rolling Stones!
Wayne — aka the guy behind the lollipop song — is being sued by a music publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones song “Play with Fire.” Abkco Music Inc. claims that Wayne released an alternate version [...]
SDEROT, Israel - From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed “an unshakable commitment to the security” of Israel, whether the threat comes from terrorists, Iran or elsewhere.The way you know where somebody’s going is where have they been. And [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap, Scandal, Sports News on Jul 19th, 2008
A few weeks ago, a photo of Miami rapper Rick Ross leaked to the internet. The photo showed a man dressed in a prison guard uniform and favored the husky rapper quite very closely.
Since its leak Ross has denied outright, several times, that the photo was fake, and even went as far as to [...]
Posted in Law and Order on Jul 19th, 2008
A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman’s uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, police said Sunday.
Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, of Wilkinsburg, is charged in the death of Kia Johnson, 18, of McKeesport. Curry-Demus is accused of taking the baby boy to a Pittsburgh hospital and claiming [...]
ABUL, Afghanistan (July 19) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan — the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops.
The Illinois senator arrived Saturday in Kabul as part of an official congressional [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Rap on Jul 19th, 2008
Rapper Lil Scrappy was injured and arrested Friday night (July 18) in DeKalb County, Georgia.
According to local news channel WSBTV2, the incident took place at around 7 p.m. in an apartment complex in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Reports said that the 24-year-old rapper (real name: Darryl Richardson) had received a call from his sister who said [...]
Posted in Celebrity News, Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 19th, 2008
NEW YORK — James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon’s children protested.
Fans and collectors packed a Christie’s salesroom as more than 300 lots of Brown’s belongings were sold, bringing in a total of $857,688, the auction house [...]
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