Walter Beasley & Friends Live Concert & Food Drive

November 13,2010  At The Forum Caters

4210 Primrose Ave. Baltimore Md. 7:30 Pm

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Featuring : Marcus Mitchell

Cori  Robinson, Kendall Lenard & Drew Davidsen

Hosted by FOX 45 Myranda Stephen

Honoring Community leaders

Travis Winkey &  Arnold Mitchell

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Married for just over a month, Alicia Keys showed off her growing baby bump while strolling through Tribeca with her record producer husband Swizz Beatz on Wednesday. No news on the due date but look’s  like it could be real soon.

After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.

The multiplatinum rapper starred in the nation’s No. 1 movie, recently married his longtime girlfriend, taped a music special for VH1 and was wrapping up a new album. But after an arrest Wednesday in California, there are questions about whether he’s returning to the music charts — or prison.

The Grammy-winning hitmaker, who is on three years of probation, was taken into custody with wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines after police pulled over their Maybach in West Hollywood. They were released on $10,000 bail early Thursday.

While charges have yet to be filed, the case has the potential to put one of music’s top names in behind bars yet again.

“We’re not making any observations at this time,” said Ed Garland, a defense attorney for T.I. “This is an unfortunate occurrence, and we do not know what the outcome will be.”

His music label, Atlantic Records, also said it “would be premature to speculate about the current situation given that there is an ongoing investigation of this matter.”

Known as the “King of the South,” T.I is a top name in hip-hop, and pop. Born as Clifford Harris, he sold millions of albums since his debut and racked up hits like “Whatever You Like” and “U Don’t Know Me.” He also had top collaborations with artists including Rihanna, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake.

But his celebrated career was put in jeopardy in 2007 when he was caught trying to buy semiautomatic weapons on the way to a BET Awards show. The Atlanta rapper, who has served time for drug and other offenses, pleaded guilty to weapons charges and served seven months in an Arkansas prison and three months in a halfway house in Georgia.

He was ordered not to commit another federal, state or local crime while on supervised release, or to illegally possess a controlled substance. He was also told to take at least three drug tests after his release and to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment program.

T.I. didn’t appear to need government intervention to stay out of trouble. The rapper talked of a new, positive start: He spoke to kids about the dangers of drugs and guns, and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young was one of his supporters. As he prepared for his most recent sentence, the rapper starred in the MTV reality show, “T.I.’s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go.”

“Right now, it’s all about moving forward and just acknowledging the blessing that are here today. … Just moving past the regrets of yesterday — the things that could’ve been done better,” T.I. told The Associated Press in July.

After his release, he wasted little time returning to the spotlight. He released new music and was one of the stars of “Takers,” a shoot-’em-up about an armored truck robbery that goes bad. He is working on an album, which was slated to come out this year, and last month, he taped a VH1 “Storytellers” performance.

T.I. also married Cottle, the former singer for the 1990s R&B group Xscape; she has found new fame as the star of the BET reality show “Tiny & Toya.”

Cottle took to her Twitter on Thursday, thanking fans for support and prayers. “We love u guys:) going 2bed now! So glad 2b n a nice clean bed,” she wrote.

A representative for VH1 said it was too early to determine how his arrest might affect the upcoming special. A representative for “Takers” did not immediately return a request for comment.

T.I.’s probation officer has asked him to return to Atlanta, said Don Samuel, one of T.I.’s attorneys. He said it was unclear when T.I. would return to his hometown.

U.S. Attorney Sally Yates, Atlanta’s top federal law enforcement official, said she would not speculate on what could happen to Harris. “The probation office is in the process of determining what happened and will make a recommendation regarding Mr. Harris when they have all the facts,” she said.

His probation officer can recommend that the terms of the rapper’s probation be changed, such as to require that he take more drug counseling classes and undergo more frequent drug tests. Or the officer could ask the judge to revoke the rapper’s probation, which was set to end in 2013. That could lead to a prison sentence.

The decision would be made by U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr., who presided over the original case.

Dwight Thomas, another T.I. lawyer, also stressed it was too early to determine the impact of the arrest. “We don’t have a full grasp of the facts circumstances. We don’t know the violation,” he said. “I will remain optimistic until this matter is favorably resolved.”

Young, who is an ordained minister, married Harris and Cottle last month in Miami. He said T.I. has made “marvelous progress” and that he is a good father and partner.

He also was skeptical about the charges against the rapper and the circumstances of the arrest.

“I assume that you’re innocent until you’re proven guilty,” Young told The AP in a telephone interview. “If he was driving and smoking marijuana, that is absolutely stupid. But why was he pulled over in the first place? Because he had a Maybach? Because he was black? Because they know who he is and resent his success?”

Young said his advice to Harris has been focused on violence, not drug use.

“We never talked about drugs,” Young said, but added: “Maybe I should have.”

A 51-year-old music executive known as “the Mom” or “Auntie” at Bad Boy Records is suing Sean “P. Diddy” Combs for $12 million claiming that she was fired for being old and disabled.

Francesca Spero says in her lawsuit that she is “renowned for launching the careers of various urban music figures, including Combs” but had a falling out with him after being laid up with hip surgery in 2008.

Spero says Diddy told her she could no longer “run around” and earned too much money for “someone who could no longer keep up with his fast-paced lifestyle,” according to her lawsuit.

A spokesperson for Sean Combs released a statement saying,

“This is a grab for money by someone who concedes in her complaint to having had a drug relapse while on the job and an employer who was not satisfied with her work.  There are many reasons why Ms. Spero is no longer employed by Bad Boy, but age discrimination is not one of them.”

Movie superstar Jamie Foxx will be making a splashy return to TV this fall.

FOX recently announced that it has picked up a new sketch comedy produced by Jamie Foxx.

The show is tentatively called “The Jamie Foxx Project” and will debut in the upcoming 2010-2011 television season.  It will be a half-hour show similar to “In Living Color” offering a fresh take on pop culture, with spoofs of commercials, TV shows, and celebrities.

Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment at FOX said, ““Jamie Foxx’s brilliance first shined on FOX, so it’s fantastic to welcome him back to the network.”

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According to Nicole Nishida, a spokeswoman for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, deputies pulled over T.I.’s Maybach after he made an illegal U-turn on Sunset Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Cops then smelled marijuana and conducted a search. They then found a controlled substance which is now believed to be “pills resembling Ecstasy.”

“The pills are being tested as we speak,” Nicole Nishida said.

Federal officials are in the process of determining whether or not to revoke T.I.’s probation due to last night’s arrest.  United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said,  “The probation office is in the process of determining what happened and will make a recommendation regarding Mr. Harris when they have all the facts.”

T .I. could be sent right back to jail to do some serious time if they determine he did violate his probation. T.I.’s probation officer has asked him to return to Atlanta

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The honeymoon is over for T.I. and his wife Tameka Cottle because TMZ has learned they were arrested tonight and booked for the alleged possession of a controlled substance.

Law enforcement sources tell us L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over the multi-platinum selling rapper and his wife in a Maybach on Sunset Boulevard around 10:30PM. Deputies say they smelled marijuana, and after searching the vehicle they arrested T.I. and Tameka.

The couple just got married on July 30 in Miami, and T.I. — real name Clifford Harris Jr. — is on probation after doing seven months in prison on federal weapons charges.

We’re told T.I. and Tameka are in custody right now. Bail amount is $10,000.

Mathew Knowles wants everyone to know that despite false reports from certain sites, Jay-Z is not running Beyonce’s career.

Mathew Knowles and Music World Entertainment sent out this press release to combat the rumors nobody really believed in the first place about Jay-z now managing Beyonce’s career:

“Contrary to false rumors online, Beyoncé and her manager Mathew Knowles unequivocally have had and continue to have a close personal and business relationship. Mathew Knowles is the sole and exclusive manager of Beyoncé.”

The fellas are gracing the cover of the October issue of Essence Magazine.  And they’ve got some things to say about their love for Black women.  Gotta love it.

Both Blair and Boris are playing the lead role on the upcoming NBC
dramas for the fall (”The Event” and “Undercovers”), while Lance is
still holding down his major role on Tyler Perry’s TBS show “House of Payne”.

A four-hour hostage standoff at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters in
Maryland ended Wednesday after snipers shot a man who officials say
walked into the building with a handgun.

James Lee, a suspected environmental extremist who was also
wearing what appeared to be metallic canister devices, died after he was
taken into custody. The three hostages are safe, according to reports.

A police spokesman says Lee entered the network’s offices in
Silver Spring and pulled out a gun. Authorities had been negotiating
with him after he made demands and expressed concerns with the Discovery
Corporation, according to Capt. Paul Starks.

Bomb
technicians from the FBI and ATF responded to the scene and almost all
of the 1,900 employees inside were evacuated but “a few” remained on the
upper floors, Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told reporters.

Lee was previously arrested in 2008 for disorderly conduct after
throwing money in the air during a rally outside the Discovery
building, Maryland’s Gazette
reported. According to the paper, he spent almost two weeks in jail
following the arrest and was evaluated by state psychiatrists.

A San Diego, Calif., native, Lee has been linked to an angry
manifesto that was posted on a Web site that lists 11 demands and
accuses Discovery’s programming of “causing more harm than good.”

Among his demands: “Saving what’s left of the non-human Wildlife
by decreasing the Human population” and taking shows that encourage
“the birth of any more parasitic human infants” off the air.