Month: January 2008

KOOL HERC CALLS ON HIP-HOP FANS TO SAVE GENRE’S BIRTHPLACE

January 18, 2008

  Hip-Hop co-founder DJ Kool Herc is issuing a call for supporters of the genre to help save the culture’s official birthplace, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. AllHipHop.com has learned that Kool Herc’s clothing company Sedgwick & Cedar Corp will launch Save 1520, a charitable collection of tees, hats and jackets. One hundred percent of net proceeds from the sale of Save 1520 clothing will go toward helping the 1520 Sedgwick Tenant Association obtain governmental and philanthropic assistance to purchase the building, in addition […]

SEAN PAUL TRACK CAUSES WOMAN TO HAVE SEIZURE

January 18, 2008

  This is an interesting news story. Who would have thought that listening to a Sean Paul track could be almost fatal…. …Something else that’s interesting about this news story is the ‘journalist’ who wrote this piece keeps refering to Sean Paul (A REGGAE DANCEHALL ARTIST!!!) as being a rapper/Hip Hop! Now when did Sean switch genres???   READ

VIDEO: NEWSFLASH!!! JAY-Z PLAYS CONNECT-4 (WOW….)

January 18, 2008

I bet the makers of Connect-4 never had it so good sales wise…  Several weeks ago Kanye West posted pictures on his blog of him and Beyonce sitting back stage playing a game of Connect-4, and then went on to inform the world that Beyonce was a Connect-4 champion (err who gives a f** ????).  News of the revealing post went on to spread across the Internet like wild fire (type in Connect-4 + Beyonce in Google search) and several days later mainstream print publications picked up on this ‘FASCINATING’ […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: KARRINE STEFFANS

January 18, 2008

“I don’t like fingers being poked in me. Don’t put your fingers in me. I hate that. Fingers are nasty. They pick up things. No, no, no. Get that away from me.” (Karrine talks to Sister2Sister Magazine. January Issue) (shaking head…) Hilarious……A man using his fingers to pleasure her is “nasty”.. but she’s happy to do everything else……..

JOHN LEGEND TO PERFORM ACOUSTIC SET ON PLANE

January 17, 2008

  It has been announced that John Legend will perform live on a Grammy sponsored plane. The singer will perform an acoustic set midway through a Delta Airlines flight as part of a special contest that will fly winners from New York to Los Angeles. The contest starts today.

7 DETAILS ABOUT MYSELF!

January 17, 2008

I’ve been tagged by Sickamore to share 7 details about myself. Then I have to tag 7 other bloggers to do the same thing. You’ve been tagged – Amy Lola, E-Spot, Nikki Maria, Miss Info, Rhymes With Snitch, Pitlanta, ATL Report  Rules: Simply link to the person who has tagged you, share seven weird things about yourself, tag seven other bloggers to do the same and include a link to their blog. Let each person know that they have been tagged and finally post […]

EDDIE MURPHY AND TRACEY EDMONDS SPLIT UP!

January 16, 2008

  People.com reports that Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds have decided to seperate. The couple exchanged vows two weeks ago on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia but it was later revealed that the marriage wasn’t legal, purely ceremonial. However it was reported that the Murphy and Edmonds planned to marry legally in the United States within a matter of weeks. The highly suspect couple released this statement today, “After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: LUPE FIASCO

January 16, 2008

  “When the gangbangers would try to pull it, I was like, ‘Yo, I will f**k you up. And if you wanna call your cousin, call him. I’ll call me! I’ll call me right now.’ We were shooting TEC-9s when we were babies, so the whole gangsta image, that ain’t nothing.” (Lupe talks to Entertainment Weekly) Why???? What exactly is he trying to prove by tell Entertainment Weekly this?

G-UNIT: IS 50 CENT ABOUT TO DROP LLOYD BANKS AND MOBB DEEP?

January 16, 2008

Rumour has it that G-Unit boss 50 Cent is about to drop the dead weight from his label. A source has disclosed to mediatakeout.com that, “with the cuts, tough choices had to be made, and Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep projects have to be shelved. I don’t think that they’ll be officially ‘dropped,’ but they won’t be getting much label support either.” This news won’t come as a big surprise if true….