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R.KELLY CANCELS PROMOTIONAL APPEARANCES DUE TO THROAT COMPLICATIONS

June 29, 2012

Black Voices reports that R.Kelly has cancelled promotional appearances for his new album (Write Me Back) and memoir (Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me) because of throat complications. The singer had surgery last year to treat an abscess on his vocal cords. Kelly’s publicist said in a statement that ‘he was on his way to New York on Wednesday morning when he became ill and returned to Chicago for medical treatment’. … Oh dear this doesn’t sound good.

LICKY LICKY UK ANTICS: TIM WESTWOOD INTERVIEWS NICKI MINAJ

June 29, 2012

BBC Radio DJ Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood interviewed rapper Nicki Minaj last weekend after her performance at the Hackney Weekend music festival. In the interview below Tim continues to pretend (like most high profile DJs in the UK) that he is a huge Nicki Minaj fan and hypes her up to the fullest. All you can do is sit back, laugh and cringe while watching this. Hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaha.

UK TV: BIG BROTHER CONTESTANT WARNED OVER CALLING BLACK HOUSEMATE A ‘GORILLA’

June 29, 2012

Another day… another offensive remark… Another wake up call. Big Brother contestant and former boarding school girl Caroline Wharram (20) was given an official warning this week after describing former Los Angeles gangster Adam Kelly as a “gorilla”. Wharram ranted to a fellow housemate, “Adam is just an irritating, he’s not even funny. He snores like a family of dragons, it’s just rude. He’s horrible. He’s just a ridiculous ridiculous gorilla, bowl hair cut, no sanitation, he’s just disgusting. ” After she […]

SEXY PICS OF THE DAY…..

June 28, 2012

Former reality TV star and glamour model turned body builder Jodie Marsh oils up and poses with male model Simeon Panda to promote her new brand of fitness supplements, JSTJodie. I cannot believe these photographs are being used to promote a product. They lack sophistication and just look cheap. But I am loving Simeon’s bikini bottoms. Click HERE to view more pictures…. [Thanks Lorraine]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: MARY J BLIGE

June 28, 2012

Earlier this year Burger King dropped their latest commercial online featuring singer Mary J Blige. Mary promoting their new Crispy Chicken Wraps through song proved to be a source of confusion, laughter and entertainment for days. Poor Mary. Now the singer has finally addressed the situation on the Angie “I love everyone” Martinez radio show. “It was just something I thought would have been a great branding opportunity. It never was a chicken commercial. It was about a sandwich and I was […]

VIDEO: HIP HOP ON TRIAL DEBATE – HIP HOP DOESN’T ENHANCE SOCIETY IT DEGRADES IT (LONDON)

June 27, 2012

Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, ?uestlove, P. J. O’Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and fourteen other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on 26 June to debate the motion, ‘Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn’t Enhance Society, It Degrades it’, chaired by the BBC’s Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. The debate was streamed live online last night but I couldn’t watch it because my computer is being a complete nightmare at the moment and just keeps crashing. I did […]

ITALIAN NEWSPAPER DEPICTS FOOTBALLER MARIO BALOTELLI AS KING KONG IN OFFENSIVE CARTOON

June 27, 2012

An Italian newspaper thought it would be HILARIOUS to depict footballer Mario Balotelli as the giant black menacing ape King Kong mounting Big Ben in the cartoon above. La Gazzetta dello Sport  decided to feature the cartoon in the run up to the Euro 2012 Italy v England game which took place on Sunday. Mario as you can imagine wasn’t very happy with the depiction so the rag later issued an insincere “apology” which said something along the lines of, We’ve done nothing wrong, […]

FILM TRAILER: ALEX CROSS (STARRING TYLER PERRY)

June 27, 2012

Alex Cross” follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVfoEegEuw&feature=player_embedded … Well this is a change from the usual roles Tyler plays in his movies….

UK NEWS: JESSIE J SUED FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

June 27, 2012

Oh dear it looks like the greatest vocalist of all time is in trouble. Billboard reports that singer-songwriter Will Loomis is suing Jessie J for copyright infringement. Loomis accuses Jessie of using the track Bright Red Chords by his band Loomis & the Lust without his consent and using it for her hit single Domino. His lawyer said in a statement, “We look forward to obtaining an appropriate remedy from the court for this clear infringement.” Check out the video below. … Universal Music […]