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Melanie Amaro and R. Kelly perform Kelly’s 1997 smash hit single I Believe I Can Fly.
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JUMP OFF TV UK (DEBATE): HAS BRITISH MUSIC PROGRESSED SINCE ‘TEAM UK’ WAS COINED?
Those of you who visit Mad News on a regular basis and follow me on Twitter already know how I feel about “TEAM UK” and it’s “characters”. I love this debate! Friday Hip Hop Report Panel discuss how the term ‘Team UK’ has affected the music scene. Here are some questions that were raised and discussed. – Should we support local music solely because it is from the UK? – Are UK artists too focused on ‘Team UK’? – Was the term […]
SINGER ROBIN THICKE SAYS THERE ARE GOOD BLACK MEN OUT THERE AND ADVISES BLACK WOMEN ‘TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEIR MEN’
When this Essence interview featuring blue-eyed soul singer Robin Thicke was brought to my attention earlier today (thanks Pinboard) I laughed out loud in the street. Robin is married to actress Paula Patton and because of this union Essence thought it would be a good idea to ask him the following question… ESSENCE: The media often tells Black women that they’re better off dating White guys. What’s your response to that? THICKE: I think that’s ridiculous. There are so many good Black men […]
TIMBALAND – E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY (FULL DOCUMENTARY)
This is a really good and brutally honest documentary. I wonder what Timbaland’s wife thinks though… 0, posted with vodpod
UK NEWS: ENGLAND CAPTAIN JOHN TERRY CHARGED WITH RACIALLY ABUSING ANTON FERDINAND
Footballer John Terry has been charged with ‘allegedly’ racially abusing QPR player Anton Ferdinand during a match earlier this year. The Chelsea star and England captain was seen on television and later all over YouTube shouting abusive words at Ferdinand. He has admitted to calling him a “black c**t”, but denies that the context was racist or intended to cause offence, and says he used the phrase in the context of denying that he had used the offensive term in a previous exchange […]
MAN DIES AFTER EATING COCAINE ONCE HIDDEN UP HIS BROTHER’S BOTTOM
Via The Voice A MAN has died after consuming cocaine, once hidden in his brother’s bottom. North Charleston police say that they arrested brothers Deangelo and Wayne Mitchell on November 30 and claim that while in the back of the arresting officer’s car, Denagelo pulled the drug from his posterior and convinced brother to eat it. In a transcript taken from the in-car video, investigators said 23-year-old Deangelo told Wayne, 20, “You gonna eat it? You gotta chew it.” “One of us […]
UK NEWS: FOOTBALLER LUIS SUAREZ FOUND GUILTY OF RACIALLY ABUSING PATRICK EVRA
Liverpool FC player Luis Suarez has been found guilty of racially abusing French Manchester United star Patrick Evra. Uruguayan striker Suarez has been given an eight-match ban and also fined £40,000. During a match in October the following happened, Via The Mail Manchester United faced Liverpool in a Premier League match. In the 57th minute Suarez fouled Evra and tempers flared at the next corner. They squared up to each other and Evra asked why Suarez kicked him. Suarez said he should forget […]
MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESIGNS OVER RIHANNA “NIGGABITCH” ARTICLE
Well this didn’t take long! The Editor-In-Chief of Dutch magazine Jackie has resigned over the controversial article which referred to the singer Rihanna as being the “Ultimate Niggabitch”. Eva Hoeke initially issued an “apology” but due to the intense backlash she has now released the following statement announcing her resignation. “I realize that my first reaction through Twitter, in which I indicated that it was a joke, has been an incomplete description of what me, and also the author of the article, […]
TWITTER ANTICS: RUSSELL SIMMONS DEMANDS THAT GLOBAL GRIND STAFF REMOVE NEGATIVE KOBE BRYANT COVERAGE FROM THE WEBSITE
Instead of just sending a direct email to his Global Grind staff, mogul and the OH SOOOO annoying Russell Simmons decided that it would be appropriate to voice his disapproval over the site’s Kobe Bryant coverage via Twitter. http://www.GlobalGrind.com I'm on vacation not dead Too much mean shit!!!!!!!! Take down anymore unsubstantiated crap about kobe!! — Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) December 20, 2011 Sometimes the editorial staff @ gg (who have all worked elsewhere)go back to old practices. I don't want the personal blame — […]
DUTCH MAGAZINE CALLS SINGER RIHANNA ‘THE ULTIMATE NIGGABITCH’
The Parlour website reports that in a recent article published in Dutch magazine Jackie the author thought it would be a good idea and ‘hip’ to call singer Rihanna a ‘NiggaBitch’. Read the ridiculous piece below (translated in to English). “She has street cred, she has a ghetto ass and she has a golden throat. Rihanna, the good girl gone bad, is the ultimate niggabitch and displays that gladly, and for her that means: what’s on can come off. If that means she’ll […]
