December 26, 2011
A man said to be in his late teens/early twenties was stabbed to death today in broad daylight on Oxford Street during the height of the Boxing Day sales. A number of arrests have been made. Via The Guardian The victim is believed to have been stabbed outside the Footlocker shop at the junction of Stratford place. The stabbing caused chaos on the busy shopping street on the opening day of the post-Christmas sales after police cordoned off much of the area, […]
December 26, 2011
TMZ reports that rapper Nelly (real name Cornell Iral Haynes Jr) is being sued by American Express for running up a still outstanding credit card debt of $20,403.64. Earlier this year the rapper’s ex-manager said his former manager had been struggling financially for some time, which Nelly later denied. …. For goodness sake!!! Nelly made MILLIONS of dollars. Don’t these artists know anything about financial management and putting aside money for a rainy day???? Click HERE to watch Nelly’s MTV Cribs episode. The house […]
December 24, 2011
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!! Thank you for your continued support throughout 2011.
December 23, 2011
According to the RIDICULOUS Daily Mail “this is the picture that shows the caring side of John Terry as he poses in Hamleys with a black baby”. Yes that’s right Chelsea star and England captain John Terry who was caught on camera “allegedly” calling Anton Ferdinand a “f**king black c**t” during a match several months ago, and has now been charged with racially abusing a fellow player. He will appear in court on February 1st. First photographs of John laughing, joking and dancing […]
December 23, 2011
After battling pneumonia singer George Michael gave an emotional press conference and admitted that during that period they played down his condition but he was in fact fighting for his life. …. Get well soon George.
December 23, 2011
Melanie Amaro and R. Kelly perform Kelly’s 1997 smash hit single I Believe I Can Fly.
December 23, 2011
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 […]
December 22, 2011
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 […]
December 21, 2011
This is a really good and brutally honest documentary. I wonder what Timbaland’s wife thinks though… 0, posted with vodpod
December 21, 2011
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 […]
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