AUDIO OF THE DAY: REMY MA AND FORMER FRIEND/ SHOOTING VICTIM MAKEDA BARNES-JOSEPH SPEAK TO MISS JONES (HOT 97)

from madnews.wordpress.co posted with vodpod This is just sad….. Makeda Barnes-Joseph called in to the Miss Jones radio show yesterday morning (May 14th), and was desperate to tell her side of this messy story. I’m not sure why Makeda bothered calling in to be honest. Miss Jones and her side kick DJ Envy had already made up their minds with regards to this incident. They weren’t really interested in what she had to say, and were making light of her obvious distress. Makeda should have sensed the ‘we don’t believe you, you need more people’ treatment on the other []

G-UNIT INTERVIEW ON 106 & PARK

from madnews.wordpress.co posted with vodpod Awkward interview….. I sensed some tension in air……… 50 looks mash up. Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo look lost and sound glum. The studio audience are their usual over enthusiastic selves…. And a question… who at BET is responsible for preparing questions for Rocsi and Terrance?  

MAYOR TO HONOUR JIM JONES FOR HIS AIDS/HIV WORK

Diplomats crew member Jim Jones will lend his talent and support to a good cause with an appearance at the National HIV Testing Day ceremony in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Harlem-based MC will speaking on the importance of being tested for AIDS at the event, which will take place June 27, at middle school PS # 4 107. Organized by the City of Jersey City, National HIV Testing Day is a community mobilization and social marketing campaign that encourages people to []

RACIST BARACK OBAMA T-SHIRTS FOR SALE

Do you happen to be one of those individuals who believes that the blatant racism/ignorance prevelent in the 1940’s, 1950s and 1960s is a thing of the past?  Well here’s a gentle reminder for you. It isn’t and still exists in the 21st century! A monkey eating a banana …. how original………………..(sigh…….) The publishing company that owns the Curious George image says it is considering legal action to stop the sale of a T-shirt depicting Barack Obama as the monkey from children’s books. The T-shirts are being peddled by Marietta []

UK NEWS: TEENAGERS ARRESTED OVER OXFORD STREET STABBING DEATH / MURDER VICTIM WAS ALSO SET TO STAND TRIAL FOR HORRIFIC RAPE ATTACK

Police say Steven Bigby was stabbed after a drink was thrown Two teenagers have been arrested by police investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in London’s West End. Steven Bigby, 22, was stabbed in the chest soon after leaving a McDonald’s restaurant on Oxford Street with friends on Monday afternoon. Detectives arrested two men aged 18 and 19 in connection with the killing. Police said Mr Bigby died after two groups clashed in a “spontaneous incident”. A knife has been recovered from []

RAPPER REMY MA SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS!

The rapper Papoose exploded in a fit of anger outside a Manhattan courtroom this morning just moments after his tearful bride-to-be, Remy Ma, faced down an eight-year sentence for shooting a woman outside of a West Side hot spot last summer. Papoose—whose plans to wed Remy got put on ice yesterday when he was allegedly busted trying to sneak a handcuff key into Rikers—exchanged some hard looks and words with friends of Remy’s shooting victim, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, in the courtroom hallway. “Get []