SINGER SEAN LEVERT DIES AT AGE 39

March 31, 2008

  Sean Levert, son of O’Jays lead singer Eddie Levert, was found dead in a Cleveland, Ohio, jail over the weekend, sources said. Sean Levert, 39, was being held for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in child support. The cause of death was not immediately known. Sean Levert was a member of the R&B group LeVert with his late brother Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon. Gerald Levert died Nov. 10, 2006 at the age of 40. (Source: The Chicago Sun Times). […]

NEW VHI SHOW: ‘MISS RAP SUPREME’

March 29, 2008

Miss ‘Rap Supreme’ will premier on Monday April 14 at 10:00 p.m (US). 10 contestants will be given a shot at winning $100,000 and the title of Miss Rap Supreme. These budding female MCs have to find a way to make it through challenges that will test their sex appeal, stage presence and, of course, their mental toughness and creativity. Apparently Miss ‘My Neck, My Back’, Khia will also feature as a contestant……

QUOTE OF THE DAY: PAPOOSE ANNOUNCES THAT HE PLANS TO MARRY REMY MA IN PRISON…..

March 29, 2008

   “We always wanted to keep our personal lives personal, so that’s why we never went public with our relationship. Right now, I just feel like she gotta live through me. Yes, we were scheduled to be married on a yacht April 27th. But due to circumstances beyond our control, we are now making arrangements to be married in prison. “All her supporters who feel Remy had an influence on their life should write a short letter to the judge asking for […]

ESTELLE ATTACKS ‘BLINDNESS’ TO BLACK TALENT

March 28, 2008

  Singling out Adele and Duffy, who she knocked off the number one spot at the weekend, she says: “I’m not mad at them, but I’m wondering – how the hell is there not a single black person in the press singing soul? Adele ain’t soul. She sounds like she heard some Aretha records once, and she’s got a deeper voice – that don’t mean she’s soul. That don’t mean nothing to me in the grand scheme of my life as a […]

TV CREW ACCUSED OF KILLING LOST TRIBE CHILDREN WITH FLU

March 28, 2008

  A British TV director was accused today of causing the deaths of four members of an isolated Amazonian tribe by unwittingly introducing the flu virus into their remote village. Matt Currington, a London-based documentary maker, has been blamed for triggering a “mini-epidemic” in the village of 250 people which led to the deaths of three children and one adult of the Matsigenka people, who live in the isolated Amazonian Cumerjali area of south-eastern Peru. The 38-year-old was employed by Cicada Productions […]

RAPPER T.I EXPECTED TO PLEAD ‘GUILTY’ TODAY

March 27, 2008

   “The 27-year-old singer, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was expected to be sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service talking to youth groups around the country, followed by about 12 months in prison, according to two people familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because the plea deal had not been finalized yet Thursday morning. His prison time could be increased or reduced, depending on his fulfillment of the terms of the deal and good behavior, the […]