Archive for February, 2010

Allen Iverson's Takes Indefinite Leave To Care For Ailing Daughter

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Allen Iverson's career has been put on hold indefinitely due to ongoing issues with his daughter's health.

In a statement, the Sixers confirmed that Iverson has been given a leave from the team indefinitely to deal with a personal issue related to the health of his young daughter.

"At this time, we feel that it is in the best interest of the Sixers, Allen and his family that he be allowed to deal with a very serious issue that is far greater than the game of basketball," team president and general manager Ed Stefanski states.

According to Yahoo! Sports, Sixers' coach Eddie Jordan addressed the team on Sunday (February 21), telling players that (more...)

Man Busted For Having Bed Made of Marijuana

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A Massachusetts man is facing cannabis trafficking charges after police discovered that he had a bed made of 102 pounds of marijuana.

Police pulled over 40-year-old Hung The Truong for failing to follow a traffic violation.

When he opened his window they detected the strong smell of marijuana and searched the U-Haul truck attached to his vehicle.

They discovered 17 packages of the drug inside a pull-out bed and 79 packages of the substance in a hollowed-out box spring.

His bond has been set at $2 million.

$2 million for a weed bed?

Come on son...

Ghostface Killah Featured In Disney Movie?!?! [Video]

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Even with the buzz surrounding Wu Massacre, the three members of the upcoming project are still making their rounds independently.

The release of Wizard Of Poetry showed that rapper Ghostface Killah was a man of many faces and could present himself in various lights.

Showing yet another side to himself, Tony Starks will now be flexing his muscle in his role for a Disney film, When In Rome.

It's starting to look like Disney might not be as racist as everyone once thought with all this spur of color.

Starring in the film as a (more...)

Jay-Z And Eminem Added To Oxegen Festival

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

While Jay-Z continues making his rounds with Jeezy and Trey Songz on his Blueprint III tour, he's added yet another festival to his summer tour schedule.
As previously reported, Jay is already scheduled to headline three festivals; California's Coachella Festival in April, Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival in June and London's Wireless Festival in July.

In between those dates Jay will travel overseas to Ireland for their annual Oxegen Festival. Joining him this year at Oxegen will be his fellow renegade Eminem.

Eminem will return to the country for the first time in (more...)

Lupe Fiasco Speaks On Retirement Again; “L.A.S.E.R.S.” [Video]

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

“We're like, in the middle so everything from here on out is gonna be the grand closing.”

With the music world continuing to wait for the release of Lupe Fiasco's third official album, L.A.S.E.R.S., the rapper looks even farther forward to the finish line.

Marking this as the halfway mark in his career, the rapper still says that his frustrations with the music industry will inevitably have him bowing out once and for all.

Just to think, he only became mainstream in 2006 and he's tired of the politics after four years.

In regard to the release date of the upcoming project, Fiasco stated the album is (more...)

Man Intentionally Spreads HIV to 100 Women

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Police in Indiana have 47-year-old Tony Perkins in custody after they say he purposely tried to spread the HIV virus to 100 women over a period of five years.

Authorities say Perkins used popular dating website PlentyOfFish.com to contact women, wine and dine them before passing along the virus.
His ex-girlfriend who was involved with Perkins and wishes to remain anonymous, turned him in and tells 6News Indiana,

“It's my personal mission to help save lives. God spared me. I've tested negative for a year. My last AIDS test was in February. Maybe I was the angel to stop the anti-Christ.


She then says that when she asked him why he did it he replied,

“A whore gave it to me, so if a whore wants to sleep with me on the first night, she deserves what she gets.”


Police believe he had unprotected sex with at least 100 women, 10 of which have come forward so far.

Police now say they'll go through his cell phone records to try and notify the other women.

He has been charged with failure of carriers of dangerous communicable diseases to warn persons at risk and intimidation.
SMH.....put him in jail for life, that's murder!

T.I. Makes First Public Appearance Since Release from Prison

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

"I am very well, very happy to be seen."

Since rapper T.I. was released from prison and sent to a halfway house, media has been buzzing about the rapper's next moves and when he would make his way back into the spotlight.

On Monday, the rapper made his first public appearance during the taping of a benefit concert for Alzheimer's research.

Titled “For The Love of Our Fathers”, the fundraiser was given a surprise appearance by T.I. as he came out to support his girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle who hosted the event along with Toya.

Held at Club Opera in Atlanta, fans were also treated to brief performances from (more...)

UPDATE: Fabolous Enlists Nicki Minaj and Jadakiss for “The Funeral Service”

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The saying goes that good things come for those that wait and Fabolous' continued pushbacks are building up to be a massive payoff for the upcoming mixtape There Is No Competition Part 2: The Funeral Service.

With the tape originally planned for release on Christmas Day, Fab has stated that his influence from Drake's So Far Gone has placed him in a space where he wants to make sure that the tape is at it's best.

In trying to do so, Nicki Minaj and Jadakiss have provided an assist, through verses,  to the Brooklyn rapper to make the release a New York affair.

Unfortunately, there's still no release date.  Hopefully before the month closes.

Revealing the news through Twitter, Loso recently broke the news that Ms. Barbie was joining the party.

"At Signature Hits magazine photo shoot.. Gettin some (more...)

"Twilight" Actor Makes Some Racial Statements About "Negroes"

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Here we go again and in the midst of Black history Month. Robert Pattinson, best known for the Twilight saga, recently had an interview with Details magazine writer Jenny Lumet . Everything was flowing great until you get to the part of the article where the journalist states:

"Rob, did you know that every time you say actor or acting you lower your voice to a whisper?"

Nothing wrong with that, but then the conversation gets deeper when the journalist feels the need to further explain in detail what she meant by the statement.

"Yes, so quietly it's like you're saying Negro."

After the journalist gets Pattinson to ease up with the statement, I guess Pattinson decides to do some probing of his own when he asks the writer

"What if we were 'acting' like 'Negroes?"

According to the online version of the interview, [Pattinson] laughs, and the journalist follows up with the rather bold statement of:

“Then we'd be fu&%ed—we couldn't hear anything…"

Although the statement can be taken in a variety of ways, it goes to show exactly how comfortable and disrespectful that certain ethnicities are about being intolerant of others' differences.

What is even worse is that Details felt that it was relevant enough to include the statement in the article.

SMDH, if that would have been an interview with Kanye, we all know what would be the topic off all conversations right now.

Peep the article here and let us know what you think.

L.A. Reid Officially Signs Shyne To Def Jam

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

“I have come here to stand by Shyne and to officially kick off our partnership with Island Def Jam Music Group and Gangland Records and so it is really an honor to be here, really very special place.”

As previously reported, the media was abuzz with news that Shyne had allegedly inked a seven figure deal with  Def Jam and now less than a week later there is confirmation.

The Chairman of Island Def Jam Records and music industry figure head, L.A. Reid, made a special trip to Belize Monday to officially sign Shyne Po after a nearly 8 year hiatus.

Speaking on his decision to bring Shyne back (more...)