Lil Wayne was busted at Rikers Island Prison Monday morning after officials found him with “music contraband.”
As previously reported Wayne's stay at the prison is being documented, with a prison guard being fired for “spying on him” in previous weeks and a visit from Diddy being heavily scrutinized.
Now Weezy reportedly was caught breaking the rules after sneaking in a MP3 player, a charger and headphones.
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DJ Traci Steele, the official DJ for Musiq Soulchild and on-air personality, is set to make an appearance on BET's The Monique Show.
The veteran mixer will be spinning for Girls Club member Mika Means, the sister to Young Money's Shannell and former Danity Kane singer D. Woods.
Catch Steele and Means gracing the Monique show set on an episode that airs (more...)
If this isn't one of the saddest examples of the law doing wrong, than what is?
A white Philadelphia police officer reported, back in April, that he was shot while in pursuit of two Black men.
According to the officer, he was confronted by then men with one of the suspects pointing a gun at his head which was then slapped, but resulted in him being struck in the shoulder.
There are now statements saying that the officer lied and actually just shot himself. According to reports the officer, 21 year veteran Robert Ralston, was displeased with the fact that he would be transferred to another police district, which was reported to be predominantly Black.
Negotiating a deal, Ralston will avoid criminal charges due to the fact that he revealed the details of what really happened, but Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will fire the officer, after a 30 day notice, and he will also no longer get his pension.
Feeling as though his actions are a disgrace to the police department, Ramsey adds that his badge will never be used again.
"The fact that he stated that two African-Americans were involved in this, again, just I think inflames tensions in our community, something that we certainly do not need," Ramsey said. "He was asked specifically why he did that. He said he did it because the 19th District is a predominantly an African-American district, and that's why he said it was two African-Americans. Fortunately, none of our officers stopped anyone or arrested anyone, I should say, as a result of this, but it could have led to a tragedy."
Probably soon to become every weight watchers dream, an 82-year-old Indian Mystic is claiming that he hasn't consumed any food or had anything to drink in decades.
According to the man, it has been since 1940, as he is now, reportedly, being studied by doctors the Indian military to learn the secret behind his methods.
The mystic, Prahlad Jani, is claiming that he is a breatharian, meaning that he doesn't need food or drink to serve as a substance to fill him up and he only draws his nourishment from the air and through meditation.
Clearly, this might not be the case within the confines on the United States as most people can barely stand to breathe the gas-infested air now.
Further investigation show that Jani is not the only person that has been able to accomplish such a thing as there are claims that people living without food or water is called inedia, and it's actually pretty common for religious fakirs and godmen of India.
As people looked to test his claim, he was examined in 2003 for a week where he did not eat or exercise, but he gradually lost weight which would make his “air-eating” come as unbelievable if the air was meant to feed him.
With days not serving as enough backing, reports are stating that he must be under close observation for months or years to truly prove that there is validity in his claims.
Police are thanking a man who risked his life to save a convenience store clerk that was being held up at gun point.
According to officers, the elderly man saw the crook attempting to rob the store and after the clerk was unable to open the cash register, fired two shots at the cashier's feet. That's when police state that the man decided to help out and hit the robber in the head with a beer bottle.
“If it wasn't for [the elderly man], I would be dead,” the clerk said in an interview with ABC News 7. “He literally saved my life.”
Police state that after the elderly man struck the robber, he was shot four times before the robber fled the scene.
At press time the hero is in full recovery and has been released from the hospital.
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Minority students at Bethel University are angry after a white senior class mate dressed in black face during a talent competition.
The incident happened during the universities annual “Mr. BU” talent competition, which raises money and awareness for the student group Acting on AIDS.
According to attendees, during the skit's first several songs, the senior stood with his back to the crowd. Then, as the closing song by rapper Lil Wayne begun, the white student turned around, exposing his face, which was painted black.
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As previously reported RZA from the legendary Wu-Tang clan is ready to make another on screen appearance in the upcoming kung fu movie “The Man With the Iron Fist.”
Although we have seen RZA play bits in a number of films including "Funny People" and" American Gangster", RZA plans to take a giant Hollywood step and direct the film as well.
RZA, who has always been infatuated with kung fu movies, has worked with big name producers such as Quentin Tarantino, and the master horror producer who is working with him on "The Man With The Iron Fist," Eli Roth.
Speaking on working with the Wu legend, Roth explained (more...)
These days, the music business, particularly the urban and R&B sector, is driven by producers. For those with an ear for unique sound, opportunities abound to profit from making beats, although it takes more than skill at the mixing board to make money.
Producers not only create the sound bed and refine the tracks artists lay on top, but more and more, they are representing innovative businessmen and women, according to Wallace Collins, former recording artist with Epic Records, now practicing entertainment law in New York.
Before jumping in, novices would be wise to consider the advice of Calvin Hill, CEO of Marinated Musiq in Atlanta: “Learn the business. This career is 10% entertainment and 90% business.”
He warns that legal awareness is a big part of protecting and
“All I know is, I completed my dharma when I met you in Detroit. I have never felt better my entire life.”
While it's always commendable for any rapper to pay their respects to those before them or anyone else that have inspired them, Charles Hamilton almost seems like he's gushing for Eminem.
It's almost like a "Stan" in the flesh!
Penning somewhat of an ode to Slim Shady, the New York rapper cited the Detroit MC's latest single “I'm Not Afraid” as a reason for his to let go of the letter publicly.
"As of late, I found myself in a "Relapse" rut. I am nicer than any rapper that is to come. Period. And I don't have a need to battle (more...)
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