Archive for June, 2010
Big Boi Feat. Vonnegutt - "Follow Us"
Saturday, June 19th, 2010T-Pain To Host "Can You Rock" Remix Challenge With Anchor Blue & "Swagger Like Us"
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Anchor Blue, a west coast-based fashion retailer with 112 stores focused on denim and youth fashion, in conjunction with Fashion Line Swagger Like Us is launching the “Can You Rock?” campaign with T-Pain this July in line with the busy back-to-school retail months.
“Can You Rock?” allows consumers the opportunity to re-make one song for the chance of a lifetime to record a song written and produced by Grammy Award winning singer/producer/songwriter T-Pain.
Aspiring singers or rappers can record their own demo then submit it between July (more...)
Hillary Clinton Threatens Legal Action Over Arizona Immigration Law
Saturday, June 19th, 2010In a June 8th interview, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law, the new legislation that would make being in Arizona illegally a misdemeanor.
Clinton said that President Barack Obama thinks the federal government should determine immigration policy and that they Justice Department “will be bringing a lawsuit against the act.”
Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed the legislation, and it is set to go into (more...)
Yo Gotti - White World
Friday, June 18th, 2010Kelis Speaks On Divorcing Nas [Video]
Friday, June 18th, 2010“What's really a bitter divorce?”
Kelis is speaking on a topic that's surrounded her name for much of the last two years, her divorce from rapper Nas.
The singer who recently signed to Will.i.am's record label and whose Flesh Tone album drops July 6th, says that she's moved on from her relationship with the Queensbridge emcee and is now dating someone else.
In an interview with (more...)
Garry Shider Legendary P-Funk Guitarist Dies At 56
Friday, June 18th, 2010Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Garry Shider from Parliament and Funkadelic has died at age 56.
The legendary guitarist known to fans as “Starchild” or “Diaperman” had been battling brain and lung cancer since March.
Shider's son, Garrett, says that his father died Wednesday at his home in Upper Marlboro, MD.
After being diagnosed with cancer, Shider tried (more...)
Los Angeles Teacher Uses Hip-Hop To Teach Math [Video]
Friday, June 18th, 2010Los Angeles Academy teacher LaMar Queen has found a new method for his students to excel in math, rhyming through Hip-Hop.
Eighth Graders at Los Angeles Academy are using Hip-Hop music to build a connection and assist them in improving their math skills.
He was recently featured in the Associated Press and tells the AP ,
“Math is a bad word in a lot of households but if we put it in a form that kids enjoy, they'll learn."
The raps are used to help memorize algebra, geometry and even Shakespeare. Queen, who has been at LA Academy since (more...)
Update: Firing Squad Kills Utah Man
Friday, June 18th, 2010A convicted killer that asked to be put to death by a firing squad was granted his final wish yesterday.
As previously reported 49-year-old Ronnie Lee Gardner murdered a man 25 years ago and filed a series of appeals that kept him on death row.
After exhausting his appeals and when asked how he'd like to die, Gardner told a judge in April that he'd like the firing squad.
According to Utah state laws he had the option of choosing between lethal injection and a five man firing squad with rifles, although state legislators stopped allowing death row inmates to choose their method of punishment in 2004.
Gardner was allowed to choose however because he was imprisoned before then.
He was pronounced dead at 12:17 a.m. after a firing squad fired bullets into his chest where a target was pinned over his heart.
Although he requested to be put to death by the firing squad, Gardner later recanted telling a judge that he wished to live and had been on death row for too long, a violation of his eighth amendment.
He received capital punishment for the death of attorney Michael Burdell when he attempted to escape custody in 1985 at a Salt Lake City, Utah courthouse.
Diddy To Make Appearance On Seventh Season Of HBO's "Entourage"
Friday, June 18th, 2010As the seventh season of Entourage starts to make its debut, a Hip-Hop mogul will be making his appearance in the show as well.
Diddy will make an appearance on the hit HBO show this season.
Diddy's part in the show will involve the character "Turtle", and (more...)
Jay Z Secret Performance Cancelled
Friday, June 18th, 2010The purpose of a secret is for it to be known by a limited amount of people, but once news hit the Internet that Jay Z was planning a secret show, it was quickly canceled as a result.
Planning to make an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, the rapper would follow it up and was going to give a show in the middle of rush-hour Midtown.
A recent expected performance from Drake, however, that ended in six people suffering minor injuries from a rowdy crowd of 10,000 caused Mayor Bloomberg to change plans and nip things in the bud after weeks of planning and negotiations.
"There was discussion of a concert, and ultimately it was decided (more...)
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