Ciara is back on the music scene with a new single entitled "I Bet." The song seems to be very personal and perhaps a direct message to her ex-boyfriend and baby's father, Future.
The singer also revealed the title of her forthcoming sixth solo album.
Stevie Jis facing two years in prison after a grand jury indicted him for his enormous back child support debt.
As we reported last June, the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star was arrested in Georgia on a criminal complaint that said he owed $1,107,412 in back child support. He was subsequently hauled back to New York to face the music.
Stevie racked up the debt by not paying the mother of his two children any of the $8,500 a month in child support since 2001.
TheGrammy Award-winning producer was able to post bail. As a condition of his release he was ordered by the court to submit to drug tests. He stayed clean for seven weeks before running into trouble.
Various news outlets are reporting that Stevie is currently in rehab. He violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine and weed ten times.
TMZ reports that Stevie will be arraigned on February 10.
Action Bronson stepped into the Hot 97 booth on Wednesday, January 14, and ripped the mic for Funkmaster Flex. Check out his mean freestyle over Prodigy's"Keep It Thoro" instrumental.
To the tick tock and he won't stop. Ludacris is on a mission to prove his lyrical ability is still top notch. His Ludaverses freestyle series has us convinced that he is.
He picks Fabolous'"Lituation" instrumental to murder this time around. Ludaversal album dropping on March 31.
Boogz Boogetzis back with the second installment of hisCreating Our Own Lane (C.O.O.L. 2)mixtape series. Features includeSmoke DZA, Fat Rel, Vado, Slick Pulla, Goodzand more.
Tracklist
01. American Dream Feat. Vado 02. In Motion 03. For The Moment 04. Nowhere To Go 05. Overdose Feat. Smoke DZA 06. All I Know Feat. Thwag 07. OOO HE HOT Feat. Father 08. Aint Nann Feat. Slick Pulla 09. Risk Everything 10. By Yourself 11. Off The Chain Feat. Thwag 12. Bodega 13. Live Feat. Fat Trel 14. Intoxicated 15. Give It To Em 16. Its Alright Feat. D Pryde 17. Better Place Feat. Goodz 18. Feel Right Feat. Black Cobain
Coke Boys rapper Chinx is preparing to release an official music video for "Dope House" featuring Jadakiss. This is off of his Cocaine Riot 5 mixtape. Grab it from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Chinx-CR5-mixtape.674373.html.
YMCMB rapper Jae Millz just released an EP in December entitled For The Win, and he's already back in the studio preparing to drop a new mixtape, All Praises Due.
"Mirror" is the first video off of the project. Directed, Shot, and Edited by Brandon Cooklin for The LXVII Co.
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(BBC) Satellite images of Nigerian towns attacked by Boko Haram show widespread destruction and suggest a high death toll, Amnesty International says.
The images show some 3,700 structures damaged or destroyed in Baga and Doron Baga this month, Amnesty said.
Nigeria's government has disputed reports that as many as 2,000 were killed, putting the toll at just 150.
Amnesty cited witnesses saying that militants had killed indiscriminately. It said the damage was "catastrophic".
There has been a surge in violence linked to Boko Haram. In the past week there have been several attacks, including by suspected child suicide bombers.
Nigeria is to hold elections next month, amid growing doubts whether they can successfully go ahead in all parts of the country.
'Wiped off the map'
Amnesty said the attack on Baga and Doron Baga, neighboring towns in the far north-east of Nigeria, was the largest and deadliest Boko Haram assault that it had analysed. It said about 620 structures had been destroyed in Baga, and more than 3,100 in Doro Baga.
The before and after satellite images were taken on 2 January and 7 January. Healthy vegetation is shown in red on the graphics.
"These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days," Daniel Eyre, an Amnesty researcher, said in a statement.
"It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt out ruins," he said.
The BBC's Will Ross says that while the images show the destructive nature of Boko Haram, they do not help establish just how many people were killed.
Last week, Musa Alhaji Bukar, a senior government official in the area, said that fleeing residents told him that Baga, which had a population of about 10,000, was now "virtually non-existent".
"It has been burnt down," he told the BBC Hausa service.
Boko Haram's capture of Baga
03 January: Social media reports of Baga attack first emerge
04 January: Boko Haram claims to have captured Baga
08 January: Reports emerge of bodies strewn on the streets in Baga, with some saying 2,000 people killed
12 January: The government says that the number of people who lost their lives in Baga was no more than 150, including militants
15 January: Satellite images released by Amnesty International suggest the number of dead is far higher than officially admitted
Officials said militants had attacked Baga on 7 January, four days after overrunning a multinational military base in the town that had been abandoned by Nigerian troops.
Amnesty's Adotei Akwei told the BBC that although it was still difficult to access the area where the attack took place, the Nigerian government was "grossly understating" the death toll.
"They killed so many people," one man told the group. "I saw maybe around 100 killed at that time in Baga. I ran to the bush. As we were running, they were shooting and killing."
Many wooden fishing boats that dot the shoreline on 2 January are no longer visible five days later.
Boko Haram at a glance
Founded in 2002
Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state
Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
Some three million people affected
Declared terrorist group by US in 2013
One witness was quoted as saying that victims included small children and a woman in labor.
Afterwards, militants drove into the surrounding country, rounding up women, children and the elderly, unnamed witnesses told the group.
"Boko Haram took around 300 women and kept us in a school in Baga," one woman, who Amnesty said had been held for four days, was quoted as saying.
"They released the older women, mothers and most of the children after four days but are still keeping the younger women."
The Manny Pacquiao/Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight is closer to happening than ever before. Yahoo Sports reports that Pac Man has agreed to terms for a May 2 bout.
The Filipino boxer will receive a 40% cut of the purse, leaving 60% for Mayweather. The fight is expected to break all previous revenue records for a boxing match. That would include the gate at the MGM Grand and the all time pay-per-view buy record of 2.4 million. Top ticket prices at the MGM are expected to be as high as $5000.
All that's left is for Mayweather to sign the contract. Pacquiao's promoter,Bob Arum, says that the pound-for-pound boxing champion has already agreed to terms.
"I want to get some movement here, with bringing Mayweather to the table so we can go out and get everything signed and get the networks together and get the thing finished," Arum told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday, January 13.
This fight means everything to Mayweather's legacy. With an undefeated record of 47 Wins (26 knockouts, 21 decisions), he is widely considered to be the best boxer of this generation. To cement his place as one of the best in the history of the sport he has to fight the man fans and analysts believe has the best chance to beat him.
If Mayweather loses May 2 his status may rise in the eyes of many for finally taking the fight. An automatic rematch clause will most likely be included in the language of the contract. Meaning the two would wage war a second time.
One of the largest movie franchises is undoubtedly the X-Men Series. Famke Janssen known as Phoenix in the series stopped by The Whoolywood Shuffle to divulge in a variety of topics. She revealed that she wants to have a booty like Beyonce; she learned what the Shmurda Dance was, which she thought was the Smurf; and reveals there are more X-Men movies going into production. Watch the full interview below. POW!
Young Buck started the 2015 G-Unit takeover with "On the Way." His partner in rhyme, Kidd Kidd, keeps the momentum going by dropping a certified banger entitled "From Nothin'."
Glee star Naya Rivera inserted her foot in her mouth during an appearance on The View on Tuesday, January 13.
The topic of starting your day with a shower came up when the 28-year old actress offered her opinion.
"I have a theory about showering. Which is I think that white people shower a lot more than ethnics," Rivera said.
"Really?" co-host Rosie O'Donnell responded.
"I feel like showering more than once a day, or every day, is such a white-people thing," Rivera explained.
O'Donnell then spotted a woman in the audience who was having a fit. "Look, there's an African American woman in a yellow shirt that's about to have a heart attack."
At that point Naya attempted to explain her point.
"My mom is half black, half Puerto Rican and she showers every day, so I'm allowed to say this. But, I can say I'm now married to a white man and he showers a lot. Two, three times a day. I'm like, 'what are you doing?'"
She later admitted that she only showers once or twice every three days herself. It wasn't long before social media lit a fire and began to roast her.
New Jersey rapperYoung Zeeis no stranger to being around stars. From his relationship withRah Digga, to recording withEminemandD12as a member ofThe Outsidaz, Zee has been in the music business for a while.
However, a recent acknowledgement by 50 Cent on Instagram really touched his heart.
"Yo, 50 Cent just responded to my comment on Instagram. I just feel like I never felt like this before," Zee said in a video while tears streamed down his face. "This is what music is about and I just feel really good right now."