Posted by ChasinDatPaper on February 10, 2013 at 12:00pm
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Chris Brown totaled his black Porsche yesterday when he crashed it into a brick wall. Brown, who was by himself at the time blamed the wreck on "aggressive pursuit by the paparazzi."
Chris Doherty, owner of INF, the photo agency that employed all the photographers on scene told TMZ that Chris' story is nonsense.
"No photographers were following him at the time he crashed," Doherty said. "He crashed his car and it’s convenient for him to blame us. He needs to be careful with his defamatory statements."
Donhery also added that his photographers were interviewed by the police on the scene and were cleared.
The Beverly Hills PD released a statement regarding the crash.
"On February 9, 2013 at approximately 1203pm, entertainer Chris Brown was involved in a solo, non-injury traffic collision in the 600 Block Bedford Drive/Camden Drive alley. Mr. Brown was the driver of the vehicle and collided with a wall. Brown stated that he was being chased by paparazzi causing him to lose control of his vehicle. Brown's Black Porsche was towed from the scene at his request."
Lil Mama just landed a huge movie role. The 23-year old, real name Niatia Jessica Kirkland, has been selected to play Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in an upcoming TLC biopic on VH1
MC Lyte revealed the news in an interview with HipHollywood.
"I don't know if I'm supposed to say, but I will," Lyte said. "She just got the role of Left Eye in TLC's new movie."
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, serving as consultants and executive producers according to Rap-Up. The film is currently in pre-production.
Lyte has taken on the role of Lil Mama's mentor.
“I’m gonna put a little bit of my concentration and focus on helping to uplift a sister who is talented, smart, witty, and just had her chances cut too short, and that’s Lil Mama ’cause she is a talented young lady,” explained Lyte.
The VH1 movie will explore TLC's rise to fame, T-Boz’s battle with sickle-cell anemia, Lisa burning down the house of her boyfriend, then-Atlanta Falcon Andre Rison, in 1994, and her 2002 car crash death in La Ceiba, Honduras and the age of 30.
TLC has sold more than 65 million records worldwide
Do you think Lil Mama is a good choice to play Lisa Lopes?
While out in Paris, France recently Wiz Khalifa stopped by Generations radio. While there he performed his single "Work Hard, Play Hard" off of his album, O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*ggas In First Class).
Def Jam artist Trinidad James performed at a special pre-Grammy concert along with B.o.B at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California on Saturday.
Here's some footage of Trinidad performing his hit single "All Gold Everything" twice for the crowd.
Taylor Gang boss Wiz Khalifa was recently in the studio with former Disney star turned wild child Miley Cyrus. During some down time the two appear to be enjoying some good smoke.
Caption the top pic for us in the comment section below.
Future is busy in the studio working on his next album, Future Hendrix. The first single is "Karate Chop." The Atlanta rapper teams up with Lil Wayne to remix the song.
It's incredible to think that after releasing 12 solo albums and many classic records, Nas has never won a Grammy. That could change tomorrow night. He's nominated for four Grammys at the 55th annual awards show.
The song "Daughters" off of Nas' Life Is Good album is nominated for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
The rapper told MTV that he's just happy his 17-year old daughter Destiny still sees him as being a cool dude.
"I think she's more happy for just the fact that her dad's not corny," he said. 'Cause, you know, her dad could be ... [it's] your parents! So I'm just lucky that we cool, that she still thinks I'm cool."
HipHollywood also caught up with Nasir at his pre-Grammy concert.
"I'm just happy to be in this game. I feel like there's a lot of people out there that deserve to be acknowledged, not just me," the rapper said.
The Grammys air tomorrow night at 8PM EST.
Nas Hosts Pre-Grammy Nomination Celebration
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Kate Upton will give Sports Illustrated readers an encore as she lands on the cover of the magazine's swimsuit issue for the second year in a row.
The 20-year old beauty from Michigan has been all over the place in the last year. She landed a feature in U.S. Vogue and the November 2012 cover of Vogue Italia, Kate was also ranked the 5th sexiest model on MODELS.com's "Top Sexiest Models" of 2012 list and No. 3 on AskMen's Top 99 Women for 2013 list.
Kate joins an elite list of models who've commanded the cover multiple years in a row: Christie Brinkley went back-to-back-to-back in 1979, 1980 and 1981; Elle MacPherson did the same between 1986 and 1988; Paulina Porizkova posed in 1984 and 1985 and Tyra Banks starred in 1996 and 1997.
TMZ was the first website to capture photos from the shoot. They posted pics back in December, although they didn't know at the time Kate was shooting the S.I. cover.
"We can finally talk about Antarctica," Kate tweeted when the news broke on Friday. "Took us 2 months to thaw out"
The issue hits newsstands February 12.
Check out a few hot videos starring Kate below.
Kate Upton: Swimsuit Superstar!
Kate doing the "Cat Daddy" dance
Kate Upton - GQ - The Many Talents of Kate Upton
Kate Upton GQ Behind the Scenes -- The Reason HD Video Was Invented
A$AP Rocky has been dropping freestyles on every radio show recently. During his stop in Paris, France recently the Harlem rapper spit a freestyle over his own "F*ckin Problems" instrumental for Generations radio.
Big Sean will be releasing his Hall of Fame album soon. Rap-Up TV caught up with the Detroit rapper recently to talk about the album, his two Grammy nominations and more.
Sean said the new single will be released this month. Miguel, Jhene Aiko, Kid Cudi, Nas and Common are featured on the album. The G.O.O.D. Music rapper is hoping to get Eminem on the record.
"We gotta make that happen," Sean said of getting in the studio with Eminem. "That might be the last thing I do. I wanted to make sure me album was completely done before I went and played it for him. You know, if he wants me to play it for him. I know a while ago he reached out."
Tyler, The Creator and the rest of the OFWGKTA homies Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, and Lionel Boyce are back and ready to bring the ruckus in the second season of their sketch comedy series. Loiter Squad.
Season 2 kicks off on Adult SwimSunday, March 10th at Midnight ET/PT. Check out the trailer below.
Mary J. Blige was hit with a lawsuit Thursday alleging she had defaulted on a $500,000 loan from Bank of America.
Reuters reports that the bank filed the lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court. They say the singer took out the loan in 2005 and stopped making re-payments in June 2012. B of A is looking to recoup $511,324 in principal and interest on the loan they claim the singer owes.
This is the second lawsuit in the last several months filed against the 9-time Grammy Award winner. In November 2012 Signature Bank took legal action over an alleged default on a $2.2 million bank loan by the singer and her husband.
HipHollywood caught up with Mary on the red carpet of Vibe's inaugural Impact Awards show held on Friday at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles, to talk to her about the recent stories that have hit the press about her.
"There's really nothing you can say about the negative things that are in the media about you," Mary said. "All you can do is keep pushing, keep your head up and just let people be people. [Let] haters hate and just do what you do. Use all of that to fuel you to do something better."
The news isn't all bad for Mary, who has sold 50 million albums worldwide during her career. On Friday Vibe honored her with their first Impact Award.
"It feels great to be honored with the Impact Award tonight. Because I believe I've made an impact on so many people's lives. It feels good," she said.
Krondon of Strong Arm Steady releases his free album Everything's Nothing to get his 2013 campaign started. The veteran West Coast emcee gets some nice production from Rich Kidd, D.R.U.G.S., DJ Khalil, Cardo, 321, DJ Dahl and more.
Future continues to promote his latest album Pluto 3D by releasing new visuals for "Homicide" featuring Snoop Dogg a.k.a. Snoop Lion. This live clip was shot during Future's show at the Key Club in L.A. back in November.
Kanye West has been catching some heat recently for his style of dress. Lord Jamar specifically called the G.O.O.D. Music CEO out for wearing skirts.
Vlad TV recently caught up with Lil Mama and Lil Kim's new artist Tiffany Foxx to get a woman's perspective on the situation.
"Fashion is changing all the time. So, you know I don't judge nobody for it and I love Kanye," Foxx said. "He's probably the only one that could do it. Him and Andre 3000. Everybody else I'mma have to be like side eye. It's cool, I like it."
Tiffany and Lil Mama go on to talk about what other females are popping in the industry and Tiffany explains how she linked up with Lil Kim