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Mobb Deep celebrated the release of their new Black Cocaine EP by performing several of their biggest hits at BB Kings in New York City.
Havoc and Prodigy hit the stage and rapped a brief version of "Drop A Gem On Em," before moving on to "Survival of the Fittest," "G.O.D. Pt. III," and "Dead Man's Shoes."
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Beyonce unveils visuals "Dance For You." The video was shot before she announced her pregnancy and will be featured on disc 2 of her forthcoming DVD Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4, which will be released on November 29, 2011.
Most African Americans are born in poverty. When they are raised watching
their piers or friends sell drugs or murders, exspect them to do the same.
Most of us are taught nothing better than that. some enjoy the image they
put on playing to be a hard core gangster, or just trying to prove to their friends
that they are down to do what ever it is it takes.
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Photographer Raphael Mazzucco and Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine have collaborated on a new book dedicated to one of the finer elements of the female form. And we've got the exclusive preview.
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Comedian Kevin Hart is bringing his Laugh At My Pain comedy tour to a movie theater near you withing the next couple of months.
The film gives you a front row seat to a show that hit 90 cities earlier this year and raked in $15 million in ticket sales.
Laugh At My Pain will open up exclusively at AMC Theaters on September 9.
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Las Vegas, NV – December 31, 2010 – It was a night unlike any other the Vegas Strip has ever seen at the grand opening of Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on New Years Eve. Acclaimed global superstar DJ Erick Morillo kicked off the night with a set in the club’s Main Room and led the countdown to 2011, while Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre got the party started in the club’s VIP room with DJ Ross One. After the Jay-Z and Coldplay private concert in the event center at The Cosmopolitan the celebrties decended en masse to the new mega club for a historic opening. Kellan Lutz, who showed up wearing a black eye mask to avoid the Twi-Hards lined up outside to see him, settled into a table in Marquee’s Main Room next to Wilmer Valderamma. 50 Cent arrived with friend Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was in anything but a fighting mood, and the two were seen dancing to music by DJ Erick Morillo before heading downstairs to the VIP room. Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan, Haylie Duff and boyfriend Nick Zano, Christina Milian, Abigail Spencer Pruitt, James Marsden, Jamie Kennedy, Jessica Szohr, Deryck Whibley, Jeremy Piven and Mark Salling were also spotted dancing in the Main Room. The club which total’s 60,000 square feet filled up to a capacity crowd of nearly 3000 people quickly and the VIP room, also know as The Boom Box was taken over by the superstar rapper Jay Z and rockband Coldplay and their famous friends. It was so packed with A-list celebrities that you couldn’t take two steps without bumping into a Grammy Winner. Rihanna and Diddy came by to party with Jay-Z, Beyonce, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, who all held court at a center table with views of the Las Vegas Strip. Kanye West and John Mayer, who surprised the crowd with performances earlier in the night at the Comopolitan of Las Vegas’s grand opening concert, were also spotted at the exclusive after-party, as were Alex Rodriguez and girlfriend Cameron Diaz, Forest and Keisha Whitaker, Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham, Ellen Pompeo, Kirsten Dunst, Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill, Kelly Slater, Olivia Munn, Whitney Port and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Celebrities looking for a more relaxed scene flocked to the club’s third floor called The Library Room. Ashley Olsen enjoyed cocktails with boyfriend Justin Bartha early on, while Jared Leto showed up later in the night, following his 30 Second To Mars performance at The Palms. Magician David Copperfield and Dylan Lauren also enjoyed the vibe in the Library Room. Meanwhile, Mark Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez took over a table with 25 of their friends and family members and danced up a storm with pal Leah Remini. At one point, Anthony stole the club photographer’s camera and started taking photos of Lopez who was playfully posing for him while a few feet away Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine and Blake Lively were spotted dancing together on a banquette late into the night. Bottles of Ace of Spades champagne were flowing into the early hours and Jay-Z was spotted pouring glasses for friends including Gayle King. Solange Knowles did a special DJ set for her sister and brother-in-law and fellow DJ Samantha Ronson grabbed the mic to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Approximately 2:30 am Kanye West continued to surprise guests when he took over the mic in the DJ booth and treated them to an impromptu performance. Soon after Diddy ordered a bottle of Ciroc for every table in the roomas he requested his new hit “Ass on the Floor”. Then Jay-Z joined Kanye in the booth and the crowd was going crazy. Jay-Z wished everyone a Happy New Year and the two started singing West’s hit song, “Runaway” then their joint hit called “Monster”. West and Jay-Z were then joined by Rihanna in a singalong to her hit song, “What’s My Name” and the crowd was in a frenzy. Following Jay-Z and West’s second performance of the evening, Jay-Z asked comedian Aziz Ansari to join them in the DJ booth and entertain the crowd with a “New Years Eve joke.” Ansari said no, but Jay-Z would not relent and eventualy Ansari took the mic and got a few laughs but not before Jay, Kanye and Rhianna were joined by Beyonce in the booth at which point Jay stopped the music to wish happy new year to everyone in the room and to his wife “B”. the party wound down after 5:00 AM on New Years Day but not before Diddy and his girlfriend Cassie made a final stop to say hi to his friend Erick Morillo in the main rooms DJ booth, Morillo proceeded to play Diddy’s dance hit “Hello Good Morning” as the crowd and the camera’s went crazy. It was a star-studded beginning to a New Year and a historic grand opening for Marquee Las Vegas that has set the bar for the club business once again.
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*Approximately 90 students at Frayser High School are pregnant or have recently given birth
*The startling numbers fall in line with high teen pregnancy rates in the entire Frayser community
*A new initiative to help combat the problem will soon be introduced
About 90 students at a Memphis High School are either pregnant, or have been recently.
The startling news was confirmed by a high ranking city official and comes as the community plans to roll out a new initiative to help combat the problem.
However, one Frayser High School graduate says teen pregnancy is not a new problem for the school.
"When we would come back from summer break, there would be a thousand people pregnant. We were like, what's going on?" joked Alicia Williamson, who graduated from Frayser in 2004.
"There were a whole lot of bellies. You had to watch out so you didn't bump into them. Being 2011, I thought a lot of them would have thought this is not the right way to go, having babies during school time," she added.
The organization, Girls, Inc. teaches girls about preventing pregnancy.
Deborah Hester Harrison, who heads the organization, says Memphis' teen pregnancy rate stands at between 15 and 20 percent, almost twice the national average.
In the Frayser zip code, the rate is about 26 percent. Harrison partly blames the media.
"So much of our society is sexually oriented. As adults we can look at that and it doesn't impact us, but kids are different," Harrison said.
It's why Girls, Inc. offers classes where teenage girls "care for" computerized babies to give them a feel for what teenage parenthood is like.
The organization will also be part of a new initiative tentatively scheduled to be introduced next week.
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