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Rihanna was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live yesterday. The pop star performed "Birthday Cake," "Talk That Talk" and "Where Have You Been."
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LAS VEGAS -- When people look back at the Hall of Fame-worthy careers of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto, the boxers' fight on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena will be the one they probably remember.
It was a barnburner, one of the most exciting fights of Mayweather's career; Cotto, of course, is typically in exciting fights. But as usual, it was Mayweather who put his punches together and evaded enough to win, taking a unanimous decision and a junior middleweight title for the second time in his career.
"You're a helluva champion," Mayweather said to Cotto in the ring after the fight. "You're the toughest guy I ever fought."
Now Mayweather -- headed to jail on June 1 for an 87-day sentence at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas for a domestic battery conviction -- can offer a new mantra: 43 have tried and now 43 have failed.
"Look, when fights are on pay-per-view, you want to give the fans what they pay for, and that's excitement," said Mayweather, who elected to do an in-ring interview with HBO's Larry Merchant after threatening not to following their blow-up during a postfight interview after Mayweather's September victory against Victor Ortiz.
Cotto didn't go down without a fight. He pressed and pushed and cracked Mayweather with many hard punches, probably as many punishing shots as Mayweather has ever been hit with.
Mayweather is 35 now, and maybe the pound-for-pound king has lost just a step, so he is a little easier to hit. But he still got the job done and, for a change, in very exciting fashion.
In picking up his eighth world title belt in five weight classes, Mayweather looked good in victory. But Cotto, 31, a three-division champion in his own right, also looked good. In fact, Cotto gave Mayweather a tougher fight than he gave Manny Pacquiao in their 2009 welterweight title bout, a 12th-round knockout for Pacquiao.
"The judges said I lost the fight. I can't do anything else. I have to take my defeat," Cotto said. "I brought my best and I did my best every morning in training camp and I did my best tonight."
Mentally reborn following his emotional victory against Antonio Margarito in their December rematch, Cotto fought as well as he has in years.
"I'm happy with my fight and with my performance," he said. "So is my family. I can't ask for anything else."
With most of the crowd of 16,047 cheering for Puerto Rico's Cotto, he was able to bull Mayweather into the corner and make him fight back round after round. And Mayweather was happy to oblige.
Most of the rounds appeared competitive, but Mayweather pulled away to win 118-110 on judge Robert Hoyle's scorecard, while Dave Moretti and Patricia Morse Jarman each scored it 117-111. ESPN.com had it 116-112 for Mayweather.
Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs) sat down on his punches and rocked Cotto in the fourth round, turning over his right hand to land several of them flush.
Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs), who made $8 million plus a percentage of the pay-per-view profits, got Mayweather's respect in the sixth round when he landed a pinpoint jab to his nose, drawing blood. After the punch, Mayweather nodded his head to Cotto out of respect.
"When you come to fight and are in the heat of the battle, those things happen," Mayweather said.
Every time Cotto trapped Mayweather on the ropes -- which he did often and had some success with it -- the crowd would go wild. But Mayweather would eventually escape the trouble.
Mayweather closed strong with a huge 12th round, hurting Cotto with a nasty uppercut and right hands.
The fans had gotten their monies worth, and Mayweather had a satisfying victory. HBO will replay the memorable fight, along with the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez-Shane Mosley undercard fight, on May 12 (10:15 p.m. ET/PT).
"He's a tough competitor," Mayweather said. "I knew I was going to have to come in the ring to fight hard and execute the game plan. Cotto is a future Hall of Famer and he is no pushover. We fought at his weight class. He came to fight. He didn't come to survive, he came to fight. So I dug down and fought him back."
Mayweather, who earned a boxing-record guarantee of $32 million (plus a hefty percentage of the pay-per-view profit), was focused on the fight throughout the promotion, never seeming to let the looming jail sentence unnerve him. He kept up the brave front after the fight, as well.
"You're dealt obstacles in your life," Mayweather said. "You have to take the good with the good and the bad with the bad. When June 1 comes, the only thing I can do is accept it."
Mayweather said he plans to fight again this year after his release from jail. The fight the world wants is to see him face Manny Pacquiao.
Once again, like a broken record, Mayweather made it sound like that won't happen, despite protests to the contrary.
"Bob Arum is in the way," Mayweather said of the Top Rank promoter who represents Pacquiao (and once promoted Mayweather). "He's stopping the fans from getting what they want. Let's give the fans what they want."
Mayweather, however, has demanded more than 50 percent of the money in the fight, which has been a nonstarter. He didn't acknowledge that fact after the Cotto fight. "I've been trying to make the Pacquiao fight," Mayweather said.
Then he turned to his demands for blood and urine drug testing for the fight. Pacquiao has repeatedly agreed, which Mayweather won't acknowledge.
"Cotto didn't have the problem taking therandom blood and urine tests," he said. "Why shouldn't Pacquiao? If he's the best, take the test."
That is the same old argument -- but for another day. On this night, Mayweather took the test from Cotto inside the ring.
He passed.
Again.
Source: ESPN
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Kidz In The Hall and Bun B "Pour It Up" in memory of the late great Pimp C in this new video off of the Kidz's latest album, Occasion.
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Ty Nitty is making big moves with his Love and Loyalty family. Peep his latest visuals below.
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Soulja Boy will be dropping a new video everyday while out on his Pretty Boy Gang$ta tour.
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As fans, admirers and artists of all stripes continue to pay tribute to Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Tauch, who died yesterday (May 4) after a three-year battle with cancer, the most heartfelt words may have come from his mother, Frances Yauch.
"He was a very courageous person," she told the New York Times, revealing that her son died at 9AM on Friday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. "He was hopeful to the very end."
When the time came, she said, MCA was conscious and surrounded by family. His wife, Dechen Wangdu, was there, as was his 13-year-old daughter, Tenzin Losel Yauch; his parents; and his in-laws.
Yauch had been in the hospital since April 14 -- the same night his bandmates Ad-Rock and Mike D were in Cleveland celebrating the Beastie Boys' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"It all just seemed to happen overnight," said Frances Yauch, adding, "He was a terrific guy and had a brief but really wonderful life. We are really proud of him."
In addition to making up one-third of the Beasties -- one of those rare groups that just about everyone, from hip-hop fans to metal dudes, seemed to love and respect -- Yauch had a career in filmmaking. He was head of Oscilloscope Laboratories, the independent production company behind such films as "The Messenger" and "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
In a statement to the press, Contactmusic.com reports, Oscilloscope execs David Fenkel, Dan Berger and David Laub vowed to continue on.
"We are deeply, deeply saddened by the passing of Adam Yauch -- an amazing leader, a dear friend and an incredible human being," the statement reads. "Today we are heartbroken at Oscilloscope as we take in this awful news, and our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. Adam's legacy will remain a driving force at Oscilloscope -- his indomitable spirit and his great passion for film, people and hard work, always with a sense of humour and a lot of heart."
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With the passing of MCA of the Beastie Boys on Friday, Erick Sermon sat down with The Source to talk about the influence the Beastie Boys had on hip hop and where they rank on his list of all time rap artists.
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Trigga Trey Songz is getting ready to drop his new Chaper V album. To get fans warmed up he releases the vido for "Heart Attack" which co stars Kelly Rowland.
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On the eve of Floyd Mayweather Jr's big fight with Miguel Cotto, 50 Cent sat down with Bootleg Kev. The two chopped it up about MCA's passing, Lloyd Banks rumors, his upcoming album, Gangsta Grillz mixtape and movies.
50 also speaks on Philly MC's he likes (Chic Raw, Mike Knox, Joey Jihad and Meek Mill).
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Meek Mill teams up with Drizzy Drake and Jeremih for "Amen." The track can be found on Meek's upcoming mixtape Dream Chasers 2, which drops Monday May 7.
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Brian McKnight teams with Funny or Die and goes there for real in this new hilarious video in which he teaches women a few things they should know about pleasing themselves in the bedroom.
Check it out below as Brian shows women how to achieve maximum pleasure whether with a partner or by themselves.
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With his latest album Bottoms Up barely in stores, Obie Trice is bouncing right back with the Hangover mixtape.
DMX's Undisputed album has had a couple of different release dates, hopefully this new one sticks. Allhiphop is reporting that the album will be released on June 26 and will feature an appearance from late rapper Notorious B.I.G.
“X is very excited to release this project,” said DMX’s publicist, Domenick Nati. “This album has a lot of hits on it, and his fans will see that it’s been worth the wait. Undisputed will prove to the world that DMX is back!”
The video for Dark Man's single "I Don't Dance" featuring Machine Gun Kelly will be released later this month.
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Beau Bostic's highly anticipated debut album, "One Man Gang", released in 2011 by M/R Records, is available right now for download! Listen to and buy your copy on CD Baby at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/beaubostic5 TODAY!
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Dead Prez, Yasiin Bey and Mike Flo take Nas' "Made You Look" and flip it into a tribute to slain teenager Trayvon Martin.
As sad as it may be some people can't get over the fact that an African American is part owner of a major sports franchise in the year 2012. That fact was made very clear in an article by New York Post writer Phil Mushnick, who attacked Jay-Z in his "Equal Time" column printed Friday [April 4].
Jay-Z is a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets, who will become the Brooklyn Nets in 2013 when they leave Jersey for the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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In the article Mushnick uses racist and misogynistic language to describe Jay-Z and the team.
"As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment?" Mushnick wrote. "Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N------s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B----hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!"
What's your take on Mushnick's rant? Should he be fired?
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Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys' induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group's most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch's illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.
Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
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