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Various sources are reporting that Waka Flocka's associate Slim Dunkin was shot and killed tonight. Details are scarce at this point. We'll update you as soon as possible.
R.I.P. Slim
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Kobe Bryant's beautiful wife, Vanessa Bryant, has filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences" according to TMZ.
"She's been dealing with these incidents for a long time and has been a faithful wife, but she's finally had enough," says a source. "This one is the straw that broke the camel's back."
Bryant saved his marriage in 2003 when he was accused of raping a Colorado hotel employee. That case was settled out of court when Bryant reached a financial settlement with the woman. Bryant promptly bought his wife a $4 million dollar ring in an effort to save his marriage. It worked that time, but apparently Vanessa has had enough.
The couple don't have a prenuptial agreement, meaning the the 29-year old Vanessa is about to get half of Bryant's large financial fortune.
Vanessa is being represented by Laura Wasser and attorney Samantha Klein. She is seeking joint custody of the couples two children, 8-year-old Natalia and 5-year-old Giana.
Vanessa is also seeking spousal support which Bryant has already agreed to pay.
According to the report, Bryant desperately wants to save his marriage, but at this point it's not looking good for the Los Angeles Laker.
Vanessa filed her divorce petition on December 1. Kobe signed his response on December 7.
The soon to be ex-couple released a joint statement saying they have privately resolved all issues.
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Timbaland helped to guide the career of late singer/actress Aaliyah by producing some of her biggest hit records. He was also in love with her, although she didn't know it.
"When I first met Aaliyah—it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret—I was in love with her," he revealed. "I said, But I'm not…She just a baby, I'm old," Timbaland told Eonline. "I said to myself, 'I'm just gonna be her brother.' Oh man, I was fightin', I was fightin' a lot—a big war. But I loved Aaliyah."
That was just one of several revelations the super producer made during an upcoming episode of E!'s True Hollywood Story.
He's happily married now, but admits he's probably difficult to deal with at times.
"It's probably hard to be married to me," he says. "It's not easy. I'm a musical genius. I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm. But I'm a loving guy."
Timbo also said that he became suicidal in 2003 when his weight ballooned up to 400 pounds.
"I was almost 400 pounds," he said. "Who wants to be a 400-pound black man? I'm looking in the mirror, my breast is bigger than a girl breast. And I was saying, ‘That ain't cool.' So I got very depressed, like suicidal depressed."
For the rest of this interview, catch E!'s True Hollywood Story, Tuesday December 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Timbaland talks about being in love with Aaliyah
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I think it's safe to say Big Sean and Drake aren't going to answer Ludacris back for getting at them on his diss track "Bada Boom." However, Shawn Jay and Smoke of Field Mob are ready for battle.
A few weeks ago Shawn Jay released the diss track "P*ssy Boy" aimed at Luda, now his partner Smoke is speaking out against his former Disturbing Tha Peace boss.
In a just released interview, Smoke calls Luda a b*tch for giving Field Mob a shady deal, not taking care of artists like Shawna and for letting Chingy's early success with the album Jackpot make him so jealous he made sure no other DTP artist would be put in a position to succeed on that level again.
Peep the interview below.
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Minnesota MC, YD is about to drop his new mixtape, Lexed Out, in January. Peep this promotional video for it up top.
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The family of Michael Taylor are still trying to come to grips with his senseless murder last week in New Orleans. As we previously reported, the 16-year old made headlines in January 2011 when his uncle, Lamoine Ward, videotaped himself whipping Taylor for putting gang related information on his Facebook wall. Ward then posted the video online where it went viral almost overnight.
In a new interview with New Orleans television station WDSU, the uncle says he did it out of love and fear for what could happen to his family.
"It was love and I wanted to really show that he's not a gang member. I was not only going on his [Facebook] walls, I was searching his friend's walls also," Lamoine said. "So, I was frightened about what could happen to my family. I was led by the right spirit when I did it, but now the enemy is twisting it in my head like I did something wrong. Maybe I draw some extra attention to him to make him feel like he need to prove to these people that he's not soft."
Asked if he had any regrets about posting the video, Lamoine told WDSU he only had one.
"I regret maybe not being a part of his life a little bit more after the video," he said.
After the video hit the net, Taylor was reportedly bullied and made fun of at school. His mother, Kimberly Ward, said her son was a good kid who may have simply been trying to fit in with the wrong crowd.
"I'm hurt," she said through tears. "I'm not angry but I'm hurt. My boy was my world. But at the same time I'm blessed that if my child's death can save another child's life and another mother [not] have to go through what I feel, then I feel alright."
She added that parent's shouldn't be afraid to check their children's Facebook pages and most of all, "Don't be a friend, be a parent."
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It may seem as if Mya has dropped off the face of the earth musically, but nothing could be further from the truth. The singer has been quite busy over the last several years putting out music exclusively in Japan, where her last three albums have been released through her own independent label, Planet 9. Now she feels the time is right to re-introduce herself and her new sound to American audiences.
That re-introduction will come in the form of a deluxe U.S. and Canada version of the album K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy and Simple), which will be released December 20.
"It's about being cool and drama-free. And everything I do reflects that," she told Billboard. "The people that I associate with, the circle that I keep is real simple and sometimes we think or we're trained to believe that you always have to have more, more, more to make ourselves feel happy or beautiful, but it's the other way around for me. Simplicity is sexy."
The deluxe version includes four additional songs that are not on the Japanese version, including the recently leaked "Somebody Come Get This B*tch," a track inspired by the gay club scene and "Earthquake" featuring Trina.
Mya told Billboard that you won't see any extensive promotion or music videos for the album. She plans on saving that for her next project which will have less of a J-Pop feel and more of the traditional R&B sound stateside fans are used to hearing from her.
"K.I.S.S. is just a boutique album that I'm offering fans under the radar. If they want it, it's accessible now," she says. "This is just more of an appetizer. I've already started on what people will be looking forward to. I'm still going to put out my mixtapes. I still may do projects in Japan, but my focal point and priority is to bring it back home."
Mya Ft. Stacie and Lacie "Somebody Come Get This B*tch"
Mya Ft. Trina "Earthquake"
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Wale drops new visuals for "Chain Music," a bonus track off of his latest album, Ambition.
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With the way Soulja Boy has been releasing new music and videos lately you would think he was already promoting a new album, but those were just warm ups for the official deal coming next year.
Soulja just unveiled the cover for his upcoming fourth studio album, Promise. The disc is scheduled to hit stores in March 2012 via Stacks On Deck/Interscope.
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When you book Snoop Doog for an event it's a good bet the smell of chronic will be filling the air.
The Doggfather is being sued by Roger Kalaouz, a Middle Eastern concert promoter who alleges that Snoop smoked a blunt at an after party following a 2009 concert in Beirut and put the footage in a music video for "That's Tha Homie."
According to TMZ, Lebanese authorities found out about the illegal activity and launched a criminal investigation into Kalaouz's company. Kalaouz claims the investigation severely damaged his reputation and is seeking $280,000 in damages from the American rapper plus a commitment to perform two additional concerts in the Middle East.
TMZ reports that Snoop's reps are aware of the lawsuit, but so far no agreement has been worked out between the two parties.
Snoop Dogg "That's Tha Homie"
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The always entertaining Nardwuar the Human Serviette is one of the best interviewers in the game. He catches up with the Wu Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah and takes him on a trip down memory lane during Ghost's recent trip to Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Check the interview out below.
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Capo drops a new joint featuring Trav and Mel Matrix.
Cals teams up with Strong Arm Steady MC Mitchy Slick for a certified banger. The duo flip Notorious B.I.G.'s "10 Crack Commandments" and put a sinister West Coast spin on it.
Cals' Paper Trail Gang coming in 2012.
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The ink may barely be dry on her divorce papers, but Kim Kardashian might already be moving on.
It hasn't quite been two months since Kim ended her 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries, and there are already rumors things could be heating up with Kanye West.
The New York Daily News is reporting that Kim and Kanye attended a "Watch The Throne" after party thrown by billionaire Ron Burkle. The two were seen getting very cozy according to sources.
"Kanye was eating Kim up like she was a piece of cake,” says the source. “He was all over her — caressing her head, touching her waist. I think he was dying to kiss her, but there were too many people in the room,”
The Louis Vuitton Don has been known to play the field. He's been spotted everywhere from Paris to Philadelphia with different beautiful women. Could Kim K be next to get chopped down?
Last month on the Wendy Williams show, Yeezy's ex, Amber Rose, hinted that he's hooked up with Kim before.
"I mean, Come on, like, you know," she told Wendy laughing. "Come on! We'll keep it cute."
While at the after party Kanye seemed to only be interested in Kim.
“He wouldn’t talk to anybody else,” the source said. Adding that Kim didn't mind the attention, “She was totally into it.”
At one point Kanye and Kim got up and went outside, although nobody knows for sure if they left together.
Kim did tweet that she had a good time.
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Ashanti is back and this time she's calling her own shots. The R&B singer has started her own label, Written Entertainment, and has secured worldwide distribution through eOne Music.
“The more I learned the business the more I knew this is what I wanted,” the 31-year old said in a statement. “Ownership is so important. As a business woman this was a great move for me. With eOne as my distributor, I feel that their innovative and ambitious approach to the music industry, really gives my label a worldwide presence. They have the top radio people in the business and are hungry to win!”
The first single from her forthcoming fifth studio album is the Busta Rhymes assisted "The Woman You Love."
“eOne is proud to have a partnership with Ashanti and her label Written Entertainment,” said Alan Grunblatt, President of eOne Music. “Ashanti truly has the independent entrepreneurial attitude that eOne was built on, and we’re thrilled to be working with her."
What do you think of Ashanti's new single?
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Chris Brown drops a new song the strip clubs are bound to keep on repeat as he encourages the ladies to work their magic while he makes it rain.
The song will appear on Breezy's 2012 album, Fortune.
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A 16-year old Louisiana teen who was seen by millions of online viewers being whipped by his uncle because of online gang activity was found murdered in New Orleans last week.
Michael Taylor had been posting messages on his Facebook page earlier this year when his uncle found out about it. To make an example out of the youth, the uncle made a video of himself whipping the teen with a belt, while telling him to admit to the camera that the gang ties he had been bragging about were fake.
"Y'all parents all these senseless f*cking crimes... all this gangbang sh*t. This my f*cking nephew right here," the uncle says in the video, pointing at Michael. "He aint no gangbanger, we don't come from that sh*t."
"All that's fake," Michael said, before his uncle whipped him.
When the video hit the internet in January 2011 most people applauded the uncle for his actions. As it turns out the video did nothing to prevent Michael from meeting a tragic fate.
BlackAmericaWeb.com is reporting that the teen's mom had been keeping close tabs on him, making him stay within eyesight whenever he went outside. On the night he was killed he received a text message and went outside to talk. Not too long afterwards his mother, Kimberly Ward, said her daughter received a text message saying Michael had been shot and killed.
"I came home and saw my son on the ground," Ward said.
Police say they have no suspects or motives in the December 7th shooting, but witnesses said they saw two men approach Michael and open fire, hitting him multiple times in the torso.
Stacey Patton, who runs the website SpareTheKids.com said she wasn't surprised to hear about Michael's murder after seeing the video of him being whipped.
"I am not surprised to hear that this young man's life has ended violently. When I saw the video, I kept thinking that by beating this youth, the uncle was setting him up for some kind of tragedy, either prison or an early grave," she said. "I don’t understand why more people don't make the connection between how children are dealt with at home and the larger societal impact. Studies show that maltreated youth make up a disproportionate number of youth involved in school and gang violence. Violent parental discipline increases the risk that a child will act violently later in life. The use of violent discipline teaches children that violence is an appropriate means of shaping behavior and solving problems. Physically disciplining a child has no positive impact for the child, that child's relationship with the parents, or the larger community."
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Young Jeezy seems to be everywhere these days. The Atlanta rapper is dropping videos left and right as well as making television appearances as the December 20 release date for Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition nears.
Check out his new video for the Lil Lody produced "Nothin."
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New visuals from Michigan's Top Secret
Directed by Birchell Glenn/Pow-TV
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