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An award-winning video director was unmasked Thursday as a brutal, bizarre serial breeder who repeatedly raped his daughters to create a "pure" bloodline.
Aswad Ayinde, who won an MTV award for directing The Fugees' "Killing Me Softly," fathered six kids with his daughters from the mid-1980s to 2002 - and delivered the babies himself, New Jersey prosecutors said.
Ayinde, 51, who most recently lived in Paterson, N.J., also had nine kids with his ex-wife, Beverly, and at least three more with two other women in Brooklyn, court records show.
"He said the world was going to end, and it was just going to be him and his offspring and that he was chosen," Beverly Ayinde testified at a pre-trial hearing.
Also known as Charles McGill, Ayinde faces the first of five trials next month - one for each daughter he allegedly violated, said Lisa Squitieri, the Passaic County prosecutor handling the case.
Ayinde, held on $1 million bond, was hit with 27 charges including aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, lewdness, child endangerment, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact.
His ex-wife still lives in New Jersey and a reporter found her home filled with small children. She did not return a call.
A young woman who said Ayinde was her father answered the door at the home but refused to talk about the case. "It's a painful thing. It's not something we're going to talk about outside of our family. The truth is coming out now, after a long time. That's it."
Several Web sites identified Ayinde as the director of The Fugees' video. Ex-girlfriend Subhana Rahim, 40, told The News she lived with the rape suspect from 2001 to 2004 and bore him two children.
His arrest prompted a probe by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services to determine how the suspect allegedly turned his daughters into sex slaves without their knowing.
Some of the crimes allegedly occurred while the family was under scrutiny by the agency - and after the dad admitted to a 2000 attempt to snatch his children from a hospital while the state had temporary custody.
Prosecutors said Ayinde kept the kids from blabbing by beating them with wooden boards or kicking them with steel-toed boots.
"I was afraid to ever accuse him of being demented or being a pedophile," Beverly Ayinde, who married him in 1977, told the court. "I knew the word, but I wouldn't dare use it because it would result in a beating."
Ayinde also made a point of moving his family from town to town, even squatting in an abandoned funeral home in East Orange, N.J., investigators said.
Later, he moved to Brooklyn and began passing himself off as an artist, brazenly boasting his now-grown daughters were his wives, Rahim said.
"He was this successful artist who had worked with The Fugees," Rahim told The News. "I was shocked when he told me they were his daughters and that he'd been sleeping with them."
In court papers, Rahim said she was eight months pregnant and living with Ayinde in 2002 when she discovered his horrible secret.
"I didn't try to understand something so ridiculous," said Rahim, a former lawyer at a top Manhattan law firm.
Source: NY Daily News
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Jay Rock is putting it down for the West Coast.
The Watts native breaks down how he went from the streets hustling to signing his deal with Warner Brothers,
He also speaks on his remake of 50 Cent's "How To Rob". In the song he talks about robbing everyone from Lil Wayne to the Three Headed Monster of 50, Eminem & Dr Dre.
Jay says it's a sign of respect to 50 Cent because he really liked the original song and wanted to put a present day spin on it.
"It wasn't any disrespect to any artists or nothing," says Jay "I was just looking at 50 Cent, how he did it back in the day. I thought that was real creative"
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DMX is the #1 draft pick to appear on the next season of "Celebrity Rehab" -- that is, if the rehab people can somehow find a way to keep him from being locked up.
DMX's attorney, Gary Jenkins, tells TMZ reps for "Rehab" contacted him after X was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.
Jenkins says the "Rehab" team is considering sending someone to DMX's next court hearing to speak with the judge -- just like Dr. Drew did with Jessica Sierra from "American Idol" -- to try and get X placed in their care instead of being locked up.
The rapper is currently being held on no bond and is expected back in court March 16.
Source: TMZ
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James Brown's body is missing from its crypt, according to his daughter.
The remains of the singer - who died on Christmas Day 2006 (25.12.06) of a suspected heart attack aged 73 - were being held at his daughter Deanna's house in South Carolina while a public mausoleum is being prepared.
However, LaRhonda Pettit, one of James' illegitimate daughters, claims the body of the 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag' singer has gone missing to prevent her carrying out an autopsy to determine the true cause of his death.
LaRhonda, 48, is convinced James was actually killed by people trying to get his money.
She said: "My daddy's body has disappeared. I have no clue where it was taken, but I need to know where.
"I'm convinced his death was suspicious and I want the people responsible brought to justice.
"The only way to do that is to exhume his body and have an autopsy. I cannot understand why one was never conducted."
LaRhonda is one of a dozen people to come forward after James' death and claim to be one of his children, and in 2007 she took a DNA test which gave a result that he was 99.9 per cent likely to be her father.
She claims James had an affair with her mother in the 60s.
The soul singer - who was known as the 'Godfather of Soul' - had nine children by four wives and his will named six children as beneficiaries, not including LaRhonda.
LaRhonda added to America's Globe newspaper: "It was common knowledge that my daddy took illegal drugs.
"He was also hooked on various prescription painkillers. At the very least there were enablers who helped cause his death."
Source: Music-News Underground
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Lady Gaga continues to push the envelope with both her music and videos.
Her latest visuals come courtesy of the very trippy "Telephone" featuring Beyonce.
Compared to most by the numbers music videos these days this is very good. It starts off with Gaga in jail being kinky as usual. Fast forward to Beyonce picking her up and that's where the two start to dish out some devilish fun.
At a restaurant the two serve up a special Gaga dish of poison to Tyrese Gibson and others.
From there they make a getaway in their "Pussy Wagon"
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It's not going to be hard to find 85 women who want to date Chad Ochocinco.
On Thursday, VH1 announced that the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, who this week is in Los Angeles training for ABC's Dancing With the Stars, will star in a reality dating show this summer.
"The Tournament" will start with Ochocinco finding 85 women interested in dating him. Then, during the first of 10 episodes, Ochocinco will narrow the playing field down to 16 -- four from each region of the country. That's when the real competition begins.
"Ochocinco is one of the most electrifying individuals in sports today. His bigger-than-life personality on- and off-the-field and his notorious skills as a social networker, connecting daily with his fans, makes him a perfect fit for VH1," said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of VH1, in a statement. "This show will not only give viewers a look inside his professional life, but also reveal his softer more romantic side when playing a very different kind of game."
Source: ESPN
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40 Glocc and his Zoo Life Entertainment entity are continuing to make moves in 2010.
The West Coast MC announced today that Zoo Life has completed a new distribution deal with Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group.
Benefiting from the distribution deal will be other members of Glocc's Zoo Life family including Gail Gotti, Village Boo, TipToe, Locie Locc and Lil Boo.
Through the arrangement, Zoo Life will work with Fontana exclusively as the company continues its expansion in urban music.
Speaking from a press release, Glocc says,
“I'm happy to be in business with Fontana and staff and glad my business Hand and Grind was respected enough to bring my Zoo Life label and brand amongst the world and cater to the fans independently.”
President of Fontana, Ron Spaulding, also released a statement on the new venture saying,
“Everyone at Fontana is looking forward to working with someone so incredibly focused on his music and winning as 40 Glocc. Through our new collaboration, we will work with 40 Glocc to expand the playing field for Zoo Life across all mediums and platforms even further."
Zoo Life is currently planning to release two new singles in the forthcoming months, "Damn" featuring Reality King and Ray J, and "Welcome to California" with remixes from west coast artists Xzibit, Beeda Weeda, Messy Marv and Yukmouth.
Source: HipHopWired
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Lil Wayne has been told by prison officials that he will not be allowed to sign autographs while in jail.
This must come as bad news to some of the correctional officers who have been reported to be acting like fans instead of guards in Weezy's presence.
According to TMZ a rep for the Correction Officer's Benevolent Association has told them officials issued the no autograph mandate because "Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here."
I'm sure this isn't a big deal for Wayne, just one less hassle to deal with while serving his one year bid.
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Just like many of their hip-hop and R&B peers, Nina Sky utilize Twitter to promote their musical stylings and keep fans in tune with their movement. Recently, the twin duo took to the social-networking site to voice concerns over a stalemate they’re experiencing with their record label, Polo Grounds Music.
“Starting a new campaign today… ‘Nina Sky Doesn’t Play Polo,’” they tweeted on Wednesday (March 10). “For months we’ve had a complete album, ready for release. Y’all wanna know what’s really goin’ on? Nothing [and] that’s the problem. We released [two] videos and singles without support from our label. All good… Stayed positive. After months of no movement, we asked to be released [and] still nothing. No acknowledgment from the President of our label, Bryan Leach. Bottom line, we want to be released. If you’re really down with our movement, holler [at] Bryan Leach.”
Nicole and Natalie, who comprise Nina Sky, originally signed with Polo Grounds Music in 2006, after an amicable release from Universal Records. Since then, the sonic dyad feels label president Bryan Leach has not kept his end of the bargain after they formed a union. “Upon signing, [Bryan said] he wasn’t gonna do what Universal did and shelve our [second] album, [Starting Today],” Natalie reveals to Rap-Up.com. “He was gonna get us in the studio, we were gonna complete our album, and we were gonna release it. Now obviously we don’t expect that to happen overnight; it takes time and we have to get in with different producers. It took like two years to complete [the album] to the point where we were happy with it. He didn’t stay true to his word.”
Though Nina Sky admits Leach pushed their first single, “Curtain Call” featuring Rick Ross, the bulk of the work has since come from them. “Me and Nicole are not gonna sit on our asses and not do anything,” Natalie says. “On our own, we did a video for ‘On Some Bull—-’ to warm people up for what was to come. He didn’t move with that. Then we decided to do another video ['Beautiful People'] to help the push. Why be signed to a label if they’re not gonna help you?”
Failed attempts to reach Leach regarding their project resulted in the candid Twitter blasts. “We met with him, and he said, ‘I’ll give you a call in a week,’” Nicole discloses. “This meeting happened three months ago. We haven’t received that call yet. But we’ll get emails saying, ‘Call me now,’ then when we do, he’ll say, ‘I’m in a meeting for another two hours.’ He strings us along.”
As a result of the issues with Polo Grounds, previously recorded Nina Sky songs have gone to other artists, namely SRC Records pop singer Shontelle. Producers Bruno and Phil gave ‘DJ Made Me Do It’—originally composed for and recorded by Nina Sky—to the Bajan singer. “That wasn’t a record that we necessarily wrote, but we conceptualized it,” Nicole states. “That record screamed ‘Nina Sky’—singing, DJing. [Shontelle's] version is me scratching on her record. Records that we have done are getting given away to other artists because Bryan Leach hasn’t paid for them.” Natalie continues, “The fact of the matter is, we lost a great record that was something we put our heart and souls into.”
While some may criticize their choice to ask for a release from their label publicly, the group, currently the faces of Rachel Roy’s ad campaign and featured on Major Lazer’s single, “Keep It Goin’ Louder,” have only one agenda: pleasing their fans. “The reason we went to Twitter is because it’s our direct connection to the people who support the Nina Sky movement,” Nicole says. “On a daily basis, we get questioned about when our album is coming out. How many times are we gonna put up a front and lie to these people, like, ‘It’s coming, it’s coming.’ We don’t have those answers, so we’re gonna give you the contact information of the person who does. As an artist, you’re conditioned to think if you say anything you’ll get blacklisted. You have to be honest with yourself about what’s happening. Your career is not over when you put things like this out there.”
–Georgette Cline
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Hewlett Packard has just launched a $40 million dollar ad campaign being billed as "Let's Do Amazing"
The light hearted ads will feature rapper/producer extraordinaire Dre Dre as well as comedian Rhys Darby and photographer Annie Liebovitz
Peep one of the first commercials to roll out below
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Although Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah are putting out the Wu Massacre album together, you shouldn't consider the trio a group — their group will always be the Wu-Tang Clan.
"We're not doing this to win. We're not doing this to bring Wu-Tang to the forefront. We're not doing this to save the group. We're a part of the group," Method Man said recently in New York. "This album could have been done by Deck, U-God and GZA. Either/or, it's still Wu-Tang. The bottom line with this LP, it was something fans always requested. It's like, what else was we doing? It was a given. Hopefully, we can all get back in the studio and get enough time to really work on an LP."
Amber Rose was spotted out on the town recently looking really hot.
Kanye West's girlfriend was rocking tight black see through spandex leaving very little to the imagination.
Yeezy took a big L in 2009 for the Taylor Swift incident, but he definitely won with Amber in my opinion.
What do you guys think?
Aswad Ayinde raped his daughters — impregnating three of them — because, he declared, the world was ending and his offspring would be the sole survivors, his former wife testified in state court Wednesday.
“He was having regular relationships with all the girls,” said Beverly Ayinde, appearing calm and collected during a pre-trial hearing before state Superior Court Judge Raymond A. Reddin in Paterson. “I wasn’t fighting back. I was afraid to fight back.”
Beverly Ayinde said all the children were home-schooled. No one saw a doctor. The grandchildren were delivered by Aswad Ayinde himself, with her assistance, she said. There weren’t even birth certificates.
In all, five of Ayinde’s daughters were allegedly raped. Four of the alleged victims were the daughters of Beverly. Three of those four daughters bore six children by their natural father, who threatened to kill the family if anyone revealed the dark family secret, Beverly Ayinde testified.
When Ayinde was arrested in July 2006, prosecutors described him as a “blueblood,” or someone who believes in keeping his bloodlines pure. Ayinde (also known as Eric McGill), 50, of Atlantic City, will be tried in five separate cases for his alleged crimes against each individual victim.
The first trial is expected to be scheduled this spring, when he faces counts of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, lewdness, child endangerment, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact. Reddin will decide on March 12 as to what portions of Beverly Ayinde’s testimony is admissible in the first case.
The defendant’s wife is not named as a victim in the myriad sexual assault charges against him, which apply only to alleged acts against his five daughters. But she said they were all subject to brutal beatings, often deprived food and threatened with death.
During one period, sex occurred in an abandoned funeral home in East Orange with no heat that Ayinde had bought and made the family live in, Ms. Ayinde testified. He eventually renovated one room and lived in it by himself, while the rest of the family was made to live in the dilapidated portion, she said. During another period in their relationship, she said, she miscarried twins after her husband made her carry the corpse of the family’s great dane to its grave in a rolled-up carpet.
The family was always on the move, living mostly in Paterson, Eatontown, East Orange, Orange and Brooklyn, she said. By 2002, they separated after a family acquaintance who discovered what was happening offered Beverly Ayinde a place to stay.
“During this time, [the defendant] was running from the police, so things were sort of scattered,” she said. “DYFS was looking for him, the police were looking for him.”
She later added: “He was no longer living under the same roof as us. I also got a restraining order. I just attempted to live life without him.”
Beverly Ayinde had a total of nine children with the defendant during their marriage, which began in 1977 and ended in divorce last October. She noted that they had been separated since 2002.
Source: NorthJersey.com
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Video Game Powerhouse, Activision, is tapping Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z and Detroit lyricists Eminem to release an extended pack of music to add to their turntable-focused interactive game, DJ Hero.
Beginning March 18, gamers turned DJs will be able to mix, scratch and battle with a new “Jay vs. Eminem Mix Pack,” featuring exclusive mash-ups such as Eminem's "Shake That" mixed with Jay's "Show Me What You Got"; Em's "Without Me" mixed with Jay's "Encore"; and Jay's "Can I Get A..." mixed with Em's "Lose Yourself."
“The Jay and Eminem Mix Pack,” the follow up to the Jay-Z and Em inspired “Renegade Edition,” drops in the Xbox Live Marketplace on March 18, and in the Playstation Store and Wii on March 25.
Additionally, Activision has already released an "Extended Mix Pack 01" which features: 50 Cent 's "All Of Me" mixed with Queen's "Radio Ga Ga"; and Gorillaz's "DARE" versus Public Enemy's "Can't Truss It"
Those additions are a follow up to "David Guetta Mix Pack 01," which contains remixes of tracks like "When Love Takes Over" featuring Kelly Rowland, the chart-topping "Sexy Chick" featuring Akon, and "On The Dance Floor" featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas.
Both “Extended Mix Pack 01” and “David Guetta Mix Pack 01” are available in the Xbox Live Marketplace, and on the Playstation Store.
The DJ Hero "Renegade Edition" is out now. It includes a copy of the game, a premium "Renegade" turntable controller, hard-shell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand, and an exclusive Jay-Z and Eminem 2-CD pack featuring "best of" and new, unreleased material.
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International recording artist Akon meets the media in Mumbai, India to talk about recording a song for Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming movie, 'RA. One.'
Besides contributing a song, Akon will also be cast in the movie.
Directed by Anubhav Sinha, sci-fi superhero hi-tech movie 'Ra.One' is written by David Benullo, cinematography by Ueli Steiger, and music by Vishal-Shekhar.
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