Flashback to 2001, Brooklyn's Jay-Z and Queen's Nas are embroiled in a legendary rap beef. Nas let off the shot heard round the world with "Ether", but the battle between Hov and Nas was far from over. It got even more personal as Jigga would claim that he had slept with Nas' baby's mom.
They continued to beef well into 2002. By that time the boroughs had chosen sides, QB was firmly behind Nas just as BK was for Jigga.
Either assuming he would be ok in Queens, or just not giving a f*ck, Beanie Sigel and Young Chris of the Young Gunz decided to perform at a club in Queens.
In the eyes of some in the Queens crowd though, being that Beans and Chris were signed to Roc-A-Fella Records at the time, they were seen as the enemy.
As Beanie & Chris perform someone throws something at them, prompting Beanie to throw his mic into the crowd.
While not everything was caught on tape. There's enough footage to show that both Beanie and Chris were lucky to get out of there alive that night.
Reportedly someone was shout outside of the venue and later died.
Teena Marie was laid to rest yesterday (January 10) at a private memorial service in Los Angeles. California.
Motown founder Barry Gordy Jr, Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, and Smokey Robinson were among those there to pay their final respects to the "Ivory Queen Of Soul" according to Billboard.
Shanice Wilson and Robinson sang at the service. Gordy and Wonder both spoke about their experiences with Marie during the two hour service.
Marie's daughter Alia Rose Brockert, also memorialized her mom.
Marie died at age 54 in her L.A. home on December 26 of what authorities described as natural causes. The singer had suffered a grand mal seizure a month before.
Born Marie Christine Brockert in Santa Monica, Calif., Marie released 13 studio albums over the course of her career.
NEW VIDEO FROM SQUARE OFF BEAMING FREESTYLE OFF THEYRE UPCOMING MIXTAPE MONEY MOET & MEMORIES THE MIXTAPE IS SET TO BE RELEASED THE END OF THIS MONTH, ON THIS JOINT THEY TALK ABOUT THE GOODS AN BADS OF BEING THE SONS OF THE LEGENDARY DOUG E FRESH, THEY DELIVER SOME GOOD LYRICS OFF OF LUPE FIASCOS BEAT "IM BEAMING" THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AN EXPECT ALOT MORE FROM SQUARE OFF NEW MUSIC FROM THEM AN CORY GUNZ DROPPING NEXT WEEK OFF MONEY MOET & MEMORIES
The singer made UK pop history by becoming first female solo artist in chart history to achieve five number one singles in consecutive years with "What's My Name."
The only other solo performer to match that achievement is Elvis Presley in the 1950's.
Besides the number 1 single, Rihanna's 'Loud' album also sits atop the charts. She also has three other songs on the singles chart with "Only Girl In The World", "Love The Way You Lie" with Eminem and "Who's That Chick" with David Guetta.
Oscar and Grammy winning "Dreamgirl," Jennifer Hudson talks to Marysol Castro about her weight loss, motherhood, music and her new movie role as Winnie Mandela.
Hudson is also giving back to the community through the Jennifer Hudson Foundation, which helps families affected by violent crime. She says it's a way to honor her nephew Julian King, who was murdered along with Hudson's mother and older brother in October 2008.
Jennifer has not forgotten her musical roots. She's working on her 1st album since 2008's self titled cd, so far she has worked with Alicia Keys on the project. The disc is due out in February 2011
Slow & Bucks from Slowbucks.TV stopped by AllHipHop Radio to chop it up with Will 2 Bee.
The Hand Of God aka Mr Hustle Hard aka Maino was also in the building holding it down.
The show featured call ins from G-Unit's Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo as well as Dipset Capo Jim Jones.
At the time this was filmed, Banks and Yayo were out in Las Vegas with 50 Cent for the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Which just happened to be going on at the same time as the Adult XXX AVN Awards, so you know the fellas were having a good time.
Yayo mentioned that G-Unit's Nikki Martin was also out there as 50 introduced his "Sleek By 50 Cent" headphones.
Yayo said it felt good to be rubbing elbows with billionaires and partying with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also spoke on how he 1st met Maino and just how official of a dude he is.
Peep the rest of the video below as Banks coins a new phrase "entreprenigga."
Omarion has to be wondering why certain people seem hell bent on ruining his career.
The singer has been dogged by rumors regarding his sexuality recently. First former B2K member Raz-B and his brother Ricky Romance declared the "Ice Box" singer was homosexual. Then on Saturday (January 8) a press release was sent out announcing Omarion was bisexual.
Omarion says the press release was fake, but here is what it said:
“I pride myself in being an honest, God Fearing, respectful man. I have kept my personal life private and wanted to keep it that way. Unfortunately, other’s are interested in profiting from my anguish; so before they can do that, i will clarify things. I am not at all what certain ex-band members are trying to paint me as, I am however a respectable, mature, proud, bisexual man.”
Omarion, who was in Japan at the time immediately denied being responsible for the press release, he tweeted his 350,000 twitter followers assuring them the press release was fake.
Soon afterwards, O's PR team sent out an official press release.
"The previously released statement regarding Omarion is false and was generated for negative publicity by an unknown person. Omarion will not contribute to anything negative said or done against him. Omarion respects all of his fans, no matter religion, sexuality, or race."
The rumors got so out of hand, Omarion became a trending topic on Twitter. Frustrated, he called into Hot 97 from Japan to speak with Funkmaster Flex and once and for all clear up the rumors.
"First and foremost let me say I did not release that statement. Whatever people like is their business, but I'm not gay or bisexual, I love women and that's just what it is." Omarion told Flex.
At this point nobody knows who sent out the fake press release, but check out the rest of what Omarion had to say about the situation to Funk Flex below.
Brazil wants to become the mecca for live entertainment and it's shelling out lots of money to prove it.
UK singer Amy Winehouse just performed the 1st of 5 scheduled shows in the South American country, where she is being paid more than $6 million dollars according to the UK Sun.
"Amy will be rolling in it. Brazil is keen to establish itself as a major player in live music and is attracting a host of top stars," a source tells the publication. "A lot of money is being thrown around to secure their services and it's working."
Winehouse hasn't released an album since 2006's 'Back to Black.' A disc that won her 5 Grammys and has sold 10 million copies worldwide.
It's a testament to her tremendous talent that she's still being paid big paper to perform live.
The singer was reportedly paid $1.3 million to play a show in Russia just before Christmas, and has big money gigs lined up in Dubai as part of Gulf Bike Week.
Amy's performance last night at the Il Divino venue in Florianopolis was part of Brazil's Summer Soul Festival.
Next she plays two headlining shows at the Arena HSBC in Rio De Janeiro Rio, followed by gigs in Recife and Sao Paulo.
Hopefully all these shows mean we'll be getting Amy's much delayed third solo album. It's rumored to be coming out later this year.
Fresh from dumping longtime boyfriend Macaulay Culkin after 8 years of dating, Mila Kunis made an appearance on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
The 27-year old Ukraine born actress has come a long way since starring on 'That 70's Show' at age 15. As evidenced by her latest role opposite Natalie Portman in 'The Swan'. Their lesbian scene together has gotten almost as much press as the movie itself.
In this hilarious interview with Craig, Mila talks about why she doesn't use Twitter, measuring your neck to tell your waist size, fortune tellers, gypsy curses and a lot more.
Also check out her pics from the February 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan
The Free Trade Agreement, originally an idea from Canadian Shadyville DJ’s representative DJ DOW JONES, has snowballed into one of the most anticipated projects in 2 countries for 2011. The project is focused on creating a solid working relationship with talent in both Canada and The United States. It will feature over 18 individuals working together to create one solid project. Meshing the sounds of Canadian producers with American artists, and vice versa, is a simple concept but has proven to yield incredible results. DJ Dow Jones has also enlisted the talents of another Shadyville Dj, Mr. Peter Parker together they have scouted some of the hottest talents in both countries and combined them all into one packaged project “The Free Trade Agreement”
In 9-minute commentary on MSNBC Saturday, Keith Olbermann sought to attribute 'death fantasies and dreams of blood lust' to the Tea Party movement and to the Republican Party in general.
The shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was addressed in a 9 minute segment of commentary by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Saturday, taking a fresh opportunity to affix a national tragedy to those who espouse beliefs not shared by Mr. Olbermann: the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party in general.
Citing a report in The Guardian, Congresswoman Giffords remains in critical condition following the horrific shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona.
Gabrielle Giffords
Six other people died in the attack, including a 9-year-old girl. 18 people in total were shot - and the doctors operating on Giffords believe she is going to survive.
"I can tell you at this time I am very optimistic about her recovery," Dr. Peter Rhee said, according to The Guardian. "We cannot tell what kind of recovery, but I'm as optimistic as it can get in this kind of situation."
But Keith Olbermann sought to tether this tragedy to a political agenda, attaching the madness of this shooting to Sarah Palin, Sharon Angle, Glenn Beck, and a host of other right-leaning figures.
"If Sarah Palin, whose website put and today scrubbed bulls-eye targets on 20 representatives, including Gabby Giffords does not repudiate her own part - however tangential in amplifying violence and violent imagery in American politics - she must be dismissed from politics," Olbermann said. "She must be repudiated by the members of her own party. And if they fail to do so, each one of them must be judged to have silently defended this tactic that today proved so awfully foretelling."
Sarah Palin's Bullseye Target List
By widening the scope of those individuals in Sarah Palin's community of colleagues, Mr. Olbermann is extending blame to the entirety of the Republican Party.
"If Sharon Angle, who spoke of Second Amendment remedies does not repudiate that remark and urge her supporters to think anew and again of the terrible reality of what her words implied, she must be repudiated by her supporters in Nevada," Olbermann said.
And then Mr. Olbermann turned his attention to Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly.
Bill O'Reilly
"If Glenn Beck who obsesses nearly as strangely as this Mr. Loughner did about gold and debt - and who wistfully joked about killing Michael Moore - and Bill O'Reilly who blithely repeated 'Tiller the Killer' until the phrase was burned into the minds of his viewers; if they do not begin their next broadcasts with solemn apologies for ever turning to the death fantasies and the dreams of blood lust, for ever having provided just the oxygen for those deep in madness for whom violence is an acceptable solution then those commentators and the others must be repudiated by their viewers and listeners, by all politicians who would appear on their programs - including President Obama and his planned interview with Fox on Superbowl Sunday, and repudiated by the sponsors and by the networks that employ them."
Percy Miller aka Master P must be a very proud parent. Both of his kids, Romeo and Cymphonique aka Lil Miss Swagger are both doing their thing in the entertainment field.
In addition to getting her singing career off the ground, Cymphonique has also landed a new sitcom “How to Rock Braces and Glasses” on Nickelodeon. The show debuts in September.
Check out her latest music video "All That" featuring her big brother Romeo and 7-year old Memphis rapperLil P-Nut.
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