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That's Dope: Deaf Rapper Signmark Bridging The Gap Between Deaf & Hearing Music Fans. Becomes 1st Artist With His Disability To Land A Record Deal [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 21, 2010 at 8:32am

Video After The Jump (CBS) "Even if the world comes crashing down," go his lyrics. "I stand tall proud back against the wall." He is a one-of-a kind rapper, reports CBS News correspondent John Bentley. That's because this artist - who goes by Signmark - was born deaf. In an art form rooted in the spoken word, Signmark doesn't say a word. Instead, he signs his way through his songs. "Those two words, music and deaf, they've never gone together," signed Signmark Deaf and hearing music fans haven't gone together before, either. Signmark bridges that gap with the rapper Brandon, who gives voice to his lyrics.

Signmark recently performed in New York City as part of International Deaf Awareness week, during his tour of the U.S. But he hasn't always been interested in rap. He got his musical start at 7-years-old translating Christmas carols. "We felt kind of isolated when they started singing Christmas carols and I felt it wasn't fair so I said to my grandmother, stop playing the piano for a minute, look at me, let me try to read your lips, and I'll try to interpret what you're saying to my parents so we can participate," said Signmark through a translator. As a teenager, rap appealed to Signmark because he identified with rappers feelings of having no voice in society. "They want equality, they're fighting for rights from the government, fighting for information, that was right up my alley and I said that's what I want to do," said Signmark. In 2009, Signmark became the first deaf rapper ever to land a record contract. Even though Signmark can't hear the music, he literally feels the beat; his fans can feel it too. "You can go to a concert with earplugs and you'll feel it, you'll then notice that you feel it in your body," said Signmark His sign language becomes part of his performance; a new art form that creates a shared experience for the hearing and the deaf, with neither side being left at a loss for words. Source: CBS twitter-5d.gif
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Floyd Mayweather Sr Speaks Speaks On Possible Fight Between His Floyd Jr & Manny Pacquiao "If My Son's Fighting That Little Man, I'm Concerned About My Son's Life" [Audio]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2010 at 6:30pm

Audio After The Jump Leading up to the potential "Fight Of The Decade" we've heard a lot of different reasons for why it might not happen. Everything from money, to Olympic Style Drug Testing demanded by the Mayweather camp, to tension between the two promotors, Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions. All have been cited as possible stumbling blocks to what would be the most lucrative boxing match in history. Floyd Mayweather Sr has come up with one I have never heard of before. He told "On The Ropes Radio" that he has concerns for his son's life if the fight takes place. "I’m just saying this right here, my concern is for my son’s protection. My concern is for my son’s life, that’s why. If my son’s fighting that little man, I’m concerned about my son’s life. That’s what I’m telling you." Floyd Sr said. During the interview, it's clear that Floyd Sr suspects Pacquiao is doing something illegal to gain an advantage. Although he doesn't come out and say it directly. He also says that Pacquiao pretended to be hurt by a body shot thown by Antonio Margarito in their match last weekend. Floyd Sr thinks some kind of ruse unfolded during the fight because both men are managed by Bob Arum. "I think well you know, both of them are with Bob Arum and I think that he didn’t care about one as much as he cared about the other one. That’s what I believe, and I believe that he didn’t care about one as much as the other one. I believe that Pacquiao, to me there was no doubt anyway. I told everybody that Pacquiao is going to beat him up real bad or stop him, and that’s what he did. Pacquiao caught myself I believed, when the guy hit him to the body, I can’t say who told Pacquiao to act like he did, like he was hurt. Man, he wasn’t hurt. Believe me. He might have been hurt before when he got his ass whopped by one of them little bitty fighters when he was fighting in a smaller weight class when he got stopped when a guy hit him to the body. But now, when he got hit this time by a much, much, much bigger man, he got hit solid. If another smaller guy hit him like that and he put him on the ground and he couldn’t even get up, how is a big old man this big, way, way bigger than him with way, way more weight and hit him to the body and then he just comes out of it. He was hit to the head a few times by some good straight right hands. It never moved him. So I don’t know. If somebody don’t see what’s going on, I don’t know what. What’s in my mind stays with me and there it is "Me myself personally, if they had the fight I’d tell my son not to fight him! Not because my son can’t beat him, because my son could beat him easy. He’s nothing big. He’s nothing hard to find. He can be found, and even Margarito showed you can hit him when you want to hit him. How in the hell is Margarito hitting somebody as big and slow as he is? He couldn’t hit me in my sleep. So how in the world is he hitting this man now? I know my son is different. He’d tear him apart, but the whole thing is I’m like this right here. If I was my son, I have my reasons why I would not fight that man. I would have my reasons for not fighting that little bitty man. I got my reasons why, and I ain’t got to tell nobody nothing. Everybody knows what time it is." It's important to note that Floyd Sr does not speak for his son. Yes they have reconciled recently after not talking for years. But Floyd Jr is trained by his uncle Roger, and his management team does not include Floyd Sr. There's much more to the interview so check out the excerpt below. To hear the interview in it's entirety go to www.EastSideBoxing.com. twitter-5d.gif
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Interesting: Beyonce Says She's Creating Her Own "Genre Of Music" [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2010 at 4:00pm

Video After The Jump Not satisfied with being the best female singer R&B has to offer, Beyonce is hard at work creating her own 'genre of music.' While on the set of her new Vizio television commercial, Beyonce talked to ET about what she's working on. "I'm here with Vizio shooting a commercial now, so it's great. I love to dance, I love to sing, and I'm actually in the studio writing songs and producing. I have a lot of live instruments that I'm putting into the tracks to try to change the sound and make my own genre of music," Beyonce says. There have been many genre's of R&B music. Everything from funk, neo soul, new jack swing and classic soul to name a few. It will be interesting to see what B's new style will be dubbed. B is also staying busy outside of music. Vizio is just the latest in a long line of products the super popular singer is endorsing. She looked genuinely excited, as she talked about the concept of the new commercial. "The concept today is, basically someone is watching the television, and I decided to step in their living room and perform especially for them. And the tv looks so wonderful they're ignoring me," she explains. "So I'm stepping it up and I'm trying to perform harder, and it doesn't matter, the TV is better!" Cool concept, although we all know, no sane man could ignore Beyonce. The commercial debuts on Thanksgiving Day. twitter-5d.gif
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Russell Simmons Doesn't Think Kanye West Should Have Apologized To George Bush "Why Do That Sh*t?" [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2010 at 11:00am

Video After The Jump Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons stopped by 'Naughty But Nice With Rob' recently for an interview. During one segment he was asked about his good friend Kanye West. Simmons said he hadn't spoken with Ye in a while, but expressed disappointment with Kanye's apology to George Bush during a Today Show interview with Matt Lauer. "I'm a little disappointed he apologized to George Bush. I felt like why do that sh*t? Russell said. "We have to accept that celebrities have great power. And some of them have great voices, and poets have always had great power. Kanye says things that people think but don't always get to say, so when he says 'George Bush don't like black people,' it was what millions of Americans thought and felt." twitter-5d.gif
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Young Chris - The Re-Introduction (Mixtape Download)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2010 at 10:30am

1. The Re-Introduction 2. Break Em Down f. Rico Love 3. Philly 4. Take a Picture f. Rico Love 5. Street Secrets f. Freeway 6. My Money f. Busy Signal 7. None of Dem f. Emjay & Rico Love 8. I’m Choosin 9. Top Notch f. Billy Blue & JW 10. Air Out 11. Harder to Leave 1/2 of The Young Gunz is back with some brand new heat for the streets Download Here
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Behind The Scenes: Dr Dre - Kush Video Ft 50 Cent, E-40. Rapper Roccett & Crips Big Up 50 "Fif Pull Up On 15 Crips Like 'Where The Video Shoot At?' I Got Respect For Cuz" [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2010 at 12:30am

Video After The Jump The video shoot for Dr Dre's "Kush" video just went down in Los Angeles. A lot of Cali love was on deck, as Roccett, E-40, Glasses Malone and more showed up for the shoot. West Coast rapper Rockett says he has a newfound respect for G-Unit boss 50 Cent. As Roccett tells it, 50 rolled up on a group of crips, showing no fear and asked for directions to the video shoot. "I don't know what issues certain n*ggas got with other n*ggas, I don't get into all that," Rockett said. "But I know right now [at that moment], I'm on the corner with the crips straight up. I don't know 50... 50 don't know me. The n*gga drive by us, we don't know who he is, so we looking at the car like 'who cuz?' He pull off [and] u-turn back and pull up like 'where the video shoot?' We like 'cuz this n*gga gonna double back?'. I got respect for cuz period [after that]. The way he did that, most rap n*ggas wouldn't have doubled back. Most rap n*ggas would have been like 'is that 15-20 n*ggas on the corner? I aint turning around.' " Roccetts' homie chimed in. "He doubled back with his head out of the car [sunroof]. Most n*ggs wouldn't have done that. We respect him for that." 50 once again proves he really is the realest dude in the game. twitter-5d.gif
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Time Runs Out: Wesley Snipes Ordered To Prison For 3 Years After Request For New Tax Evasion Trial Denied [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 19, 2010 at 8:30pm

Video After The Jump (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered on Friday to start serving a three-year prison sentence for failing to file income tax returns by a federal judge who rejected the Hollywood star's bid for a new trial. "The defendant Snipes had a fair trial ... The time has come for the judgment to be enforced," U.S. District Judge Terrell Hodges said in his ruling. Revoking bail for the 48-year-old star of the "Blade" trilogy, the judge ordered him to report to prison as directed by the U.S. Marshals Service or Bureau of Prisons. It was not clear when or where Snipes would begin serving his time behind bars, however. His lawyer, Daniel Meachum, has said he would appeal if a new trial was denied. Meachum told the Orlando Sentinel the ruling was shocking. "Wesley is very disappointed but staying strong and positive," the newspaper quoted Meachum as saying. Snipes had already lost his appeal of the prison sentence stemming from his 2008 conviction in Hodges' Ocala, Florida, court on three counts of "willful failure to file tax returns" for 1999 through 2001. Snipes was found not guilty of five other counts in the high-profile felony tax case. In seeking a new trial, Meachum had argued that jurors in the original trial were biased and that the prosecution's star witness had his own criminal problems. At his sentencing, prosecutors said Snipes, a resident of Windermere, Florida, had earned more than $38 million since 1999 but had filed no tax returns or paid any taxes through October 2006. Although he is best known for his roles in action films, Snipes has also had critical success in comedies like "White Men Can't Jump" in 1992. He played the lead in director Spike Lee's interracial drama "Jungle Fever" in 1991 and also played the jazz saxophonist in Lee's "Mo' Better Blues" in 1990. Eric Thompson, a supervisor in the U.S. Marshals Service office in Orlando, Florida, said the Bureau of Prisons would notify Snipes and his lawyer of a surrender date. "He'll probably get it by certified mail," Thompson said. He declined to say what prison was likely to be selected for Snipes except to say that it would not be in Florida. A listing for Snipes already posted on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website says his prisoner ID or registration number as 43355-018, his location is "in transit" and his release date is "unknown." Source: Reuters
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Tony Yayo Clowns The Hell Out Of The Game On Twitter "U B*tch A** N*gga Went From A Butterfly To A L.A. Tat. Probably Got A Tramp Stamp On Your Back, Stripper!"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 19, 2010 at 1:00pm

The Game's latest album has been pushed back to Nevuary. So that's left the Compton MC a lot of time to sit on twitter and beg G-Unit boss, 50 Cent for a reunion. Fif hasn't responded back directly, but Capo, Tony Yayo fired cannon shots yesterday at the bi-polar mc. And let him know in no uncertain terms there will be no G-Unit reunion.

That tweet sparked off a war of words between the two former associates. The Game: 1st of all @tonyyayo when I was talkin bout a G-Unit reunion I wasn't talkin to you "YOU F*CKIN PUPPET" I was talkin to CURTIS MAN 2 MAN! But keep "TRYNA STUNT" & I will RE-BRAKE every bone in yo CAREER like I did da 1st time N*GGA ! Tony Yayo: @thegame u the puppet Henchmen had his hand up your a** for years. And now that u don't have hits out how u gon feed them Blood n*ggas Yayo was referring to Game's manager Jimmy Henchman, who was recently exposed by the New York Daily News as being a federal informant. The war of words didn't end there. Yayo kicked more dirt in Game's face. He brought up the infamous concert footage that shows an audience member throwing beer on Game and his young son. The Compton rapper doesn't even retaliate, instead he just walks off stage. Tony Yayo: This my last thing Ima say cuz real Gangsters don't beef on twitter I know u soft your last show niggas threw beer on u n ur kids "P*ssy" The Game: @tonyyayo The n*gga dat threw beer @ me & my kids got "STOMPED DA F*CK OUT" but dat wasnt nothing but THE DEVIL. I walk wit GOD clown ! Tony Yayo: @thegame Everybody look at the old footage of him sayin "Free Yayo" D*ckridin. U called me for your first album Stripper

The Game : @tonyyayo U IGNORANT MY N*GGA. @youngbuckmarley I guess they just don't make REAL NIGGAS like they used 2 BUCK. I tried to BE KOOL #deadDAT. But on sum REAL N*GGA SH*T from me 2 u, Stay up homie & if we EVER cross PATHS... We can SWING IT whichever way you want. ONE LOVE After all that, Game still ended up kissing a**. He's gotten so used to doing it lately, he can't seem to help himself. The Game: @50cent when you wanna HOLLA, u know how 2 find me. @lloydbanks KEEP MAKIN HITS nigga. @tonyyayo GROW UP nigga & maybe as MEN we can chop it Yayo closed the show by throwing a shot at Young Buck just in case he wanted to jump into the action. Tony Yayo: I know @youngbuckmarley aint talkin. I can buy his 615 piece now and as for @thegame Interscope wasting their money. That's it I'm done for the day. See me when u see me Stripper twitter-5d.gif
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Damn X! DMX Locked Up Again After Violating His Probation In Arizona

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 19, 2010 at 11:01am

Dark Man X is back behind bars again. The troubled rapper just can't seem to stay out of bad situations with the law. In recent interviews, DMX has looked and sounded clear headed. His recent verse on Swizz Beatz' "Yall Don't Know" is vintage X. So this latest brush with the law is puzzling. Bommbox is reporting X was arrested last night in Phoenix for failing to check in with his parole officer, a violation of his probation. Arizona has not been kind to Dark Man. He's had several run ins with Maricopa County Sherriff, Joe Arpaio. A man who takes pride in shaming prisoners, by making them wear pink undershorts and socks. Uses pink, towels and sheets as well as pink handcuffs. This latest arrest marks the sixth time X has been locked up in the county During a tv interview from an Arizona jail last year, X swore he'd never come back there once he was released. But recently he changed his mind and said he was going to make the state his home. After this latest arrest, I think he might change his mind about that. Now word yet on when he will be released. twitter-5d.gif
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Kayo Bracey - All Purple Everythang (Mixtape)

Posted by Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes on November 19, 2010 at 10:29am


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05. KAYO BRACEY - DEFINITION
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Sheek Louch - Clip Up (Music Video) *www.TrueStoriesRadio.com*

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 19, 2010 at 10:01am

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Eric B & Rakim Inducted Into Long Island Music Hall Of Fame [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 19, 2010 at 8:04am

Video After The Jump Legendary Hip Hop duo Eric B & Rakim received a well deserved honor Tuesday night November 16. They were inducted into the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. "It means a lot, you know hip hop we get a lot of flack for what we do... our lyrical content. But when you go through the adversities and go through everything, for myself to be able to be at a place like this tonight brings it all to a front and makes it all worth worthwhile. I just wanna soak the moment in, enjoy it and show the people that I'm definitely humbled," Rakim said. Congrats to them. twitter-5d.gif
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T.I. Pens Letter From Prison "I'm Sick And Motherf*cking Tired Of Going To Jail"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 18, 2010 at 9:17pm

Having your freedom taken away has to be one of the worst feelings for any man or woman. It doesn't matter if you're a celebrity. When those bars shut behind you, there's a lot of time to reflect on past mistakes and what got you here in the first place. Atlanta rapper T.I. recently wrote a letter from prison that was posted on his blog about his current situation. To say he's upset about it would be an understatement. "This experience is truly a pain I have never felt before and that's saying a lot for a nigga who's been down locked up as many times as I have. I see this as a real ass whoopin'. The kind you don't just go back outside to play afterwards. You take ya ass to bed and don't come out of your room until it's time to go to school. I don' t know what effect this will have on my life moving forward but I'm certainly sick and mother f*cking tired of going to jail, juve, prison, the pen, correctional facilities or whatever else you want to call it. I'd have been better off doing a 5-10 year bid one time than going in time and time again for days, weeks and months for the last 15 years of my life. Even though it's been a long road, I'm still standing, barely but nevertheless still standing. At one time I thought my motivation for continuing was for my fans, my partna Philant, my pops, my grandmama, even for the haters or the people I let down. But nah... I got to do this shit for me!!! I'll be God damned if I've come all this way and made it through so much hell to let it go down like this! F*ck that! If an hour in the dark is worth a second in the sun then pass me my mother f*ckin' shades cause I'm ready to cash my darkest hours in...ASAP!!! A lot of folks had fathers or father figures in the house to raise them into manhood. I'm not trying to make any excuses for my situation but my father was a hustler that lived in New York. My uncle was a local big time dope boy turned 10 year federal inmate. My mother and grandparents did the best they could but I found my manhood in the trap and in prison systems. But I found it. And nan one of mine will ever have to feel the cold tight grip of a handcuff or grace the presence of a jail cell if I can help it. Over my dead body! So if you can't respect that you ain't rocking with my movement then Fuck you dog! I know a bunch of mother f*ckers who are..... - Love KING" twitter-5d.gif
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