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As the countdown continues to the December 18th release of T.I.'s new album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, we get episode two of his five-part video series documenting the days leading up to the release.
In this episode Tip describes the album's title and discusses collaborations with Pharrell, CeeLo Green, and Andre 3000.
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Before Yuri Gambo's return to the ring last Saturday, which resulted in a unanimous decision win over Michael Farenas, the boxing champ and 50 Cent sat down with Angie Martinez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
50 talks to Angie about the excitement of his first SMS Promotions fight, learning spanish, bringing better undercard competition to keep fans in their seats before the main events and more.
Gamboa discussed making weight, 50's presence as his promoter and more.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut/AP) — CBS News is reporting that at least 26 people are dead, including 18 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead.
CBS News’ John Miller reports there is preliminary information that the gunman was the father of one of the students. Miller additionally reports the gunman is 20 years old and is from New Jersey.
The shooter was killed and apparently had two guns, a person with knowledge of the shooting said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. It is not known whether the shooter took his own life or was killed.
CBS News reports that a second person is in custody and that SWAT is now investigating the home of the suspect.
A witness tells WFSB-TV that a second man was taken out of the woods in handcuffs wearing a black jacket and camouflage pants and telling parents on the scene, “I did not do it.”
Fox Connecticut reports that the shooting began in the kindergarten classroom.
“It’s just a bad situation,” Newtown Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Stoyak told CBS 2.
NPR is reporting that Connecticut is reaching out to other states to help with autopsies because they don’t have enough medical examiners.
Two students and a teacher were also injured in the shooting and they were taken to Dansbury Hospital, spokeswoman Diane Burke told CBS News York.
Teachers and police escorted students out of the building following the shooting.
“It was a very orderly evacuation given the circumstances,” Connecticut Post reporter Brian Koonz told CBS New York.
One mother tells CBS 2 reporter Lou Young that it’s like a “war zone” in Newtown. Her child told Young he had bullets “whizzing by” him in the hallway and that a teacher pulled him into a classroom.
Connecticut State Police tell CBS Connecticut that it is “still an active situation.”
Police responded to the school shooting at 9:41 a.m. WFSB-TV reporter Len Besthoff calls it a “chaotic scene.”
Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.
“It’s alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America,” he said.
Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and raced to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was fine, heard a scream come over the intercom at one point. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.
“Everyone was just traumatized,” he said.
The school superintendent’s office says the district has locked down schools as a preventive measure to ensure the safety of students and staff. Schools in neighboring towns also were locked down as a precaution.
State police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance says they have a number of personnel on the scene to assist.
The White House said President Barack Obama was notified of the shooting.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s spoken with federal officials who have offered to provide help to the state and the Newtown community in the aftermath of a deadly grade school shooting.
Malloy arrived in Newtown on Friday afternoon, hours after a shooting that left the gunman dead and at least one teacher wounded.
The governor’s office said several state agencies, including emergency management, public health and the Department of Children and Families, will be coordinating the state’s response.
In addition, Malloy says State Police are coordinating law enforcement work with federal and local authorities.
It wasn’t clear how many people were injured at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Danbury Hospital said it has admitted three patients.
This shooting rivals the massacres at Virginia Tech in 2007 where 32 people were killed and at Columbine High School in 1999 where 13 were gunned down.
The worst mass school murder in American history took place on May 18,1927 in Bath Township, Mich., when a former school board member set off three bombs that killed 45 people.
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Ma$e is back on the music scene and making noise after Diddy finally being released from his Bad Boy Records contract after 16 years. He sat down recently with Sway In the Morning to chop it up.
Ma$e speaks on the advice Notorious B.I.G. gave him to do as much as you can when you're hot because it's not guaranteed fans will be feeling you next year.
"That's what made me take advantage of doing something else," Ma$e told Sway. "I knew I could do more than music but I didn't have the courage to really step out and do it. I knew my whole life I was going to do something other than just music. Music was just the direction people kept pushing me in."
The rapper/pastor feels like he's accomplishing things Tupac Shakur set out to do, but didn't have the chance to do before his death.
"I believe I'm doing right now what Tupac envisioned to do but he never got around to doing because he wasn't able to make that decision," Ma$e said.
Ma$e goes on to talk about how the deaths of Tupac and Biggie affected him and more.
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Black Hippy member Ab-Soul recently sat down with Hard Knock TV for an in-depth interview.
Ab discusses the first rhyme he ever wrote, explains what chakras are, speaks on working with Joey Bada$$, reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, working with Macklemore and more.
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ESPN commentator Rob Parker's explosive and racially charged remarks about Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III on the morning show "First Take" Thursday were "inappropriate," according to the network, which said in a statement that it would "evaluate its next step."
Parker, who is African-American, stammered through a segment which started with him asking himself if the former Heisman Trophy winner is "a brother or a cornball brother."
Parker's exact words on the broadcast:
"My question which is just a straight honest question: Is he a brother or is he a cornball brother?" Parker asked.
"What does that mean? Explain that," other members of the panel pushed.
"He's not real. He's black, he kind of does the thing. But he's not really down with the cause. He's not one of us. He's kinda black, but he's not really like the guy you really want to hang out with because he's off into something else."
"Why is that your question?" the host asked Parker.
"Because that's how I - I want to find out about him. I don't know because I keep hearing these things. We all know he has a white fiance. There was all this talk about he's a Republican. There's no information at all - I'm just trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, 'I got black skin, but don't call me black.' People got a little wondering about him early on.
Skip Bayless then chimed in with another loaded question: "What do RG3's braids say to you?"
Parker responded: "Now that's different. Because to me, that's very urban and makes you feel like - I think he would have a clean cut, if he was more straight-laced or not like - wearing braids is, you're a brother. You're a brother if you got braids on."
"Stephen A., what's your take on this?" a host asks.
The normally loquacious host seemed at a loss after Parker's diatribe, saying: "First of all, let me say this: I'm uncomfortable with where we just went."
ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys (@espnmikes) tweeted a statement: "Have been asked for comment on Rob Parker comments: The comments were inappropriate and we are evaluating our next steps."
Griffin has hardly avoided the race issue, speaking eloquently on the subject in a recent Comcast SportsNet video posted on December 3.
When asked about being an African-American and the star quarterback in Washington D.C., Griffin responded:
“Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special. I don’t play too much into the color game, because I don’t want to be the best African-American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback. But to the fans, and to the fans who think that way and look at me as an African-American, it’s important that I succeed, not only for this team, but for them. Because it gives them that motivation, that hey, you know, an African-American went out and played quarterback for my Washington Redskins. So I appreciate that, I don’t ever downplay anything like that. Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I’m up for that.”
Was Rob Parker out of line?
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Jay-Z hosted a star studded launch party for D’USSÉ cognac at LIV nightclub last weekend. Guests attending the event included Fabolous, Beyonce, DJ Clue, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pusha T, Dizzee Rascal, Teyana Taylor, The-Dream, Trinidad James and more.
Check out footage from the event below.
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Earlier this week DGK held a premiere in Hollywood, California for their first ever full length video Parental Advisory. The musical guests at the event were Trinidad James and Juicy J.
The always trippy Juicy J performed "Show Out," while Trinidad performed "All Gold Everything."
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Actor Lamorne Morris, best known for his role as Winston on the Fox sitcom New Girl spoofs Def Jam's newest artist Trinidad James' "All Gold Everything" music video with his own version titled "No Gold Anything."
Follow Lamorne on Twitter @LamorneMorris and on Instagram @Lamorne
Directed/Shot/Edited by: Patrick "Embryo" Tapu (@therealembryo)
Produced by: Lamorne Morris, Ethen Lane & Dominic Blackwell-Cooper (@blackwellcooper)
Written by: Lamorne Morris, Dominic Blackwell-Cooper & Giovanni Watson
Costumes by: Melis Kuris (@meliskuris)
Featuring: Kyle Shevrin (@kyleshevrin)
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Last night's 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy relief concert at New York's Madison Square Garden featured big time stars like Alicia Keys, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters from Pink Floyd and Chris Martin from Coldplay. But all everybody seems to want to talk about is Kanye West'sskirt.
The 35-year old rapper wore a black leather skirt-like bottom over his pants paired with a black hoodie during his 20-minute performance.
Yeezy's outfit caught the attention of many on Twitter including Cam'ron who tweeted, "Pyrex and a skirt? Sh*t ain't adding up And if u co-sign this I'm blocking u!! Straight up. Ima have to save us."
Kanye wore similar outfits all throughout his Watch the Throne tour with Jay-Z and nobody seemed to say much then.
Isabel Wilkinson of The Daily Beast wrote, "Is our collective amnesia so great that we can't remember that Kanye's worn a leather skirt 1,000 times before?"
A KanyesSkirt Twitter account also popped up last night and has over 1400 followers so far.
What do you think of all the chatter about Kanye's skirt? Are people overreacting?
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BET has had quite a few nice emcees step into the booth since it started the BET Backroom freestyle series. The latest rapper to step into the booth is Action Bronson.
Check him out below.
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With just days remaining until T.I.'s eighth studio album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head drops the Atlanta rapper is hard at work doing promo for the project.
The "Countdown to T.I." series will document Tip's hectic final days leading up to the December 18th release date.
In episode 1 of 5 we get a behind the scenes look as Tip hits up New York with stops at Atlantic Records, BET and MTV where the Grand Hustle CEO discusses the album.
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T.I. recently sat down with "Say Anything" host Joy Behar to talk about a variety of topics. While not glamorizing prison life, Tip did acknowledge that his jail stints have given him a higher media profile.
"It's a double edged sword. Although I'm not condoning or trying to bring any glamour to the fact that I went to prison. But I must acknowledge that I'm a whole lot more popular now," Tip admitted. "When you're on CNN and MSNBC and all these things - I can't buy that kind of publicity. However if I had to do it all again I'd definitely give it all back."
Joy then asked T.I. what he thought of Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together.
"I know they a lot of genuine love for one another," the Grand Hustle CEO said. "I don't think that either of them would the other and go somewhere else and find someone that would make them as happy."
Although he and Chris are friends, Tip made it clear he wouldn't let one of his daughters date the superstar if he could help it.
"Absolutely not," T.I. said at the thought of one of his daughters going out with the singer. "But if my daughter is grown what can I say?"
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Here's a quick teaser of Alicia Keys' next music video for "Brand New Me." The song is off of Alicia's new album Girl On Fire.
The clip is directed by Diane Martel and will premiere in full Monday December 17th on 106 & Park.
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Kanye West was one of the star performers at last night's concert to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. The G.O.O.D. Music boss hit the stage wearing a black leather skirt-like bottom over his pants paired with a black hoodie.
Yeezy ran through many of his hits including "Power," "Jesus Walks," "Clique," "All of the Lights," "Run This Town," "Gold Digger," "Good Life," "Runaway"and more.
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Usher made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today as he continues to promote his seventh studio album Looking 4 Myself.
The multi-Grammy Award winner performed the song "Numb."
Looking 4 Myself is available now on iTunes.
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