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President Barack Obama and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt seem to be really good friends. The two attended and sat next to each other at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday (December 10).
They posed for a "selfie" along with British Prime Minister David Cameron, while Michelle Obama looked to be a little annoyed as she sat a few feet away.
Obama and Thorning-Schmidt continued to enjoy each other's company, joking and laughing at the somber event.
Michelle glanced their way a couple of times, but her husband seemed oblivious.
The photographer who captured the moment the "selfie" was taken decided to issue a statement via AFP's blog because of the worldwide uproar regarding the photo.
I captured the scene reflexively. All around me in the stadium, South Africans were dancing, singing and laughing to honour their departed leader. It was more like a carnival atmosphere, not at all morbid. The ceremony had already gone on for two hours and would last another two. The atmosphere was totally relaxed – I didn’t see anything shocking in my viewfinder, president of the US or not. We are in Africa.
I later read on social media that Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie. In reality, just a few seconds earlier the first lady was herself joking with those around her, Cameron and Schmidt included. Her stern look was captured by chance.
I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium. For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place.
Kiss and make up? Obama showing his better half some love
The "selfie" aside, the other photos also raised questions. What do you think? Was Michelle angry or just happened to be caught in an awkward moment in the photos?
Obama Selfie At Mandela Memorial Annoys First Lady?
Pic source: New York Daily News
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Ty Dolla $ign is preparing to release his Beach House EP on January 21st, 2014. He revealed the date and unveiled the cover art for the project today via his Twitter account.
The seven-song EP will feature Casey Veggies, Twista, B.o.B, Trey Songz, French Montana, DJ Mustard, Wiz Khalifa, Fredo Santana, Jay Rock and more.
Beach House Tracklist:
1. Work (Feat. Casey Veggies, Twista and Nate Howard)
2. Paranoid (Feat. B.o.B)
3. Paranoid [Remix] (Feat. Trey Songz, French Montana and DJ Mustard)
4. Or Nah (Feat. Wiz Khalifa and DJ Mustard)
5. Familiar (Feat. Fredo Santana)
6. Wood & Leather (Whenever) (Feat. Big TC and Pops)
7. Never Be The Same (Feat. Jay Rock)
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STAR talks Sharkeisha Thompson getting arrested for fighting, boxer Adrien Broner in pursuit of becoming the next big coon and the Migos preserving the Hannah Montana legacy.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered a radio pioneer by many, STAR has set precedents on the urban landscape and was recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Torain's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat, shot97.com and VH1 (The Gossip Game).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
Media relations — thehater1964@yahoo.com
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Anticipation is high for the forthcoming release of the Street Fame EP from G-Unit/Rida Gang emcee, Kidd Kidd. The New Orleans native gives fans something to hold them over by dropping this new heater "Middle Finger."
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Here's the latest music video from Taylor Gang rapper Juicy J. This one is for "No Heart, No Love" featuring Project Pat. Directed by Jonathan Andrade. Produced by Young Chop.
This is off of Juicy's Stay Trippy album. Cop it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stay-trippy/id683600141.
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Kanye West continues his string of rants on his Yeezus tour. While in Phoenix on Tuesday (December 10), West talked about how nobody would give him a record deal besides Dame Dash, people doubting his ability to succeed in areas outside of music, having 21 Grammy Awards, but never winning when going against a white artist, only getting two Grammy nominations for his Yeezus album and more.
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Papoose is preparing to release the second installment of his Hoodie Season mixtape series. The latest leak off of the project is the GUN Productions and Papoose-produced "Overpass."
Listen up top and download below.
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JOHANNESBURG (Associated Press) — A man who appeared to provide sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela's memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a "fake," the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa said on Wednesday.
The scandal over the interpreter is another indication of bad organization of the historic memorial service at a huge soccer stadium on Tuesday. Other difficulties included public transportation breakdowns which hindered mourners from getting to the event and a faulty audio system that prevented many of the tens of thousands in the stadium from hearing the leaders' speeches. In an apparent security failure, police did not search the first wave of crowds arriving at the stadium.
The unidentified man seen around the world on television next to leaders including United States President Barack Obama "was moving his hands around but there was no meaning in what he used his hands for," Bruno Druchen, the federation's national director, told The Associated Press.
Collins Chabane, one of South Africa's two presidency ministers, said the government is investigating the matter but has not finished yet because it has been overwhelmed with work organizing public viewing of Mandela's body in the South African capital of Pretoria and his funeral Sunday in his hometown of Qunu. He added the "government will report publicly on any information it may establish."
Four sign language experts, including Druchen, said the man was not signing in South African or American sign languages and could not have been signing in any other known sign language because there was no structure to his arm and hand movements. South African sign language covers all of the country's 11 official languages, according to the federation.
Ingrid Parkin, principal of the St. Vincent School for the Deaf in Johannesburg, said she's received complaints from the deaf community from Canada to China about the man on stage and that his movements look "like he's signing gibberish." He also used no facial expression to convey the emotions of the leaders, a key element of sign language interpretation.
"This man himself knows he cannot sign and he had the guts to stand on an international stage and do that," Parkin said.
Nicole Du Toit, an official sign language interpreter who also watched the broadcast, said in a telephone interview that the man on stage purporting to sign was an embarrassment.
"It was horrible, an absolute circus, really, really bad," she said. "Only he can understand those gestures."
The man also did sign interpretation at an event last year that was attended by South African President Jacob Zuma, Druchen said. At that appearance, a deaf person in the audience videotaped the event and gave it to the federation for the deaf, which analyzed the video, prepared a report about it and a submitted a formal complaint to the ANC, Druchen said.
In their complaint, the federation suggested that the man should take the five years of training needed to become a qualified sign language interpreter in South Africa. But the ANC never responded, Druchen said.
Druchen said a fresh complaint will be filed to the ANC about the interpreter he called a "fake" with a demand for an urgent meeting.
"We want to make a statement that this is a warning to other sign language interpreters who are fake and go about interpreting," Druchen said. "I am hoping the South African government will take notice of this."
Bogus sign language interpreters are a problem in South Africa, because people who know a few signs try to pass themselves off as interpreters, said Parkin, the principal of the school for the deaf. And those hiring them usually don't sign, so they have no idea that the people they are hiring cannot do the job, she said.
"They advertise themselves as interpreters because they know 10 signs and they can make some quick money," said Parkin. "It is plain and simple abuse of the deaf community, they are taking advantage of the deaf community to make money."
'Fake' interpreter at Nelson Mandela memorial
Fake interpreter makes mockery of Nelson Mandela memorial
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With his Because the Internet album now in stores, Childish Gambino stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday (December 11) to perform "3005" and "Crawl" off of the project.
You can order the album now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/because-the-internet/id742449868.
Childish Gambino Performs "3005"
Childish Gambino Performs "Crawl"
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Meek Mill releases the official music video for "I'm Leanin" featuring Travis Scott, Birdman and Diddy. The Cardo-produced track is off of Meek's Dreamchasers 3 mixtape.
Download it for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Meek-Mill-Dreamchasers-3-mixtape.439835.html.
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Nelly stopped by Shade 45 recently to pay a visit to DJ Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Radio show. The St. Louis rapper took the opportunity to perform "100K" off of his latest album, M.O. Filmed by Street Heat TV.
The album is available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/m.o./id703263878.
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STAR talks the NY Knicks getting beat at home by 41 points, the cop who shot at the SUV (full of kids) now fired and a woman in St. Louis lying about black kids punching her via the Knock Out game.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered a radio pioneer by many, STAR has set precedents on the urban landscape and was recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Torain's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat, shot97.com and VH1 (The Gossip Game).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
Media relations — thehater1964@yahoo.com
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Nipsey Hussle
My LA Story
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Tracklist
01. Nipsey Hussle - Freestyle
02. Nipsey Hussle - Get Mine
03. Nipsey Hussle - My Story
04. Nipsey Hussle - Chun Li
05. Nipsey Hussle - Noahs Ark
06. Nipsey Hussle - Shining Like Vegas
07. Nipsey Hussle ft Rick Ross - Proud Of That
08. Nipsey Hussle - Amillion
09. Nipsey Hussle - They Know
10. Nipsey Hussle ft Kirko Bangz - Got A Friend
11. Nipsey Hussle ft Drake - Killer
12. Nipsey Hussle ft The Game - Judas Closet
13. Nipsey Hussle - Clique
14. Nipsey Hussle ft Dom Kennedy - I Need Mine
15. Nipsey Hussle ft Rick Ross - Long Life
16. Nipsey Hussle ft 2 Chainz - Grind Mode
17. Nipsey Hussle ft The Game - GOD
18. Nipsey Hussle ft French Montana - All Birdz
19. Nipsey Hussle - Love
20. Nipsey Hussle ft Philthy Rich - Hustle
21. Nipsey Hussle - Dreamin
22. Nipsey Hussle ft Dom Kennedy - Pleeze
23. Nipsey Hussle - Respect
24. Nipsey Hussle - Face The World
25. Nipsey Hussle - Bitchs Aint Shit
26. Nipsey Hussle ft YG - You Broke
27. Nipsey Hussle - Tell Me
28. Nipsey Hussle ft Berner - Wax Room
29. Nipsey Hussle ft TYDolla$ig
TAY DIGGA DROPS A NEW SINGLE 'BET THE BACK' PRODUCED BY ONE OF ATLANTA'S SUPER PRODUCER, MY.HANKY
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Trenton, New Jersey's sickest rapper, Big Ooh, is preparing to release his highly anticipated Ten Toes Down project soon.
Today he drops off his in-studio music video for "Grammy Family" and "Ten Toes Down" Mini Doc. EP.1
Trenton own Big Ooh delivers us another appetizer to hold us over until he drops #TenToesDown at the top of 2014. This one is his Grammy Family Freestyle off of Revolt TVs own DJ Damage Damaging The Streets Vol. 2 which will be available next week ..
Video shot by Doe Boy // RespectMyHustle Films
267.403.5144 Twitter:@DJDoeBoyRMH // Instagram: @RespectMyHustle
Big Ooh "Ten Toes Down" mini doc. EP.1 gives you a look into the life + grind of a hip hop artist being from Trenton,NJ.
Documented/Edited by Philly Spielberg
Location: Trenton,New Jersey
Download the latest project from Big Ooh x Jimme WallStreet "Twin Towers" Hosted by Don Cannon x Ace McClowd
http://www.datpiff.com/Big-Ooh-x-JiMM...
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Rocky Diamonds is on the come up fast. His latest release is entitled "Myself" The Zaytoven and Dun Deal-produced track is off of his forthcoming forthcoming project, 'The Marckus Shaw EP,' coming in January.
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During the latest part of Vlad TV's sit down with Star and Lord Jamar, the subject of YMCMB rapper Drake came up. While Star was definitely team Drake, Jamar didn't feel that way at all. He believes Drizzy owes a lot of his success to the current era of Hip Hop we're in.
"This Hip Hop sh*t was made by masculine black and Latino males," Jamar said. "This is the alpha male sh*t. Not even the beta male, who they're pushing at us now. Your Drake's and your f*cking Kendrick Lamar's. All these softer type of dudes. [Drake] can rhyme and all that, but trust me he wouldn't have popped off in the 80's or 90's. Dudes would have looked at him as too soft. All that falsetto singing and all that type of sh*t. Dudes would have been like, 'What the f*ck?' Even if he could sing good. Does he represent the alpha males? No. Is he the type you could see on the block running some sh*t? No. Was he one of those dudes that got his name running around the hood ringing bells? No."
What do you think of Jamar's comments?
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To say Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs' departure from the CTE camp wasn't amicable would be an understatement. According to Gibbs, he left the label in December 2012 because he and Jeezy didn't see eye to eye on more than a few things.
By that time Gibbs already had his own ESGN label place. In June 2013 he released ESGN the album.
Gibbs has continued to throw shots at The Snowman over the last few months. In June he told XXL that Jeezy wasn't a man of his word.
Anything he tells you, it’s going to be fake. I am going to give you the real. He gonna give you the sugarcoated version. That’s the difference between me and him. He gonna give you the sugarcoated sh*t, I am going to give you the real. At first, when that whole split happened, I was being political about it. I was thinking, ‘Man, I don’t want to f*ck up my relationship.’ But f*ck that sh*t, my n*gga. I’m feeding the whole city. That n*gga don’t do sh*t for me. I am going to point a n*gga out when he bogus and he was bogus for not owing up to his business relationship and doing what he was supposed to do business-wise.
In a new interview with HipHopDX, Gibbs said he was a better rapper than his former boss and was ready to show it.
Jeezy, he can’t rap better than me, That’s why the n*gga was afraid. He wasn’t ready to be in boss mode. He still wanted to be in rapper mode. He’s like a n*gga in the NBA that’s about to retire and [is] on his last leg, while a young nigga like me is just killing n*ggas. I’m like Paul George on these n*ggas right now. He’s on his last leg so I’ma go ahead and kick the n*gga in the grave while he’s standing on the edge.
Things should heat up over the next several months as Gibbs releases the Madlib produced project, Cocaine Pinata and ESGN 2.
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Check out the official music video for the talented Amina Buddafly's single "Don't Wanna Be Right." The song is taken from Amina's forthcoming EP entitled I Am Pt. 2, which will be released on December 17.
Written and Performed by Amina Buddafly
Produced by Amina Pankey and Dot N Pro
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Directed by @flaschsimz
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