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DJ KAY SLAY Interviews Actress EVE LORA & Yo Gotti Co-Signs her as a 5 Star Chick on Shade45/xm66 street sweeper Radio (vdo clips inside)

Posted by Eve Lora on December 19, 2009 at 10:54am

Twitter: @evelora & @therealdjkayslay

Twitter: @bmimms @evelora @yogottikomAs Eve Lora "The New Fresh Face In The Industry" Makes Her Way, She Is Defitnitly Leaving Traces.Not Only Being Interviewed By The Drama King Himself but hustling a 5 Star Chick Co-sign from Yo Gotti proves her hunger, determination, a destiny for success.Her Role of Mrs. Ortiz, in 50 Cents Film "Before I Self Destruct" Is Gracefully opening doors for her... If Not, you can be certain She's Breaking them down. lol.How ever she gets their, there is no doubt she will be there.

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Yo Gotti Co-Signs Eve Lora Being a 5 Star Chick

Arlis Michaels - The Enforcer (Directed By JB Of Kush DVD For Family First Films)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 19, 2009 at 10:25am

WTF? Teen Erick Rivera Busted For Having Sex With Horse At Goshen Historic Track

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 19, 2009 at 5:34am

An 18-year-old man was busted for having sex with horses at a Hudson Valley harness track, authorities said Friday. Erick Rivera was charged with five counts each of sexual misconduct with an animal and burglary after a six-month investigation at the Goshen Historic Track in Orange County. Rivera sneaked into the track at night from his nearby rented room and abused the animals, Goshen Village Police Chief James Watt said. Horsemen became suspicious beginning in July when they found the fillies bridled and immobilized in their stalls during morning checks. "This guy makes Michael Vick look like a charter member of PETA," Watt said, according to the The Times Herald-Record of Middletown. Watt told The Record that a surveillance camera recorded the unemployed Rivera in a barn. Rivera is being held in the county jail on $15,000 bail. Source: NY Daily News Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Mary J. Blige On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Performs "I Am" x Interview [2 Videos]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 19, 2009 at 5:00am

Videos After The Jump The Queen of R&B Mary J. Blige stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday (December 18) in support of her new cd 'Stronger withEach Tear'. In addition to performing "I Am", Mary talked to Jimmy about Co-Executive Producing the soundtrack to the movie 'Precious', what her kids want for Christmas and being a guest judge on American Idol. 'Stronger withEach Tear' is in stores December 21.

Mary J. Blige Live Performance Of "I Am"

Mary J Blige Interview With Jimmy Kimmel Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Gucci Mane Is Mixtape Daily's Artist Of The Year

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 9:13pm

Video After The Jump Even as he's serving time for a probation violation, Gucci Mane has the people's support. "Burrr!" You can hear that call from the kids in the studio audience at BET's "106 and Park" to the d-boys celebrating in the clubs. After years on the scene, Gucci Mane LaFlare made a lasting impression on everyone in 2009, when they finally let him roam the radio with a string of guest appearances on heavily rotated cuts from Trey Songz, Mariah Carey and Mario. Then his own singles "Wasted" and "Spotlight" (featuring Usher) became bona fide hits too. Still, the airwaves weren't Gucci's bread and butter, the streets were. An estimated 150 of his songs hit the mixtape circuit this year, and there were dozens and dozens of unofficial CDs with the ATL trap star's face on the cover. Clubs in the South were forced to play hour-long Gucci Mane sets, while night spots in other parts of the country also found themselves adding him to their playlists. With his high volume of work and the consistently glowing reception he gets, we have deemed Gucci Mane our Mixtape Artist of the Year.

"It always feels good to be recognized by the streets," a humbled Gucci told us this week from jail. "That's where I come from, that's where I draw my music from. That's my inspiration. It also feels good be recognized by MTV, [being someone] coming from the streets." Mixtapes to Check For Writing on the Wall (with DJ Holiday): "I started recording that Writing on the Wall the day I got outta jail," Gucci explained. "It was a couple of hours out, and I went straight in and recorded almost half of that mixtape that day. Most of that material I wrote right on the spot. Maybe two or three songs I had wrote in jail. But the whole experience of everybody coming to support, it was like a party outside the booth. I wrote like I was participating in the party. I stayed in there and spit what I was feeling. I made 'I'm Back" that day I made 'Game' with Juice. It was a great time for me. I had a lot on my mind. After that, I kept working. After Writing on the Wall, that's when it all started." The Movie 2 and The Burrprint: The Movie 3-D (with DJ Drama): "I feel like The Movie 2 was one of my best mixtapes ever," LaFlare declared. "I didn't put the campaign forward like I did the Writing on the Wall. It was a great collection of songs. It was better than some of my albums. The Burrprint, it was great mixtape. It was humorous, entertaining and my flow had elevated on that mixtape. So I went real hard by the time I made the Burrprint." The Cold War Series: Guccimerica (with DJ Drama) , BurrRussia (with DJ Scream) and Great Brrritain (with DJ Holiday): "I just like to say thanks to Scream, thanks to Holiday and thank to Drama," Gucci announced of the three DJs that helped put his box set of CDs together. "When I presented them with the idea, they was all for it. One day, me and Coach [K] was in the studio recordings songs. I came to Coach; I had a idea, 'Let's do three mixtapes in one day.' I had the titles before I had the music put together. A lot of people tried to follow after me and do the same thing. I appreciate them trying to do what I do. But I don't want to give the misinterpretation that I had a lot of music out there, and I was just getting rid of it. Half was done. The other half I finished when I had the titles. I had maybe enough for one mixtape. I had 13 songs per mixtape. So, in three days I did like 16, 17 songs and split em' all up. That's how I made the mixtape. "I'm rocking with Drake," he added about getting Drizzy on Guccimerica. "Both of us did our thing this year. It was fun going back and forth with him. He had some ideas for what beats he likes. I had some ideas for producers. We was chopping up ideas. It was challenging, any time you work with an artist that's very creative, it's challenging and it steps everybody's game up." MTV Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Developing Story Lil Wayne & 11 Members Of His Entourage Detained By Border Patrol Agents, Marijuana Found

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 6:40pm

Lil' Wayne was rollin' through Texas with marijuana on multiple tour buses, this according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Border Patrol agents tell TMZ a random search of the vehicles uncovered a pot stash on two buses -- but we're told no drugs were found on Wayne's person ... or anyone else in the entourage. Officials tell us a drug-sniffing K-9 unit picked up the scent outside the bus. Agents then walked the dogs onto the bus, where they located the weed. As we first reported, Wayne and 11 members of his entourage are being detained at an internal B.P. checkpoint in southern Texas. So far, no arrests have been made. Source: TMZ Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Willie D Of The Geto Boys Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 4:00pm

HOUSTON — Former Geto Boys rapper Willie D pleaded guilty in Houston to wire fraud over the bogus sale of iPhones and other electronics. Prosecutors say the 42-year-old artist, whose real name is William James Dennis, pleaded guilty Friday over purported sales through a company called Texas One Wireless. Sentencing is April 23 for Dennis, who faces up to 20 years in prison. Dennis was indicted in June on charges accusing him of selling iPhones and other electronics to online shoppers without delivering the merchandise. Investigators say the $132,000 fraud involved at least 29 individuals since September 2008. Dennis, who is free on bond, must make restitution. Dennis was the lead member of the gangsta rap Geto Boys, who recorded hit songs between 1989 and 1996. Source : Houston Chronicle Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Surgeons Try To Remove 42 Sewing Needles From Inside 2 Year Old Boy Including 1 That Pierced His Heart. Stepfather Put The "Blessed" Needles In Boy During Bizarre Ritual

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 1:00pm

A person points at a X-ray of a 2-year-old boy showing needles inside his body in a hospital in Ibotirama, northern Brazil. (Associated Press) BRASILIA, Brazil -- Doctors prepared to perform emergency surgery on a Brazilian toddler on Friday to remove some of the 42 sewing needles that were allegedly inserted into him by his stepfather during a series of bizarre rituals. Surgeons in the northeastern city of Salvador plan to take out a needle that punctured the 2-year-old boy's heart and others close to other vital organs, said Susy Moreno, a spokeswoman at the hospital where the boy is being treated in the northeastern city of Salvador. "This operation is to remove the most threatening sewing needles," Moreno said. "More operations may be necessary." The operation was expected to take as long as as six hours, Brazilian media reported. Moreno did not say how long the procedure could last. Police say the boy's stepfather confessed to pushing 42 supposedly "blessed" sewing needles deep into the child because his lover told him to while in trances. The rituals were performed over a period of a month to try to keep the couple together, the stepfather told police. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, a 30-year-old bricklayer, told detectives the woman would enter into trances and "command him to stick the needles in the boy's body," police inspector Helder Fernandes Santana told The Associated Press by telephone. The stepfather told police the rituals happened every few days for a full month, with him inserting several needles during each session. The lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, paid to have the needles measuring up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) blessed by a woman who practiced the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble, and convinced Magalhaes that inserting them into the boy would somehow allow them to be together, Santana said. Police, however, believe Dos Santos was out for revenge on the boy's mother, though they did not say why. "According to his confession, he acted under influence of the woman, but it was he who stuck the needles in the boy's body," the inspector said. Magalhaes and dos Santos were both arrested, though no charges have yet been filed. Dos Santos is not believed to be a member of any religious or occult group, and authorities believe she came up with the idea of the rituals on her own, Santana said. The two were taken to an undisclosed lockup for their own protection after a mob threw stones at the police station where they were being held. It was not immediately clear whether they had legal representation. Authorities also detained the woman who blessed the needles so she could be questioned, but Santana said he expects she will be released without charge because she did not know how they were being used. The boy's mother, a maid, took him to a hospital in the town of Ibotirama on Dec. 10, saying he was complaining of pain. After X-rays revealed the cause, the mother told police she didn't know how the needles got inside her son, whose name was not released because of his age. The boy was later transferred for more advanced evaluation at a much larger hospital in the coastal city of Salvador. Police and doctors concluded it would have been impossible for the boy to have ingested the needles - which have also been found in a lung, in his left leg and spread throughout his abdomen. Afro-Brazilian religions practiced in Brazil have no ceremonies, rituals or practices involving harm to people, said Nelson Inocencio, director of African-Brazilian studies at the University of Brasilia. He worried that the incident could hurt the image of the religions, of which Candomble is the most popular, and concentrated most in Bahia state. "What happened to this boy without a doubt could feed into the prejudice against Afro-Brazilian traditions," he said. Source: KTLA Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Michael Jackson Is MTV News' Man Of The Year

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 12:06pm

Video After The Jump Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we've been unveiling our Top 9 men and women of 2009, and now we are down to the top spot. 1. Michael Jackson Where were you when you heard the news? It's a question reserved for only the biggest of moments, and it's usually not asked fondly. And that was the case with the death of Michael Jackson, an event that stopped the world in its tracks.

That's not hyperbole, either. Jackson's death on June 25 was a global event, bringing traffic in Times Square to a standstill, turning London's O2 Arena — where he was scheduled to hold a 50-show residency — into an impromptu memorial site, filling the streets of Paris, Berlin and Dakar, Senegal, with mourners. His fans gathered because they didn't know what else to do — so deep was their grief that they sought out the solace of strangers, their only connection the undying devotion to a man and his music, both of which, on one solemn day, disappeared forever. It was an awful tragedy. Jackson's legacy — not just his music or his effortless showmanship, but his charitable work too — extended to every corner of the earth, reached places even the United Nations dared not tread. Even as his popularity waned here in the States (and waned is a relative term, considering, even though he hadn't released an album of new material in nearly a decade, his catalog still sold millions each year), he remained the most famous man on the planet, a near-deity seemingly lifted from the pulpy pages of a Siegel and Shuster comic, or, perhaps more correctly, a Greek tragedy. Because, no matter how famous he became, no matter how many lives he touched, Jackson's life was shaped by sadness. He grew up under the authoritative rule of his father, he found immeasurable fame by the time he was a teenager and, really, he spent the remaining four decades of his life under the glare of the spotlight. Jackson never knew solitude; he was dogged by the media and surrounded by so-called "advisors" who didn't have his best interests at heart. There were the accusations of molestation, reams of hurtful press, rumors of everything from hyperbaric chambers to the bones of the Elephant Man. If there was one good thing to come from Jackson's death, it was that all of those things ceased to matter. Finally, fittingly, the man was remembered for his work. Fans — not just nameless men and women but celebrities, musicians, even heads of state — paid tribute to his achievements in music, dance, music videos and charity. His hits were sung on stages and street corners around the world, his dance moves replicated online and on the screen. He was lauded as a pioneer, the first black megastar of the MTV era, the man who took funk, R&B and disco and made it accessible to white America. We traced his legacy — his talent was so great that others (like Mariah Carey and Fall Out Boy) turned his hits into hits of their own. We watched in astonishment as his old albums re-took the upper reaches of the charts, and we looked back fondly on his many music videos — star-packed events that made the impossible seem possible. Stars from across the musical spectrum — everyone from 50 Cent and Jamie Foxx to Sheryl Crow — lined up to pay homage to the man. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna gave a heartfelt speech and Usher, Carey and Stevie Wonder, and was watched by some 31 million people in the U.S. alone. There was "This Is It," a feature-length film detailing the rehearsals for his O2 dates that earned more than $200 million worldwide. And there were the questions ... about the doctors he surrounded himself with in his final days, about the demons that haunted him, about the very nature of his death. Such are the kinds of things that can be expected when you're dealing with the most famous man on the planet. But for all the questions, there was one certainty: Michael Jackson was one of the all-time greats, the likes of which we'll probably never see again. A man so big his death could stop the world. He was an innovator. He was a hitmaker. He was a pioneer. He was the unquestionable King of Pop, now and forever. Sometimes, we don't know what we've got until it's gone. MTV Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

The Neptunes Named Producers Of The Decade, Timbaland Takes 2nd Place

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 11:32am

The Neptunes are ending the year on a high note and have been named the top producers of the decade. According to Billboard, the duo of Pharrell and Chad Hugo are worthy of the honor through their stellar production on his like Jay'Z's “Give It To Me” and The Clipse's “Grindin.” So who else made the list? Timbaland, Kanye West, Lil Jon, Bryan Michael Cox and JD just to name a few. Peep Billboard's list of 'Top Producers of the Decade' below.

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With Rumors Of Infidelity And Paternity Lawsuits Flying, Beyonce's Mom Tina Files For Divorce From Mathew Knowles

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 9:02am

Beyonce Knowles' mom -- the original costume designer for Destiny's Child -- has filed for divorce from her husband Mathew Knowles. Tina Knowles filed divorce papers in Harris County, Texas last month, in an attempt to end their 29-year marriage. Back in October, Mathew was hit with a paternity lawsuit from a woman who's not his wife -- no word if that affected Tina's decision to pull the plug. Mathew has been Beyonce's manager for years, so there could be a ton of cash up for grabs in the split. The couple has two children together -- Beyonce and Solange.. Source : TMZ Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Trey Songz On It's On With Alexa Chung. Performs "I Invented Sex/Say Ahh"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 7:30am

Video After The Jump Alexa Chung's run as a daytime talk show host has ended. MTV has cancelled the show after two seasons. R&B singer Trey Songz had the distinction of being the last live performer on Thursday (December 17th). Trey performed I Invented Sex/Say Ahh for the audience.

Trey Songz Live Performance "I Invented Sex/Say Ahh"

Robin Thicke On The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, Performs Sex Therapy + D/L For Remix Featuring Ludacris

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 7:00am

Video After The Jump Robin Thicke is out promoting his new album 'Sex Therapy: The Experience". He stopped by The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien and performed his hit single "Sex Therapy". A sick remix to the track was just released with Ludacris killing his verses. Peep it below

Robin Thicke Live Performance Of "Sex Therapy"

Robin Thicke featuring Ludacris "Sex Therapy" remix Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Lady Gaga Is MTV's 2009 Woman Of The Year

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 6:18am

Video After The Jump Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we've unveiled our top nine men and women of 2009 — with the winners announced today! It's been a big year for Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears, but there's not much question that 2009 was Lady Gaga's year. New York native Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta began the year as a hot hopeful and will end it as one of the biggest pop stars in the world. And there's no one who challenged, provoked, entertained and, well, titillated us over the past 12 months quite like she has.

Her debut album, The Fame, was released on October 30, 2008, but MTV News was on the case early, and when we spoke with her four months earlier, her vision was clear even then. "What has been lost in pop music these days is the combination of the visual and the imagery of the artist, along with the music — and both are just as important," she said. "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear onstage. It's all about everything altogether — performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us." And it's all come true (well, except maybe the licking part): Gaga truly made her mark in 2009 as the most remarkable pop star — and possibly the most memorable fashion figure — to come along in many, many years. She has proven herself to be both a songwriter and musician of unusual talent, — thanks in no small part to her primary producer/co-writer RedOne, whose pumping beats and soaring synthesizers drive many of her best songs — and a media-savvy public figure of equal skill. She's both a classic pop star and one very much of the moment: Her music is dance-pop in format, but with a pop flair that stretches across many different genres and generations. Her message is provocative but positive, and she's smart enough to engage her audience (with tweets and constant reminders of how much she loves her "monsters") and still always keep them guessing.

Gaga's work shows a sense of performance-art and theater that, these days, is arguably rivaled among major artists only by that of Kanye West, which is why their ultimately cancelled "Fame Kills" co-headlining tour made sense artistically (although many were baffled by it). She makes every public appearance into an event: She "died" a bloody death at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (after arriving with her "date," Kermit the Frog), smashed bottles over her piano at the American Music Awards, performed inside a giant gyroscope on "Saturday Night Live" and raised millions of eyebrows with the "alien disco" "American Idol" appearance that introduced her to much of the world. And her brilliant music videos evoke the eras when artists and record labels actually had big budgets to spend on them. "Pokerface" is a striking statement of intent; "Just Dance" brings the viewer into a deliciously decadent house party; and her latest, for "Bad Romance," features super-futurist sets, semi-nudity, wild costumes and the unforgettable closing image of sparks shooting out of her breasts. All of that and much more is what made Lady Gaga MTV News' Woman of the Year for 2009. 2009 Highlights: Gaga's year began with a tour opening for the Pussycat Dolls, who were quick to say they're big fans. ... Began her first headlining tour in March. ... Collaborated with Wale, and gained even more hip-hop cred when she teamed up with Kanye West, Common and Kid Cudi on a re-take of her "Pokerface." ... Admitted that she's bisexual and paid frequent tribute to her large gay following. ... Got an early co-sign from Madonna, who attended a New York show in May with daughter and Gaga fan Lourdes, and later said she was "very flattered" to be compared with Gaga... Was nominated for nine 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and won three, and also made a memorable performance of "Paparazzi" at the show. ... Underwent a rollercoaster ride about her "Fame Kills" tour with Kanye West, which West unexpectedly announced in June and was finally confirmed months later before being cancelled in the wake of West's interruption of Taylor Swift's VMA speech. . ... Gaga quickly rebounded with her Monster Ball Tour, which kicked off in Montreal in November and continues into January before heading overseas the following month.... Decided to break out The Fame Monster,, which was intended to be a bonus disc on the re-release of The Fame, as a stand-alone disc to save her fans' money. ... Appeared with Beyoncé in B's "Video Phone" clip and duetted with her on "Telephone," a song Gaga originally wrote for Britney Spears (but Spears passed on)... and she'll close out her breakthrough year with a New Year's Eve performance in Miami, and she's likely to make a splash at the 2010 Grammys, where she's nominated for five awards.

Gaga also got a nod from President Obama, who said before she performed at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, "It's a privilege to be here tonight to open for Lady Gaga. I've made it!" Gaga later performed for the Queen of England at the Royal Variety Performance in December. ... Was stopped by Chicago police, who had some issues with her short-short pants... Collaborated with "American Idol" star Adam Lambert on a song that ultimately did not make his debut LP. ... Had her style called "fascinating" by top designer Vera Wang. ... And "cried like a baby" when she learned she was the first artist in the 17-year history of Billboard's Pop Songs chart to land four #1 singles ("Poker Face," "LoveGame," "Just Dance" and "Paparazzi") from a debut album.

Which stars had the biggest 2009? Our list is based on factors like music sales, box-office performance, MTVNews.com headlines and traffic, overall reach (crossover singles, appearances in movies, licensing of songs for commercials, clothing lines, etc .), plus X-factors like "impact" and "buzz. " (And no, President Barack Obama didn't make the list — we left that to the folks at Time.) This is by no means an exact science, but we think the list we've put together represents the men and women who helped make 2009 the most exciting and memorable 12 months in recent history. MTV Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Rosa Acosta Named XXL's 2009 Eye Candy Of The Year, Covers New Issue Of King Magazine

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2009 at 5:30am

In a very close race that went down to the wire, Rosa Acosta beat out Tammy Torres for XXL's 2009 Eye Candy Of The Year. The award is well deserved as Rosa has been just about everywhere this year. The 25 year old Dominican beauty who is incredibly flexible as we have seen in her stretching videos is making quite a name for herself as a video vixen. Having appeared in Drake's "Best I Ever Had" and "Forever", 50 Cent's "Ok You're Right" and Jamie Foxx's "Blame It". Rosa seems to be every rapper's favorite eye candy.. In other Rosa news she has been picked to cover the comeback issue of King Magazine. 2009 is just about a wrap, let's hope we see a lot more of Rosa in 2010.

Young Money Records Attempts Damage Control As 'Rebirth' CD Leaks. Label Promises New Version Of Album For 2010

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 5:00pm

With Lil Wayne's rock LP, 'Rebirth' spreading across the internet like wildfire due to Amazon.com mistakenly shipping 500 copies out early. The Young Money camp has gone into damage control mode. Using Twitter to get the message out, Young Money booking agent Karen Civil, @KarenCivil tweeted on yesterday (December 16) "Leaked 09 Rebirth isn't going to be 2010 Rebirth.." Mack Maine, the company's President then retweeted the same message via his account @MackMaine. I find it very hard to believe the album can be completely re-tooled given the short amount between now and the probable beginning of Lil Wayne's prison sentence on February 9th. Which would also rule out pushing the album back further than the scheduled release date of February 1. In my opinion, it's highly possible the label is either bluffing and the album comes out as it is now with maybe a couple of new songs or the project gets scrapped altogether. I also expect to see a pretty big lawsuit filed against Amazon by Cash Money/Universal Motown Records. Amazon now lists the release date as December 31,2020, whatever that means. Stay Tuned...... Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Mexican Marines Kill Mexico's # 3 Most Wanted Drug Kingpin, The "Boss Of Bosses" After Bloody 2 Hour Gun Battle

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 3:00pm

Videos After The Jump CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," and six members of his cartel died in the shootout Wednesday in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City, according to a navy statement Thursday. The body of one cartel member was found on the ground outside the third-floor apartment, after he apparently committed suicide during the shootout. Cartel gunmen hurled grenades that killed one marine and wounded two others, one of whom is in serious condition, the navy said. Two women and one man were detained during the raid, and five assault weapons were seized. An Associated Press reporter at the scene heard at least 10 explosions during the firefight, which residents said lasted at least 90 minutes. Witnesses said the raid began when marines rappelled down ropes onto the roofs of some of the apartment buildings at dusk. Reporters were briefly allowed inside the apartment where Beltran Leyva's body still lay early Thursday; his skull and one arm were mangled by bullet wounds, and in one hand he clutched a large gold-colored medallion.

Arturo Beltran Leyva "First they were asked to surrender, but they didn't yield and they opened fire," said one of the ski-masked marines who participated in the raid, and who was not authorized to give his name. President Felipe Calderon, speaking from the Copenhagen climate summit, said "this action represents an important achievement for the government and people of Mexico, and a resounding blow against one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico, and on the continent." Calderon described Beltran Leyva as "one of the three most-wanted" drug suspects in Mexico. By most estimates, the other two — both still at large — are Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

Mexican soldiers escort an unidentified man during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The suspect was arrested during an operation Wednesday in Cuernavaca, Mexico where, according to navy officials, drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his cartel were slain in the shootout with sailors. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar) Evacuations before attack Residents of the apartment complex said the raid appeared carefully planned. Sailors went door-to-door before the gun battle to quietly evacuate residents to the gym. Beltran Leyva is the highest-ranking figure taken down under Calderon, who has deployed more than 45,000 troops across Mexico to crush the cartels since taking office in December 2006. Mexico's navy often has been used in the battle as well. The offensive has earned Calderon praise from Washington even as 14,000 people have been killed in a wave of drug-related violence. Beltran Leyva had narrowly escaped attempts to arrest him in recent months, including a Friday raid on an alleged drug cartel holiday party at a mansion in the town of Tepotzlan, near Cuernavaca, where authorities killed three alleged Beltran Leyva cartel members and detained 11. They also detained Ramon Ayala, a Texas-based norteno singer whose band was playing at the party, on suspicion of ties to organized crime. His lawyer, Adolfo Vega, denied Ayala had ties to the Beltran Leyva gang, saying the singer didn't know his clients were drug traffickers. The last time Mexican authorities killed a major drug lord was in 2002, when Ramon Arellano Felix of the Tijuana Cartel was shot by a police officer in the Sinaloa resort of Mazatlan.

One of five brothers Beltran Leyva was one of five brothers from the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa who once worked side by side with Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. The brothers split with Guzman several years ago and aligned themselves with Los Zetas, a group of former soldiers hired by the rival Gulf Cartel as hit men. The split is believed to have fueled much of Mexico's bloodshed of recent years. One of the brothers, Alfredo Beltran Leyva, was arrested in January 2008. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the Beltran Leyva cartel has smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States, as well as large quantities of heroin. The Mexican government had offered a $2.1 million reward for Beltran Leyva's capture. U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings of rival traffickers or kidnappers invading what the gang considered its turf. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, including employees of the federal police and prosecutors, to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. Beheadings U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, police and others to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. The U.S government added Beltran Leyva and his cartel to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act last year, a movement that denied him access to the U.S. financial system. The state of Morelos, where Cuernavaca is located, and neighboring Guerrero have seen a spike in violence in recent months, with dozens of people killed. Some of the mutilated bodies have appeared with pieces of paper signed "Boss of Bosses," Beltran Leyva's nickname.

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Jermaine Dupri Insists Even Though He Hasn't Visited Da Brat In Prison, He Hasn't Abandoned Her

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 2:00pm

So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri has responded to critics who claim that he is not supporting incarcerated rapper Da Brat. Da Brat became involved in an altercation with an aspiring model/Atlanta Falcons cheerleader named Shayla Stevens, who was working as a waitress at a night club Dupri owned outside of Atlanta. In the ensuing altercation, Da Brat struck Stevens with a bottle of rum, causing multiple lacerations on her face which required stitches and left scars. Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 for her role in the assault. According to Dupree he is in regular contact with Da Brat, who is serving her time at Arrendale Federal Prison in Alto Georgia. “I spoke to her via letters back and forth and she’s good. She’s ready to come home and do what she gotta do,” Jermaine Dupri told V-103's Ryan Cameron this morning. “We are basically on the move to try and get her out.” While he has corresponded with Da Brat via letters, he admitted that he hasn’t been to physically see her at Arrendale. “Those people, they don’t really know me like that to say nothing about what I’m doing with my personal situation with Da Brat When Brat come home, I am going to be the person that take care of her and make sure she gets back on her feet and do what she gotta…that’s just like everybody talking about Tiger Woods. We know nothing about the situation and everybody should shut up.” Dupri admitted that he hasn’t been to see Da Brat since her incarceration. He told Da Brat his reasoning in several of the letters he has written to her. “I felt a certain way about seeing Brat in jail. That’s my little sister and I don’t really want to deal with that situation like that. I would prefer dealing with getting her out and seeing that day as opposed to going to see her…only reason I am saying this on the air is because I explained this to Brat. In my letter, I let her know the same thing." Da Brat has remained productive throughout her incarceration. Both Dupri and Da Brat are the subjects of a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit filed by Stevens. Source: AllHipHop Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

The Year Rap Got Drunk: 2009's Best Hip-Hop Songs About Booze

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 11:00am

The last 12 months are likely to be remembered for their eclectic cultural sweep -- as the year Tiger Woods was sucked into a vortex of groupie hell, Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme came tumbling down and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” became a legitimate dinner party talking point. But at street level, ’09 will go down in the annals for something else entirely. It was the year hip-hop finally plunged face-first into full-blown alcoholism. We’re not talking about “You can find me in the club / bottles full of bubb” -- or any of that namby-pamby, bling-era conspicuous consumption (Jay-Z, as well as every other MC to rhyme “Cristal” with “pistol,” please pay your waitress and leave). Mainstream rap went giddy, downright hiccuping drunk, glorifying alcohol consumption. This year, the pop charts were awash with MCs and R&B crooners extolling the virtues of chasing a buzz and winding up wasted -- hopefully with some kind of sexual conquest to offset the bar bill. Somewhere, Charles Bukowski and Dylan Thomas are probably tuning in to Power 106 FM. Meanwhile, auto-tune savant T-Pain and Crunk’s capo di tutti capos, Lil Jon, emerged as this year’s preeminent champions of booze-sozzled hip-hop. So herewith, the top 9 (as in '09) most alcoholic-enabling hip-hop songs of the year. “Shots” – LMFAO featuring Lil Jon Jägerbombs, lemon drops, Jello shots and kamikazes as well as premium liquors such as Ciroc Vodka and the rappers’ de facto favorite (judging by its ubiquity in hip-hop songs since 2006) Patrón tequila all get a shout-out on this Crunk-inflected club-banger. Even if the song’s “we came to party” ethos is hardly groundbreaking, its hook remains unforgettable: Lil Jon hoarsely screaming the word “shots!” 16 times in a row. “Blame It” – Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain “Blame it on the Goose, got ya feelin’ loose / Blame it on the 'trón, catch me in a zone / Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol,” Foxx sings with no small amount of added Auto-tune attitude in this boudoir jam that was all but inescapable on Top 40 radio earlier this year. Yes, he is talking about Grey Goose and Patrón. But later in the song, he lays bare his reasoning: by continuing to fill a potential love interest’s cup, she’s more likely to lose her inhibitions – “Fill another cup up / Feelin’ on your butt what?” “Crack a Bottle” – Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent “So crack a bottle / Let your body waddle / Don’t act like a snobby model / You just hit the Lotto,” Em sing-raps on the chorus of this party track. The operative thinking here conflates sobriety with snootiness and getting wasted with winning a lottery jackpot. “Crazy Night” – R. Kelly featuring R. City “This Hennessy got me,” R. Kelly croons on the lead cut from his latest album, “Untitled.” Then he gets to the chorus: “If you’re drinkin’ what I’m drinkin’, put your hands up in the sky / If you’re thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’, you’ll say, 'What a crazy night!' ” But R’s consumption hardly stops there. In the song, he also brags of a “thousand dollar” bar tab, concluding, “I need another shot of that Bacardi” -- recklessly ignoring the inevitability of a hangover such booze mixing will provoke. “Maldito Alcohol” – Pitbull Reggaeton was no stranger to hip-hop’s reigning dipsomania. Exhibit A: Boriquan rapper Pitbull spitting lyrics (in Spanish) such as “I don’t want water / I want a drink”. . . “Damn alcohol, sweet torment / Give me a drink on the rocks.” “Wasted” – Gucci Mane “Party, party, party, let’s all get wasted,” the rapper exhorts on this hit single. “Shake it for me baby girl, do it butt naked / I’m so wasted, she so wasted / Tell the bartender send me 20 more cases.” The discrete charms of this hit single don’t end with the incontrovertible logic of its chorus, however. Mane also presumes the intoxication of certain notorious pop divas, mentioning that the booze has got him “geeking like Whitney and Britney.” “Patrón Tequila” – the Paradiso Girls featuring Lil Jon We can all agree that Crunkmeister Lil Jon was the man behind this year’s most unabashedly pro-booze music. On this paean to rap’s preferred tipple, though, the Paradiso Girls make vocal a silken threat: “By the end of the night, I’mma have you drunk and throwin’ up.” “One More Drink” – Ludacris An unapologetic ode to putting on one’s “beer goggles,” “One More Drink’s” narrative drama revolves around the ramifications of Luda having that proverbial one too many. Drunk driving and bedding ugly women ensues: “Surrendered to the woman / And her bringin’ me home / Because she looked better / Every shot of Patrón.” “I’m So Gone (Patrón)” – Chamillionaire featuring Bobby Valentino Chamilly and Bobby Valentino go for the obvious couplet here, rhyming “I’m poppin’ bottles of Patrón” with “all night long.” For the rapper, it’s clear that alcohol provides a palliative for his worldly concerns. “I’mma wash my problems away,” Chamillionaire raps. “Tonight I need a drank.” R&B Lothario Valentino, meanwhile, announces that he doesn’t usually drink but admits he’s “gone” -- read: wasted -- from drinking a mixture of tequila and rose wine. Source: L.A. Times Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper

Young Money Performs "Bed Rock" featuring Lloyd Live On The Mo'Nique Show + Interview [3 Videos + Pics Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 17, 2009 at 9:30am

Video After The Jump Lil Wayne brought his Young Money crew to the set of BET's The Mo'Nique Show Wednesday (December 16) The crew performed the single "Bed Rock" featuring Lloyd from their debut album 'We Are Young Money' which is due in stores December 21st. Peep the pics and performance below.