Jay-Z is said to be keeping a close eye on protege Rihanna.
MTV-UK is reporting that not only is Hov worried about her physical health, he's also worried Chris Brown might be back dipping in that pool again since the restraining order she had against him was lifted.
"Jay said she is a role model for a lot of your kids. A little bit of controversy is alright, he said, but too much and she could very easily lose all the respect she has worked so hard to win overnight," says an insider.
As for Riri's health, the beauty from Barbados has been touring and working non stop. That is starting to take it's toll on here. She was ill prior to her performance NBA All Star Weekend. Hov thinks she needs to kick back and take some time off
"Rihanna’s professional, works hard and stays away from drugs and alcohol, but Jay wants her to be careful,” says the source."He told her to take a holiday for a week – she’s been working flat out and needs to get over the bronchitis, which he’s sure she’s developed as a result of stress."
Also a pic leaked yesterday of Brown's "injury" from his fight with Rihanna. Not sure why they released it though, unless it's to further show how little she did to him verses the beating he gave her. Anyways check it out.
For his fourth LP, Bobby V grabs a bunch of Rap label-mates and Plies.On March 22, Bobby V (f/k/a Bobby Valentino) will release his fourth solo album, Fly On The Wall. The former protege of Ludacris has enlisted several notable Hip Hop veterans for this project, including EMI label-mates 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Twista, as well as G.O.O.D. Music's CyHi Da Prynce. Additionally, Plies will appear on the album's single, "Phone #."Tracklisting For Fly On The Wall By Bobby V:1. Fly On The Wall (Intro)2. Are You The Right One3. Words4. If I Can’t Have You5. Sweetness6. Would You Be7. Rock Wit’cha8. Hang On9. Fly On The Wall (Interlude)10. Altered Ego (feat. 50 Cent)11. L.O.V.E.12. Hummin (feat. Lloyd Banks)13. Outfit (feat. CyHi Da Prynce)14. Grab Somebody (feat. Twista)15. Phone # (feat. Plies)16. Last Call For Love17. Heaven (My Angel Pt. 2)18. Thank You
Snoop Dogg is down for collaborating with Lady Gaga. A couple of weeks ago he sent out an all-points-bulletin for the "Born This Way" singer hoping for a sensual hook up in the studio. But that's as far as he would be willing to take it.
The Doggfather can't foresee ever wanting to get in bed with the woman he describes as "weird as f*ck."
During and interview with BlackBookMag.com Snoop elaborated on his feelings about the current queen of pop music.
"I don’t judge Lady Gaga, either. She makes good sh*t, not like a lot of other garbage being repeated. She’s weird as f*ck. Who knows, she might have a snake or a knife in her p*ssy if you try to get some from her," Snoop said.
Snoop's new album 'The Doggumentary' drops March 29.
The Charlie Sheen soap opera just kicked into high gear as his twin boys, Bob and Max were removed from his custody following an alleged threat against his estranged wife.
33-year old Brooke Mueller and her lawyers were successful in getting a restraining order against Sheen after he allegedly said to her "I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom" TMZ is reporting.
The 45-year old Sheen also threatened to put a penknife in her eye on February 23.
Sheen's attorney's are said to be furious because neither they, or Charlie were informed of the hearing to decide to have the kids removed from his home.
Also Brooke's lawyers confessed in court that she is in "day treatment" for drug abuse and will only see the kids for around four hours a day until that is completed. Her mother will care for the children the remainder of the time.
Sheen has been all over the news lately due to his partying, drug use and wild interviews.
On Saturday we reported a story about prominent singers performing for Libya's Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his family for large sums of cash.
While none of the others we mentioned, Beyonce, Usher and Mariah Carey have admitted to doing it, one artist has.
Canadian singer Nelly Furtado admitted on her twitter account that she played a 45 minute set for the family in 2007, but will now give the money to charity.
The "Promiscuous" singer made no mention of when she would donate the money or the charity she would be donating to.
Eminem and Rihanna had one of 2010's biggest hits with "Love The Way You Lie." So it's fitting they will be co-headlining one of the UK's most popular festivals in 2011.
The V Festival is similar to The U.S.' Lollapalooza Festival and takes place over 2 days, Saturday and Sunday, August 20-21.
In all, 43 acts will play the festival including Wiz Khalifa, Dizzee Rascal, Razor Light, Tinie Tempah, Bruno Mars, Jessie J and Duran Duran.
Eminem headlines on stage 1 Saturday, and Rihanna will follow the next day on the same stage. It's a good bet they will appear during each others sets.
Christina Aguilera and boyfriend, Matthew Rutler were caught out wasted in West Hollywood this morning.
TMZ reports that Rutler was cited for driving under the influence, while X-Tina was charged with misdemeanor public intoxication.
Law enforcment told TMZ that Aguilera was so wasted she couldn't take care of herself, but if not for her boyfriend's DUI she would now have gotten in trouble.
Friends are reportedly trying to get the 5'2 100 lb actress into rehab.
The Roots Crew have put together a very nice line up for their fourth annual Roots Crew Picnic.
Acts scheduled to make an appearance include Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Yelawolf, Roots rapper Black Thought with J. Period, Nicos Gun, the Dismemberment Plan, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Little Dragon, Man Man, Donn T and Spalding.
The Roots band will play backup for Nas, Wiz and Spalding at the show being held at the Festival Pier in Philadelphia, Pa.
Tickets go on sale for the June 4th event on March 4th through Live Nation.
Additional information from Billboard was used in this report
Nowadays when you hear about a rapper freestyling, it's generally a written verse spit acapella or over a track that's not his. Dudes really aint trying to come off the top with it anymore. That's why Kanye West's off the top of the dome freestyle at Blue Note jazz club this past Saturday (February 26) with jazz pianist Robert Glasper and his Robert Glasper Experiment is so impressive.
He hits on all of the issues that the media have been dogging him about recently. Like whether or not he's a racist or is he Illuminati. He even spits about corporate sponsors not wanting to back him because he's too controversial.
Mos Def is up next, he did his thing, but coming up after Mr West left his freestyle feeling like it needed more.
Charlie Sheen sat down with the Today Show this morning and let it all hang loose. He talks about drug abuse, AA, his kids, his fight against CBS and much more.
Really this has to be seen to be believed, but here are a few highlights.
TS: You say you cured yourself of addiction, you don't need Alcohol Anonymous, how did you do that?
CS: I closed my eyes and made it so - with the power of my mind. Had to unload 22 years of fiction and I just decided I don't need that anymore, and I know my own truth and that's what I stand on right now.
TS: Did you turn to alcohol and other substances because you were bored?
CS: No I did that because they work!
TS: Work to do what?
CS: Just change the way you see things, the way you feel. And yeah when you're a little bit bored with the redundancy of certain aspects of your life.... Yeah I think that's why people do them
TS: You've been to AA before, this time you did in home rehab. First of all what is that? And why did it work do you think this time?
CS: Well we couldn't really call it rehab because we didn't have a license to operate one so it was a crisis management center that we labeled the Sober Valley Lodge.
TS: You've told CBS you're at war with them now.
CS: Oh yeah, we're definitely at war.
TS: What's the war?
CS: Well the war is that they are trying to destroy my family and so I take great umbrage with that, and defeat is not an option. They picked a fight with a warlock.
TS: Strong people have relapsed
CS: Fools, trolls, weak, defeated. They allowed defeat to be an option, I will not.
TS: You ever missed a day of work?
CS: Not a day that cost anybody money. I missed practice, we're talking about practice. to quote the great Allen Iverson.
There's so much more to this outrageous interview you have to check it out below.
In October 2010 when Blair Griffith won the title of Miss Colorado USA, it seemed like all of the dreams her late father had for her were coming true.
Then one month later, the 23-year old and her mother, Bonita were evicted from their home, leaving them homeless.
It's taken a couple of months for Blair to feel strong enough to tell others about what she has gone through.
"It was a difficult thing to go through to sit there and go, 'Where are we going to go now,'" she said. "I hope that people will see this and realize, 'Wow, she is a real person,' or 'Hey, I didn't think there was someone out there going through something similar as me,'"
Prior to being evicted, her mom had a good job and income. When she suffered a heart attack that required major surgery their savings quickly dwindled. Now they have to depend on the kindness of a family friend to keep a roof above their heads.
"This house doesn't belong to me, it belongs to God. He's just letting me loan it. So I'm just sharing it with them," says family friend Teresa McCaskill.
Despite what seems like a string of bad luck, Griffith who graduated magna cum laude graduate of the Art Institute of Colorado keeps her spirits up and her head held high.
"You do sit there and go 'Oh gosh not again", but at the same time I think it's almost like a test," Griffith says. "It's a test to see if you can handle it and what will you make out of your situation.
Blair is not going to let anything stop her from running for Miss USA in June.
"I meet people that give me strength, I have no place to complain about anything in my life," she says.
An album that almost never saw the light of day, hit store shelves February 15 and did decent numbers for an independent release,
Saigon's "The Greatest Story Never Told" sold over 11,000 copies making it's debut at # 58 on Billboard.
The Yardfather took to his twitter to celebrate with his fans.
"Damn I can say I have the #7 rap album in the country...No Radio, No big label.. An album that try tried to keep away from the people... WOW," he wrote.
That last tweet wasn't meant as a Soulja Boy diss, Sai was just pointing out what his album was able to do without a big machine behind him.
The cd was released on indie Suburban Noize Records.
Just Blaze hamdled the bulk of production with guest appearances by Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, Devin The Dude, Faith Evans and Bun B
The 83rd Annual Oscar Awards took place last night and things went pretty much according to plan. No big surprises amongst the winners. 'The King's Speech' took home five awards including a best actor nod for Colin Firth.
Natalie Portman won best actress for her role in 'Black Swan.' While Melissa Leo and Christian Bale got nods for best supporting actor and actress for their roles in 'The Fighter.'
The event was hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
Check out the list of winners below.
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Cinematography
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
“Inception” Wally Pfister
“The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit” Roger Deakins
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres
Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
“Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Film Editing
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” Jon Harris
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
Makeup
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King
“Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler