STAR talks Ben Affleck becoming the new Batman, rapper 40 Glocc's crazy looking video (First 48), rapper 2 Chainz being too old to have sagging pants and expanding Battle Rap Media on the Troi Torain Show.
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 radio pioneers by many, the Star & Buc Wild show 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 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Star & Buc Wild'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 and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
Tens of thousands of people flooded the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall on Saturday, the first stop in a week of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s watershed “I Have A Dream” address and the March on Washington.
Speakers rallied the massive crowd with prayers for peace and calls for justice that were at once testaments to King’s historical legacy and nods to contemporary issues, from hotly debated policing tactics to income inequality.
Participants in the March on Washington fill the space between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument on Aug. 28, 1963.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who took the stage overlooking the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just before noon, paid tribute to the forerunners of the modern civil rights movement.
Eric Holder
“Their march is now our march, and it must go on,” Holder said.
“But for them,” Holder added later, “I would not be Attorney General of the United States, and Barack Obama would not be President of the United States.”
He reiterated previous criticisms of the Supreme Court’s decision in June to strike down a key anti-discrimination provision of 1965’s landmark Voting Rights Act, which triggered a wave of “cumbersome” voting laws in several states.
“This morning, we affirm that struggle must and will go on until every eligible American has a chance to exercise his or her right to vote," said Holder, who sued Texas over a strict voter ID law on Thursday.
Newark mayor Cory Booker, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Md.) urged activists to advocate for equality and fairness, placing recent social debates in the context of King’s vision.
“Many of our people still inhabit islands of poverty, are incapable of finding good jobs, have no voice in our democracy, because they are told they have no valid ID,” Hoyer said.
Booker, 44, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, called on young people to carry King's torch.
"Me and my generation cannot now afford to sit back consuming all of our blessings, getting dumb, fat and happy thinking we have achieved our freedoms," Booker said.
U.S. Rep John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the pillars of King’s movement and the youngest speaker at the 1963 march, pressed the crowd to “fight the good fight” for freedom.
He energized spectators with a chant: “You’ve got to stand up, speak up, speak out, and get in the way! Make some noise!”
Saturday's march — co-organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network organization and King’s son, Martin Luther King III — is intended to protest “the continuing issues that have stood in the way” of fulfilling the goals of King’s iconic civil rights address, Sharpton said.
Rev. Al Sharpton
“To just celebrate Dr. King’s dream would give the false implication that we believe his dream has been fully achieved and we do not believe that,” Sharpton told The Associated Press. “We believe we've made a lot of progress toward his dream, but we do not believe we've arrived there yet.”
Rhonda Hearns, 50, a physician from Prince George's County, Md., who will attend the march, said matters such as voting rights, equal pay and discrimination show that there are many unresolved issues remaining.
“I feel very honored to be able to attend this commemoration 50 years later, but it also stirs up a lot of emotion because we still have so far to go," Hearns said.
"It’s still very important for people to show up and march again,” she added. “Just a peaceful demonstration, like what Dr. Martin Luther King would have wanted."
Sharpton is the founder and head of the National Action Network and the host of a show on MSNBC.
ivil rights organizations, organized labor, the LGBT community and women's rights groups all are expected to be richly represented in the gathering.
Among the organizations participating in the march Saturday are: National Urban League, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Human Rights Campaign, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Black Justice Coalition, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Service Employees International Union.
Sharpton told the AP that Saturday’s observances are aimed to highlight key civil rights issues dominating the national conversation, including New York’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” policing tactics, which critics have characterized as racial profiling, and Florida’s "Stand Your Ground" self-defense statute.
Those issues along with unemployment, health care and education are what will bring Yvette Young to the march. The 52-year-old Virginia resident and vice president at the Urban League of Hampton Roads hopes her daughter, 14, will have a better life than she did.
"My life hasn't been so bad, but I grew up in the 60s," Young said, adding that she had to witness a lot of discrimination. "I hope for a much better road for her," she added.
The organization is convening the event along with a range of civic, labor and business sponsors, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Sharpton and King III will be joined Saturday by the parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and relatives of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy who was abducted, beaten and shot in the head in 1955 in Mississippi after he was accused of flirting with a white woman, organizers said in a press release.
The so-called “Realize the Dream” march, which will cut a symbolic half-mile path from the Lincoln Memorial to the King Memorial, will also feature remarks from Attorney General Eric Holder, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., according to the release.
The march and rally will be followed by the “Let Freedom Ring” commemoration and call to action on Wednesday — marking exactly 50 years since King drew more than 200,000 to the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his groundbreaking “I Have A Dream” speech.
King's address is widely credited with spurring the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Young said the events of 1963 carried a deep meaning for her.
“I always wished that I could’ve been a part of it," she said. "Tomorrow gives me a chance to be a part of it. It’s 50 years later, but I’ll be there.”
Speakers at the Wednesday observance will include President Barack Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, according to the event’s website.
Congressman John Lewis returns to Washington and talks about not giving up for equality.
"I don't know why ya''ll thought this n*gga was gonna be friendly just because Kendrick has a backpack. He might have an AK in that backpack."
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently caught up with Uncle Snoop.
Snoop Dogg talks about people thinking New York is soft, Kendrick Lamar's music being played all over, Kendrick's "Control" verse, Kendrick taking the rap game over without him and Dre, being in that same position at the Source Awards & much more!
Charlamagne Tha God's visibility has gotten a big boost because of his new MTV2 show, Charlamagne and Friends. There are still some in the mainstream familiarizing themselves with the always opinionated Power 105.1 radio personality.
Buzzfeed sat down with CTG recently and got to know more about what makes him tick.
What's the first CD you bought?
Foxy Brown's Broken Silence. I bought it for a chick and it was definitely the first CD that I bought.
Who is your boy-crush?
Prince. I met him last year and it was crazy. he was walking down the hall at our radio station and he, like, floated towards us and he was levitating four or five inches off the ground. And he had this sparkle in his eye. Have you ever seen True Blood? You know how that glamour people? He glamoured everybody and I couldn't think of anything to say other than "I grew up a Jehovah's Witness, too." He said we had to talk about that, but then he just started floating away. I took a picture in my phone and you could see him levitating. But then 30 seconds later the picture just went black.
Pick one: Kittens or puppies?
Puppies. I remember one time I was young and high and a puppy licked my balls. I had on boxer briefs and he just started doing it ... so definitely puppies.
And finally: tell us a secret
I just told you a puppy licked my balls.
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Wyclef Jean will soon be releasing his new album, The Carnival Returns. Check out the official music video for the former member of The Fugees latest single, "Bagay Nef." You can purchase it now on iTunes.
Los Angeles, California emcee Kid Ink paid a visit to Philadelphia radio station Power 99 recently to chop it up with DJ Cosmic Kev. While there he spit some freestyle bars. Check that out below. What do you think of Kid Ink's skills on the mic?
Taylor Gang boss Wiz Khalifa drops off a new track titled "Look What I Got On." He will be releasing his Blacc Hollywood album soon. Song produced by Stargate. Artwork by KyroInk.net. Peep the audio up top.
Kidd Kidd appeared DJ Envy's Sirius XM show earlier this week to talk about about a few things. The G-Unit rapper chops it up about how he met 50 Cent though his song "Better Walk," getting shot, why he fell out with Lil Wayne and how they patched things up.
Robin Thicke is currently riding a wave of success thanks to his song, "Blurred Lines." He keeps the momentum going by releasing an official music video for his new single "Give It 2 U" featuring Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz.
STAR talks the top 5 reasons why Larry Bird was better than Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson retiring, Lebron James' hairline, finding sanctuary in pistachios & Miller (High Life) beer and a 30 thousand dollar offer for Loaded Lux and Hollow Da Don to battle.
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 radio pioneers by many, the Star & Buc Wild show 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 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Star & Buc Wild'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 and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
The adult film actress who caused a temporary shutdown of porn production after she tested positive for HIV had the results confirmed.
The 28-year-old porn star, who goes by the name Cameron Bay, tested positive for the virus this week after an earlier screening for sexually transmitted diseases came back inconclusive, the adult news site AVN Media Network reported.
The Free Speech Coalition, an industry trade group, said that additional testing confirmed the positive results.
“We are saddened to report that the tests involving performer Cameron Bay have been confirmed as positive for HIV,” the group said..
“As difficult as this news is for me today, I am hopeful that no other performers have been affected,” Bay said in a release.
The adult film actress who caused a temporary shutdown of porn production after she tested positive for HIV had the results confirmed.
The 28-year-old porn star, who goes by the name Cameron Bay, tested positive for the virus this week after an earlier screening for sexually transmitted diseases came back inconclusive, the adult news site AVN Media Network reported.
The Free Speech Coalition, an industry trade group, said that additional testing confirmed the positive results.
“We are saddened to report that the tests involving performer Cameron Bay have been confirmed as positive for HIV,” the group said..
“As difficult as this news is for me today, I am hopeful that no other performers have been affected,” Bay said in a release.
“I plan on doing everything possible to assist the medical professionals and my fellow performers. Following that, my long term plan is to take care of myself and my health.”
Mark Schechter, owner of Adult Talent Managers LA, which represents Bay, said the porn actress’s “courage should be lauded.”
“Cameron is obviously distraught over this conclusive information,” he said, adding that the actress has been cooperative with medical personnel.
“Cameron has been a model citizen acting responsibly at this most difficult time.”
The HIV scare prompted a moratorium on adult filmmaking after the Free Speech Coalition called for a halt to porn production.
The shutdown also sparked concern for Anthony Weiner’s sexting pal Sydney Leathers, who shot her first adult film with Xander Corvus, the last actor to work with Bay before she tested positive for HIV, Gawker reported.
Leathers, 23, told the website that she and Corvus, who played the sex-crazed politician in the newly released “Weiner and Me,” were tested before they filmed the Vivid Entertainment video and were deemed “healthy.”
Leathers also told the Daily News on Thursday that she’s confident she did not contract HIV and has tested negative for the virus three times.
“I do not have HIV and have not been exposed to HIV, regardless of the reports out there saying otherwise,” she told The News.
“I took all the necessary precautions ... and acted responsibly.”
During Kanye West's highly publicized interview with Kris Jenner that just aired, the rapper's voice seemed to have a higher pitch than normal. The Breakfast Club crew of Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy took notice. They took calls and went to Twitter for responses to the question #KanyeSoundsLike?
Peep some of the hilarious responses below.
1. Kanye sounds like he wears his grandma's sweaters
2. Kanye sounds like Sandusky got to him
3. Kanye sounds like a lovesick white woman
4. Kanye sounds like The Crying Game
5. Kanye sounds like he blows dandelions while making wishes for his homies
6. Kanye sounds like he's still breastfeeding North West
7. Kanye sounds like he makes picture collages of Beyonce all day
8. Kanye souns like the bear from that fabric softner commercial
9. Kanye sounds like Michael Jackson
10. Kanye sounds like he's been playing a lot of Candy Crush
11. Kanye sounds like he sleeps with a Winnie the Pooh nightlight
12. Kanye sounds like he's strong enough for a man but P.H. balanced for a woman
13. Kanye sounds like Elmo is giving him the business
14. Kanye sounds like he's auditioning for a new tampon commercial
15. Kanye sounds like Chris Stokes took his butt virginity
16. Kanye sounds like he still wants to sit on Santa Clause's lap
17. Kanye sounds like he's sucking on a lollipop while wearing a fruit of the loom shirt while shopping at Build-A-Bear
18. Kanye sounds like a rich old white man who's constipated and needs to take a sh*t
Jay ZLife+Times takes us behind the scenes of Top Dawg Entertainment group Black Hippy (Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar). We follow the crew on the road, getting an up close and personal look at their camaraderie. stage show, their old neighborhoods, how they got together and more
Director: Scheme Engine Executive Producers: Devin Chanda, Alex Kaplan, and Andreas Hale Producers: Daniel Dewes, Matt Mitchener, and Joel Zela Director of Photography: David Raboy Camera: Joel Zela, Eli Goldstein, and Alan Gwizdowski Sound: Andrew Yip and Armanda Macias Editor: Matt Mitchener Color-Correction: Thomas Stigler Motion Graphics: Sean Ferguson Graphics Tech: Sam Shirreff Original Music: "Future Gladiator" by Kevin MacLeod
Jae Millz is preparing to release his new mixtape titled R.O.T.S. (Reality of the Situation) on September 9th. Here's a new leak off the project, "Guy Fisher," which features Vado. Produced by araabMUZIK.
The Louis Vuitton Don appeared on Kris Jenner's television show, Kris. He talked about how he me Kim Kardashian, his love for her, shows a picture of their daughter, North West, and a lot more.
Trinidad James visited The Breakfast Club again this morning while promoting his new 10 PC Mild mixtape. During the interview he covered a lot of topics.
He talked about being ready to scrap if you're an artist taking shots at him because of "All Gold Everything,"Joe Budden dissing him on his "Control" response after previously asking him to join him onstage at his show, fans building artists up only to break them down later, the way he dresses, touring with Wiz Khalifa, being cool with Gucci Mane, Rich Homie Quan and more.
Trinidad James Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 Pt. 1 of 2
Trinidad James Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (Part 2)
Oklahoma City was not a good stop for the America's Most Wanted Tour featuring Lil Wayne, T.I. and 2 Chainz. After the show, Tity Boi, was arrested following a nine-hour standoff with police while on his tour bus. Now comes a report that a member of one of the three performers' entourages badly injured a girl.
According to TMZ, the girl was invited back to one of the tour buses along with another female friend by an unidentified male. Once on the bus, the male reached under the girl's shirt and grabbed her breast.
The young woman slapped his hand away. He then punched her in the face, sending her flying out of the bus door, onto the pavement.
A police report was filed. It stated that the male ran off, while the girl had to be taken to the hospital for surgery to repair two broken bones in her jaw, which will be wired shut for the next six weeks.
A rep for T.I. told TMZ that the incident didn't happen on his bus.
A police investigation is currently underway. No arrests have been made so far.
**UPDATE** August 30.
Young Money Records President Mack Maine has been identified as the person who assaulted the female in Oklahoma City.
The District Attorney told TMZ that the rapper will be charged with sexual battery and assault soon.