As we previously reported, boxing legend Hector "Macho" Camacho was shot in the face while sitting in a car Tuesday in Puerto Rico. There are reports circulating that the 50-year old former champion is brain dead.
MTV News caught up with 50 Cent yesterday to get his thoughts on the unfortunate situation.
"I heard he was shot in a drive-by and the chances of him making it are very slim. It's a tragedy," 50 said. "He's obviously someone that's a legend in the sport of boxing."
Hector Camacho (left) and Hector Camacho Jr.
The G-Unit mogul's thoughts then shifted to Hector's son, Hector Camacho Jr., who is also a professional boxer.
"His son is tough. His son is a great fighter," 50 said. "I feel for his son in the actual case because he's following in his father's footsteps being a great athlete. But I don't much more about the actual scenario to comment on it."
50 Cent teamed with the Food Bank for New York City, SMS Audio, the Food Network and Feeding America to host a special Thanksgiving dinner for victims of Hurricane Sandy and those in need at the "Our Table Is Yours" event at Cipriani Restaurant in downtown Manhattan, New York on Wednesday November 21st.
"I'm able to provide meals for victims of Sandy or other people in New York City that don't actually have food," he told MTV News. "[Hunger,] it's a world issue, it's not a third-world issue. One in six Americans are actually going hungry. You got kids that's surviving based on their school lunch and more than one out of five kids are experiencing hunger."
After hitting us up with some behind the scenes footage earlier, Future decides the time is right to release the official music video "Neva End" remix featuring Kelly Rowland.
G-Unit's Genasis teams up with Nicki Minaj sidekick Safaree A.K.A. SB for the official music video for "Maxed Out." The Chad Kent-produced banger is the latest single off of Genasis' mixtape, Black Belt.
Directed by Daniel Czernilofsky
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Mike Epps got into a fight Monday at a club in Hollywood and part of it was caught on tape.
The fight started because someone in the club began to heckle Mike near his private VIP table. Mike went outside to cool off and ran into the heckler as he neared the front door. The brawl started from there.
TMZ obtained security footage of the incident. It shows Mike charging towards the heckler. Security hurried to stop the fight as drinks can be seen flying through the air.
Police later responded to the scene after reports that there had been gunfire, but after searching the club they didn't find any shell casings or bullet holes. Nobody was arrested or reported to be hurt.
Nicki Minaj stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning to promote her new album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up.
She discussed her E! special, Target and Walmart not carrying The Re-Up, her record label and it's two artists Brinks and Parker.
She also discusses her issues with Mariah Carey on American Idol, the controversy around her saying she was going to vote for Mitt Romney on the song "Mercy" and more.
NextMovie.com picks a rapper to review a popular film every couple of weeks. This week they asked Duck Down Records representative Sean Price to give his take on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, which stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
"Unfortunately I just watched Twlight. That's two hours of my life I can't get back," Sean said. "I've never seen Twilight before and I wish I never saw this one. I think Twilight was the cheesiest movie I ever saw in my life. They love each other. There was a bunch of lilacs and grass. It was just a$$ all around."
Check out the rest of Sean's review below and find out why he's on Team Edward and Stevie Wonder is the only person he’d recommend this movie to.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 21, 2012 at 12:43pm
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2012 has been a great year for 2 Chainz. The Atlanta emcee emerged as an artist everyone has their eyes on after countless show stealing features and the release of his debut solo album Based on a T.R.U. Story.
Tity Boi caps the year off by being named The Source Magazine's Man of the Year. The issue will be available on December 4th. In the meantime check out an excerpt from 2 Chainz's interview with the publication as well as some behind the scenes footage of his photo shoot.
2 Chainz on changing his name: “It wasn’t like my name made me rap better. I worked my ass off….It felt good to outdo myself and just be omnipresent and be a part of everything.”
2 Chainz on his come up: “Those who haven’t been through that struggle don’t mind going to the zoo to pet the animals. They don’t wanna live in the zoo, but they don’t mind coming through. I’m someone who can show you around in a cool way where you don’t have to worry about getting eaten up.”
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 21, 2012 at 12:17pm
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Here's the official video for Big Boi's new single "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland. The song is off of Big Boi's Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors album.
The project will be released on December 11th. You can pre-order it HERE.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 21, 2012 at 11:00am
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Former boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinging to life today after being shot in the face while sitting in a car Tuesday outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Another man in the driver's seat of the Ford Mustang, identified as Adrian Alberto Mojica Moreno, 49, of Toa Baja, died in the attack.
Police say at least one gunman opened fire on Camacho and Moreno from a passing vehicle. The bullet that struck Camacho in the jaw exited his head and lodged in his right shoulder, fracturing two vertebrae.
The 50-year old Camacho went into cardiac arrest around 4:15 a.m. this morning, but doctors at the trauma center in San Juan were able to revive him.
"He went into cardiac arrest. The doctors were able to get his heart started again with the medicine, and we are maintaining his blood pressure and pulse stable medically right now to see whether during this morning, afternoon or evening we see a positive change," Centro Medico director Dr. Ernesto Torres told reporters during a 7 a.m. media briefing this morning. "The situation with 'Macho' is very delicate. The prognosis is not good."
Hector Camacho
Former manager Ismael Leandry told The Associated Press that hospital officials were waiting on Camacho's mother to arrive from the U.S. mainland to decide whether or not to take him off of life support.
However, others remained optimistic.
"This guy is a cat with nine lives. He's been through so much," Camacho representative Steve Tannenbaum said. "If anybody can pull through it will be him."
ESPN is reporting that detective Alex Diaz said that Mojica Moreno had nine bags of cocaine in his possession with a 10th bag open in the Ford Mustang, which was registered to him.
Camacho had a boxing record of 79 wins and 6 losses, with 3 draws. He is a former WBC Super Featherweight Champion, a WBC Lightweight Champion and WBO Light Welterweight Champion.
**UPDATE** November 22
Fox News Latino is reporting that Hector Camacho has died from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting Tuesday in Bayamon, near San Juan, Puerto Rico. Camacho was 50 years old.
The family is waiting for Hector's son - also named Hector Camacho - to arrive on the island in the coming hours from New York to remove the former boxing champion from an artificial respirator.
Camacho's father has requested that his son's organs be donated.
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