50 Cent and author, Robert Greene have reportedly agreed to have their book, The 50th Law adapted into a comic book.
According to the Long Island Press, Fif and Greene struck the deal with SmartComics.
Founded by Franco Arda, SmartComics provides people who might get easily bored with reading text an alternative with his educational comic books.
“In under an hour, these books will help you become more successful in both your professional and personal lives,” says Arda. “We aim to entertain and empower at the same time. Processing pictures are natural to humans; we started learning through pictures at a young age. We tend to absorb visual information better then text. Why not embrace that for business purposes?”
Arda believes to 50th Law is a must read, one that will readers will enjoy.
“This powerful book is both entertaining and educational, a perfect fit the growing young adult book market, graphic novels in general and last but not least eBook reading,” he said.
The 50th Law landed on the New York Times' Best Seller's List when it debuted in 2009.
No word on a release date for the SmartComics version, but we will keep you up to date.
In the meantime you can purchase The 50th Law from Barnes & Noble, here, Amazonhere and Amazon UKhere.
Mya turned up the heat at Reggae Sumfest 2011 in Montego Bay, Jamaica this weekend.
The beautiful singer/actress was brought out on stage by dancehall artist Spice to perform Mya's song "Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)," plus a new collaboration between the two. Beenie Man then joined Mya to sing their hit song "Girls Dem Sugar."
Amy hugging her mom Janis after winning 2008 Grammy
As new details surrounding the death of Amy Winehouse emerge, her mom is speaking out about the last conversation she had with her daughter.
Janis Winehouse told The Daily Mirror that Amy's death "seemed only a matter of time."
“She seemed out of it," Janis said of her visit with Amy just a day before she passed. "But her passing so suddenly still hasn’t hit me."
Although police are saying her death is so far "unexplained," friends say the five time Grammy winner had been on an ecstacy and alcohol binge for a week leading up to her death.
Winehouse joins the very sad "27 Club" of entertainers who partied hard and died at the age of 27 (see list below).
BRIAN JONES
The guitarist and founder member of the Rolling Stones was found dead at the bottom of a Sussex swimming pool on July 2, 1969. Alcohol and drugs were found in his system. The coroner reported death by misadventure.
JIMI HENDRIX
The legendary electric guitarist collapsed at a party in London on September 18, 1970, and later died of suffocation brought on by a barbiturate overdose.
JANIS JOPLIN
The American folk singer died of a heroin overdose, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol. She was found in her Hollywood apartment on October 4, 1970.
JIM MORRISON
A prolific drug-taker, The Doors’ frontman died of heart failure while taking a bath in his Paris apartment on July 3, 1971. The previous day, he had complained of regurgitating blood. His death certificate states he died of “natural causes”.
KURT COBAIN
The troubled lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana shot himself in the room above his garage in his Seattle home on April 8, 1994. The previous month, he had survived a drug and alcohol-induced coma.
RICHEY EDWARDS
The lead guitarist of Welsh band Manic Street Preachers disappeared in December 1995, prior to the band’s tour of America. His body was never found, but he was officially presumed dead in 2008.
AMY WINEHOUSE
The five time Grammy winner struggled for years with drug and alcohol abuse. She was found dead July 23, 2011. Police have not yet determined how she died.
Andy Milonakis has thrown himself into the middle of the White Girls Mob discussion by posting a video defending V-Nasty's use of the n-word.
"Even if you have known someone for ten years you never really truly know what it's like to be in their f*cking brain," he says in a video posted on youtube. "You hear them say something and you spin it into your own little brain and you come up with your own conclusion of who they are. You can't tell someone who they are -- so quit with the f*cking judgements. And for the record I'm not from the f*cking hood, maybe that's obvious to you. Have you ever been to a hood? Every f*cking race drops the n-bomb there. And I don't co-sign it, but that's a fact of f*cking life."
One of V-Nasty's freestyles was recorded at Andy's crib. It's obvious the two have become friends, but how far is too far when it comes to defending someone or something that is offensive to so many people?
Nevertheless, the former star of MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show had more to say on the subject.
"You're dissing someone who's on your f*cking team," he continued. "You think if some racist motherf*cker came into the hood and started saying some real racist sh*t, with real intent to be racist and hurtful. You think V-Nasty wouldn't stand up for you and beat someone down for you? She is on your f*cking team and you're f*cking talking sh*t to the wrong person."
As the world and music industry try to come to grips with the tragic loss of the Amy Winehouse, the singer is being mourned on twitter by many of her peers.
Many stars took took the social networking site withing hours of hearing of Amy's passing and paid tribute to an immensely talented woman gone far too soon.
Comedian Dave Chappelle didn't get many laughs during his appearance at Friday's Zo’s Summer Groove charity event in Miami.
According to ENews he only told one joke during his 45 minutes on the stage. Instead he talked with audience members who were heckling him, answered four text messages, then left, telling the audience: "Alright ladies and gentleman it's been a growing experience, I'm really glad I came."
CNN reporter Roland S. Martin was at the event and tweeted details about Dave's strange routine.
"This Dave Chappelle set is bizarre. He's spent more time going back & forth with one audience member, & pretty much stopped telling jokes," Martin wrote on the social networking site. "One woman just yelled, 'Can you tell a joke so we can enjoy ourselves!' He got texted four times during his show and actually checked them. I'm just not understanding what threw him off. He's complained about folks videotaping his set, yelling out loud. I don't get it. Chappelle says this is a 'test of wills.' He keeps saying 'tick tock' & he has 'nothing but time.' He's just staring at the crowd & sighing. Then Dave started talking to me, asking if I was putting this on CNN. Yes, from the stage! He's been on stage 46 minutes & told one joke."
Martin later wrote that Dave's people told him the comedian hates to be heckled and when some audience members did that it threw him off completely.
Actress Gabrielle Union also took to twitter, but she was angry at the hecklers, not Dave.
I've seen Dave perform live and he is one of the funniest comedians you will ever see. It's hard to say exactly what happened in Miami Friday, but it's not the first time Dave has acted strangely.
In 2005 he abruptly walked away from his wildly popular Comedy Central show and the $50 million dollar check that came with it.
Tyler, The Creator of the rap group Odd Future was just nominated for Video Of The Year at the 2011 VMA's for "Yonkers".
When Sway of MTV caught up with him to ask how it felt to get his first nomination, he got a typical Tyler response.
"I almost boo boo'ed on myself," Tyler joked. "I said 'oh sh*t, oh f*ck I'm about to pass out, I'm paid.'"
"Yonkers" is competing against Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," Beastie Boys' "Make Some Noise," Bruno Mars' "Grenade" and Katy Perry's "Firework."
Tyler said he would be heated if he lost to any of them besides Adele, because none of them are very good.
"I'm really excited, shout out to Ron Artest. If I lose to any of those wackass videos, I'm gonna be mad because they all suck — except for Adele's," he told MTV.
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards air live from Los Angeles on August 28, at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Tyler, The Creator Learns He's Been Nominated For Video Of The Year for "Yonkers"
British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at age 27 according to various media reports.
Winehouse has battled drug and alcohol addiction for years.
Last month she was forced to cancel her European tour after she mumbled and stumbled her way through a concert in Belgrade.
The Metropolitan Police released a statement about her death, but it doesn't mention Winehouse by name.
"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.
On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."
Trae Tha Truth continued his tradition of giving back to the community by holding his 4th Annual Trae Day yesterday [July 22] in Houston.
Trae Day is all about the youth. With free games, rides, giveaways and a concert for their enjoyment.
This year Lil Duval, Bun B, Twista. Tity Boi, Rich Boy, Lola Monroe, DJ Don Cannon, Trouble Trouble, Lil Bankhead and YC all lent their talents to the event.
Check out performances from the event below and pick up Trae's new album "Street King" which is in stores now.
Lupe Fiasco
Bun B and Pimp C's mom
Tity Boi aka 2 Chainz poses with Trae and Pimp C's mom
Jay Rock is feeling good about his position in the game right now. His debut album 'Follow Me Home' drops next Tuesday (July 26), and he's been touring nonstop since leaving Warner Bros for Tech N9ne's Strange Music label.
The Breakfast Club caught up with the West Coast rapper the day after his album listening session in New York. They chopped it up about everything from his album features to staying hungry in the game.
Injured woman being helped to safety after Oslo bombing
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Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- New details emerged Saturday surrounding the mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway that left 91 people dead, as a fuller picture of the suspect charged in the attacks came to light.
An employee at a Norwegian agricultural cooperative told CNN that the man identified in media reports as the suspect in Friday's attacks bought six tons of fertilizer from her company in May.
Oddmy Estenstad, of Felleskjopet Agr, said she did not think the order was strange at the time because the suspect has a farm, but after the bombing she called police because she knew the material can be used to make bombs.
"We are very shocked that this man was connected to our company," said Estenstad. "We are very sad about what happened."
Norwegian television and newspaper reports have identified the suspect as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik.
Anders Behring Breivik
Official sources and social media indicate that Breivik might be a right-wing Christian fundamentalist who may have had an issue with Norway's multi-cultural society.
Police have not officially released the identity of the suspect, telling reporters only that they detained a 32-year-old Norwegian man who is being questioned in both the Oslo bombing -- which left seven dead and more than 90 wounded -- and the shooting attack at the youth camp on Utoya island, in which 84 people were killed.
Emergency workers carry away dead bodies from shooting massacre on Utoya Island
The suspect was cooperating with police, making it clear he wanted to explain himself, Roger Andresen, a deputy police chief, told reporters during a news conference.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg did not rule out the possibility that there was more than one person involved in the attacks, which he called the "worst atrocity" the country had faced since World War II.
"They have so far arrested one person," Stoltenberg told reporters Saturday. "They have not concluded whether there is one or more than one person behind the attacks."
Indeed, a second person was arrested Saturday in a hotel where the prime minister was due to meet families of the victims of the attack, police said. He was carrying a knife, state-run broadcaster NRK reported.
Seven were killed in Friday's explosion in the Norwegian capital, officials said. In all, 90 people were hospitalized as a result of the blast, said Erik Hansen, a spokesman for Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang.
Woman injured in Oslo bombimg
It was while authorities were searching for survivors of the mid-afternoon bombing that a man wearing a police uniform and identifying himself as an officer arrived by boat at Utoya island, about 20 miles from Oslo, where word was spreading among the campers about the explosion in the capital, said Adrian Pracon, a survivor of the mass shooting.
The hundreds of teens and young adults attending the camp were gathered in a large meeting room where camp organizers were sharing information about the bombing in Oslo when the police officer asked if he could address the group, Pracon said.
"We, of course, allowed him to come" in and talk to those assembled, Pracon said.
It was then that the man started shooting.
What followed, Pracon says, was panic and chaos as some campers ran from the shooter, while others went toward the man because they believed it was a drill or a test.
Many who fled ran toward the shore, jumping into the water to try to swim the three-fourths of a mile between the island and the mainland.
Pracon was among those who attempted to swim, but he was forced to turn back.
"I felt I couldn't breathe. I already swallowed too much water. I also jumped because I was the last person running to the shore from this man. So I didn't have time to take my clothes off. As I was swimming, I felt the clothes pulling me down because they were heavy boots, clothes," he said.
Pracon said the shooter chased people to the shore, screaming at them as he fired at them.
Pracon was lying on the shore when the gunman opened fire at those in the water and on the shore.
"I was maybe 5, maybe 7 meters away from him as he was yelling he was 'going to kill you all' and 'we all shall die.' He pointed his gun at me, but he didn't pull the trigger," Pracon said.
"He left and returned maybe an hour later ... he shot almost everyone."
Authorities on Saturday said 84 had died on the island.
An aerial view of Utoya Island where the second attack took place
"Me and two others were laying down and survived because of the bodies we could hang on to and pretend that we are dead," Pracon told CNN early Saturday by telephone from his hospital room.
"I could feel his breath," said 21-year-old Pracon. "I could hear his boots."
When police arrived on the island, many survivors believed they might also be gunmen posing as police.
"Everyone started screaming, crying and begging police officers to throw away their weapons," Pracon said.
An elite police unit took the gunman into custody on the island, Andresen said. The man did not put up a fight during his arrest, he said.
Authorities were searching the waters Saturday around the island, looking for bodies of campers who may have drowned trying to swim to safety, police said.
Massacre: People are seen on the banks of Utoya after the shooting
The suspect matched the description of a person who was seen near the government buildings shortly before the bombs erupted, police said.
The acting national police chief, Sveinung Sponheim, told reporters in Oslo that the gun used to shoot the campers was an automatic weapon and that undetonated explosives were found on the island after the attack.
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