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March 3, 1991 Los Angeles, California police officers are caught on camera beating Rodney King almost to death following a high speed chase. The nation was outraged, in particular the black and hispanic communities because this type of activity was far too common in their neighborhoods.

On April 29, 1992 all four officers accused of excessive force were acquitted, setting off a powder keg of racial tension, destruction, death and mayhem in L.A..

In total 53 people were killed, thousands were injured and an estimated $1billion dollars in damage was done to the city.

Amongst those running around at that time mad, angry and looking for somone or something to take their anger out on was Kool G Rap, Sir Jinx of the Lench Mob and Tupac Shakur.

KGR sat down with VladTV and gave them the real on what happened.

"Me and Pac met down in the L.A. riots. I was out there working on my album [Live and Let Die]. We was out there in the riots poppin burners off and all that sh*t. Me, Pac, Jinx and my man Guch," G Rap says. "After the Rodney King verdict and everybody went f*cking ballistic. You know what... everybody was bugging out and doing they own thing they didn't notice no 2Pac & G Rap at that time.

Pac was expressing his sense of anger for the verdict, he was shooting out store windows and sh*t like that. As dangerous as the hood was back then and to this day. It seemed like this was one of the only times you could feel safe if you was a black person because all the anger was directed towards whites at this time, because it seemed like the [not guilty] verdict made it a race issue. Where you had 12 all white jurors and you had videotape documentation of what happened to this man, so it became a race issue."

Now I don't want people to read this and think I'm glorifying violence or what Pac and other people did at the time. I'm just pointing out another example of how Pac didn't just rap about things in his songs and go home to a plush crib and forget the struggle. He truly practiced what he preached. 

Check out the rest of the interview as G Rap compares Pac to legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye.

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Some people will do anything to break into the world of entertainment. For a growing number of women that means cosmetic surgery to enhance their butts, faces and breasts.

For aspiring singer/model Claudia Aderotimi aka Carmella James, a botched butt enhancement surgery proved deadly when she suffered a heart attack after silicone got into her bloodstream.

Claudia made arrangements to have the procedure done for around $1300, through emails and texts with a go-between, who is now a witness in the case for police.

It was the 2nd time she had come to America to have it done. After the 1st procedure she told her ex-boyfriend, Paul Djimo it hurt so bad she would never do it again, but obviously changed her mind.

"Claudia had big dreams, she wanted to be a superstar," Djimo told The Telegraph. "It sounded like it cost a lot so I assumed it was all done properly. She didn't need it. She was a pretty girl, anyone could see that. But she told me having the injections made her feel better about herself. Every girl has something they don't like about their looks and she mentioned her bum a few times. The industry she was trying to break into is competitive and dominated by US stars. And over there the size of your bum is extremely important."

The procedures are illegal in both the U.K. and in the U.S., but an underground black market where unskilled, untrained amateurs perform the enhancements is booming.

The Daily Mail reports that Claudia wrote about wanting to become a star..

"I’m really interested in becoming a full-time actress and model. I also dance and write music. I truly believe I can take the world by storm — I just need an agent." she wrote on one website.

Police are now searching for a transgender person who performed the surgery on Claudia and also a hip augmentation on one of her friends.

Doctors suspect the silicone was accidentally injected into a vein instead of the flesh, and that ultimately caused her death.

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Sports Illustrated gives us a 'Brief History Of Bady Paint' with some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Brooklyn Decker, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Rachel Hunter, Marissa Miller, Heidi Klum, Tori Praver, Daniella Sarahyba, Jessica Gomes, Quinana Grant, Irina Shayk, Jessica White and Julie Henderson all take part in this way too short video.... enjoy!

"These rappers rap about all the sh*t that I do rarely/ I’m like really half a billie n*gga/ Really you got baby money/ Keep it real with n*ggas, N*ggas aint got my lady money" Jay-Z "H.A.M."

Jay-Z is forever throwing subliminal jabs at rappers, some are easier to catch than others. It's pretty clear though, he was taking a jab at Birdman and Wayne on "H.A.M." with the "baby money" line.

While not engaging in a war of words, which he rarely if ever does, Stunna does acknowledge he heard the line loud and clear and responded via twitter.

If it bothered him he's not showing it as he dropped more "baby money" on a new Maybach Landaulet for about $1.4 million. Courtesy of his million dollar bet on the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl.

“I already spent that money on a Landaulet Maybach" Birdman told XXL. “My son [Weezy] is a Green Bay fan. I’m a diehard Saints fan, but he’s a die-hard Green Bay fan. So I just went hard. And I believed Green Bay was going to win, they pulled it off. My son knows a lot of about sports, so I was just like whatever he’s going to rock with I’m going to rock with hard."

Stunna says to expect him to drop a $5 million dollar bet on Floyd Mayweather Jr if ever fights Manny Pacquiao.

“I’m a fan of him, whoever he fights I think he’s gonna beat, so when he fights Pacquiao I’m going to bet 5 million.” Birdman says

As for Jay-Z, I think it's time he stops throwing subliminals and start naming names. The mere fact he's even throwing shots Wayne's direction means he might be feeling some type of way about Weezy's success.

Who do you think would win a lyrical battle between Jay-Z and Lil Wayne? And peep pics of the Maybach Landaulet below.

Nicki Minaj has pulled off a rare feat as her 'Pink Friday' album rises to number 1 on the charts 3 months after it's release with 45,000 units sold.

The album originally made it's debut at number 2 behind Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Fantasy', but it's proven to have legs and could make more history.  The single "Moment For Life" is set to take over the number 1 spot on Billboard's rap chart today.

Billboard reports that the last album to make such a climb was Ray Charles' "Genius Loves Company", which finally hit No. 1 in its 25th week.

Nicki tweeted the good news to her fans yesterday.

Part of the recent surge could be due to casual fans who saw Taylor Swift rapping Minaj's "Super Bass" lyrics at a radio station.

Whatever the reason for the climb, Nicki deserves credit. She looks to be on her way to superstardom

So far 'Pink Friday' has sold 1,035,000 copies.

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Iron Mike Tyson really seems to be in good spirits these days. The former heavyweight boxing champion and his wife just welcomed a baby into the world a couple of weeks ago, and he's landed a couple of high profile movie gigs.

In this interview with with DaTruthBoxing, Mike talks about what he's been up to, and what his plans are for 2011.

"I just finished filming Hangover 2, it was awesome. God willing we're going to go to New York to start shooting Men In Black 3," Mike said.

Iron Mike said he's finally learned to relax and not carry a chip on his shoulder.

"It's just so ironic my life is going in this direction. At one time if someone made fun of me I took myself too seriously. But life's too short, you have to enjoy life and be happy." he said

Mike talked about the highlight of his career. Becoming the youngest fighter at age-20 to win the heavyweight championship of the world. His only regret was that his mentor Cus D'Amato wasn't around to see it. He even said he might become a trainer himself.

It's no secret that the heavyweight division is in dismal shape these days, Tyson has a theory on why that is the case.

"It's horrible, not because the fighters are bad, there's nobody that's a personality that enjoy the people that are not the boxing fans. We're losing fans who are avid boxing fans. We need some excitement, we need something like MMA. When you watch a fight, after it's over in a professional boxing match, it's dead," Tyson said. "But when you go to MMA, when the bout is over intermission is a party! Intermission is off the hook, I think I'm in the club!. The [boxing} fighters are good, but we need that entertainment."

On the subject of a potential Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr fight, Mike weighed in on that was well.

"That would be a beautiful fight to watch. If Floyd wants to win this fight he has to be at his best. Can Floyd win this fight? Yes he can win this fight, but he has to be on his [A] game consistently moving with his head and his counter punching."

Former G-Unit turncoat The Game is taking L's like this season's Cleveland Cavaliers team.

His 'Red' album has been pushed back farther than Dr Phil's hairline, he got taken for $75,000 by valet drivers last Christmas. Now comes word the Compton rapper will have to un-ass nearly $100,000 for jewelry he ordered, took ownership of, but never fully paid for.

According to a TMZ report an L.A. judge ordered Jayceon to pay Lemmerman's Inc $90,999 for the jewelry ordered between 2007-2008.

The jeweler says Jayceon made a big payment initially, but then stopped paying. Now he must pay the amount owed, plus interest bringing the total to $99,000.

Here's a list of what was ordered:

- a 14K white gold 36" chain with white stones for $15,000
- a 14K yellow gold 36" chain with yellow stones for $15,000
- a diamond stud for $4,000
- a 14K white gold 5-row bracelet for $17,500
- a 14K yellow gold 5-row bracelet for $17,500
- two other gold "pieces" for $30,000

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Coach Tom Walter and Kevin Jordan

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Not many people would volunteer to donate a kidney, especially to someone they barely know, but that is exactly what Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter did.

Freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan suffered from ANCA vasculitis, a condition in which abnormal antibodies were causing his white blood cells to attack healthy tissue in his body. He needed a kidney and none of his family members were a match.

Walter decided to have himself tested and he was a match. After thinking it over and talking with his family Walter made the decision donate a kidney to Kevin.

"When we recruit our guys, we talk about family and making sacrifices for one another. It is something we take very seriously. I had the support of my family, Wake Forest and my team. To me it was a no-brainer," Walter said before the operation.

The operation took place Monday (February 7) at Emory Hospital in Atlanta and both men are expected to make a full recovery.

While doctors aren't sure if Kevin will play baseball again, he has his health thanks to his coach.

"If [Jordan] makes it back to the playing field, that would be a great story. But I just want him to have a normal life and have the chance to be a normal college student," Walter said.

Kevin's father Keith, feels like a higher power led his son to Wake Forest and Walter.

"It's like divine intervention when you look at everything that happened and how we even got to Wake Forest," Jordan said. "And then to meet a coach like Coach Walter and look at some of the things he had been through and done, and then to now do this, you just can't express it in words."

Information from  ESPN was used in this report

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Governor and 50 Cent ripped the Lopez Tonight stage by performing Gov's new hit "Here We Go Again."

Backed by George Lopez's in-house band Michael Bearden the Ese Vatos, the crowd got a much needed jolt of R&B/Soul/Rap 2011 style

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Locked in an ugly war of words with Gabriel Aubry, the father of her 2-year old daughter Nahla, Halle Berry is making it known that her daughter is black despite what anyone else may think.

Amid reports by TMZ that Gabriel, who is French Canadian, "goes nuts" anytime it's said his daughter is anything other than white, Berry gave Ebony Magazine an interview clarifying her beliefs.

"I feel like she's black, I'm black and I'm her mother, and I believe in the one-drop theory," Berry said,

The one-drop theory is a belief by some that anyone with African ancestry is black.

According to Pew Research, 1 out of 7 marriages in 2010 was either interracial or interethnic, citing these statistics:
 

*A record 14.6% of all new marriages in the United States in 2008 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another. This includes marriages between a Hispanic and non-Hispanic (Hispanics are an ethnic group, not a race) as well as marriages between spouses of different races -- be they white, black, Asian, American Indian or those who identify as being of multiple races or "some other" race

*Among all newlyweds in 2008, 9% of whites, 16% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 31% ofAsians married someone whose race or ethnicity was different from their own

Berry, whose mother is white says when her daughter is old enough she will have to make that decision for herself

"If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself, and I think that's often hard for us to do," she said.

Is the one-drop theory an outdated way to classify a race of people?

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I wonder if she has a tramp stamp on here back.

32-year old Ohio gym teacher Stacy Schuler has been indicted on 16 felony counts of sexual battery involving male students, mostly involving Mason High School football players.

An anonymous tip got an investigation started that revealed Schuler had sex off campus with 5 male students on at least 5 occasions in 2010.

Schuler turned herself in last week, but is now free awaiting trial after posting bail. She must wear an electronic monitoring device, must stay away from those 18 and under, have no contact with alleged victims and can't consume drugs and alcohol.

"Overall, I think this is an embarrassment. Not only to Mason public education, but to the teaching profession in general." Dr. Kevin Bright, Superintendent of Mason City Schools told Fox19.

Parents are angry that the teacher was placed on paid administrative leave until she resigned on Tuesday. Some even called for the school Superintendent to be fired.

"Why was Schuler put on paid administrative leave?" said John Meyer. "Send a clear-cut message that you are fired. And Mr. Kevin Bright, you're ten times more dangerous than a molester. Because it's your policies that got us where we are, and it's your policies that cost our kids their innocence. You ought to get out of Mason!"

Kool G Rap is about to drop his 1st album of all new material in nearly 8 years.

If you don't know who KGR is, this is the perfect opportunity to get familiar.

Ask any rapper on any coast and this Queensbridge legend will most likely be in their top 10 DOA.

Peep this Alchemist produced banger featuring Havoc of Mobb Deep and also check out the behind the scenes shoot for KGR's forthcoming cd.

The album 'Riches, Royalty, Respect' drops April 19.