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Seems like maybe one or two basketball prodigies comes along every decade. You had players like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 80's. Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon in the 90's, Shaquille O'Neal from the early 90's right into this century. While Kobe Bryant and Lebron James have dominated from early 2000 until now.

Could we be seeing the next great player in the form of a 5'1 5th grader?

Jaylin Fleming is only ten years old, but he already has high school and college coaches hoping and praying that he will one day play for them.

Jaylin has only been playing for two years and already has the skills to start for a lot of high school teams.

The kid is also humble, giving all the credit to God for his talent, he's also a straight A student.

Check out footage of Jaylin below.

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As previously reported on PaperChaserDotCom. The mother of a 9 year old daughter who witnessed Erykah Badu disrobing at Dealey Plaza in Dallas during the filming of her music video "Window Seat" promised to file charges against the singer.

Yesterday (April 2) Ida Espinosa made good on that promise.

As a result Badu has been charged with disorderly conduct.

Sergeant Warren Mitchell said, "Having a fact witness that was there, is what let us file the charges,"

"After much discussion, we feel that these charges best fit her conduct. She disrobed in a public place without regard to individuals and small children who were close by."

Erykah now has the option of fighting the charges or paying a fine of up to $500.

Witness Ida Espinosa declined to offer a comment.

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US neo-soul singer Erykah Badu has been charged with disorderly conduct for stripping naked on a street among pedestrians for her music video shoot.

She ended by re-enacting receiving a fatal gunshot to the head at the spot in Dallas where President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

Sergeant Warren Mitchell said Badu was charged after a witness offered a sworn statement to police on Thursday.

Badu's spokeswoman had no immediate comment on Friday.

The singer, who was born in Dallas, performed a walking striptease in front of tourists and pedestrians during the shoot in Dealey Plaza on 13 March for her video for the song Window Seat.

Sgt Mitchell added that the police department has had "people calling from all across the country to express their concern".

"Having a fact witness that was there, is what let us file the charges," he said.

"After much discussion, we feel that these charges best fit her conduct. She disrobed in a public place without regard to individuals and small children who were close by."

He said Badu can either fight the charge or pay the fine. Disorderly conduct is punishable by a fine of up to $500 (£328).

Witness Ida Espinosa, 32, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Friday.

Source: BBC



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A dozen days will pass before the Knicks go underground, before they leave LeBron James and his playoff-worthy peers with a wink and a tweak of a smoky Sinatra line -- excuse us while we disappear.

Another grim Garden season will be complete, and then a city of 8 million point guards will fast-forward past the Finals and the draft and stop dead on the stroke of midnight, July 1, when Knicks president Donnie Walsh makes what could be the biggest phone call in the history of New York sports.

LeBron, this is Donnie. Will you stay or will you go?

Actually, that first call will go to James' agent, Leon Rose. But no rep is making this decision. Only an athlete with a "Chosen 1" tattoo racing across his comic-book back can decide what, exactly, he was chosen to do.

To lead the hometown Cavaliers to a title or three? To save the big-market Knicks from themselves?

James should pick Door No. 2. Win, lose or draw in the playoffs, he should honor the magnitude of his game, his persona and his appeal and do a summer deal with the Knicks that would reduce the sale of Babe Ruth to a story the size of a rosin bag.

No, this isn't to say a start-to-finish career in Cleveland amounts to a bad option. The Cavaliers have been good to LeBron. They've built a consistent contender around him, and, of course, they'll pay him the maximum wage to stay, some $30 million more than the Knicks are allowed to bid.

And let's face it: If Cleveland was good enough for Jim Brown, it should be good enough for LeBron James.

Only it's not quite good enough when measured against New York. This isn't about the pizza, or the weather, or the nightlife, or whatever default positions writers often embrace when elevating one market at the expense of another.

This is about legacy, and one too important to be left in the hands of a New York columnist with an agenda.

Yes, I want to cover the world's best player. Yes, I want the Garden to be the Garden again. Yes, I needed to run into Pat Riley at last month's Big East tournament -- the two of us talking about '93 and '94 and '95 -- to remember what the city was like when the Knicks were playing for a title, even if they didn't win one.

So the pitch to LeBron belongs to more prominent voices, to past and present combatants in the New York arena, to five men from other corners of America and one plucked right off the asphalt of Rucker Park.

They all believe the Chosen One would benefit from choosing the Knicks. Only the former baller from Rucker Park, Donnie Walsh, was prohibited under David Stern's law from saying so.

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Lil Wayne Writes His Fans From Prison


Lil Wayne has set up a website WeezyThanxYou.com to keep his fans updated on how things are going with him while in prison.

He promises to write each week and answer as many fan letters as possible. Check out his first letter below.

"During my prison stint, I want my fans to know I love you. I want all of you to know that I appreciate all the mail I get, and this is my way of saying thank you. The F is for Family, Friends, and Fans.

Love. Live. Life. Proceed. Progress. That’s who I am and who I’ll always be. You see, we’re all living on borrowed time, so I’m not worried about this situation. Life happens quick. The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done…you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do. Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building up your future. So for my time here, my physical will be confined to the yard. My love and my spirit, however, know no boundaries.

I’m in good spirits man, for real. My kids race through my mind all day. They know they were created with love, so love is how their life will be defined. I just hope my love and adoration for them provides a temporary bandage on a wound I unknowingly inflicted on them.

Real soon, you can catch me blogging for ESPN again thank you espn for not letting my passion for sports perish. I work out a lot because it helps pass the time. I read the Bible everyday. Jail didn’t make me find God, He’s always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls.

But this isn’t all about me, you are the reason for this letter. It’s because of you Rebirth went gold when critics aborted it. It’s because of you Young Money is and will always be a movement. If the weight of the world is on your shoulders, I beg of you, place it on mine. That’s the least I could do for you, after all you have sacrificed for me. If I could, I’d write each one of you back. Because of this, my team and I have created a website where you can view my letters. Each week I’ll answer as many questions as I possibly can.

For real, this will be the best way we can communicate for the coming months. The same way yall miss me, I miss yall, only 100 times more. To those who hate. Hate is only a form love that hasn’t found a way to express itself logically. Keep sending the letters and I promise keep responding. Thank YOU, thank YOU, thank YOU. No matter what they do to erase me, my love for you will always be permanent. Remember that. Take care. God bless."

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Lil Wayne Writes Letter To Fans From Jail

Recently, Weezy explained the idea behind Weezythanxyou.com, which will basically serve as his gate way to the free world. The site will allow the Young Money quarterback to post daily status updates as well as answer fan questions. “I wanted to do something for my fans, so they know I am still with them and that I love them very much,” Wayne told me not too long ago. Fans who want to keep up Weezy’s release date will allowed to see a continuously running countdown clock until Dr. Carter returns home later this year.

Below you can read Lil Wayne’s first letter to his fans:

Love. Live. Life. Proceed. Progress. That’s who I am and who I’ll always be. You see, we’re all living on borrowed time, so I’m not worried about this situation. Life happens quick. The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done…you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do. Trying to tear down the past prohibits you from building up your future. So for my time here, my physical will be confined to the yard. My love and my spirit, however, know no boundaries.I’m in good spirits man, for real. My kids

race through my mind all day. They know they were created with love, so love is how their life will be defined. I just hope my love and adoration for them provides a temporary bandage on a wound I unknowingly inflicted on them.

Real soon, you can catch me blogging for ESPN again thank you espn for not letting my passion for sports perish. I work out a lot because it helps pass the time. I read the Bible everyday. Jail didn’t make me find God, He’s always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls.

But this isn’t all about me, you are the reason for this letter. It’s because of you Rebirth went gold when critics aborted it. It’s because of you Young Money is and will always be a movement. If the weight of the world is on your shoulders, I beg of you, place it on mine. That’s the least I could do for you, after all you have sacrificed for me. If I could, I’d write each one of you back. Because of this, my team and I have created a website where you can view my letters. Each week I’ll answer as many questions as I possibly can.

Mia Edwards (Southern California) – I wish you nothing but the best for you. Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful. I’ll keep you in mind whenever I decide to do an autobiography on my life.

Kelly Holloman (Brooklyn) – I still remember your letter. You have a great spirit. Thank you for the words and being a real fan. I love you.

Nurris Terrero (New York) – Your letter was so thoughtful and sincere. The way you worded everything left me in awe. Please send suggestions on books I should read. I look forward to checking them out.

For real, this will be the best way we can communicate for the coming months. The same way yall miss me, I miss yall, only 100 times more. To those who hate. Hate is only a form love that hasn’t found a way to express itself logically. Keep sending the letters and I promise keep responding. Thank YOU, thank YOU, thank YOU. No matter what they do to erase me, my love for you will always be permanent. Remember that. Take care. God bless.

Give me the patience that I need
To keep my piece of mind,
And with life’s cares, I hope, Dear God,
Some happiness to find.
Give me the courage to face life`s trials
and not to from troubles run.
let me keep this thought in mind.
“Thy Will,” not “Mine,” be done.

- “Pray”



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Lindsay Lohan is broke -- so much so, she can't even pay her rent on time, sources tell TMZ.

We've learned Lindsay was two months behind in rent and her landlord sent her a legal notice to pay or get out. Lindsay just paid her landlord $23,000 to become current.

What's worse ... Lindsay isn't pulling in any income and her prospects for work are almost non-existent because of substance abuse issues ... according to our sources.

In the few days since TMZ published the story that friends and professionals are deeply afraid for Lindsay, the situation has become even more dire. We're told there is still a strong feeling -- even resignation -- that Lindsay will die soon if she doesn't get help.

There is deep frustration among the remaining people in Lindsay's world that her mom, Dina, is enabling her daughter by insisting Lindsay is fine.

As for how Lindsay could possibly be in compliance with her alcohol education program -- all she's required to do is go to the classes and refrain from driving. Drug and alcohol testing are not part of the drill.

More evidence of Lindsay's situation: last night she went to Les Deux, where she once again fell -- hard -- on her way out of the club. After the crash, she got up, dusted herself off ... and went to another nightclub

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Gabourey Sidibe's year just keeps getting better!

The Academy Award-nominated actress, 26, has another prestigious showbiz title to add to her resume: Saturday Night Live host
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Sidibe's rep confirms to PEOPLE that the Precious star will be taking on hosting duties for the April 24 show. Unfortunately Sidibe's self-professed crush Justin Timberlake will not be the musical guest. Instead, NBC announced that psychedelic indie rockers MGMT will perform on the show.

It's been a whirlwind past few months for Sidibe who kicked off her career with Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nods and a win at the Independent Spirit Awards.

In addition to Sidibe, NBC has also announced that Tina Fey will host an April 10 episode of SNL with musical guest Justin Bieber, and Ryan Phillippe will helm the April 17 broadcast with musical guest Ke$ha.

Source: People.com

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Cleveland Browns DT Shaun Rogers was arrested after officials found him with a gun at the Hopkins International Airport on Thursday.

Police told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer that the gun was loaded.

WOIO-TV in Cleveland reported officials found the gun as Rogers was set to board an aircraft.

Rogers is a three-time Pro Bowler whom the Browns acquired from the Detroit Lions in 2009. The AP reported that Rogers was taken into custody without incident.

Browns president Mike Holmgren issued a statement about the incident:

"We are aware of what transpired with Shaun Rogers. We will continue to gather additional information, and until the legal process has taken its course, we will reserve any further comment."

Source: USA Today



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Inside Chris Orsaris' $5 Million Dollar Queens Crib

A slippery used-car dealer embezzled $7 million to finance his mob fantasies, living large in Southampton and South Beach - surrounded by muscle-bound flunkies and drug dealers, authorities said.

High-flying Chris Orsaris, 37, funneled a fortune in inflated sale commissions from a Queens dealership into "the sordid lifestyle of a 'wanna-be' criminal," federal officials said Thursday.

The car-peddling prodigy, whose sales career started as a teen, used the stolen cash to cover his exorbitant spending: a $5.5 million Trump World Tower apartment, a $2.9 million Hamptons home and a $2 million Florida condo, officials said.

Orsaris, who also owned a $5 million Queens waterfront home, even bought an $860,000 yacht christened B LOW ME - and then filed a bogus claim that it was stolen, officials said.

The Greek-American loved his "Sopranos"-styled life so much that he threatened a suspected informant by delivering a black candy rat to the would-be witness, officials said.

Orsaris, who appeared in Long Island Federal Court on Thursday, was denied bail in the massive fraud and embezzlement scheme at Major Automotive Cos., a $300-million-a-year business with 14 city dealerships.

Orsaris first embraced the mob lifestyle after a 2002 divorce, federal prosecutors said in court papers.

He got engaged to the daughter of reputed Genovese crime family capo Anthony (Tough Tony) Federici - but his attempt to marry into the mob didn't work out as well, federal sources told the Daily News.

Orsaris' romance ended after he was caught canoodling with a stripper, the sources said.

Amid rumors that Orsaris' wandering eye was replaced by two black eyes, the engagement was called off, the sources related.

Federici could not be reached for comment.

The feds, in their letter arguing against bail, described Orsaris as a voracious thief who hired thugs and drug dealers to work as his flunkies between 2004 and 2009.

Once they were on the payroll at Major Automotive Cos., the "employees" served as Orsaris' bodyguards, chauffeurs and personal assistants, the letter said.

In between, the workers distributed steroids, shipped a cocaine-laden car to Greece - and in one case, watched the divorced Orsaris' kids on their weekend visitation with dad.

Other known criminals were hired and given no-show jobs, the letter said, while Orsaris greedily lined his pockets.

"Orsaris has intentionally associated with violent and non-violent criminals [and] drug dealers," wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Burton Ryan.

Orsaris began his career peddling used cars for Major Automotive in 1992, moving up through the ranks.

At the time of his Tuesday arrest, Orsaris was general manager of Major Chevrolet Long Island City - one of the nation's largest used-car dealerships.

He was immediately fired.

"He was a very trusted employee," said Steven Harfenist, lawyer for Major Automotive. "We've cooperated fully with the government, and the matter will be resolved in court."

164-count indictment

Orsaris was busted on a 164-count indictment accusing him of funneling the stolen funds through three sham corporations - and forging his boss' signature as part of the scam.

It was his second bust in a month: Police nabbed the suspect for assaulting his girlfriend on March 1. There also were two outstanding orders of protection against Orsaris.

Defense lawyer Joseph Conway did not return a call for comment.

The yacht scam illustrated Orsaris' brazen approach. The car salesman stored his craft at the College Point Yacht Club, reported it stolen and collected $112,000 in insurance, authorities said.

In a 2000 interview, Orsaris explained his business philosophy: "I look to go an inch ahead, not an inch back."

If convicted, Orsaris won't be going anywhere soon: He faces more than 1,000 years in prison - although a likely term is 10 years

Source: NY Daily News

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(AllHipHop News) A new song by rapper Jeezy hit the Internet last night titled “Mamma Told Me” featuring Esther Dean.

The track is taken from Jeezy’s anticipated album, Thug Motivation 103.

In anticipation of the album, Jeezy has changed his name, by dropping the Young and will have a more focused attitude on this album.

Jeezy, who hit Miami where he took pictures for his Vibe Magazine cover spread, discussed the album in the latest issue of the magazine.

“I feel like the last Mohican dawg...I feel like the last man standing,” Jeezy stated. “I done seen it, I done done it. I done smelt it...I know what I am. But I know what I’m not about to become. I gotta stand for something, man. Who better?

According to Jeezy, he is finding inspiration in rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., both of whom died in a violent feud.

Jeezy vowed to avoid similar conflicts in the future.

Pac and Big gone...They no more. Only thing you can hear is they voice, my n***a, and you know what they voice telling me? You gotta keep it moving, man. F**k the dumb s**t...I’m four albums in. How many albums Big have, two? He ain’t make it that far. So I’m already ahead of the game.”

Jeezy is putting the final touches on Thug Motivation 103, which is due to be released in 2010.


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According to Fabolous, the back-and-forth he had with fellow New York heavyweight Jim Jones recently on Twitter was no big deal — just jokes. It's not going to lead into any dis records.

The same day Fab's "Body Ya" video hit the Internet, Jones tweeted about MCs he felt were biting his style. "I just seen another rapper's video that look just like my chain gang n scarf," Jones wrote. "Damn, I'm sonnin these n----az. I guess my style might body ya. Lol.'"


Loso came back on his Twitter page with more comedy, poking fun at Jones' mixtape The Ghost of Rich Porter. "#iJustWannaKnoWhy the competition won't stay #Dead," he wrote. "Maybe I should [release] a new mixtape call #TiNc3 — Ghost of the Competition."

"#iJustWannaKnoWhy ni--as think they invented Louis Vuitton??" Fab wrote later. "#nowplaying — 'You're Only a Customer' by Jay Z."

Jones came back with, "Can I at least get a thank u for gettin ur Twitter acct poppin? Lol. I'm out. I quit. I quit. Pow pow, play dead. Lol."

Fab spoke with us on Wednesday about the situation. He says he doesn't see things escalating.

"I don't know where his comment came from," Fab said. "I joked around with it too. It was kinda subliminal.

"I think it's definitely competition," Fab added. "But you can say things — it gets taken out of context whether you meant it as a joke or not. It could have been his opinion, but it still was thrown the way he threw it. It could have been taken in the context of you taking a shot at somebody. But I had fun with it, I made some jokes. That's it. I'm not looking at it as I got a really big problem or East Coast/West Coast beef. I cracked a couple of jokes about it. I'm not making a dis record about it. The point I'm in, I'm focusing on career. I'm branded as an artist. I'm almost 10 years in the game. Twitter dissing isn't important. My last mixtape states where I'm at — there is no competition. That's on Twitter as well."

Fab's "Body Ya" — in which he kills everyone he comes in contact with just by being in the same vicinity — is just one of many visuals coming from his mixtape The Funeral Service: There Is No Competition 2.

"I just shot 'I'm Raw.' Since we were talking about 'raw,' we went to a meat house in Brooklyn," the BK native explained. "It's also a story line, same as 'Body Ya.' The story line starts off with me working in a meat market. Definitely a great video. It's a great visual for a project that was a mixtape project. I wanted to expand it a little more."

Source: MTV

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NEW YORK – Jennifer Hudson didn't gain a huge amount of weight when she was pregnant with her son, but it was enough to make her do a double-take when she saw a picture of herself.

"I didn't realize it was me," the singer and actress said Thursday. "I was like, 'Who? ... Oh, my God, this is me.' And now when I look back, wow, look at the difference from then to now."

Hudson, a former "American Idol" finalist who won a best supporting actress Academy Award for "Dreamgirls," has lost the baby weight and more, and she says it's because of Weight Watchers — for which she is the new spokeswoman.

Hudson said she has always been happy with her curves but after she gave birth to David Daniel Otunga Jr. last August she felt the need to take control of her body and her eating habits.

"How can I make a better me, or grow or do some changes, anything, just experiment, because I have me back now," she said. "And then at the same time, having the baby ... it's like, OK, this is a good way of how I would want my child to grow up, because so many times in growing up, you gain really bad habits ... so I want to make sure that he's going into this and I'm being a good example for him."

She said that her lifestyle change has even rubbed off on her fiance, David Otunga, who has recently been wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment.

"Now he's in the habit of writing down what he's eating," she said. "He's doing weigh-ins. He's super healthy, and he's a bodybuilder type, but he is inspired by it."


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A Chinese army recruit's first attempt at throwing a grenade almost ended in disaster.

He attempts to toss the grenade over his bunker wall, it hits the wall and bounces right back at him. Lucky for him his quick thinking instructor pulls him to safety just as the bomb explodes.

The recruit later says his mind went blank and he thought was was a goner.

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Wherever Lamar Odom is, he can't be a happy camper.

While he's grinding on the basketball court getting ready to head into the playoffs with the Los Angeles Lakers. His wife is auditioning for the next Girls Gone Wild dvd.

Khloe was hanging out with sister Kourtney in Miami Beach when she inexplicably decides to flash her breasts. Kim on the other hand managed to keep

What people won't do for attention these days, smh.

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