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Chris Brown Promotes Literacy By Reading To Kids At Harlem School

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 13, 2010 at 7:30am


Chris Brown honored his previous commitment by paying a visit to the Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem.

The R&B star read the book Superhero School to third graders there on Thursday (March 11).

The school's principle invited celebrities to come to the school and Chris stepped up to the plate.

"I extended an invitation to all celebrities and politicians, and we had an acceptance by him," said Dawn Cejas, who added the evening was geared to encourage students to read

The singer enjoyed his time there adding, “I had a great time promoting the importance of literacy,”


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Death Row Records In Turmoil. Just A Year After Financing Purchase Lenders Want Their Money Back

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 13, 2010 at 5:13am


Death Row Records seems as though it's a curse these days. More dispute over owed money by the label's new owners was revealed recently.

According to a blog from the Wall Street Journal, lender New Solutions Capital Group is pleading for anyone to come bail them out, after they financed the purchase of Toronto-based WIDEawake Entertainment Group Inc.'s $18 million acquisition of Death Row out of bankruptcy back in January 2009.

Robert Thompson-So, of the lender group, said in a recent interview with Canadian Business that they've yet to see a dime from the loan, and things have "devolved into chaos" at the label, reports the Journal.

"If someone would pay the amount of the debt incurred plus a dollar, we're out," Thompson-So said, adding that the value of the debt is somewhere between $23 million and $25 million. "This is just another commercial loan transaction that started as a workout and continues to be a workout. Please -- step up to the table and take us out."

The WSJ report says that a Canadian judge ruled in December 2009 that WIDEawake Chief Executive Lara Lavi has been barred from running Death Row until a further order, and a new president was appointed.

New Solutions is now preparing to take over the business, but it's something they don't want to do.

The news comes less than a month after Dr. Dre filed a lawsuit against the new owners of Death Row Records, claiming they still owe him back royalties from his 1996 debut, The Chronic. He also claimed they released a new version of the album without his permission.

Source: BallerStatus

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Crowd Of 45,000 Expected For Manny Pacquiao Vs Joshua Clottey Fight [Face Off Video Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 5:36pm


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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- They say everything is bigger in Texas, and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks big.

So it seemed only natural that Arum, along with his new best buddy, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, would get together to put on a fight at Jones' spectacular $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington
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That is where welterweight titleholder and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will face former titleholder Joshua Clottey on Saturday night (HBO PPV, 9 ET, $49.95) in a fight that Arum considers one of the crowning achievements of his storied 44-year career as a boxing promoter.

The reason is simple: location, location, location.

Pacquiao-Clottey is certainly a significant fight just based on the involvement of Pacquiao, boxing's biggest worldwide star. But the stadium also plays a major role in generating interest.

"Much of the buzz is because it's at Cowboys Stadium. Of course, it's Manny Pacquiao, but it's also Cowboys Stadium," said Bill Caplan, Arum's longtime publicist and boxing lifer.

Said HBO senior vice president Mark Taffet, who runs HBO PPV, "I've been involved in nearly 160 pay-per-view events since 1991 with HBO PPV. This is the first pay-per-view fight we are doing in a stadium, so it's a totally unique experience for us. From a business perspective, as you know, Pacquiao-Clottey is called 'The Event,' so there was very specific recognition about the importance of Cowboys Stadium and what we believed that this stadium was bringing to the table."

That's exactly what Arum hoped for when he talked to Jones about getting away from the same old, same old casino fights.

"I am really, really excited," Arum said. "You get stale doing the same thing over and over again, going back to the casinos to put on these big events. With this event going to a fabulous, fabulous stadium like Cowboys Stadium, we're bringing the fights to the people. I think boxing can once again establish its place among the major sports in this country as it is in so many places in the world."

Promoting fights in major arenas is not new for Arum, but it's been awhile. And now he is happy to return and do it at Cowboys Stadium, where a crowd of 45,000 is expected.

"He's been promoting for 40-something years and this really gets his juices flowing," Caplan said. "It recharges Bob's battery. It's huge in a business way and in a psychological way for Bob. The interest and the enthusiasm never ends if you do new things."

Arum promoted the first fight at the Houston Astrodome, then considered an architectural marvel, when Muhammad Ali defended the heavyweight championship against Cleveland Williams in 1966.

"That building just blew me away. I had never seen anything like it before in my life, the suites, the amenities, there was nothing like it in the world," Arum said. "Now it's 44 years later and I'm back in another part of Texas. Cowboys Stadium is the most phenomenal building I have ever been in. Words really can't describe it, from that big screen [the stunning 72-foot high, 160-foot wide, $40 million HD video board] to the restaurants to the electronics. It is something really, really special. So it is a really great honor for me to be the first one to do a fight at the Astrodome and the first person to do a fight in Cowboys Stadium. I love that. … It's just thrilling."

Source: ESPN

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Sicko Who Raped His 5 Daughters, Impregnating 3 Of Them To Create 'Pure Bloodline', Won MTV Award For Directing Fugees Video

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 11:09am


An award-winning video director was unmasked Thursday as a brutal, bizarre serial breeder who repeatedly raped his daughters to create a "pure" bloodline.

Aswad Ayinde, who won an MTV award for directing The Fugees' "Killing Me Softly," fathered six kids with his daughters from the mid-1980s to 2002 - and delivered the babies himself, New Jersey prosecutors said.

Ayinde, 51, who most recently lived in Paterson, N.J., also had nine kids with his ex-wife, Beverly, and at least three more with two other women in Brooklyn, court records show.

"He said the world was going to end, and it was just going to be him and his offspring and that he was chosen," Beverly Ayinde testified at a pre-trial hearing.

Also known as Charles McGill, Ayinde faces the first of five trials next month - one for each daughter he allegedly violated, said Lisa Squitieri, the Passaic County prosecutor handling the case.

Ayinde, held on $1 million bond, was hit with 27 charges including aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, lewdness, child endangerment, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact.

His ex-wife still lives in New Jersey and a reporter found her home filled with small children. She did not return a call.

A young woman who said Ayinde was her father answered the door at the home but refused to talk about the case. "It's a painful thing. It's not something we're going to talk about outside of our family. The truth is coming out now, after a long time. That's it."

Several Web sites identified Ayinde as the director of The Fugees' video. Ex-girlfriend Subhana Rahim, 40, told The News she lived with the rape suspect from 2001 to 2004 and bore him two children.

His arrest prompted a probe by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services to determine how the suspect allegedly turned his daughters into sex slaves without their knowing.

Some of the crimes allegedly occurred while the family was under scrutiny by the agency - and after the dad admitted to a 2000 attempt to snatch his children from a hospital while the state had temporary custody.
Prosecutors said Ayinde kept the kids from blabbing by beating them with wooden boards or kicking them with steel-toed boots.

"I was afraid to ever accuse him of being demented or being a pedophile," Beverly Ayinde, who married him in 1977, told the court. "I knew the word, but I wouldn't dare use it because it would result in a beating."

Ayinde also made a point of moving his family from town to town, even squatting in an abandoned funeral home in East Orange, N.J., investigators said.

Later, he moved to Brooklyn and began passing himself off as an artist, brazenly boasting his now-grown daughters were his wives, Rahim said.

"He was this successful artist who had worked with The Fugees," Rahim told The News. "I was shocked when he told me they were his daughters and that he'd been sleeping with them."

In court papers, Rahim said she was eight months pregnant and living with Ayinde in 2002 when she discovered his horrible secret.

"I didn't try to understand something so ridiculous," said Rahim, a former lawyer at a top Manhattan law firm.

Source: NY Daily News

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Jay Rock Explains His Remake Of 50 Cent's "How To Rob" & How He Got His Deal With Warner Bros [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 10:15am


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Jay Rock is putting it down for the West Coast.

The Watts native breaks down how he went from the streets hustling to signing his deal with Warner Brothers,

He also speaks on his remake of 50 Cent's "How To Rob". In the song he talks about robbing everyone from Lil Wayne to the Three Headed Monster of 50, Eminem & Dr Dre.

Jay says it's a sign of respect to 50 Cent because he really liked the original song and wanted to put a present day spin on it.

"It wasn't any disrespect to any artists or nothing," says Jay "I was just looking at 50 Cent, how he did it back in the day. I thought that was real creative"

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"Celebrity Rehab" Wants DMX On The Show Next Season

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 9:06am


DMX is the #1 draft pick to appear on the next season of "Celebrity Rehab" -- that is, if the rehab people can somehow find a way to keep him from being locked up.

DMX's attorney, Gary Jenkins, tells TMZ reps for "Rehab" contacted him after X was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.

Jenkins says the "Rehab" team is considering sending someone to DMX's next court hearing to speak with the judge -- just like Dr. Drew did with Jessica Sierra from "American Idol" -- to try and get X placed in their care instead of being locked up.

The rapper is currently being held on no bond and is expected back in court March 16.

Source: TMZ

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'Godfather Of Soul', James Brown's Body Is Missing From It's Crypt According To Daughter

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 8:35am


James Brown's body is missing from its crypt, according to his daughter.

The remains of the singer - who died on Christmas Day 2006 (25.12.06) of a suspected heart attack aged 73 - were being held at his daughter Deanna's house in South Carolina while a public mausoleum is being prepared.

However, LaRhonda Pettit, one of James' illegitimate daughters, claims the body of the 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag' singer has gone missing to prevent her carrying out an autopsy to determine the true cause of his death.

LaRhonda, 48, is convinced James was actually killed by people trying to get his money.

She said: "My daddy's body has disappeared. I have no clue where it was taken, but I need to know where.

"I'm convinced his death was suspicious and I want the people responsible brought to justice.

"The only way to do that is to exhume his body and have an autopsy. I cannot understand why one was never conducted."

LaRhonda is one of a dozen people to come forward after James' death and claim to be one of his children, and in 2007 she took a DNA test which gave a result that he was 99.9 per cent likely to be her father.

She claims James had an affair with her mother in the 60s.

The soul singer - who was known as the 'Godfather of Soul' - had nine children by four wives and his will named six children as beneficiaries, not including LaRhonda.

LaRhonda added to America's Globe newspaper: "It was common knowledge that my daddy took illegal drugs.

"He was also hooked on various prescription painkillers. At the very least there were enablers who helped cause his death."

Source: Music-News Underground

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Lady Gaga & Beyonce "Telephone" (Official Music Video)

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 7:14am


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Lady Gaga continues to push the envelope with both her music and videos.

Her latest visuals come courtesy of the very trippy "Telephone" featuring Beyonce.

Compared to most by the numbers music videos these days this is very good. It starts off with Gaga in jail being kinky as usual. Fast forward to Beyonce picking her up and that's where the two start to dish out some devilish fun.

At a restaurant the two serve up a special Gaga dish of poison to Tyrese Gibson and others.

From there they make a getaway in their "Pussy Wagon"

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Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco Lands VH1 Reality Dating Show Titled "The Tournament" [Jimmy Kimmel Interview Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 7:00am


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It's not going to be hard to find 85 women who want to date Chad Ochocinco.

On Thursday, VH1 announced that the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, who this week is in Los Angeles training for ABC's Dancing With the Stars, will star in a reality dating show this summer.

"The Tournament" will start with Ochocinco finding 85 women interested in dating him. Then, during the first of 10 episodes, Ochocinco will narrow the playing field down to 16 -- four from each region of the country. That's when the real competition begins.

"Ochocinco is one of the most electrifying individuals in sports today. His bigger-than-life personality on- and off-the-field and his notorious skills as a social networker, connecting daily with his fans, makes him a perfect fit for VH1," said Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of VH1, in a statement. "This show will not only give viewers a look inside his professional life, but also reveal his softer more romantic side when playing a very different kind of game."

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40 Glocc & Zoo Life Entertainment Land Distribution Deal With Fontana/Universal Music Group

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 6:43am


40 Glocc and his Zoo Life Entertainment entity are continuing to make moves in 2010.

The West Coast MC announced today that Zoo Life has completed a new distribution deal with Fontana, the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group.

Benefiting from the distribution deal will be other members of Glocc's Zoo Life family including Gail Gotti, Village Boo, TipToe, Locie Locc and Lil Boo.

Through the arrangement, Zoo Life will work with Fontana exclusively as the company continues its expansion in urban music.

Speaking from a press release, Glocc says,

“I'm happy to be in business with Fontana and staff and glad my business Hand and Grind was respected enough to bring my Zoo Life label and brand amongst the world and cater to the fans independently.”

President of Fontana, Ron Spaulding, also released a statement on the new venture saying,

“Everyone at Fontana is looking forward to working with someone so incredibly focused on his music and winning as 40 Glocc. Through our new collaboration, we will work with 40 Glocc to expand the playing field for Zoo Life across all mediums and platforms even further."

Zoo Life is currently planning to release two new singles in the forthcoming months, "Damn" featuring Reality King and Ray J, and "Welcome to California" with remixes from west coast artists Xzibit, Beeda Weeda, Messy Marv and Yukmouth.

Source: HipHopWired

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Lil Wayne Barred From Signing Autographs While In Jail

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 12, 2010 at 6:29am


Lil Wayne has been told by prison officials that he will not be allowed to sign autographs while in jail.

This must come as bad news to some of the correctional officers who have been reported to be acting like fans instead of guards in Weezy's presence.

According to TMZ a rep for the Correction Officer's Benevolent Association has told them officials issued the no autograph mandate because "Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here."

I'm sure this isn't a big deal for Wayne, just one less hassle to deal with while serving his one year bid.

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Nina Sky Airs Out Their Record Label Via Twitter, Ask For Release

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 11, 2010 at 6:59pm


Just like many of their hip-hop and R&B peers, Nina Sky utilize Twitter to promote their musical stylings and keep fans in tune with their movement. Recently, the twin duo took to the social-networking site to voice concerns over a stalemate they’re experiencing with their record label, Polo Grounds Music.

“Starting a new campaign today… ‘Nina Sky Doesn’t Play Polo,’” they tweeted on Wednesday (March 10). “For months we’ve had a complete album, ready for release. Y’all wanna know what’s really goin’ on? Nothing [and] that’s the problem. We released [two] videos and singles without support from our label. All good… Stayed positive. After months of no movement, we asked to be released [and] still nothing. No acknowledgment from the President of our label, Bryan Leach. Bottom line, we want to be released. If you’re really down with our movement, holler [at] Bryan Leach.”

Nicole and Natalie, who comprise Nina Sky, originally signed with Polo Grounds Music in 2006, after an amicable release from Universal Records. Since then, the sonic dyad feels label president Bryan Leach has not kept his end of the bargain after they formed a union. “Upon signing, [Bryan said] he wasn’t gonna do what Universal did and shelve our [second] album, [Starting Today],” Natalie reveals to Rap-Up.com. “He was gonna get us in the studio, we were gonna complete our album, and we were gonna release it. Now obviously we don’t expect that to happen overnight; it takes time and we have to get in with different producers. It took like two years to complete [the album] to the point where we were happy with it. He didn’t stay true to his word.”

Though Nina Sky admits Leach pushed their first single, “Curtain Call” featuring Rick Ross, the bulk of the work has since come from them. “Me and Nicole are not gonna sit on our asses and not do anything,” Natalie says. “On our own, we did a video for ‘On Some Bull—-’ to warm people up for what was to come. He didn’t move with that. Then we decided to do another video ['Beautiful People'] to help the push. Why be signed to a label if they’re not gonna help you?”

Failed attempts to reach Leach regarding their project resulted in the candid Twitter blasts. “We met with him, and he said, ‘I’ll give you a call in a week,’” Nicole discloses. “This meeting happened three months ago. We haven’t received that call yet. But we’ll get emails saying, ‘Call me now,’ then when we do, he’ll say, ‘I’m in a meeting for another two hours.’ He strings us along.”

As a result of the issues with Polo Grounds, previously recorded Nina Sky songs have gone to other artists, namely SRC Records pop singer Shontelle. Producers Bruno and Phil gave ‘DJ Made Me Do It’—originally composed for and recorded by Nina Sky—to the Bajan singer. “That wasn’t a record that we necessarily wrote, but we conceptualized it,” Nicole states. “That record screamed ‘Nina Sky’—singing, DJing. [Shontelle's] version is me scratching on her record. Records that we have done are getting given away to other artists because Bryan Leach hasn’t paid for them.” Natalie continues, “The fact of the matter is, we lost a great record that was something we put our heart and souls into.”

While some may criticize their choice to ask for a release from their label publicly, the group, currently the faces of Rachel Roy’s ad campaign and featured on Major Lazer’s single, “Keep It Goin’ Louder,” have only one agenda: pleasing their fans. “The reason we went to Twitter is because it’s our direct connection to the people who support the Nina Sky movement,” Nicole says. “On a daily basis, we get questioned about when our album is coming out. How many times are we gonna put up a front and lie to these people, like, ‘It’s coming, it’s coming.’ We don’t have those answers, so we’re gonna give you the contact information of the person who does. As an artist, you’re conditioned to think if you say anything you’ll get blacklisted. You have to be honest with yourself about what’s happening. Your career is not over when you put things like this out there.”

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New Dr Dre Hewlett Packard Commercial "Let's Do Amazing"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 11, 2010 at 6:38pm


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Hewlett Packard has just launched a $40 million dollar ad campaign being billed as "Let's Do Amazing"


The light hearted ads will feature rapper/producer extraordinaire Dre Dre as well as comedian Rhys Darby and photographer Annie Liebovitz


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Raekwon Speaks On 'Wu Massacre' Collabo Album With Method Man & Ghostface Killah [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 11, 2010 at 3:38pm


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Although Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah are putting out the Wu Massacre album together, you shouldn't consider the trio a group — their group will always be the Wu-Tang Clan.

"We're not doing this to win. We're not doing this to bring Wu-Tang to the forefront. We're not doing this to save the group. We're a part of the group," Method Man said recently in New York. "This album could have been done by Deck, U-God and GZA. Either/or, it's still Wu-Tang. The bottom line with this LP, it was something fans always requested. It's like, what else was we doing? It was a given. Hopefully, we can all get back in the studio and get enough time to really work on an LP."


Although Meth and his fellow Clansmen were excited to make Wu Massacre, they didn't get as much time locked in the lab as they wanted. Def Jam was eager to get the album out to ride the wave of the critical success for Meth and Redman's Blackout 2, Ghostface's Wizard of Poetry and Rae's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... Pt. II.

"Def Jam put a rush on it," Meth said. "We didn't have a lot of time to work on it. We recorded with no budget. It is what it is. We did this for the fans. It felt good to get in the studio with Rae and Ghost. The future looks bright."

The LP features the three swordsmen and a host of guests, including Ghost's son Sun God and Method Man's close friend Street Life. Only a handful of songs, however, feature Meth, Rae and Ghost together.

"It's a couple of joints on there you're gonna like," Rae said. "We're not all on the same joint, because we think that's kinda corny. 'Let him get his off. Y'all two do that. I don't gotta be there.' Or 'We do that. You don't have to be there.' It's an album to get back on the mic and do what we do over hot beats. When you think of Wu, you look at it as, we make hot albums. We don't make great singles that's gonna take off. We always focus on the body of the work. We focus on the album and make sure you get a chance to vibe with us for an hour or so."

Meth, Rae and Ghost didn't get a lot of time to spend in the studio because of their individual schedules. Some songs were pulled from unreleased recordings, and Ghostface acted as the main curator for the album.

"A lot of the production was dealt with through us playing phone tag," Rae said. "Ghost had a lot to do with really binding the album together. It's a great album. I think the people gonna enjoy it. One thing about me that I could say is, lyrically, it's never been a problem for us to deliver. It's great production on the album. RZA is on there. A couple of other soldiers we work with is on there. If you're a ride-or-die Wu-Tang fan, and you know where we coming from, you're gonna enjoy this one."

One of the LP's immediate standouts is "Meth vs. Chef 2." Over dramatic horns, Rae and Meth trade verses, trying to be iller than the other.

"Sh-- on your crew, n---as it's Wu, rap athlete/ The track shoe bigger than you," Meth rhymes on the record. "I sneeze on the track and get atchu."

Rae answers: "Y'all rappers gonna feel my pain/ But the other way around, when it's going down/ I'm gonna reign."

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Wifey Material? Amber Rose In Tight Spandex [Peep More Pics Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on March 11, 2010 at 2:00pm


Amber Rose was spotted out on the town recently looking really hot.

Kanye West's girlfriend was rocking tight black see through spandex leaving very little to the imagination.

Yeezy took a big L in 2009 for the Taylor Swift incident, but he definitely won with Amber in my opinion.

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