NYDailyNews Reports
Glenn Beck Wednesday defended calling President Obama a "racist” and saying the President must be held accountable for his actions.
Beck told his radio audience that he would exercise his right to free speech whether or not he had a radio or television show.
"Just know, you are never going to shut me up,” Beck told his listeners.
The comments came after the combustible host ignited a firestorm Tuesday, when, during an appearance on FNC's freewheeling "Fox and Friends,” he said the President's reaction to the Henry Gates Jr. arrest situation in Cambridge, Mass., suggested a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
"Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade immediately responded, saying that most of the faces people see of the Obama administration are white, such as spokesman Robert Gibbs or chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
"I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he has a problem," Beck responded. "This guy is, I believe, a racist."
Beck took to the radio airwaves Wednesday with an emotional defense of his comments. "Ever notice the one making the charge of racism is never the one on trial until it's a conservative making the charge,” Beck said.
"I am not willing to bow before the king, I will never bow before the king. In America, we do not have kings,” Beck said.
"The President of the United States is not above the law, or above criticism. I will never, ever say the emperor is wearing clothes — if he's not.”
Since the story emerged, Fox executives have made it clear that although they encourage free speech, the "racist” remark was Beck's and his alone.
"During Fox & Friends" [Tuesday] morning, Glenn Beck expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel," Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming for Fox News, said in a statement. "And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."
Reaction to Beck's comments on the Daily News Web site ranged from outright approval to dismissing them as coming from a conservative white commentator trying to drum up an audience.
"Glenn Beck is another example of showboating, mostly male, mostly conservative radio and TV commentators who don't speak from fact but rather from their well-considered opinion of how much what they say will rile up their fan base and make them more famous and make them more money," wrote one reader.
Beck was reacting to Obama's initial handling of the Gates case.
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NYDailyNews Reports
Kevin Federline drew stares when he attended a celebrity sporting event Monday, but it wasn't for his golfing skills.
The former dancer stunned onlookers with his massive new size.
According to Usmagazine.com, when an employee at the Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Classic saw the large-and-in-charge Federline, he reportedly said, "Man, that's a belly on him! That's K-Fed?!"
Celebs like Verne Troyer, Frankie Delgado and Josh Henderson participated in the physical sport, while Federline, 31, apparently took it easy and spent time with girlfriend Victoria Prince in the shade sipping cocktails and smoking cigarettes.
This isn't the first time the expanding father of four has packed on the pounds.
Federline was mocked for flaunting a fuller figure last spring. However his ex Shar Jackson was quick to come to his defense.
"It's daddy weight!" said Jackson, the mother of Federline's two oldest children. "When you are a full-time parent, sometimes you can't focus on you. If gaining a few pounds is your only problem, life's not too bad!"
Maybe there is some truth to rumors his other ex Britney Spears has been calling him "K-Fatter-line" behind his burgeoning back!
Someone may need to remind Federline, who is reportedly angling for a reality show about his life as a father and with Prince, that the camera adds 10 pounds.
That is, unless the reality show K-Fed is looking to join is "Celebrity Fit Club."
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Ok, I'm just chillin on twitter yesterday tweeting or whatever. Next thing I know I'm witnessing a full on out in the open twitter beef.Between bay area rapper Mistah F.A.B.and Ozone Magazine founder Julia Beverly. Here's a blow by blow of their e-beef.
MistahFAB@juliabeverly u get to much Dick as it Is!!!! give yo pussy a Rest
about 21 hours ago from mobile web
JuliaBeverly@MistahFAB there U go w that bullshit again. U know as well as anyone how hard it is to get @ me. Tell the ppl how long U been trying
about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter in reply to MistahFAB
MistahFAB@juliabeverly it was over due I let u slide on a few things I had to say something.. Kisses Boo
about 21 hours ago from mobile web
JuliaBeverlyI'm officially not fuckin with @mistahfab. He's always making false defamatory statements about me just cuz I wouldn't fuck him. Lame
about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter
MistahFAB@juliabeverly aw u mad after that bull shit I let u get away fo this pass week Fuck it then don't fuck with me!Mad about her pussy visitors
JuliaBeverly@MistahFAB no Kisses. I'm not playing. You took this "I'm just joking" shit too far
about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter in reply to MistahFAB
JuliaBeverly@MistahFAB you're the one begging a different girl to fuck you every time I see you. You have no dirt on me stop playing
about 21 hours ago from UberTwitter in reply to MistahFAB
MistahFAB@juliabeverly U can be sensitive if u want to I don't care u know what u said .Peace my Nigga
about 21 hours ago from mobile web
JuliaBeverly@MistahFAB i said you're fat & need to work out. that's TRUE homeboy. i didn't make up LIES about u & spread false rumors in a public forum
about 20 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to MistahFAB
MistahFAB@juliabeverly beggin a different girl.. Come J be forreal. an this is Fabby ur talkin to I have a lot of dirt of u . but I would nvr air it
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
MistahFAB@juliabeverly don't make me out to b some desperate Guy. ur killin me Right now an that's not all u say u say yo sneak shit. y u get mad
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
MistahFAB@juliabeverly something much touch the Heart
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
JuliaBeverly@MistahFAB u have nothing on me, i behave myself. just leave me alone & stop slandering my name
about 20 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to MistahFAB
MistahFAB@juliabeverly I been told u stop sayin Funny sneak dissing shit an I won't say nothin but if u wana continue playin I got u
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
JuliaBeverly@mistahfab no i'm done this time boo. i'm leaving u for @bigvon
about 20 hours ago from TweetDeck
JuliaBeverly "Successfully blocked @mistahfab"
about 20 hours ago from TweetDeck
MistahFAB okay yall blowin this way outta the water. @juliabeverly yo whole existence is built off jokes an rumors u can't take yo own medicine
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
MistahFAB u say hella shit about people I'm the only one who got the nuts to say something back u wana call an text people u hella fake @juliabeverly
about 20 hours ago from mobile web
MistahFAB YALL KISS ASS IF U WANT ME, MY LIPS WASNT MADE FOR THAT!! SO FUCK ANYBODY I OFFEND ON TWITTER R N LIFE DO LIKE @JULIABEVERLY DID AN BLOCK ME
about 19 hours ago from web
Fox News pundit Glenn Beck (r.) called President Obama a 'racist' during a 'Fox and Friends' morning show on Tuesday.
NYDailyNews Reports
Fox News Channel executives are distancing themselves from controversial — and popular — host Glenn Beck, who Tuesday morning branded President Obama a "racist."
The combustable Beck ignited a firestorm when, during a Tuesday morning appearance on FNC's freewheeling "Fox and Friends," he said the President's reaction to the Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrest situation in Cambridge, Mass., suggested a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
To his credit, "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade — who recently had to apologize for comments he made about racial issues — immediately responded, saying that most of the faces people see of the Obama administration are white, such as spokesman Robert Gibbs or chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
"I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he has a problem," Beck responded. "This guy is, I believe, a racist."
Beck did not address the point further in his own show on FNC Tuesday night.
A Fox representative said there was no comment from Beck.
However, Fox executives made it clear that although they encourage free speech, the "racist" remark was Beck's and his alone.
"During Fox & Friends" [Tuesday] morning, Glenn Beck expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel," Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming for Fox News said in a statement. "And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."
Reaction to Beck's comments on the Daily News Web site ranged from outright approval to dismissing them as coming from a conservative white commentator trying to drum up an audience.
"Glenn Beck is another example of showboating, mostly male, mostly conservative radio and TV commentators who don't speak from fact but rather from their well-considered opinion of how much what they say will rile up their fan base and make them more famous and make them more money," wrote one reader.
"Beck just exposed himself as a racist to the whole world," wrote another. "Half of President Obama's family is white. I hardly think he hates white people. It is clear that Beck is insecure with himself as a white man if all he sees is color in people and not just a person. Many people still need to grow up."
Beck's comments on Obama came out of a discussion another President might have reacted to when asked about the Gates case.
Gates, a renowned Harvard professor was arrested July 16 on disorderly-conduct charges by Cambridge police who had responded to his home after a report of a break-in in progress. Gates and the police disagree on what happened next. The charges were dropped. But the case took on an elevated level of scruitiny after the
President, on prime-time television, said the police acted "stupidly."
After realizing he had inflamed the discussion, Obama backtracked and then invited Gates and the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley, to the White House for a beer.
The Gates-Crowley incident — heightened by the Obama comment — has raised the discussion of racial relations in the United States to a larger level.
Gates, who said he hopes to use his experience as part of a study of racial profiling for a PBS documentary, said he was pleased the President wanted to use the incident to create a teachable moment.
"If my experience leads to the lessening of the occurrence of racial profiling, then I would find that enormously gratifying," Gates said in a statement posted at Theroot.com. "Because, in the end, this is not about me at all; it is about the creation of a society in which 'equal justice before law' is a lived reality."
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AllHipHop Reports
Thirteen years after his death, Tupac Shakur’s first Hip-Hop recordings will now become available through a forthcoming album entitled Shakurspeare.
The project is the brainchild of Darrin Keith Bastfield, CEO of Born Busy Records. Bastfield was one of Shakur’s early collaborators, and the two formed a group together called Born Busy when a 16-year old Tupac first began to rap.
For long-time fans, the album will offer the first glimpses of Tupac’s Hip-Hop journey, back when he was known by his first rap name of MC New York.
"I was there when Tupac heard himself for the first time rapping on a recording. As he sat in the cafeteria of the Baltimore School for the Arts it was as if he couldn’t believe that he was listening to himself,” Bastfield told AllHipHop.com. “Just as Tupac was quietly amazed by hearing himself, I want people to hear Tupac as a young artist in his very first recordings ever having fun, rapping about issues that concerned us, and most importantly giving a cautionary and timely ‘Message of Peace’ in his own voice as if he was already a big rap star with a reputation to uphold.”
The title Shakurspeare is an allusion to a conversation between Bastfield and a 17 year-old Shakur, where the aspiring emcee revealed that he dreamed of becoming as renowned Shakespearean actor.
The LP cover will illuminate this motif by having a Bastfield oil painting depicting Shakur as Shakespeare.
"This project was a very spiritual undertaking for me, but most importantly it is about creating art and being educational. The vocals to the songs we wrote were all recorded accapella in 1988 on a cassette tape,” Bastfield explained. “Through technology the vocals were able be extracted, digitally mastered, and put to contemporary music that was produced in 2008. I wanted to keep the recordings as close to the vein of our ideas from back in the day. As far as new material to assist with the concept of the album as being like an audio documentary, I chose to work with producers and artists in my own backyard which are native of Baltimore, Maryland which includes International Jazz recording artist Maysa. My life and times with Tupac Shakur all happened in Baltimore, so I wanted the spirit of the Shakurspeare album, just as the book, to stay consistent.”
The new album will mark Bastifield’s second Tupac Shakur project. In 2002, he released the book Back in the Day: My Life and Times with Tupac Shakur through One World/Ballantine.
At press time, Shakurspeare will be released digitally on September 13 through Born Busy Records.
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International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas.
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AllHipHop Reports
Funk pioneer George Clinton will be honored at this year’s annual BMI Urban Awards ceremony organizers announced today (July 28).
The event, which takes place in September, honors the top Urban songwriters that belong to BMI, one of the oldest performance rights organizations.
Clinton will officially be named a “BMI Icon,” joining artists like James Brown, Little Richard, The Bee Gees, Willie Nelson, The Jackson, Al Green, rapper Reverend Run and numerous others.
His songs with groups like Parliament, Funkadelic and The P. Funk All Stars have been sampled by countless rappers throughout the years, including Dr. Dre, Outkast, Snoop Dogg, EPMD and others.
“Hip-Hop has helped keep funk alive,” Clinton told AllHipHop.com in a previous interview. “The parents finally started liking it because it had that P-funk in it. Then the kids started learning about the (original) P-funk. So you have two generations in Hip-Hop.”
In addition to being honored, an all-star group of yet-to-be announced artists will take to the stage to salute Clinton. BMI President and Co-CEO Del Bryant will host the event along with BMI Atlanta VP of writer/publisher relations, Catherine Brewton.
The BMI Icon awards ceremony takes place September 10 in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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NewYorkDailyNews Reports
Enraged at being two-timed, a Queens woman poured boiling water on her unfaithful husband's groin as he slept Monday, police said.
In a twisted act of revenge, Oyinda Ojofeitimi, 67, a registered nurse, carried out the crotch-scalding attack to ensure her spouse stopped cheating, cops said.
"She was hurt and angry that after all this time married, he was stepping out on her," a police source said. "She wanted to shut down that possibility forever because he had treated her with such contempt."
The painful wakeup call left Emmanuel Ojofeitimi, also a nurse, screaming in the bedroom of the couple's home on Milburn St. in Springfield Gardens.
"I could hear it through the ceiling," said a mother of two, who rents an upstairs apartment in the feuding couple's house. "It was a physical altercation. It was the woman screaming and him in the background."
"They took him out on a stretcher," said another neighbor, Felix Smith.
The woman immediately regretted the assault and called 911, cops said. She was treating him with cold compresses when paramedics arrived. Her husband, 67, suffered second- and third-degree burns from his knees to his abdomen, police said. He was being treated at the burn unit at Nassau University Medical Center.
Oyinda Ojofeitimi told cops she recently had learned her husband of 20 years had been unfaithful.
Fed up and furious, she awoke at 6 a.m. and boiled a pot of water on her stove, cops said. As her husband slept, she poured the pot on his privates, cops said.
Arrested on assault charges, the betrayed wife, an immigrant of Grenada, was awaiting arraignment Monday night.
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Ballerstatus Reports
Rik Cordero is the creative brain behind many hip-hop videos. He directed visuals for everyone from Jay-Z and Ghostface Killah to KRS-One and Wale. He brightened up music channels like BET and MTV with his artistic, daring shooting methods. It was only natural he was nominated as a 2009 BET Award for Video Director of the Year. With the release of his second film, "Inside A Change," Cordero is expanding his talents. BallerStatus caught up with Cordero to talk about his latest project, exploring boundaries and his come-up in the entertainment industry.
Cordero was introduced to hip-hop music at an early age, through by his sister who was a hardcore fan. When talking to Cordero, it becomes clear the talented director knows what he's talking about. Ask him anything about records like "Dana Dane With Fame" or LL Cool J's "Bigger And Deffer", and he'll have the answer. "When I actually got into the game it was very clear to each artist that I worked with that I respected the culture. It's definitely more than being a fan. However, it's also recognizing the individual personalities that create the landscape of hip-hop and learning how to bring the best out of them. What I do is very simple, I make a human, emotional connection and these artists recognize that."
We're rewinding to the day Cordero directed his very first hip-hop music video, which was in '07. "My first major hip-hop video was Joell Ortiz's 'Brooklyn Bullsh**'. I literally met Joell that day and the chemistry was pretty instant. I think we both felt like we had something to prove and the end result was a very natural and raw hip-hop video that propelled Joell's album The Brick: Bodega Chronicles to one of the best independent albums that year. It all happened very fast, but that co-sign led to my career as a music video director," Cordero recalls. When asking about the best video ever made, Cordero doesn't pick one from his own catalog. He chooses "Thriller" by the late, great Michael Jackson, which was directed by John Landis. "I remember as a kid I had the 'Thriller' poster on my bedroom door. I would wake up in the middle of the night and scare myself silly when I looked at the zombies. I'd run into my parents room in a cold sweat, but for some reason I could never remove the poster from bedroom. I watched the video recently and it still retains the same power."
Cordero is known for applying unusual, non-traditional shooting methods in his work. "A lot of my current methods stem from my own shooting experiments as a kid. I never went to film school, so I would learn by making a ton of mistakes early on. My goal was to change the perception of how film making can exist as an art form without the baggage of budgets attached to it. Music and painting are not judged on the merits of how much money was spent to create. You either make an emotional connection or not," he says on his signature style. Also part of his signature style is New York City, which is the setting for many of Cordero's videos. The diversity of the boroughs make Cordero's hometown an ideal setting for his videos and movies. "There are just so many resources and favors I can pull for any given project. Other than that, there's definitely an adrenaline rush while shooting here because no matter what you're shooting, with permits or not, commuters, business owners, cops, simply don't like it," Cordero explains. "I just shot a video down in Georgia and the vibe is completely different. People are more welcoming and generally positive about something being shot in their neighborhood. In New York, it's the complete opposite, which presents a greater challenge. I guess I'm drawn to that."
So how has working and growing up in New York contributed to Cordero's personal and artistic development? It's the energy the city exudes that gives him something. That, coupled with the "go-getter" attitude most New Yorkers hold, has help mold this young director's own attitude. "New Yorkers are always in a rush so that energy has definitely contributed to my determination and work ethic. It's a place where you can feel really lonely despite being surrounded by thousands of people. I've always been somewhat introverted so film making helped to overcome my shyness around others and develop my social skills."
Not too often do people with a love for film making walk the path of being an employee at Masterdisk to building a production company. Cordero's determination help him learn different skills that now apply to his own business. "Film making was a profession I've always wanted to be a part of, but I got discouraged by statistics and financial horror stories. So, I figured it wasn't something that I could pursue full-time. When I graduated college with a bachelor in fine arts, I was able to land various production jobs in New York City. This led to learning different skill sets that I would eventually apply to film making," Cordero says about his come-up. "My last job as an employee was at Alloy Media and Marketing, which was a pretty comfy gig. However, after we shot the Jay-Z 'Blue Magic' Trailer, more and more jobs began to line up and I began shooting full-time."
Backed by a handful of people, Cordero launched Three/21 Films, a production company that is dedicated to producing innovative music videos, documentaries, shorts and narrative features by any means necessary. The second movie produced by Three/21 Films, "Inside A Change," makes its world premiere at 2009 New York International Latino Film Festival at the end of the month. "My heart lies in long form narrative storytelling, which led to my second feature film. We wrapped in April. It's a coming of age story about a kid who is about to go to jail for six months, but before he leaves, he has to throw his mom a surprise birthday party while bringing his brothers together to be a family. It's a really heartfelt story based on true events and made with some truly gifted actors and an amazing crew," Cordero tells us about the story line.
Having done a boatload of music videos, with this movie, Cordero has a chance to say what he has to say as a film maker, which as mentioned has been his dream all along. "I'm really proud of it. I think my audience will recognize that some of the stronger videos I've done were all related to a captivating narrative. This feature allows me to take my time with the characters and let the story unfold without any crazy fast editing."
Ephraim Benton did a tremendous job playing troubled teenager Chris Price, which Cordero says "pretty much carries the entire film". But, he wasn't his first pick when the lead role came along. Fortunately, the original lead fell through and Benton was ready. "When our original actor fell through, I immediately called Ephraim who came onboard only a few weeks before we began principal photography," Cordero says on the main character of the movie. "The audition process all felt very natural and once we had our core family together, all of the supporting cast just fell into place. It was all instinctual."
Aside from the main cast, Cordero also calls in a few favors, enlisting some of his past clients such as Consequence and Joell Ortiz, both of whom appear in "Inside A Change" in short cameos. "I wanted to incorporate certain elements that the real Chris possessed such as rapping and poetry. However, I didn't want that to overshadow the fictional Chris' journey which is why I made Darius (Consequence) the vessel to his ideas. Consequence seemed like the obvious choice to me because he was from Queens and he was also very inspirational to me in the same way the real Chris was. For the role of Victor Reyes, Joell was a great addition."
When asking what part of the movie resonated with him the most, Cordero says the ending definitely strikes a chord with him every time, especially since it took nearly two years to make the actual film happen. There was finance problems, but most importantly, he was able to memorialize his friend. "I really feel in my heart that I did all that I could possibly do to memorialize him. And the film has that kind of sincerity that can only come from a personal experience," he explains.
"Change is when a situation occurs that alters your perception on life. Change is now and not tomorrow." That's the message Cordero wants to send out through the film. Change is also something the gifted director has been adding to music video channels for over two years now. With his creative shooting methods and ability to make a top-notch video without a major budget, Cordero was and still is a breath of fresh air to the game. And after watching Inside A Change, we're convinced that he'll leave the same mark on the movie industry.
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Track List:
01. Intro - Mazaradi Fox
02. In Hollywood (Round Go) - Mazaradi Fox
03. Sun Goes Up - Mike Murda, Scrams & A.T
04. Deep Cover Remix - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Ru Spits
05. Feels So Good - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams & A.T
06. Officer Ricky - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Fat Boy
07. 100 Grand - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Mike Murda & A.T
08. Red Flag - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams & A.T
09. Nyce Da Future Speaks
10. Fuck Lord Tariq - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams & Nyce Da Future
11. Swammis On Deck - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams & Fat Boy
12. U Perfect - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Nyce Da Future
13. SOO Whoo - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams, G Baby & Joffy
14. Who Shot You - Mazaradi Fox Feat. Scrams, Joffy, & Nyce Da Future
15. Outro - Mazaradi Fox
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