Don't expect retired NBA star turned tv analyst, Charles Barkley and NBA player Lebron James to hang out with each other anytime soon.
Barkley has been a very vocal critic of Lebron's decision to leave Cleveland for Miami. Now he's ripping Bron for saying race had something to do with the media backlash he got after the big decision.
"It’s like watching a movie. Just when you think it couldn’t get any stupider, it gets more stupid,” Barkley told SRI.
Barkley goes on to further question King James' decision making, and ESPN's continued coddling of the star.
"Sometimes you just say he’s making bad decisions and you’re like okay, he’s gonna get it together. Then he makes more bad decisions. The thing that’s interesting about LeBron, I don’t think Magic, Michael, and myself, we said we wouldn’t have did it. That’s not a criticism. We were asked a question. I don’t want to play with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, or Michael, I want to beat them. That’s strictly basketball. The only criticism I’ve heard about LeBron and it was my biggest criticism, that decision thing was just stupid. It was stupid. The second thing when they all came out there dancing around on stage, that was silly. That’s the only thing I’ve heard LeBron get criticized about. That has nothing to do with race. That’s what makes this last thing so stupid. That’s stupid. The only criticism of LeBron has been the decision and the one hour of our life that we can’t have back. And ESPN, oh my God. Oh my God. To go down to training camp and report everyday is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. I’m watching yesterday and one of the guys actually said LeBron looked fierce in practice. I’m like fierce in practice? What the hell does that mean? He was fierce in the second day of training camp. You’re like come on man, he really didn’t say that did he. This summer with LeBron and all the stuff that went on is like a bad movie. You just can’t make this stuff up.”
Barkley is entitled to his opinion, but I think he's being too critical of James. Barkley was no choir boy when he played. James is young and will learn from his mistakes. Hopefully without Charles Barkley constantly on his back.
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Kanye West came through in the cobra clutch with a superior G.O.O.D. Friday track. Yeah it's a little late but who cares when it's this dope?
Ye wasn't going to release a new joint this week due to leaks from his new album, but luckily, he changed his mind.
We got the PLK, LLoyd Banks with Kid Cudi, Kanye, Pusha-T, John Legend and Ryan Leslie.Download HereRead more…
Kanye West came through in the cobra clutch with a superior G.O.O.D. Friday track. Yeah it's a little late but who cares when it's this dope?
Ye wasn't going to release a new joint this week due to leaks from his new album, but luckily, he changed his mind.
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Video After The JumpExcuse my ignorance on the sport of bullfighting. I had no idea there were females that did this.
It's never easy to watch any fighter get gored by an 1100 pound bull, but watching it happen to a female was especially tough.
Noelia Mota suffered severe head, cervical, thoracic and abdominal injuries last Sunday (October 26), when the horse she was riding lost its balance and she was gored by a bull in Marbella, Spain.
Noelia is currently in a medically induced coma, while doctors try to reduce swelling to her brain.
Video After The JumpI'm really digging the trend of rappers using bands in concert and live television appearances. It shows the progression of hip hop, from when performances were strictly two turntables and a mic. While I see nothing wrong with the latter, I do think live bands will become more the norm, and will free the dj up to do more cutting and scratching.
All that leads up to is me saying Drake was exceptional on Late Show With David Letterman last night (October 1). Where he performed "Show Me A Good Time" from his debut album 'Thank Me Later.'
How do you guys feel about live bands vs just the mc and his dj?
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Video After The JumpSome people keep doubting Soulja Boy, and all he does is respond with hit records.
Looks like he's got another one with "Blowing Me Kisses", which will be featured on his new album 'The DeAndre Way.'
The album drops November 2. In the meantime, you can download "Blowing Me Kisses" now on Amazon and iTunes.
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Video After The JumpHouston rapper Tow Down was doing it really big until a snitch helped poilce bring him down.
Tow Down, real name Bryan Theriot and his brother/manager Bernard were arrested yesterday (October 1), by police at their Missouri City crib.
The raid yielded 850 Hydro plants, weighing 5000 pounds, worth an estimated $4.2 million dollars.
"Water pumps, timers, artificial lighting equipment. The entire second story of the house had been professionally constructed by plumbers and electricians," said Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force Capt. Rodney Glendening.
Cops were alerted to the brother's weed growing operation by dealers they busted several months earlier.
"We started at the street level and worked our way up," Glendening said. "We consider this a professional grow. This is a 5,000-square-foot home. There were six rooms full of marijuana."
In addition to the high grade pot, po po's found cocaine and hydrocodone.
Tow Down is probably best known for his song "Country Rap Tune", recorded with late rapper H.A.W.K.
This is the second time the rapper has been busted for growing weed. In 2008, the brothers were arrested for a much smaller growing operation.
They were out on bond at the time of this latest arrest.
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Video After The JumpHouston rapper Tow Down was doing it really big until a snitch helped poilce bring him down.
Tow Down, real name Bryan Theriot and his brother/manager Bernard were arrested yesterday (October 1), by police at their Missouri City crib.
The raid yielded 850 Hydro plants, weighing 5000 pounds, worth an estimated $4.2 million dollars.
"Water pumps, timers, artificial lighting equipment. The entire second story of the house had been professionally constructed by plumbers and electricians," said Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force Capt. Rodney Glendening.
Cops were alerted to the brother's weed growing operation by dealers they busted several months earlier.
"We started at the street level and worked our way up," Glendening said. "We consider this a professional grow. This is a 5,000-square-foot home. There were six rooms full of marijuana."
In addition to the high grade pot, po po's found cocaine and hydrocodone.
Tow Down is probably best known for his song "Country Rap Tune", recorded with late rapper H.A.W.K.
This is the second time the rapper has been busted for growing weed. In 2008, the brothers were arrested for a much smaller growing operation.
They were out on bond at the time of this latest arrest.
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Sidney Starr pictured with MarioNow we know what Chingy was talking about when he said "I like it when you do it right thurr", in his hit song "Right Thurr." The St Louis rapper was not referring to a woman, that much we now know after it's been revealed he had a two year relationship with this tranny.
Unfortunately for some other prominent rappers/singers, Chingy's partner, Sidney Starr is about to become the Kat Stacks' of homos.
In this interview with Bay Area DJ, Big Von, Starr reveals there are other famous rappers/singers that might be getting their skirts pulled up publicly very soon.
This dude claims he even told some of these artists up front what he was and they were cool with it.
Crazy sh*t, peep the interview below.
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Posted by Mr.I Get It on October 1, 2010 at 5:10pm
RHHD got a chance to catch up with Lloyd Banks. They touched on subjects such as "Hunger For More 2" Production, EMI deal, G-Unit loyalty, Ashanti, J.Cole and more...Read more…
Somewhere in Southern Cali, Snoop Dogg must be lighting up a celebratory blunt.Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Thursday, a bill that downgrades the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction.
Schwarzenegger still opposes Proposition 19 , which would allow Californians to smoke weed until their eyes bleed, as long as it's being used for recreation.
"Notwithstanding my opposition to Proposition 19, however, I am signing this measure because possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is an infraction in everything but name," Schwarzenegger wrote in a signing message.
Proposition 19 goes to the ballot box November 2. If it passes, and polls show it has a great chance to. It could have a ripple effect on the rest of the country.
"The decades-long war on drugs has failed," a proponent of Prop 19 tells the Christian Science Monitor. "It's still easier for a kid to get his hands on a joint than to get a beer or a cigarette. Sixty percent of drug cartels' money comes from marijuana sales. We need to take that away."
Those on the opposite side of the fence feel like legalizing weed is just a horrible idea.
"This is just what we don't need," says Livina Hedgerow. "Another legal drug for kids to get messed up on. It will lead them to worse drugs. It's just wrong."
What do you guys think? Should America legalize marijuana across the board?
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Mario -- the platinum-selling R&B singer -- was arrested in Baltimore this morning for allegedly assaulting his own mother in an apartment they share.
According to police, Mario's mother Shawntia Hardaway -- a former heroin addict -- told cops the former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant had been "throwing and damaging property" ... and pushed her around with his hands and forearms.
Cops say they found several broken items inside the apartment -- including a broken china cabinet, a busted mirror and a hole in the closet door.
Mario's mother also told police the 24-year-old singer had attacked her earlier in the week -- in which he pushed her "eight feet into a living room wall, where Ms. Hardaway hit her head on the wall."
Mario -- real name Mario Dewar Bennett -- was eventually arrested this morning for 2nd degree assault. He was released on $50,000 bond.
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Video After The JumpOne of the advantages to being a male movie star would probably be the love scenes with beautiful women, I would imagine.
50 Cent's co-star, AnnaLynne McCord from his upcoming film 'Gun', talked to Chelsea Handler about what it was like filming a love scene with him.
The movie, written and produced by 50 Cent, is directed by Jesse Terrero who gave the actors a sort of trial by fire, when he didn't have them rehearse the love scene before filming it.
"It was very intense, and it was not rehearsed, which was the fun part about it," AnnaLynne said. "As much as I love Jesse Terrero, he's an awesome, amazing video director. Most video directors don't necessarily rehearse...and they don't necessarily know that actresses that have to get naked like to rehearse. So that they know what they're doing while they're naked. I wasn't the one controlling the scene is all I'm saying, I was just reacting."
"Well that usually happens when you have sex with a rapper anyway," Chelsea joked.
Val Kilmer also stars in the movie. Anna told Chelsea that the trio of her,50 and Val have become the "terrible three", because right after filming 'Gun' they all appear in another flick together titled 'Blood Out.'
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Sad news to report today.
Sean John model, Jubar R. "Esco" Croswell has been found dead in Edison, New Jersey.
According to NJ.net, his body was found in a wooded area near a shopping plaza last week, by a man who's identity hasn't been released.
Croswell's body was positively identified Wednesday.
Police are still trying to figure out a cause of death and exactly what happened to Croswell, who was 30 years old.
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Video After The JumpA war of words has broken out between two prominent porn stars, in Brian Pumper and Lethal Lipps. And I'll be damned if we're not going to be right in the middle of it until we have a winner, lol.
Round 1 started with Lethal going at Pumper or "balloon boy" as she has nicknamed him, basically saying he looks strong, but isn't.
Pumper fired back by calling Lethal a broke b*tch he can't even remember having sex with.
Ding Ding! Round two has kicked off with Lethal coming out firing.
Lethal claims Pumper is not only on steroids, but that he's done gay porn
"He does gay porn," Lipps says "[While] I was at home getting paid to f*ck my own man....you was getting paid to f*ck other men. Like what part of the game is that? So who's really broke...You're so broke you moved from b*tches to bootys."
Lipps goes on to talk about Maino clowning Pumper at Club Perfections, when he lifted up his jewels and laughed while Pumper did nothing.
She speaks on repping her borough of Queens. Explaining that you always see Brian alone because he doesn't rep where he's from.
There's a lot more, so peep the interview below.
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Video After TheJumpHip hop fans are ready to "Detox", as in Dr Dre's long awaited album.
After several years of "anticipointment", the record really does look like it's on the forseeable horizon.Dr Dre andInterscope President Jimmy Iovine held a press conference a couple days ago for "Beats By Dre" headphones. At the time, Doc said the album could be here by Christmas.
In a recent conversation with MTV, Dre said he's found another source of inspiration that's pushing him even harder to get the project finished.
"Being on the stage with Eminem and Jay-Z was one of the most incredible feelings I've felt in a long time. It inspired me, it made me want to hurry up and get back in the studio and put more effort and more work into my own project," he said.
"The response from the people out there was just incredible," he continued "It let me know that I still got love out there and I'm not wasting my time in the studio with what I'm doing, with the music or with all the Beats product that we're putting out."
Ok, Dre we need that album fam, let's get it!
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