Who can forget the video of Kate Upton doing the "Cat Daddy" dance at a Terry Richardson photo shoot? Well, one of the members of The Rej3ctz, the group who made the song, was arrested Friday morning, April 25, for stealing items inside 10ak nightclub in West Hollywood, California.
According to TMZ, Pee Wee, real name Jovan Clayton, stole items from a purse and alcohol. He was arrested on the scene, hauled off to jail and booked for grand larceny. He is being held on 20K bond.
Katy Perry called into The Breakfast Club for an interesting conversation with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee. In between deflecting Charlamagne's sexual advances, Katy talked about the success of "Dark Horse," enjoying her collaboration with Juicy J, loving Drake's music and more.
What started out as a Facebook argument between friends has turned deadly
35-year old Virginia "Tweety Bird" Wyche shot her six-months pregnant friend Makeisha Brooks in the stomach on Wednesday, April 23, following an argument on Facebook the night before. Wyche admitted to shooting her friend after being slapped in the face.
Makeisha Brooks
Brooks, 23, was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. She survived, but her unborn baby didn't.
"They were arguing out front, something about Facebook. I walked out and just heard a pop," Cristopher Cash, who recorded the incident told WAWS.
Virginia "Tweety Bird" Wyche
Wyche was arrested and taken to Duval County Jail. She's been charged with attempted murder. Her bail is set at $1 million. If the medical examiner determines that the unborn child could have lived outside the womb Wyche could face additional charges. She will be arraigned May 15.
Makeisha Brooks is comforted by friends after being shot
Dwann Rollinson told News 4 that incidents like this are becoming more frequent following social media disagreements.
"Life is bigger than cyber space. Life is bigger than an argument on Facebook that now may potentially cost you your life, " said Rollinson.
Friends and neighbors say Wyche was a good person. Everyone was surprised by what took place.
"I didn't know anything bad about her. And they were friends. It really shocked me," said a neighbor who wanted to be identified only as Mary. "You don't hear fighting and arguing and that type of stuff up in here."
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Tyrese is well established as an actor now, but his first big break came when director John Singleton cast him in the lead role of Joseph Summers in the 2001 film Baby Boy.
Actress Taraji P. Henson was a guest on Arsenio Hall Thursday, April 24, and told a story about Tyrese crying in a corner before their sex scene because he was nervous.
Tyrese surprises Taraji by walking out on stage to dispute the story. The results are hilarious. Check out the video below.
Mariah Carey passed superstar status a long time ago. She now occupies that rarefied space reserved for icons like Sade, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin.
The singer lands on the cover of Billboard and tells the publication her 14th album will have several surprises. The cover, title, tracklisting and digital outlets that will carry the album will be announced soon. Physical copies of the project will be made available to retailers the following week.
"I have to be the one that announces this, especially the title," Carey says, noting that the album takes its name from a "personal possession of mine that's part of an entity that I've had almost all my life."
Mariah revealed more details during her chat with Billboard.
SHE'S ASSEMBLED A DREAM-TEAM OF COLLABORATORS. Frequent collaborators Rodney Jerkins and Dupri are back for Album No. 14, but so is a surprisingly diverse roster that ranges from of-the-moment producers like Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made It, guest features from Wale, Nas and Trey Songz and even contributions from veteran arranger Larry Gold and the Love Unlimited Orchestra. There's also "a special guest star that I'm not allowed to reveal," Carey teases.
SHE'S AWARE OF THE FAILED SINGLES. Carey will cop to a few of the pre-release singles not doing as well as past hits, pausing to note that 2013's Stargate-produced "Almost Home" was intended for the "Oz, Great and Powerful" soundtrack. "You would think I would be all about the singles-driven situation, and I am in a way, but with this particular album I want my fans to hear it as a body of work," she says. "This is my life since we last left off. Just picture a dot dot dot, and then here's the album."
THE NEW ALBUM WON'T BE HER LAST. Despite recent comments to Bravo's Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" ("If this were to be my last album, people would hear everything they needed to hear"), Carey is not calling it quits anytime soon. "I will always make music. When I said it could be my last, that's because tomorrow's not promised to anyone."
EXPECT BIG BALLADS AND UPTEMPO BANGERS. After immersing herself in her own catalog ("a friend of mine made me a playlist with 1,000 of my songs on it called 'The Ultimate MC Audio Collection,'" she says), Carey explored her feel-good, hip-hop/R&B side as well as her more introspective moments that could give her fans the best of all worlds.
SHE MAY SOON RETURN TO TELEVISION. Her rocky stint with Nicki Minaj on "American Idol" last year notwithstanding, Carey says she'd like her next reality-competition venture to be something where she was executive producer. "I have another project that I'm so very excited about that's finally coming to fruition."
Chief Keef links up with Ballout and Tadoe for a new single entitled "F*cked Up." The song is available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/f****d-up-feat.-tadoe-ballout/id868421556.
Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.
Considered a radio pioneer by many, STAR has set precedents on the urban landscape and was recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."
STAR & BUC WILD made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 and Power 105 (2000 - 2006) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.
Torain's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat, shot97.com and VH1 (The Gossip Game).
This clip is from STAR's LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.
In celebration of the recent 4/20 holiday, Grenco Science and Snoop Dogg proudly unveiled the “Double G” Travel Series this weekend at Snoop Dogg's Wellness Retreat in Denver and Seattle. This third collaborative installment debuts Snoop Dogg’s first line of Essential Oil Vaporizers, the Snoop Dogg G Pen and the Snoop Dogg microG. Both travel kits come equipped with all components necessary for immediate start up in a compact, yet fully loaded travel case. With Summer around the corner, the kits are also available in a bundle option inclusive of a matching premium quality Snoop Dogg Beach Towel and collapsible Travel Cooler.
Battle rapper Conceited and Big T discuss which industry emcess they would like to get the ring with. Names included Fabolous, DMX, Busta Rhymes, Lloyd Banks, Cassidy, Juelz Santana, Joe Budden, Eminem,Jay Z and Slaughterhouse.
Papoose is not a fan of Drake'sNothing Was the Same album. He thought the project was not very masculine. While he does give the Toronto rapper credit for occasionally making good songs, Pap says the prevailing thought about Drizzy;s last album was that it was "sweet."
"A lot of people felt like that, that was the energy at the time about his album. I just spoke about it, everybody was saying it behind the scenes...but they scared to say it publicly. I'm not one of them dudes. That's not to say that he don't make some good records from time to time, but that particular album, I felt like it was sweet."
2 Chainz is preparing to release a new EP entitled Freebase on May 5. The 6-track project features Cap 1, Ty Dolla $ign, Rick Ross, Lil Boosie and A$AP Rocky.
A Russian father thought it would be cool to teach a toddler how to smoke cigarettes. As a woman giggles while she films, the father repeatedly passes a lit cigarette to the child.
The little boy mimics his father by trying to inhale smoke into his lungs. At one point the child is handed an unlit cigarette and a lighter. The kid has no idea how to use the lighter and tries to stick it into his mouth. The father then lights the cigarette for him.
Beyonce was honored by Time Magazine by being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world. She also lands one of four covers. Jason Collins, Robert Redford and Mary Darra nabbed the other three.
Sheryl Sandberg,COO of Facebook and the founder of LeanIn.org had this to say about Mrs. Carter:
Beyoncé doesn’t just sit at the table. She builds a better one. Today she sits at the head of the boardroom table at Parkwood Entertainment.
In December, she took the world by surprise when she released a new album, complete with videos, and announced it on Facebook and Instagram. Beyoncé shattered music-industry rules — and sales records. One song includes words by novelist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “We say to girls, ‘You can have ambition, but not too much.’ ” Beyoncé has insisted that girls “run the world” and declared, “I’m not bossy, I’m the boss.” She raises her voice both on- and offstage to urge women to be independent and lead. In the past year,
Beyoncé has sold out the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour while being a full-time mother. Her secret: hard work, honesty and authenticity. And her answer to the question, What would you do if you weren’t afraid? appears to be “Watch me. I’m about to do it.” Then she adds, “You can, too.”
Other honorees include Pope Francis, Hillary Clinton, Edward Snowden, Pharrell Williams, Amy Adams, Pony Ma, Seth Myers, Steve McQueen, Serena Williams, Kerry Washington, Miley Cyrus, John Kerry, Vladimir Putin, Scott Walk and Shinzo Abe.
With his Honest album now in stores, Future is in full promotional mode. He was the musical guest Wednesday, April 23, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed "Move That Dope" featuring Pusha T and The Roots.
Lil Boosie stopped by The Breakfast Club to talk about his forthcoming album, wanting to collaborate with Justin Bieber, staying in shape and preparing for his release from prison, the Boosie fade, how the game has changed while he was away, not following current music trends, fake love from people when he got home, keeping a positive attitude by writing music, his 4 baby mamas doing a reality show, creating a smaller circle when he was released, social media, his clothing line, his biopic, fights in prison, relationship with Webbie, deal with Atlantic Records, advice from Pimp C.
Check out DJ Kay Slay's new music video for "Real Hip Hop" featuring Papoose, Ransom and Vado. All three spitters come correct on this one. Be on the lookout for The Last Hip Hop Disciple mixtape coming soon!
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