50 Cent & SMS Audio recently headed to Las Vegas for the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Convention. 50 Cent announces his new partnership withTimbaland, has a book signing at Barnes & Noble for his new book, 'Formula 50,'introduces SMS Audio at CES and much more! Check out the highlights of 50 Cent & SMS as they take over Las Vegas.
Fabolous is gearing up for the release of his sixth solo album, Loso's Way 2. He teams up with Chris Brown for the album's first single titled "Ready."
Shawty Lo is getting support from an unlikely source today after the Oxygen network decided to pull the plug on his reality show All My Babies' Mamas before it even aired.
Oxygen had given the show the green light initially to air this spring. It was going to focus on Shawty's relationships with his 10 babies' moms and his 11 children.
After the show's trailer appeared online last month a petition was started by Sabrina Lamb of ColorOfChange.org to get the show cancelled. She argued that the show was a stereotypical representation of African Americans. Their petition had gained more than 40'000 signatures by the Oxygen decided not to air the show.
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"As part of our development process, we have reviewed casting and decided not to move forward with the special," a network spokesperson told MTV News on Tuesday (January 15). "We will continue to develop compelling content that resonates with our young female viewers and drives the cultural conversation."
After receiving news of the cancellation, ColorOfChange.org issued a statement.
After multiple conversations with Oxygen Media executives, the company informed us via email that a decision was made to cancel "All My Babies' Mamas" late this afternoon. We thank Oxygen Media for taking this important step. The tremendous response from over 40,000 ColorOfChange.org members, coupled with national outrage from Black folks, sent a clear message that exploitative television shows like "All My Babies' Mamas" are unacceptable.
The airing of a reality show like All My Babies' Mamas would have reinforced many of the stereotypes about Black men and women that have power to influence public policy. Research shows that exploiting persistent racial stereotypes that marginalize Black Americans have real world consequences.
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh came to the show's defense. He argued that "the morality police" had made the decision to get the show cancelled for the American people without giving them the chance to view it first.
“The morality police, the old fuddy-duddies got in gear. The show was simply gonna say what it is in terms of this lifestyle and just gonna tell everybody what it is,” Rush said on his show Wednesday (January 16), according to AllHipHop. “Is it any wonder that the star of a show that happens to be black and has the show pulled out from under him? Well, I know none of those kids are more important than the president’s kids, but they’re important to Shawty.”
Shawty appeared on Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9 yesterday to talk with Emperor Searcy and Mz Shyneka about the show's cancellation.
"I feel like [my fans] didn't get a chance to see what was really going on," Shawty said. "[Sabrina Lamb] made her assumptions off of the trailer. Basically what I'm doing is telling my story showing how Shawty Lo turned a negative into a positive.The show wasn't about, we finna be fighting. Like I said a lot of fathers don't take care of one child, don't even be there for one child. But me, I be there with my children. My kids love their father."
A counter-petition on Change.org has been started in an effort to get Oxygen to give the show another chance. Shawty thanked his fans for initiating it and urged people to sign it.
"At least give the show a chance," said Shawty. "They making their assumptions off a 13-minute trailer and this like the biggest news around the world right now and it's unbelievable."
If you want Oxygen to bring back Shawty's show go to Change.org to sign the petition.
Rita Ora is currently in Thailand filming the music video for "Torn Apart" featuring Snoop Dogg. The song is rumored to be the lead off of Rita's debut U.S, album, which will be a revised edition of her U.K. record, ORA, featuring several new songs.
The Roc Nation singer has been tweeting pics from the shoot over the last couple of days as she lounged on the beach with Snoop, posed for pics with local children and chilled in a pool.
GQ has crowned Beyonce the Hottest Woman of the 21st Century. After blessing the world with the sexy singer's pictorial last week, the publication has decided to release the behind the scenes footage from the shoot.
A$AP Rocky is set to make a big statement with his debut album LONG.LIVE.A$AP. The disc will take over the No. 1 spot on Billboard next week according to it's website. The Harlem, New York rapper's cd will sell close to 130,000 copies it's first week out.
The album is receiving a boost from the single "F*cking Problems" featuring Kendrick Lamar, Drake and 2 Chainz. The song is currently No. 4 on the R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.
Quentin Tarantino's new movie Django Unchained has stirred a lot of debate about it's use of the word "n*gger." Legendary rapper Nas has seen the film and doesn't get what the big deal is..
"A movie about slavery and you don't hear the N-word, that doesn't make any sense," Esco told MTV. "I didn't see what the big fuss was about...it's a movie. Movies by [Quentin Tarantino] why should we be surprised if the movie is raw? He's one of the greatest filmmakers of our generation. And we don't go there to see anything less than rawness. So, if it's gonna be language [or] goriness. He's an artist and artists have to express themselves. And that's just what he's doing."
Nardwuar the Human Serviette recently caught up with California rapper Hopsinat the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, BC Canada for another one of his very entertaining interviews.
Nardwuar talks to Hopsin about being an extra on the set of a porn movie, accidentally collaborating with Ron Jeremy on a song, skater rappers, Lil Wayne being wack, his high school social studies class, his time at Ruthless Records and Tomica Wright ruining the label.
The Newtown, Connecticut shooting massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 26 people dead, including 20 children has created a firestorm of debate about whether armed guards should be put in every school across the United States.
Leading the call has been the National Rifle Association.
On December 21, one week after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, National Rifle Association (NRA) vice-president Wayne LaPierre held a Washington D.C. press conference, announcing a proposal for what he dubbed "Operation School Shield," which would put a police officer in every public school across the nation.
"It's not just our duty to protect [our children], it's our right to protect them. The NRA knows there are millions of qualified active and reserved police, active and reserve military, security professionals, rescue personnel, an extraordinary corps of qualified trained citizens to join with local school officials and police in devising a protection plan for every single school," LaPierre said. "With all the money in the federal budget, can't we afford to put a police officer in every single school."
Obama was skeptical of the idea, prompting the NRA to release a video on Tuesday calling him an "elitist hypocrite" for maintaining Secret Service protection of his daughters while expressing skepticism for stationing armed guards or volunteers in schools.
On Wednesday Obama and Vice President Joe Biden introduced a package of measures aimed at reducing gun violence.
“The world has changed and it is demanding action, it is in this context that the president” asked me to come up gun-control recommendations," Biden said.
“While there is no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent every tragedy, every act of evil,” Obama said. “If there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there’s even one life that can be saved, then we’ve got an obligation to try it.”
One of the executive orders signed by Obama is designed to make schools safer. The measures include a proposal to hire 1,000 school resource officers and placing mental health professionals in schools.
Resource officers are specially trained armed police officers that work in schools.
The White House explained, “Putting school resource officers and mental health professionals in schools can help prevent school crime and student-on-student violence.”
The 23 executive orders signed by Obama are listed below.
1. "Issue a presidential memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system."
2. "Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system."
3. "Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system."
4. "Direct the attorney general to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks."
5. "Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun."
6. "Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers."
7. "Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign."
8. "Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission)."
9. "Issue a presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations."
10. "Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement."
11. "Nominate an ATF director."
12. "Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations."
13. "Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime."
14. "Issue a presidential memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence."
15. "Direct the attorney general to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies."
16. "Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes."
17. "Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities."
18. "Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers."
19. "Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education."
20. "Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover."
21. "Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges."
22. "Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations."
23. "Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health."
It's been a long minute since we've heard some new music from Cesar Leo, but he's back. Cease just dropped an official music video for his stripper anthem "She Know (What She Doing)." Peep that below.
Veteran emcee N.O.R.E. recently changed his name to P.A.P.I. He called into Shade 45 to chop it up with Money Nels, Jenny Boom Boom and J. Medina about why he chose the new moniker.
The CNN rapper explained that he's had the nickname for a long time dating back to his days dealing drugs on the block. In an upcoming movie that he's writing and producing titled Superthug, his name is Papi, so he decided the timing was right to also use that as his rap name.
P.A.P.I. also clears the air for people who think he stole the name from Bodega Bamz and says Drake shouldn't be referring to himself as Champagne Papi.
Meek Mill is getting ready to release the third installment of his highly successful Dreamchasers mixtape series. Check out the Philly emcee's first leak off of the project titled "From Da Bottom" featuring Guordan.
Ron Browz a.k.a. Ether Boy is back with a brand new single. The producer/rapper teams up with N.O.R.E., who now goes by the name P.A.P.I. for "Rollin." Check out Ron's latest up top.
50 Cent appeared on NBC's Today Show to talk with Savannah Guthrie about his new fitness book Formula 50.
Fif talks about how rehabbing from getting shot in 2000 led to him wanting to become a healthier person. He explains that Formula 50 has two programs for beginners as well as advanced workout warriors. It's a six-week program that incorporates working out with instructions on how to maintain a healthy diet.
Two Chainz has gained a lot of fans over the last year, but Aries Spears is definitely not one of them.
TMZ caught up with Aries while he was signing autographs on the streets of NYC yesterday and asked him about the current state of hip hop. Aries took the opportunity to talk about how much he hates Tity Boi.
"I think 2 Chainz sucks," Aries said. "Have you heard those lyrics man? All I want for my birthday is a big booty ho? I want some better rhymes 2 Chainz. He said he pop p*ssy like pimples. You ever pop a pimple? You know what comes out? I don't want nothing like that, that's clinic. He said when he shows up to the scene, he shows up with his roof missing, he's different . N*gga's driving a convertible. If you wanna be different, show up in a horse and buggy."
50 Cent's new single "My Life" is making a big impact in Europe. The song, which features Eminem and Adam Levine is set to become the G-Unit mogul's first ever No. 1 single in the UK, according to Official Charts.
"My Life" will knock Will.I.Am's "Scream and Shout" out of the top spot on the Official Singles Chart this Sunday. The song is the lead single off of 50's upcoming album Street King Immortal, which will be released on February 26.
Big Boi appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday to promote his new album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. The Outkast emcee performed the song "CPU" with help from Phantogram.
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is available now on iTunes.
Wu Tang Clan member Reakwon delivers official visuals for "Came Up." The song is the lead single off of The Chef's new EP titled Lost Jewlry. Track produced by Scram Jones.
Ab-Soul drops off a new music video for "Illuminate" featuring his fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar. The song appears on Ab's album, Control System.
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