Video After The JumpBristol Palin can't catch a break these days. She was widely criticized for her performance on Dancing With The Stars.
Although she made the finals, most people believe it was because her mom Sarah's, Tea Party followers were voting for her en masse.
Comedian Kathy Griffin took aim at Bristol on 'VH1 Divas: Salute the Troops' broadcoast.
"Were gonna talk about Dancing With The Stars. We got two words - Bristol Palin. She's the only contestant in the history of the show to actually gain weight," Griffin joked. "She gained like 30 pounds a week, it was fantastic. She's like the white Precious."
Of course Griffin was referring to actress Gabourey Sidibe, who played the lead role in the film 'Precious.'
The joke drew lots of boos from the audience.
Bristol responded to the attack by telling Fox News, “The audience's reaction to this ‘comedian’ spoke volumes, and the decent people I know would probably have booed her, too. I hope people didn't have to pay money to hear her negativity and criticisms.
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George Lopez had a blast with guest Nicki Minaj yesterday.
The Lopez Tonight host got his man boobs signed by the Young Money starlet, which seemed to make his night.
Nicki also breaks down all of her alter egos. # 1 is Nicki, # 2 is Roman, a mean gay boy who says all of the things Nicki can't. # 3 is Martha who is Roman's mother. And just got George, Nicki created a new alter ego named Rosa.
The two talked about the magical powers Nicki's butt possesses. Apparently her a** is so irresistible people can't stop themselves from touching it. As witnessed recently by Rihanna and Regis Philbin grabbing a handful of it.
To stop anymore unwanted a*ss groping George gave Nicki a Butt protector, lol.
Nicki then performed "Moment For Life" off of her new 'Pink Friday' album.
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Michael Jackson wasn’t known for his collaborations with rappers, aside from his songs "This Time Around" and "Unbreakable" with Notorious B.I.G. He did occasionally borrow from hip-hop–Heavy D appeared on his 1991 song “Jam”–but he mostly focused on pop. He was the “King of Pop,” after all.
Jackson’s coming posthumous album “Michael,” due out Dec. 14, features an unlikely guest star: 50 Cent. The rapper and Jackson appear on the track “Monster.” How did this come about? Was this some pairing dreamed up by marketers after Jackson’s death last year?
According to producer Teddy Riley, who worked on “Monster” and produced some of Jackson’s work when he was alive, the pop star was fascinated by 50 Cent. He was particularly interested the rapper’s colorful life history–the stories of shooters trying and failing to kill him, and the gossipy coverage of his private affairs by the hip-hop press. “Michael wanted 50 Cent on a record with him,” Riley says.
Riley says that Jackson reached out to 50 Cent about working together. After Jackson’s passing, the hip-hop star recorded the rap that appears on “Monster.” 50 Cent tweeted “michael reached out to me to do this song before he passed it going to be the biggest thing ever. hes the one we got our idea from.
You can read more about Michael Jackson’s new album on Speakeasy’s “On the Horizon” column.
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The recording industry can be treacherous for new artists. Record labels and crooked managers often prey on the uniformed. However, if they are lucky enough to survive those initial years in the business and get out of bad contracts - artists generally gain a lot of valuable knowledge, and should fare much better in future deals.
Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas is an exception to that rule. Although we haven't heard about her having to deal with bad contracts yet. The singer admits that after 26 years, she's learned next to nothing about the business side of the industry. Instead she relies on her parents, lawyers and a therapist to insure she doesn't get taken advantage of.
"Well, I'm still learning about the music business because it's changing. There are all these different things coming up because of technology. It was a different world back then; it was very straight and simple: You got a record deal, you made an album, you got new fans. Now it's all these 360 deals and all these different... You know what? The business side of it? That's not my cup of tea. Will.I.Am's great at it. He thrives on it. It's just not my personality. I want to get straight to the art. The other part of it? I have my business team explain it to me. I actually have conference calls where I have my mom and dad on the phone, my accountant, my lawyer... Once in a while, I even have my therapist on these calls," she told BillboardI'm not kidding. Because there's so much smoke... I'm very cut to the chase; that's my personality. I don't like to speak in circles. So when people do that I'm trying to find out, "OK, guys, what are we really talking about here?" So my therapist listens in. Because it's very important to make informed decisions. I can be very impulsive, which is great as an artist but not as a businesswoman. So I have to slow down and surround myself with a great support team. So that's what I've learned, that I need to surround myself with a team that can help me. It's part of knowing that you don't know it all."
Hopefully Fergie's people are looking out for her best interests. I'd hate to hear about her being broke in the future because of mismanagement.
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Rapper's generally aren't the first people you think about when it comes to answering questions about political issues.
That's not to say that rhyme sayers aren't aware of what's going on in the world.
Take Roc Nation CEO Jay-Z, for instance. He's developed a friendship with our current President, Barack Obama. Also one of his good friends Kanye West, has recently been raked over the coals for five year old comments he made about former Commander In Chief, George Bush.
When the Associated Press asked about the Kanye West situation, Hov defended his friend.
"I think what Kanye went through was, he himself became that, over the Taylor Swift incident. People said he was racist. And he’s not a racist person, so it made him reflect on the comments that he made. But I 100 percent agreed with the comments that he made, because again ... it felt like it was being done to black people. Like all you saw on the news was black people with help signs and all this stuff, and then you have this picture of the commander in chief, who we all rely on, just flying by. It’s like, What is that? If that had happened anywhere else besides New Orleans, would the response been so slow? Would Bush been on the ground? You have to ask these sort of questions. Just the fact that he thinks that the worst thing that happened to him is Kanye saying something about him. Like, what? That alone shows you where his mind is. Are you kidding me?" Hov said
A lot of people don't remember that Hov got into a serious legal jam back in 1999, when he stabbed record executive Lance "Un" Rivera. At the time Jay-Z thought Lance had leaked his new album 'Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter.' He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that resulted in a sentence of three years probation.
Hov was asked to compare his situation to Lil Wayne's recent incarceration on gun charges.
"The same sort of thing almost happened to me, and I pride myself on being a disciplined person. I was looking out for that sort of thing. I was trying to avoid it, and it still happened to me, so it just goes to show how difficult it is. Once you become a so-called celebrity, your life or your decisions don’t stop. You have to make smarter decisions, because you’ve grown up living your life a certain way. Most people grow up and just smoke weed. You just smoke weed and think, “OK, I’ll keep weed in my pocket.” Now that you’re a celebrity, it’s a whole different sort of thing. Celebrities need to be conscious and know who they are, because the same choices they made as a civilian will cost them years as a celebrity."
Finally Jay weighed in on the current troubles President Obama has been facing.
"I believe the same thing about Barack that I believed at day one. What he represents is bigger than any political agenda that he can pass across the House, Senate or whatever. I think that right now he’s going through a difficult period because people are putting the last eight years on his table and they’re judging him by it. You can’t expect a man to clean up eight years of mess in two years; it’s just bad math. It’s impossible."
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Video After The JumpBut at least have the decency in you to leave me alone. When you freaks see me out In the streets, when I'm eatin or feedin my daughter, to not come and speak to me - Eminem "The Way I Am"
Stars often have to accept that with fame comes demands by fans and the media to be accessible. Even when they just want to be left alone.
Comedian and actor Mike Epps faced such a dilemma over the weekend, when he was trying to have a romantic dinner with his wife at the Key Club in Detroit.
TMZ is reporting that Epps got fed up with a photographer who wouldn't leave him alone. After a while Epps decided the time for talking was over with, and started scrapping with the unwanted troublemaker right in the middle of the restaurant.
Of course, it was all caught by someones camera phone. The footage isn't that great, but at one point you can see Epps letting his fists fly.
"It was a private celebration for my wife's birthday. I asked the photographer numerous times not to film, but he refused to let up. I then attempted to retrieve the tape from the camera," Epps told TMZ.
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Video After The JumpIt was only a matter of time before a song like this came out.
Rappers and R&B singers have been talking about sex in songs since way back.
Not too many have put it as bluntly as Ray Jr though. In his new video, singer Erika Kayne implores her lover not to c*m in her.
Why not have him put on a condom before sex so you don't have to worry about that? Besides that old trick doesn't work anyway. Dudes aren't trying to stop right before they score the winning touchdown.
This song is the last thing these wild hood freaks need to be hearing. Be smart people and strap one on, before the lights go out.
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More Photos After The JumpKaty Perry believes it's ok to flaunt your sexual assets, just not too much.
The 26 year old California babe, who was raised in a strict Christian household, with two pastors as parents told Rolling Stone recently that, “speaking in tongues is as normal to me as ‘Pass the salt..’ It’s a secret, direct prayer language to God.”
These days she's making tongues wag in a much different way. With hot concert performances and photo shoots like the one below for Loaded magazine.
"I think there's a fine line between being a slut and being classy. I think I walk in between that line," she tells the mag.
Ok Katy, whatever works for you.
Videos After The JumpSaturday Night Live brought in Diddy and Dirty Money as their musical guests yesterday
The trio first performed a very spirited version of "Coming Home'. Then came back later in the show with guest Swizz Beatz for "A** On The Floor."
Diddy also participated in a pretty funny skit with host Robert Deniro.
Check it out below.
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Video After The JumpIn the name of art, an NYU photography professor has surgically implanted a camera into the back of his head.
New York University photography professor Wafaa Bilal, previously known for his work on a videogame mod called The Night of Bush Capturing: A Virtual Jihadi that cast players as a suicide bomber, is making waves once again. This time, he's gone and implanted a camera into the back of his skull for a new photography experiment that sounds really painful.
A magnetic camera mount was surgically attached to the back of Bilal's head by a body modification artist. The artist gave Bilal a "transdermal implant" which includes three titanium plates and posts, which the base for a 10-megapixel camera was screwed into. He says it "hurt a lot."
Bilal underwent the painful operation for a project called "The 3rd I." The camera will take photos at one-minute intervals for an entire year and beam them to an exhibit at the new Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, which opens on December 30, 2010. According to his website, the project will begin on December 15.
The premise behind the project is to comment on the "inaccessibility of time and the inability to capture memory and experience," Bilal says. He adds that he's interested in "what he leaves behind." For now this has only been a shower curtain and a bunch of other boring stuff, but he's sure to capture a lot of interesting moments in the hundreds of thousands of photos he plans to take over the next year.
He could have just worn a helmet cam, but that'd be too obvious to bystanders and wouldn't work for the premise of the project, it seems. Bilal has agreed to cap the lens of his head camera while on campus at NYU to protect the school's students, but it'll be on for every other portion of his life. It's even waterproof and will work in the shower.
Bilal's friends are already starting to uninvite him to gatherings because of the camera, but he doesn't care. It's an extreme project, but it also has a compelling nature that should see some cool results.
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What's beef? If Nicki Minaj has anything to say about it, she will never get to find out.
There's definitely been a few shots fired in her ongoing squabble with Lil Kim. Nicki went at Kim on "Roman's Revenge". The Queen Bee fired right back with "Black Friday."
Maybe Nicki just wants to avoid any drama while her career is red hot. Her debut cd 'Pink Friday' moved a very respectable 375,000 units the 1st week out of the gate. Nicki has also talked about getting into acting. So it's plausible that, for her rap beef is the last thing she needs.
Or it's possible she heard "Black Friday" and realizing Kim's claws are still sharp, wants to bow out before publicly taking an L.
Either way, during her recent sit down with New York Times writer Horacio Silva, the Harajuku Barbie made it clear she wants to play nice now.
"The thing that I want to promote is that if you see someone doing their thing, give them their props. We all have it hard and face the same challenges as female emcees. Show some mutual love and respect for each other so that it doesn’t get nasty. And she can be a nasty character." Nicki said
This is a situation we should keep our eye on, something tells me more sparks are going to fly before it's all said and done.
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Video After The JumpThe police photos seem to show a small boy being protected by the military – another victim, perhaps, of the savage drugs wars ripping Mexico apart.
But the slight, dark-haired teenager chewing his fingernail is not an innocent soul caught up in the crossfire.
"I participated in four executions," the 14-year-old assassin calmly told police after his arrest at a Mexican airport, admitting to beheading his victims. "When we don't find the rivals, we kill innocent people, maybe a construction worker or a taxi driver."
Known as "El Ponchis" – the cloak – Edgar Jimenez was arrested alongside his 19-year-old sister at an airport near Cuernavaca, 50 miles south of Mexico City in Morelos state.
Edgar Jimenez aka El Ponchis The Cloak
The pair were heading to Tijuana, from where they intended to cross into the United States and stay with their mother in San Diego – where he was born. He was caught with two mobile phones that held photographs of tortured victims, and told police that his sister was in charge of disposing of the bodies.
With war-weary Mexicans despairing at the endless violence and thinking that nothing new could surprise them, the arrest and confession of "El Ponchis" has still managed to cause shock waves.
The teenage hitman had become a national obsession since a YouTube video a month ago showed footage of the youngster, initially believed to be 12 years old.
He said on Friday that he was kidnapped at the age of 11 and forced to work for the Cartel of the South Pacific (CPS), a branch of the splintered Beltran Leyva gang, and that he had participated in at least four decapitations.
"Were you scared?" asked a reporter from "No," he replied. "They drugged me and forced me to do it."
The pair said that they worked for "El Negro", the leader of the CPS drugs gang, with Jiminez being paid $2,500 for each murder. The sister said that she was the girlfriend of the leader.
Jimenez was caught with his two sisters, Elizabeth (left) and Oliva (right) who were trying to get to San Diego where their mother lives
The number of young people aged 18 and under detained for drug-related crimes has climbed steadily since President Felipe Calderón launched his assault on cartels in 2006. Figures from the Attorney General's office show that there were 482 arrests of under 18s in 2006, and 810 in 2009. The tally this year is set to be even higher.
Mr Calderón admitted that "in the most violent areas of the country, there is an unending recruitment of young people without hope, without opportunities."
The federal government has said the cartels are recruiting ever younger assassins to replace those killed or arrested in the current wars among the gangs and with the government.
The government also has said that cartels prefer under age youths because they receive shorter sentences if caught.
Neighbours said the siblings were living in a cartel "safe house" in a poor neighbourhood of Jiutepec, a working-class suburb of Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City. The area has an industrial area with Nissan, Unilever and other factories, rustic single-level concrete homes and some farms.
Peggy Ostrosky, a psychologist with the University of Mexico, described the teenager as a psychopath. "Some people are born bad, but the point is that the family can form the personality.
"In this case there is no mother figure, nor a father, to guide them. There is no one to rescue them because they don't go to school, they have no master or psychologist.
"They like to kill, to steal, and they don't need to conform to society because they are mistreated and become very hostile from a young age."
The teenager and his sister are currently in custody in Morelos state. The federal governor, who would usually deal with juvenile crimes, has asked the federal authorities to take over the case given its severity.
"I know what will happen to me now," El Ponchis said. "I regret getting involved in this and killing people. But when I'm released I want to go straight. I'll work, do anything, as long as it's not a return to this."
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Video After The JumpRedman is back in the building.
Mr Noble is set to drop his seventh solo album titled 'Reggie'
The first single and video "Def Jammable" is appropriately titled, since Def Jam is the only label the New Jersey emcee has been on since the start of his nearly 20 year career.
'Reggie' will be in stores December 7.
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Horror ... Steven Cloak following attackThis sickening picture above shows the result of a drink-crazed attack by a boy of 16.
Steven Cloak ended up with half his forehead missing after he was punched to the ground and booted in the skull.
Attacker Jack Hobbs, drunk on sambuca and beer, claimed his victim bumped into him outside a takeaway then "looked at him".
Steven, 26, was left with massive head and brain injuries.
Surgeons were forced to remove a huge piece of forehead to treat the damage.
Pictures taken after the op were so shocking a judge ruled they would prejudice Hobbs' trial.
But Steven's family took their own and have now released them to show how drunken violence ruins lives. Steven, who had a titanium plate fitted to rebuild his head, is recovering after the attack in Bideford, North Devon.
Hobbs, now 17, faces up to ten years' detention after being convicted of grievous bodily harm. An Exeter Crown Court judge lifted a ban on identifying the yob because of his age as he remanded him in custody for pre-sentence reports.
Brute ... attacker Jack Hobbs
Hobbs told the jury: "I noticed him looking at me. I thought he was going to hit me."
But prosecutor David Evans said: "The truth is he was fired up on drink and playing the hardman."
The family of jobless Steven, who can't remember the attack, said: "He hasn't a violent bone in his body. All this because someone thought he'd been given a look."
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You may not always agree with what Kanye West has to say, but you have to at least acknowledge that his interviews are always entertaining.
In his latest sit down with I.D. magazine the Louis Vuitton Don is in rare form as he talks about getting married, his friendship with Jay-Z and his ability to see the future.
Check out an excerpt from the interview below.
Where Do We Find Kanye West In 2010?Album number 5 is a real 70's project. I really wanted to go back to my soul roots. You could see that I was trying to push the digital category - or the white music category - but this was a return to the instrumentation of what made Q-Tip and Wu Tang connect with people in a more visceral fashion. I'm trying to find emotions, and deliver ideas where it's blurred, almost abstracted. I say 'You're living in the future/You present is your past' because I'm always thinking in terms of 2012, 2013, 2014, I see the future.
On Celebrity?I Might be burning my celebrity, but f*ck it let it burn. My celebrity was burnt to the ground last year when I was turned into Public Enemy Number 1.What Do You Look For In A Woman?Integrity. I’m a hopeless romantic and I’m looking and trying to decide who the mother of my child will be. It’s not going to be based off a whim of being in love; she has to bring a certain level to the table. I want to be married, I want that super dope counterpart, that one woman, but she has to be super-fresh, super-smart and not overwhelmed, because being with me is gonna be a job (laughs). She can’t be overwhelmed by her career. I’ll find her, maybe I’ll be 38… maybe I’m not fully who I am yet, maybe that’s why I haven’t found her… The main quality is that you know that this person will ride or die for you. Whether she’s mad at you, whether she’s with you or not, she still loves you, she still bigs you up in any circle. She doesn’t talk down about you to other people. That’s the main thing I needWhat's Your Relationship Like With Jay-Z?Yeah, he's like my best friend. I made a decision. I was like 'I should hang out with Jay-Z more.' How Could you have the opportunity to hang out with Jay-Z and not do it? If you had the opportunity to hang out with Jay-Z, whould you?
Props to DJ Semtex for the scans.
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Video After The JumpWe've all witnessed the unfortunate situation DMX has found himself in lately. Numerous arrests, problems with drugs. Still Dark Man X continues to work on his music career, hoping to get it back to where it once was.
Despite what many people think, X has still got it lyrically. His recent collaboration with Swizz Beatz & Busta Rhymes on "Yall Don't Really Know" is vintage DMX.
One person who thinks he can help X get back on his grind is one of his former artists Young Berg.
In a recent interview with Mikey T The Movie Star, Berg claims to have hit records ready to go for X.
"X is one of them dudes that's crazy with it. I really wanna be able to work with X and give him one of these hit records, I really wish I could," Berg said.
Berg said that people don't realize how far he goes back with X. He claims to have been in a bidding war between Roc-A-Fella Records and X's Bloodline imprint when he was 15-years old. And considers X a mentor of his.
Now that he has his own Yung Fly Movement, he wants to help Dark Man get back on his feet musically.
What do you guys think, does Young Berg have anything to offer a legend like DMX?
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Video After The JumpDuck Down Records continues to take big strides, by putting out quality independent music.
Home to the Boot Camp Click Family, Sean Price, Smif-N-Wessun, Rockness Monstah, Buckshot the BDI Thug, Black Moon and O.G.C. As well as KRS One, 9th Wonder, Skyzoo, B-Real and Kidz In The Hall.CEO Dru Ha and company have reached over to New Zealand for they hope is the next big thing in rapper David Dallas.
Check out the press release announcing the signing below and David's video for "Big Time."
Popular New Zealand Rapper David Dallas Partners with Duck Down Music as the MC moves to America and Makes His Mark on Hip-Hop’s Mecca:
November 30th, 2010 - They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. Well, rapper David Dallas has already made his mark overseas in his native New Zealand. Now the half-Samoan MC has inked a P&D and marketing deal with Duck Down Music and looks to conquer hip-hop’s birthplace.
“Most of the artists that I look up to and like come from America,” says Dallas, whose 2009 album Something Awesome reached No. 1 on New Zealand’s iTunes chart. “I want to do stuff that’s to the level of American artists, but I don’t want to lose my identity and I don’t think I do.”
The unique deal that Dallas signed with Duck Down is in conjunction with Dawn Raid Entertainment LLC and Dirty Management. David has been signed to Dirty Records/Management since 2005. Dawn Raid and Dirty Management are two iconic international Hip-Hop labels based in Auckland, New Zealand. The prolific labels have released Gold and Platinum selling records for over 15 years in the Asia/pacific territory with marquee artists Savage, Scribe, P-Money and Deceptikonz. Collectively the labels have sold over 3 Million records worldwide across 50 releases. After the single “Swing,” by Samoan rapper Savage broke the Billboard 100 in 2008 and was subsequently certified 2xs platinum by the RIAA in 2009, Dawn Raid Entertainment and Dirty Management set their sights on establishing their brand of international Hip-Hop in North America. David Dallas is the first priority act under the new P&D and Marketing deal with Duck Down Music.
Duck Down Music is an independent Hip-Hop label and Music Marketing Company based in New York City, which just celebrated its 15-year anniversary. The label is home to authentic Hip Hop Acts such as 9th Wonder & Buckshot, Pharoahe Monch, Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun, Sean Price and Skyzoo to name a few. As a brand Duck Down has released over 35 albums and sold over 3 million records collectively.
Ultimately the alliance allows David Dallas to tap into resources that weren’t available to him in his native country, while at the same time continuing to capitalize off of his already growing buzz outside of the U.S. “Because I’m in New Zealand the music never gets exposed on a major level and that sucks,” says the MC. “We said, ‘Shit we need to try to get over here and do something’.”
Now with Duck Down in the fold, David Dallas plans to release a free Internet-only album, The Rose Tint early next year. After that? “Just blow up and be a millionaire basically,” Dallas says jokingly.
Now that’s the American dream.
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