Southern rapper Trina recently shared her opinion on MTV’s widely-talked about Hottest In The Game 2009 list and said Lil Wayne protege Nicki Minaj should have been considered.
Feeling the list is overly populated by males, Trina spoke up for Minaj.
“I expect that, because the industry is male dominated,” Trina said about the male dominance. “It’s just too many guys. You got Jay-Z, Nas, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, T.I., Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, and you got 10 MCs. Where are you going to put a girl? She definitely deserves the respect. She doesn’t have an album out or sold any records, but it’s more so about the passion and the response she gets from the listeners. To see her pave her way from nothing to come up to be a topic or a name. You give that respect to the person coming up making a name for themselves. That’s just real talk. I don’t pull any punches. People say I give too much credit to people but it’s not about that. It’s about being real. And being real is giving props when it’s due. You can’t be hating or mad when you see people doing their thing.” (XXL Mag)
50 Cent‘s Before I Self Destruct release date has reportedly been pushed back and the album will now face-off with Birdman‘s Pricele$$ and Jay Sean‘s All or Nothing albums.
According to new reports, Fif will also take-on a few pop acts including Rihanna and Lady Gaga.
Universal Music Group is serving up a plentiful feast for Thanksgiving week. Some of the biggest names in music will all release their high-profile albums on the Monday before the holiday. The recording giant has moved up the majority of its November 24 releases by one day to Monday, November 23, a day before the traditional Tuesday release. The shift extends across the Universal umbrella, including Interscope Geffen A&M, Universal Motown/Republic, and Island Def Jam. The new date will take advantage of the start of the holiday shopping season when customers flock to stores to stock up on gifts. 50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct, Rihanna’s new album, Timbaland‘s Shock Value 2, Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster, Jay Sean’s All or Nothing and Birdman’s Pricele$$ will all drop on the same day. (Rap-Up)
West Coast rap veteran Snoop Dogg has unveiled the concept behind his forthcoming Malice In Wonderland album.
From Snoop’s perspective, he still has the ability to step behind a microphone and put together “gangster” hits.
“I start off with so much malice in my heart when the record kicks in,” Snoop explained in an interview. “By the time I get to the end of the record, I’m in Wonderland. I’m feeling good about life. I’m celebrating, happy about my wife, my kids, life in general. It’s just a roller coaster of what I’m going through as I speak. I’ve always juggled the line, ‘Should I make a gangster record? ‘Cause I could kill all you rappers if I wanted to,’ [and] then I have to sit back and say, ‘I’m a business, so I’m gonna make records that can help me in this business.’ I have to make radio records, but when I don’t care, y’all in trouble.” (MTV)
A shocking video shows a gay man trying in vain to fend off two thugs who repeatedly punch and stomp him on a deserted Queens street.
Jack Price, 49, tries again and again to get to his feet and escape, only to have the cowards knock him back down in their brutal onslaught, the footage shows.
Two men have been arrested in the beatdown.
Daniel Aleman, 26, was nabbed Sunday night, and Daniel Rodriguez, 21, was captured Tuesday night in Norfolk, Va., police said.
Daniel Rodriguez
The attackers walk away from Price at one point, only to return. One of them slugs Price one last time in the face before they leave for good, the video shows.
“From beginning to end, it was horrible,” said Price’s sister-in-law JoAnne Guarneri, 42. “Absolutely horrible.”
Price, somehow, manages to get to his feet and stumble off after last Thursday’s 4:30 a.m. attack.
Late Tuesday, however, he remained in critical condition at New York Hospital Queens, hooked up to a respirator. His lungs are collapsed and his jaw and ribs are broken.
“It’s a despicable crime,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said of the assault in College Point, where the victim and his alleged attackers all live.
“The individual was attacked simply for his orientation, and we’re just not going to tolerate it in this city.”
Police captured Rodriguez after they learned through the Real Time Crime Center database he had relatives in Virginia. Norfolk detectives and the U.S. Marshals Service were mobilized, and NYPD officers were dispatched immediately.
“It basically helped us identify people connected with him. It helped us find out who to talk to,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne about the database.
Aleman was ordered held on $20,000 bail Tuesday as he was arraigned on a charge of felony assault as a hate crime. Charges were pending against Rodriguez.
“As Americans, each of us is free to choose where and how we want to live our lives,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. “An illustrative example ofthat freedom is clearly Queens County, the most culturally diverse county in the nation. Crimes of hate will never be tolerated here.”
Price was mocked with anti-gay slurs by the two men as he was walking to a deli. When he left the store, the slurs continued, Brown said, and then the suspects attacked.
The video is from one of several surveillance cameras installed in the area by the College Point Board of Trade to deter graffiti.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) said the video illustrates the “hatred and bigotry” behind the beatdown. “I know the Queens community is outraged that hate has tainted their streets …,” said Quinn, who is a lesbian.
“I applaud the NYPD for taking swift action on this case.”
Former X Factor winner Leona Lewis has been slapped at a book signing in London, it’s been reported.
The incident is said to have taken place at Waterstones book store in Piccadilly as she signed copies of her autobiography, Dreams.
According to the BBC, police were called to the store, which is still open.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard told Sky News: “We were called to Waterstones Piccadilly Circus at 4:35pm to reports of an assault.
“It appears that a male has slapped a female at the location.”
Dreams, the 24-year-old’s first book, includes dialogue about the singer’s life, as well as 100 new photographs taken by Dean Freeman.
Lewis’s debut album ‘Spirit’ has sold nearly five million copies around the world since it was released in 2007.
Tyra Banks is catching up with her idol Oprah Winfrey in the fortune stakes – she’s topped a Forbes list of the highest earning women on primetime TV.
The supermodel-turned-talk show host is leading the way with her earnings in the last year, pulling in $30 million for America’s Next Top Model, as well as her daytime talk show.
Runner-up Katherine Heigl raked in $18 million for her role in Grey’s Anatomy and her film projects, while CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actress Marg Helgenberger is in third with $9.5 million in earnings.
Forbes’ full primetime top earners list is as follows:
1) Tyra Banks – $30 million
2) Katherine Heigl – $18 million
3) Marg Helgenberger – $9.5 million
4) Eva Longoria Parker – $9 million
5) Mariska Hargitay – $8.5 million
6=) Julia Louis Dreyfus – $8 million
6=) Maura Tierney – $8 million
8) Tina Fey – $7 million
9) Marcia Cross – $6.2 million
10) Jennifer Love Hewitt – $6 million
Michael Jackson, who has dominated
album sales since his death,
received 5 posthumous American
Music Awards nominations on Tuesday,
including the coveted artist of the
year. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jamie Foxx,
Keyshia Cole, Mary Mary, Black Eyed
Peas, Keri Hilson, Maxwell and T.I.
also received nominations.
NENE LEAKES AND CO. HEADED TO
DAYTIME
Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise
will begin airing in off-net
syndication next fall thanks to a
deal struck by its parent company
NBC Universal Domestic Television
Distribution.
P. MILLER TRYING TO FEED WORLD’S
HUNGRY
Percy “Master P” Miller has
launched a partnership with
OneMillionGifts.org to help feed
and clothe at least 1 million
people around the world throughout
the upcoming holiday season.
Should the government legalize marijuana to generate income? What kind of structure would they use to set it up? You would almost have to believe that the gov’t would have the best stuff and that your neighborhood “weed man” would be out of business as the marijuana industry becomes a licensed, regulated, and watched for compliance industry. Underage won’t be able to buy as with alcohol, but they will still be able to use just like alcohol. With the massive ignorance we already have as a nation, especially with our young people, are we prepared for the fallout of more DUI deaths, more drug addiction, etc. We already have kids thinking it’s cool to do drugs and carry guns because they believe any and everything rappers tell them. True or not.
As far as marijuana being addicting. Everyone here knows people or is that person who has to smoke every single day. They cannot move in the morning or do anything before they “get high”. They spend their last $ on weed and will be late to an appointment because they had to go get some weed first. That’s addiction!
Mtv Top 10 MCs debate with Queens barbers from mtv the shop gives their take on 50cent and Jay z blueprint 3 and what they feel is good music on yobobbytv Just A Matter Of Opinion.
A number of celebrities are rallying behind Haiti to help the embattled country win a global competition hosted by BBC World News and Newsweek. Wyclef, actress/model Garcelle Beauvais, Russell Simmons, Free (Power 105 FM), Sha Money, Tony Yayo, DJ Whoo Kid, Mona Scott-Young (Monami Entertainment), actor Jamie Hector and singer Black Dada have signed on as ambassadors for LOVE ‘N HAITI, a recycling project in Port-au-Prince that turns everyday trash into energy. LOVE ‘N HAITI – an initiative also championed by President Bill Clinton — is one of twelve finalists in the BBC’s “World Challenge ’09,” which will award a grant to the finalist with the most online votes. The cash grant will help LOVE ‘N HAITI continue its recycling efforts, which aid in decreasing deforestation, creating jobs, and reducing the incidence of floods. “I’m proud to be a part of this campaign, not only because it’s for my people, but because I care about our environment,” says Wyclef. “All it takes is one vote to make a difference. We need everyone to support LOVE N’ HAITI!” go log your vote for LOVE ‘N Haiti, visit.
