*NEW* Westwood - Wiz Khalifa dealing with beef

Meek Mill Ft. G.I. The General & Gillie Da Kid - Push Bricks

Rah Digga – You Got It (remix) ft. Torae & Styles P.

Nottz gets busy on the beat while Digga, Torae and the Ghost go in on this remix.

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Video: J.Cole: “Jay-Z Is Not Going To Be The One To Get Me There, It’s Gotta Be Me.”

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Couple days ago Jermaine stopped by Hot 93.7′s On-Air Idiot Show in CT after performing THIS for the first time to talk about living under the Jay-Z shadow and how it’s somewhat a disadvantage, being summoned to the studio to write his “A Star Is Born” verse on the spot, Jay allegedly being mad at him for the LONG delay on his debut project, college and much much more.

Video: The Making Of DJ Khaled’s “I’m On One”

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Khaled is excited about this record. I know, I was shocked too! Na, but all jokes aside, this is one of the hottest record Khaled has ever put out. Drake owned this shit! Stay tuned for the video, coming sooner than you think. “We The Best Forever” everywhere June 28th.

Rap Legends To Honor Kool Herc, Mele Mel Tonight In NY

A number of Hip-Hop legends will gather in New York tonight (May 17th) to pay tribute to DJ Kool Herc and to celebrate the birthday of Grandmaster Mele Mel.

Kool Herc, who is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop culture, will be celebrated for his ongoing recovery from surgery for kidney stones.

The tribute to Kool Herc is being produced by Jill Newman Productions and Big Jeff Productions as part of Hip-Hop Appreciation Week.

In addition to honoring Kool Herc's legacy, a number of artists will honor Mele Mel, who will celebrate his 50th birthday.

Special guests like Big Daddy Kane, The Force MD's, Money Harm, Jeru The Damaja, Freedom Williams. AG, T Ski Valley, M.O.P. and DJ Jazzy Jay will pay tribute to the legendary rap stars.

Sources also told AllHipHop.com that The Roots' Black Thought and Questlove would perform a special tribute to both of the pioneering men of Hip-Hop.

For ticket information visit www.bbkingblues.com. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the DJ Kool Herc Fund.

"The Wire's" Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson Pleads Not Guilty In Drug Case [Video]

'Wire' Actress 'Snoop' Pearson Pleads Not Guilty In Drug Case Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, the actress known for playing the notorious hitwoman on the HBO series The Wire pleaded not guilty to drug conspiracy charges and requested a trial by jury.
The Baltimore native declined any comment as she awaits trial for an arrest during a series of drug raids in her home city. Released on $50,000 bail last month, Pearson is allowed to travel back and forth to Philadelphia as she films a movie.

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Chris Brown's Girlfriend Karreuche Tran Celebrates B Day [Photos]

 

R. Kelly's Ex-Wife Launches Sensual Dance Fitness And Pole Dancing Classes [Photos]

 

R. Kelly's Ex-Wife Andrea Kelly Launches Sensual Dance Fitness Classes
The doors are officially open to R. Kelly's ex-wife Andrea Kelly's Le Pink Kitty, sensual dance fitness and pole dancing classes.
Just last week, the acclaimed dancer announced her "Hooker Heels" pole dancing classes, where students have the opportunity take classes such as Puss and Boots, Between the Sheets, Get it Girl, Sex in the Kitchen, His White Tee, and Hooker Heels, to the soundtrack of R. Kelly classics.
The official press release, and pictures from the newly launched classes are posted below:
The Launch of Le Pink Kitty Sensual Dance Fitness Classes took place at Andrea Kelly's Dream Tu Dance Studio in Country Club Hills, Ill on May 13, 2011. Andrea is a classically trained dancer and has been dancing since the age of 3.

With staying fit and living a healthy lifestyle being of the utmost importance to her and having a desire to help women wake-up their sensuality, Le Pink Kitty was born. Le Pink Kitty is a sensual fitness program that teaches the art of seduction through dance.
The high-energy workout is designed to tone the entire body while rendering an increased sense of self confidence. Andrea describes it as, “Women's empowerment through movement.”

A few of the classes being offered are: Puss and Boots, Between the Sheets, Get it Girl, Sex in the Kitchen, His White Tee, and Hooker Heels.

“Women need to realize its ok to be sexy and live comfortably in that. While playing the role of mom and wife, we have to make time to pour back into ourselves,” says Andrea.

The classes will be held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the goal is to essentially offer Le Pink Kitty sensual dance classes in fitness centers throughout The United States.
Not only is she the proud mother of 3 children but, she is working on a dance inspired clothing line, choreographer, entrepreneur and has a traveling dance company, Andrea Kelly Dance Theater that performs Burlesque Cabaret Shows entitled Pink Kitty Cabaret.

The Robert and Andrea Kelly divorced in 2006, but judging from those pictures, R. Kelly probably wouldn't mind having that old thing back.

Kanye West, Rick Ross Live It Up in Cannes

Kanye West is enjoying the good life in Cannes, France. After his public make-out session with a mystery woman on a hotel balcony, Yeezy was seen in the company of two other female friends during his trip to the French Riviera. He rolled to the VIP Lounge in a convertible white Maybach with two brunettes in the back seat. There he met up with Rick Ross, who earlier in the day dined at Eden Roc, kicking back in flip flops and a white tee as he boarded a boat and headed out to sea. Now that’s livin’ large.

New Music: Young Chris f/ Boyz II Men – ‘Hey Lover’

Young Chris reinterprets LL Cool J’s 1995 classic “Hey Lover” for his mixtape L.I.F.E (Ladies In Free Everywhere), available May 24. The Philly rapper, who is signed to Rico Love’s Division 1 label, keeps the original crooners Boyz II Men on the track, catering to his crush with raunchy rhymes

Chris Brown Leads BET Awards 2011 Nominations

 



What a difference a year makes. Last year, Chris Brown had a breakdown onstage while performing his emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards. Now the R&B superstar leads the pack with six nominations at the BET Awards 2011, including Video of the Year and Best Male Artist. His collaborator Lil Wayne follows with five nods, while Rihanna, Drake, and Kanye West score four apiece.

In the coveted Video of the Year category, Chris’ “Look at Me Now” featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes will compete against Kanye West and Pusha T’s “Runaway,” Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock,” B.o.B and Hayley Williams’ “Airplanes,” Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair,” and Marsha Ambrosius’ “Far Away.”

Other artists who picked up multiple nominations include Nicki Minaj, Marsha Ambrosius, B.o.B, Busta Rhymes, and Willow Smith.

The BET Awards 2011 will air live from Los Angeles on June 26 hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. Check below for a full list of nominees.

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Marsha Ambrosius
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Rihanna

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Kanye West

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Cymphonique
LoLa Monroe

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Cee Lo Green
Bruno Mars
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Group
Diddy-Dirty Money
Cali Swag District
N.E.R.D.
New Boyz
Travis Porter

Best Collaboration
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Chris Brown f/ Tyga & Kevin McCall – “Deuces”
Waka Flocka Flame f/ Roscoe Dash & Wale – “No Hands”
Rihanna f/ Drake – “What’s My Name?”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – “All of the Lights”

Video of the Year
Marsha Ambrosius – “Far Away”
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams of Paramore – “Airplanes”
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”
Willow Smith – “Whip My Hair”
Kanye West f/ Pusha T – “Runaway”

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Mr. Boomtown
Chris Robinson
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Best New Artist
J. Cole
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Willow Smith
Wiz Khalifa

Best Gospel
Byron Cage
Deitrick Haddon
Mary Mary
Karen Clark Sheard
BeBe & CeCe Winans

Best Actress
Halle Berry
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana
Kerry Washington

Best Actor
Laz Alonso
Chris Brown
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx

YoungStars Award
Shenell Edmonds
Keke Palmer
Diggy Simmons
Jaden Smith
Willow Smith

Best Movie
Death at a Funeral
For Colored Girls
Takers
The Book of Eli
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Sportswoman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Candice Dupree
Maya Moore
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Derrick Rose
Michael Vick

Viewers’ Choice Award
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Mindless Behavior – “My Girl”
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake – “Moment 4 Life”
Rihanna f/ Drake – “What’s My Name?”
Trey Songz f/ Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”

Centric Award
Marsha Ambrosius
Eric Benet
Cee-Lo Green
R. Kelly
Kem

Best International Act: U.K.
VV Brown
Chipmunk
Laura Izibor
Skepta
Tinchy Stryder
Tinie Tempah

Best International Act: Africa
2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
D-Black (Ghana)
Angelique Kidjo (Benin)
Fally Ipupa (Congo DR)
Teargas (South Africa)

Video: Sean Price Smacks A Fan For Running On Stage

Fans get a little too bold sometimes. That's not okay when you're at a Sean Price concert. Watch as one fan runs up on stage and gets mollywhopped for interrupting the set. P!

Cali Swag District Member's Murder Linked to Jealousy

Yesterday, we reported that Cali Swag District member M-Bone was murdered in a drive-by shooting. Today, the "Teach Me How to Dougie" rapper's girlfriend spoke to the press.
The incident was allegedly triggered by the jealousy of a man living in their apartment complex, named Mante Talbert. According to the unnamed girlfriend, Talbert was always hostile towards M-Bone and envied the group's success. He and M-Bone went at each other's throats on the popular social networking hub, Twitter.
M-Bone's girlfriend stated she picked the rapper up at the airport around noon on Sunday and dropped him off at his apartment. At around 10 p.m. M-Bone took his girlfriend's vehicle and told her he was heading to the studio. Once the rapper walked out the door, she never heard back from him. One of the group members called to let her know the tragic news.
As of right now, no arrests have been made.

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NICKI MINAJ DROPS DIDDY AS HER MANAGER!

It looks like Nicki Minaj has decided to move on from Diddy as her manager! I believe the magazine XXL started this one off and revealed that she thought she was going to have more actual management from Diddy himself. Instead, she was primarily managed by James Cruz, who works for Diddy. Cruz is not a slouch though, so don't think that. Nevertheless, she's now managed by the same people that manage Lil Wayne and Drake. I would have thought she would have gotten the same person that managed Madonna or something. (Joke.)

Diddy got what he needed out of that and so did Nicki.

WHAT? DRAMA WITH MARIAH!

The blogs are saying that the authorities were called on Mariah because she was breast feeding her twins as she took pain killers and drinking heavily. Who knows.

 
I doubt this is real. Nick's not having it.

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The New Yorker: Where’s Earl?

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Earl Sweatshirt, the “missing” member of Odd Future, has given his first interview since his whereabouts were made public last month. In The New Yorker’s eight-thousand-word story, “Where’s Earl?,” the rapper, who’s real name is Thebe Kgositsile, goes on to state that he has been at the Coral Reef Academy on the South Pacific island of American Samoa voluntarily. Earl says…

“Initially I was really pleased that all these people claimed that they wanted me released because I thought that translated into ‘they care,’” Earl wrote. “So time progresses and the fan base gets bigger and the ‘Free Earl’ chants get louder but now with the ‘Free Earl’ chants come a barely indirect ‘Fuck Earl’s Mom’ and in the blink of an eye my worry changes from ‘will there still be this hype when I get back’ to ‘Oh shit I just inspired a widespread movement of people who are dedicated to the downfall of my mom.’”

On his return, Earl stated “I miss home. I don’t have any definite date though. Even if I did I don’t know if I’d tell you. You’ll hear from me without a doubt when I’m ready.”

Osama Bin Laden's Black Mistress Speaks Out, “I Could've Helped The U.S. Find Osama”

Osama Bin Laden's Black Mistress Speaks Out
Osama Bin Laden's Black mistress is making headlines after she says she's been shunned and called a liar for years.
Kola Boof first made headlines years ago when London's The Guardian broke the story that the poet/television writer and activist was the terrorist leader's mistress.
After being put through the wringer by the press including Connie Chung who she says openly questioned why a man of Bin Laden's wealth and stature have a black mistress, she released a book titled “Diary of a Lost Girl: The Autobiography of Kola Boof” and spoke on their relationship in detail.
Boof says however the hard facts of her story were ignored and instead trivial facts were enjoyed including Bin Laden's love for Whitney Houston and penchant for marijuana.
Now with the man she affectionately called “Somi” dead, Boof is speaking out to clear her name.
She recently released a statement to a number of press organizations including The Daily Voice who published her words in full.
In the statement she calls Osama a “monster, a genius, a poet, a racist woman-basher and a very passionate, deeply sensitive confused being” but adds for emphasis, “Like all of us, he was somebody's child.”
According to Kola they fell in love under nontraditional circumstances---after he raped her the first time they met.
Boof says however that she learned to love him “survive” and they soon became close with her doing his hair and going on lavish shopping sprees to Milan on his dime.

“Osama raped me the first night we met. But out of my fear and determination to survive we became comrades; lovers; we wrote poetry together, I did his hair, I cooked for him, he gave me jewels and money; sent me to Milan on shopping sprees; buried one of his guards that I killed and made it so I only did one night in jail. Living at La Maison Arabe was hardly the life of a slave--I wasn't in chains, honey.
I supervised Osama's men despite not being allowed to leave Osama. And let's not forget that half the wives of Arab rich men live that exact same way--many are married against their will, fathers give away daughters, women are snatched off the streets. Women had no rights in the Arab Muslim world when I was there modeling, acting and "hostessing."

According to Kola she was torn down because she was a Black woman of Egyptian/Sudanese descent and not what “white powerful news controllers” wanted to promote. She adds that one of Osama's wives Najwa Bin Laden referred to her as his “n*gger slave whore” a term she obviously didn't appreciate from the “pitiful head covered door mat jockey.”
It hurts to have so much valuable information; so much intelligence and to be so truthful and articulate--yet have "white powerful news controllers" decide that you're not the right image for what they'd like to promote. Therefore, part of history is always missing.

Osama's wife, Najwa Bin Laden, who wrote so snidely about me in her memoir a few years ago is now forced, at last, to recognize me. I'm sure she'd rather have me killed than see me collect money from her husband.
According to her I was Somi's "abeed lan sharmuta" (n*gger slave whore). But that's alright. I'm the one he kept for pleasure and not mere Islamic duty--as she well knows and sleeps alone with--and always slept alone with. Pitiful head covered door mat jockey.

Kola adds that she could have been an asset to the U.S. in finding the terrorist leader if they'd listen to her. Instead she blames journalist like Peter Bergen who ignored her story about “Somi” and denied her truth.

“The rank ignorant pettiness (well Kola's not pretty enough!) and the treatment my story and my personhood have received shows you exactly why the Americans couldn't find Osama for more than a decade.
It shows you why Peter Bergen in all his almighty "million dollar advance" rhetoric could never locate Osama but had to degrade and slander me to protect the credibility of his own toilet-read tomes. And it shows most of all--that you can't keep a good woman down. I was not the one who revealed that I'd been with Somi.
The London Guardian newspaper started it all; I originally denied the story out of embarrassment and then the U.S. Homeland Security (more like "Gangland Security") forced me to admit to it. From then on, I was trapped in a maze of defending my reputation and my personhood. And so the tragedy of my life is that I have told nothing but truth...yet the truth did not set me free.”

I just saw myself on the cover of the National Enquirer. It says "Exclusive Interview with Bin Laden's Mistress"--but I've never given an interview to the National Enquirer; I have never in my life spoken to anyone at that magazine. In fact, up to this point, I have not given anyone anywhere an interview regarding my feelings on Osama Bin Laden's death.
A week ago, my favorite television news anchor Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) stated that I was Somi's "ex-wife" (because members of the Sudanese government authored a book claiming this). In Los Angeles, one of the top Black stations reported that because I tweeted about Osama's demise two days before he died; I must be working for the CIA and was aware he was about to be killed. The cover of the National Enquirer claims that I was kept chained in Osama's compound. None of this is true.
At this moment, I am embroiled in a serious matter that includes confrontations with Osama's lead wife Najwa over possible monies that were left to me. I will get to that in a moment, but first to make it clear how I feel about Osama's death and to make it clear why I haven't felt like talking about it yet, here's the Official Statement I gave the night Osama died:

"I rarely ever talk about Somi, but for the last two days on Twitter, something
came over me and I did nothing but Tweet about him.
Now I know why.
At last....I forgive Somi for everything he did to me and for all that I witnessed. I set him free and I dream for him to be healed.
My greatest sympathy is with his mother, Hamida, the only person in that family who is willing to hear from me. One mother to another, I close my eyes and embrace her with so much compassion.
I feel that no one has more accurately and fairly characterized her son than I have. I knew him to be a monster, a genius, a poet, a racist woman-basher and a very passionate, deeply sensitive confused being.
Like all of us, he was somebody's child.
I am not God, so I leave him to whatever comes next. I still have his poems and each year they have a different meaning. But now the papers are cool to the touch. I feel many things...things that people would not understand...I look at the gray hair I have...and all I can tell you is this....
Usama, Usama, Usama--Peace."

I think this statement spoken in my own voice reveals a lot for those who have intellect and can understand that the "Monster" Bin Laden was a real multi-dimensional person for those who knew him; not a media contrived cartoon. I have been greatly demeaned and disrespected by the U.S. press regarding my affiliation with him and I would like to say one thing straight out--Ninety percept of the media's problem with me is that I'm a Black Woman who looks Black and not mixed. It has been said to my face. Connie Chung and her producers at CNN asked me point blank, "Why would a man of Bin Laden's wealth and stature have a black mistress?"
Exotic deceitful monikers like 'sex slave' and 'chained woman' are applied to my image but were never applied to Patti Hearst--who was held against her will for more than a year and had sex trains with the nine Black men holding her--yet was not given a single exotic title. And unlike the garden variety White public mistress (Monica Lewinsky, Camilla Parker Bowles, etc.), my word alone nor my stature as a strong African novelist, activist and poet is enough to accrue common respectful treatment towards my person or my image. Extraordinarily literate facts and information I wrote about Osama years ago, things that could have helped them find Osama, are ignored as they focus on tabloid-like single sentences from my memoir (Osama lusted for Whitney Houston!; he was a Pot head). It was me, after all, who said ten years ago that Osama's guards used cell phones (I was crucified by Peter Bergen for that; though they discovered last week that it's true). It was me who reported ten years ago about Osama inventing the "kidney dialysis myth"--me who reported on his marijuana gardens and his obsession with Western culture. It was me who first wrote about his hatred for Sadaam Hussein.
Male journalists like Morgan Spurlock (who says he laughed about my rape) and supposed Bin Laden expert Peter Bergen (whose published facts have now been proven to be less accurate than mine) discuss me as though I'm a deceased taxi dancer or a maid who stole coins from their nightstand. Sadly, because Black Americans can't decipher anything until White people confirm and approve it for them--I have been just as unfairly treated by Black journalists and so called Black academics and intellectuals. Which makes me shudder to think what would have happened to Thomas Jefferson's slave Sally Hemmings had she dared write in her own words about her affair with the President of the United States. How would her claims of child rape turned to a forced long term relationship to eventual love been received by her own people?
Sally Hemmings was twelve years old when she gave birth to President Thomas Jefferson's son, Thomas Jefferson Jr. He was in his fifties (I've since learned that the majority of Black American slave women got their first rapes between the ages of nine and thirteen and were freely raped by both White masters and fellow Black male slaves). As I well know, and share with Sally Hemmings--just because someone rapes you doesn't mean you don't go on to have a deep relationship with that person.
Osama raped me the first night we met. But out of my fear and determination to survive we became comrades; lovers; we wrote poetry together, I did his hair, I cooked for him, he gave me jewels and money; sent me to Milan on shopping sprees; buried one of his guards that I killed and made it so I only did one night in jail. Living at La Maison Arabe was hardly the life of a slave--I wasn't in chains, honey. I supervised Osama's men despite not being allowed to leave Osama. And let's not forget that half the wives of Arab rich men live that exact same way--many are married against their will, fathers give away daughters, women are snatched off the streets. Women had no rights in the Arab Muslim world when I was there modeling, acting and "hostessing."
It hurts to have so much valuable information; so much intelligence and to be so truthful and articulate--yet have "white powerful news controllers" decide that you're not the right image for what they'd like to promote. Therefore, part of history is always missing.
Osama's wife, Najwa Bin Laden, who wrote so snidely about me in her memoir a few years ago is now forced, at last, to recognize me. I'm sure she'd rather have me killed than see me collect money from her husband. According to her I was Somi's "abeed lan sharmuta" (nigger slave whore). But that's alright. I'm the one he kept for pleasure and not mere Islamic duty--as she well knows and sleeps alone with--and always slept alone with. Pitiful head covered door mat jockey.
The rank ignorant pettiness (well Kola's not pretty enough!) and the treatment my story and my personhood have received shows you exactly why the Americans couldn't find Osama for more than a decade. It shows you why Peter Bergen in all his almighty "million dollar advance" rhetoric could never locate Osama but had to degrade and slander me to protect the credibility of his own toilet-read tomes. And it shows most of all--that you can't keep a good woman down. I was not the one who revealed that I'd been with Somi. The London Guardian newspaper started it all; I originally denied the story out of embarrassment and then the U.S. Homeland Security (more like "Gangland Security") forced me to admit to it. From then on, I was trapped in a maze of defending my reputation and my personhood. And so the tragedy of my life is that I have told nothing but truth...yet the truth did not set me free.
My one revenge is that I'm not going anywhere. I think the Americans have noticed that by now. And I leave you with this bit of common sense and mother wit--"In any mansion...it's the maids and the whores...who know the most." You can't stop what's real.

Kola Boof is an award winning novelist, poet and television writer. Her latest book The Sexy Part of the Bible will be released by Akashic Books in July 2011.