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Archive for June, 2010
Lloyd Says He Told Chris Brown To Cry During His BET Awards Performance
Jun 30th
Chris Brown’s performance at the BET Awards shocked fans and #teamrihanna supporters a like…
While many of us were impressed and welcomed him back with open arms,
a lot of people have chosen to remain critical and questioned his true intentions.
Well Lloyd, added some fuel to the fire, he told rap-up.com that he encouraged Chris Brown to cry onstage…
In the interview Lloyd says, he told Chris Brown that he had “to really show his heart out to the world” and cry.
“He’s back with a vengeance….I think that they’re gonna find a place in their heart for him again….I told him man, you gotta get up there. You gotta CRY, you gotta really show your heart to the world.”
Check out the video of Lloyd making the statement….
Well there was a big twitter backlash, folks attacked both Lloyd and Chris Brown, some Rhianna STANS stated Chris was faking his tears, and attacked him via twitter…while other crazy people attacked Lloyd by coining him a hater and an instigator…
some of you twitter junkies, need to be locked up in an insane asylum, i read some of the comments it’s not that serious and what’s up with all the little #teams on twitter LMAO these celebs don’t care about you, nor are they paying ya’ll to attack people verbally.
After all the hoopla
LLoyd took to his blog to “explain” what he meant… In case you care here’s his blog
I consider Chris a friend. He’s been through a lot in the past couple years. I never told him to go on stage and cry. We spoke recently, and I told him as a friend that people hadn’t really seen him be vulnerable about his situation last year [with Rihanna]. I thought he was holding back and needed to let that emotion out. Him crying at the BET Awards was real, I could feel it.” said Lloyd.
“I think he cried about a number of things. About the fact that he thought people would hate him forever because of one mistake. Feeling that love on stage was probably overwhelming. Plus MJ being gone and him performing “Man in the Mirror”, that song is powerful, especially for his situation. It pushed him over the edge.”
Responding to the many blogs and fans that took Lloyd’s comments as a negative statement against Chris Brown, Lloyd offered this response, “To say that he was faking or that I’m hating on him, that’s some bull shit. Last week Essence.com asked me what artist most embodied MJ. I told them it was Chris. I never saw MJ perform live, but he [Chris Brown] is the closest thing I’ve witnessed. Chris is back, and I’m just as excited as his fans are. It’s just frustrating that people want to make everything negative.”
I learned a long time ago people love drama, and will take the smallest thing and run with it,
Lloyd is a good one, cus I wouldn’t have explained ishhh, everyone that came sideways would have been blocked the end! =)
Juvenile Speaks about the oil spill and the violence in New Orleans
Jun 30th
Source: Hip Hop Wired
New Orleans bred emcee Juvenile recently sat down in an exclusive interview with Hip-Hop Wired to discuss his feelings on the oil spill that surrounds his home state as well as his take on the arrest of the police officers who murdered countless Hurricane Katrina victims during the storm.
In regards to the killings by the police officers, Juve states that he “wasn’t surprised” because the senseless acts of violence by police officers is something that has plagued the New Orleans’ hoods for years.
“I really am not shocked that they got caught,” Juvenile said. “We have been telling people this for years. I am more surprised that people were shocked more than anything because if they had been listening to us back then the people may still be alive today.”
In regards to the state of his hometown, Juve states that one solution to the problem would be to allow the victims of Hurricane Katrina to receive priority job placement in their hometown to create a sense of stability and security.
“No offense to anyone out there, but I feel like the victims of the hurricane need to be the first ones who are considered for jobs, especially in New Orleans.” Juvenile said. “Pretty much after every crisis that has hit Louisiana, they should really be the first to get jobs because they were literally left with nothing and many of them still haven’t recovered almost four years later. Right now the mind state is either you have a job or you’re selling drugs and if you selling drugs then there will be violence.”
In response to the oil spill crisis Juvenile states:
“That oil spill just killed our biggest market, because seafood is our biggest market so the oil spill just put even more people without a job. Basically with one leak the oil spill killed New Orleans, so in my opinion the smartest thing for anyone to do would be to move away, honestly that is what I am looking to do because there will only be so long before the oil starts to affect our water and what can we do then..die and that’s what will happen if we don’t leave.”
Lil Wayne Just Sentenced in AZ While Serving Time in NY
Jun 30th
Source: TMZ
Moments ago, an Arizona judge sentenced Lil Wayne to three years probation for his role in a 2008 drug bust at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. Under the deal, Wayne pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug. Wayne — who appeared in court today through a video link from his NY jail — will begin his sentence after he’s released from Rikers Island … where he’s doing time for a gun charge. As we previously reported, Border Patrol agents claimed they found a ton of drugs inside the rapper’s tour bus — including weed, coke and ecstasy.
A “TON” of drugs= probation…must be nice.
Rihanna on the cover of seventeen magazine
Jun 30th
Rihanna made the cover of Seventeen Magazine’s August issue.
she looks really cute when she is playing up her innocent side,
personally I’m over the whole demonic princess look.
Rihanna looked fashionable, friendly, and angelic I think it was a good change.
Check out her photos from the shoot!
New Kid Cudi Ft Kanye West- Erase me
Jun 30th
Kid Cudi and Kanye West hooked up to record a song called “Erase Me” Cudi’s new album is called “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager” which has the same release date as Kanye’s new album September 14th.
check it out…
Larry King retires from CNN
Jun 30th
Larry King is retiring from his show Larry King Live on CNN after 25 years on air.
King had Bill Maher on the show to help him explain his decision to step down.
After repeating his personal statement to his TV audience, King introduced Maher as an “old friend” who he invited on in light of his decision to retire. After a joke about his stepping in to replace him, King admitted that “this was tough, Bill. It was time, I was ready to do it. CNN folks agreed to it. We sat down, I’ll do specials, more time with the family. And I want to expand– I want to do other things I haven’t been able to do.”
Maher told King that, weird at is may seem given the length of King’s career, he feels “it is too soon” and frets, “I hope you’re doing this of your own volition, and not because of what the media says.” King confirms that, no, there was no pressure from CNN, and that the 25th Anniversary week featuring, among others, Lady Gaga, LeBron James, and Barack Obama made him consider retirement.
I’m gonna miss Larry I watch his show a lot, so I’m wondering who they will get to replace him…
personally I think it should be me…but I digress=)
Good luck Larry you will be missed!
TI Goes On The Chelsea Lately Show
Jun 29th
T.I. Comes Back To Talk To Chelsea Lately
They Talked About Their Special Relationship, Prison Life & More…
check it out it’s pretty funny
Stop Snitching creator sentenced to 20yrs in prison
Jun 29th
“Skinny Suge”, the man who became infamous for single handedly ushering in the ‘Stop Snitching’ movement, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for creating the underground DVDs.
According to published reports, Ronnie Thomas and 8 others who participated in the creation of the DVD were charged with witness intimidation among other charges.
Police state that the removal of Thomas and others will hopefully send a message to community that not only is crime not tolerated, but the intimidation of the community isn’t either.
According to Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III, the intent of the “Stop Snitching” videos was to “try to discourage people from making their neighborhoods safer and to intimidate people. … We’re talking about kids who are destroying each other for no good reason.”
The first video, which surfaced in 2004 and was followed by a sequel in 2007, created not only a movement on the streets of Baltimore, but across the country and even spread to the message in Hip-Hop. Because of the overwhelming response to the film, Baltimore police decided to counter act with a video of their own, entitled “Keep Talking.”
In addition to attention by law enforcement, the videos also attracted the attention of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, who used them as a foundation to speak out against the issue of witness intimidation.
Although it seemed as if everyone embraced the movements on the streets, the videos actually damaged the image of city native and Denver Nuggets basketball player Carmelo Anthony, who made a brief appearance on the first DVD.
Two Baltimore police officers whose names were used in the original video, were arrested and convicted of robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses and sentenced to 139 and 315 years in federal prison.
Video co-producer of “Stop Snitching 2,” Rodney Bethea, defended them in an interview with The Baltimore Sun in 2007 stating that “People are surviving the only way they know how,” he said then, adding later, “What I’m doing is exposing the social conditions.”
Many including authorities look at Bethea’s statement as an excuse to scare witnesses from trying to protect their neighborhood and family from crime, by issuing the message that they’ll be harmed or killed if they call the police.
It seems that the message is loud and clear, as a young boy on the video states:
“We don’t know who the snitches are, but when we find out, we gonna bust a cap.”
In an interview after Friday’s sentencing, Bealefeld stated that the movie trailer should now be changed to incorporate this caution: Embrace the video’s message “and you will find yourself in federal prison.”
stop snitching clip
carmelo Anthony makes his debute
New Song Big Boi and TI-Tangerine
Jun 29th
It’s been about 3 years since Big Boi has put out an album,
he recently hooked up with T.I. to do a new song called “Tangerine”.
his upcoming album is called Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
it should be out in a week or so.
check it out
“Tangerine” feat. T.I.
Lyfe Jennings, Shawty Lo & Cousin Jeff Celebrate Achievements Of Black Male Youth
Jun 29th
source: hiphop wired
Please watch all the videos, cousin Jeff has always been a deep brother, i am so proud of them for coming through and helping uplift young brothers, we most definitely need to do better as a community, the sad part is this will not make CNN or BET but if they were doing some Bullishh, it would be front page news smh….please share this post with others, the word needs to get out.
Lyfe Jennings is using his music for good and making positive steps to enrich the lives of young Black men.
The “Statistics” hit maker opened his home to 100 African American boys that participate in the national OK Program, an organization that aims to reduce the high rates of incarceration and homicide of young Black males by guiding them away from prison and towards college, military service, vocational training.
The boys selected from Arkansas and Indianapolis to join in Thursday’s activities all earned a GPA of 2.5 or higher and have been paired with male mentors to continue to usher them in the right direction.
In addition to Lyfe, the boys were greeted by Shawty Lo and BET’s Jeffrey “Cousin Jeff “ Johnson who shared their life experiences and encouraged them to stay on the straight narrow.
Jeff gave an especially motivating speech and told the boys that he planned on reaching out to radio host Tom Joyner to gain even more support for the OK Program.
He also made sure to add that its’ up to the young men to fulfill the organization’s expectations for them so they can pay it forward and not end up like so many of their fellow “leaders” that end up in jail.
“The most messed up thing about the Black community is about half the brothers that are supposed to be leading are locked up. And they’re locked up not because they weren’t leaders, they’re locked up because they were leading the wrong set…”
Jeff encouraged the young men to do more than what’s expected and said the only thing “good enough” for the program would be for them to take action and work as “intellectual gangsters.”
“The only thing that’s enough is if you all are the intellectual gangsters that our community needs to have the ability to use their brains and their hands are willing to build what nobody else wants to build…”
The founder of the OK program Donald Norcross was also on tap beaming as his participants enjoyed the day’s activities.
Norcross told HipHopWired that he founded the program in 1990 after working as a sheriff’s deputy and seeing so many Black male youth incarcerated and put into the system.
He says he met Lyfe a few months ago during a concert and the R&B star was so impressed with OK that he invited the participants to his house for a day of fun and fulfillment.
“It wonderful, I met Lyfe two months ago….and he was looking for some kids to come talk to….He found out we were coming to Atlanta in a few months and he said, “Why don’t you bring the boys over and let me barbecue for them and just hang out and have a good time….”
Bankhead representative Shawty Lo also came through to speak to the youth and shared his experience with the prison system. Unbeknownst to many, Lo’s been arrested 28 times and has four convictions to his name.
Despite the odds being stacked against him, L-O’ says God’s allowed him to progress.
“I could be anywhere but I feel like God got me here for a reason. I been doing positive things…for the last five things I’ve been doing great and God has blessed me with a talent to do music…Y’all can be anything y’all wanna be in life…”
Check out pictures of Lyfe, So So Def artist Dondria and Shawty Lo as they celebrate the achievements of the youth of the OK Program.
