Video: Ooo La La La [Live on Soul Train] - Teena Marie

 
Well, if you haven't heard by now, legendary blue-eyed soul singer Teena Marie passed away Sunday morning from what appears to be natural causes.

Her daughter discovered her body in the bedroom of the singer's home who passed away in her sleep. It has been reported (though I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere) that she may have passed away after having a seizure (she has suffered from these before).

Teena Marie had one of the most soulful voices. I've seen people referring to her as the "Blackest White Girl" and speaking with my Mom, she said when Teena Marie's album first dropped, her label decided to not put her on the cover because they weren't sure how people were going to react to a White girl with such a powerful voice.

Not sure how true that is, but one could believe it.

Her passing comes about four years after that of Rick James, a constant collaborator.

Now Fire & Desire may rest peacefully.

On The Hotline - Pretty Ricky

♫ The most interesting tour of the summer kicked off yesterday. America's Most Wanted Tour starring: Lil' Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Drake, Jeremih, and Nicki Minaj (?). Yes, Nicki Lewinsky has been added to the tour and Drake's set has been cut short according to XXL. Due to Drake's knee injury (he tore his ACL right before the BET Awards, which is why he sat during the performance) his doctor's and tour managers decided it was best to cut his set short so he could make it through the North American tour. It's scheduled to hit cities all over the U.S. and Canada as well and tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. It will come to Detroit August 30 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clawson, Michigan.

♫ Rapper/actor extraordinaire Q-tip is planning a posthumous (after death) birthday party for the late king of pop Michael Jackson. 'Long Live The King' will take place August 29, at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square, New York. In a press release the Q-Tip (who is also DJing the event) said:

Michael Jackson was a huge influence on my music and was an inspiration to me and so many others. I want to bring people together to celebrate the man, his music and his legacy that will undoubtedly live on forever!

Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster and are on pre-sale for $25 with a limit of 6 tickets per credit card/person.

♫ Back in 2007, Ja Rule released "Uh-Oh" feat. Lil' Wayne and that was supposed to be the first single off his 8th studio album, The Mirror. Well two years later we finally get it. MTV reports that The Mirror: Reloaded is slated to be released online (no date has been set yet). How can something be reloaded if it never dropped? Well after the cancellation of his original release dates, Ja went BACK into the studio and recorded an entirely new album.

Baby Mama - Fantasia: Kelis

Some good news comes out of the Nas v. Kelis battle: a healthy baby boy. It was announced today that the bossy singer delivered a baby boy at a New York hospital. However it wasn't all a joyous occasion as Nas –legendary rapper and soon to be Kelis' ex husband– was NOT allowed to be there for the baby's delivery (according to MTV News UK). No word as to why this was, could be because of the ugly divorce going on between them or he's still mad Kelis is asking for $20K a month in maintenance (Not including child support) This is Kelis' first child and Nas' second (but first son). No information on the name and other stats have been released about the new boy.

Rumor Has - Jeezy feat. Pharrell

It's been a while...

♪ At Rock The Bells, Outkast member Big Boi debuted some of his new music from his up and coming album. Well, according to reports by XXL, Big Boi has left Jive Records and will be joining the Def Jam roster. Apparently, Big Boi became annoyed with the several pushbacks made on his album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. All the i's haven't been dotted nor have all the t's been crossed, but pretty soon Big Boi will be BACK with his former boss LA Reid (Reid signed Outkast to LaFace Records back in the day). Outkast is also scheduled to release a new album in the upcoming year.

♪ Tony Yayo thinks The Game is making a big mistake my dissing Jay-Z. The G-Unit rapper told MTV:

They got too much money. Dudes got sniper money. You gotta chill. I chill. You gotta leave them kinda dudes alone. That's how I look at it.

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Don't know what's going down (you may not have been to Juan's blog lately) but The Game dissed Jay-Z and Mrs. Knowles-Carter (Beyoncé for the slower ones) at a concert in Madrid because he was upset that Jay had supposedly said something about him in a song. This beef is nothing new and has been going on for a few years and at a recent concert Hov shut The Game down with one line at his July 7th show in Chicago:
"I ain't talking about gossip, I ain't talking about Game, I ain't talking about Jimmy, I ain't talking about Dame."


♪ It's no secret that a few rappers have ghostwriters, but did you expect Snoop Dogg to say he had one (or several)? Yup. Snoop told XXL that for his upcoming project, Malice in Wonderland, he was going to speaking through the mouths of babes.

I got a couple of my little homies that’s putting the pen to the paper. I be letting my homies get on by writing and expressing they thoughts through me. I be letting them have opportunities to be a star through me.

Honestly, I can't help but wonder about some of his past projects. To me rappers and writers go together like oil and vinegar, they don't mix. However, I'm sure there are loads of rappers with ghostwriters...I think I'd rather not know.

♪ T.I.'s Re-release of Paper Trail has been shelved. According to MTV, Paper Trail: Case Closed, will never be released. However according to an Atlantic rep the additional tracks will be released digitally, probably via iTunes. T.I. is currently serving a jail sentence of 1 year and 1 day but recently released his video for "Remember Me" featuring Mary J. Blige.

Things We Do - Slum Village

♫ Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman reply to Young Jeezy's "24/23," but not like rappers should. XXL Magazine reached out for comment/response from the two and they simply said "We not feeding into that; we getting money." I know some of you may not be hip to what's happening or why Gucci and Jeezy are beefing in the first place, but remember Gucci's first major hit "So Icey" back in like 2005? Well, Jeezy claims Gucci hadn't paid him sufficiently for his appearance on the track (the irony in his/Oj Da Juiceman's statement to XXL). Then Gucci claimed Jeezy put a hit out on his life and the two haven't been getting along since. But all three are scheduled to perform/be in the same vicinity as each other in Atlanta at Hot 102.7's Birthday Bash this upcoming weekend.

♫ Speaking of Young Jeezy, he, Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Soulja Boy are indeed going on tour with each other this summer. Excuse me, it's a music festival. Yes, yes, it has been confirmed that the quad will headline the America's Most Wanted Musical Festival and the tour dates have been released.Drake told MTV this about what's coming on the tour:

It's definitely moving along well. I think it will be an exciting night for each city that we go to. You got two young guys [and] two guys that have been killing the game for a minute, so I think it will be a dope tour.

I think it's BS that they aren't coming to Detroit ( how do you go from Canada straight to Ohio), but In case you are wondering here are the dates/cities:

♪7/27 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
♪7/29 Saratoga, NY @ Performing Arts Center
♪7/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
♪7/31 Philadelphia @ Susquehanna Bank Center
♪8/1 Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Theater
♪8/2 Virginia Beach @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
♪8/4 Toronto @ Molson Amphitheater
♪8/5 Montreal @ Bell Centre
♪8/6 Cleveland @ Blossom Pavilion
♪8/7 Washington, D.C. @ Nissan Pavilion
♪8/8 Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheater
♪8/9 Atlanta @ Lakewood Amphitheater
♪8/8 Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheater
♪8/12 Phoenix @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
♪8/13 Los Angeles @ TBD
♪8/14 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
♪8/15 Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion
♪8/17 Vancouver @ GM Place
♪8/18 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
♪8/20 Denver @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
♪8/22 Houston @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
♪8/23 Dallas @ Superpages.com Center


♫ Remember those guys that once rapped about Blue and Yellow Purple...hills? D12, was their name and they are preparing to re-enter the rap game. Eminem leaked to BET [as reported by MTV] that they were getting the band back together and scheduled to hit the studio soon to begin work on their new album. This will be the groups first album since Proof's murder and Slim Shady told the peeps over at Rap City this:

Right now, my music would probably be the same [if Proof was still alive]. I think this is what Proof always wanted, was for me to go crazy again. My life would be different because I would still have him.

Tell Me Something Good - Rufus & Chaka Khan

♫ Soulja Boy is allegedly going on tour with Lil' Wayne, Young Jeezy and Drake. The rapper confirmed that announcement via his Twitter page. Here's where things get a lil' tricky, Soulja Boy's rep told MTV that he was joining this lineup as well, however a rep from the Young Money /Lil' Wayne camp told them that a concert tour with at least some of the four artists will happen...*My bets on Jeezy not being on it!* But more news from the SOD camp (that's my word for today, camp) Soulja Boy is releasing a Gangsta Grillz mixtape. What's killer (the bad killer not the good killer) about the mixtape? It's called "Follow Me: Gangsta Grillz Twitter Edition," yes the mixtape is dedicated to Twitter, will be released through Twitter first, and he's actually pulling a Yung Berg with this Twitter title. *except I doubt he'll scam his DJ, would YOU mess with DJ Drama?*

♫ So you'd be lying to yourself if you said Drake wasn't a record label's wet dream he's: new, endorsed by rap bigwigs, getting love on the radio, crazy rumors about his romance life and best of all, he's unsigned. Drake reportedly has three record labels on his tip to get him to come to their side, much like a super fly car at an auto auction. Jimmy Brooks is moving too fast for his own speed though, he's already about to be involved in a major lawsuit. Canadian Money Entertaiment (CME...Ca-na-di-an...Canada...) released a "Drake" mixtape through iTunes and there would be nothing wrong with that if a) it weren't unauthorized and b) if it were REAL! The CD was being SOLD on iTunes and Drake and his peeps are filing a lawsuit against the group. A cease and desist letter has been sent to iTunes and according to XXL Drake's manager, Al Branch, had this to say:

This is a straight bootleg, a scandal. We are behind promoting records at radio, but haven’t sold it. iTunes position is that they are store and they stock everything. They have a waiver and as long as people sign it and are responsible for the product they submit, then they go for it.

♫ Ay Remember Sticky Fingaz from the hip-hop group Onyx (group also had Fredro Starr aka Q from Moesha for all y'all uber late 90's babies)? Well he's doing a hip-hop musical, no it's not some uber lame 3 hour show with shiny and sequined dance sequences (how's that for alliteration?) It's a movie told in the form of rap, which would probably make it sound more like Spoken word than anything else. It's going to be released via Lions Gate films (they've done Tyler Perry's joints), and it's also straight to DVD and will arrive in stores July 7, 2009. Some of the stars Mekhi Phifer (I think he really wants to be a rapper, secretly, lol), Omar Epps, Faizon Love, Treach, Ray J and a few others. Peep the trailer below.

A DAY IN THE LIFE - Trailer from KB on Vimeo.

*Now I did peep this film on IMDB.com and according to it, it was a 2007 film and has Lamont Bentley (Of Moesha fame as Hakeem) cast as one of the characters. What's weird is Lamont Bentley passed away in 2005, which means that this film had to have been filmed either just before his death or a year earlier. Had to throw all this in because I didn't want any discrepancies about anything*

Know What i"m Talking About - Gucci Mane

♫ RZA (yep from the Wu-Tang Clan) is planning a remake of The Last Dragon ( a 1985 Bruce Lee film). Nothing wrong with that, but he wants both Chris Brown and Rihanna to have roles in the film. Awkward Much?

♫ Official News on the Hova front, Jay-Z's album will be released on the 8th anniversary of The Blueprint..which is September 11, 2009 (for all the non-super-fans). Yes, some of the information leaked yesterday, but quality beats delivery with me and I had to assure the accuracy with this (basically info from blogs equal no-no). ANYWAY, this is a big deal, it's his first album with Warner Music Group. Before you jump ahead, that's the other Hov news I have for you, Jay-Z signs on for The Blueprint 3 with WMG/Atlantic, but Roc Nation (his label with Live Nation) goes through Epic. Though this seems complicated, it's all for distribution purposes because supposedly TB3 (my nickname for it) will be distributed through Roc Nation as well. Jay-Z is a business, man; I expect everything to roll through smoothly.

♫ There were rumors floating around that Mos Def had pushed back the release of "Estatic" until August but according to an e-mail Mos Def's label will be releasing the album on time June 9 (THIS TUESDAY), and beginning THIS Saturday, the album will be available for listen on his MySpace page. One track that has my heart jumping rope is the Talib Kweli/Mos Def (Black Star) collab on the Dilla (sidebar: "Jay $tay Paid" released this week, cop that!) beat "History" check it below.


♫ Weezy F. Baby says that "Rebirth" is finally ready for release. Production has finally been completed on the album (which has been pushed back 3 times already). Lil' Waye spoke with MTV briefly at the MTV Movie Awards and naturally was questioned about expectaitons:

Expect great music. That's all I ever want them to expect from me. I wanted to grow and show my growth as well. It's a difference from when you go in a room and come out and you're better and everyone says, 'How did you do that?' So with this album, I wanted everyone to see my growing pains.

I have never been anxious for a Wayne album...and nothing has changed, this shall be interesting though.

Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition

♫ As reported by New York Daily News, Eminem's hotel room was robbed after the MTV Movie awards. The thieves managed to get away with several of Slim's items including a chain worth $60,000 and Eminem's laptop. As for the rumors about the Bruno butt plant being planned, no official statement has been released from Slim (which is what I'm waiting on to be convinced).

♫R. Kelly is biiiizzzzaaacccckkk Mr. Honey Love is dropping a mixtape this week. Si, R. Kelly is dropping a mixtape this week. He has remixed songs like "Birthday Sex" and "Best I Ever Had." The Demo Tape (that's the name) hosted by DJ Drama and DJ Skee and features remixes of his older songs and unreleased cuts as well. If that's not enough, he is releasing an album sometime in the near future, but the name hasn't been determined and won't be! R. Kelly told MTV that he wants the fans to call it whatever they like:

I've been in the biz 17 years, so everyone is used to me naming my records. So I wanted to mix it up a little. I want whoever listens to the record to call it what they want, name it themselves based on what they feel listening to the music.

The man can hang out at Claire's and Aeropostale if he wants, he's the king of R&B (care to differ?)

♫ Omarion signs with Young Money. No, this is not a joke, the former B2K-er signed to Lil' Wayne's label Young Money. .. Which means Omarion, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Curren$y are all on the same label...Anyone else find something odd about this?

♫Think back to College Dropout (One of my top 5 albums), remember that song "Spaceship"? Well it was supposed to be released as a single, and Kanye even did a video for it, but Kanye has perfectionist syndrome. Which means that he won't release anything that isn't up to his standard...But he did this time. Martin Louis the Don not only released the video for "Paranoid" today but he posted this video for "Spaceship." Why? Well Kanye says:

I DIRECTED THIS VIDEO FOUR YEARS AGO BUT I WASN'T SATISFIED WITH IT SO I NEVER RELEASED IT. BUT NOW LOOKING BACK AT IT I LIKE IT.

So I leave you with this: "Spaceship"

Spaceship from kwest on Vimeo.

Successful - Drake Feat. Trey Songz

♫ Drake is about to begin filming the video for his first single "Best I Ever Had" The Canadian Degrassi alum told MTV that he just wants to make women feel special with the video:

The biggest thing about that song is that a lot of women come up to me and say, 'That's my song, because it really makes me feel special.' So I told the directors that were interested that I just want the visuals to coincide with that feeling. I want women to feel special when they watch the visual and say, 'I wish that was me,' or 'I know that feeling.' That's the goal with the video — to be genuine and not sappy. Keep it sexy and keep it together, but still make women smile

IF you haven't heard Drizzy is also working on his debut album and is rumored to have been in the studio with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne (of course) and some smaller artists (actually the next big thing) Wale and Detroit's own Big Sean (well him working with Wale and Bg Sean are fact more so than rumors). Drake hopes to have the video finished by the time the BET awards air in late June.

♫ T.I. is getting his grind on behind bars and I'm not talking conjugal visits, either. He is set to release a new mixtape entitled, what else but, "A Year and Day." If you remember I posted one of the tracks for the tape that was leaked a couple of weeks ago and features Mary J. Blige "Remember Me." Some of the other featured artists on the mixtape according to MTV are Chris Brown and Kanye West, the tape also features re-realeases of tracks that were featured on the rapper's "Paper Trail" album.

♫ You've seen the video on blogs (including this one before the host site took it down...I'm going to find it again, lol) but Kanye West is NOT a happy camper because "Paranoid" video starring Rihanna was released. According to Ye, the video is "old" and is not the one that was intended for release. Here's what he said on his blog:

IT HURTS ME TO SEE THE OLD AND VERY WRONG VERSION OF THE PARANOID VIDEO GET LEAKED ALL OVER THE NET WHILE I WAS ON AN 11 HR FLIGHT AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS BECAUSE I REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND SINCE VIDEOS NEVER GET PLAYED ANY WAY YOU MIGHT AS WELL TWEAK THEM AND MAKE THEM AS SPECIAL AS POSSIBLE. THE VERSION THAT GOT LEAKED FROM THE CAMERA PHONE LAST WEEK IS AT LEAST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FINAL PRODUCT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT THAT VIDEO WAS NOT UP TO MY STANDARDS.

Word, I admire Kanye, not many artists care about the quality of product they produce as long as they make money off of it. I thought the "wrong" "Paranoid" video was dope, can't wait to see the real one. Below is one of the screenshots for the REAL video that the Louis Vuitton Don posted on his blog.

Umbrella (rmx) - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z & Chris Brown

♫ Has Jay-Z been in every one of my news updates? If you remember Hov just got out of his contract with Def Jam and according to Billboard, he is close to inking a deal with Epic Records. It is said that the deal is 95% complete and will combine Jay-Z's RocNation releases with Epic for distrbution purposes. There were rumors swirling that Mr. Beyonce was going to make the switch to Columbia *sidebar: Epic and Columbia are both under Sony BMG* because of his close ties with the label and the fact that Beyonce is signed to them. So, hopefully it's smooth sailing for Mr. Carter so "The Blueprint 3" can hurry and drop (this Anti-auto-tune thing has me anxious!)

♫ Many celebrities have Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and of course YouTube accounts. There is a new trend among them called livestreaming, it's a way of recording so that the viewer gets to see what they're doing. Why am I telling you this? Well Chris Brown (haven't heard that name in a while) and Bow Wow (hahahahaha) were live-streaming together from Shaq (yes, that Shaq) crib. Still wondering why this is news? Well during the stream (turned YouTube vid) Chris Brown actually speaks and says "I ain't a monster," you don't have to be a super-genius to figure out what he's referring to. He does go on to talk about his new album that's supposed to be released sometime this year and thanks his "real" fans for sticking by him.

I don't do all this talking on the thing, this is just some new stuff I'm doing. I just wanna say 'what's up?,' because I ain't been out there in a minute. But the new album is gonna be coming soon. We working on it right now. It's called Graffiti. It's got everything on it, so y'all be ready for that. I'm about to drop a single this summer for y'all. We ain't going nowhere. Everybody that's haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you. I ain't a monster.

[grazie MTV for transcribing ;-) ]

♫Speaking of Chris Breezy, his ex-breezy Rihanna may have to appear in court. Last Month, Brown's lawyer attempted to have the case dismissed due to the fact that evidence had been leaked online, but the judged denied his request. According to the Associated Press, Rihanna's lawyer said he will likely receive a subpoena for the singer to testify in a preliminary hearing June 22. If this does happen Rihanna could be subject to cross-examination by Brown's lawyer. *could possibly be the most interesting court case since O.J.'s*

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

♫ I heard this earlier in the day, but I was waiting on the official say so from the news sites. Yesterday boxing legend Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter, Exodus Tyson, was hospitalized and on life support after an accident on a treadmill. According to various news sites, she was discovered by her 7-year-old brother tangled in cords on the treadmill and paramedics were called yesterday morning. CBS quoted Sgt Andy hill about the situation.

Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console - it's kind of a loop. Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it.

Exodus was pronounced dead today at about 11:45 a.m.
My heart and prayers go to MIke Tyson and his family.

♫ T.I. finally went to jail today. Mr. Harris is expected to serve the same amount of time as rapper Lil' Kim did, one year and a day, but if he is well behaved he will get out in ten months on good behavior. T.I.P. will be spending his time in an Arkansas prison (meaning that the judge denied his request last week to be moved closer to Atlanta). But that really won't matter, T.I. will be on probation for 3 years, have to do 2 more months of house arrest, and 470 hours of community service.

♫It took him a minute but Nick Cannon FINALLY responds to what happened to the disappearance of the Eminem post on his blog. If you don't remember (and are too lazy to look at my older posts) Nick Carey ranted on and on about Slim dissing him and Mariah on "Bagpipes from Baghdad," but Cannon insists that the reason the blog isn't up si because of "technical issues." The controversial blog generated so much traffic that it constantly crashed the site. I'm not a genius or anything but unless he sent a smoke signal out saying I don't have the post up anymore wouldn't people still visit, traffic still be heavy, and the site would still crash? Do remember that Eminem said he never saw the post and didn't get the opportunity to read it. NC also backtracks on a couple of things, he says he has no beef with Eminem and that it was just one of those things that he HAD to say. Sorry nick, but according to what you posted you wanted to battle Slim, realized that the chances of you coming out of that battle unscarred were slim to none?

♫ I knew there was a reason I loved Jay-Z, he is doing Blueprint 3 AUTO-TUNE FREE! Do you understand the joy I am experiencing? Actually it's bad when youhave to promise your fans that there will be no auto-tune on an album..shows the trend needs to die. ANYway, Kanye West said Hov' is taking his time with the album to give people the best product he can to his fans. The Louis Vuitton Don also told MTV:

We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album. To make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album, even though I released an album that has all Auto-Tune! "t's music; it's just sonics. I like Auto-Tune so I do it, but you want the other thing — like you'll wear a suit to a wedding and gym shoes to a basketball game. I think it's a perfect moment for Jay to provide some gym shoes to a basketball game right now.

Gossip Folk - Missy Elliott

What's going on in the music world?

♫ I said it before and I shall say it again, T.I. is running the show. Apparently the rapper filed papers with the courts that would put a 10 day delay on his incarceration. The reason being, he wants to be put in jail closer to Atlanta; T.I. is scheduled to turn himself in on May 26 and will be serving his sentence in an Arkansas prison. Before I was kidding, but how long ago has T.I. been supposed to go to jail? Wasn't he charged and convicted back in early '08? I'm just going to say it, if it were ANY other person (i.e. not a celebrity) it wouldn't have been a year before they were locked down.
♫ Jay-Z is a free man. NO him and Beyonce did not get divorced, Jay-Z told rapradar.com that he has indeed left Def Jam.

I can honestly say, working with Doug Morris and LA Reid has been a unique and fulfilling experience and I respect them immensely. I've been in the family for almost my entire career.
Doug and I spoke directly and had one of the most unique "negotiations" ever. Doug won the toss but, we both won in the end..I thank him for allowing me to be a completely independent artist. Not every artist can say they own or are given the opportunity to own all of their music.

♫ Aubrey Berry, the man accused of murdering Konvict Muzik artist Dolla, bail has been raised to a whomping $5 million according to XXL. Berry and Dolla had a couple of altercations previously, one being at a nightclub in Atlanta where allegedly Dolla and entourage fought (and beat up) Berry and his crew. Berry's defense team is claiming self-defense; reportedly Dolla threatened him at a L.A. PF Chang's restaurant and reached for his waistband and that's when Berry shot Dolla. However, no weapons were found on Dolla at the crime scene. (It's horrible that he assumed he was reaching for a gun, what if it was an inhaler or something?)


♫ XXL reported that Lil' Wayne's album has been pushed back-again- until July. In case you lost count that makes 3 times the date has changed for Rebirth. I'm still skeptical about the finished product.


♫ Jimmy Brooks, Aubrey Graham, and Drake groupies fans can sleep with ease. The Toronto rapper and Young Money affiliate cleared up rumors that he and Rihanna are dating. Drake called in to NY's Hot97 and said that he and Ri Ri are just friends, even though he does acknowledge (to some extent) that he was indeed at the restaurant.

I have the upmost respect for her man, I think she's so talented. I'm honored that they would think of me and start this rumor, but it is not true.

Not only is Drake internationally known and unsigned, now he already has rumors circulating? Too big, too soon?

Chicken Head - Project Pat

OK so unless you have been in a cave kickin' it with Osama Bin Laden *real talk even he may know* then you heard about the Oprah buying everyone in America KFC. The deal was you go online print out the coupons and the limit per ISP/User was 4. Well yesterday there were some problems because of the overwhelming response of people trying to print them. So KFC President Roger Eaton published this video via YouTube about the situation and the raincheck coupons.

Why the frick he is speaking like that? I don't know.

Update: Fame - DMX

So somebody's lying; don't know who it is yet; but XXL Magazine posted on their Web site earlier that DMX's reps deny him having any involvement in the new season of Celebrity Rehab. Currently X is serving a 90 day sentence in Arizona. Pam Pinnock, DMX's rep, told XXL that he won't be on TV anytime soon but he is looking at movie contracts for roles he may take upon his release.
I will say I am slightly disappointed he won't be..imagine how good of a season that would have been with DMX kicking it with Dr. Drew.

Party Up - DMX

Word around the web is that DMX has signed up to enter rehab; not a real one but Celebrity Rehab.
Ok, ok maybe they do have real doctors and such, but the show's drug counselor Bob Forrest told Radar that the Ruff Ryder is the first cast member to be announced in the upcoming season. If you forgot what problems Earl Simmons (that's his government for those that don't know) has let's recap:
-Animal Cruelty
-Reckless Driving
-Unlicensed Driving
-Marijuana Possession
-Identity Falsification
-Theft
Mind you some of these are multiple counts. Let's see what Dr. Drew can do!
Who else do you think would be on the show? They should stick Bobby Brown, that'd be interesting.

Tatted Up - D4L

My biggest fear about my future is that I will hate my tattoos and want them covered or removed. Well one of the greatest producers/artist of all time just underwent laser treatment to have his tattoos burned off.
A while ago, Skateboard P. aka Pharrell Williams said he was considering undergoing skin grafts to get rid of his tattoos. Apparently Mr. Neptune changed his mind; on the BBC/Ice Cream blog Pharell posted this pic that shows both his arms bandaged up.
This is the caption that was posted:

Laser treatment bitches! Extra crispy.” See, no skin graft here, just pure laser pain. This is our own version of Mythbusters! Laser is the new primer.

If this is the before, I wonder how painful that was.