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?

Spit Your Game - Notorious B.I.G.

A few things happened today,

♫ Though it's Monday the story is just now leaking. Early Saturday morning (like 3-4 a.m. early) outside the Drake concert in Chicago a 21-year-old male was shot in the buttocks. The unidentified victim allegedly got into a scuffle with another gentleman outside the House of Blues when the shooting happened. Hip Hop news Web site Allhiphop.com reported that before the shooting, several fights occurred inside the club during Drake's 45-minute set resulting in attendees being asked to leave and the cancellation of an after-party.

♫ Eminem told BBC radio show host Tim Westwood that Nick Cannon misinterpreted his message on "Bagpipes from Baghdad". If you've been following you read that Nick Cannon is considering going as far as battling Eminem (yes in rapping) for bashing his wife *lol* Mariah Carey and himself in the song. I don't think anyone has ever reacted this way to an Eminem diss and apparently Em didn't think Nick Carey was going to act this way either.

But it's like this, the way I look at it: I had no idea he was gonna take it like he took it. I had no idea Nick Cannon was gonna start wildin' out on me. No pun intended.

Now Slim hadn't read Cannon's blog post (which mysteriously disappeared off his blog the same day) but he doesn't plan on battling Cannon. If it does come to that point, he says "it is what it is."
via MTV

♫ Asher Roth strikes back at Spencer Pratt...sort of. America's favorite college kid, chatted with MTV and said the least of his worries was Spencer, who just loves to talk and is craving attention.

MTV Shows

I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

It's Friday!!!! Be happy! Smile! But as always there's a few things floating around the rumor mill, some have been proven as fact, others I'm still waiting on the green light, seal of authenticity or something.

♬Anybody besides me watch Maury, when they do the crazy/wild videos? Well you've seen Egypt, she's a radio personality and also a blogger. She reported on her blog that Whitney Houston and her 16-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina were seen arguing at a restaurant in Atlanta. What I've seen about the situation, they were cursing at each other and Whitney kept reaching for the bottle..of wine.

♬This is going to be a one-liner. Paula Abdul's single "I'm Just Here for the Music" broke onto the Top #100 charts. That is all on that one.


♬XXL Mag reported this morning that not only is Drake going on tour late summer *probably mid-July-August* but he'll be on tour with Young Jeezy and Lil' Wayne. They also reported that Drake told Much Music that if everything goes to plan Hov may be joining the tour as well.

God willing, if everything goes according to plan and everybody’s schedule is in place, then I will be on tour with some amazing people. One of them being Jay-Z, one of them being Lil Wayne, one of them being Young Jeezy and one of them being me.

Well I don't know how this is going to go because Ciara just leaked that her and Jay-Z are going on tour this summer,as well. And Drake with Jeezy and Wayne? I'm sorry but that combo is very weird. I actually would prefer a Young Money tour. Drake, Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Curren$y...that lineup works better together; to me anyway.

♬DMX is no longer locked up. Mr. X was released from Tent City Jail in Arizona on May 13. The rapper's publicist Pam Pinnock told XXL Magazine that DMX was released on bail after serving only 3 months of his sentence. BUT X is not a free man yet, though he served his time for the crimes committed OUTSIDE of jail, he has a court day for May 19 on a charge of assault on a jail officer, though naturally X claims he didn't do it. Despite being incarcerated, DMX is working on another album with Swizz Beatz (Swizzie!) and is apparently available for guest appearances.


♬ T.I. and Tiny are set to wed this weekend. I thought T.I. was already in jail, but I heard on the radio he has a few days left *I swear he's running them, like "I go to jail when I want to* Or he might be in jail, Papoose wanted to marry Remy Ma while she was locked down. Conjugal visits? Also T.I. is re-releasing Paper Trail with a few exclusive tracks featuring artists such as Kanye West. Well of course SOMEthing had to leak and that was his song with Mary J. Blige I had to get my hands on that one so I leave you with this: T.I. and Mary J. Blige - "Don't Forget"