Archive for December, 2007
31
Dec
Prodigy Q&A
Another Toshi Q&A
On the video of him and his seven-year-old son at the gun range:
When I taught my son how to shoot a gun it was because I owned a legal, registered shotgun at my house. When I bought it from the gun store, the guy asked me if I had kids in the house. He said, “When your kids get to a certain age, you gotta teach them how to shoot. Because if you don’t, when the gun is in the house, the kid is going to get curious and play with it. But if you teach him how to shoot the gun, then the kid is going to understand the power that the weapon has.” When [my son] turned seven, I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, and he told me to take him to the range and teach him how to shoot the gun. I said aright because when he gets older, I was gonna have to teach him anyways. When [my daughter] gets older, I’m going to [tell her about it as well].
Hov performed in Vegas last night with a few special guests: Mary J. Blige, Kanye, Beans, Bleek, Neyo, Questlove.
29
Dec
Diddy’s Gettin A Star
“I’m from Harlem, New York, so to get a star in Hollywood is just mind-blowing. You can get a lot of things but when you see those stars on the ground… that’s something I can’t even say I dreamed of and to be getting recognised for it is definitely something I’m gonna have my whole family out there for.”
29
Dec
Lox Live
28
Dec
Daily Recap - 12/28/07
28
Dec
Brandy In The Clear
Moesha Brandy is in the clear — according to TMZ, the Los Angeles city attorney will not be filing charges against the singer over the multi-car crash that claimed the life of a woman in December 2006. The attorney had until the end of the day Friday (December 28) to file criminal charges against Brandy in the incident. The singer’s attorney, Blair Berk, reportedly responded with a statement, saying, “These past 12 months have posed an extraordinary hardship for Brandy and her family, who have been unfairly forced to live under a cloud of suspicion initially caused by the ill-advised and premature press release sent out by the California Highway Patrol accusing Brandy of wrongdoing before the police investigation was even finished. However, Brandy continues to be mindful that she was so fortunate to be uninjured in this accident and there was a life lost that should be remembered.” Brandy is, however, still facing a $50 million wrongful-death suit from the family of the victim, Awatef Aboudihaj.
28
Dec
The Lox Reunion
Sha from MTV recaps last night’s Lox Reunion show at BB Kings. They took it back with bangers like Banned From TV, Reservoir Dogs, You’ll See, etc.
PS - How young does Jada look in that pic??
28
Dec
Hook King of ‘07?
I think so. MTV talks to T-Pain about all his 07 collabos. Here are some excerpts:
Kanye West, “Good Life” “All I recorded for that song was hooks. We did five different versions [of the chorus]. And when you hear that [sings] ‘And my grandmama ain’t the only one calling me baby,’ that was a hook. Kanye put all them hooks together and created that song. When I heard the finished version, I was like, ‘This dude is a genius.’ ”
Chris Brown, “Kiss Kiss”"That song was originally for David Banner. I made that with him in mind, but Chris was in the studio with me and asked for some hip-hop beats. He heard it and asked for it. That song was originally called “Thick Thick.” [Sings] ‘That booty, girl, is thick, thick, thick.’ But then I remembered Chris Brown is like 12, and we changed it up.”
Fabolous, “Baby Don’t Go” “That already had the hook on it, actually. [I just had to] put my little part on it. I actually respect [Jermaine Dupri] for that because the song required Auto-Tune, and he was just like, ‘I don’t want to just use it. I’d rather have the person that’s famous for it right now.’ Because anyone can just use it, as you see everybody is doing that right now. But he was like, ‘I could have just used it, but that would have been disrespectful to somebody that’s bringing it back.’ I respect him for that, completely.”
Read more about his collabos with R. Kelly, DJ Khaled, Plies, and Bow Wow.
28
Dec
Best Movies of 2007
American Gangster
Knocked Up
Superbad
Damn, only 3?
28
Dec
11 Years Later…
From AHH:
Eleven years after the death of Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas investigators are heading to Los Angeles to see if any questions can be answered regarding the 1996 shooting.
Possibly brought on by allegations in the documentary Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy Of Revenge, which was released in October, investigators are once again looking for clues and possible answers from Marion ‘Suge’ Knight and Reginald Wright Jr, both of whom are maintaining their innocence.
“God knows the truth and when it comes down to it, it’s not one person in the world with any sense to know I had anything to do with getting Tupac shot,” Suge Knight told Los Angeles’ Fox 11 News.
Until recently, the death of Tupac was considered a cold case.
According to Tupac’s former bodyguard and undercover FBI agent, Kevin Hackie, there are several major factors that point to Knight and Wright’s guilt in Tupac’s death.
Hackie maintains that on the night of Tupac’s death two dozen of Tupac’s bodyguards were told not to carry weapons.
Hackie also believes that the infamous fight at the MGM Grand Hotel involving Crip gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson was staged, so that that the rival would receive the blame for Tupac’s death.
Hackie also claims that prior to Tupac’s death at a concert at the House of Blues, a .40 caliber Glock handgun was confiscated from a member of Tupac’s entourage and given to Hackie who in turn returned the gun to Wright.
A .40 caliber Glock handgun was used to kill Tupac and Hackie believes this was the exact same gun confiscated at the House of Blues, prior to Tupac’s September 2006 slaying.
28
Dec
Hancock Trailer
Will Smith as a homeless superhereo
Doesn’t come out until July 08
27
Dec
Daily Recap - 12/27/07
Lost
Prison Break
The White Rapper Show
Cane
30 Rock
Run’s House
24
Did I miss any?
27
Dec
Skillz - Rap Up 2007
27
Dec
Mary Moves 629+
Mary J. Blige moved over 629,000 copies of her new album, but it still wasn’t enough to take the top spot. Some dude named Josh Groban moved 774k.
