The troubled rapper DMX, who has had run ins with the law on various occasions told MTV News that he intends to focus more on music, and less on his legal troubles, which has stalled his career. It’s been six years since the rapper dropped his last release Year of The Dog.
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Prince Harry wants to be reggae DJ
The 27-year-old royal has been inspired to get behind the decks and play music from the genre ever since he visited Jamaica in March and met Rita Marley, the widow of music legend Bob Marley, who died in May 1981.
A source told The Sun newspaper: ‘Harry has always been interested in music, but Jamaica was a real eye opener. He started looking into reggae as soon as he got back to the UK.
‘Meeting Rita Marley was a great inspiration too. She seems to have had a big impact on him.’
Harry has been increasing his music collection by purchasing reggae on vinyl from specialist online stores and he is thought to be hoping to get good enough at mixing records at parties, although he is ‘unlikely’ to ever be able to show off his newfound skills in public.
The source added: ‘He’s unlikely to ever DJ in public — but if he did it’d be the party of the year.’
The flame-haired royal visited Jamaica as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean, where he was representing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, in her 60th year on the throne.
During the trip, Harry met Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and the country’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson.
Tyra Banks and rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham
Tyra Banks and rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham were recently photographed enjoying a romantic evening together at Disneyland, which has led to speculation that the former supermodel may have finally moved on from her ex-boyfriend John Utendahl.
The “America’s Next Top Model” host was seen chatting and giggling with the 25-year-old at Yogurtland, where he left a bad taste in one of the employee’s mouths, according to blogger Necole B—-ie.
“Thanks to my coworker & I Drake and Tyra got hooked up with Yogurtland tonight! He didn’t deserve it though. I told Tyra she was pretty & she said thanks & my co worker told drake he was cute & he didn’t say anything just turned his head,” an unidentified Yogurtland employee wrote via Twitter.
Rapper G. Dep will spend at least 15 years in prison
NEW YORK — Rapper G. Dep will spend at least 15 years in prison after being convicted of a 1993 New York killing. The case was reopened when he went to police to say he’d shot someone years before.
The 37-year-old rapper got the minimum sentence Tuesday for his April murder conviction: 15 years to life.
He said that when he was about 17 to 19 years old, he’d fired at someone while trying to rob him on a street corner.
He went to a police station in December 2010. He said that when he was about 17 to 19 years old, he’d fired at someone while trying to rob him on a street corner.
Authorities paired his account with the 1993 death of John Henkel.
At trial, his lawyer questioned whether police made the right match.
Born Trevell Coleman, G. Dep got attention with “Special Delivery” and “Let’s Get It” in the early 2000s
Straight Rapper Takes On Homophobia
When was the last time you heard a rapper start a track quoting Harvey Milk?
This video would be the first time that has happened.
If you’ve followed my writing a bit, you know that there are two things I think are incredibly necessary and powerful as far as creating change.
One is the use of culture and the arts to push the public discourse beyond standard political rhetoric. This form of work so often creates cultural change that precedes any related electoral or policy change.
The second thing history has shown to be particularly powerful is when diverse groups find unity and overlapping support in the fight for all of our rights and equality. (A good example of that work is expanded on in this piece about the organizing around the votes on both the Dream Act and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.)
Adair Lion‘s new video — “Ben” — smashes a prior cultural taboo, brings together diverse communities and, on top of all of that, throws a hot Michael Jackson remix into the whole thing.
As a straight, Texan, Latino rapper, Adair approached this work with the full understanding of the risk involved. But his understanding of the need for, and potential power within, the message was a stronger force for him. (For his full thinking behind this track, and the story lines in the video — breaking down the three dollar bill and why Adair’s character isn’t acting so decent in his own relations — he’s written up his own background piece.)
Adam Yauch Died!
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group’s most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch’s illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.
Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa charged with marijuana possession
Second time in ten days, rapper Wiz Khalifa has run into some trouble with the law.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa, who has made no secret about his love of marijuana, was cited Tuesday by Winston-Salem Police for possessing it after an officer smelled the drug coming off the rapper’s tour bus, a search warrant filed in the case said.
Khalifa, 24, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, performed Tuesday night before about 2,000 people at the Joel Coliseum. Khalifa is an up-and-coming rapper who broke into the mainstream with his hit single, “Black and Yellow.”
Khalifa’s Winston-Salem charge was the second in about a week on possession of marijuana. On April 21, police in Nashville, Tenn., charged Khalifa with having marijuana in his hotel room. In 2010, he was arrested in North Carolina after police found marijuana on his tour bus after a concert at East Carolina University. Charges against him, including a drug trafficking charge, were dropped last year.
On Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, officer J.C. Renew of the Winston-Salem Police Department had been assigned to look out for people who might be selling or taking illegal drugs in the parking lot area of the Joel Coliseum, according to a search warrant filed in the case. When he came to Khalifa’s tour bus about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, he “detected a strong odor of burnt or burning marijuana,” the search warrant said.
Renew asked a man standing in front of the tour bus to open the door, and when the man did so, the smell of marijuana only got stronger, Renew said in the search warrant. He cleared out people on the bus and obtained a search warrant.
Winston-Salem police seized an undisclosed amount of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. TMZ, the celebrity website, reported that police seized 11.39 grams of marijuana. The search warrant and the citation did not show the amount of marijuana police seized from the tour bus, and Lt. Tom Peterson of the Winston-Salem Police Department declined to say how much marijuana was seized or what kind of drug paraphernalia was found on the bus.
He said 18 to 19 other people were charged with drug possession, including one for felony possession of ecstasy. Some of the people were with Khalifa’s entourage, while others were concertgoers.
Bucky Dame, the director for the coliseum, said no problems were reported during the concert.
Khalifa lives in Hollywood, Calif., but grew up in Pittsburgh. His debut CD, “Rolling Papers,” on Atlantic Records came out last year, and he has been on tour this year.
He also has ventured into acting, with a co-starring role in the comedy “Mac and Devin Go to High School” with rapper Snoop Dogg, which is scheduled to be released on home video and digital download in July.
Late Tuesday night, Khalifa posted tweets saying, “They hate us,” and then, about an hour later, “Made it out alive,” but whether those comments were related to his charges was unclear.
On his official Twitter feed Wednesday afternoon, Khalifa seemed to be taking the citation in stride, responding to one person’s tweet about the charges with, “Hey, it happens.” And when another person posted that he or she appreciated him coming to Winston-Salem and apologized for how the police treated him, Khalifa replied, “They juss (sic) did their job.”
The court date on the Winston-Salem case is set for July 27.
Hip-Hop Star Joins Kids’ Effort To Fund Breast Cancer Research
Kangol Kid
A popular 80s rap artist is lending his voice to the fight against breast cancer and putting the cause on the map for more young people. NY1′s Kafi Drexel filed the following report.
Nearly 30 years ago Kangol Kid had hip-hop listeners chanting “Roxanne, Roxanne”. Now the UTFO rap artist has students at the Mosaic Prep Academy, PS 375, chanting a spin on a lyric from that popular song: “We never lose because we’re all about winning”.
That’s the message Kangol has been working to spread in the fight against breast cancer ever since since starting up Mama Luke. It’s a foundation he started in memory of his dear friend Gay Frances Lucas who passed away from the disease.
“Everyone has lost someone or knows someone who has lost their lives to breast cancer. just decided to do something. I’m not a doctor, I can’t cure breast cancer. But I can be part of the solution,” Kid said.
PS 375 Principal Lisette Caesar says raising awareness fits in well with ongoing conversations they try to have with students about health.
“We do have several parents who have had breast cancer or cancer of some type. We also have staff that have had cancer. So we openly talk to the kids about health here,” Caesar said.
To show their support, the kids got decked out in breast cancer awareness pink and chipped in allowance change of $1 each to help raise research funds.
“I think it is very nice for them to be doing a fundraiser for so they can have research for people who are sick,’ said Fourth Grader Jelani Gray.
Even the boys, who were a little reluctant at first, got on board with pink.
“We didn’t want to wear pink because we thought it was girly but then a few of realized it is lessons where we are helping people with breast cancer by giving in donations. So it is an honor to wear pink today,” said Fifth Grader Alejandro Lago.
In addition to all that pink, the kids raised nearly $400 towards breast cancer research.
A popular 80s rap artist is lending his voice to the fight against breast cancer and putting the cause on the map for more young people. NY1′s Kafi Drexel filed the following report.
“This right here came from the kids. This is so incredible and this is going to the American Cancer Society on behalf of our movement Mama Luke. We’re just trying to make a difference and I believe we just did.”
Too Short: Misogyny, Teen Violence & the influence Rap
This was a great discussion that took place Wed March 14 2012 at Oakland City hall. It brought two generations together-Hip Hop and Civil Rights along with survivors of sexual assault and violence, artists and local activists. Among the organizations involved were 100 Black Men, Safe Passages and We Are the 44% Coalition.. Too Short who is considered a pioneering figure and the Godfather of Bay Area rap was part of this discussion.. He agreed to use the firestorm he caused when he gave ‘fatherly advise’ in a XXL online video to middle school boys on turning out girls to be the catalyst for much deeper discussion around teen violence and sexual assault. Short was pretty candid and said he takes full responsibility for his transgression… and that he was there to rectify and try to repair whatever damage he caused..He also noted that its important for those who do look up to him to see him in a more well rounded way..
Thats he’s more that just an artists but someone who cares for his community and the young people he works with.. He also talked about the struggle he has with balancing his adult themed material with good work and the lure of the entertainment industry.. We also had a round table with several sexual assault survivors and one brother who’s mom was murdered and tossed in a suitcase, their stories and spirit were powerful..
This was the start of a dialogue and a first step to proposed solutions..Everyone came away feeling upbeat and inspired, until we saw the news coverage..It was a deliberate undermining of the event by KTVU and KPIX who packed up their bags and left before the discussion was over and didn’t bother to talk to the scores of people in attendence.. Hopefully this video gives folks a better understanding of what took place last night.. It was good and powerful event..
Is The Illuminati Killing all the Stars
There has been epic buzz on the web about WHITNEY HOUSTON’S death been associated with The Illuminati.
Here issa collection of the Buzz are the web
TAP BLOG TOP
Brilliant! I have been collecting info myself today on the same subject. Here goes. She died on the Illuminati date of 12212. Sick jokes arrived at people’s mobiles within 20 mins of her death announcement. Someone I work with who is an average Sun reader, not a conspiracy researcher, said it was almost as if they were written in advance. About a week ago, the papers were reporting her drug habits, preparing us for this. The record company would have a motive, but maybe she was onto the truth! She was surrounded by bodyguards when she died, apparently, so people believe it couldnt be murder. Sounds like she was in a prison! Someone she knew wrote her obituary 5 years ago…. That was in The Sun. And finally, what about Elvis? These top musicians are way too influential for OWG, especially if they are onto the truth.
JULIA again Michael Hutchence died on 2211, another illuminati date. Lot of people disagreed with the suicide thing. They usually seem to die between 40 and 50. This is the mid life crisis age, which I see as the time when you start to see through the fog of your endless social conditioning. Musicians are very influential. They could change people’s views in a very short space of time, especially young people. Just listened to the Whitney song. She is very beautiful and a gifted singer. not the sort of thing OWG like, a really beautiful shining human being, fulfilling their true potential. Read more
God Like Productions
WHITNEY HOUSTONS DEATH A BLOOD SACRIFICE??! NEW BIZARRE CONNECTION TO ILLUMINATI REPTILIAN QUEEN ELIZABETH II PREDICTED in GLP??
Many are asking and trying to understand if there’s a deeper significance to this famous angelic voice & Icon.
Well, there’s a bizarre hidden connection to the death of Whitney Houston that most aren’t fully aware of yet… until now
Was there a warning about a major BLOOD ritual SACRIFICE that was about to occur in the FIRST 13 days of FEBRUARYconnected to the 11TH DAY and a special ANNIVERSARY of a famous QUEEN who many believe is a MAJOR ILLUMINATI LEADER?
Well, FACT is sometimes stranger than fiction because on January 28th 2012,
this special esoteric warning was posted to GLP:
here’s an excerpt from the first line:
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Today is the 28th day of 1st month in the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 11th day from the next Sacrificial FULL MOON of the 7th to celebrate the anniversary of HER 60th ascenSION cycle for the 6th.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com
Residual contracts unfulfilled?
Sometimes there’s residual contracts unfullfilled. Just for example, she might have had a 10 year/5 album deal with her masters or 10 year/5 movie deal and she was obligated and forced to get back out there and do her dog and pony show as ordered by her masters.
But TPTB knew that as soon as they’d have enough material to make money they’d get rid of her since celebrities of this stature are worth more dead than alive.
My guess is Charlie Sheen will be the next one to be odeed on booze/pills mix. God knows he pissed “them” off when he left his show because TPTB couldn’t control him anymore. And I’m pretty sure he wasn’t done with his contract.
Just like Michael Jackson had to comeback to repay his multi-million dollar loan to Sony against his music catalogues. He could’ve just let “them” have his catalogues as repayment but he absolutely wanted those for his kids and chose to make a comeback concert/movie instead and we all know what happened.
The Illuminati are the rulers of this world full of illusions. That’s why the best way to survive is to stay clear of their path of destruction and live a frugal life in the light of God and ask for his protection as often as we can until we’re finally delivered from evil when we too pass on to the spirit world.
Whitney Houstons death a blood sacrifice??! New bizarre connection to Illuminati Reptilian Queen Eli
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Many are asking and trying to understand if there’s a deeper significance to this famous angelic voice & Icon.
Well, there’s a bizarre hidden connection to the death of Whitney Houston that most aren’t fully aware of yet… until now
Was there a warning about a major BLOOD ritual SACRIFICE that was about to occur in the FIRST 13 days of FEBRUARY connected to the 11TH DAY and a special ANNIVERSARY of a famous QUEEN who many believe is a MAJOR ILLUMINATI LEADER?
Well, FACT is sometimes stranger than fiction because on January 28th 2012, this special esoteric warning was posted to GLP:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread810618/pg1
Were Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson worth more to their record companies dead than alive?
Michael Jackson:
Incredibly talented but increasingly drug addled and out of control musician whose best performances were behind him and whose personal net worth and was near zero at his time of death and whose value to his record company masters was severely compromised and whose value to them (ironically) dead would be far greater than alive. Oh, did I forget that the exact circumstances of his death are as yet not fully explained and probably never will be?
Whitney Houston:
Incredibly talented but increasingly drug addled and out of control musician whose best performances were behind her and whose personal net worth and was near zero at her time of death and whose value to her record company masters was severely compromised and whose value to them (ironically) dead would be far greater than alive. Oh, did I forget that the exact circumstances of her death are as yet not fully explained and probably never will be?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan
Another contract was collected yesterday.
Another contract was collected yesterday. Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room yesterday @ 3:55 pst. Whitney was staying at the Beverly Hills Hilton where she was scheduled to perform during Clive Davis’ annual Pre-Grammy party. Although no official cause of death has been reported due to a security restriction, the blogs have speculated that Whitney had taken the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and accidentally drowned in a tub of water. It is unclear who found Houston; some reports say it was her hairdresser and others claim it was her bodyguard. So let the lying and covering up begin.
I gotta admit, I was taken aback when I heard the news, however I was not surprised. I felt pretty much the same way when I heard that Michael was gone. She’d always been “there” and now she wasn’t. Silenced. Whitney had such a powerful voice and I liked her music since her debut.
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Dabs Myla Mural Los Angeles
Super-Duo Dabs&Myla are back with their latest masterpiece on the streets of L.A. Fresh from the Art Basel 2011, this is a look of what is to come from these two. More to come soon…
Aspiring rapper sentenced to five years
Olutosin Oduwole
DWARDSVILLE, Ill. – An aspiring rapper was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison over a 2007 money-demanding note that threatened a Virginia Tech-like killing spree, failing to convince a judge the writing was innocent lyrics and other musings.
A barely audible Olutosin Oduwole insisted in court that he “did not mean to incite fear.”
“That was never my intention. That is not my character,” said the 26-year-old rapper and former Southern Illinois University student. The note was found in his car on the college’s campus.
Madison County Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli said jurors were right when they convicted Oduwole in October of attempting to make a terrorist threat, a felony.
“The jury found that this was not a song. They found it was a threat, and I do not disagree with them,” the judge said of the case.
Oduwole started blankly toward Tognarelli when the judge rejected the defense’s call for probation and ordered what he described as “appropriate” prison time. The sentence was well short of the maximum 15-year term prosecutors were seeking.
Tognarelli also sentenced Oduwole to 364 days and a $1,000 fine on a related conviction of illegally having or storing a loaded pistol in his on-campus apartment the day he was arrested in July 2007, just months after the Virginia Tech rampage that left 32 people dead along with the gunman.