Jan.18.2008 // Video Premiere: Razah - “Rain”

Def Jam presents new R&Ber Razah performing his debut single “Rain”. Already receiving positive feedback on the radio Razah believes in making “timeless music and songs that uplift people,” he says, “I was raised by a single mom so I believe in writing music that celebrates women.” Look out for Razah in the near future and get ready for the eponymous album in Spring 2008!

Jan.18.2008 // Sean Paul song causes seizures!

Shocking! A young woman from Queens, Stacy Gayle, goes into a seizure after listening to Reggae-star Sean Paul’s “Temperature”. Doctors learned this after several unsuccessful brain scans. That is when Gayle received a special PET scan and was diagnosed with a type of epilepsy.

It’s a very rare disorder, maybe five or six cases in the country: Epileptic seizures triggered by music. It’s called musicogenic epilepsy. In this fascinating case today, a young woman in Queens suddenly began having epileptic seizures. The stimulus? a rap song.

What the Sean Paul song turned on in Stacey Gayle’s brain is a rare- occurring mystery: Epileptic seizures triggered by music.

Stacey Gayle, Epilepsy Patient: “They started out slow and then four times a week maybe more. We didn’t know at first what was triggering the seizures until we found out that it was Sean Paul.”

Gayle is fine and “seizure free”. She just seemed disappointed saying, “I think his music is awesome, actually.” Reports are saying that Gayle’s seizures were eventually brought on upon other types of Reggae music.

Jan.18.2008 // Help Danity Kane Choose First Single / Watch MTB4 Season 2!

Danity Kane wants you to choose their next single for their yet-to-be-titled-album. Will it be ‘Damaged’ or will it be ‘Pretty Boy’? Who knows! That’s why they need you, all of the fans, to vote! You can listen to the to songs below as well as on the voting page so CLICK HERE TO VOTE! Both songs are produced by the Clutch. I think I like ‘Pretty Boy’ so far but we’ll see. I also want to remind everyone to watch the season 2 premiere of Making the Band 4, Monday January 26th on MTV at 10p ET/PT! I wish Danja would’ve added a few pitch changes (i.e. [wipe me] “down,” “get some”), phase, inslide, and maybe amplify and echo on “hey!” on “Pretty Boy” I’ll see if I can upload my version later on ;-) here is something similar, ugh, I tried. LOL!

Danity Kane - Damaged - page link // direct link

Danity Kane - Pretty Boy - page link // direct link

Jan.18.2008 // Guess Who’s “50 and Fly?”

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY CELEBRITY? CLICK BELOW TO FIND OUT!

What celebrity above is claiming to be “50 and fly?” No, it ain’t Ving Rhames, if that’s what you’re thinking! Lol. This particular celebrity turned 51 yesterday (Jan. 17th) and has been working on his physique with Lee Haney. He will officially debut his new look in the newest issue of JET Magazine, which is set to hit stands on January 21st.

HINT: He had a pretty popular show on the WB back in the day. Who is he? CONTINUE READING

Jan.18.2008 // Blender Predicts Lil’ Wayne Will Die in 2026

IMAGE VIA CRUNK & DISORDERLY

According to SOHH’s Pulse Report for today, Blender magazine is predicting that Lil’ Wayne will die in 2026 at the age of 44. The popular hip-hop site says that Blender has something called a “Death Calculator” and randomly drops celebrity’s names into it, and this around, Weezy was mentioned. Here’s what the gerontologist Dr. David J. Demko said:

“Guns, drugs and a hot temper don’t mix. In order for Lil’ Wayne to increase his longevity he needs to seriously concentrate on staying out of jail.”

Okay, so according to SOHH, Blender’s saying Weezy will die in about 18 years, and according to US Magazine, The Associated Press has Britney’s obituary written and ready to go “just in case.” Interesting…

Jan.18.2008 // American Gangster Hit With $55 Million Lawsuit!

The makers behind American Gangster, the hit movie starring Denzel Washington, have been slapped with a $55 million libel suit levied by three former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents who say the film inaccurately portrayed them as criminals and diminished their role in taking down Harlem heroin dealer Frank Lucas. Former DEA agents Louis Diaz, Gregory Korniloff and Jack Toal took legal action Wednesday against NBC Universal, saying it falsely claims that the cinematic account of real life Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas was based on a true story, reports the Associated Press.

“American Gangster” chronicles the rise and fall of Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, and how his empire undercut the price and quality of heroin sold by the Mafia. Once he was taken down in an effort led by New Jersey Detective Richard Roberts, depicted in the film by Russell Crowe, Lucas turned informant. According to the suit filed Wednesday, the movie hurt the agents’ reputations by falsely claiming in text at the end that a collaboration between Lucas and Roberts “led to the convictions of three-quarters of New York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency agents between 1973 and 1985.”

“With this utterly false and defamatory statement, the defendant has ruined and impugned the reputations of these honest and courageous public servants in the eyes of millions of people,” said the suit, which seeks class action status.

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NBC Universal, owned by General Electric, denied the allegations, saying: “American Gangster does not defame these, or any, federal agents. The end legend specifically refers to members of ‘New York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency’ — not the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, where the plaintiffs formerly worked. We believe the lawsuit is entirely without merit.” [ SOURCE ]

Now, everyone do me a favor and raise your hand if you paid attention to that at the end of the movie. Yeah, I’m sure you read it … but did you really care? My point exactly. People sue for pretty much anything these days. More power to them tough, I’m sure they have some bills that need to be paid.

Jan.18.2008 // Happy Birthday to Me!

This may not be the proper forum to do this, but it’s my site so eff what you heard lol. Today’s my 18th birthday so updates may be a little slim for the next couple of days on account of me celebrating throughout the weekend.

I now leave you with Jay-Z and “Good Music” artist Consequence playing each other in Connect 4. Jay apparently beat home boy. First it was Kanye and Beyonce, and now these cats! I swear, in the next couple of months, Connect 4 is gonna be the thing to play. All because Beyonce and her crew are doing it!

Jan.17.2008 // Marion Jones Talks to Oprah About Her “Mistakes”

SCREENCAPS: SPLASH NEWS

Oprah gave Marion Jones her first interview since being sentenced to six months in prison for lying about her steroid use and check fraud. The disgraced athelete said that she accepts responsibility and has no regrets.

“I think that I absolutely should have to accept responsibility for breaking the law,” she says on the Oprah Winfrey Show. “I have no regrets for doing what I did on October the 5th and pleading guilty and admitting to the world that I lied, that I’ve made mistakes. [It pales] in comparison to seeing my husband cry,” she tells Winfrey, speaking on being stripped of her Olympic medals. “They [pale] in comparison to seeing my mother have to stand there in the courtroom and bawl. You know, those things to me are what mean the most.”

Due to the fact that she has a 4-year-old son at home, Jones told Oprah that she is disappointed to be serving a 6-month jail sentence instead of just being on probation. She went on to say that she and her husband haven’t explained the situation in its entirety to their young son, who was also upset when his mother wasn’t able to drop him off at school one morning.

Jones will begin her 6-month sentence on March 11th.

Jan.17.2008 // Solange Knowles is “Having a Blast” Raising her Son

According to a recent MySpace blog posted by Solange Knowles, she’s having a great time raising her toddler.

“I have been so blessed that my son is the coolest kid ever. He fusses if he doesn’t have a cup of Starbucks coffee with his morning paper. Of course, that first year of not sleeping and just being dedicated to him had tough parts but that’s fine. It’s been a blast for me. A lot of people have doubts, but when you have a child I think it takes a really non-emotional person not to have a blast, no matter what age. I’ve heard stories of people who were 14 that had kids and basically snapped into it and got into the groove of motherhood. I think that emotional attachment, there’s nothing out of it that you could regret.”

Hmm, I wonder how different that blog post would be if she didn’t have the assistance of her rich parents and her famous/rich sister? Teen mothers who don’t have help from rich family members typically don’t “have a blast” in the first few years, and possibly the rest of their life. Take away the ex-Carolina Panthers football playing dad, the mega celebrity auntie, the super-rich grandparents, and the mom who has a little cash on the side too, and what do you get? Exactly…

Jan.17.2008 // Foxy Brown Requests Early Release from Prison

Page Six, The NY Post’s gossip column, is reporting that Foxy Brown is requesting an early release from prison. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the female rapper says she’s a changed woman after spending five months behind bars, and a judge should release her before she serves the rest of her year-long sentence because of “emergency” health issues. Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, says she should be set free before her expected release date of April 20 “due to her emergency medical condition relating to her progressively deteriorating hearing loss.

“Her condition is worsening in jail since she cannot obtain at Rikers [Island] the proper treatment that is required for her to maintain her post cochlear implant condition,” and she needs to go to Los Angeles by the end of the month to get the situation dealt with, the filing says.

Brown said she hasn’t been able to get maintenance work on her hearing implant while behind bars, and it was damaged when she was attacked by another inmate this past October. “If her hearing is damaged any further, it will affect the way she hears and will affect the way she sings,” the filing went on to say. “It will have dire consequences on her ability to maintain her profession and livelihood.” The filing asks that she be released early or serve the rest of her sentence at home.