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Rapper Lil Wayne pleaded not guilty to felony drug and weapons charges by a grand jury on Friday (February 8th), reports All Hip Hop.

Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Carter Jr., was officially charged with possession of dangerous drugs, possession of a narcotic for sale, misconduct involving weapons and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges stem from a January 22 incident near Dateland, Arizona, when the rapper’s tour bus as stopped at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. Federal agents searched Lil Wayne’s bus and found over three ounces of marijuana, an ounce of cocaine, 41 grams of Ecstasy and drug paraphernalia. Lil Wayne is due back in court on March 7.

In related news, Lil Wayne is going beyond to the mic to influence young fans with the creation of a new charitable organization. The rapper will officially launch his One Family Foundation at a private V.I.P. reception on Thursday (February 14th) in New Orleans. The organization will work to empower urban youth by providing opportunities to cultivate their talents and skills. In addition, youth will learn to become productive and economically self sufficient while being motivated to become successful. Those working with the One Family Foundation hope to instill self-confidence self-determination, family orientation, values and personal success standards in those who utilize the organization.

News of the foundation’s launch comes as Lil Wayne also prepares to reunite with his Hot Boys group members, Juvenile and B.G., as well as producer Mannie Fresh during the NBA’s All Star Weekend in New Orleans. The rapper will also join forces will boxer Floyd Mayweather for a grown and sexy party that will be hosted by Disturbing tha Peace leader Ludacris and held that same weekend.

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Check out what 3/4 of the girl group Cherish, famous for their hit single “Do It (To It)” back in 2006, has to say about their dream Valentine’s Day, as well as their funniest V-Day experience.

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“My funniest valentine was…. My date took me to dinner and handed me the check…”

“My dream valentine is if my date could actually pay for dinner…”

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The folks responsible for the naming (and slogan) of this blog [1] have some new “promotional photos” (yes, I really did the quote thing with my fingers lol) to support their upcoming album titled “The Odd Couple,” which is due to hit stores April 15th. Their new single run leaked a couple of weeks ago . . .

[1] Oh, you didn’t know? Have you ever taken a listen to “Crazy?” — { …And I hope that you are having the time of your life. But think twice, that’s my only advice } — Yup, the name of this blog was inspired by that line! CONTINUE READING

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, pictured above with a bandaged up foot, and his currently unknown girlfriend were spotted in NYC going out for dinner last night. This appears to be the same woman he was photographed with in Miami back in December.

50 Cent and Robert De Niro both share the cover of the special double-cover edition of the March 2008 issue of Vibe Magazine. The two of them are co-stars in a new movie, “Righteous Kill,” which is set to hit theaters this April! If you haven’t seen the trailer for the movie yet, Mike posted it about a month ago.

Senator Barack Obama got a major boost Tuesday with victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Obama remains in a tight race with Senator Hillary Clinton, but the Illinois senator is favored to add to his delegate lead in next Tuesday’s contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. Experts were struck by the margins of the Obama victories on Tuesday, especially in Virginia and Maryland where he won 64 percent and 62 percent of the vote respectively. Obama benefited from strong support from African-Americans and a burning desire for change among many voters like this man in the nation’s capital.

“I just want to see change in the world and I think this primary can bring about change, specifically on Iraq and health care,” he said. Obama has now won eight contests in a row against Clinton and hopes to build unstoppable momentum with victories in next Tuesday’s primary in Wisconsin and a Democratic caucus in Hawaii. “It is about whether we are looking backwards or whether we are marching forward,” said Obama. “And when I am the Democratic nominee for president, that will be the choice we have in November.”

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New music from Raven-Symoné! The song is called ‘Double Dutch Bus’ and it will appear on the College Road Trip soundtrack, which will be Raven’s new Disney movie staring opposite Martin Lawrence in theaters March 7th. The movie, as well as the single, sounds fun! I’m not complaining. I think what Raven’s doing is pretty cool, I saw the movie’s trailer and it seems like a great family movie! I think ‘Double Dutch Bus’ was produced by The Clutch becos I hear their trademark in the beginning plus Danja is all over this track, lol!

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