The biggest endorsement for the Florida senator is a big bundler for the Republican Party. This bundler gave millions to Republicans like the perennial loser Mitt Romney.
Paul Singer a mega donor came out in favor of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Singer was a supporter of Jeb Bush. He flipped the script on Bush and cashed in on Rubio.
This is a big blow to the Bush campaign.
"He is accustomed to thinking about American foreign policy as a responsible policy maker," the hedge fund manager wrote. "He is ready to be an informed and assertive decision-maker." Rubio is the "best explainer of conservatism in public life today" and can "appeal to both the head and the heart," wrote Singer, describing the senator as the only candidate who can "navigate this complex primary process" and go on to defeat Hillary Clinton.
Money man gave Sen. Marco Rubio a $$$$$$$$$$ contract.
Bush, whose campaign warned donors last week that Rubio is a "risky bet," tried hard to win Singer's support, as did Chris Christie. Sources tell the Times that there was no single moment when the billionaire decided on Rubio, although Bush's dismal debate performance didn't help his cause. At a campaign event in Iowa on Friday, Rubio said he welcomed Singer's support, though he added that "resources alone are not enough" and "you have to have the right ideas and the right principles and convince people that you’re the right person for the job," the Guardian reports. He declined to address Bush's attacks on him, saying he doesn't think "it is a smart thing for Republicans to do Hillary Clinton’s job for her."
Singer warned Republicans that if they continue to push the anti-gay agenda, he might pull back on them. Singer is a strong supporter of Israel. Singer has a son who is gay.
The Tupac Shakur letters from Clinton Correctional go up for sale.
The life and trials of Tupac Amuru Shakur. The controversial rapper's death on the Las Vegas strip was almost 20 years ago. The FBI and Las Vegas Police have not solved this case.
The rapper was gunned down after leaving a Mike Tyson fight. He was the passenger in the vehicle and Big Suge Knight was the driver. They were hit with gunfire. Tupac was hit five times and would be rushed to the hospital. According to the family members and friends, the rapper was put in a coma and stayed alive until they declared his injuries fatal.
The assailants were allegedly members of the domestic terrorist group The Crips. They haven't gotten any good leads. Big Suge right now isn't talking. He's sticking to the G-code despite him facing LIFE in the iron college after he was accused of vehicular homicide which was bumped to murder.
There's talk about a movie being in the works.
Before his death, he was riding high on Death Row Records. The record label helped propel Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and Tupac Shakur into pop culture. It also earned a notorious reputation for being a front for domestic terrorism. The now jailed former honcho Marion "Suge" Knight was the motivator of the label. He was the muscle and the brains behind the label. Dr. Dre, the co-founder was the producer of most of the Death Row albums until his departure in late 1995. Big Suge had connections to the domestic terrorist group The Bloods. The Bloods had a strong influence on the label.
Big Suge's influence helped Tupac get a "free card". When he was being held up on a sexual assault charge, Big Suge's connections managed to get him out. Almost immediately, Tupac signed a deal to Death Row and release the All Eyez On Me album in 1996.
While he was in the iron college, he wrote letters to his friends and some of the junk food media.
Some of his letters were obtained through an organization willing to sell these items to the right bidder. One letter is going on sale for a hefty bid.
Eight months after the album's release, he would be murdered. Around the time of his death, Death Row released Makaveli: The Don Killuminati The 7 Day Theory. The album release came five weeks after Tupac's murder.
Tupac wrote to Nina Bhadreshwar, a staffer at his record label, Death Row Records. That five-page letter is now for sale for $225,000 from Moments In Time, the New York Post reports. He opens by noting that he's replying to a letter from Bhadreshwar, who worked for Death Row Uncut magazine and her own publication. "I am not granting this information to any other publication, not even Time & Rolling Stone so please represent it as it is layed," Shakur wrote. "I trust u."
He went on to explain that black males in America grow from "young dustkicker" to "thug nigga" to "boss playa" and that "many niggaz never survive the second level of thuglife." He wrote that he himself almost didn't. "A regular Playa plays women, a Boss Playa plays life. A Boss Playa is a thinker, a leader, a builder, a moneymaker, a souljah, a teacher and most of all, a Man! I want all my homiez to know there is another level, it takes heart and courage 2 stand alone face the demons and make a change!" So, since "in my heart the thug nigga has advanced to be a Boss Playa," he wrote, "Thug Life is not dead but in my heart it is."
There's talk about Eminem reissuing his rare debut album Infinite.
Infinite is raw uncut and underground Detroit hip-hop.
Eminem, basically known as M&M at the time release his debut album out the trunk of his car.
The album is hard to find (unless you get it off the torrents). The album is just a cassette tape.
The album had 11 tracks. It is a decent album. Raw hip-hop. Em wanted to make the album "radio friendly" and try to push it into Detroit radio stations. He couldn't make a break because he was a White rapper.
Before he signed to Interscope and became the world's best rapper, Eminem was Marshall Bruce Mathers III, a struggling single parent trying to find a place.
In 1996. Em was working a fast food joint in Detroit and doing freestyle rapping on the side. He decided to use his skills as a lyricist and save enough of his paychecks to release an album. He teamed up with the Bass Brothers and Denaun Porter (aka Mr. Porter/Kon Artis) to release the raw Em.
Em cites the album's influence to AZ, a Queens based rapper who told stories about the struggle. The album received mixed reviews. Many said while his style was true, it wasn't unique.
Rare album may be released this year.
Em would recruit his friend Paul Rosenberg who was working at Goliath Artists to help him get his music out into the mainstream.
So he would release The Slim Shady EP and that ended up landing in Jimmy Iovine's office.
Iovine wanted to create a superstar. He asked Dr. Dre if he was interested in working with Eminem.
The good doctor said "let get to work!."
Eminem would sign to Aftermath in 1998 and release the commercial debut The Slim Shady LP in 1999. That album would sell 8 million copies and launched his career as one of the most famous rappers in the genre.
And of course, his legacy as the greatest rapper comes with controversy. Many critics think Em's lyrics encouraged drug use and criminal deviancy. Some complained that his lyrics were homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-cop, anti-establishment. Even some rappers were concerned that his music destroys hip-hop.
Em ignored the critics and kept the music going. And for that he's earned that success.
Denaun Porter was on a radio show recently. This interview with “The Cypher,” Porter was asked about whether the album will ever be re-released.The only thing that stops the release is the ongoing feud with his former record label.
“That might have a lot to do with the Bass Brothers,” Porter said, citing Mark and Jeff Bass who released the effort through their Web Entertainment imprint in the mid-’90s. “If they were to release that right now, they would have to pay me a grip. I got screwed around way early messing around with them dudes. I don’t know what they’re doing right now, but it seems like it’s something that should happen.”
While Porter said he’d be down for a reissue, he also explained that he’d prefer if Em’s manager, lawyer and friend Paul Rosenberg handled it.
WEB Entertainment still owns the rights to most of Eminem's albums and they are the ones who can clear Infinite for a full release.
“Paul is more creative when it comes to how to do that sh-t,” he explained. “If [the Bass Brothers] did it themselves, they would have to do it in a special way because that’s a special project. For whatever reason, a lot of these younger kids, I think they gravitate towards that retro sound. It was a dope album.”
If you're interested in more Em, don't forget to get the soundtrack to the movie Southpaw. It is executive produced by Eminem and it's released on Shady/Interscope.
Also The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is out on Aftermath/Shady/WEB Entertainment/Interscope.
The controversial agitator who I've dubbed a turd flipper returns again. Never shy to bitch about what she believes are the evils of America. A woman of color herself, Michelle Malkin is by far the most vilest piece of nasty to ever be in the political mainstream.
The movie reflects on the rise and fall of N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitude). The rap group formed in the late 1980s and took off to become one of the most controversial groups in history.
Their most famous hit is "Fuck Tha Police" an ode to their frustration with the law.
Eazy E, legendary rapper and founder of NWA.
Malkin is not a fan of hip-hop music. The last fight she had with hip-hop involved Game after he put the Jesus Piece album out. The album had featured him as the Nazareth Jesus Christ.
Malkin trashed talked the album and said that Game was a criminal who disrespects Jesus.
She would often ask her trolls to attack the threat. Whoever is targeted by Malkin often get death threats. Most of these fights are often lodged in the hearsay of what's trending on her internet website Twitchy.
Twitchy is a news agitator that looks at social trends and comments by liberals who bitch about something and the folks there capture it for ridicule. Malkin relinquished her ownership to focus on climbing mountains and raising her daughters to be just as nasty as she is. Once in while, she comes to the blogs and newspapers to pen a column.
Her bitching about the movie is no surprise to the hip-hop stans. Many people often look at her as an annoyance. The truth hurts don't it.
She says that N.W.A. had lyrics that were anti-White, anti-Korean, anti-cop, and the people who listened to the music were nothing but thugs.
She complains that Jennifer Lopez, Serena Williams, LeBron James, and even President Barack Obama jumped on the bandwagon. She believes that everyone who viewed the movie are clueless.
Okay, Malkin. I can take it you didn't watch the movie.
According to her, hundreds of thousands of clueless users have uploaded photos of themselves to the Straightouttasomewhere website and substituted “Compton” with the names of their hometowns.
Universal Pictures made a payday on this movie. Regardless of that, Malkin believes Dr. Dre (Andre Young) and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson) pimped the movie.
Malkin believes the movie whitewashes the group's anti-social behavior.
She found some outrage over the good doctor's assaults on Mich'elle and Dee Barnes. Dre has since apologized for the incidents and publicly acknowledged he fucked up!
Malkin bitched about Ice Cube's reaction to the LA Riots sparked by Rodney King and Latasha Harlins. Many Korean-Americans run mom-and-pop markets in black communities, and some African-Americans have wondered why they are unable to get loans for such enterprises when foreign-born merchants can.
Did Malkin leave out Eazy?
F. Gary Gray, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre executive produced Straight Outta Compton.
In the lyrics, the N.W.A., they would tell tales of struggling in an suburban Los Angeles swamped with criminal activity. They chose to make music instead of dealing drugs. They chose to entertain the public with lyrics that explained the dire straights of their community. Their point was to make the world know that they exist and they weren't afraid to tell it.
Eazy E (Eric Wright) was a vocal supporter of Compton. He would donate to local charity and the Republican senator from Texas Phil Graham would take notice. He would invite Eazy to an event in which then President George H.W. Bush was to attend.
The Republicans were unaware of Eazy being a gangsta and gentleman. It may have destroyed Bush's presidency and Eazy's reputation with the streets.
The movie focused on the break up and Eazy E's eventual death to complications from AIDS.
Malkin never had a chance to see the movie. She just makes a baseless attack on the movie, Cube and Dre for being entrepreneurs.
Overtime play for Jayecon Taylor. The rapper is releasing The Documentary 2 to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his mainstream album The Documentary.
Fuck 50, I don't need ya broke ass on my album, ha ha!
This is what Game would say to his former friend 50 Cent. After 50 Cent revealed he filed for bankruptcy after being hit with a massive lawsuit, Game would taunt the media mogul for causing the mess that landed all of the Unit on the indie scene.
See as the Unit, the rappers had an opportunity to make $$$$$$$$$ on Interscope Records.
50 introduced the world to Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and The Game. Each of them gain name recognition for their gangsta cred, guns, their hoes and their egos.
All of that was exposed when 50 fired Game out the cannon. Although I don't believe either 50 or Game's reasons to the fall out, I think it had to do with 50's claim of ghostwriting lyrics for seven singles on the album. I also speculate that the two have tried to release their albums in the same period causing a rift between their boss Dr. Dre and chief Jimmy Iovine. Game's crew swamped celebrity agitator Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 office after hearing the news.
This event gotten so bad a person was injured. Iovine ordered Game and 50 to make peace or face a cannon firing. They did it in front of cameras. But the truce was short lived. Game would release 300 Bars and destroy the credibility of his old group and the Interscope bosses.
Part II
He would release five albums since his departure from the Unit. Interscope fired him out the cannon in 2013 after the final mainstream release Jesus Piece flopped.
As an independent artist, Game can put out whatever bullshit he thinks he can sale. Matter of fact, did you know he released his sixth album Blood Moon Year of the Wolf last year?
Nope. Many haven't and it only sold less than 45,000 units.
Game still hoping to bring the magic back. In 2014, he appeared with Dr. Dre and Ice Cube for the filming of Straight Outta Compton. They posed together. It gave speculation to Game hopping back into the studio with the good doctor.
Now like the good doctor, Game decides to put his seventh album out this year. The good doctor invited his old labelmate on the Compton album.
Product of Compton.
Game was hoping to score a beat or verse from the good doctor in return. He also hoping that he finally end the bitter feud between him and 50.
Game has ended feuds with Buck and Banks.
50 and Yayo are still committed to not working with the rapper.
The Documentary 2 is a sequel to the 2005 mainstream album release of The Documentary. The album was executive produced by the good doctor and 50. The album went on to serve up 4 million units sold.
The singles that are released to the mainstream include 100 featuring Drake and Ryda with Detroit rapper Dej Loaf.
Game is hoping to have Dr. Dre's beats on at least some of his album. That's to be determined.
Game is known to stretch the truth a lot. He said he was resigning back to Aftermath and that didn't happen. He said that he will reunite with the Unit. That didn't happen. He said that he will sign to Cash Money/Young Money records. Nope that was bust. He said that he will be releasing his album with all Dre production. That didn't happen. He said the feud with 50 Cent was over. Not quite.
Game and 50's egos are the reason for the downfall of their careers. No surprise though!
Also Game has a reality television show coming this fall. No surprise there.
Andre Romelle Young said that it's a go! A new album is released as I speak.
As the Straight Outta Compton movie premieres this month, the good doctor announced that Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre is released today.
WHAT?
YOU MEAN TODAY!
Damn, I didn't think you were going to do us like that Dre!
This album coming out marks over 15 years since his second album 2001. The album was released in 1999 when he introduced the world to his rising star Eminem.
Many fans were giving up on a Dre release. I mean I was expecting Dr. Dre to retire a billionaire.
His role in Apple helped the company obtain 11 million new signees. Dre makes over $4 billion right out the gate. He is the richest rapper/producer in the world.
His Apple Music streaming service is gunning for Tidal, Pandora and Spotify.
Dr. Dre's album is released today.
Dr. Dre relinquished his role as chief motivator of Beats Audio to join Apple. He signed on to releasing his music exclusively through its global media service. The album was released through Apple's Beats Audio Radio. It will be heard on Shade45 before mainstream releases.
Everyone expected Dre to released the ill-fated Detox album. Dre decided to shut that project down.
The release of Compton without media leaks is quite a surprise. Seem like the good doctor has some words about it.
"During principal photography of Straight Outta Compton, I felt myself going to the studio and being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album," Dre said on The Pharmacy. "I kept it under wraps, and now the album is finished. It's bananas. It's an 'inspired by' album. It's inspired by Straight Outta Compton, we're gonna call the album Compton: The Soundtrack. I'm really proud of this."
Dre joins Eminem, Drake, Jay-Z, Beyonce and others as entertainers who keep its mum on albums.
They made sure that those around them didn't leak their shit to the junk food media.
He managed to secretly get Ice Cube, Jill Scott, Jon Conner, Xzibit, Kendrick Lamar, Game, Snoop Dogg and Eminem into the studio.
The famed rapper, producer and actor with his wife Coco are premiering in a daytime program.
Fox announced the show Ice & Coco will challenge juggernaut Live! With Kelly and Michael.
Warner Bros. will produce the show and it will feature the couple talking about the latest issues and pop culture. It will be considered the sister of The Real which is airing its second season.
Ice-T is the original gangsta. No one can master the art of gangsta than Tracey Marrow.
From 1985 to present, Ice-T has become a legend among hip-hop. He's released the first commercially controversial album Rhyme Pays. The album was the first to carry an explicit content label.
Ice-T was a is the one who released the controversial single Cop Killer with his group Body Count.
He's got the baddest chick on his side. And they're announcing a bump in the road.
On a taping of their premiere show, Coco Marrow (Nicole Austin-Marrow) announced she is a first timer. She joins the club of first time mothers. The pregnancy was the first news broke on the show.
World News Today wish them well on their journey.
Ice-T also continues his role as Odafin Tutuola on NBC's longest running police drama Law & Order: SVU. The Dick Wolf series will premiere another season in September.
50 Cent tells the junk food media that he got played.
The controversy surrounding 50 Cent filing for bankruptcy has the nation talking.
How could one of the world's richest hip-hop musicians be broke?
He done a few appearances. He started his own television programs called Dream School and Power.
50 Cent appeared in the movie Spy and Southpaw.
He investing in clothes, vitamin water, mining, movies and boxing. All of that went bust.
Curtis Jackson, 40 turned the page of hip-hop. The media mogul and rapper has finally hit rock bottom. He testified in court saying to the world that all the glory is a farce.
He manufactured a rich lifestyle. He borrowed jewelry, vehicles, and friends. I guess all that fame got to his head and got reckless.
I mean his rise was putting out mixtapes. When Eminem heard this mixtape he wanted the rapper to be on his 8 Mile Soundtrack. 50 Cent agreed to it. So he signed to Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment in 2002.
50's rise was his studio debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. There were seven singles on that album and it helped it sold 8.4 million units. It earned him a Grammy nomination.
Wanksta. P.I.M.P., 21 Questions, If I Can't, Many Man (Wish Death) and the smash hit In Da Club propelled 50 Cent into the mainstream.
He would engage in feud with Ja Rule. The rapper's feud with Ja Rule was a money maker for him.
Ja Rule was an in demand rapper at the time. Everyone wanted to be associated with the gruffy voice rapper. But 50, went into Ja's weakness, his crossover to pop friendly songs. 50 Cent targeted Ja Rule dancing with R&B singer Ashanti's music video. He called Ja Rule a phony gangsta.
Ja Rule fought back with the help of The Source. Ja tried to publish an order of protection warrant on the internet to make it seem like 50 Cent was afraid to face him in public. The Source ran anti-50 articles question his rise and his association to Eminem. Interscope pulled all advertising from the magazine.
The XXL a rival magazine won the attention by hosting 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre. It helped XXL beat The Source. The magazine gave 50 Cent more attention and it helped him build an empire.
50 Cent would sign his neighborhood friends Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks to G-Unit, the rapper's start up label. Interscope would promote these acts. He would later sign Young Buck and Game to the G-Unit.
50 Cent's downfall began when he got into it with some of his acts. Game, who was also signed to Aftermath wasn't interesting in feuding with rappers got fired out the cannon. Game would launch this ongoing and worthless feud with 50. This feud is still going on.
50 Cent released The Massacre. It did well but it lacked the touch. People criticized him for the song Candy Shop. They criticized him for doing the Ja Rule thing. The rapper's album went on to sell 6 million copies.
50's two other albums Curtis and When I Self Destruct were successful but harshly criticized for lacking the mojo of his last two albums. The album Street King Immortal was supposed to be a final album before retirement. So 50 wanted to push this album fast. Interscope told him to fall back.
Well we know that 50 Cent broke ties with Interscope after he got into it with them over the handling of his album. The album Street King Immortal wasn't up to Dr. Dre and Eminem standards so they told him to rework it.
50 Cent said nope, I'm not doing this shit. I'm done.
Then 50 Cent left Interscope leaving the label he signed on for over 10 years. He calls the G-Unit now The Unit. He created a social media network called ThisIs50 and then went to celebrity agitation.
He engaged in this feud with Rick Ross. So this feud 50 and Rozay created was to generate sales.
50 got reckless and wanted to question the gangsta of Rozay. He published the correctional officer photos and released a sex tape of his ex-wife having sex with an associate of Rozay's.
That tape leaked and that lead to a lawsuit. This year, 50 Cent owes $5 million in damages for releasing it on his social media network.
50 decided to fall back and file for broke. I am guessing falling broke could backfire on him.
He already owes $20 million for his Slump Audio fall and the lawsuit against his ex-girl for trashing her home. He owes child support for his two children.
His own son disowns him and the mother of his daughter wants him to be around.
The movie based off the Compton rap group N.W.A. is coming to theaters this summer. It's based off the lives of Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Arabian Prince, Eazy E, Ice Cube and DJ Yella.
The group released a two studio albums and a handful of extended plays.
The movie titled Straight Outta Compton. It's based off the debut album of the rap group. It was a breakthrough rap album. It introduced the world to gangsta rap.
Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American hip hop group N.W.A, released August 8, 1988 on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records.
Production for the album was handled by Dr. Dre, with DJ Yella giving co-production. The album has been viewed as the pioneering record of gangsta rap with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics. It has been considered groundbreaking by music writers and has had an enormous impact on the evolution of West Coast hip hop.
Straight Outta Compton redefined the direction of hip-hop, which resulted in lyrics concerning the gangster lifestyle becoming the driving force in sales figures.
It was later re-released on September 24, 2002, remastered and containing four bonus tracks. An extended version of the album was released on December 4, 2007, honoring the 20th anniversary of the original album.
Universal Music Group reissued the album on a Limited Edition red cassette as part of their Respect The Classics series.
The cassette was released in time for the annual Record Store Day.
Dr. Dre, Game and Ice Cube appear on the Straight Outta Compton set.
The group began their rise in the 1980s and eventually broke up around 1994.
Eazy E, the group's de facto leader would die of complications from AIDS. Ice Cube would later act in movies, produce his own movies and become a media mogul. Dr. Dre would find Detroit rapper Eminem and sign him to his Aftermath label. Dre would also launched Beats Audio.
Media mogul Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, the world's richest and most powerful player in hip-hop teamed up with F. Gary Gary to make this movie. Cube asked Snoop Dogg, MC Ren and DJ Yella to join him in making this movie.
Who will be in this movie. Some name you may recognize. One being the son of Cube.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr. will play the role of his father.
Others roles are being played by some well known actors.
Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E
Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre
Aldis Hodge as MC Ren
Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella
Brandon LaFourche as Arabian Prince
Marlon Yates Jr. as The D.O.C.
Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller
Keith Stanfield as Snoop Dogg
R. Marcus Taylor as Suge Knight
Marcc Rose as Tupac Shakur
The movie is based off the rap groups bond. Their interaction with shady business executive Jerry Heller. Eazy E's rift with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre which lead to the group's demise. Ice Cube would later act in movies, produce his own movies and become a media mogul.
Cube had roles in Boyz in The Hood, Higher Learning, 21 Jump Street, Are We There Yet?, Friday and Barbershop.
Dr. Dre and Big Suge starting up Death Row and signing Snoop Dogg to the label. Dr. Dre would have a fallout with the label.
Dre would sign a young White rapper from Detroit to his struggling label. The signing of Eminem helped propel Dre's Aftermath Entertainment into the mainstream. Dre would also launched Beats Audio equipment and is co-chair of Apple Music.
The rise of Tupac Shakur is being mentioned in this movie. Shakur was not a famous until he started the war of the coasts.
The rapper's fate was met in September 1996. There will a movie about Shakur's life in the coming year.
The movie is controversial. Universal Pictures is producing the movie along with Cubevision, Ice Cube's movie production company.
Of course, this movie was being filmed in South Los Angeles and Compton. The movie was finishing up production when Big Suge decided to crash the set.
Suge's was told to bounce and of course, he got to threatening the security. He would throw his hands up, get into his truck and peel out. When he peeled out he hit a man, killing him.
Now Big Suge's days of freedom could be over. He is being charged with murder. Not involuntary manslaughter. The charge was bumped up after witness told that Big Suge didn't give a fuck who he hit.
Now Suge Knight is innocent until proven guilty. If he is found guilty in this trial coming next year, he will be making toys and clothes from the iron college for LIFE.
Are you going to see the movie?
I might!
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is running in the clown car. He's a huge fan of hip-hop music. He said that he will see the movie. No word from President Barack Obama.
Matter of fact, the president already got early viewing in the White House screening room. That's the perks of being the president.
At the peak of the 50 Cent/Rick Ross feud, the media mogul told the junk food media he had dirt on Rozay's baby mamas. He even went as far to record a diss called Tia Told Me aiming at Rozay.
One of Rozay's baby mamas was none to kind to 50 after he leaked a sex tape of her. Now it has the media mogul owing up a lot of slow doe! ThisIs50 social media website leaked out the sex tape of Lastonia Leviston and her boyfriend doing the nasty.
Leviston scored a payday. The U.S. District Court ordered Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson to pay up for defamation of character and invasion of privacy. Matter of fact, the court will order him to pay up punitive damages.
Lastonia Leviston
The AP reported that 50 acquired a video she made with her boyfriend, added himself as a crude commentator and posted it online without her permission.
And the Manhattan jurors are set to continue deliberating next week on possible further, punitive damages in Lastonia Leviston's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the multi-platinum selling "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" artist.
Attorney William A. Brewer III says 50 Cent and his legal team are "disappointed in the verdict but very appreciative of the service of the jury and the court." Leviston's lawyer, Philip Freidin, declined to comment on the award, first reported by the Daily News of New York.
The lawsuit stems from a 13-minute video that appeared online in 2009 featuring a wig-wearing 50 Cent as a narrator dubbed Pimpin' Curly. The character made explicit remarks about Leviston and taunted rap rival Rick Ross, who wasn't in the video but has a daughter with Leviston. At the time the video surfaced, Ross and 50 Cent were trading barbs via video, lyrics and interviews.
50 Cent got the 2008 tape from the man in it, Leviston's boyfriend at the time. The rapper and his lawyers said that 50 Cent didn't actually post the video but that Leviston's then-boyfriend said she wouldn't mind if he did, and he thought that would suffice.
The Pimpin' Curly character was just "joking" by referring to Leviston as a "porn star," 50 Cent said during sworn pre-trial questioning that was played for the jury, according to news reports. He didn't testify at the trial.
But Leviston, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, said she was horrified and humiliated when the video appeared online.
"This was something done to me. I didn't have a choice. I would never, ever do this to myself," she testified, according to news reports.
50 burst to the fore of gangsta rap with 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin,'" its lead single, "In Da Club," and a tough life story that included being shot nine times.
50 now celebrates his birthday cutting a check. The rapper just turned 40 this month and was getting ready for his premiere of Southpaw. I guess he'll be bumming money from some of his entourage.
50 just recently filed for bankruptcy after this deal. He was once worth $165 million in sales, now I am not even sure if 50 has at least a $10 million in the bank.
I remember that 50 clowned on Young Buck when he had to file for the bankruptcy. I remember 50 clowned on Game when he was caught up in fiscal problems. 50 even laughed when his old producer Scott Storch burned his fortunes on snow!
Now it seems like 50 finally hit rock bottom.
50 as Pimpin' Curly.
He's no longer putting hits on the radio. He got into a hissy fit with Jimmy Iovine over the handling of his album. He bounced from Interscope and lost all the A-game production from long time friends Eminem and Dr. Dre.
He reunited The Unit after they broke up. They release a few mixtapes and digital album. They flopped. The fans asked 50 to end the feud with Game. 50 said no to that bum Nigga.
Now Game can finally claim victory. Even though Game is struggling in his fortunes, at least he doesn't have to file for bankruptcy like Buck and 50.
It seems like it comes full circle for Rozay and 50.
They both share something in common. Both are celebrity agitators and phony gangstas. They spend money like it was nothing. Now they've ran up the check.
Rozay already facing charges ranging from kidnapping, unlawful detainment and aggravated assault.
He could face up to 30 years in the iron college if he's found guilty. Rozay had to have his passport revoked and home confiscated.
Bruce Washington Jr. known as Hussein Fatal was killed in an accident over the weekend. World News Today send our condolences to the family of the Bruce Washington, Jr.
The Outlawz (formerly known as Tha Outlaw Immortalz or Dramacydal) helped propel Tupac Shakur's controversial rise to fame.
They were featured on The Don Killuminati; 7 Day Theory and Still I Rise albums in which it aimed a numerous rappers who Shakur singled out.
The group released their debut album Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us in 2002.
The group also posted on their official social media accounts confirming the lost.
Rest in Paradise our brother Hussein Fatal he passed away in a car accident. Pray for his family & kids at this time! pic.twitter.com/dK2GS1N0ns
Hussein Fatal began his rapping career when he was dope boy. He was dealing in drugs at a very young age and also attended the same school as fellow Outlawz member, Yafeu Fula, better known by his stage name, Yaki Kadafi. Fula informed Washington that he personally knew Tupac Shakur, but Washington didn't believe him until Fula's mother informed him that they were going to visit Shakur in jail.
When they went to visit him in jail, Washington performed a freestyle rap for Shakur. Shakur was pleased with Washington's lyrical abilities and promptly added him to his newly founded hip hop group, Outlaw Immortalz. In keeping with the Outlaw Immortalz's "tyrant" theme, Shakur endowed Washington with the stage name "Hussein Fatal", after then-Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Tupac Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas after a Mike Tyson fight. The shooting remains unsolved. On September 6, 1996, the rapper and media mogul Big Suge (Marion Knight) were riding in their vehicle on the Las Vegas Strip when another vehicle pulled up next to them, the gunmen opened fire on them. Shakur would die of his injuries on September 13, 1996.
Hussein Fatal and Yaki Kadafi would be in the entourage vehicle when they witnessed the shooting.
The Outlawz last album release.
Yaki Kadafi would be gunned down in an apartment complex in New Jersey.
The Outlawz were without a leader. They briefly broke up after Big Suge stiff them out of royalties.
At the peak of Shakur's career, there were over 10 members of the group. The group would dissolve to at least four and most recently before Hussein Fatal's death, three.
Makaveli (Tupac Shakur) was the leader of the group, and gave himself the name of Makaveli after the Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose writings inspired Shakur in prison.
Yaki Kadafi (Yafeu Fula), also known as Young Hollywood, Killer Kadafi and The Prince, was given the name Yaki Kadafi after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He was also Shakur's godbrother and an original member of Dramacydal.
Kastro (Katari Cox), also known as K-Dog, was given the alias Kastro after Cuban leader Fidel Castro. He is also a blood cousin of Shakur and an original member of Dramacydal.
E.D.I. Mean (Malcolm Greenridge), also known as Big Malcolm, was given the alias E.D.I. (aka EDIDON) after Ugandan president Idi Amin and was also an original member of Dramacydal.
Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), introduced to Yildirum by childhood friend Yaki Kadafi, was given the alias after former leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein. Hussein left the group after the killings of Tupac Shakur and Yafeu Fula. He felt that the remaining group members were going against Shakur's wishes by signing contracts with Death Row. He more recently rejoined the Outlawz, which then comprised him, Young Noble and E.D.I.
Napoleon (Mutah Beale), childhood friend of Kadafi, was given the name Napoleon after French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte and was also an original member of Dramacydal. Napoleon left the group to be a Muslim motivational speaker.
Moozaliny (Tyruss Himes), also known as Big Syke who was in Shakur's previous group Thug Life, joined the Outlawz and Makaveli gave him the name Moozaliny after Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Komani (Mopreme Shakur), Tupac Shakur's stepbrother, who was in Shakur's previous group Thug Life, joined the Outlawz under the alias Komani after the Iranian political figure Ruhollah Khomeini.
Storm (Donna Harkness), The only female member of the group, met Shakur during the shooting of a film. After he found out how well she could rap, he immediately signed her on the spot and added her to the group, which later became known as The Outlaw Immortalz. Storm was to be a solo artist for Shakur's record label. She was introduced on the multi-platinum selling album All Eyez on Me.
Young Noble (Rufus Cooper III), the last official Outlaw member by Shakur himself. He was introduced to Tupac by Kadafi and Hussein Fatal in Los Angeles, a few months before his death. He appeared in many of Shakur's last recordings, and featured heavily on Shakur's last album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. He was always known as Young Noble and was never given an alias from Shakur.
The Outlawz were briefly signed Cashville Records. The label was founded by The Unit member Young Buck. When Buck was feuding with 50 Cent over royalties, the rapper was eager to sign The Outlawz to The Unit under the its South wing.
Buck launched Cashville Records and recorded a mixtape with The Outlawz and C-Bo. The Outlawz would leave the label in 2012 and begin their own label called 1Nation Entertainment.
I can't be touched. Anthony Elonis got redemption after the Supreme Court ruled that his imprisonment and conviction invalid. He went to social media to rap a verse about killing his ex-wife in Eminem fashion.
If I want to say "I'm a kill you" in a musical verse, is it a threat?
Well the Supreme Court says "no". It's not a threat if you're expressing frustrations about killing without preemptive attack. It has to be the actions done and not said. The court ruled in favor of a man who spent time in the prison after he took shots at his estranged wife after he found out she cheated on him.
Elonis v. United States is a decision that ruled in favor of plaintiff Anthony Elonis.
The court invalidated his conviction. He is no longer an active felon in the state of Pennsylvania.
Anthony Elonis (formerly known as Tone Dougie) was convicted on four counts of threats to local law enforcement, his estranged wife, an FBI agent, and a kindergarten class, relayed through interstate communication. He was sentenced to 5 years in federal time out. He posted his lyrics of violence on Facebook.
There you go.........!
Remember what you post on social media can be seen by everyone. Just because you keep it private, doesn't mean it's private. Your friends and their friends and strangers can exploit you. Once its online, it's forever.
Big rulings are coming. Obamacare and gay marriage on the way.
In his lyrics he would say:
Did you know that it's illegal for me to say I want to kill my wife?
It's illegal.
It's indirect criminal contempt.
It's one of the only sentences that I'm not allowed to say.
Now it was okay for me to say it right then because I was just telling you that it's illegal for me to say I want to kill my wife...
Elonis said that his rap verse were similar to Eminem.
He would also post that he would take out others. That caught the FBI's attention.
"...Took all the strength I had not to turn the bitch ghost
Pull my knife, flick my wrist, and slit her throat
Leave her bleedin’ from her jugular in the arms of her partner..."
Elonis' conviction was based on multiple public Facebook posts he wrote, including the following about his wife: “If I only knew then what I know now... I would have smothered your ass with a pillow. Dumped your body in the back seat. Dropped you off in Toad Creek and made it look like a rape and murder.”
Elonis fought the state of Pennsylvania to regain his freedom. After a few appeals, he got it to the Supreme Court.
.
In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled that it was wrong for the federal authorities and state of Pennsylvania to assume that Elonis had the intentions of planning a domestic attack through social media. They knew it was rap lyrics and not an inspired attack.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clearance Thomas were the dissenting opinion.
This ruling means that even if its distasteful and threatening, the court believes that if it's written by song or in poetic form (and not a plot to carry out a domestic attack), it's freedom of speech.
Elonis wanted to think like Eminem.
Marshall Mathers III, 42 is the world's greatest rapper. He comes from the city of Detroit and told his tales of hardship through his alter ego Slim Shady. The rapper released eight albums, five collaborations and starred in a blockbuster movie. He is one of the very few rappers to earn a Oscar for best song. He is the most recognizable White rapper. He is a controversial talent. He is criticized by some for rapping verse that may seem sexist, homophobic, violent, demonic, sadistic, and too commercial.
Eminem is also founder of Shady Records, the label that host his group D12, hip-hop collective Slaughterhouse and Alabama rapper Yelawolf.
Eminem is signed on Interscope Records through Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment.
Dr. Dre left the label to join Apple via his Beats Audio.
Bigger rulings coming soon. The decisions on executive powers, Obamacare and gay marriage will be decided on in the coming weeks.
Bad blood. 50 Cent admits that Game is a great artist but he stands firm in not allowing him back into The Unit.
Game burned bridges and then some. Now the Compton rapper wants to make "peace" with The Unit.
We've heard this story. One minute Game goes after The Unit and a few months later, he's cool with them.
We know that every attempt to reunite with his old crew was marred with Game's stubbornness and unwillingness to acknowledge 50 Cent's role in his debut album.
In the beginning I was down with Game throughout his fallout with The Unit. But when I seen him admit that he believes leaving The Unit was a mistake, I started to believe the rumors of Game being bipolar.
As you know this is over 10 years since The Documentary. The debut album from Jayecon Taylor (aka Game). The first debut album since he signed a contract with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. That album was a certified classic.
Despite his constant name drops, Game managed to score a four times platinum album. He had a lot of A-game producers, a lot of featured guests and five hit singles. But the thing that was missing was The Unit.
Yeah, there were features of Tony Yayo and 50 Cent, but the album was missing Young Buck and Lloyd Banks.
Well according to 50, Game didn't get along with Banks.
He wanted to do his thing with the Black Wall Street Records.
He was picking fights with Joe Budden, Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z and Yukmouth.
When 50 asked Game to jump on a single targeting Ja Rule, Nas, Jadakiss, Fat Joe and Ashanti, Game refused. Game said he didn't want no part in the feuding. He wanted to rep his click.
So on radio, 50 fired The Game. On Hot 97, 50 formally dismissed him from the group and told the public that Dr. Dre and 50 will continue without Game.
Game got upset and tried to confront 50 at the radio station. When his entourage was denied entry, a member of Game's crew threatened the security and they drew the pieces and popped off.
Game and 50 were both at the peak of an all out East-West Coast feud. But that ended when Jimmy Iovine warned them both that they'll be fired out the cannon if they don't patch things up.
So in front of cameras, the rappers made peace, "sort off".
While both hit each other with subliminal and not so subliminally dissing of one another, Game decided to release the 300 Bars. The freestyle went off on 50, Banks, Buck, Yayo and R&B singer Olivia.
He created the G-Unot boycott with his manager Jimmy Rosemond (aka Tha Henchman).
Game had been forced off the Aftermath label because he didn't want to pay royalties to Dre and 50.
50 took ownership of the naming rights after Game got fired from the labels.
50 continued to record a few more albums under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Eminem's Shady Records label. But when it came to his Street King Immortal, it was put on ice. They shelved the album and let 50 find the door out.
Now as an independent artist, 50 decided to reunite with his estranged crew. He made peace with Buck and Banks. He also patched up things with Yayo and recruited Kidd Kidd to The Unit.
Now the Unit is trying to recapture its glory. But one member is still looking from the outside.
Outside is Game. Now an independent artist himself, Game is hoping to recruit Dre and 50 for The Documentary 2.
Game's failed attempts at reuniting with 50 all stemmed from the way they promoted The Documentary. The album was a product of The Unit.
Game didn't give credit to 50.
I believe that 50 should reconcile with Game. Although I don't trust Game at his word, 50 should get over the feud.
So do you think that it's time for these two to bury the hatch?
Big Snoop posed with man working for the 5-O in Texas. The law wanted to fire the man for the pose.
Big Snoop Dogg once again pisses off the racist right. Back in March he appeared at the SXSW in Austin. He posted his daily routine on Instagram. The social media and the junk food media is pissed that the rap veteran posed with a Texas state trooper.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety,Trooper Billy Spears got reprimanded by superiors for allowing rapper Snoop Dogg to take a picture with him.
The Dallas Morning News reports Clevenger said the Gilmer-based trooper was called to Austin two weeks ago to help work during the music festival. Spears was in uniform with the distinctive Stetson in a secured area when the rap star and actor stopped and asked if he could get a quick photo with the trooper.
Clevenger said Snoop Dogg’s publicist took the picture.
Snoop Dogg posted the picture on Instagram, along with the line, “Me n my deputy dogg”
DPS officials saw the posting and cited Spears for deficiencies that require counseling for posing with a known criminal.
Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has been convicted several times of drug possession. In 1993, he faced a murder charge when his bodyguard shot and killed a rival gang member. Snoop Dogg and the bodyguard eventually were acquitted of the charge.
Clevenger said that Spears, had no knowledge of drug convictions.
“Troopers get called down to work these events all the time and sometimes people want a picture with them,” Clevenger said.
Because the action taken against Spears called for “counseling” and was not a formal disciplinary action, the trooper has no means of appeal.
The counseling reprimand read: “While working a secondary employment job, Trooper Spears took a photo with a public figure who has a well-known criminal background including numerous drug charges. The public figure posted the photo on social media and it reflects poorly on the Agency.”
An entertainer poses with the law and the Texas Board of Safety orders the officer to get counseling.
There's something else brewing between Spears and his superiors. He once complained to higher ups about inappropriate behavior by some in the uniform.
He believes its retaliation.
Snoop Dogg teams up with Pharrell again. His newest album BUSH will be released on Columbia Records in May. Last album was a reggae album when he called himself Big Snoop Lion.
Snoop Dogg appeared with Hulk Hogan at a honorary WWE introduction. He also was at the Justin Bieber Comedy Central Roast.
The mega producer Pharrell Williams (center) and pop singer Robin Thicke (left) got to break dollars to the estate of Marvin Gaye. T.I. (right) was a featured act in the hit song Blurred Lines.
The R&B/pop singer and mega producer are pissed that they owe up. The greedy family of Marvin Gaye managed to win over the U.S. federal court. They claimed that the mega-hit Blurred Lines sounds similar to Got to Give It Up, a song that was a hit when their father Marvin was alive.
Robin Thicke already facing legal drama with his ex-wife Paula Patton is now shelving cash for using stealing the legendary R&B singer's soul.
Nora Gaye is an entertainer and daughter of Marvin.
The impact could damage the reputation of Pharrell Williams. He is the producer of many hits including his own "Happy" which got nominated for an Oscar.
I am going to be honest. I am not happy about this. I don't hear no similarities to the songs. But to a federal jury and federal judge, the difference is clear: They jacked Marvin Gaye.
But Marvin's daughter Noah Gaye, a singer and actress in her own right is happy. She was one of the many family members who brought up the lawsuit to U.S. federal district.
The family won $8 million in royalties.
The AP reports that the Gaye family is satisfied with the decision. We don't know if Robin Thicke or Pharrell will appeal the decision.
"Right now, I feel free," Nona Gaye said after the verdict. "Free from ... Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke's chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told."
An attorney for Thicke and Williams has said a decision in favor of Gaye's heirs could have a chilling effect on musicians who try to emulate an era or another artist's sound.
The Gayes' lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend's hit "Got to Give It Up" outright.
"They fought this fight despite every odd being against them," Busch said of the Gaye family outside court.
Thicke told jurors he didn't write "Blurred Lines," which Williams testified he crafted in about an hour in mid-2012.
Williams told jurors that Gaye's music was part of the soundtrack of his youth. But the seven-time Grammy winner said he didn't use any of it to create "Blurred Lines."
Gaye's children -- Nona, Frankie and Marvin Gaye III -- sued the singers in 2013 and were present when the verdict was read.
The verdict may face years of appeals.
"Blurred Lines" has sold more than 7.3 million copies in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. It earned a Grammy Awards nomination and netted Williams and Thicke millions of dollars.
The case was a struggle between two of music's biggest names: Williams has sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his career as a singer-producer, and Gaye performed hits such as "Sexual Healing" and "How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You)" remain popular.
During closing arguments, Busch accused Thicke and Williams of lying about how the song was created. He told jurors they could award Gaye's children millions of dollars if they determined the copyright to "Got to Give It Up" was infringed.
Howard King, lead attorney for Williams and Thicke, told the panel that a verdict in favor of the Gaye family would have a chilling effect on musicians who were trying to recreate a genre or homage to another artist's sound.
King denied there were any substantial similarities between "Blurred Lines" and the sheet music Gaye submitted to obtain copyright protection.
Williams has become a household name -- known simply as Pharrell -- thanks to his hit song "Happy" and his work as a judge on the "The Voice." He wrote the majority of "Blurred Lines" and recorded it in one night with Thicke. A segment by rapper T.I. was added later.
Williams, 41, also signed a document stating he didn't use any other artists' work in the music and would be responsible if a successful copyright claim was raised.
Thicke testified he wasn't present when the song was written, despite receiving credit.
The trial focused on detailed analyses of chords and notes in both "Blurred Lines" and "Got to Give It Up."
Marvin Gaye was a legendary musician who touched the world. He was gunned down by his own father in 1984.
Jurors repeatedly heard the upbeat song "Blurred Lines" and saw snippets of its music video, but Gaye's music was represented during the trial in a less polished form. Jurors did not hear "Got to Give It Up" as Gaye recorded it, but rather a version created based solely on sheet music submitted to gain copyright protection.
That version lacked many of the elements -- including Gaye's voice -- that helped make the song a hit in 1977. Busch derisively called the version used in court a "Frankenstein-like monster" that didn't accurately represent Gaye's work.
An expert for the Gaye family said there were eight distinct elements from "Got to Give It Up" that were used in "Blurred Lines," but an expert for Williams and Thicke denied those similarities existed.
Gaye died in April 1984, leaving his children the copyrights to his music.
Pharrell responds to the verdict.
While we respect the judicial process, we are extremely disappointed in the ruling made today, which sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward. Pharrell created 'Blurred Lines' from his heart, mind and soul and the song was not taken from anyone or anywhere else. We are reviewing the decision, considering our options and you will hear more from us soon about this matter.
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. and Pharrell) (Interscope/NuAmerica/Star Trak Records)
Today marks another grave milestone in American music.
On March 9, 1997, a rap legend died. The legendary Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in Los Angeles after attending a party for Vibe Magazine. The 25 year old rapper's death still remains a mystery to this day.
I woke up to hearing the news. My mom told us that this rapper named Biggie was shot. I was shocked by this. We all knew this day was coming. I was just listening to the single "Notorious Thugs" on the radio two days ago and I had used the cassette tape to record it.
Never in my day, that rap lost two legends in a six month period.
If you're a real fan of hip-hop, you would know Biggie Smalls (aka Frank White).
The Brooklyn MC who is the real king of New York hip-hop.
No one can take that. Not even Nas or Jay-Z.
Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. When he released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994, he became a central figure in the East Coast hip hop scene and increased New York's visibility in the genre at a time when West Coast hip hop was dominant in the mainstream.
The following year, Wallace led his childhood friends to chart success through his protégé group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. While recording his second album, Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East Coast/West Coast hip hop feud.
Before the release of his Life After Death album, got booed by some West Coast rappers at the Soul Train Awards after presenting an award.
During the night, he was with his entourage attending a Vibe Magazine party. Then when he was leaving for his hotel, a vehicle pulls up and opens fire on him. He was hit four times. Out of three bullets one managed to hit the vitals. He was rushed to the hospital and died that night.
That led to speculation that Big Suge ordered a hit on him in retaliation. There are some who believed that Tupac Shakur's murder was orchestrated by Biggie and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Biggie and Shakur's death led to the decline of quality hip-hop. Although this decline in music still exist, many rappers dedicate their legacies to them.
Many in the law enforcement industry feels that hip-hop's no snitching philosophy doomed their chances to solve these mysteries.
But still we here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to family of the Notorious B.I.G.
Also R.I.P. to Christopher Rios (aka Big Pun), Chad Butler (aka Pimp C), Lisa Lopes (aka Left-Eye), Aaliyah Houghton, Tupac Shakur (aka Makaveli), Eric Wright (aka Eazy-E), Jason Mizell (aka Jam Master Jay), James Adarryl Tapp (aka Soulja Slim), Russell Jones (aka Ol' Dirty Bastard), DeShaun Holton (aka Proof) and every rapper or R & B singer who passed away.
Beauty does cost a $150,000. Lupita Nyong'o dress got lifted from her hotel room.
Uh, no.. NO, NO, NO!
What the......well you know!
A famed actress who won an Oscar for best female role got a very expensive dress lifted from her while she was partying with other celebs.
$150,000 pearl-adorned dress Lupita Nyong'o wore to this year's Academy Awards has been stolen. Deputies responded to a West Hollywood hotel late yesterday after the custom Calvin Klein Collection by Francisco Costa dress was reported missing from the actress's hotel room, said sheriff's Sgt. Richard Bowman. Representatives for the actress reported the theft, and detectives suspect the garment was stolen sometime between 8 and 9pm yesterday.
Detectives were at the hotel today looking for clues, including whether surveillance footage would reveal what happened to the gown. Nyong'o won an Oscar in 2014 for her role in Twelve Years a Slave and was a presenter at Sunday's ceremony. Her publicists said today they would not comment on the theft. Nyong'o, 31, has become a darling of Hollywood's red carpets in the past two years, with commentators and fans praising her fashion choices.
I guess tonight, it was found. The thief had second thoughts. The thief claims the dress was "fake".
Reuters report that the $150,000 Oscar gown worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o that was stolen two days ago was returned on Friday by the thief, who tipped off celebrity news site TMZ.com after finding out that the pearls on the dress were fake.
TMZ said the thief took the Calvin Klein dress from Nyong'o's hotel room on Wednesday after finding the door ajar. The Kenyan actress had worn the dress adorned with 6,000 pearls to Sunday's Academy Awards in one of the most commented looks of the night.
The thief and others removed two pearls from the dress and took them to the Garment District in downtown Los Angeles where they were told they were not real, according to TMZ.
The thief then took the dress back to the London West Hollywood hotel and told TMZ it was in a garment bag inside a trash bag in a bathroom.
TMZ then tipped off the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in West Hollywood, which was investigating the theft. The website shows grainy footage of an unidentified person opening the bag and finding a white dress.
Pimp My Ride may come back to MTV. The Huffington Post opens up some of the secrets of this once successful show.
The MTV show featuring rapper Xzibit was one popular show back then. Long after it's been pulled off the roster, many accusations come forth that the reality show is actually fake.
Wow. Should I be surprised?
The Huffington Post has a report about some of the contestants of Pimp My Ride being ringers.
Not saying that most of the contestants are fake, but a few of them came forth to thank MTV and Xzibit for giving them an opportunity to promote their companies and their new whips.
Never discredit a show for what it does. It's reality television. Often you should expect this.
I wouldn't think much of this if I didn't think I could get a chance to "pimp my ride".
To keep the courts off his back for owed child support, Shad Moss (aka Bow Wow) is joining CSI: Cyber.
The writers for CSI: Cyber found a place for the nearly washed up rapper Bow Wow (aka Shad Moss). He and Patricia Arquette are going to be featured on this program. I guess the Cash Money bid is history. He was patiently waiting on that album release. It didn't happen. He bounced.
Also with Viacom canceling 106 & Park on BET, it's pretty much a wrap for the one time pop idol.
The FBI's team of cyber crime investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette), works to solve cases involving the darknet and deep web. Avery, an esteemed Ph.D. cyber-psychologist, is in charge of the Cyber Crime Division at Quantico, Virginia.
The team she leads, which also includes Senior Special Agent Elijah Mundo, is tasked with solving Internet-related murders, cyber-theft, hacking, sex offenses and blackmail.
Back in 1998, Bow Wow released his debut album Beware of Dog on So So Def Recordings.
Bow Wow plays a character called Brody Nelson. Nelson is an FBI special agent. He is a former hacking savant who is trying to keep his hands out of the dark net to become a successful agent at the FBI's cyber crime division.
This is a midseason replacement for the cancellation of Stalker. CBS has put the ax on The Millers, The McCarthys and Stalker.
Are you going to watch CSI?
CSI is the goldmine for the CBS network. Most of the spin-offs have done reasonably well.
If I could take back what happen? Big Suge knows his days of freedom are over!
There were things going on in the junk food media that happen to catch my radar.
First and foremost, we here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of The Jacka, a Bay Area rapper who was gunned down this week. He was a veteran of the hip-hop movement. He was associated with C-Bo and collaborated with E-40, Spice-1 and Yukmouth.
Dominic Newton (August 1977 – February 2, 2015), better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. The Jacka got his start with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Newton converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar. On February 2, 2015, he was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland.
Prior to his death, he owned his own label entitled The Artist Records.
Down the way, Big Suge got denied bail. Marion "Suge" Knight the former co-founder of Death Row Records is charged for murder after his vehicle ran over two men killing one. He was trying to start trouble for The Good Doc while he was in Compton. Dr. Dre was there for the filming of the N.W.A. movie and it was a closed set. Big Suge decided to broker a "peace treaty" with his longtime rival.
Apparently Dre didn't get the word. His security cleared Big Suge off the set. There was a lot of yelling and thuggery. And out of nowhere, someone jumps into the vehicle and peels out running over the victim.
Suge still sticking to the code, telling the junk food media and his P.O. that he's not the driver and it was an accident. This accident is the final straw for the music mogul. He's already facing a charge of smacking up a photographer last year and this charge trumped up everything.
He's a doomed celebrity. If found guilty, he could face life in the iron college. Seriously, it would be a 5 - 20 year stay if it wasn't for the fact that Knight has a history of violence and he's part of the Cali three strikes system.
,_by_Eminem.png)
