Ricky Harris Passed Away!

Comedy legend Ricky Harris passed away.

We lost a great entertainer. It was confirmed tonight that Ricky Harris passed away at the age of 54.

According to ComedyHype, Ricky Harris has reportedly passed away after suffering a heart attack.

Reports on the his now reported death are few but we have seen several of Harris’s friends confirm the unfortunate news. Harris’s resume extends to productions like Poetic Justice, Moesha, Tales From The Hood, and several projects with Snoop Dogg including film Boss’N’Up and the iconic voice-character DJ Eaz-E-Dick on Snoop’s previous albums. Harris has had his share of health scares; a few years ago he suffered a heart attack which came sudden as well. Comedians shocked by the news have took to social media to pay their respects to the comedy veteran.

Tributes come from some of the country's most notable entertainers and musicians who were friends with Ricky.

My favorite comic passed today! He never got his just due! But if u ever saw him gig u knew he was as good as it gets!#RIpRickeyHarris

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) December 26, 2016

Rest in Power Brother Ricky. pic.twitter.com/JnXGmX4Z0e

— Eddie Griffin (@EddieGriffinCom) December 27, 2016

C u when I get there like we used to do in church on the east side  tell Nate to hold my n… https://t.co/kTjQQJGIS2 pic.twitter.com/NiHKZp0FOX

— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) December 27, 2016

Rip Ricky Harris 😡 pic.twitter.com/yJGUDLQHXY

— DJ POOH (@DJPooh) December 26, 2016

RIP Ricky Harris. My friend, my first live comedy influence. You will be missed. pic.twitter.com/8KqiWVsxDY

— Billy D. Washington (@BillyWashington) December 27, 2016

Damn, we lost Ricky Harris. The world is a little less funny today. RIP homie. pic.twitter.com/5AalZndlx2

— Ice Cube (@icecube) December 27, 2016

RickyHARRIS got 1st light from @icecube @SIRJINX & US doin voices on AmerikkasMostWanted. We were all in resPEct to his ability. Tough year

— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) December 27, 2016

Watch: A very emotional Snoop Dogg reacts to the death of Ricky Harris. pic.twitter.com/eBlLYbgXti

— Hardys® (@HardysMedia) December 27, 2016

Check out some of Ricky's comedy and pay tribute to a man who had a dedication to the art and his family.

Eminem Heads Back To His Roots!

Eminem celebrates his birthday. Rumor on the street is Slim Shady is working on a new album.

Today rapper Slim Shady celebrates his birthday. The word on the street is that Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known as Eminem is working on a new album and its coming out this year.

The album titled ROOTS is coming and I anticipate that Em will drop a bomb on 'em.

The rumors have been spreading across the internet. Em is teaming up with his longtime producer Dr. Dre to release a 12 track album with features from Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Skylar Gray.

The rumored album isn't leaking. Eminem signed a deal with APPLE Music and it's top secret.

Eminem is the founder of Shady Records. The label is home to Yelawolf, D12, and the Slaughterhouse.

Slaughterhouse is a rap group that features Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Kxng Crooked (formerly known as Crooked I) and Royce Da 5'9". 

Eminem is a signed act to Aftermath Entertainment.

Live With Kelly And Morris!

Kelly Ripa is likely to pick Morris Chestnut to replace Michael Strahan. Chestnut was featured in The Best Man, Boyz in the Hood and Fox's Rosewood.

The drama over at Live! may be coming to an end. Kelly Ripa has announced her new host. The news will be dropped soon and people are anticipating on the new host being a famous face.

The possible host is someone familiar with television and movies.

It seems like actor Morris Chestnut is highly favored to be the replacement for Michael Strahan, the ex-NFL star/actor/game show host who abruptly left the show to take on full time duties at GMA.

This was one of the biggest shocks in the junk food media. It sparked a bitter feud between Ripa and Strahan. The two were distant from one another and refuse to acknowledge each other.

Kelly Ripa was struggling to find a decent host.

Chestnut is probably the right choice. Given that Chestnut is 'eye candy" for women and he has notable history appealing with viewers, it's good choice.

Chestnut is on the Fox police drama Rosewood. It's greenlighted for a second season and it will air again on Thursday to replace Bones after it finishes up its final season.

Other possibilities include: Neil Patrick Harris. He would be a suitable choice. He's a famous actor who can entertain and make the show more lively. He's is openly gay and could bring rational views to the show. The actor and business mogul is best friends with Ripa. Neil Patrick Harris and Kelly Ripa were guests of actress Rachael Harris's wedding.

Anderson Cooper, the CNN host and CBS 60 Minutes commentator. With a busy schedule and a failed talk show, it's highly unlikely for him to be the choice. Cooper will moderate the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Fred Savage and Rob Lowe. Both have appeared on the critically acclaimed sitcom The Grinder. The series was cancelled in the latest round of Fox downsizing its comedy blocks. Savage is a famous child actor now turned famous director and producer. He is working on other sitcoms and directing episodes of New Girl, black-ish, The Goldbergs and Girl Meets World starring his brother Ben Savage.

Lowe, on the other hand was probably a bad choice. Given that he's turned conservative, he will clash with Kelly Ripa on issues like LGBT and Hillary Clinton. Lowe who is critical of Barack Obama would say something that would make the show too political. Lowe is also working on a television series.

We will await the announcement. The new season of Live! begins on Monday.

Jerry Heller Passed Away!

Jerry Heller, the co-founder of Ruthless Records and the manager of famed hip-hop group N.W.A., passed away.

Jerry Heller, the man who helped bring the N.W.A. into the mainstream passed away.  Heller was the manager of the group and was one of the reasons for the breakup. Heller passed away at the age of 75 in Thousand Oaks, California.

He died of a heart attack and his family confirmed it was a fatal car accident.

Heller met Eazy E and helped him form Ruthless Records. The label was responsible for pushing out the hits. It also gave the West Coast a voice. It dealt with oppression, police brutality and America's treatment of Black America. Critics said that the music was promoting violence and sexism.

The group dismissed this. They were saying that these issues are a part of Black urban life. They were expressing their freedom of speech.

The N.W.A. was composed of Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, and Eazy E.

Arabian Prince would leave the group before it would become a mainstream act.

The group was one of the earliest and most significant members of hip-hop. The group is by far one of the most controversial. They couldn't get radio play because of their songs, but the group managed to pull sell 10 million units.

Things got worse for the group when Ice Cube accused Heller of mismanaging their money.

The world's most dangerous group.

The group would eventually breakup in 1991. Dr. Dre would leave Ruthless to start up the Death Row label with Marion "Big Suge" Knight.

Dr. Dre and Ice Cube would bash Heller and Eazy E for selling out their music. Eazy E said that Jerry was a "gangsta for life" and he wouldn't want to be around them "marks" Dre and Cube.

Eazy E would record a few more EP and his full length album under Ruthless. Around 1995, Eazy was getting ill. He was diagnoses with complications from AIDS. He passed away from the deadly disease.

The critically acclaimed Straight Outta Compton movie portrayed Heller as a bad person. He would sue the F. Gary Gary and NBCUniversal for slander. He would blame the movie for him having trouble trying to secure acts.

The album Straight Outta Compton marked the beginning of gangsta rap. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

You got to give up to the city of Compton. Without the N.W.A., you wouldn't have gangsta rap.

Ruthless Records also was responsible for bring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the label. The Cleveland based group composed of Krayzie, Layzie, Wish, Bizzy and Flesh Bone.

Big Suge Might Have A Way Out!

Big Suge has a prayer.

Marion "Big Suge" Knight is facing a murder charge for running over two men at a burger joint near the filming location of the Straight Outta Compton movie. Knight who was former CEO of Death Row Records is a notorious individual. He has ties to the domestic terrorist group The Bloods. He dons the red like it's nothing. He was instrumental in helping Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur obtain multiplatinum albums.

But Big Suge stuck to the g-code and now that code will place his ass in the lockup for the rest of his LIFE.

The LAPD was hoping that Big Suge would slip up. They didn't expect this quickly.

TMZ obtained the gruesome video of Big Suge's Red F150 running over two men.

A jailhouse songbird slammed the LAPD and county prosecutor. He tells the junk food media that he was deliberately placed near

Daniel Timms who was songbird said that prosecutors were coaching him to get Big Suge to show no remorse or say things that could land a conviction.

Now this could be used as defense in the murder trial.

Knowing that Suge has nothing to lose, it's best for him to use this an advantage.

This was one of the many incidents that plagued the controversial media mogul. He and Katt Williams still have to deal with the assault charge for breaking a fan's camera.

BREAKING: Afeni Shakur Passed Away!

She is at peace with her son.

Afeni Shakur, the mother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur passed away today. The mother who inspired her son for greatness was found dead in her Marin County, California home.

The family confirmed that she passed away from an apparent heart attack.

Shakur was an activist and motivational speaker. She urged rappers to put aside their differences for the sake of the Black community. There was a brutal hip-hop war between the West coast and the East coast. It led to the deaths of her son and his longtime rival the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls).

Her name became famous in the 1995 Tupac Shakur single "Dear Mama" off the Me Against the World album.

Afeni Shakur sued Death Row for all of Tupac's music and licensing fees. She was awarded a cache of unreleased music, movie reels and poems from the rapper who many saw as a poetic but yet troubled soul.

Shakur led the fight to get a museum in her son's honor.

The queen of a pride. Afeni Shakur fought to have her son Tupac Shakur's legacy preserved.

Afeni Shakur (born Alice Faye Williams) was an American music businesswoman, philanthropist, political activist and Black Panther. She acted as her own criminal defense attorney after being accused of taking part in numerous bombings as a member of the Panthers.

World News Today send our condolences to the family of Afeni Shakur. The legacy of Tupac Shakur will forever be etched in music history. Afeni, a beautiful woman in the fight for equality in America.

Afeni Shakur you will be missed by me and S. Baldwin.

Denise "Vanity" Matthews Passed Away!

Former pop singer Denise "Vanity" Matthews passed away.

A bit of sad news happened to hit the junk food media. Singer/actress Denise Matthews best known as Vanity passed away in California after fighting sclerosis. That along with peritonitis and kidney disease was the contributing factors to her death.

Prince groomed this young Canadian singer named Denise Matthews. She would call herself Vanity and help build a group. The group Vanity 6 recorded their only album by the same name. The album is credited for the successful singles "Nasty Girl" and "Drive Me Wild".

Vanity would end up going solo. She end up releasing the albums Wild Animal and Skin on Skin with the hits "Pretty Mess", "Mechanical Emotion" and "Under the Influence".

Vanity would also take up a gig in acting. She appeared in the movies The Last Dragon, 52 Pick-Up and Action Jackson.

During her rise, she fell victim to the "Rock Star Lifestyle". She was addicted to crack cocaine and heroin. She would end up having kidney failure and for the remainder of her life she would undergo peritoneal dialysis five times a day.

She had dated Prince, Adam Ant and Bill Idol. She also was engaged to Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue.

She had a brief marriage to Anthony Smith of the Oakland Raiders. That marriage ended after he got caught up in a murder. Smith is serving LIFE in the iron college.

After a night of binging on crack cocaine, she suffered a nearly fatal renal failure.

That near death experience made her realize that her life was spiraling out of control. In the late 1990s, she would end up becoming a born-again Christian and gave up her Hollywood and music career.

She would become a Christian motivational speaker and renounced the name of Vanity.

Vanity was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. She was born of Polish, Jewish, German, African American, Hawaiian and Native American ancestry.

World News Today send our condolences to the family of Denise "Vanity" Matthews.

Kendrick Lamar Won Best Rap Album!

The king of hip-hop.

Congratulations to Kendrick Lamar on snatching five Grammy's. Also he took home the best rap album at the 58th Grammy Awards.

To Pimp a Butterfly is the best rap album. No question.

It received a nomination for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 58th Grammy Awards. Its singles "i" and "Alright" both won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.

The song "Alright" earned nominations for Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, its visuals for Best Music Video and "These Walls" received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

To Pimp a Butterfly was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

By January 2016, the album had sold 788,000 copies in the United States.

Performing Bad Blood from 1989 album.

Congratulations to Taylor Swift for winning the night as well. And also managing to fry the ego maniacal rapper/rap producer/celebrity agitator Kanye West.

She scored a huge win for her album 1989.

Taylor Swift won the Best Album of the Year award and she clapped back at Kanye West after he went into his diva mode. West made the remarks that he created Taylor's career. He promoted that line in his Life of Pablo album. The album was released last week. The two are back feuding again.

Well, now we know what @taylorswift13 thinks of that @kanyewest line. #GRAMMYshttps://t.co/sgRdbM3iNo

— Mashable News (@MashableNews) February 16, 2016

I managed to catch the last few minutes of the Grammy Awards. I normally hate watching award shows because I believe these things are boring.

Also Meghan Trainor, The Weeknd, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, D'Angelo and many others took home a Grammy. Also former president Jimmy Carter took home a Grammy as well.

Congratulations to them all for their hard work.

World News Today also send our condolences to the family of DJ Big Kap. The rap pioneer passed away on February 3rd, 2016. I just found out about his death.

Dr. Dre Is Producing A TV Show!

The biggest player in hip-hop turns to television. Dr. Dre is working on a television program.

The good doctor rolling up a fat sack of the Chronic and he's going to smoke it.

First things first! World News Today want to wish Dr. Dre a happy birthday. The media mogul has a birthday on February 18th. Well wishes to him.

The junk food media is reporting that Apple is working on a television show based of his upbringing. It will be exclusively streamed on Apple TV and its going be called Vital Signs.

While details of the show are still unknown, it's going to have some major A-listers involved.

Besides Dre, longtime video director Paul Hunter is taking a piece of the action. The executive producers Aaron Ginsburg and William Green and Robert Munic (of Empire fame) were hand-picked by Dre to write all six episodes.

No word on when the show will debut. Dr. Dre is tight lipped on leaks.

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine were involved in making Beats Audio a success. Iovine resigned from Interscope Records in order to take a role in Apple Music's streaming service. Dr. Dre managed to sale his shares for over $3 billion.

He is the world's richest rapper. He released his "final" album Compton: The Soundtrack on Aftermath Entertainment. The album sold nearly 600,000 copies.

He also scored a big payday when the blockbuster movie Straight Outta Compton made nearly $1 billion in ticket sales.

Also Apple Music has signed on DJ Khaled, Drake and Future to the stream their exclusives.

Future's EVOL album released last Friday managed to score 174,000 units placing him once again in the Number 1 spot. This would be his third album in which he hit the top. Also the third in less than a year.

Anthony Anderson: Stacey Dash Is An "Ann Coulter Dipped In Butterscotch"!

Anthony Anderson roasted Stacey Dash.

The creator and star of the hit ABC comedy black-ish went there. Anthony Anderson is the star, co-executive producer of the Kenya Burris show about a Black upscale father trying to get his suburbanite children hip to the "Black experience".

Anderson took a shot at his former friend in the entertainment industry after she made some stupid ass comments last month. And the actress clapped back at him.

Washed up actress and political agitator Stacey Dash once again stirred the pot of shit and cause another controversy.

There's a movie that's going to have a White actor play the role of Michael Jackson, sparking outrage among entertainment industry. British actor Joseph Fiennes. The movie (Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon) is facing harsh scrutiny.

Dash on the other hand, applauded the notion of a White guy playing the iconic pop star. By the way, Michael Jackson is Black and he's always identified himself as such. Although his antics were much tabloid sensation, Michael had a legacy and people respected it. Some will always judge him as a molester of children and a wack-a-doodle.

But his own children will judge him as a great father and a humanitarian to the world.

Most of Black America views Stacey Dash as "clueless".

Anderson had enough of Dash acting "clueless". So at the NAACP Image Awards, Anderson clapped at her. “Everybody give a round of applause for Stacey Dash,” the host joked on Friday. “What the hell is she doing? Doesn't she know that the Fox network is using her? She's just an Ann Coulter dipped in butterscotch.”

“Baby, don't let 'em use you,” he continued. “Come back to the black people and get back to work on some of those beautiful C-movies that you used to do!”

Anderson also made several pointed jokes about the diversity in the audience, a not-so-thinly veiled reference to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.

“Look at all of these beautiful shades of people in the audience. Hollywood needs to know that this is what diversity is supposed to look like,” he said during his opening monologue. “I love seeing all these faces; black people working.”

“Everybody keeps saying it’s a comeback,” he added. “But hell, don't call it a comeback — we've been here for years.”

He also addressed Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, who made waves when they announced a boycott of the Oscars.

“Will and Jada are in the audience tonight,” Anderson quipped. “Hell, they better be here after all this ish they started.”

As for Dash, she shot back at Anderson on Twitter on Friday night, saying, “Well it’s funny how woman who weighs 105 wet! Can get grown a– men to act like llittle girls! Haha.”

Well it's funny how woman who weighs 105 wet!
Can get grown ass men to act like llittle girls! Haha

— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) February 6, 2016

No, I’m NOT ashamed to be black – a note about race shaming and not being “black enough” here: https://t.co/bZGWnSH895

— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) February 3, 2016

Hollywood just threw out the “Caucasian-only card” by casting white man 4 Michael Jackson – Thanks! https://t.co/AO0RQPOZxF #JosephFiennes

— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) February 3, 2016

Also Janet Hubert went into the spotlight again. She ripped Dash for being a media ho.

The full video of the NAACP Awards is available for the time being.

Hollywood Conservatives Denounces #OscarsSoWhite!

Hollywood conservatives speak out against #OscarsSoWhite and Jada Pinkett Smith's boycott of the Oscars.

Did you know that some entertainers in Hollywood are conservative?

Chuck Norris, Ted Nugent, Patricia Heaton, Kelsey Grammer, Clint Eastwood, Jenna Jameson, Rob Schneider, LL Cool J, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Shannen Doherty, Adam Corolla, Dennis Miller, Vince Vaughn, James Woods, Jon Voight, Adam Sandler, Stacey Dash, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Melissa Joan Hart are notable Republicans celebrities.

Hollywood does have celebrities who are dye in the wool Republicans. They happened to be some on the A-list all the way down to the D-list.

Many of these celebrities have spoken on the boycott against the Academy Awards.

Even some in the nomination committee sparked a tad bit of outrage.

Lionel Chetwynd a member of the Academy board said, "It's shortsighted that people are making these accusation and, frankly it's insulting. He added, "I'm quite capable of judging and marveling at a performance without being conscious of the actor's skin color, What's wrong with you all? It's not the Academy of Diversity."

Chetwynd, believes that the votes weren't inspired by bigotry.

"Sometimes it takes a long period of time for culture change to be reflected the time, and they're going to be replaced by a new generation of artists But that doesn't happen overnight. And it shouldn't," said Chetwynd.

Actor Michael Caine an Oscar winner himself found himself catching some heat. The British actor said that Black actors should be "patient" for Oscar nominations and that he wouldn't vote for a Black actor solely based on his race.

"There's are loads of black actors; I think in he end you can't vote for an actor (just) because he's black. You can't say, 'I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's Black, (so) I'll vote for him.' You've got to give a good performance."

British actress Charlotte Rampling fought back tears when she went on record to say that the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag and the boycott was "racist to White people." She went as far to say that Black actors aren't good enough for a nomination. By the way, Rampling is nominated for an Oscar for the movie 45 years.

"One can never really know, but perhaps the Black actors did not deserve to make the final list," said Rampling. Asked if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should introduce quotas, a proposal which no current advocate of increased diversity has mooted, Rampling responds with this tepid response: "Why classify people? These days everyone is more or less accepted. People will always say 'Him, he's less handsome'; 'Him, he's too Black', 'He is too White'.... someone will always be saying 'You are too [this or that] ... But do we have to take from this that there should be lots of minorities everywhere?"

Truly sad and pathetic that we have people who continue to undermine the real message to why the Academy Awards have to change. When will they realize that this issue has been active for years.

Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Talk "White Privilege"!

Rap duo release a single that touches a nerve. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis release "White Privilege" off their sophomore album, The Unruly Mess I've Made. 

Grammy award winning rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are dropping a single that will have people talking. The duo released White Privilege II, a sequel to the White Privilege single from Macklemore's 2005 underground release The Language of My World.

The song gets the nation's attention.



The Huffington Post spotlights the single. Believe me that the song singles out Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus and numerous other White entertainers who embraced Black culture.

The duo's lyrics to the song  touch on racial tensions, the Black Lives Matter movement and the toxicity of being passive in one's own white privilege. The nearly nine-minute song, which features Jamila Woods, points out that too often white people stand up against racial injustice when it is convenient for them.

The song also tackles the exploitation of black traditions, calling out Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea and Elvis for cultural appropriation. “We take all we want from black culture, but will we show up for black lives?" Macklemore, who's been accused of appropriation himself, raps.

In anticipation of the follow up to their smash album The Heist, the duo releases The Unruly Mess I've Made in February.

The song, which is free on iTunes, is the result of the artists' ongoing dialogue about race in Seattle and across the country as they seek to engage with and invest in black-led organizations like Black Lives Matter and Black Youth Project 100.

"[W]e will continue to find ways in which we can leverage our platform and network towards strengthening the work of organizers and initiatives framed by genuine racial and social equity," the artists said in a statement. "We wish to support direct organizing and be led by the expertise and experience of those on the front lines as we proceed."

Macklemore is passionate about #OscarsSoWhite and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

He released the song to show solidarity to Jada Pinkett Smith.

Jada called upon a boycott of the Oscar Awards and it's managed to gain traction.

Some individuals in the industry have spoken against the boycott. Besides Janet Hubert, you have two others involved in the controversy. Gerald Molen and Charlotte Rumpling have called the boycott bullshit and blast #OscarsSoWhite as racist.

We will cover this controversy in the next post.

Conservatives: Should The Oscars Give Gangsta Rappers An Award?

The pressure is on.

You know the trolls of the racist right are out! Ever since Jada Pinkett Smith made the call to boycott the Oscars after another year of no Black nominees, conservatives have jumped on the bandwagon to attack her, Spike Lee and President Barack Obama. 

The concern trolls, the White extremists and the flagrant flamers are working overtime in trying to undermine the message. 

The most common theme among conservatives is "BET gave awards to Black people, what's the big deal?" or "You guys should stop complaining, the movies sucked!". 

The creator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag April Reign praises Jada's boycott. She believes the time is now to address the controversy and keep pressure on the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences to change course, fast. 

The Drudge Report (which I refer to as the conservative Craigslist) spotlighted the washed up celebrity Janet Hubert's vicious rant on Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith.

Hubert, who once played Aunt Vivian on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was fired out the cannon. She blames Smith for getting her blackballed in Hollywood. She jumped on the concern troll wagon telling stories about how Will's refusal to stick up for her during a contractual dispute lead to the bitter feud. Hubert says that Blacks have more concerns than some statue. I happen to agree with her only in that sense. But unfortunately, if this is swept under the rug, we condone this and that's what Hubert is missing. 

Michael B. Jordan in the movie Creed.

Conservatives have seen Aunt Viv's rant as a way to denounce the boycott. 

But it hasn't stopped many others from rallying to her defense. George Clooney, Snoop Dogg, Lupita Nyong'o, Idris Elba, Michael Moore, David Oyelowo, Whoopi Goldberg, and even Oscars host Chris Rock have spoken in favor of Jada's boycott. 

Spike Lee appeared on Good Morning America to say that he'll be watching a New York Knicks game instead of watching or going to the Oscars. Lee said that he supports his brother Chris [Rock] and his decisions are his to own. He also said that Academy's president Cheryl Isaacs Boone is a sister of the cause but in a dilemma of her own creating. 

A British film critic agitated the controversy even more. Mediaite reports that Jason Solomons basically said that Blacks should be snubbed if they're  playing minstrel characters. He said that black people shouldn't win covet nominations for playing "gangster rappers" like the Straight Outta Compton cast, or an "African savage" like Idris Elba‘s Beasts of No Nation character.

Now this probably a member of the Academy voting committee basically saying that Black talent isn't valued.

Once Again #OscarsSoWhite Is Trending!

If it wasn't for #BlackLivesMatter, I wouldn't have notice this stuff. I've normally avoided watching award shows.

I don't care for them.

But now I am going to start caring because it's starting to look a little more Whiter and less colorful.

And for that, it spawned the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite.

Again, the Academy Awards is facing harsh scrutiny over nominating only White actors, directors and producers over the Black and Hispanic talent.

None of the 20 main spots were given to any actors of color. Especially the Black ones.

The Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is about to be boycotted.

Straight Outta Compton, Creed, Concussion, Beasts of No Nation and The Hateful Eight were snubbed.

Me and S. Baldwin see this as a disgrace of talent and deliberate attempts to undermine the great feats of Black, Hispanic and Asian actors and actresses.

If this is supposed to be LIBERAL HOLLYWOOD, wondering who's in charge of the nominating committee?

There are four acting categories with 20 slots each. Not one of those categories have a Black actor or director nominated for the award.

Will the #BlackLivesMatter activists try to convince Chris Rock bow out of hosting duties?

Will Chris Rock address the controversy?

Does The Academy Awards Nominations Deliberately Shut Out Black Entertainers?

Yeah. I believe it's terrible for Hollywood to shut out great talent.

Nope. It's not a big deal. Maybe the talent wasn't good enough for the nomination.

Quiz Maker

William Guest Passed Away!

Gladys Knight and The Pips. William Guest on the left passed away.

He was a part of an iconic group. He lived a great life. William Guest the backup singer for Gladys Knight passed away on Christmas Eve. His death hits the news wires and World News Today wants to send our condolences to his family.

Guest was an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he was Gladys Knight's cousin.

Following his stint with The Pips, he and fellow Pip Edward Patten formed Patten and Guest Productions, and following Patten's death in 2005, he continued to manage artists though the Crew Entertainment company he formed with members of Patten's family.

Guest died on December 24, 2015 of congestive heart failure in Detroit, Michigan, his home for fifty years. He was 74 years old

William Guest.

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973). The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest, as backup singers.

Gladys Knight & The Pips are multiple Grammy and American Music Award winners, and are inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1996 and 2001 respectively.

Malkin: Ice Cube's Movie Is Straight Outta Trash Can!

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.

Malkin bitching about the Straight Outta Compton movie. The documentary film raked in over $70 million in ticket sales. A huge success for Universal, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.

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.

The Raw Story put it in a few words: Malkin Is Trippin'!

Game: My Next Album Will Have 50 Cent's Obituary In It!

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.

The Law Fears Mass Murder At Straight Outta Compton Movie!

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The Straight Outta Compton movie is the most anticipated movie this summer. And the law fears that it could spark violence. The N.W.A. was founded by Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, DJ Yella, MC Ren and the Arabian Prince. The movie is directed by F.F. Gary and Ice Cube.

The album Straight Outta Compton is being re-released today to comply with the movie.

The movie inspired the good doctor to release a "surprise album" this month. Dr. Dre's album Compton, sold over 565,000 albums. It is the "final" album from the media mogul. Dre signed on as a chairperson for APPLE Music, Inc. He relinquished his role in the Beats Audio to join the computer giant for creative and musical releases.

The large cities are anticipating a possible mass shooting event to occur after the film ends.

So they beef up patrol and it's grabbing Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's attention.

It follows N.W.A, which included rappers Dr Dre and the late Eazy-E, as they rose to fame in the late 1980s with lyrics drawing from the violence, crime and anti-police sentiments that the rappers themselves had experienced growing up in Compton.

The movie premiere to the one year anniversary of the Michael Brown shooting.

Reuters reports that Brown's death was one in a series of police killings of unarmed black men and women across the U.S. that has renewed the debate on race and justice.

Against that backdrop, and with security at movie theaters in focus after a gunman killed two women in a Louisiana screening of "Trainwreck" in July, private security and police presence was increased at a number of venues.

"(In this movie) police don't come out in a good light and there is a feeling in the country that is anti-police and anti-establishment, and crowds are affected by movies," Tom DeLuca, president of National Cinema Security, the largest provider of security to U.S. movie theaters, told Reuters.

At a screening in South Gate, a neighboring city of Compton, an employee checking attendees' bags on entry said the theater hired extra security for the film's opening. One guard was stationed outside of the film's screening room.

N.W.A. founding member Ice Cube, one of the film's producers, praised the efforts of the studio and theaters.

"I am glad that Universal stepped up and it's all about making people feel safe," the rapper told Reuters.

Comcast Corp-owned Universal Pictures said it would work with theater owners on any security issues.

"The studio has not solicited enhanced security for theaters who will begin showing it this weekend, but have partnered with those exhibitors who've requested support for their location," Universal said in a statement.

Compton native Eddie Cruz told Reuters at a screening in nearby Downey he hoped the film shed a light on his community.

"The majority of the United States don't really understand what's going on in these cities like Compton or Oakland," he said. "They need to understand what's happening and I think having it shown in movies really helps that progress forward."

Attendees at the first screenings on Thursday in locations neighboring Compton said they were not concerned about possible violence.

"I'm here with my kids. I feel secure," said Leo Olea at the Downey screening. "It's just a movie after all."

Fellow movie-goer Vince Montano added: "I'm pretty sure people are smarter than that now so I don't think there'd be any violence."

The film is projected to top the U.S. box office this weekend with upwards of $40 million, said Rentrak senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

"People who are excited to see any movie this weekend are not going to be deterred by any thought of violence at theaters," he said.

Jon Stewart: If You Smell Bullshit, Point It Out!

The end of the road for Jon Stewart. The Daily Show finished second to the Republican debate.

Thanks to Jon Stewart for 16 great years hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

He ends his bid as the host of the political satire show. I mean the left is so disappointed he didn't want to stay through the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections. Especially with Donald Trump running.

Trevor Noah will take the helm in late September. He will bring his A game to an already skeptical audience.

But as with the Stephen Colbert departure, it's going to be hard to accept but we'll move forward.

John Oliver went to host Last Week Tonight on HBO. He made an appearance.

Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Jessica Williams, Jason Jones, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Che, Mo Rocca and Craig Kilborn made appearances on the show.

The best of the show was the appearance of Stephen Colbert. Colbert ended the Colbert Report this year to join CBS as the host of The Late Show. He got a big spot to fill now that David Letterman retired. Same standard. Colbert will bring his A game to an audience used to see Dave run the show.

His departure came around the Republican debate. Stewart would have found a whole lot of zen in this debate. Especially with the hosts of that network he called Bullshit Mountain.

Chief Roger said in a parting shot that Jon's efforts didn't stop his network. Matter of fact, Roger said that his impact helped bring more to the network.

Don't worry too much, I am guessing that Jon will turn up somewhere. Don't think retirement is the end of a career.

Well wishes to Jon Stewart and his family.

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BREAKING: Dr. Dre Dropped A Surprise Album!

Dr. Dre releases his third album today.

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.