LUDACRIS has found an chic way to monetize his favorite drink, Cognac and Coke. Ludacris was in France this week debuting his new Cognac Conjur. He partnered with Birkedal Hartmann, a Norwegian-owned Cognac producer to create Conjur and it will debut this July in Norway and the United States this Autumn. The Grammy-award-winning rapper travelled to the Cognac region in France to help create the spirit. It will sell for $34 and the design is laden with sultry feminine silhouettes. . Hartmann’s master blender, Philippe Braastad Tiffon, chose more than 40 different brandies for the unique blend. While Cognac usually has a grade such as VO (very old) or VS (very special) on the bottle, Conjure is ungraded because it mixes several different grades.
So what I’m about to tell you is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre nights of my already bizarre life. But the following is completely true.
As I mentioned to you yesterday, I’m out here in LA straight west coastin’, and having spent the last four days in a BET awards bubble, I was happy to relax with my girls and enjoy a night out at the Improv for a comedy show. The mood in the room was…uneven. After somewhat hilarious performances from MELODY CAMACHO, RODMAN and COREY HOLCOMB we thought the show would end with the uber-hilarious unstoppable force that is TK KIRKLAND (if you EVER get the opportunity to see this dude, TAKE IT.) However as host DERAY DAVIS came back to the stage, several people got up to leave to which he said, “Ya’ll don’t wanna see DAVE CHAPPELLE?”
Now of course he was joking. He had to be. This was a Monday night at the Improv. Most people in there, us included, had gotten in with free tickets off the guestlist. And where the hell would Dave come from? So we all proceeded to get up to get ready to leave.
And then Dave Chappelle took the stage. And that is where he would stay for the next four hours.
LeToya Luckett hung out with DJ Skee at 102.7 KIIS FM in Los Angeles. She dished the dirt on plenty of things we all want to know the answer to. Is she dating Slum Thug, Beyonce, The BET Awards and more. We have to admit she’s popping up fly everywhere she goes. I wonder how long it’ll take her to shake the Destiny Child shadow. Maybe never? Leave your thoughts and comments below.
Canadian rapper DRAKE has settle all the speculation that took place over the last few months. Drake was widely known to be considering several different offers from major record labels across the board. When all the smoke cleared there was one standing, Young Money Entertainment. LIL WAYNE has ponied up an absurd 4 million dollars to become the CEO of Drakes budding career. Sources state that Drake has his preliminary concerns. But Wayne worked above and beyond to ensure certain stipulations would be met such as hid guaranteed album release date. The ladies absolutely adored him before. They say money makes anyone look better. Now that he has some certified grown folks money, I wonder how this will unfurl….
Looks like MARIAH CAREY has another side to the butterflies and glitter. Mrs. Nick Cannon fires shots at Motown rapper Eminem in her latest video “Obsessed” which was filmed in New York on Monday. Eminem rapped about Carey — who he has said he briefly dated in 2001 — in his song “Bagpipes from Baghdad” and caused Nick Cannon to publicly confront him. Last month Cannon blasted Eminem for disrespecting Carey, insisting their relationship was never serious: “(He is) still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn’t let him get to second base from eight years ago.”
So Carey fires back on this one. The tune’s lyrics include: “You’re so lame….Ooh boy, why you so obsessed with me? Ohh finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress/Last man on the earth/still couldn’t get this.”Carey appears as a man who strikingly resembles Marshall Mathers, wearing an oversized sweatshirt, ball cap and some generic looking sweatpants in “Obsessed.” Please leave your thoughts and comments below!
“On behalf of the VIBE content staff (the best in this business), it is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today,” said Danyel Smith, former Chief Content Officer of Vibe Media Group and Editor in Chief of Vibe. “We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news,” Smith said in a statement released to AllHipHop.com.
“It’s a tragic week in overall, but as the doors of VIBE Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine’s sixteenth anniversary, it’s a sad day for music, for Hip Hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and who continue to love the VIBE brand. We thank you, we have served you with joy, pride and excellence, and we will miss you.”
EVA PIGFORD was the picture to fly this week at the Los Angeles screening of Next Day Air. The model/actress debuted a new fuler mane and went full on fly punk in acid washed skinny's and an easy wife beater. The oversized jewlery and funky heels added a touch of diva to the goth look. Simply Fly
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If D. Wade thought Sir CHARLES BARKLEY was annoying now, just wait until he gets those 2am calls that start with "You have a collect call from an inmate at..."
Charles has taken a plea agreement with Scottsdale, AZ authorities for running a stop sign back in December.
Don't remember the incident? Oh yeah you do. See the legendary NBA player was running the stop sign to catch up to a woman who'd previously gave Charles the mouth hug of his life.
Well anywhoo, Barkley has agreed to serve ten days in the county jail, yup the very same one where DMX is currently waiting it out - in pink jumpsuits. Though Barkley will only serve five days, provided he completes mandatory alcohol abuse educational training.
