Daily Archives: November 20, 2008

JIM JONES COVERS COMPLEX TALKS SWAG, JAY-Z & KANYE BEEF

JIM JONES covers the current issue of Complex and of course he’s joined by his man-ager (wait, i didn’t say that) DAMON DASH (Who’s reportedly broke and unable to pay $800 a month lease on a Suburban). But in all seriousness, The Black Al Capone has got a lot going on right now and has [...]

THE ROOTS WALK AWAY FROM A SERIOUS TOUR BUS ACCIDENT

Anyone who follows ?UESTLOVE on twitter (@qoolquest) then you saw the bizarre tweet last night;
@qoolquest just wanna be the first celeb to twit….from an ambulance
Then you might’ve been wondering how this happened. Well now, thanks to ?uest himself, we know.  THE ROOTS were involved in a very serious accident last night in Paris. ?uest took [...]

PALLBEARER TASED DURING HIS FATHERS FUNERAL

 
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Five sheriff’s deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father’s funeral.
Gladwyn Taft Russ III was serving as a pallbearer at the service last Saturday and was loading his father’s casket into a hearse when the undercover deputies approached him.
Relatives said [...]

COMMON TO RECEIVE FIRST BET J AWARD

COMMON will be the first reciepient of the Journey Award when the BET J VIRTUAL AWARDS makes its broadcast debut on BET J on Tuesday, November 25th and on the 28th on BET. Common will be recognized for his phenomenal music and film credits, and outstanding philanthropy efforts. BET J will also award 16 nominees, who [...]

ALICIA KEYS & JOHN LEGEND TO PERFORM FOR “HEROES”…

ALICIA KEYS & JOHN LEGEND will both perform on this CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.
Hosted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the program honors the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2008 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Each of this year’s top 10 CNN Heroes will be honored in a documentary tribute and introduced by a celebrity [...]

JOBLESS RATE AT 16 YEAR HIGH…

 

The ranks of Americans getting by on unemployment insurance are rising fast.
As the number of people filing for unemployment insurance reached a 16-year high, President Bush on Thursday announced he would extend unemployment benefits by signing the stand-alone jobless benefits bill pending in Congress.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that initial filings for state [...]

NEW MUSIC: SOLANGE (FT KID CUDI & CEE-LO) “T.O.N.Y.”