Daily Archives: June 4, 2009

MAYA RUDOLPH TALKS MOTHER MINNIE RIPPERTON…

Actor/Comedian MAYA RUDOLPH teamed up with TVone to offer a rare and intimate glimpse as she remembers her mother, the late great MINNIE RIPERTON. 
Alongside Q-TIP, her father Richard and her mothers close friends, Rudolph talks about her early memories and life without Minnie (who died after a three year battle with breast cancer in 1979) [...]

CIARA GETS OPEN, JEREMIH GETS ANOTHER SONG & WHITNEY GETS TO RELEASE…

CIARA took her ‘I’m more flexible than you’ tour to London as the opening act for Britney’s Circus tour. 

Only three tings come to mind when I look at these photos…
1. Shoulder pads? Really? We’re not rolling our eyes enough already for you?
2. Is it me or do she stay opening up for people?
3. She’d probably [...]

REALLY TRACY MORGAN? AND THIS YEARS HIP HOP HONORS WILL BE COMPLETELY DEF…

In the words of Rae…I can’t.
Strangely enough in related news, this years VH1 Hip Hop Honors will break format for the first time in six years and instead of picking a handful of artists from a particular era or sub-genre, the show will focus solely on Def Jam. 
Both the live show and the corresponding broadcast [...]

DRAKE SAYS JAY, WAYNE & KANYE ARE ALL GOING TO THANK HIM LATER…

Talk about pressure. 
DRAKE is everywhere, blowing up radio, making cameos in videos, becoming tabloid chatter and even selling out stops on his promo tour – And he’s yet to even drop his debut CD. But don’t think for one moment that means the ‘relative’ newbie doesn’t have epic plans lined up for his first official [...]

5 REASONS WHY JAY-Z DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW HE’S SIGNED WITH ATLANTIC…

 

Have you heard The Blueprint 3? Neither have I. And no one was going to hear it until JAY-Z got his label situation taken care of. 
For weeks now the innanets have been buzzing with different rumors of supposed deals Jay (nee Shawn Carter) has struck with various labels. After Def Jam lost him, supposedly everyone [...]

BEYONCE IS ONE POWERFUL DIVA…

BEYONCE said a ‘Diva is a female version of a Hustla…Of a Hustla’
And according to Forbes annual Power List, the singer/wanna-be actress is right. Mrs. Knowles-Carter comes in on the list at an impressive No. 4. The ‘Diva’ singer – who earned a reported $87 million last year has proven that despite being panned by [...]

D. WADE SUES EX BIZ PARTNER FOR $100 MIL…

To DWAYNE WADE the only thing worse than liars are liars who claim to be royalty. 
The Miami Heat star has filed a lawsuit against his former business partner Baron Richard von Houtman – who was once Wades business partner in a failed restaurant. In fact the two are co-defendants in a current $25 million lawsuit stemming [...]