With all the controversy surrounding the latest video from Jay-Z "On To The Next One" with supposed blasphemous images. This is bound to make some people feel uncomfortable as well. According to a story reported by HipHopWired. New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne will appear in an Adult Swim cartoon titled "Freaknik" as Jesus Christ
The name "Freaknik" is taken from a former annual event held in Atlanta for mostly African American college students… Continue
He was killed over a game.
A 9-year-old boy visiting his family in Harlem sat down Saturday to play a video game starring his skateboarding hero, Tony Hawk.
By 3:30 a.m., play time had turned to horror.
Police said Alejandro Morales, 25, plunged a knife in the boy's chest, sending him staggering to his uncle's bedroom door.
"Uncle, uncle, I've been stabbed!" Anthony Maldonado cried out, before collapsing on the… Continue
MEXICO CITY — Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in President Felipe Calderon’s drug war.
The Public Safety Department said in a statement Saturday night that Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa,… Continue
The sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" is heading into a rarified box office stratosphere, having crossed the $300 million mark domestically on New Year's Eve - after just 15 days in release.
While exact box office numbers overseas won't be available until Sunday, Variety estimated the global haul at close to $800 million.
"Avatar" is steaming along faster than James Cameron's last movie, 1997's "Titanic," which took 44 days to cross the $300… Continue
In what appears to be a variation on the "chicken" game, an Arizona teenager accidentally ran over her 17-year-old brother.
The girl, whose name and age are unavailable, had just dropped her brother off at Mesa, Ariz.'s Superstition Springs mall Saturday evening when it happened.
Mesa Police spokesman Ed Wessing says the duo started playing with the car in the parking lot.
The brother reportedly jumped in front of the… Continue
A model has hired powerful attorney Gloria Allred to represent her in a harassment claim against basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. According to RadarOnline.com, model Vanessa Lopez claims that Shaq has been harassing her according, to Allred, who also represents two of the mistresses involved with Tiger Woods. O'Neill is currently divorcing his wife Shaunie, due to allegations of infidelity. In related news,… Continue
Everybody knows that you sing and dance, but not many people know that you're a part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. So let's ask what every New Yorker wants to know: Is LeBron James coming to New York next season?
A. I don't know. I don't think any of us can answer that question. Only he can answer that. I think he's just having fun; 25 is a very relaxing year. I remember 25 — I kind of came into my own. LeBron is an anomaly. He's a unique… Continue
Kate to Madge: If you want A-Rod, you can have him.
Starlet Kate Hudson dumped Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez after eight months because his heart still belongs to Madonna, OK! Magazine reported.
Hudson warned A-Rod that if he continued talking to the Material Girl she would leave. She kept her promise when A-Rod kept calling and texting the singer.
"Kate was mad with jealousy," said a source. "She gave A-Rod three chances… Continue
Elton John says he's been helping Eminem kick drugs.
"I've been helping Eminem over the last 18 months and he's doing brilliantly," John told BBC radio.
John didn't discuss any details, but in 2005 Eminem entered rehab for addiction to sleeping pills and then took a three-year hiatus.
"It's no secret I had a drug problem," he later told Vibe magazine.
"If I was to give you a number of Vicodin I would actually take… Continue
A 9-year-old New Jersey boy was stabbed to death in a Harlem housing project early Saturday while visiting relatives, police and family said.
About 3:30 a.m., the child knocked on the door of his uncle's room in the Grant Houses and collapsed with a chest wound.
"Uncle, uncle, I've been stabbed," he said.
Paramedics rushed the boy to St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital but he couldn't be saved. His grief-stricken mother identified… Continue
On New Years eve, a tragedy occurred at Atlanta record producer Demetrius Stewart’s (gov’t name Shawty Redd) home.
Here’s what popped off. According to MediaTakeOut.com’s informers, Shawty was having a New Years get together with a group of friends. And at some point in the night, Shawty and a dude that came to the party with one of his friends started arguing.
Before long, the argument escalated into a fight – and the two men… Continue
"Two McDonald's employees were arrested after police say both were using drugs at the restaurant and at least one of them was selling drugs along with fast food. Police arrested 20-year-old Estevan Quiroz at a McDonald's in Floresville last week. Investigators say Quiroz admits to selling marijuana inside the restaurant during his… Continue
Ronelle "Big Gates" Levatte, manager/brother of rapper Plies, has responded to rumors that his younger brother was incarcerated after a show in Atlanta last week.
According to reports, Plies born Algernod Washington, was allegedly arrested by federal agents after a performance at the Hot 107.9’s Jingle Bash.
The show, which took place on December 26th, featured performances by Lil Wayne, Keri Hilson, Soulja Boy and Trey… Continue
Is Mariah Carey ready to play the mom of a teenager?
The diva, age 40, is in talks to play the mom of "High School Musical" actress Vanessa Hudgens, 21, in a new movie, according to Showbizspy.com.
The singer — who's been getting critical raves for her serious role as a social worker in "Precious" — is set to team up with Hudgens for a comedy flick based around an "X-Factor" and "American Idol"-type show.
Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez entertained hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the globe as they braved freezing drizzle Thursday night to ring in the new decade in Times Square.
A lovers' quarrel turned deadly New Year's Eve when a troubled Brooklyn man shot his girlfriend in the head and then turned the revolver on himself, police said.
Fat Wah, 43, a construction worker from Malaysia, and his 41-year-old girlfriend from the same country had tangled love lives and a turbulent three-year relationship, Wah's roommate said.
When the two broke up yet again shortly after 9 p.m., Wah opened fire in his two-bedroom… Continue
Cynics might say it's all merely an elaborate escalation of boxing's ritual of prefight trash-talk, but the defamation lawsuit Manny Pacquiao filed Wednesday against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his supporters is a bit more serious than the customary name-calling and bombast.
The suit alleges Mayweather and his reps maliciously, knowingly, publicly, and wrongly accused Pacquiao of doping. But the complaint's press-release tone - "blessed with an… Continue