Rapper Dolla (born Roderick Anthony Burton II), 21, was shot and killed while waiting in the valet area of the upscale Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles on Monday in a brash daylight assault that had diners and shoppers diving for cover as shots rang out.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the up-and-coming rapper, signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik label in 2007, had flown to Los Angeles on Monday morning to begin work on his debut album,…
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Hip-hop maestro Swizz Beatz is finally admitting that he and Alicia Keys are an item — but he wishes his estranged wife, Mashonda, would leave the Grammy winner out of their divorce.
For months now, Swizz has been trying to keep his thing with Alicia on the down-low. But he doesn't leave much doubt about who owns his heart on Drake's new "Best I Ever Had" remix.
Wake up in the morning and my baby cooked…
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Police divers pulled four ATMs from the Flushing River Friday - dumped there by a brazen crook suspected of stealing dozens of them off city streets.
Valentin Garcia, 34, is accused of using a stolen van to ram sidewalk ATMs and haul them away. He would empty the cash and then dump them.
"He gave the phrase 'cash machines' a whole new meaning," a police source said.
A tipster told cops…
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A local Louisiana rapper named Nussie (real name Chris Lynell Jackson) was shot and killed in what appeared to be a random act of street violence.
Well the FBI is now claiming that Nussie’s murder was more than just that. According to the feds, rapper Lil Boosie ordered his murder.
MediaTakeOut.com learned that a federal agent named Antony Jung testified under oath that rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie’’ Hatch…
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May 18, 2009. Y’all it’s about to be on an crackin!!!! MediaTakeOut.com learned that rapper Young Joc is in the midst of a bitter legal battle against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bad Boy Records, and Block Entertainment. Apparently Joc feels that he wasn’t properly paid his royalties.
Well Young Joc may now be looking to get even. According to Young Joc’s Twitter post, Joc claims that he will be OUTING a gay member of the…
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MediaTakeOut.com just got some upsetting news. Apparently Atlanta rapper UNK, AKA Anthony Platt got locked up on Thursday. We still haven’t got any information on what went down, but he’s being charged with simple assault.
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For someone with only a few movies under her belt, singer-turned-actress Mariah Carey looked incredibly confident on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival last night.
The multi-award winning singer, 40, showed off her curves in a figure-hugging black dress as arrived at the screening of her new film Precious.
Despite a soggy evening on the French Riviera, Mariah beamed for photographers as an…
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FIRST, IS HE'S BEING SUED OVER THE JACKSON 5!
We've learned there was a secret meeting yesterday at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where Michael Jackson made it clear -- he will not perform with Janet and the Jackson 5; and the dude who organized the concert tour tells us he will sue them.
As we first reported, Jacko's manager signed a deal on behalf of M.J. to perform with his sis and bros at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas in 2010. Part…
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Some console fans will spare no expense to show their loyalty to their chosen brand, but we're guessing the $2,500 price tag of these one-of-a-kind Xbox-themed sneakers will make even the most committed Microsoft devotee think twice.
The custom shoes -- which aren't endorsed by Microsoft or Nike -- are handmade by Sole Junkie, a California-based artist who specializes in customized sneakers. And they're not the most expensive ones he's ever made. "I have made shoes with 22k…
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A dim dad tried to hire a hooker to bed his 14-year-old son but was busted when he picked an undercover cop instead.
The two were driving through the red-light district in Nottingham, England, last summer when the father decided it was time for his boy to become a man.
"The boy said that they had driven past the girl and his dad pointed to her and said, 'Will she do?'" city prosecutor Adrian Harris said.
Evidently she…
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Marijuana potency has hit an all-time high, scientists say, based on the concentration of the psychoactive ingredient THC.
At the University of Mississippi's Potency Monitoring Project, where thousands of samples of seized marijuana are tested every year, levels of THC have eclipsed 30 percent.
The average THC during 2008 was 10.1%, according to Mahmoud ElSohly, director of Ole Miss's pot project. Compare that to 7.3% in 2007 and…
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Fabolous said that despite some fans trying to instigate quarreling between him and his homie Maino, everything is still 100. Fab dropped the line "Cuts in the face, the watch so Maino" in the "Hottest in the Hood" remix, but Loso said it's just clever wordplay, not a stab.
"I…
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