It started as a simple Twitter beef, 140-character spurts of anger by two young men who grew up together.
But the tough talk exploded out of cyberspace and onto the streets of Harlem, where a college student was gunned down feet from Gov. Paterson's home.
Now tweets sent by victim Kwame Dancy, 22, and accused killer Jameg Blake, 22, could become key evidence in a murder trial, the Daily News has learned.
CEOs Carol A. Dorsey (Chopper City Records, Madd Money Entertainment) and Dawn “Lady Dolla” Harrington (Dollas N Sense) have confirmed a joint business venture focusing on artist management and label development projects.
As founder/co-CEO of Chopper City Records with rapper and nephew B.G., Carol Dorsey was instrumental in the New Orleans emcee selling 8 million records to date, and introducing the group Chopper City Boyz.
In an instance of literal overkill, a man's face was skinned and stitched onto a soccer ball as a threat to members of Mexico's Juarez drug cartel.
The unknown assailants cut up the body of Hugo Hernandez into seven pieces and left him on a street in the northern city of Los Mochis, a spokesman for Sinaloa prosecutors, Martin Robles, told the Associated Press.
Hernandez's torso was found in a plastic container in a separate location… Continue
Is it possible your self-serve soda could be flush with yucky bacteria?
You may want to consider ordering a bottled beverage rather than filling your own glass at a fast food restaurant: A study shows that drinks from soda foundation machines in restaurants and fast food establishments might actually harbor fecal bacteria, according to a study reported by ABCNews.com.
Nearly half the beverages coming out of the machines were… Continue
According to the National Enuirer, actor Morgan Freeman ha been carrying on a sexual relationship with the 27 year old granddaughter of his first wife. The girl, named E'Dena Hines was raised knowing Morgan as her grandfather.
Well now, according to the Enquirer, the two are trying to have a child together. Here's what they're saying:
Morgan Freeman's step-granddaughter E'Dena Hines is pushing the actor to start a family with her - and… Continue
Matt Kemp's agent is coming out and ADAMANTLY saying that Matt is NOT dating Rihanna . . . and that they’re just f*cking.
Here is his EXACT quote from Matt's agent, Dave Stewart:
"I think [saying Matt and Rihanna are] dating might be a stretch at this point. They are in Cabo, but past that they are just good friends, and I don't think we can label it as anything other than friendship right… Continue
The mother of Suge Knight's four-and-a-half year-old child is gunning for cash -- but she won't be getting much, and Suge's paltry "presumed income" is to blame.
According to papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tammie Renell Hawkins is seeking child support for Taz Maree Knight, who was born in May 2005.
Here's the catch: By California law, support is based on the presumed income of the person coughing up the dough --… Continue
"For the Love of Ray J" star Monica Danger has lost custody of her newborn baby -- just weeks after she was placed on a psychiatric hold over an incident involving the child. A rep for Monica confirmed that L.A. Child Protective Services placed the baby girl in the custody of her father last week.
We're told Monica is handling the situation surprisingly… Continue
Keyshia Cole has caused quite a stir on blogs in the past few months by keeping mum while pictures of her sporting a growing baby bump appeared online.
The singer, however, confirmed on Friday (January 8) both her pregnancy by Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Daniel Gibson and her upcoming marriage to him in a statement that also included searing remarks about her relationship with her estranged family.
Wale has a sex column in Honey magazine. "I feel that I matter in another sense other than rap," Wale said on the L.A. set of his "Pretty Girls" video. "I have an album out, I'm in all these magazines and TV, but I took time out to write an article as if I was presenting it for a class. I was like, 'Wow, people really love the article.' My mother always told me I was good with words. A lot of the women actually dug it. I was keeping it funky, like… Continue
LOS ANGELES - A mother's unspeakable agony is laid bare in the gut-wrenching 911 call heralding the death of actress Brittany Murphy.
"My daughter's passed out," Sharon Murphy sobs on the frantic eight-minute tape released by the Los Angeles Fire Department Friday. "They're doing mouth to mouth. Please get here quick. Please! She's not moving!"
The hysterical mom tells the operator that her daughter isn't breathing as Brittany's husband, Simon Monjack,… Continue
LAS VEGAS - The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.
The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.
Glenn Beck may have stepped in it again.
Sort of.
The radio host and Fox News Channel commentator has folks in a minor uproar for even questioning the term African-American on his syndicated radio show Thursday.
“African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term,” Beck said, in a discussion about the new Census forms.
“That is not a race. Your ancestry is from Africa, and now you live in America. Okay, so you were brought over, either your family… Continue