Now, I am not one to question Lil Wayne's street cred at all. Here is what I am hearing from a CO in Rikers. I heard - as we have heard before - that Wayne is pretty much to himself. From what I am getting, he seems to be to himself even with the Blood gang members that are in the place with him. If you don't know, Wayne is a flag waving member of the Blood gang. But I am hearing, he's not doing any jail house walk-bys with the homies. I am being told… Continue
T.I.'s welcome-home party was nothing short of epic - the infamous rapper was feted by the likes of Jamie Foxx, Usher and Diddy at L.A. hot spot Guys and Dolls on Sunday night, and the evening turned into a toast to the singer's future. "The past is the past - what we have is the future, and your future is bright, my friend," Foxx said at the event, alluding to the 10 months T.I. spent in jail for illegal weapons… Continue
A highly anticipated concert featuring Nas and Damian Marley in the United Kingdom has been cancelled, due to a massive ash cloud that formed as a result of a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Nas and Damian Marley were slated to perform at The Electric Ballroom in London this Wednesday (April 21st).
The event has been scrapped due to the eruption of a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland.
Poland's president and dozens of the nation's top leaders were among 96 people killed Saturday when their plane crashed in heavy fog as it attempted to land in Western Russia.
President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, the head of the national bank and the army chief of staff were among the dignitaries aboard the aged Tupolev Tu-154 that clipped treetops and slammed into the ground as it approached an airport runway near the city of… Continue
Chris Brown has reportedly encountered resistance from club venues in hosting his planned 21st birthday party on May 5th. The New York Post is reporting that Brown has been shopping the event to hotspots in New York, Miami and Las Vegas, but promoters have been reluctant to book the singer because, “They don’t want to mess up their relationship, or their potential relationship, with Rihanna,” a source was quoted as saying. Sooo, does that mean Rihanna… Continue
Murders are up sharply in the city this year, with startling increases in gunplay across the five boroughs, a Daily News study of NYPD statistics shows.
The citywide murder rate has increased 22.8% in the first 11 weeks of the year over the same period in 2009, from 79 homicides to 97 as of Sunday, the most recent day for which statistics are available.
Shootings in general are also up citywide, with 293 people hit by bullets this… Continue
Beyonce Knowles is officially a big sister again. A DNA test has confirmed that Mathew Knowles is the father of Alexsandra Wright's brand new baby boy.
With the DNA test a match, we're told lawyers for Knowles and Wright are in the final stages of negotiating a settlement for baby Nixon's child support.
Wright filed a paternity suit last October against Knowles -- who was temporarily ordered to pay $8,200 in monthly child… Continue
The most prevalent and dangerous drug among teens may be underneath your kitchen sink.
Research from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reveals that 12-year olds are using inhalants to get high more often than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, reports ABC News.
Just one sniff of an inhalant can be enough to stop a teenager’s heart - an event that's become known as “Sudden Sniffing Death… Continue
Two influential City Council members took dead aim at the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy on Wednesday, saying there is "serious concern" privacy rights are being violated.
In a letter to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Queens) criticized the NYPD's policy of saving personal information of people who are stopped and questioned but not… Continue
Lil Wayne was shipped off to jail Monday, with his lawyer saying he wanted to hang tough at Rikers Island by doing his time with the general population.
And he'll get his wish.
Even though defense lawyer Stacey Richman initially claimed that city officials were forcing the rapper into protective custody, it turns out he's going into a regular cellblock.
Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello… Continue
TAIJI, Japan – The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as "The Cove" won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won't end their centuries-old tradition.
In Taiji on the rocky coast of southwest Japan, residents gathered in whale eateries with names like "Tail" and rolled their eyes Monday when told of Oscar laurels for the… Continue
The so-called Superwoman syndrome may be to blame for the rise in prescription drug abuse.
Nearly 6% of American women - some 7.5 million strong - say they pop prescription pills to boost their energy, calm them down or for another nonmedical reason, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And although street drug use is on the decline, prescription drug use has been on the increase since the 1990s, reports msnbc.com.… Continue
If Jay-Z had his way, there would be no current remake of "We Are The World," which has been repurposed to raise relief funds for Haiti.
"I know everybody is gonna take this wrong: 'We Are the World,' I love it, and I understand the point and think it's great. But I think 'We Are the World' is like (Michael Jackson's) 'Thriller.' I don't ever wanna see it touched," Jay-Z told MTVNews.com Saturday night at the "2 Kings"… Continue
After rolling out the acts who'll play at the 2010 Bonnaroo Festival over the course of a day, via My Space, bands' individual websites, and Twitter, the whole shebang is out for fans to peruse.
Headliners for the 2010 edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will include Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon, in what is the Grammy-winning band's only scheduled U.S. show of… Continue