WORLD WRAP FEDERATION's Blog – March 2013 Archive (153)

The experiment featured in this video was conducted by Dr. de Waal of Emory University and presented at a TED Talk. Dr. de Waal is famous for researching the social intelligence of animals and this particular experiment investigates the reaction of a Capuchin monkey when “paid” unequally for completing the same task. The monkeys receive a piece of either…

Justin Timberlake is doing a celebratory song and dance about his album sales.

“The 20/20 Experience” hit nearly one million in its first week and Timberlake is so extremely proud that it's left him searching for the right words to express it.

“Whoa … Speechless. Shocked,” he tweeted Wednesday.

The album, Timberlake’s first in six years, sold 968,000…

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels on Friday captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of fierce clashes that killed at least 38 people, activists said, as opposition fighters expand their presence in the south, considered a gateway to Damascus.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 16 rebels were among the dead in the fighting in and…

RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan says the hot Dutch singer who's suing him greatly over exaggerated her role in HIS hit songs, and is adamant he doesn't owe her a dime.

RZA is firing back at Thea Van Seijen -- who filed a suit claiming she co-wrote and sang on 14 songs with RZA (including the hit "Baby Boy") but only received a fraction of what she's owed.

In docs RZA…

Young Jeezy rounds up @YG @KendrickLamar and @ChrisBrown for the official remix to his latest single R.I.P. which originally featured 2 Chaninz and just had a video released for. Chris Brown sounds like he taking shots at Drake, “And if you started from the bottom, go on and come out the closet“. It also seems as if Jeezy responds to the MTV Hottest MC’s list as well, rapping “Trap star bi-ch with a big Tee,…

Is that you, India Arie?

The 37-year-old star is almost unrecognizable in the cover image from her new single "Cocoa Butter," which is causing a lot of backlash and many to believe that she has been lightening her skin. This is quite a shock considering the afro-centric R&B singer is known for promoting black beauty-- most notably expressed in her hit songs "Brown…

Timbaland is a big fat liar who's trying to get one over on his insurance company by filing a bogus $1.8 million claim over a missing watch ... this according to legal docs filed by the insurance company.

Timbaland filed a lawsuit against American Home Assurance Company claiming his 2-year-old daughter lost his Jacob & Co. watch bedazzled with 30 carats of…

Waka Flocka Flame stopped by MTV Rapfix Live earlier today to chat with Sway and while there he explained his situation with Gucci Mane after being kicked out of Brick Squad Records. He says he doesnt know why the beef started because he was never disloyal to Gucci and that he must be jealous. He goes on to say they had a heated coversation before the tweet and no was…

Rick Ross has come forward in an attempt to defend himself against the backlash caused by his controversal rhyme.

His outrageous lyrics in the new single “U.O.E.N.O. (You Ain’t Even Know It)” by Rocko have sparked debate causing Change.org and RapRehab.com to launch petitions calling on Ross to apologize and take full responsibility for the utterly…

He can’t “like” this.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is on the hook for a $1.1 billion tax bill for 2012, the result of his company’s going public last year.

That decision gave Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, a $13 billion fortune, including about $2.3 billion in stock options alone that he reported as income last year, CNN Money reported. Coupled with a 48.3%…

Lil Wayne finally put the "sizzurp" addiction rumors to rest, calling into a Los Angeles radio station to explain a recent series of seizures that landed him in the hospital multiple times and prompted speculation that he was near death.

"The bad news is I'm an epileptic, I'm prone to seizures," Wayne told Power 106 Thursday.

"Like, this isn't my first, second,…

Chris Brown wants to put an end to the drama in his life.

The singer, 23, opened up about his relationship with Rihanna and how he's tried to make amends for assaulting the pop star in 2009.

"Being at that young age, I can tell you I was arrogant and definitely hotheaded," Brown told On the Air with Ryan Seacrest on…

Michael Jordan has reportedly made sure he’s not taken to the cleaners by his soon-to-be new wife, Yvette Prieto, like he was with his first wife, Juanita Vanoy.

Reports say the basketball legend got Prieto to sign a prenuptial agreement. The National Enquirer reports that the prenup will protect nearly all of Jordan’s $650 million fortune.

‘Michael loves…

Up-and-coming rapper Sammy Adams collapsed on stage last weekend during a concert in New Jersey.

Keep on f**kin with dem mollys! That ni** saw dem things!…

The “Single Ladies” songstress made her sympathies clear Wednesday in a hand-written note posted on Facebook.

“If you like it you should be able to put a ring on it,” she wrote, riffing on her mega-hit single.

She captioned the photo “#…

It’s all Benjamins for real. Once again, Sean Combs reigns supreme as Forbes wealthiest hip hop mogul with an estimate net work of $580 millions.

“It is one of the fastest-growing brands within vodka,” says Jack Russo, an equity analyst at Edward Jones & Co. “Consumers are feeling a little bit better about their situation, and with that, they’re willing to spend…

Gucci Mane stands accused again.

A couple days ago a soldier alleged that Gucci Mane hit him in the head with a bottle after he tried to get a picture with the rapper. Now, another man claims the rapper assaulted him in Philadelphia two nights later.

“I haven’t ever been so humiliated in my life and disrespected,” said the man, only known as TJ, told Local Amy…

"Moths always transform into butterflies," Cortez Bryant, Lil Wayne's manager and Chief Visionary Officer of Young Money, tells Rolling Stone. "Wayne continues to reinvent himself, but every phase always ends up a beautiful thing."



Bryant is…