Talib Kweli, after hearing that Colt 45 would be a sponsor at his Granada Theater show immediately protested the company. Kweli tweeted: “To my fans in Lawrence Kansas, the Granada Theater has partnered with Colt 45 without my knowledge to promote the show. We shut that downSo on 4-20 I will be at the Granada in Lawrence Kansas but Colt 45 is no longer involved in the show promo. Thank yall (fans) for alerting me.” HipHopWired.com reports that Colt 45 has been under fire for its decision to market malt liquor to younger age groups by using fruity drinks . Snoop Dogg ran into trouble after signing on to endorse one of the beverages. Snoop Dogg Accused Of Encouraging Underage Drinking Four Loko Tattoo [CAPTION THIS]
Talib Kweli, after hearing that Colt 45 would be a sponsor at his Granada Theater show immediately protested the company. Kweli tweeted: “To my fans in Lawrence Kansas, the Granada Theater has partnered with Colt 45 without my knowledge to promote the show. We shut that downSo on 4-20 I will be at the Granada in Lawrence Kansas but Colt 45 is no longer involved in the show promo. Thank yall (fans) for alerting me.” HipHopWired.com reports that Colt 45 has been under fire for its decision to market malt liquor to younger age groups by using fruity drinks . Snoop Dogg ran into trouble after signing on to endorse one of the beverages. Snoop Dogg Accused Of Encouraging Underage Drinking Four Loko Tattoo [CAPTION THIS]
This ni**a Snoop done put down the dank and picked up the drank. Look out, Four Loko. There’s a fruity-booze rival coming to the market — Blast from Colt 45 — and rapper Snoop Dogg is its pitch man. Blast, produced by Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Colt 45, is an alcoholic drink but does not contain caffeine, the ingredient that got Four Loko and a group of partying college students in trouble last year. Snoop Dogg, also known as Calvin Broadus, has been promoting the drink at various locations in Southern California with a bevy of attractive women wearing “Blast by Colt 45″ tank tops. Colt 45′s Facebook page also showcases a San Francisco party with hipsters drinking from glasses of bright blue Blast, served on the rocks. Pabst Blue Ribbon, the maker of Colt 45 and Blast, said the product will appear on cooler shelves on April 5. The Blast website says it will be offered in four neon flavors: grape, raspberry watermelon, strawberry lemonade and blueberry pomegranate. We f*cks with you Snoopy D-O-double-gizzle, but we’re not drinking anything that’s similar to 4 Loko. Thanks, but no thanks. Source
This is a damned shame… A Houston woman was facing felony child endangerment charges Thursday after police allegedly found her and her one-year-old baby both drunk on the infamous alcoholic energy drink Four Loko, local media reported. According to Houston Police, Lashwanda Allen, 32, said she had been drinking Four Loko and fell asleep with her children next to her and the drink beside the bed. When she awoke, she told police, her one-year-old daughter was holding an empty can and was stumbling around like she was drunk, KTRK reported Police said that the incident was reported to them after Allen’s roommate found her wandering the halls of her north Houston apartment complex. When the roommate asked of the whereabouts of Allen’s two children, Allen replied that they were inside the apartment and drunk. According to police, the roommate found Allen’s four-month-old daughter hanging upside down from the bed, with sheets wrapped around her waist. The baby girl was turning blue, police said. Soon after, police said, a neighbor found Allen’s one-year-old daughter in the complex’s parking lot. Allen’s roommate called for an ambulance. According to police, the one-year-old was legally intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of .09. Allen was being held Thursday at Harris County Jail on $2,000 bond. Getting drunk before your second birthday is not the business. That woman deserves to be whipped for being so negligent. And this woman’s neighbor said she actually has five kids!!! SMH. Source
Looks like the final nail has been put in Four Loko’s coffin. It will be hard to find Four Loko and other banned caffeinated alcoholic drinks for sale on Craigslist anymore, state Sen. Jeff Klein said. The popular online trading post pulled the few remaining ads for such beverages, according to a letter it sent to the senator dated Jan. 11, responding to his request. “I applaud craigslist for doing the right thing,” said Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester). “Their decision to remove ads for these dangerous drinks goes a long way in helping save our teens from potentially devastating consequences to their health and their lives.” There were seven ads for Four Loko pulled nationwide, including two in New York State, the website told Klein. Craigslist also searched for ads for other caffeinated alcoholic beverages, such as Moonshot, Joose and Core High Gravity, but did not find any among its millions of pages, the website said. We at Bossip have never had a sip of the drink that has all these kids going ham, but we’re down for it’s removal from stores if it’s gonna have people dying. Who the hell needs all that caffeine and alcohol anyway!?!? Have you ever had a Four Loko? Do you feel its unfair to have it removed?? Source
FOOD BUZZ : You'll forget Sparks ever existed. So I'm back from a whirlwind cross-USA tour, and I think we generated more press for this alcoholic beverage than for the actual band
