That’s the word on the street. Sources are reporting that ‘Black and Yellow’ rapper Wiz Khalifa has proposed to the model (and Kanye West ex) and that the two plan to marry this summer. The rapper recently told MTV News that he had introduced Rose to his mother, with whom she hit it off. “They actually really, really dig each other,” Khalifa said of the meeting. “Amber is a sweetheart, and my mom, everybody who meets her loves her anyway.” A source close to the couple says, “Wiz is going on tour for the next month. But he told her when he gets back, he’s going to marry her. And he was serious — he asked her to start making plans.” Khalifa hasn’t confirmed the proposal yet, although he has made his feelings for Rose clear: “She’s a great girl, she’s like one of the best girls in the world. I just want everybody to know how great she is.” Awww, how sweet! Amber Rose may break the record for winningest ho in history… depending on how Wiz’ career works out in the long run. Source
Rumor control: Was Sean Paul all up in Beyonce’s cakes during a break with Jigga man? ! When the check stops coming in… Sean Paul starts spillin’. “Word on the street is that Reggae star Sean Paul is writing a biography, and he admits he dated Beyonce when she was taking a break from Jay-Z. The insider explained, “Jay-Z was very jealous . . . to this day he has a problem with Sean Paul.” Oh the shade… We smell beef! Could this be the reason why Jay Camel banned Sean Paul from performing “Baby Boy” with Beyonce at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards?! Source
This New Orleans-bred actor is the first Black actor to be featured in nearly a decade on the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue. Anthony Mackie changed the game by landing on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 17th annual “Hollywood Issue” ; and admits he realized the weight he carries by gracing the highly coveted glossy cover! Mackie opens up: “The magazine came out and it’s interesting how the conversations have changed, which is surprising to me,” “When my publicist told me they got me for the cover of Vanity Fair for the Hollywood edition I didn’t know what it meant. Looking at it now it was a monumental step in the course of my career. I want to be 70 or 80 like an Anthony Hopkins or Morgan Freeman and look back at a body of work instead of getting one or two jobs and trying to overcome the idea of just being an actor instead of being an artist. It’s been amazing. Every day I tell people that I don’t want you to overlook my race. I don’t want you to look at me as something different than what I am. When you look at me I don’t want you to like me in spite of being a Black male. I want you to include me because of who I am, that being a Black male. It’s been funny from both the Black and White perspective; from the everyday perspective and the Hollywood perspective. Everyone has an opinion so I try to put it out there and let it be what it is.” “The last Black man to be on the cover of Vanity Fair for the Hollywood edition was Omar Epps and that was over 10 years ago. I think it’s good for right now, but it definitely does not solidify in my path in Hollywood history.” Despite having starred in films like ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Notorious’ and ‘The Adjustment Bureau,’ Mackie, like many Black actors, has a face people know even when they can’t remember his name. “I get mistaken for one of my closest friends, Jamie Hector who was on ‘The Wire,’” he laughed. “Literally every day someone stops me and asks me for my autograph and if they can take a picture with me for being on ‘The Wire.’” Though Hollywood recognized Mackie’s value by including him in the Vanity Fair issue, the Obie Award winner does feel that the recent Black-out during this past award show season was disturbing. “It’s frustrating, but not for the reason of not having the representation. I think we’re at a point where we need to start making our own movies. I think there are enough stories out there that we should be telling those stories. I think in the early 90′s we had the opportunity to make our own movies and we got complacent. If you go back and watch ‘Love Jones’ and ‘Love and Basketball’ or ‘The Brothers,’ they were great movies and they represented us. ‘Boyz N The Hood’ and ‘Juice’ represented us. We made those movies and everybody just got lazy. It’s no reason that the people who made those movies shouldn’t still be making movies. Martin Scorsese didn’t stop after his first movie. James Cameron didn’t stop after ‘Titanic’ so why is it that the people who represent us and tell our stories just don’t exist anymore. They’re out there living in LA writing. They’re making movies; they’re just not making the movies that represent us. That’s what frustrates me because I feel like you have an entire new crop of young talent and they have not only no one to work with but they don’t have any material to work on. You can’t say we don’t have the money or the opportunities because White people are doing it. If you look at what Judd Apatow is doing, he’s shown us how to go out and take our ideas, put them on a page and make it. Ben Affleck made ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Town’ because he couldn’t get cast as an actor. I think it’s about time that we as Black Hollywood stop talking about what people aren’t giving us and get up off our ass and start making the movies that we want to make.” With all this chit chat about making black movies, will Mackie make a move from actor to producer?! Or is he all talk?! Source
This New Orleans-bred actor is the first Black actor to be featured in nearly a decade on the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue. Anthony Mackie changed the game by landing on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 17th annual “Hollywood Issue” ; and admits he realized the weight he carries by gracing the highly coveted glossy cover! Mackie opens up: “The magazine came out and it’s interesting how the conversations have changed, which is surprising to me,” “When my publicist told me they got me for the cover of Vanity Fair for the Hollywood edition I didn’t know what it meant. Looking at it now it was a monumental step in the course of my career. I want to be 70 or 80 like an Anthony Hopkins or Morgan Freeman and look back at a body of work instead of getting one or two jobs and trying to overcome the idea of just being an actor instead of being an artist. It’s been amazing. Every day I tell people that I don’t want you to overlook my race. I don’t want you to look at me as something different than what I am. When you look at me I don’t want you to like me in spite of being a Black male. I want you to include me because of who I am, that being a Black male. It’s been funny from both the Black and White perspective; from the everyday perspective and the Hollywood perspective. Everyone has an opinion so I try to put it out there and let it be what it is.” “The last Black man to be on the cover of Vanity Fair for the Hollywood edition was Omar Epps and that was over 10 years ago. I think it’s good for right now, but it definitely does not solidify in my path in Hollywood history.” Despite having starred in films like ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Notorious’ and ‘The Adjustment Bureau,’ Mackie, like many Black actors, has a face people know even when they can’t remember his name. “I get mistaken for one of my closest friends, Jamie Hector who was on ‘The Wire,’” he laughed. “Literally every day someone stops me and asks me for my autograph and if they can take a picture with me for being on ‘The Wire.’” Though Hollywood recognized Mackie’s value by including him in the Vanity Fair issue, the Obie Award winner does feel that the recent Black-out during this past award show season was disturbing. “It’s frustrating, but not for the reason of not having the representation. I think we’re at a point where we need to start making our own movies. I think there are enough stories out there that we should be telling those stories. I think in the early 90′s we had the opportunity to make our own movies and we got complacent. If you go back and watch ‘Love Jones’ and ‘Love and Basketball’ or ‘The Brothers,’ they were great movies and they represented us. ‘Boyz N The Hood’ and ‘Juice’ represented us. We made those movies and everybody just got lazy. It’s no reason that the people who made those movies shouldn’t still be making movies. Martin Scorsese didn’t stop after his first movie. James Cameron didn’t stop after ‘Titanic’ so why is it that the people who represent us and tell our stories just don’t exist anymore. They’re out there living in LA writing. They’re making movies; they’re just not making the movies that represent us. That’s what frustrates me because I feel like you have an entire new crop of young talent and they have not only no one to work with but they don’t have any material to work on. You can’t say we don’t have the money or the opportunities because White people are doing it. If you look at what Judd Apatow is doing, he’s shown us how to go out and take our ideas, put them on a page and make it. Ben Affleck made ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Town’ because he couldn’t get cast as an actor. I think it’s about time that we as Black Hollywood stop talking about what people aren’t giving us and get up off our ass and start making the movies that we want to make.” With all this chit chat about making black movies, will Mackie make a move from actor to producer?! Or is he all talk?! Source
Despite the comments previously reported of Paris Hilton saying “Black guys are gross,” Lil Wayne may be pairing with the fellow convict on his next record. The blonde heiress interviewed Wayne for the April issue of Interview magazine, but Weezy was the one who offered his services for her sophomore album. Continued at HipHopWired.com
After a brief hiatus from the spotlight, Fefe Dobson is back with a new album and a new outlook on life. Bossip spoke to the “black rock chick” about rebounding after being dropped from her label, what she was like as a little kid and how we can all find more joy. BOSSIP: What’s up Fefe? Tell us about your new album, why did you call it Joy ? Fefe Dobson: I called it Joy because making the record was a joyful experience, but the reason it was a joyful experience was in the process of making it. I made my first record in 2003 when I was 18. I got the chance to do tons of great things – a tour withe Justin Timberlake , a show with Janet Jackson and there was so much that came out of it and then there was the trials and tribulations, parting ways with my label, which was Island Def Jam at that point. I had like 500 dollars left to my name, no boyfriend and bought a dog and wrote Joy . What joy has brought me is liberation and it was very therapeutic and a turning point in my life, that’s why it’s called Joy . Bossip: You seem to have matured – your style has changed a lot, was it the experience of seeing the “bad side of the industry?” FD: Definitely, being so young, getting all the amazing opportunities and kinda having to scale back and start again with nothing. Learning about myself in general. My dad came back into my life. On my first record there was a song called “Unforgiven” because my dad was never in my life. And now my dad has come back in my life – because of that I’m learning about my Jamaican side. I’m biracial so my mom is white and my dad’s black and I never got to know that side. Realizing I’m related to Donald Quarrie – who is an Olympic national hero in Jamaica – that has helped bring me to this point as well. Life… Naturally you have to go through every day and learn in order to fill in those missing pieces to be the person you need to be. Bossip: What goals have you set for yourself for 2011? FD: A lot of goals. My goal for 2010 was to get my album out and to spread Joy and for 2011 it’s to tour this baby like crazy and line up my own shows and hopefully next year go to the Grammys and do my thing. I really want to play big stadiums and stuff like that and hit the masses and meet more people and gain more followers in my career. Bossip: What kind of kid were you? FD: I was a little female Eddie Murphy. I was really crazy and made fun of everybody and made jokes when I shouldn’t have probably. Bossip: What experience led you to this? FD: Music made me do this. From a musical point of view – The Wizard of Oz and Michael Jackson. Music was my only outlet and escape. Bossip: What would you be doing otherwise? FD: I couldn’t do anything else. I was asked that in elementary school when I was a little kid. You know how they go around – there were kids who wanted to be firemen, there were kids who wanted to be lawyers, and I was like “Uhhh rockstar, singer?” and my teacher looked around and was like “What do you really want to be?” and I said “Uhhh I just told you” I didn’t know I had to have a Plan B. You didn’t ask the fireman if he should have a Plan B. Bossip: What was your scariest moment and how did you get through it? FD: My scariest moment was definitely not being with Island anymore. That was probably my scariest moment because I was signed when I was 18 so I was so used to being signed to a major label. At first not being with a major label was the scariest thing. I’ve come from nothing growing up as a kid to being something to now having to start again. That was scary for me. At the same time it was liberating because it was my chance to recharge and restart and not many people get the opportunity to restart with a clean slate. So I think everything happens for a reason even if it’s scary. Bossip: Is there a public figure that you’ve always admired? I really look up to like, you know, Jimi Hendrix – because I’m a woman of color and my foundation is rock and roll and my energy is rock and roll I’ve always looked up to artists that are like myself. Why? I was on rock radio in Canada and the minute they found out I was touring with Justin Timberlake they took me off rock radio and things like that and then I was told “Black girls can’t rock” so I have to look up to any artist that’s going out of their comfort zone and what people think is not the right way for them. That’s day to day – anyone being told they’re doing what they’re not supposed to do. It takes a lot of strength to break the mold. Bossip: What issue should people be more aware about? FD: One of my heroes was John Lennon and the reason I love him so much is John and Yoko’s motto about peace and that if everyone stayed in bed for the day there’d be peace. Maybe he’s a dreamer but it starts with the dream. I think we as humans if we were just a little more considerate of the person next to us. It starts with the person beside you, it starts with not tossing something on the ground, it starts with breaking the mold. Children are going to make the world. There’s abuse and all those things and it starts with a cycle. We have to start with ourselves and the person next to us and that’s where it starts. Bossip: Do you think race is or isn’t important in the U.S.? FD: That’s everywhere, that’s not just the U.S. Where ever there is someone ignorant that doesn’t realize they’re in 2011. Bossip: If you had a fortune to give away where would your money go to? My little brothers. Bossip: Is there any one book, film or album that changed your life? FD: The Alchemist [by Paulo Coehlo]. It’s amazing. It will change your life. Bossip: What has been the biggest story this year so far? FD: What hit home to me, because I could relate to it, was Kelly Williams-Bolar, the mom who got in trouble for putting her kids in a better school.For me it’s an emotional thing because I grew up with a poor mom who would have done anything to put us in a safer school district. For her to get slapped on the wrist for it? On an emotional level that hit me. Bossip: Do you have a celebrity crush? FD: Aside from Spongebob Squarepants? Kate Moss… She’s awesome. At the moment I’m like, I can’t think of any dudes. I haven’t really kept up with who is sexy, but I know Kate Moss is sexy! Bossip: Anything you are an absolute sucker for? FD: Im a sucker for cowboy boots and leather pants. But not at the same time. Bossip: Best advice you ever received? FD: Mainly just heard it throughout from people I met and that’s “Don’t Blend In.” Don’t conform, don’t try to be something you’re not because I’d rather people, even in school, I’d rather them to laugh at me because I wore something different than to accept me because I was being them. Bossip: What question are you sick of being asked? FD: Nothing really yet. Bossip: Not the Rihanna question? FD: I used to get that, not really anymore. I think people are starting to see that musically we’re very different. I think people used to ask because we’re both women of color who are edgy and we’re on the same label, I guess it comes into play for that. No one really asks me what my favorite color is… It’s black. Keep clicking to check out shots of Fefe below!
He still thinks Rolling Stone magazine was on that bullsh*t for putting her on their cover. Here’s what he told 97.9 The Box’s Madd Hatta Morning Show about his Twitter comments : “I’m gonna go on the record and say I don’t have no beef with Snooki..I’m not disrespecting Snook… atleast I didn’t feel like I was.. I don’t know that girl. Congratulations Snooki, you pimped the system. You found a way to get on a magazine that has nothing to do with you… She does reality tv. Rolling Stone is a prestigious music magazine. How the Hell did Snooki get on the cover of Rolling Stone?. I was mad at the system, I wasn’t mad at her… I’ve been in the game 6 years, Ive got 3 Grammys, 3 multi platinum albums hits on myself, hits on other people and Rolling Stone ain’t so much look in my direction… I just feel like she shouldn’t be on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.” He kind of has a point thought. Do you think he’s just being salty? Here’s Ne-Yo’s full Houston radio interview.
Uh oh, President Obama has pissed off “Jason Bourne”… Matt Damon is saying Nope to Hope. In a stinging critique, the Oscar-winning actor has turned on President Obama, saying the Democrat he championed in the 2008 race for the White House has not offered change he can believe in. “I really think he misinterpreted his mandate,” Damon told CNN. “A friend of mine said it the other day and I thought it was a great line: ‘I no longer hope for audacity.’ “ That’s a dig at the name of Obama’s best-selling book The Audacity of Hope. Damon rapped Obama’s education policy as advancing test preparation, not critical learning. “The idea that we’re testing kids and we’re tying teacher salaries to how kids are performing on tests, that kind of mechanized thinking has nothing to do with higher order,” he said. He was also unimpressed with Obama’s foreign policies, especially in Afghanistan. Matt can be salty all he wants to, but he better get used to seeing ol’ Barry O’s face because we believe he’s gonna be back for round 2 in 2012! Have any of you changed your stance on President Obama since his inauguration into office??? Source
Birdman has always been the one to say some questionable things , but now he may cashed a check his mouth can’t cash or at least says he did? During a recent interview with Big Boy Radio, Birdman was asked many things including his superbowl bet, the invention of the word bling, and future investments for the mogul. However, all of this was overshadowed when Birdman was asked what was the highest amount of money you have ever received in one check? Birdman responded saying that a couple of months ago he received a check for a coll $100,000,000 dollars! The trash talking didn’t stop there, as Birdman also spoke on the Jay-Z “Baby Money” line from Hov’s latest single with Kanye “H.A.M.”: “I ain’t tripping we spending Baby money, I don’t know how he feels but I don’t have a problem.” Peep the full interview at HipHopWired.com and let us know if you think Birdman is really bringing in that kind of money?
Birdman has always been the one to say some questionable things , but now he may cashed a check his mouth can’t cash or at least says he did? During a recent interview with Big Boy Radio, Birdman was asked many things including his superbowl bet, the invention of the word bling, and future investments for the mogul. However, all of this was overshadowed when Birdman was asked what was the highest amount of money you have ever received in one check? Birdman responded saying that a couple of months ago he received a check for a coll $100,000,000 dollars! The trash talking didn’t stop there, as Birdman also spoke on the Jay-Z “Baby Money” line from Hov’s latest single with Kanye “H.A.M.”: “I ain’t tripping we spending Baby money, I don’t know how he feels but I don’t have a problem.” Peep the full interview at HipHopWired.com and let us know if you think Birdman is really bringing in that kind of money?
