‘He’s, like, 12 songs in, and he went crazy,’ Mack Maine tells MTV News. By Rob Markman Lil Wayne Photo: MTV News Lil Wayne already has a super successful franchise in Tha Carter series , so why would he want to rest on his laurels? Young Money Records President Mack Maine exclusively revealed to MTV News that not only is Weezy about to lay down tracks for a sequel to his Rebirth rock album, but the “How to Love” hitmaker is already knee-deep in recording a follow-up to 2010’s I Am Not a Human Being LP. “He’s, like, 12 songs in, and he went crazy. He went left. He’s in Martian land right now,” Mack said of I Am Not a Human Being 2. The original Human Being was released digitally in September 2010 while Birdman Jr. was in jail. Though Wayne wasn’t around to promote it, the album contained singles like “Right Above” with Drake and “I’m Single” and has been certified gold by the RIAA. The physical copy of the album debuted at #1 when it dropped in October 2010. According to the YM prez, each separate album franchise allows Wayne the chance to showcase different artistic sides. “He gets to show his rock side, he gets to show his gangsta side and talk to the women on one side,” Mack said of the Rebirth and Carter series, respectively. “On I Am Not a Human Being, he is definitely showing some weirdo, left-brain, I’m-not-from-here type side. He can say what he wants. There are no boundaries, there are no limits.” However diverse he may be in the booth, when Wayne performs live, he is able to pool all his collective talents together — as well as their respective fans. “He captures all those different audiences, and then at a concert or a show, you bring all those different people together,” Mack explained. “You bring your Rebirth rock people, you bring your Carter people, and you bring your I Am Not a Human Being [crowd], and you have a great show. That’s why we sell out arenas every night.” There is no release date yet for I Am Not a Human Being 2 or Rebirth 2. Are you anticipating Lil Wayne’s two new albums? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Lil Wayne Related Artists Lil Wayne Mack Maine
Below is a letter from Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed tonight in Jackson, Georgia in one of the most controversial death penalty cases of the century: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime. As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy. I can’t even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail. I cannot answer all of your letters but I do read them all, I cannot see you all but I can imagine your faces, I cannot hear you speak but your letters take me to the far reaches of the world, I cannot touch you physically but I feel your warmth everyday I exist. So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis’. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country. I can’t wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, “I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!” Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win! Parole Board Stands By Their Decision To Execute Troy Davis! Race To Save Troy! FBI, Sharpton Protest Controversial Execution How Obama can keep hope alive for Troy Davis Risky? Troy Davis Willing To Take Polygraph To Prove Innocence Troy Davis’ Lawyers To File Late Appeal Before Georgia Execution Check out more Troy Davis coverage here.
BET’s hit drama series The Game has found a secure place among audiences. It’s funny, realistic, dramatic and one of the best black shows on television right now. The cast stars Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall but many of the other characters are what give the show pizazz. Barry “Tee Tee” Floyd is one of those characters. His silly but loyal presence around Hosea “Malik Wright” Chanchez has earned him a spot in viewer’s heart. As he enters the world of entrepreneurship we see Tee Tee’s character evolve from a side-kick to a businessman. Tee Tee spoke with me about a prank kiss with cast mate Tia, where The Game is headed and starting a petition to become a regular on the show! BET picked up The Game and many changes were made. What were some of those changes the cast had to deal with? Well for me, I felt like there were a lot of positive changes. We shot a lot more on location than we did when we were on the CW, so the show had a cinematic look – looks a lot better. I felt like the production value went up a lot more than it was before. They also got more dramatic with it – got a little bit away from the comedy and went more into the drama, which I liked a lot, but I felt like the fan base gave us a mixed reaction on it. Do you think that you and TT share some characteristics? How do y’all differ from real life and TV? I’m a laid back type of guy like TT is in real life. But I couldn’t be nobody’s flunky like that. And he puts up with a lot more than I would ever put up with. I wouldn’t have ever took that girl back. Who is your personal favorite character on The Game , besides TT? I like Jason Pitts – he’s funny. The way people always say their waiting to see what TT’s gonna do and say, I’m waiting to see what comes out of his mouth next. You’re petitioning to become a regular on the show. And I’ve noticed that they also had [Kelly] become a recurring role. What happened with that, because you were on a lot of episodes before BET kicked in? I’ve always been recurring. But in her situation, I don’t know all the details, but I think she had something else, like another project going on. She wasn’t able to dedicate all her time to The Game because she had another project she was working on. So a lot of times when stuff like that happens, it’s not always because the actor got in trouble or the writers decided they didn’t like us no more; it could’ve been a million different things. What is something that happened behind the scenes of The Game that no one knows about? A: My favorite thing that happened, it was Season 2 back when we still had a studio audience, and this scene actually ended up getting cut out, but you remember back when Melanie was staying with Malik and Tasha, and they ended up kicking her out because she got in bed with Malik? There was a scene where Tasha was telling her she had to leave and I came downstairs with her suitcase and stuff and I was supposed to try to kiss her and just punk out and not do it. So every take it was like, “Alright – just close your eyes, pucker up, then punk out and leave.” So on the last take, I closed my eyes, and I got ready for the kiss. Someone must’ve told her to grab me and kiss me for real. So I had my eyes closed, and the next thing I know, she just grabbed me and just wrapped around me and gave me, it wasn’t a real kiss – it was just like a stage kiss, so you don’t open your mouth. For me, I had just started acting – it was my first time really being around them like that, so it was like, “Oh Tia from Sister, Sister just gave me a fake kiss.” I didn’t even know about the stage kiss how you don’t open your mouth. So my natural reaction was to open my mouth. So I got my tongue out and her mouth is closed, so I’m like, ‘Oh, I guess I’m not supposed to be having my mouth open.’ What’s in store for Barry? Well first of all, I’m trying to be a serious regular. Go to The Game Facebook page and to just let them know that they want to see TT every week. I started a campaign on my Twitter page telling everybody to go to the Facebook page. And also just hit BET up on Twitter, hit up The Game on Twitter – I’m just trying to let them know that I have the fan base behind me, so that’ll give them more incentive to do it. Is Beyonce A Liar? [VIDEO] THEN & NOW: 1980s Music Icons FACT OF THE DAY: Rick Ross Attended College On A Football Scholarship
By Makula dunbar Laid back, witty and direct, Derek Luke is as composed off-camera as he is on. Still early in his career, Luke has managed to snag top roles and appear in some of the most memorable films and shows of the previous decade. Antwone Fisher, Glory Road and Notorious are only a few of his many acting conquests. Now, in a pursuit to continue living outside of the movie box, Luke is furthering his television career via season three of TNT’s medical drama ‘HawthoRNe,’ premiering June 14. Already an actor who has broken genre barriers of TV, film and beyond, Luke shares his recent experiences, short-term goals and hopes for the future. You were previously involved in another medical show, ‘Trauma’. Was ‘HawthoRNe’ something you always wanted to do or did it just happen? In film, I hadn’t yet had a lot of offers to play a doctor, so it’s actually really cool getting this chance. As I continued doing film, some characters like playing a doctor became consistent in TV. I believe a medical show is such a good structure for television. What are you anticipating most regarding season three of ‘HawthoRNe’? I’m anticipating the quote from TNT (laughs). No, I’m anticipating the new characters, faces and a great storyline. The storyline as far as my character touches on being on a professional, a father and a husband at the same time. I’m looking forward to addressing topics like that and just having fans and audiences respond to situations that are perhaps true to them. You play a surgeon on the show. What was the most difficult thing about preparing for your role? One of the most difficult things about ‘HawthoRNe’ in general was when I signed up the show was already in the process of filming. As soon as I said yes, I had less than a week to actually prepare. It was exciting and organic because I had to prepare as I went. It was just fun working on the human body. We had scenes where we did different medical procedures and I learned so much about the human body and the sophistication of it. It’s really like a computer than man has been unable to duplicate. Read more at KYSDC.com
Tracy Morgan may be encouraged to say outrageous things on 30 Rock , but the actor’s real-life rant in Nashville last week has landed him in trouble with multiple gay rights groups. A week after the comedian took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium and went off on homosexuals – saying he’d stab his son if he turned out to be gay, among other scathing remarks – the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Human Rights Campaign have both issued statements. In the first, the President of GLADD writes: “We call on him to remove these violently anti-gay remarks from his show and send a strong message that anti-gay violence is not something to joke about.” Echoes the Human Rights Campaign: “Hateful remarks that mock youth suicides and the very real emotional and sometimes physical bullying LGBT kids face on a daily basis have no place in a comedy routine. “If these allegations are true, Tracy Morgan must immediately accept responsibility and apologize.” Do you think Morgan crossed a line with this routine? [Photo: Fame Pictures]
Kerry Campbell, 34, from San Francisco is receiving backlash after her “Good Morning America” interview in which she revealed to the world that she injects her eight-year-old daughter, Britney, with Botox before the child’s beauty pageants. WTF!? The mother is now being investigated by Bay Area child protective services after outraged citizens called the Human Services Agency to investigate the situation after watching Kerry and Britney’s interview. Not only does Britney receive Botox before her pageants, she also receives hair waxing. This wasn’t the first time that Kerry spoke out about giving her child Botox. In an interview for a British news outlet she demonstrated how she injects Botox into her daughter’s face, explaining that this is becoming very popular in the child pageant world. Kerry also claims that she is a trained esthetician. When eight-year- old Britney was asked how she felt about receiving Botox for her pageants, she told Good Morning America, “It hurt sometimes, but I get used to it.” This is such a sad situation. This child is only eight and is already learning about things such as Botox and hair waxing. What do you think of this situation? Read more here. SMH Would You Encourage Your Daughter To Get Implants? Whitney Houston’s Daughter Bobbi Kristina Involved In Gun Brawl
Lights Out: Would Tom Six’s innocence-mutilating masterpiece The Human Centipede be more palatable as a musical? Emerson students investigate. See Also: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 . [ thanks anon! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 05/04/2011 06:57 Number of articles : 2
Lights Out: Would Tom Six’s innocence-mutilating masterpiece The Human Centipede be more palatable as a musical? Emerson students investigate. See Also: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 . [ thanks anon! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 05/04/2011 06:57 Number of articles : 2
Former NYPD, and LAPD commissioner Bill Bratton is the latest person to cut a short video for the Human Rights Campaign’s push for marriage equality in New York. Bratton cut the spot with his wife, Rikki Klieman. Now that the budget it behind us, we will probably see more of a push for the passage Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Capitol confidential Discovery Date : 01/04/2011 15:24 Number of articles : 2
This game is really looking good. As I mentioned before, out of everything I saw at E3 last year, the “Cut Scene” trailer shown for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, peaked my interest the most. In this new trailer, we see Adam Jensen showing us three different ways to infiltrate Sarif Manufacturing. See Luke’s Impressions of Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : PS3Blog.net Discovery Date : 25/03/2011 16:57 Number of articles : 2
