After last night’s 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul are undoubtedly the topics of conversation. And today, XXL magazine announced that the Black Hippy collective will cover the October/November issue. Hot on the heels of their now infamous Drake-dissing cypher , the TDE crew will hit newsstands later this month… Continue reading →
After last night’s 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul are undoubtedly the topics of conversation. And today, XXL magazine announced that the Black Hippy collective will cover the October/November issue. Hot on the heels of their now infamous Drake-dissing cypher , the TDE crew will hit newsstands later this month… Continue reading →
Lady Gaga is continuing to push the envelope in anticipation of her forthcoming ARTPOP album release, and that involves a whole lot of Lady Gaga nude . Not that we’re surprised, or that her legion of Little Monsters is complaining. In her latest effort, Lady Gaga poses nude on computer equipment … obviously. Check her out in black booties, futuristic glasses, whiskers and a brown wig: Mother Monster captioned the photo on her official site “TechHaus.” What that means, who can really say at this point. All we know is that with a new single dropping and her performing at the VMAs in August, and ARTPOP coming in November, Gaga is back in the Haus of THG.
A man believed to be a British soldier was hacked to death in broad daylight by two men with a cleaver in what officials are calling a terrorist attack. As the victim, dressed in what looked to be a T-shirt for Help for Heroes, a charity for military veterans, lay dying, one of the attackers found a camera. “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone,” said a meat-cleaver-wielding man with bloody hands. London Attack “The only reasons we killed this man … is because Muslims are dying daily,” he added. “This British soldier is an eye for an eye , a tooth for tooth.” One witness, Michael Atlee, described the gruesome, frenzied and ultimately fatal sequence of events Wednesday afternoon as “a bloody mess.” British Prime David Cameron called it a terrorist attack. “We will never buckle to terror,” he wrote on Twitter. A witness, who identified himself only as James, said he saw two men standing by the victim, who was on the ground in the UK capital’s Woolwich neighborhood. “They were hacking at this poor guy, literally,” he told the radio station, as if they were trying to remove his organs. “These two guys were crazed.” “They were just not there. They were just animals.” Afterward, the men appeared to want to be filmed, with one going over to a bus and asking people to take photos of him as if he wanted to be on TV. A man who asked not to be identified told police that he was on his way to a job interview when he came up on the scene and started filming it. Then, a man with a meat cleaver and knife in his bloody hands “came straight to me (and) said, ‘No, no, no, it’s cool. I just want to talk to you.'” The man, who had a London accent, was calm. The suspect even apologized to women who had witnessed the attack, but then quickly added “in our lands our women have to see the same.” “You people will never be safe,” he said. “Remove your government. They don’t care about you. You think David Cameron is going to get caught in the street when we start busting our guns?” “Get rid of them. Tell them to bring our troops back so we can all live in peace.”
Matt Kemp of the L.A. Dodgers is doing what he can and more to help Oklahoma tornado victims in his home state, pledging $250,000 and then some. The quarter-million pledge comes after Kemp, inexplicably, received backlash when he promised to give $1,000 for every home run he hit this spring. Kemp, of course, has hit only two so far this year in what has been a disappointing campaign, leading to the obligatory jokes and childish criticism. Until the Oklahoma native, announced plans to go far beyond that initial pledge. Far, far beyond it. The baseball star said in a statement Wednesday: “Dear Families of OKC, on Monday, out of concern and emotion I committed $1,000.00 for every home run I hit until the All-Star Break.” “It was a quick and small gesture in advance of what I knew would be my greater contribution through your rebuilding process.” “I am keeping my pledge and in addition, donating $250,000.00. May God bless you through this and the many generous donations coming to your aid. “Sincerely, Matt Kemp #PrayforOklahoma” Cynics, of course, will say that public sniping got to him, but the 28-year-old seems like a man of his word who would absolutely do what he can. Did you see what Matt Kemp did for that fan just this month? Enough said. He’s a standup guy, people, even if he is only hitting .265 in 2013.
Matt Kemp of the L.A. Dodgers is doing what he can and more to help Oklahoma tornado victims in his home state, pledging $250,000 and then some. The quarter-million pledge comes after Kemp, inexplicably, received backlash when he promised to give $1,000 for every home run he hit this spring. Kemp, of course, has hit only two so far this year in what has been a disappointing campaign, leading to the obligatory jokes and childish criticism. Until the Oklahoma native, announced plans to go far beyond that initial pledge. Far, far beyond it. The baseball star said in a statement Wednesday: “Dear Families of OKC, on Monday, out of concern and emotion I committed $1,000.00 for every home run I hit until the All-Star Break.” “It was a quick and small gesture in advance of what I knew would be my greater contribution through your rebuilding process.” “I am keeping my pledge and in addition, donating $250,000.00. May God bless you through this and the many generous donations coming to your aid. “Sincerely, Matt Kemp #PrayforOklahoma” Cynics, of course, will say that public sniping got to him, but the 28-year-old seems like a man of his word who would absolutely do what he can. Did you see what Matt Kemp did for that fan just this month? Enough said. He’s a standup guy, people, even if he is only hitting .265 in 2013.
Did Lil Kim get plastic surgery? It’s unclear, but her rep is not a fan of some of the recent reports to that effect. She’s been making headlines after sporting a very different look last month: The speculation continued after the star was spotted leaving the set of MTV’s Rap-Fix Live, looking quite a bit not like she did just a few years ago. However, her camp is now hitting back, specifically singling out gossip site MediaTakeout for implying that Lil Kim’s face “is physically distorted.” Her rep, C.J. Carter, called the claims “fictitious, malicious, and despicable.” “We would like to inform fans, the media, and the general public that this is nothing more than the blog site doing its best to conjure up much needed publicity.” “What better way to do so, than to take an American music icon and create a fictitious platform in which to disrespect and humiliate,” Carter adds. “We at Team Lil Kim are not taking this lying down and are taking very seriously.” Good to know. “Icon” may be a bit of a stretch, but we get his point. It’s serious. You tell us: Do you think Lil Kim had plastic surgery? Vote below. Totally. I can’t tell. I don’t think so actually. View Poll »
Lisa Ling is an excited new mother. The 39-year old reporter and her husband welcomed a girl named Jett this afternoon in Santa Monica, Ling herself has confirmed to Us Weekly . “We feel so blessed that this day has arrived,” Ling said of the 6 pound, 6 ounce bundle of joy. “We’re nervously excited to begin this next chapter in our lives with our little Jett.” This daughter is the first child for the couple, following a miscarriage suffered by Ling in 2010. We send the new family our very, very best wishes!
Really. Seriously. For real, people: Beyonce is NOT pregnant. Despite a lack of anything resembling evidence, reports that Beyonce is expecting spread around the Internet this week. They were shot down first by her mother , and now by a man who would certainly know better than we would. Jay-Z told E! Online last night that no child is on the way. “Not tonight,” he said. “Not in nine months – absolutely not.” Hmmm, well… what about in fewer than nine months? Is he just being coy?!? Is there more immediate news to share?!? Nope. Not at all. “Not in one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine months,” Jay-Z added, just to clarify. Fair enough. Just promise to call us when there is pregnancy scoop, okay? Thanks man.
Sugar Bear has been injured in a mud boggin accident. The father of six-year old Honey Boo Boo is on crutches today after hurting his foot in what the family of this TLC hit describes as a redneck version of mud-racing. Basically, it involves an off-road vehicle and mud. That’s pretty much the entirety of the sport. Cameras caught Sugar Bear leaving the doctor’s office this week, accompanies by baby mama June and a body guard. He should be good to go for the rest of the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo season, however, as a new episode airs this Wednesday on TLC. Let’s face it: we’ll be watching.
Breaking Sports Video
