Hate it or love it?!? Forget Honey Boo Boo. Reality TV queen Khloe Kardashian is about get some real competition, as Liza Morales, Lamar Odom’s ex-wife and mother of his children, has signed on to do a reality show. “Liza and a bunch of other ladies who were married [to] or dated famous men are coming to TLC,” a network insider tells me. Before Lamar was part of the glamorous world of the Kardashians, he was involved in a 12-year relationship with Liza Morales, a New York-based fashion designer, who is also the mother of three children, Destiny, Lamar Jr. and Jayden, who died tragically in 2006. In 2010, Morales said Odom “hardly comes” to see his children and accused him of having a two-year affair before they broke up in 2008. “This show isn’t going to be fake reality show,” one insider tells me. “It’s going to reveal the truth about a lot of men we thought we knew.” 50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins will also be part of the cast. Will you be tuning in? Source
Another day, another sexuality reveal. Today it’s former Pirates owner, Kevin McClatchy… Via ESPN: Kevin McClatchy, the owner and CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1996 to 2007, has acknowledged he is gay to The New York Times, saying frequent homophobic slurs he heard in baseball circles had convinced him to keep his sexual orientation a secret. McClatchy, an heir to a newspaper chain who sold his shares of the Pirates in 2009 only after ensuring that the club remained in Pittsburgh, said the time had finally come to speak openly about his sexuality. “You’re not going to solve any problem until you start a dialogue,” McClatchy told The Times for an op-ed story published in Sunday’s editions. “And there’s no dialogue right now.” McClatchy will also be the subject of Wednesday’s “Outside The Lines” (3 p.m. ET on ESPN). “I’ve got a birthday coming up where I’m turning old,” McClatchy, who will turn 50 in January, told The Times. “I’ve spent 30 years — or whatever the number is specifically — not talking about my personal life, lying about my personal life.” McClatchy, 49, is not the first major-league executive or former executive to come out as gay. Rick Welts, the president and chief executive officer of the Phoenix Suns, revealed his sexuality last year. “This has been challenging to me,” McClatchy told The Times of his decision to reveal his sexual orientation. “I probably didn’t sleep as well as I could have last night.” McClatchy boasted of baseball’s ending of racial segregation in sports while saying he didn’t think players considered it similar to one of their own coming out as gay.
Christina Aguilera Smells Like Hot Dogs Apparently Xtina isn’t smellin’ too fresh. At least according to the band Grouplove who’s member, Hannah Hooper has good sources: “On a side note, I have friends that lived in Pittsburgh and they grew up around Christina Aguilera and they swear to God that she smells like hot dogs,” she said. “Swear. And that’s just a side note.” “Ke$ha, what does she smell like?” Hannah asked. “Cotton candy and Febreze.” And on that, they all agreed. Even if it ain’t true, it’s still got us laughin’! We’re guessing that this might have been back in Christina’s less fortunate days… but still, you know it’s bad when Ke$ha smells fresher than you! Source Images via WENN/Twitter
Kendrick Lamar, Chiddy Bang And Schoolboy Q rock with the Pittsburgh duo at Jones Beach In New York. By Rob Markman Wiz Khalifa Photo: Christie Goodwin/ Redferns
Kendrick Lamar, Chiddy Bang And Schoolboy Q rock with the Pittsburgh duo at Jones Beach In New York. By Rob Markman Wiz Khalifa Photo: Christie Goodwin/ Redferns
‘What counts to me is the fact that the affiliation is so known,’ Drizzy tells MTV News of fellow Toronto artist. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Drake Photo: MTV News The Weeknd has a ton of fans, but Drake may be the biggest fan of them all. Of course, there is some bias: Drizzy embraced the Toronto singer last year and has since worked with him on fan favorites like “Crew Love,” “The Ride” and “The Zone.” The two have even brought their respective OVO and XO cliques together to form OVOXO. So what’s the real deal with Drake and the Weeknd? “As far as on paper, it’s all being worked out, but that’s not really what counts anyway. What counts to me is the fact that the affiliation is so known, and that’s all I really care about,” Drake told MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway during his May 17 tour stop in Houston . The Young Money star didn’t shed much light on the Weeknd’s career, but then again, since the release of his breakout mixtape House of Balloons last year, the singer has been shrouded in mystery. Though he performed at Coachella last month and embarked on his own solo tour, the Weeknd has yet to give a definitive interview or released very many music videos. Still, Drake recognizes the magic they create together and whether or not he actually signs his Toronto running mate, he insists there will always be a union of some sort. “I want to continue being involved in his career and vice versa and keep making music together, because you take songs like ‘Crew Love’ and ‘The Zone,’ that’s what people wait all night to hear,” he said. Drizzy welcomed the “Wicked Games” vocalist onstage to perform with him during his Concord, California, stop in the Bay Area at the beginning of May. “If you want to talk about evolution — a quick evolution — that’s definitely somebody who, everywhere I go, they love him,” he said. “They’re that loud every single night when I say the Weeknd’s name and when he came out at the show in the Bay, it was crazy. “We’re definitely a family,” Drake added. “It’s definitely a Toronto thing. That’s not changing at all.” Where should the Weeknd sign? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Drake The Weeknd
Mac gives MTV News his take on ‘The Baddest,’ amateur rapper Krispy Kreme’s viral video that features a shout-out of sorts to the Pittsburgh MC. By Rob Markman Mac Miller Photo: MTV Internet sensations come and go, sometimes with no rhyme or reason. Though they may be elementary, rapper Krispy Kreme has rhymes; it’s the reasoning behind “The Baddest,” his viral video that has folks scratching their heads. The clip has amassed more than a million views on YouTube since the end of April. In it, Kreme raps in his basement, bragging of his street cred and sexual prowess, all while brandishing a fake pistol. His partner, Money Maker Mike, doesn’t say a word; instead he just stares into the camera, holding a pellet rifle, wearing a light blue Mac Miller T-shirt. When MTV News caught up with Mac Miller , we asked what he thought of the clip he makes a sort of cameo in. “I don’t know, but that sh– is hilarious though,” he said. “That’s my artist. Sike, I’m just playin’. “I don’t know if he’s serious or not, but the dude with the Mac Miller shirt on has the rifle from ‘A Christmas Story’ aimed at the camera all the time and that was tight,” Mac said hours before he performed at the Bamboozle Music Festival on May 18. Clearly a parody, a snot-nosed Kreme taunts, “I bet I got more money than Jay-Z/ Compared to me Jay-Z is lazy/ Plus Beyonc— thinks that I’m cute/ It’s OK, Beyonc—, I think you’re cute too.” Krispy’s second video , “Haters Wanna Be Me” features more of the same tomfoolery. “I been shot about 500 times and I’ve done about one million crimes,” he spits in a slow, amateur drawl. Once again Money Maker Mike appears in that same Mac Miller tee. “That type of sh– is cool to me because I’m like, ‘Man I’m really makin’ it when random big videos on YouTube, they’re wearing my clothes,” the Blue Slide Park MC said. “That’s hella promotion for my clothes.” What do you think of Kripsy Kreme’s “The Baddest” video? Let us know in the comments! Related Photos Bamboozle Festival Performances Related Artists Mac Miller
‘Buy it, steal it, just feel it. I don’t care,’ frontman Tyson Ritter says of AAR’s new album, Kids in the Street. By James Montgomery Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects Photo: MTV News When the All-American Rejects returned in March with Kids in the Street, expectations were high. After all, it was the follow-up to 2008’s When the World Comes Down — an album that continued their string of crossover successes thanks to the hit “Gives You Hell” — and powered by slick first single “Beekeeper’s Daughter,” Kids looked certain to continue that trend. Of course, to date, Kids has yet to catch fire. It debuted at #18 on the Billboard albums chart and has subsequently dropped out of the Top 200 altogether. But the Rejects aren’t worried by that slow start. In fact, to hear them tell it, everything’s going according to plan. “This is the record where we’re trying to prove ourselves as an ‘album band.’ We’ve done fine with singles,” AAR frontman Tyson Ritter told MTV News backstage at the Bamboozle festival. “Our last record, we were so proud of, but ‘Gives You Hell,’ sort of just steam-rolled the way and let nothing else surface. Honestly, man, we’re a whatever-the-hell-anybody-takes-from-us band. Singles, records, buy it, steal it — just feel it. I don’t care. Just come to a show.” And it’s at those shows where the true scope of the Rejects’ accomplishments can be felt. After all, over the course of a decade as a band, they’ve strung together a series of hits that would give any group pause (“Swing, Swing,” “Move Along,” “It Ends Tonight,” “Dirty Little Secret,” etc) and it’s gotten to the point these days where the band can actually see the past 10 years play out before their very eyes. Which is why they’re not worried about one album; they’re career artists, through and through. “It’s been a slow build with this one, but, you know, we’re in a climate where guitars aren’t as cool as they used to be and, luckily, I feel like our fanbase has sort of hung out and waited for us for four records,” Ritter said. “It’s [been] 10 years now. We just got done playing shows, on a tour, and there are people that have been there for 10 years, singing ‘Swing, Swing’ in the back, drinking, and then girls up front with the X’s out their hands, singing ‘Dirty Little Secret’ and ‘Gives You Hell.’ So it’s crazy to look at a Rejects show, and as you scan to the back of the crowd, you’re going through 10 years of people.” Are you an All-American Rejects fan? Tell us why in the comments! Related Artists The All-American Rejects
‘There are a lot of people who can’t speak on what I be speaking on, so I’m like their voice,’ Woods tells Mixtape Daily. By Rob Markman Chevy Woods Photo: MTV News Mixtape Daily Main Pick Headliner : Chevy Woods Representing : Pittsburgh Mixtape : Gangland Real Spit : In order to get his musical priorities in order, Chevy Woods had to leave the streets behind. But the Taylor Gang general hasn’t forgotten where he’s came from — not in the least. On his upcoming Gangland mixtape, the Pittsburgh MC represents for those too entrenched in the streets to represent themselves. “I came up with the title Gangland because we’re the Taylors and at the same time, there are a lot of people who can’t speak on what I be speaking on, so I’m like their voice,” Chevy Woods told Mixtape Daily. Not only was Chev inspired by his real-life crew, he also used the History Channel’s “Gangland” documentary show as a muse too. “You know, Gangland is the same type of situation as the TV show. People be speaking for the people that can’t speak, and they be showin’ their faces for the people that can’t speak,” he said of the series that has documented notorious gangs like the Mexican Mafia, the Bloods and the Crips. “So I just took the little spin off of both of those things: my gang and the TV show.” On the Young Jerz-produced “U.S.A.,” Woods documents his growth from the block to world tours with Wiz Khalifa. All the added attention has taken some getting used to, but on “Vice,” Chev Bags welcomes all spectators. “I’m out in Memphis with Juice, we into ballin’ for real/ You n—as talkin’ like you scoring never out on the field,” he raps, taunting his rivals. Last year, Woods dropped two very different mixtapes. On Red Cup Music, the TGOD MC partied hard on tracks like “She in Love” and “Jimmy Fallon,” while on The Cookout, he flew alongside Wiz on a number of smoke anthems. Gangland, his first 2012 tape, is distinctly different. On it, Chev shows a darker side, adding yet another layer to his artistic makeup. Joints to Check For
‘There’s a kid battling one of the toughest diseases in the world, yet he’s courageous enough to talk about it in his music,’ Miller tells MTV News of Yung Ka. By Rob Markman Mac Miller Photo: MTV News At the open of his 2010 track “The Spins,” Mac Miller urges kids to follow their dreams, but the Pittsburgh MC does more than just give sound advice. Recently the Blue Slide Park rapper and his producer E. Dan linked up with aspiring MC Bobby Stewart, a.k.a. Yung Ka, to show him the ropes around the studio. Stewart, who is suffering from a form of cancer called T-cell lymphoma, first met Miller at Mac’s December 2011 homecoming concert in Pittsburgh after the rapper presented the Make-A-Wish Foundation with a check for $50,000. “It’s cool what I did, but the story here is him; the story is that there’s a kid that’s battling one of the gruesomest, toughest diseases in the world, yet he’s courageous enough to talk about it in his music,” Mac told MTV News when we caught up with him at the Bamboozle Music Festival in New Jersey on May 18. “This is someone who really talks about his sh– in his music, like all the stages of cancer, to the point where it’s uncomfortable for some to listen to because it’s that much real, it’s too real, it’s that painful.” Miller served as a mentor for the 18-year-old rapper, but he didn’t want to muddle the moment by guest-rapping on Ka’s personal track. “I just wanted to do what I could do to mentor him and help him put a song together and give him what I know,” he said. “I didn’t want to step in on the song because to be real, he did a whole song about cancer, and then what am I gonna come in with on the third verse?” The song hasn’t been released yet, but last week Pittsburgh’s WTAE Action News paid a visit to ID Labs , the studio where Mac, E. Dan and Ka recorded the track, and caught up with the up-and-coming MC. “To be with Mac is a blessing,” Ka said. “His lyrics are amazing. Hip-hop is my passion. To be able to be with Mac Miller … he is a Pittsburgh legend. Wiz Khalifa shout-out.” What’s your favorite Mac Miller track? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos Back To The ‘Burgh With Mac Miller And Wiz Khalifa
