High On Hip Hop

According to a study, Hip Hop songs are glorifying the use of drugs.

“Rap music is glamorizing drug use, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who found a sixfold increase in drug references in songs over the past two decades.

“This is an alarming trend, as rap artists are role models for the nation’s youth, especially in urban areas. Many of these young people are already at risk and need to get positive messages from the media,” [study author] Herd said.

She and her colleagues analyzed 341 lyrics from the most popular rap songs between 1979 and 1997. During that time, references to drugs increased sixfold, and there was an increase in songs featuring positive attitudes toward drugs and the consequences of drug use, and an increase in references of drug use to signify glamour, wealth and sociability. In addition, there was a significant change in the types of drugs mentioned in rap songs.”

We do remember Grandmaster Flash’s “White Lines”….There may be some truth here. However, the same comparison could be made for glamorization of prescription drug use on television. That’s got to be up by at least tenfold since 1979. Hip hop is always the scapegoat for some bullsh*t.

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Diddy The Commitment Phobe

Puffy is clueless when it comes to marriage:

“I don’t know how marriage works. If you’re raised by a married couple, you see how they interact; their good days, their bad days, how they work through things - you see the love. I wasn’t brought up like that and I still don’t know to do it. I never saw (my parents’) relationship up-close, so every time I’ve been in a relationship I haven’t known what to do and that’s really scared me.”

Not like this is a surprise or anything, but Kim Porter needs to just throw in the towel right now. Apparently this cat is never gonna get married, he’s too busy swimming inactresses and side deals.

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Stilleto Pumps In Da Club

Flavor of Love Broads Bootz and Buckeey hit up Trina’s “Still Da Baddest” album release party. Damn, Bootz got some tigg ole bitties…she makes Toccara’s rack look small.

Instead of an Apple for the Teacher here's something a little more Harsh

We really are at the End of Days. A group of school children in Waycross, Georgia were planning on using the items above to jack up their teacher.

“A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the windows and cleaning up afterward. School officials alerted police Friday after a pupil tipped off a teacher that a girl had brought a weapon to school. [Police Chief] Tanner said the students apparently planned to knock the teacher unconscious with a crystal paperweight, bind her with the handcuffs and tape and then stab her with the knife. The children, ages 8 to 10, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair.”

This sh*t is out of hand, out of pocket, and straight unfathomable. This sounds like a plot from “The Wire”, except for this ish is real. Apparently these kids are learning more than reading, writing and arithmetic at this school. SMH.

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For Those Who Are Bored At Work…

Here is a post full of photos for your perusal. First up is Kelly Rowland leaving the Novello Theatre in London:

Kanye Steps It Up

Kanye West is an enterprising young brother. He is set to launch a new travel program called Kanye Travel Ventures (KTV).

Click here to read up on this company that offers customizable trips with options to purchase concert tickets and show-related merchandise while booking travel reservations.

Ice T Needs to School Coco

Ice T & his camel toe wife Coco don’t see eye to eye regarding the presidential candidates:

“Ice-T is in support of Obama, Coco likes Hillary Clinton to win the race. Why? ‘Because she’s a woman,’”

‘I would want Hillary to win if Obama wasn’t in,’ Ice told UK’s The Sun. ‘I’m really listening to Obama. I’m not just gonna vote for the man ’cause he’s black. I’m sizing dude up… I think he’s out to clean the image in the United States up, if that’s possible.’”

We should’ve known Coco’s dippy ass would go for Hillary. Some of that silicone must have made its way to her brain.

Ice T also shares opinion about the Bushes:

“Bush’s father was the Anti-Christ. I told you that. This is the son of a Bush. We told you. Go play Publi Enemy records from ‘92 and we wouldn’t be where we are today.”

Preach Brother, Preach!!

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Jay and his Camel Pout

Jay-Z the Camel struck a pose for the cameras outside of the Letterman Studio recently. We suggest he practice making expressions in front of the mirror. The “blowing kisses in the wind” look is a little, shall we say….Yuck.

Tony Yayo Has Had 10 Mil?

50 cents chats about G-Unit, their stack game, and Young Buck:

Each person in G-Unit has earned over $10 million in their career at this point. Outside of the guys that didn’t release product — M.O.P., Spider Loc, Olivia — the guys that had their project go out physically. I didn’t say they have $10 million, I said they’ve seen $10 million. What they did with their paper, I don’t know.”

“I think you have to give them something to blow it out of proportion. Buck did that. I think that what he was saying, in order to validate himself as a man, he feels he has to go against what I’m doing, similar to some of the things we’ve seen from Game … [But then] he’ll back off of it, when we’re in direct conversation. When he’s out in public, he’ll say something. They’re like my younger brothers, but they’ll do sh– for attention. They’ll do things, then when I look like, ‘What are you doing?’ They’ll be like, ‘Oh, nah, because you was doing this. … Because you didn’t call me when you were on the international tour.’ I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? You didn’t call neither, so what does that mean?’ “

What a bunch of gaylords. They stay bickering like a bunch of b*tches.

Click here to listen to G-Unit’s newest track “I Like The Way She Do It.”

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Cause of Death is Suspect

It turns out that the death of Sean Levert may have been brought on through physical force:

“Sean Levert was physically restrained by jail guards right before he died. Staff at the Cuyahoga County Jail say that Levert was ‘out of control’ and ‘hallucinating,’ forcing them to place him in a restraining chair, because he was a danger to himself. The jail’s warden Kevin McDonough says Levert was cooperative and ‘went willingly’ when jail staff bound his wrists and shackled his feet.”

That sh*t sounds mad suspect. No doubt the Levert family will be combing through this situation with a fine tooth comb. Levert’s actual cause of death will be revealed soon:

“They are currently awaiting toxicology results — those will take four to six weeks to come back”

In addition, TMZ reports that his remains have yet to be claimed:

“According to the Coroner, the body remains a ‘guest’ at the Coroner’s office while Levert’s wife tries to decide whether to hold a private or public service.”

R.I.P.

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Where’s Eddie??

Here is Eddie Murphy leaving Mr. Chow in Hollyweird yesterday looking suspect as usual. There’s just something about this Eddie Murphy character, we can’t quite put our finger on it. Maybe it’s that broad-ish loooking charm bracelet he’s rockin…
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Mama’s Boy

The R&B Live Presents Ray J party went down last night at Spotlight, NYC. Ray J was spotted getting all cuddly with his mommy, Sonia Norwood.

She REALLY Loved that Dog

Oprah’s dog recently died and went to doggy heaven. Now she’s going to dedicate a show to the bitch:

“Oprah Winfrey is dedicating her Friday talk show to her cocker spaniel Sophie, who recently died of kidney failure at the age of 13.

‘Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love. She was a true love in my life.’”

On the real, Oprah goes that EXTRA mile for the people (and creatures) she’s down with. So the question must be asked: How can one be down??

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Camel and Bey Getting Married, For Real This Time

People Magazine is reporting this evening that Jay-Z and Beyonce took out a marriage license this morning in NY.

Congrats to the old man on taking the step to wife her up. How long do you give them?

Discuss….

Swirly Matrimony?

Kim Kardashian wants her boo Reggie to take notes from Oprah on how to propose for marriage:

“Should Kim Kardashian get an engagement ring from boyfriend Reggie Bush any time soon, she ought to make sure to thank Oprah Winfrey for it. Why? Kim has ordered her footballer beau to watch the talk show queen in order ‘to get ideas for a proposal,’ she tells Entertainment Tonight. ‘I told him, ‘It’s gotta be special.’”

We guess it’s OK to get a little inspiration from the talk show mogul. As long as we don’t see Reggie jumping his big ass up and down on Oprah’s couch like Tom Cruise. SMH.

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