Lil' Kim stopped by "106 & Park" yesterday where she honored Biggie Smalls and had an awkward moment when Rocsi asked about Nicki Minaj. Watch the interview inside....
Lil' Kim appeared on "106 & Park" yesterday where she honored the legacy of Biggie Smalls, discussed what's in store for her new album and judged Freestyle Fridays.
All was well until Rocsi asked Lil' Kim about Nicki Minaj. Kim got a little irritated and replied,
"At the end of the day, this is about Kim right now. We gave you that movie already, you know what I’m sayin’. We movin’ on to a whole ‘nother direction and if it come back that way, then we give ya’ll another movie. But right now we moving into another direction. ‘Bout to drop some new singles for Queen Bee and Brooklyn.”
But it didn't end there. After the show, Kim tweeted,
“I want to take this time 2 say #TeamLilKim & all my fans that came out 2 106. I fucking love u guys. Y’all really turnt it up & represented. “Even when Rocsi tried to get disrespectful towards the end & ask an unappropriate irrelevant question.”
Carrying enough street cred to run the block with Lil' Wayne, his riffs and melodies make you forget about his "color" and focus on the beauty that is R&B and neo-soul.
But music isn't the only thing Robin is known for...he also has a great sense of style and epitomizes what most people would call "cool."
Ray J recently opened up about the death of his friend Whitney Houston during a press conference for a charity he supports. Find out what he had to say inside....
During an emotional speech he gave at The Brotherhood Crusade press conference recently, Ray J broke his silence about Whitney Houston saying he looks at life differently since her passing. He said,
"I really miss my friend. I'm still hurting."
He added that Whitney's legacy has encouraged him to step up his charitable efforts and give back more to the community.
Nickelodeon's upcoming shows will feature lots of YBF folks like Nick Cannon, KeKe Palmer,Cymphonique Miller and Rachel Crow in the mix. Find out about their new projects inside...
Your own YBF Kids will see many representations of themselves on Nickelodeon next season as the fab folks were well-represented (by tv standards) at their recent upfronts at Rose Theater inside Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Gorge actress KeKe Palmer was there to announce a new project.
Teen queen KeKe Palmer announced a project called Rags that will be produced by chairman Nick Cannon.
The pair (who posed with Max Schneider) say the film will be a musical rags-to-riches story.
"We are making Cinderella fly and fresh," Nick said. "It's a reverse Cinderella story with some hip-hop flare."
Loves it already.
And Master P's daughter (and actor/rapper Romeo's sister of course) Cymphonique Miller was there too.
She starring on her own Nick show "How To Rock." Master P knows how to get his kids a show doesn't he?
She later posed with her "How To Rock" co-stars.
Former "X Factor" star Rachel Crow was also there to have some fun with her big news.
Rachel, who posed with Big Time Rush, has recently signed with the channel and a new project is being developed specifically for the animated youngin. She'll also be making a guest appearance on the series "Fred: The Show." Can't wait!
Brandy, Swizz Beatz & singer Mike Posner were all on hand yesterday to celebrate Rick Ross' new campaign. The "Reebok Back" rapper just inked a deal with the Reebok company itself.
Pics and deets inside...
Reebok launched its Classics Icons campaign with Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz and Mike Posner at the NY Knicks game at Madison Square Garden yesterday.
And special guest Brandy stopped by to say hello in support of the company's “It Takes a Lot to Make a Classic” initiative.
The fellas kicked it courtside as they rocked the Reebok brand from head to toe. Ricky will be joining Swizzy, who has already designed several shoes and merchandise for the brand, and Mike, who has already shot a few ads, in the campaign.
And they also spoke to media about the new campaign at a press conference. This will be a good look for Ricky Rozay...
Due to tour schedules, rapper Tyga was unable to attend, however, he is part of the new Classics Icons campaign as well. Check out their brand new ads for the Classic Ex-O-Fit Hi sneakers and commercial:
Madonna must really love Nicki Minaj because the rapper will appear on the new MDNA album twice! Check out a snippet of her "other" Madonna track inside and listen to Nas' latest song "The Don."
In addition to her appearance on “Give Me All Your Luvin,’” Nicki Minaj also pops up on Madonna's “I Don’t Give A,” off the MDNA disc (due March 26).
Listen to the snippet here:
Also in music:
Queensbridge's finest, Nasir Jones, just dropped a new tough-talking track today showing off his NYC swagger that makes us swoon. Check it out above....
The Obama 2012 campaign is officially underway. President Obama's campaign office has released a 17-minute documentary that highlights the landmark moments of his first term in office. Watch it inside....
President Barack Obama has had many shining moments during his first term in office (even though you wouldn't know it if you only listened to the Republican side of things), and now his campaign team has released a documentary highlighting his accomplishments.
During the 17-minute clip, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks about the President on health care reform, Vice President Joe Biden shares comments about the killing of Osama bin Laden, and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau creator Elizabeth Warren discusses the auto bailout.
And in one highlight, the President talks about the bin Laden raid saying,
"I didn't have time for a lot of feelings at that point because our guys were still in that compound. And it wasn't until I knew they were across the border, safe, everybody was accounted for, including the dog, that I allowed for some satisfaction."
Oh Willow Smith. How nice it must be to be 11-years-old and not have to calculate mathematics at school during the weekday daytime hours. But instead get to go shopping in Soho.
Pics of the green-haired pop diva in training in her eclectic Y-3 sneaker heels inside...
Willow Smith was spotted literally running in heels yesterday as paparazzi tried to grab shots of her weaving in and out of the stores in Soho. She braved the windy NYC day in a black coat, bear faced tee, jeans, and interesting black/white/yellow Y-3 booties.
She put on a happy face as she hit the stores with her nanny:
And Willow is set to appear in a movie adaptation of the comic book series Amulet with her brother Jaden. Wonder if she's going to switch up her hair color tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day. We all know she likes to be different....
Rapper Fabolous, actor Kevin Hart and Kenny Burnsmade it rain stacks of singles at club Diamonds in Atlanta recently. See NSFW pics of their $28,000 worth of foolywang inside....
Lifestyle guru Kenny Burns, actor Kevin Hart and rapper Fabolous caused a torrential downpour at the grand opening of Diamonds of Atlanta strip club the other night. All to the tune of $28,000.
Jordin Sparks, Tika Sumpter and Carmen Ejogo are set to light up the screen in the movie Sparkle and we've got the new pics from the set of the movie inside.....
We told you earlier about the talented trio of women who will be gracing the screen with Whitney Houston, Cee-lo Green and Mike Epps in Sparkle, and now we have more pics from the movie:
In movie theaters on August 17, fans are eagerly waiting for Jordin, Tika and Carmen to grace us with their beauty and wonderful singing voices in the remake of the 70s classic. There has been talk that the studio wants to push up the release dae because they are concerned about bootleggers due to the increased anticipation after Whitney Houston's death.
The gorge ladies will be joined by Derek Luke who will play Stix, Jordin's (Sparkle's) love interest.
Lil Wayne rocked the stage in Austin last night for his own South By Southwest concert. And crowds flooded Austin Music Hall to catch the shirtless Young Money head honcho run through his tracks, and make his first live annoucnement about his Mountain Dew deal.
Pics and video inside...
Usually catering to independent/underground rock bands, this year's SXSW saw more hip hop than ever. The Game, Nas, 50 Cent, Snoop, T.I., Wale and more all played to crowds in different locations in the same vicinity all last night. And Weezy topped off the night playing his hits, officially kicked off a partnership with Mountain Dew and introduced his new clothing line.
Here's video of a bit of his performance.
Weezy told the crowd (which is also something he will say in his upcoming ad campaign for Mountain Dew): "If you get anything from me, it's to find your name and do you because, ladies and gentlemen, that's what I do," he told the crowd in what he said was a commercial for the new soft drink partnership.
Knowing what Weezy's grill looks like gives a whole new meaning to Mountain Dew mouth.....
Congrats to the homie though.
BONUS: Wayne's daughter Reginae recently snapped a twitpic with his son and her half-brother:
Tyra Banks--with a dark blond & brown locks--hit the red carpet for a great cause this week in NYC. Pics of her getting glam in black chiffon, plus Ciara and her bright blonde locks getting her nails done, inside...
Tyra Banks looked every bit the modelicious chick for the Endometriosis Fundations of America's 4th Annual Blossom Ball last night. The Black Tie event went down at the New York Library and was hosted by Chelsea Handler, Padma Lakshmi, Susan Sarandon and more.
This strapless black & grey chiffon overlayed gown looks gorgeous on Tyra.
And across the country in L.A.:
Ciara threw on her red Victoria's Secret PINK sweats and tee and a black knit hat to run her beauty errands yesterday, including the nail salon:
Reality tv stars Derek J and Neffe (Keyshia Cole's sister) were dodging bullets recently when an angry stylist decided to bust a cap after Neffe complained about her hair! Deets inside....
Down in the ATL, Keyshia Cole's sister Neffe found out the hard way that you can't complain about a bad weave....some stylists are extra sensitive!
According to the police report, after getting a "hairdo" that she felt was a "hair-don't" at one salon, Neffe went across town to Derek J's salon so someone could fix her situation.
But when the first stylist got wind that Neffe came back complaining about the "style," he showed up with a gun!
Derek J said,
"Her (hair was) messed up to the point we didn't know what to do. So I was just like, reach out to the stylist and say 'Hey, what did you use, what did you do?" and it turned from a professional conversation to more of an argument, but we thought it was done."
But it wasn't..........
"A few hours later a gentleman shows up, the other stylist, wanting to talk and started an argument. I asked him to leave," owner Lisa McCall said. "Before turning away, he waved the gun in my face and said, 'You don't think I will?' And I backed up," McCall said.
And then....the stylist pulled the trigger and a bullet went into a floor board!
"We knew it wasn't a good thing when he came, but we thought it was going to be a quick exchange with words and then he was going to be gone. So, nobody really knew he would pull out a gun," Derek said.
The gun-packing stylist is still on the loose but no one was injured.....thankfully!
But Derek J added that he's pissed his floor got messed up! And he tweeted,
I want to say thank you to everyone that sent their concerns about the incident @Jspotsalon I am ok it is just unfortunate
Rihanna (a fan of the "ink") has a new tattoo. See what she got inside and find out what she said about her own curvy figure and getting her butt back!
Rihanna recently inked a small cross on her collarbone, and pics surfaced online today. And though she has been mum on its meaning, perhaps she is asking a Divine power to help her pack on the pounds! She's said that she wants to put on weight below the waist.
"I'm working on getting [my butt] back," she told PEOPLE. "It used to be my favorite body part, but now it's disappeared!" Luckily, the singer's got plenty of techniques in mind for the task. "I'm going to have to start hiking or at least going on the elliptical or walking on an incremental treadmill or horseback riding. Something that firms the butt."
But if the exercise doesn't work, her diet should help with the pounds. She also said,
"I'm eating everything. I've been eating ice cream and fast food and Italian food."
But she quickly added, "I drink a lot of coconut water. It balances out all the other toxic stuff I put into my body."
Lil Mo is back on the scene with Tweet. And the twosome just dropped a video for Mo's new track "I Love Me." Check it inside, plus Melanie Fiona's new song she wrote with Drake, "I've Been that Girl."
Lil Mo teamed up with the low-key singer Tweet for her track "I Love Me." The new video shows Mo singing in the church while dealing with a relationship. And Tweet looking and sounding like her usual fab self. Check out the video above making its rounds on VH1 Soul today.
And as Melanie Fiona's new album drop date approaches, new tracks from the LP are getting leaked. The newest drop--a song co-written by her longtime friend and fellow Toronto homie (who she also used to be in a singing group with)Drake called "I Been That Girl." Check it below:
Mel told The Boombox a few months ago about why Drake took time away from his own album to write for hers:
"In the midst of working on his album, he wrote a song specifically for me and my album," she reveals. "It's amazing because I love that it's written by a guy from a woman's perspective. It's really, really cool. We all know he's great for locking in on emotion, and I'm great for writing and singing about it, so I think it's a really cool concept that I think is really going to empower women. 'That Girl' is a girl who's done some foolish things for love, but never again."
Ms. Fiona's sophomore LP The MF Life is out March 20th on Universal Republic/Title 9/SRC.
"ROLLING OUT" Magazine has released photos from their upcoming issue with Diggy Simmons. See the pics and video of the fly jet-setting youngin' inside....
Diggy Simmons has a hot spread in the latest issue of ROLLING OUT. The 16-year-old (he turns 17 the day after his album drops) is all grown up and prepping to drop his debut studio album Unexpected Arrival on March 20th:
The graffiti inspired shoot has NYC flavor stamped all over it.
The game's next big star tweeted his excitement today saying, "4 more days till Unexpected Arrival!!!!"
I bet the cougars are just sharpening their claws. Diggy was last rumored to be dating fellow Def Jam signee Jessica Jarrell, but has recently claimed to be single.
Flavor Flav is going for Colonel Sanders' top chicken king spot! The hype man turned tv personality is putting his earnings to use by opening up another fried chicken spot. But this one's a Take Out joint in Vegas.
Pics of Flav frying it up in the kitchen, plus celebrating with his fiancee' and baby boy, inside...
One chicken & rib joint in Iowa just ain't enough. So Flav brought his crisptastic abilities to Las Vegas (where he currently resides) to begin another greasy venture. He just opened up the House of Flavor Take Out Restaurant yesterday in Sin City.
And his fiancee' of 9 years, Liz, was right on his arm with one of their sons Gibran. Sidenote: If you saw ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap" episode a couple months ago where Flav's fam swapped with Dee Snider's fam--it would explain A LOT. Just sayin'....
After dropping some breasts and legs into the deep fryer, Flav and his clock cut the official opening day ribbon alongside his fam:
Violet Nash had a super cute 2nd birthday party recently. We posted a few pics before of the aftermath of the party, now check out the inside.
Pics plus Tichina Arnold's daughter's birthday Twitter shoot and Tia Mowry making working mommyhood look fab inside...
How precious! Christina Milian's little girl is growing up in front our eyes. Little Violet celebrated her 2nd birthday at The Children’s Place in L.A. The company set up an adorable little girls and boys clothing boutique inside the party featuring the “Spring Dressy” collection. Each guest left with a gift bag containing a $75 gift card.
Also, Violet wore not one, but TWO dresses from The Children’s Place at her party. She started out wearing a girlie ruffle floral dress, but then changed into a more glam sequin dress right before they brought out her cake! Learning fashion from her mommy already.
Carson Daley was there as well.
So cute!
And speaking of birthday, Tichina Arnold's daughter ALIJAH KAI is 8-years-old today! And Tichina had some fun snapping pics of her animated little one today. Wonder where she gets that from...
Tichina tweeted: "Another B Girl pose. I swear she posed this way on her own. She's an 80's girl naturally." Cute!
And Tia Mowry Hardrict was every bit the working mom as she snapped an Instagram pic while feeding her baby boy Cree on the set of her new movie. She's currently filming "MistleTones" for an ABC Family Movie special in Utah.
Tamar Braxton, the sassy baby sister we love to watch on WE's "Braxton Family Values," turns 35 today. Celebrate inside....
"Braxton Family Values" breakout star, Tamar Braxton, is indeed the center of attention today. Exactly where she loves to be.
As the "tell it like it is" sister who's full of one-liners, wise cracks and witty dot coms, Tamar is made for TV. And as she and her husband Vince prepare for their own reality show and Tamar's next solo album, expect to hear and see a lot more from this fab diva in 2012.
Check out Tamar's year in style in the gallery.....
