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When news hit that the Jay-Z and R-Kelly album tour might not finish due to a discrepancy between the artists, fans did not believe the bad news. Suddenly rumors culminated into tragedy when a Jay-Z cohort named Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith maced R.Kelly behind stage and thus bringing the album tour to a screeching halt.
Not to be outshined, determined multi-millionaire athletes and rappers took it upon themselves to keep the drama going and start their own Number #1 album tour. The album boasts the hottest celebrities from The Vibe Awards and the rosters of the NBA's Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. The Worst of Both Worlds album has been number on the TV charts for 6 weeks straight and sending the Nielsen ratings through the roof .The album has a record setting 5 hit singles including "Chair Throw", "Smack the Shit Out of Smug White Fan" , "Stab That Fool" , "Suge Told Me to Do It" and "Camera Ain't Recording".
Executive produced by G-Unit's, Young Buck and re-mixed by the Indiana Pacers Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson, this double album is scheduled to still be topping the charts when Young Buck comes home from his jail re-union with Tony Yayo. All album proceeds will go to reimburse the lost wages of Pacers players and settle the civil lawsuits brought by ambulance chasing fans against NBA players. All of this is a true story, it just hasn't happened yet.
WASHINGTON, DC -A CNN/Gallup poll released Monday shows that 50 percent of people who consider themselves members of the hip hop generation voting block (18 -34) have some good reasons that they have not registered to vote.
During the latest Hip Hop Summit in one of the major swing states. CNN pollsters were prodded by Host Russell Simmons to take a instant poll of all the new hip hop registrants on hand. The results astounded most political pundits and confused half of the potential electorate who were on hand. CNN polled 22,000 of the hip-hop generation potential electorate on the single most compelling campaign question as recognized by MTV, which is "Why haven't you registered to vote already?"
40% of respondents polled say they Already Voted on "American Idol".
29% of respondents polled say they "Don't want to risk getting spam! ".
17% of respondents polled say "Nobody told them who to vote for."
8% of respondents polled say they don't want to register to vote because they heard there was going to be a draft.
4% of respondents polled said Benzino told them it cost like 10,000.
1% of respondents polled said they preferred to wait until there was a "perfect candidate".
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone seized upon the CNN/Gallup poll news and said they were going to organize a voting campaign to insure further confusion by throwing a mega party for non-voters in each swing state to ensure that the undecided electorate have a choice.
Pimps and Hoes are both set to win educationally as the Education Council presents the HOES Scholarship. Sponsored in part by Lil' Kim The HOES Scholarship was created because the education council believes in equal rights. Pimps have been getting all of the glory with everything from Pimp Juice, Pimps Up Hoes Down, Pimp Stick, Pimp Walk, an entire song dedicated to being a P.I.M.P and most recently a scholarship to honor young PIMPs. The Education Council feels that it is time that women get their slice of the educational pie because Hoes gotta learn too! HOES is an acronym for Honest Organized Exemplary Student Scholarships.
Also sponsored in part by Lil Kim, the Positive Upstanding Socially Stable Youth scholarship is for young ladies that wish to exploit their R-rated skills to their advantage. While the scholarship is initially open to college students, a select number of scholarships will be available to college-bound high school senior students.
Requirements for this scholarship: candidates must submit an oral dissertation on the cultural significance of being a ‘tip drill’ and submit a 5 minute video/DVD of them performing to Lil John’s “Bia Bia.” Special consideration is given for candidates who enclose pictures of themselves in various states of undress, and/or demonstrate an extreme amount of flexibility. This scholarship gives candidates a 30-minute audience with video performer Gloria Velez, as well as information on how to audition for the latest Juvenile music video. In addition to the scholarship, lucky candidates will also be granted a pictorial for King Magazine to further their burgeoning careers as a video H.O., or Hopeful Opportunists.
Additional reporting by Jewel Thief and Shyne Brightly.
Russell Simmons Presents: Hip Hop Justice will premiere on Court TV October 6, 2004 at 10 PM ET/PT. The program investigates the compelling link between hip hop superstars and law enforcement. The program is the first in a series of documentaries on Court TV, and will address hot-button issues including profiling, sexual exploitation, and gang violence, as well as examine how law enforcement views young, successful hip hop artists whose "thuggish" artistic style often appears as integral to their personas as it is to their music.
Speaking on his 1 billion dollar Phat Farm Digital phone from the Democratic National Convention Simmons said "Hip hop artists and their wives have long been the target of law enforcement and government officials, therefore Hip Hop Justice seeks to investigate and reveal this underexposed history between law enforcement and hip hop's biggest stars. Just to make it authentic my wife has volunteered herself to me for the first episode I am going to give her some 1 million dollar sunglasses with night vision to wear at 11pm and hide some marijuana in her car, and see what happens, if she zigzags all over the road. They better recognize her and apprehend her, after all she’s a fashion powerhouse whose gorgeous nude form can be seen on a 800 x 800 ft Times Square billboard for her Baby Phat line of clothes that you hating reporters can’t afford.”
Kimora's attorney, Stacey Richman, said: "We deny any wrongdoing whatsoever" and called the incident "another example of a prominent member of the hip-hop community being made an example of." A friend of the couple claimed cops conducted an illegal search and insisted that the pot in question was really a bag of oregano that belonged to the "Iron Chef" who was a passenger in the car. Kimora had flown in the "Iron Chef" from Paris to cook Russell a special vegetarian pasta and make him a special blend of intoxicating non-alcoholic wine made from organic cherries.
Los Angeles - MTV is adding a new reality show to it's fall lineup. Buoyed by the success of rapper Xzibit's "Pimp My Ride" reality show, Viacom executives are excited about the signing of Tiger Woods to pair with Xzibit for a new show called "Pimp my Golf cart". Scheduled to debut on MTV in September, Woods and Xzibit plan to refurbish old golf carts and make them look like "tricked out" cars. The golf carts will be auctioned off at both the Masters and PGA Tournament with most of the proceeds going to charity.
Woods signed on for a reported 5 million dollars per episode after both Fuzzy Zeller and Jack Nicholson refused the offer, due to scheduling conflicts. Woods initially felt that he did not have the street credibility to pull off such a task but Viacom President Mel Karmazin got on the phone with Justin Prager, Director of Programming for MTV and the duo placed a conference call to Woods. Prager assured Woods it was a "no lose situation" for his image and Karmazin ended the Transatlantic conference call by telling Woods "don't worry we own Hip-Hop culture. If MTV and BET say it's hot then the rest of society will go along with it." Nike President, Phil Knight said he was worried that Woods image would suffer with "die hard Golf fans and Caublanasians in America".
Redmond, Washington - Today in his keynote address at COMDEX Spring 2004, Microsoft Corp. Founder and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the company's plan to deliver Microsoft® Word2004, an application designed to allow people to capture Ebonics phrases and slang terms in regular documents and then organize and use them more effectively. Flanked by Method Man and Ice T, Gates told the audience the new product is scheduled to be available in mid-2004, Word2004 immediately was nicknamed to "Wordup" by software consultant Ice T.
This new application is tailored to meet the needs of everybody who wants a better solution for organizing, accessing and sharing information. Word2004 builds on the easy-to-use tools and features found in Microsoft Office to enhance the way people talk in the hood and understand English, which is often the first step in creating a formal document. Word2004 already has words like "shizzle" in it before Random House or Merriam Websters can officially recognize them
"Word2004" is a highly personal process that has not been well supported by computer software," until now said Method Man, the companies new advisor on linguistics services at Microsoft. "Word2004" complements individual styles for capturing and organizing thoughts. It pairs the flexibility of a bastardized language with the organizational efficiency of digital content. By creating new applications such as "word2004", we are keeping the Microsoft Office family fresh and making strides to meet our goal of improving information-worker productivity in a dope and funky way." It's hard to keep up with the changing landscape because the kids from the inner city are always adding new things.
"Wordup" is the second new Microsoft Office family application introduced in the past month and is another example of Microsoft's continued commitment to innovation and to providing applications that help people get value from the technology they use every day.
Stewart Charges Dropped
Playahata Times | Business Section A04
U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldmen Cedarbum, the star struck judge in the Martha Stewart trial, dismissed securities fraud charges against the homemaking diva, saying prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence for the jury to decide the matter. The Judge said “the rich are different from you and me, they should be held to a different standard.” This is white-collar crime, this is not serious, she is not like Jason Williams all evidence pointing to her is purely accidental. The Judge decided that the jurors might rule guilty after hearing testimony against Stewart by her two best friends and her mom.
Mariana Pasternak, who has known Stewart for more than 20 years, said Stewart confided to her during a Mexican vacation that she knew in advance about the Waksal sales. Pasternak testified Stewart told her: "Isn't it nice to have brokers who tell you those things?" Ann Armstrong, a lifetime assistant, testified Stewart personally altered a computer log of a Dec. 27, 2001, message from her broker Peter Bacanovic - just days before she went in for her first interview with investigators.
Martha’s mom told the court under oath that her daughter admitted to being guilty but said “since nobody went to jail from Halliburton why should she mess up the track record for White collar crime, it’s only investor money that they we are stealing”. Stewart had told court reporters that she expects the prosecution to eventually drop all charges in return for 5 days probation and community service. She said her first task would be to re-decorate the prison cell that Jayson Williams was going to be in, because if you are rich and you have to go to jail, you should at least live in style.
(Playahata Times) - Amid speculation that Michael Jackson was going to commit suicide if the media continued to portray him as a pedophile. Three networks ran one hour specials with Gloria Aldred as host of each. FOX, MSNBC, and CBS issued a joint statement saying that "speculation that Michael Jackson's may be hiring new management from the Nation Of Islam may pre-empt all State of the union addresses, sports championships, terror alert: code reds, code oranges, and code yellows, as well as public affair programming." In a statement issued by Rupert Murdoch President of Fox, Murdoch said that only Britney Spears fake wedding news can precede Michael Jackson news. Our dedication to Michael is unprecedented we shall cancel all Black History Month programming specials in honor of exclusive Michael Jackson’s news.
In response Michael Jackson held a press conference where he smoked a blunt and then used the end of it to burn his passport indicating he isn't going anywhere. MJ then released this statement in a new manly baritone voice "ya'll better Leave Me alone before I wig-out". MJ continued "I got on my bulletproof vest today because my NOI security don't carry no guns and I have to be sure you beatch asses don't try to 'Kennedy me'. However, ya'll ain't ever gonna be able to get my Beattle catalog, - big up to my dawg Dick Gregory! I am not broke, I am still selling overseas, and after I finish recording this new album with Fiddy-Cent, I will be selling here to. JJJJJ-Unit.!!!!!!!!"
During the Press conference Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Lisa Marie, was seen jumping up and down in the background saying, "I told ya'll he don’t really sound like that, you see that's how he used to sound at home."
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