Queen Latifah Discusses Her Sexuality

Thursday, September 24 2009 4:36 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

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Recently, Dana sat with Renada Romain on Hip-Hop Nation and spoke on her ambiguous sexuality. Shyne ain’t the only that like girls, that like girls. OK?

Russell Explains LL’s Absence At Hip Hop Honors

Thursday, September 24 2009 3:21 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

If you fast forward to the 2:46 mark, Uncle Rush explains that LL’s demand kept him from coming to Brooklyn last night. Apparently, he was busy promoting his new television show NCIS: Los Angeles. Hold that YN!

Props YK2 via GG

Another Jay-Z On Oprah Preview

Thursday, September 24 2009 2:30 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Tick tock. It’s almost 4 o’clock. Here’s the visual to the audio we put up yesterday. “I can’t wait.”—Redman

Previously: Jay-Z Teaches Oprah How To Rap

Royce Da 5’9 & Crooked I Speak On “Forever” Cameos

Thursday, September 24 2009 1:32 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan

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The video for “Forever” didn’t live up to the Hype (pun intended), but Royce and Crook spoke to VIBE about their cameo appearances and addressed those pesky rumors.

“There’s gonna be rumors when somebody see something like that but it just is what it is. We just all family,” says Royce. “As everybody knows, Em is a good friend of mine. We’ve been good friends for years. I just had my Slaughterhouse brothers in town and [Eminem's manager] Paul [Rosenberg] asked me to come down and be in the video and they just happened to be in town with me so I just brought ‘em with me.”

“The song itself is kinda like an All-star lineup,” Crooked I told VIBE. “It kinda symbolizes each person is playing their position just how LeBron does on the court and his team, so it’s kinda cool. I like the song. Em ripped it. I think he hit the home run, but I liked everybody’s verses.”

It’s Official: DMX & Ja Rule Squash Beef

Thursday, September 24 2009 1:30 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, True Story

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I knew my eyes weren’t deceiving me. As X was leaving the venue, he stopped by Ja’s seat on the aisle. Greeted him with a smile and a hug. Ja looked real happy like a lil’ brother and embraced him back for about 5 seconds. The crowd literally went, “Ahh!” Then X and his new dame bounced. Ja remained seated. No Lil Mama. Flip Cam FAIL.

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Sidebar: I don’t see any pictures yet. And Ja didn’t walk red carpet.

Juelz Santana Defends Chris Brown Collaboration

Thursday, September 24 2009 1:12 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Juelz Santana appreciates the pioneers in the game so he came to BK to pay his respects. While out there The Life Files got him to address breakin’ bread with C Breezy around the 2 minute mark.

Did you feel any particular way about working with Chris Brown after…
Oh, Never! Never! After what? After he got into a personal thing that’s his business. I would never. You don’t kick a man when he down. You don’t look down on a person unless you trying to lift him up. You dig what I’m sayin’? I remember when they wasn’t playin’ the “Run It” song and Chris first came to me and said, I want to get a rapper on it. And once I got on it, they started playin’ the record. So at the end of the day, I feel like me and him made magic together. It was time for us to make magic again. I got the right track from Polow. I heard him on it before I even got him on it. So I reached out to my dude, I didn’t care about no situation. You live and you learn, he’s young. Like I told him that from an older dude as long as you learn from this situation, life is a road of learning experiences, man. As long as you learn from everything you do. It is what it is.

At the end he goes, “Fuck with me but don’t fuck with me, nigga”? Is that the new shit?

Spotted: PDS (They always link back too)

Nicki Minaj Interview With Honey Mag

Thursday, September 24 2009 1:10 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

“Nicki, Nicki, Nicki can’t you see/ Sometimes [insert body part here] just hypnotize me.” Sitting with Honey Mag, Nicki discusses her relationship with Benjamin F. and her budding career.

Props: NR

Home Invasion: Green Lantern Interviews Fat Joe

Thursday, September 24 2009 12:37 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Two of my favorite folks, the Evil Genius and Joe Crack are choppin’ it up in the Cartagena casa. After the jump, peep Part 1 of their sitdown. The homie Swift says we ain’t seen nothin’ yet and the next clip has Joe speakin’ candidly on the situation with Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios. I’m beggin’ him for the exclusive on that one. I just want to be successful. Ha!

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Jay-Z Takes Paris

Thursday, September 24 2009 12:29 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

This guy’s become quite a press junkie. I can’t even keep up, anymore. International Hov! BP3 is still in stores, y’all. Oprah today.

Spotted: BC

Props: Jay-Z Journal

And a big shout to the good folks at 57th Ave for beating me to my own content. Ha!


Soulja Boy & Rosa Acosta Engaged?

Thursday, September 24 2009 12:19 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Gossip

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Alotta dudes are nauseous right about now. I told you this kid was smart. Wait. Maybe he isn’t. The main source is Media Takeout so we’ll have to wait and see. But apparently SB proposed to the hottest video chick in the game some time last week. If it ain’t true, it’s a pretty good rumor.

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Spotted: Starpulse

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Sidebar: We can confirm Dre is makin’ records with Fuck Boy Brown. Don’t ask him for relationship advice.

Update: Time to deny.

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