50 Cent made an appearance on ESPN's First Take to talk about music's influence on boxers and his current relationship with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
50 said the two are still friends and he accepts that Floyd's personality causes him to occasionally flip flop. The G-Unit boss also weighed in on Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao by saying he feels Money May ducked Pac Man, but not because he feared him. He believes Floyd picks his fights now solely based on business and if he feels a fighter isn't worthy of making the kind of money he gets, he probably won't fight them.
Comedian/actor Mike Epps stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning to talk about a little of everything.
Topics included Clive Davis coming out of the closet, Lil Wayne clowning on the Miami Heat, Joe Budden's weird beard, 2 Chainz pretending to be young when he's really 55-years old, playing Richard Pryor in Nina Simone film "Nina," upcoming movie "Vipaka" with Forest Whitaker and more, Marlon Wayans not deserving the role of Richard Pryor, hosting Uncle Murda's "The 1st 48" mixtape, "Hangover 3," Mike Tyaon, Katt Williams and more.
Miguel gifts fans with another official music video off of his outstanding sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream. "It's so easy to ignore what's right in front of us sometimes. I wanted to create a song and visual that addressed my everyday concerns of life as I know it in the world that we live in," says Miguel of "Candles in the Sun."
Cell phone footage of some of the things Lil Wayne said after going off at the whole Miami Heat roster during All Star Weekend. Weezy is allegedly banned from all NBA games by the Miami Heat after saying he smashed Chris Bosh's wife
Beyonce's "Life Is But a Dream" documentary premiered on HBO last night. The film was co-directed, co-written and co-executive produced by Beyonce herself.
The documentary is an in depth look at the life and struggles of the superstar.
Check out the brand new single, “Freaks” from Bad Boy signee French Montana. The track, produced by Rico Love, features Young Money signee Nicki Minaj and a sample from Chaka Demus & Pliers’ “Murder, She Wrote” and Doug E. and Lil’ Vicious’s “Freaks.”
The single is set to feature on French Montana’s debut album, Excuse My French, which is slated to hit stores May 21st.
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it
seems like a majority of Americans aren't just faced with the tasks of
satisfying their main squeeze. They also have their side piece to
consider.
The Huffington Post recently reported that based on collective data AshleyMadison.com, a site exclusively for cheaters, ten states reached the top of the list. For your enlightenment, we provided a countdown. Washington, D.C. made it to number one, hence the reason why it is our feature pic.
Ryan Leslie made a pit stop by The Breakfast Club this morning to talk with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy.
The producer/singer/rapper discussed his upcoming album titled Black Mozart, losing a $1.2 million dollar judgement to a man who returned his stolen laptop that was stolen in Cologne, Germany in 2010, denies crying on stage because of the judgement, being a Harvard graduate, losing Cassie to Diddy, upcoming tour and more.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with DJ Whoo Kid for an exclusive interview.
Today marks the 10 Year anniversary of 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. DJ Whoo Kid remembers it all and talks about first meeting 50 Cent after he got shot, the wardrobe G-Unit had, the tour bus, being scared everyday on tour that his life was on danger, people getting shot while 50 was performing, where Jack Thriller was when 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' first came out, hearing the first "GGGGGGGGGGGGGG-Unit" & much more!
TMZ said that according to the incident report, Frank Ocean told the authorities that he was called a f*ggot just before Breezy allegedly threatened to shoot him.
Before Brown punched him, Ocean admitted to excusing Brown of taking his parking spot and not being willing to shake his hand to reconcile.
After taking a blow to the face, the "Novacane" singer told police he found himself in a corner with Brown's homies attempting to kick him.
Frank is unsure who made the f*ggot comment, but he did report that Chris threaten to shoot him by saying, "We can bust on you too!"
Overall, Ocean remembers the fight lasting two to three minutes. He endured minor injuries.
On Frank's blog he said he has no plans to press charges, however, he did tell the police he wants to see Breezy in jail. Hmmm.
Here's the brand new mixtape from New Orleans emcee Curren$y. For New Jet City, Spitta Andretti has recruited Styles P, Jadakiss, Juicy J, Juvenile, Lloyd, Trinidad James, Trademark, Young Roddy and more.
The evasi0n jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch devices running
iOS 6.0 to iOS 6.1 has just been released by the evad3rs. The jailbreak
also supports the second generation Apple TV.
The new evasi0n jailbreak utility is compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux computers. You can down the utility from here.
In the wake of mass shootings like the ones in Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado, there has been an increasing debate about gun control in America.
While most of the debate has centered on spree shootings, Al Jazeera English takes a look at the problem of gangs and guns in America's inner cities in the third part of their three part series "Inside Story Americas: Guns In the United States."
Today's episode focuses on Baltimore, Maryland. The city, which was the backdrop for HBO's gritty series "The Wire"
had 217 murders last year. 1 in 4 people live below the poverty line.
Many people living in the inner city have turned to gangs and drug
dealing as a means of survival, which means more gun violence, making it
a dangerous place to live.
"Because you know it's a lot of wolves in this city. You refuse to be that one sheep that gets taken for everything," said former gang member, Shawn Hawkins. "You
know in your heart you're a good guy and you don't intend on hurting
anybody, but the next man may hurt you. You're gonna need a gun."
Shawn says getting your hands on a gun in Baltimore is very easy.
"It's like going to the store to buy a lollipop. If you got the money, you got a gun in this city," he says. "If
you had to break it down 1/4 of it would be for drugs, 1/4 of it would
be for gangs. 50 percent in general is just pure survival."
Shawn Hawkins
Shakiara Lester works for "Rewired for Change,"
a charity that helps people escape the cycle of gang violence, gun
crimes and prison. She explains why many turn to those options to
survive.
"A lot of people between the ages of 16 and 24, they gota take care of their entire house," she explains. "Their
grandmother is an alcoholic, their mother don't come home, they don't
know the father, but the mother got four kids. All y'all living in one
house. You gotta take care of them. So now what's left for me to do that
I'm 18-years old and my grandmother can't feed my four brothers and
sisters? I have to go and do it. Nobody is talking about the reality of
it, They're just saying that all the bad people should be in jail."
Handguns are the second leading cause of death for African Americans from 18 to 25-years old in the United States.
Why isn't there more attention being paid to gun homicides in urban
areas? Is the answer more power for police? This documentary attempts to
examine that issue. Watch it below