Video Premiere: Jamie Foxx – Blame It
I’m sure you’ve seen this video already, so I’m posting it to pose a question: is Nahright putting Worldstar Hip Hop on blast for artificially inflating views to boost their revenue?
More people probably saw the Blame It video on OnSMASH than on BET. 30,000 views in 12hours (since 8pm last night.)
Actual numbers^, not inflated (*cough*worldstarflipflop*cough*).
Yeah, I’m sure you got 15,000 views from one minute to the next.
Here’s some background: last weekend, Sandrarose.com received an email from a Warner Bros. executive asking us to check out one of his artist’s videos on WSHH. He boasted that the video garnered over 300,000 views in just 24 hours.
But oddly enough, the comments under that video were all calling out WSHH for artificially inflating the view count on that same video. Then a member of the Hip Hop Ads group on Yahoo.com noticed that when he refreshed the page, the view count for that video jumped by 30,000 views.
Thanks to Dr. Drew at Drew Reports for the tip!
Chris Brown’s Court Date Pushed Back
According to the NY Daily News, woman beater Chris Brown’s court date has been pushed back to give the LAPD investigators more time to gather evidence and build a stronger case against him.
Word is that Rihanna’s photo evidence leak last week has pushed the investigation into a different direction. The LAPD is looking rather sloppy for apparently losing control of this case. It is reported that one of their own sold the evidence photo to an online entertainment outlet for $62,500.
Brown was arrested and charge with the brutal attack on Rihanna after they left Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party in the early morning hours of Feb. 8. Rihanna suffered minor bruising and cuts on her face and rumored bit marks on her arms.
She has been in seclusion for the past three weeks. But recently, photos were taken of her riding in the back of an SUV with bodyguards reportedly hired by her former beau, Jay Z.
Brown is currently free on bail.
New Music: T.I. – Gone ‘Til November
This mixtape was sent to us by loyal reader Laylow yesterday. But we didn’t get a chance to listen to it. If you’re interested, you can download it below.
DOWNLOAD: Trap-A-Holics & T.I. – Gone ‘Til November
Celebs Out & About
Juelz Santana celebrated his birthday last night at the Hiro Ballroom in NYC. Reality tv personality Tocarra came out to help him celebrate.
Both Miss Info, on the left, and Angie Martinez, have popular Hip Hop shows on NY’s Hot 97. But only Miss Info has a blog — and it’s poppin’ too. By the way, Angie Martinez has a son with Nokio of Dru Hill. Judging from the recent pictures I’ve seen of him, I doubt they are still together. It looks like Nokio has finally stopped resisting his inner female – and there is nothing wrong with that. I just wonder why women pretend not to notice when their men are a little effeminate. Anyway, Nokio is featured on Keith Sweat’s new reality show “Platinum House” which airs every Monday night on Peachtree TV at 10 p.m.
New Jersey Nets star Vince Carter and multimedia personality Egypt were in the house.
Ne-Yo was the headliner at the fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta last night. “This is my first time headlining, so with that comes a whole lot of responsibilities,” he told Access Music Scene’s Sonia Murray. When it comes to stage presence and style, Ne-Yo is the man to beat. Everyone from Usher to Chris Brown has copied Ne-Yo’s stage routines and wardrobe. That’s a true sign of success.
Photo by Nikki Harris/AJC.com
Multimedia personality Free posed with reality tv personality and model Tocarra at the Launch of VIBE’s 2009 Vsessions LIVE! at Joe’s Pub in NYC last night.
Mariah’s husband Nick Cannon and VIBE editor Danyel Smith attended the Launch of VIBE’s 2009 Vsessions LIVE! at Joe’s Pub in NYC last night. I wish I could tell you about the email I received yesterday offering an opportunity for me to work with Nick. But I can’t tell you the details ’cause I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Can you imagine ME of all people working with Nick Cannon??? Lol.
Legendary rapper-turned celebrity photographer, D-Nice and Atlanta tv personality Kenny Burns attended the Launch of VIBE’s 2009 V Sessions LIVE! at Joe’s Pub in NYC last night.
Photos: Wireimage/Getty
Stevie Wonder Honored With Special Ceremony At White House
The legendary Stevie Wonder was honored at a special ceremony last night at the White House in D.C. Mr. Wonder was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize by POTUS Barack Obama. Afterwards he performed a special medley of his hits. It’s a well-known fact that Stevie Wonder is First Lady Michelle Obama’s favorite musician. And since their marriage is in trouble, according to People magazine, her man Baracked some strings to get a medal for Mr. Wonder so he would appear at the White House. Now that’s love right there.
I love how Michelle totally igged the naysayers in the mainstream press who feel she should stick with tradition and wear sleeves in the White House. They keep forgetting Michelle is not Laura Bush. She’s a sistah who wears what she wants to wear.
I don’t know how I would feel if everywhere I went women were drooling over my man. But Michelle is strong and she has already indicated that while there are problems within her marriage, she is willing to work to keep her man. Bless her heart.
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers expertly handled all the planning of the special ceremony. I hear she’s still smarting from the stinging criticism she received for her revealing outfit at NY’s Fashion Week. But I think she looked great. Ignore the haters Desiree.
Photos: Getty Images
Separated At Birth: Ongina and Amber Rose
I know you’re getting tired of Amber Rose posts, but a loyal reader sent over the pic on the right of Kanye West and his beard Amber Rose from Perez Hilton’s blog.
Then I saw this pic of Ongina, the winner of Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race “MAC VIVA GLAM” Challenge. Tell me they don’t look like twins.
Photos: Wireimage/Getty and Perez
Morgan Freeman’s Mistress Files Lawsuit Against Him
The female passenger in Morgan Freeman’s car when he rolled it over into a ditch, wants to hit Freeman where it hurt most: his wallet.
At this very moment, her attorney Gloria Allred is holding a press conference to spill the tea on their romance.
Meanwhile, Freeman’s ex-wife, who got her loot and split, is somewhere laughing her azz off. He should have just paid his mistress off to keep quiet like Sean Combs did.
From TMZ.com:
TMZ has just obtained a copy of Demaris Meyer’s lawsuit against Freeman. In it, she claims he was drinking during dinner that night and had at least one more drink at a separate location afterwards — before the infamous crash occurred.
It’s time for the big reveal! The passenger in Morgan Freeman’s car crash last year is about to announce her lawsuit against the actor — but more importantly, we’re about to find out if she was his lady on the side as well. Gloria Allred, take it away!
