Beyonce’s Allure Photoshoot
Images from Beyonce’s Allure magazine shoot are all over the Internet. She talked about having a baby camel with Jay Z but she’s not too sure about herself or her abilities to be a mother.
“I definitely want to have a child,” she says. “But I know from my nephew it’s a lot. I hope that those things will just happen naturally. I still haven’t had time to relax.”
Wow, she knows from her nephew that having a child is a lot of work? Please don’t have a baby, Beyonce.
Put ‘Em On Blast: Don P & Dave Swagga/ D.O.T. Promotions
Grand Hustle wants you to know that promoters Don P and Dave Swagga (pictured above) of D.O.T. Promotions are in no way affiliated with Grand Hustle Records, T.I., or its artists. Just to be clear, Don P is not the same Don P of Trillville.
Don P and Dave Swagga are not A&R or executives for Grand Hustle and can not sign you as an artist, model, etc., at Grand Hustle.
According to Grand Hustle exec Clay Evans, all Dave and his company was ever hired to do was pass out fliers last year. Since then they have misappropriated Grand Hustle and T.I.’s name in all of their business dealings and promotions without permission and led other labels and artists to believe they are partnered with Grand Hustle.
Over the weekend, DOT Promotions held a model search and casting for a reality show supposedly featuring T.I. at Obsessions nightclub in Atlanta using Grand Hustle and T.I’s name. When confronted by Grand Hustle’s Clay Evans at the club, Don P ran from the premises.
“As I started finding out things, and talking to different people, they start telling me different things,” said Evans. “By no means do we want to mislead women. I told them our brand is too solid for that type of ***. When I confronted him, he takes off.”
DOT Promotions also recruited interns for industry online training program “for Grand Hustle Records” and posted ads on Craigslist like this one.
Evans wanted the women who came out to Obsessions to know that it was Akini The Blak Mac (Ryan Cameron’s producer on V-103) who came through and “saved the day” and “cleaned the mess up” by bringing his staff through and interviewing them, taking their pictures without asking for compensation. “He didn’t get compensated a dime. That was very nice of him,” said Evans.
Evans said even though the auditions were not authorized by GH, he would still hire some of the women anyway for Grand Hustle events in the future, including Young Dro’s birthday party at Luckie Lounge tomorrow night.
Evans said Grand Hustle does not want anyone taking advantage of people or giving anyone false hope.
ObamaCare “Dead” If Brown Wins; Let The Finger Pointing Begin
Hopefully, those of you who care about the direction your government is leading this country in are aware of the special elections going on right now in Boston, Mass.
Scott Brown, a Republican, is poised to knock off U.S. president Barack Obama’s choice to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s vacant Senate seat. Sen. Martha Coakley, a Democrat, is trailing in all polls. Obama needs this win if he is to save his legacy (since that’s all he really cares about).
Republicans have argued that a Scott Brown victory today would stop ObamaCare in its tracks. Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi insist that it won’t. On today’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) agreed with Republicans, saying that he would have a “difficult time” voting for what he sees as an inferior Senate bill. Read More…
Wyclef Sheds Crocodile Tears in Defense of Yele
The pressure and intense scrutiny finally got to former Fugees frontman Wyclef Jean who put on an emotional show weeping during a press conference yesterday where he defended the sloppy paperwork for his charity organization Yele.
The charity took in $2 million in text message donations as a result of urgent pleas by Wyclef immediately following a massive earthquake that rocked his native Haiti last week.
Yele and its board members came under fire last week after a Smoking Gun report revealed that Wyclef — a millionaire — paid himself and his bass player hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, and paid $30,000 to a man who worked in the kitchen of Wyclef’s Manhattan studio.
Wyclef also charged Yele $100,000 for a live performance and annual rent for a small space in his studio. Additionally, the state of Florida dissolved the charity 4 times for failing to provide required disclosure reports.
Yele, which benefited from the star power of Wyclef, has no staff and no resources or means to get the money and relief to the people of Haiti in a timely fashion.
Wyclef tugged at heartstrings during the press conference by recounting his brief time picking up corpses on the island. “My people are dying, and I have to go back in a few days,” he said.
Though his tortuous path to Haiti and back is lined with good intentions, the fact is that Yele is not an appropriate organization to provide massive relief efforts which are required immediately in Haiti.
Celebs Out & About
Hip Hop’s sexiest rapper Young Jeezy hosted a party at B.E.D. Nightclub on Miami Beach, Florida over the weekend, with portions of the proceeds going to benefit the victims of Haiti Earthquake.
Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. Henson was all over Kim Porter and Sarah Chapman’s man, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs at the 3rd annual BET Honors at the Warner Theatre on Saturday in Washington, DC. OK I’m kidding about Sarah. I hear she is dating a nice man and when she’s ready to reveal him she will (to me). They say he’s a professional ball player ’cause that’s what Sarah likes.
Speaking of Kim Porter, she attended a ‘Boom Boom Room’ baby event at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles with her and Diddy’s twins Delilah and Jessie James, 3. The t-shirts they’re wearing pay homage to the legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and to 70s rock band “Led Zeppelin.” If you know anything about Led Zeppelin, you know that they were devout devil worshippers who infused witchcraft imagery into their stage shows. Led Zeppelin attire is hardly appropriate for babies.
Actress/singer Tichina Arnold pushed up on Dwyane Wade’s jump off Gabrielle Union at the afterparty for the BET Honors in DC on Saturday.
Singer Mario performed at Quo nightclub in NYC last night. I bet Mario will be 45 and still looking boyish.
Earlier today I told you guys I had a ‘Put ‘Em On Blast’ post featuring T.I. Well, I didn’t mean I was putting T.I. on blast (how could you even think that?) I meant I was putting someone else on blast for using T.I.’s name and image to promote video auditions without T.I.’s permission. So check back tomorrow for that. Hopefully by then I’ll have all the info to share with you so you are not taken advantage of by this cat.
ALSO… I just got off the phone with actress and former First Lady of Turks and Caicos, LisaRaye, who gave me a world exclusive interview in which she cleared the air on some thangs regarding her love life. So check back tomorrow for all the juicy details! Shout out to Jevon of Peak Publicity for all the love! Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Photos: Wireimage/Getty and Zimbio.com
Fantasia Live Interview On ABC News
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ABC News web show – Beyond the Red Carpet featuring Darius Brown recently sat down with former American Idol winner Fantasia to clear up all the rumors!! She dishes on her new reality show, the rumors, money, Simon Cowell, etc.
Source: Alicia | ABCNews.com
Drake’s Hawaiian Getaway
Answering the question where do gay rappers go to vacation: Drake is in Hawaii flexing his muscles at poolside in between booking studio time with Kanye West, who is currently in New York.
Drake sent these pics to All Things Fresh blog, which we assume is owned by a dude.
Drake wants his female fans to know that he’s working on his “guns” – but we do note a lack of females in the photos, don’t we? We’re not dumb.
Aloha! As we all know, Drake is in Hawaii working on Thank Me Later with Kanye West. Today as he was relaxing at his hotel, he sent me these pictures via BlackBerry Messenger. Here’s what he said:
“Someone on the resort twit pic’d me from a mile away, lol. U can post that and let the girls know I’m in the gym!!! Haha”
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