Friday, November 09, 2007

Shaunie O'Neal Going For The Big Bucks

Shaunie getting her case together y'all. She filed papers in the Dade county divorce courts asking to see copies of Shaq's tax returns from 2004, 2005, and 2006. She wants to see his current player contract and any endorsement and personal appearance contracts, plus a copy of each and every deed registered in Shaq's name. She also asked for copies of cancelled checks and bank charges for every thing from education to pet care in order to establish what she’s entitled to. Read the document here.

Pac Man Denied

Tennessee Titan Adam PacMan Jones will serve his full one-year suspension for detrimental conduct. PacMan met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell last Friday hoping to get his suspension overturned. No Dice. The NFL released this statement, "Commissioner Goodell notified Adam Jones that his suspension will remain unchanged and will continue through the remainder of the 2007 season. He will be eligible to begin working out at the Titans' training facility following the conclusion of the team's season." That’s to say if he can stay out of trouble until then.

Give Jermaine Some Props

Jermaine Dupri tells Vibe magazine, "I'm programmed to think nobody in the music industry likes me. I believe that when you're as good as me - and I don't say that to be cocky - you never get your props. That's why I identify with 50 Cent. "50 has sold (too many) records for people to be acting the way they're acting. Niggas just want him to fall off. It's like, 'He made his money... Fuck 50.' I get treated the same way."

Jim And Juelz Get The Bum's Rush


Rappers Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and a gang of their boys showed up 10 minutes before the end of Chris Brown's album release party at a New York club the other night and couldn't get in. The party was practically over and fire marshal had declared the club at capacity anyway, but Jim wasn't having it. Him, Julez and they boys rushed the bouncers, talking bout, “You don't disrespect me nigga!" and tried to get through the doors. Bouncers from inside the club stormed out, there was a street fight, yada, yada, yada, Jim and 'nem had to find someplace else to party.

Is There Even Any Money Left?

Between allegations of trustees misusing estate funds, the 6 kids he claimed in his will, the 4 kids he didn't, the girlfriend who claims she's his wife and that her son is his too, even though she refuses to submit his DNA, another woman has come out of the woodwork claiming rights to James Brown's estate. Velma Warren Brown filed papers in the Aiken county court Wednesday claiming she and the late Godfather of Soul were married in 1953, had 3 children, lived together for 17 years, and that she'd never been served, nor had she ever signed any divorce papers to end her marriage to James Brown. Nice Try Velma. Court documents surfaced showing a judge granted a divorce in 1969, not to mention the fact Velma had remarried. "If Ms. Brown believed that she was not divorced, she's admitting to having herself committed bigamy," said Louis Levenson, an attorney representing several of James Brown's children.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Remy To Testify Next Week

Remy Ma’s pretrial hearing will take place early next week. Charged with first-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with a witness, she has denied all charges. If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in jail. Details about the shooting were recently revealed by The Village Voice. The newsweekly claims the bullet that went through Remy's alleged victim, Makeda Barnes-Joseph, ‘damaged her intestines and exited through her buttocks’. Makeda has undergone three surgeries and has refused to talk about the incident.

Frank Lucas Vouches for Diddy's Dad

Ever wonder where Diddy got his hustle? American Gangster Frank Lucas says he and Diddy's father were great friends. He tells MTV...

TBS Buys Cable Rights To Tyler Perry Film

Lionsgate announced that the cable television rights to "Why Did I Get Married?" has been sold to TBS. The studio negotiated the sale of the movie, together with the rights to Tyler Perry's film "Daddy's Little Girls" to TNT, for a total of $12 million. As part of the deal, "Why Did I Get Married?" will have its pay TV premiere on Showtime before the rights are given to TBS in March 2010.

Shaq And Shaunie's Star Island House Sold

Shaquille O'neal paid $18.8 million for he and Shanunie's Star Island Miami mansion in 2004 and just sold it for between $25 million and $27 million to ex-NY Yankee Alex Rodriquez.

Bumpy Johnson's Wife Calls Frank Lucas a Liar


Bumpy Johnson's wife says Frank Lucas is full of crap. 93-year-old Mayme Johnson, widow of the infamous Harlem gangster Elsworth “Bumpy” Johnson and the man Lucas says was his mentor and who taught him everything he knows, is pissed about what she deems graphic inaccuracies about her husband and Lucas’ relationship...

T.I. Wants To Host Thanksgiving Dinner For His Family

But he needs to get permission first. As part of the conditions for his bonded release on gun charges, T.I. is not allowed to leave his house or have any visitors without the court’s approval. According to The Associated Press, T.I.’s lawyers gave the judge presiding over his case a list of family members for approval to visit his house for Thanksgiving on November 22 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., under the supervision of a current monitoring service. T.I. has also asked the judge to allow his housekeeping workers to have access to his house.

Boris And Vivica On The Beach

Ummmm, where's Boris' wife Nicole? she's probably just outside the frame, but how interesting is that?

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Jay Z's New Album Not So Hot

They say Jay Z's American Gangster inspired CD is not getting not getting the buzz he thought it would. An industry insider says, "He is scrambling - the first single, 'Blue Magic,' isn't being played on radio. It's the first time in his career he's not doing well." Def Jam shelled out $500,000 for the first video, added the source. Jay-Z's rep, Jana Fleish man, says, "It's not true at all. It's a conceptual album, so we're not focusing on one single. He was inspired by the movie."

Prince Suing His Fans

Several of the largest web communities dedicated to Prince have received notices to cease and desist all use of photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince's likeness. Prince claims that fansites are not allowed to present any artwork with his likeness, to the extreme that he has demanded removal of fan's own photographs of their Prince inspired tattoos and their vehicles displaying Prince inspired license plates. Prince's representatives have requested that the fansites provide them with "substantive details of the means by which you [the fansites] propose to compensate our clients [Paisley Park Enterprises, NPG Records and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)] for damages..."