Sunday, May 10, 2009

Russell Blasted on His Own Website

When Russell Simmons started the Global Grind web community, I'm sure he didn't think his ex-girlfriends were going to use the message boards to put him on blast. Click here to read spurned lover Katie Roust talk slick about Russ and his cooch du jour.

Swizz Is Still Banging Alicia Keys and He Wants You To Know It

Ok, so remember last year when Alicia Keys started dating married [with a kid] music producer Swizz Beats and threw that birthday party for him at the Guggenheim and all hell broke lose between him and his wife? [click here, here, and here if you don't] Well, Swizz just laced a track for Drake. You know, 'Wheelchair Jimmy' from DeGrassi Jr. High? He's a rapper now. Anyway, on Swizzy's verse he says: “Wake up in the morning and my baby cooked me breakfast Ass naked wearing nothing on, but a necklace yeah she be shining on ya She be gleamin on ya She be SINGING on ya I know you love her don’t ya And we be travellin our ass off You can see the proof it’s all in our passports Yeah, she say she wanna treat me like a king I get big gifts the money aint a damn thing She gave me a PARTY AT THE GUGGENHEIM Y’all should’ve seen them haters they lost their mind only God can judge me What’s next? The Ring? the baby? She really loves me!”
Spotted at Egypt Says So

Paparazzi Cut Usher's Quality Time Short

Did you see any of those cute pictures of Usher and Little Cinco spending quality time without Tameka on Miami beach last month? Turns out Usher IV only got to spend a few hours with Usher V before he put the baby on a plane and sent him right back home to Atlanta. Sources say Ush was unprepared for the onslaught of photographers telling pals, "I was rattled. I just need to unwind."

Word Around The Water Cooler

is that Vibe Magazine is filing for bankruptcy. Earlier this year Vibe cut its circulation by 25%, reduced its frequency from 12 issues a year to 10, and merged its print and digital editorial operations.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Kim Porter

More pictures here.

Danger Says

“Ray J’s sex game is like a Happy Meal without the toy.”

Rev Run's Son Busted Buying Weed

JoJo Simmons got caught buying weed on Wadsworth Ave. in Washington Heights yesterday and then fought with the cops trying to arrest him. The police reports say they watched Jo buy his weed and then knocked on his window as he sat in his BMW rolling a joint. When Jo saw it was the cops, he slammed his car into reverse hitting the car behind him and than slammed forward hitting the car in front of him. Once he got out of the car he struggled with the arresting officers. Joey was charged with attempted reckless endangerment, criminal use of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and criminal possession of marijuana.

Tichina Arnold

Orlando Jones and Dawn Lewis are joining Ashanti in an off Broadway production of The Wiz. Ashanti will play Dorothy, Tichina will play Evillene, Dawnn will play Addaperle and Orlando will play The Wiz. The New York City Center Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz starts June 12 and runs through July 3.

Snoop Cleared In Beat Down

Remember that dude [click here if you don't] who jumped on stage and got stomped out by Snoop's stage crew and then tried to sue Snoop for $22 million dollars? Beat Down Boy lost his case. Snoop don't have to shell out a dime. Dude tried to say Snoop invited him and other concert goers on stage to party and then attacked him, but the video clearly shows otherwise. Here's a picture of dude post stomp out.


The Bryants Gotta Pay

Remember back in March [click here if you don't] when Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's maid sued them for emotional distress, unpaid wages and wrongful discharge after Vanessa verbally abused her and made her dig in a bag of dog shit? Miss Maid lady won unemployment compensation from Kobe and Vanessa who had been trying to block her benefit claim because she quit. The Unemployment Board ruled that Miss Maid lady “voluntarily left the employment because her immediate supervisor [Vanessa] repeatedly addressed her in a disrespectful and assaulting tone, and required her to perform tasks that were repugnant and demeaning.”
Score one for Maid Lady.

Jay Z's New Sneaker

The R+ from Rocawear will be available in June.