USDA2DAY Staff's Blog – June 2008 Archive (196)

ROC UNIVERSITY: WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW.

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING

Hitting ROC Bottom from jeff on… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 30, 2008 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Obie Trice Officially Off Eminem's Shady Records

Detroit's Obie Trice has left Shady Records after eight years and two albums, AllHipHop.com has confirmed today (Jun 30).

He is currently working on his third album, while solidifying a new situation for his own imprint.

“Obie and Shady were moving in different directions,” the 30-year-old rapper’s manager Terry Wilson tells AllHipHop.com. “But he still has a great relationship with Shady Records. He has some big plans for his World Wide… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 30, 2008 at 11:29am — 3 Comments

Nas Inks Deal With Fila

Nas usually isn’t one for picking great endorsement deals. Willie Esco? 310 Motoring for kicks? But the Queens rapper might be smartening up. Nas recently inked a deal with Fila Footwear to serve as a spokesman for Italian-founded company. “My best friend [Ill] Will and I loved Fila,” Nas explained. “It represented prestige and everything that was cool to us [when we were younger]. When Will passed, we buried him in a black Fila sweat suit, so doing a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 30, 2008 at 10:50am — 3 Comments

'THE WIRE' MAY GET EMMY LOVE AFTER ALL: Series' fifth and final season in the running for best drama nod.

*The nomination isn't secure yet, but HBO's critically-acclaimed series "The Wire" is very close to nabbing one for outstanding drama series at the upcoming 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

"The Wire" is among the top 10 finalists for nominations in the drama category, as revealed last week by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The contenders were announced on the group's Web site Thursday in a move to thwart the type of Internet… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 30, 2008 at 10:41am — 7 Comments

BET Loses Sponsors

CNN, Proctor and Gamble, Pepsi and General Motors pulled their ads from Rap City and 106 & Park after the companies viewed “The Rap on Rap,” a content analysis of BET and MTV programming. The study found that children were exposed to violence, profanity or obscenity once every 38… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 30, 2008 at 10:38am — 9 Comments

Jay-Z Full 38 Min Performance @ Glastonbury 2008 Including "A Billie" (Proving All The Critics & Noel Gallagher That Hip Hop Can Rock Out)[Making History!]

source:worldstarhiphop.com

BBC reports "Making history at Glastonbury 2008. Watch Jay-Z prove the naysayers wrong." Memphis Bleek also comes through on stage. Heres the story Noel Gallagher of Oasis said that hip hop didn't belong at Glasonbury so Jay dissed him by singing Oasis most famous song Wonderwall. (c)… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 5:46pm — 6 Comments

HOT!!! THE GAME FT TRAVIS BARKER - "DOPE BOYS" (UNOFFICIAL VIDEO)

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 4:31am — 20 Comments

Boy, 3, crushed to death by gate on Near North Side

A 3-year-old boy was crushed to death Friday evening by a large, rusted steel gate at the Cabrini-Green housing complex, prompting a crowd to gather and hurl accusations of mismanagement at property managers.

"How many accidents happen over here because of failed inspections," screamed Willie J.R. Fleming, a resident and a director with the Coalition to Protect Public Housing. "There's no accountability, there's no oversight of this."

Authorities and residents… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

KC man charged in slaying

OLATHE, Kan. – One man is charged with first degree murder and another two are charged in connection with the murder of an Olathe man.

District Attorney Phill Kline filed first degree murder charges against Alphonse James Jackson, 19, of Kansas City, Mo., in connection with the shooting death of Rodney Keith Butner, Jr., 21.

Butner was shot in… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 3:40am — 4 Comments

Rapper Plies Sets Up Organization To Aid The Incarcerated

PliesRapper Plies has set up his own non-profit organization aiming to help cash-strapped convicts cover legal costs.

The Big Gates and Plies Power Of Visions will provide funding for legal representation and aid to needy individuals, specifically those who are incarcerated. The organization will also provide educational forums, classes, workshops, training, opportunities, and other charitable activities aimed at rehabilitated former… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 3:30am — 17 Comments

DMX Busted In Miami For Trying To Buy Cocaine and Marijuana

DMX was arrested again, this time, yesterday in Miami for allegedly attempting to buy cocaine and marijuana, TMZ is reporting.

According to the gossip Web site, X approached an undercover officer and handed him $45 for a combination of the drugs.

The former New York rapper was just busted earlier this week in the Sunshine State for driving with without a valid driver’s license.

The arrests continue what’s become a patter now… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 29, 2008 at 3:00am — 11 Comments

46 count indictment in Knoxville carjack slaying

A Knox County Criminal Court judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in a fatal carjacking case to answer four "Ws": what, when, where and who.

In a straightforward case, Judge Richard Baumgartner's directive might pose little or no problem for prosecutors and might not even be a concern for the defense. But, as the judge noted at a hearing Wednesday, the carjacking-turned-torture-slaying of a young Knox County couple is anything but… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 28, 2008 at 8:37am — 6 Comments

Jay-Z On Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 6/27

Jay-Z talks about how he first started rapping and growing up in Bed-Stuy. He said he started rapping at the age of 9 and also saw someone get shot at that age. He goes on to say the thought of ever being broke again motivates him to succeed. Its a funny interview worth the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 28, 2008 at 8:31am — 4 Comments

EXCLUSIVE NEW T.I. VIDEO "NO MATTER WHAT"

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 10:10pm — 13 Comments

YOUNG JEEZY'S HUSTLERS 10 COMMANDMENTS. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 10 COMMANDMENTS?

1. YOUR NETWORK IS YOUR NET WORTH

2. IMAGE IS EVERYTHING

3. THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

4. IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP

5. SUCCESS-WHERE OPPORTUNITY MEETS PREPARATION

6. BUSINESS IS PERSONAL

7. EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE EVERYTHING

8. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, OR WHO YOU KNOW....IT'S WHO KNOWS YOU!

9. IT TAKES DOUGH, TO MAKE BREAD

10. KNOW & BELIEVE IN… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 10:00pm — 49 Comments

Teen Charged In Deadly Funeral Shooting

Nino Abraham, 18, is charged in the fatal shooting of Isaac Saucedo in a funeral procession on the Southwest Side.

CHICAGO (STNG) ― An 18-year-old man was charged with murder early Friday for the fatal shooting of man shot while riding in a funeral procession Monday on the Southwest Side.

Charges were approved at 1:30 a.m. for Nino Abraham, of the 4500 block of South Hermitage Avenue, who was charged with murder in the fatal shooting… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 4:54pm — 7 Comments

Camden man shot dead in street on way home from work

The gunshot sounded like thunder at first, but it was enough to wake Juanita Wiggins early Thursday morning. When she looked out the window of her Sycamore Street rowhouse in South Camden, she saw someone lying on the ground.

The she heard it.

"Someone yelled my name, 'Nita, Nita.' I thought, 'Oh my god, it's Kevin,' " she said.

By the time Juanita Wiggins got outside, she saw someone running around the corner and her… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 2:25pm — 7 Comments

THE CLIPSE INK DEAL WITH KOCH RECORDS

(New York, NY) — Platinum-selling rappers the Clipse have partnered with KOCH Records for a special release: The Clipse Present the Re-Up Gang, which will be released on August 5th, 2008. The Re-Up Gang, formed in 2004, is a larger ensemble encompassing the Clipse and collaborative Philly MCs Ab-Liva and Sandman. This fearsome foursome has been recording together since the Clipse’ platinum debut Lord Willin’, and is responsible for the celebrated We Got… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 2:16pm — 1 Comment

Kanye West Must Pay His Mother’s Debt

Kanye West apparently has a new mortgage on his hands. TMZ reports ‘Ye must fork up $600,000 to an Illinois trust company to pay off the mortgage on his late mother’s condo. The creditor’s claim documents, which can be viewed on TMZ, state that Dr. Donda West owed over $600,000 plus interest at the time of her death. As the executor of Donda’s estate, the Louis Vutton Don inherited the debt. Just last year TMZ reported that Dr. West passed with less… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 2:08pm — 5 Comments

Man arrested in St. John double shooting in Garyville

Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a shooting in Garyville on Thursday that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

St. John the Baptist sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested Jermaine Joseph Weber, 20, of Garyville, charging him with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder, in connection with the afternoon shooting, officials said today. Weber is being held in the St. John parish jail. Authorities have not… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 1:18pm — 4 Comments