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

IS LIL WAYNE THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE? SOLD ONE MILLION RECORDS IN ONE WEEK

THANKS TO ALL THE DJ'S, INTERNET SITES, AND FANS LIL WAYNE KILLS SOUND SCAN

AND SELL ONE MILLION IN ONE WEEK. THANKS TO LIL WAYNE FOR REMINDING ARTIST HOW TO GET IT DONE WITH GRIND AND CONSTANTLY PUTTING OUT MATERIAL. AND STAY HOT AND… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 2:30pm — 20 Comments

WILL.I.AM'S OBAMA SONG NABS EMMY: 'Yes We Can' honored with first-ever award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment.

*Will.i.am's video for the "Yes We Can Song," an ode to presidential candidate Barack Obama, was honored with the first-ever Emmy Award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment.

The new category, which recognizes innovative production techniques and the use of media enhancement to support content, was handed out Friday evening at the 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in New York… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 1:50pm — No Comments

BOSTON WINS NBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Celtics drub LA Lakers 131-92 in game 6; Pierce named series MVP.

*Hail to the champs and boo to the chumps. On their way to winning a 17th world championship, the Boston Celtics (champs) annihilated the Los Angeles Lakers (chumps) 131-92 Tuesday night.

The Celtics won game 6 of the 7 game series, 4-2 and in doing so, brought the coveted O'Brien trophy back to Bean town for the first time in 22-years

Boston, obviously a more superior team, took control of the game in the second quarter… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 1:25pm — 2 Comments

CELTICS BEAT LAKERS TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP GARNETT EXPRESSES HIS FEELINGS

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 4:45am — 9 Comments

Dad Arrested, Accused Of Pointing Gun At Tampa Paramedics

TAMPA - Kelverick Lewis thought his infant son needed to go to the hospital, and he got enraged after Tampa Fire Rescue arrived on scene Wednesday night and said the child was fine, Tampa police say.

The 20-year-old Tampa man threatened to shoot two firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians, Jeffrey Allred and Tony Kupsis, unless they took the child to the hospital, a police report states. Lewis grabbed a semi-automatic pistol,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Man Accused of Beating Roommate to Death with Hammer

KSDK -- Prosecutors have charged a man accused of beating his roommate to death with a hammer and then burying him in a crawl space under an apartment.

Schron Jackson from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said Darryl Price, 52, of the 1200 block of N. 7th Street, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Police said homicide detectives went to the 1200 block of N. 7th Street on Friday and found a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

THE GAME AND YOUNG BUCK – TOTAL PEACE!

From what I understand, The Game and Young Buck are no longer at odds – not even a little bit. But it gets more deeper. I hear that Nu Jersey Devil is saying that Game and Young Buck have reconciled their differences and are even going to work together. They got on a call after Game heard Buck say, “F**k G-Unit!” (Check for that video in yesterday’s report). HERE IS THE KICKER – The Game and Young Buck talked and agreed that they will both be on each… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 17, 2008 at 2:04pm — 24 Comments

MEN IN NASCAR LAWSUIT SUSPENDED: Two officials put on indefinite leave following claims of harassment from black co-worker.

*Two officials named in a $225 million harassment lawsuit by an African American, female NASCAR co-worker were suspended by the organization and placed on indefinite administrative paid leave.

While NASCAR will not name the individuals, the AP says it has confirmed that Tim Knox and Bud Moore were dismissed Friday from Kentucky Speedway. NASCAR did not give a reason for the men's suspension.

Mauricia Grant filed her suit last… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 17, 2008 at 1:42pm — 2 Comments

FAMU PRODUCES MOST BLACK GRADUATES: School ranks No. 1 in new finding; 1,256 blacks received bachelor degrees last year.

*A report by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine's June 12 edition reveals that Florida A&M University in Tallahassee has the highest number of black graduates earning bachelor degrees.

The report ranked colleges by the number of students who graduate during a school year. For FAMU, that meant 1,256 graduates in the 2006-2007 year, reports tallahasse.com.

"They appear to be doing a pretty good job," said Toni Coleman,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 17, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

OBAMA TELLS BLACK FATHERS TO ACT LIKE MEN AND GET IT TOGETHER

WASHINGTON (AFP) — White House contender Barack Obama Sunday demanded fathers, especially black men, shoulder their responsibility to heal broken families and restore hope in crime-ridden communities.

In a Father's Day speech at a Chicago church, the Democrat also pressed for government action to help struggling parents, through tax breaks, job training and family-friendly employment laws.

The African-American Illinois senator… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

NYC GOV RUSHES TO STOP GET-OUT-OF-JAIL SPREE

une 16, 2008 -- ALBANY - The Paterson administration has rushed to court to delay a ruling that could force it to spring hundreds of murderers, robbers and other thugs - and end parole for thousands more, The Post has learned.

The violent felons were ordered freed by the Court of Appeals on April 29 on grounds that, absent-mindedly or unwittingly, judges failed to tell them they would have to spend up to five years on parole… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 7 Comments

Bone Thugs REGROUP, SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

SOURCE: BOSSIP.COM

They’re back!!

“After years of inner-turmoil and label woes, Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have reunited, with all five original group members. According to founding member Krayzie Bone, the group has made amends with estranged member Bizzy and when incarcerated group member Flesh is released next month, the group is planning a full return to the rap game.”

We’re sure true Bone Thug fans are… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

YOUNG BUCK EXPRESSES HIS FEELINGS TOWARD G-UNIT: “F**k G-Unit!!”

While performing at a show over the weekend, former G-Unit member Young Buck shouted out, “F**k G-Unit!” then went on to explain his beef with Bugs Monkey:

“When I made the statement, ‘I ain’t never seen a royalty check,’ I didn’t say that sh** saying that the n**** 50 done took money from me or none of that ol’ sh**. I said it ’cause it’s real n****. When I say sh**, I mean the sh**. He took it a different way. I guess the n**** felt like… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 16 Comments

Teen girl shot dead in drive-by

Gunfire from a car killed a 15-year-old girl and paralyzed another teenager at a party outside a Mt. Washington home early Sunday, police said.

One of the dozen or so bullets fired at the teenagers outside 78 Pasadena St. tore into Raymond Reese's chest about 1 a.m. The other party-goers pulled her inside the house, where Reese of Mt. Oliver was pronounced dead at 1:07 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

8 dead in city, 1 in suburb from weekend violence

From Friday night through Sunday morning, nine people have been killed in acts of violence in and around Chicago.

About 11:05 p.m. Friday, a 19-year-old man was killed and a 22-year-old woman wounded in a shooting on the West Side.

The shooting happened on the 1700 block of North Linder Avenue.

The woman heard gunfire and discovered she and the man had been shot, police said.

The man, Benny Lynch, of the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 21 Comments

Investigators Arrest 39 Suspects in Drug Ring, Search for Two More

KSDK -- Investigators from several agencies arrested nine additional people on Monday as part of a round-up of 39 suspects in a crack cocaine ring.

Investigators said they were still looking for suspects Eddie Jackson, 53, and Jewel Allen, 31, both from St. Louis.

The suspects are accused of distributing multiple kilos of cocaine and crack cocaine in the St. Louis area between August 2006 and June 2007.

If convicted,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 16 Comments

Meet The Team Behind 50 Cent’s Money

The hip hop entourage isn’t what it used to be. Finally rappers (well at least the more succesful and enterprising ones) are starting to replace those iced out, gun-toting yes man for a skilled team of business-managers, marketers and publicists.

Forbes Magazine profiles 50 Cent’s new entourage who enabled him to pull in $150 million (pretax) last year and helped him oversea his various business ventures. Meet the people who made it… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 10:35am — 6 Comments

UNDERWOOD POWERS DOC ABOUT BLACK ENTERTAINERS: Film is from actor's new Intrepid production banner.

*Blair Underwood and his production partner Tommy Morgan Jr., under their Intrepid banner, are executive producing a 90-minute documentary about black artists in the entertainment industry.

Intrepid is teaming with Associated Television International for the as-yet-untitled project, which was conceived and will be directed and co-executive produced by ATI president David McKenzie.

"My goal is to chronicle the triumphs and… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments