USDA2DAY Staff's Blog – July 2008 Archive (251)

Jay-Z/ Universal To Release Exclusive Content for Thumbplay Users

Mobile entertainment/content provider Thumbplay announced today that as part of their partnership (signed in April 2006) with Universal Music Group, that they are releasing a set of ten exclusive ringtones and other mobile content from Jay-Z. Starting today, only Thumbplay customers will have access to:

1-900-Hustler, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)

Can I Get A, Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life (1998)

Encore, The Black Album… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 8, 2008 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

2 PISTOLS CLEARS UP ALL THE RUMORS ABOUT THE DOLLA BEEF AND THE "SHE GOT IT SONG

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 8, 2008 at 7:00am — 3 Comments

Yung Berg Says He Will Punch Brisco In His Face When He Sees Him

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 8, 2008 at 5:56am — 24 Comments

Alana Wyatt talks about her goldigging venture relationship with Mos Def on a recent podcast.

There is no honor in the rap game, especially if you're a married rapper as in the case with Mos Def's wife former video vixen & self proclaimed groupie Alana Wyatt. The above audio is a recent interview done with itsdnb.com about her up coming tell all that details their marriage & current divorce proceedings, the abuse she suffered, her one night stands, her "friendship" with Shaq, the five NBA players she's dated which includes Antawn Jamison & Jermaine O'neal… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 7, 2008 at 3:41pm — 9 Comments

4 shot -- one fatally -- at Pompano party

At a Sunday night block party in Pompano Beach involving more than 100 revelers, the shooting of fireworks turned into a spray of gunfire that left one man dead, one gravely wounded and two others with minor gunshot injuries.

Two of the wounded were dropped off at Broward General Medical Center in a private… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 7, 2008 at 2:03pm — 10 Comments

Police make arrest in killing of Ex-Deep Creek football player

Huntington, W.Va., police made an arrest Sunday in the killing of a former Deep Creek High School football star early Saturday.

Donte D. Newsome, 25, died of multiple gunshot wounds at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington after an altercation outside a nightclub in Huntington, W.Va.. Two other men were also shot outside the Fluid nightclub at 3 a.m., but both have since been released from the hospital.

One of those men, Jerel… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 7, 2008 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Roccett - Im A Ryda

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 7, 2008 at 5:34am — 7 Comments

Will Smith Owns July 4th Again: 'Hancock' His Best Holiday Wkd Opening At $107M; Worldwide Total $185M In 50 Territories

SUNDAY AM: North American numbers show that, thanks to big weekend bounces in 3,965 theaters, Sony Pictures' No. 1 Hancock scored its first 3-day weekend with $66 mil and gave star Will Smith his biggest Independent Day holiday opening ever with a 5 1/2-day cume of $107.3 mil. The PG-13 pic went up 9% from Thursday to Friday for $18.8M, and up 39% from Friday to Saturday for $26.1M. The dark comedy about an unhappy superhero mustered the momentum… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 7, 2008 at 5:30am — 5 Comments

Former Marine's Actions Called Into Question

PLANTATION, Fla. -- The family of one of the men who was shot by a retired United States Marine while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop said the customer shouldn't have pulled the trigger.According to Plantation police, two armed men barged into the Subway at 1949 Pine Island Road shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, demanding money from the employee behind the counter. When they tried to force John Lovell into the bathroom, he pulled out a gun… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 6, 2008 at 12:08pm — 15 Comments

Four killed, two injured in street party shooting

After celebrating her 35th birthday at a bar into early Friday, Sylvia Ware and some friends pulled up on the block where she lives to find more than 100 people partying in the street.The one-way block on N. 28th St. draws a crowd most nights, she said.

One of Ware's friends, Theresa "Two-Two" Raddle, 23, got out first and went to talk with another woman. That's when Ware heard the popping. At first she thought it was fireworks, an early Fourth… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 6, 2008 at 12:05pm — 12 Comments

Foster parents blame 3-year-old Kyle Smith for his death

The heartless foster parents charged in the slaying of 3-year-old Kyle Smith told cops it was all the little boy's fault - and that they thought he was faking it.

Nymeen Cheatham and boyfriend Lamar Martin waited until it was too late before calling 911, prosecutors said at their arraignment Tuesday.

"That child had been dead for at least five hours before the 911 call," Assistant District Attorney Catherine Dagonese told a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 6, 2008 at 12:03pm — 12 Comments

BUSTA RHYMES GETS DROPPED FROM INTERSCOPE

July 06, 2008. Interscope lost another artist. USDA2DAY.com just caught wind that rapper Busta Rhymes was dropped from the label over the weekend. Word on the street is that Busta Bus was popping off at the mouth with Interscope head Jimmy Iovine. And that a heated conversation the Interscope boss sent word to Busta that his services were no longer needed.

Another casualty of the fluttering music… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 6, 2008 at 11:48am — 21 Comments

Kin mourn loss of loving mom, 28

The family of a city woman claimed by street violence wants her to be remembered as a loving mother who was cruelly gunned down, leaving her eldest boy an orphan and her youngest daughter with only a young child’s memory of her slain mom.

Tiffany Lomax, 28, was riding in a car on River Street in Mattapan two blocks from her home early yesterday morning when it was targeted by gunfire. Bullets ripped through the vehicle, hitting the man driving… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 5, 2008 at 6:02am — 8 Comments

Man arrested in death of 4-year-old son

A Tulsa man was arrested on a child abuse complaint after his son was found dead in their home Tuesday.

Police believe that Terry Lamar Green, 25, waited too long to call 911 for 4-year-old Keyshawn Markham, according to an arrest report.

Detectives are awaiting a ruling from the state Medical Examiner's Office on the cause of the boy's death, police said Wednesday.

EMSA medics responded about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday to a call… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 5, 2008 at 5:53am — 7 Comments

Angry beau sicced pit bull on kids

An enraged Brooklyn man tossed a pit bull into a basement full of terrified children Wednesday - using it as a "weapon" that chomped a 3-year-old boy, cops said.

Frantz Cesar, 24, was so angry with his girlfriend that he kicked in an air conditioner at her East New York home and threw his pit bull Rocky through the open window, according to police and family.

Six kids, from 8 months to 10 years old, were dozing and playing in the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 5, 2008 at 5:30am — 15 Comments

MAN ARRESTED FOR SELLING FAKE CRACK

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- One of St. Johns County's most-wanted suspects was arrested Thursday night, according to county deputies.

Investigators said Kenwand Thompson was wanted on charges of selling fake drugs.

"He was selling what is sometimes referred to as 'God Rock,' but it's fake crack cocaine. Sometimes individuals will sell this fake crack cocaine to folks, and it's obviously 100 percent pure profit for them. Not only is it… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 5, 2008 at 5:30am — 16 Comments

Ebony Lists The Top 25 Cool Black Men Of All Time

They have 8 different covers including Jay-Z, Barack Obama, Denzel Washington, Prince, Samuel L. Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Billie Dee Williams & Marvin Gaye. Check out some more covers below.…

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 4, 2008 at 12:57pm — 7 Comments

NEW LIL WAYNE- A MILLI-[OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2008 at 6:50pm — 23 Comments

<u><b>Young Jeezy Covers VIBE Magazine</b></u>

Young Jeezy is featured on the new August cover of Vibe Magazine, on stands now.

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2008 at 10:30am — 11 Comments

DMX ARRESTED UPON ARRIVAL IN PHOENIX: Rapper taken into custody on two outstanding warrants.

*Stop us if you've heard this song before, but the arrests just keep coming for DMX. For a fourth time since early May, the rapper was put in handcuffs – this time in Phoenix due to two outstanding warrants.

The artist, born Earl Simmons, was arrested Wednesday morning at a Phoenix airport as he exited a flight from Fort Lauderdale. His lawyer, Murray Richman, told MTV that X knew he would be apprehended as soon as he touched down in his home… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2008 at 10:12am — 6 Comments