USDA2DAY Staff's Blog – July 2009 Archive (140)

Little Rock teens charged with capital murder

LITTLE ROCK — A Little Rock district judge denied bail Thursday morning for the fourth teenage boy charged in the Tuesday afternoon killing of a 67-year-old man in his southwest Little Rock home during a robbery.

After hearing that two of the other youths charged in the shooting death of Maurice “Beau” Clark named Antonio Terry as the one who pulled the trigger and that Little Rock police accused Terry of anothergunpoint robbery hours earlier on… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 5, 2009 at 2:37am — 16 Comments

Rolling Stone’s Michael Jackson Cover

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 4, 2009 at 7:54pm — 1 Comment

BREAKING NEWS: Former Titan Steve McNair Found Dead

Former Tennessee Titans quarterback, Steve McNair, was found dead at an apartment complex in downtown Nashville.

According to WKRN, Mcnair was found shot dead along with another person. The identity of the second victim has yet to be disclosed.

So far, all that in known is investigators were on the scene Saturday afternoon.

McNair retired in April 2008 after playing 13 seasons in the NFL.

He is most noted for… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 4, 2009 at 7:01pm — 31 Comments

The Dungeon Family VIBE Spread

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 4, 2009 at 1:04am — 5 Comments

The Olympicks Sign To Maybach Music

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2009 at 11:17pm — 2 Comments

WATCH VIDEO OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S LAST REHEARSAL: Footage shows singer at Staples center two days before his death.

*Video of Michael Jackson's rehearsing at the Staples Center for his 50-date concert run two days before his death was released yesterday afternoon.

The footage shows the King of Pop dressed in a red t-shirt under a blazer as he runs through precision moves with his dancers and interacts with his guitar player during a performance of "They Don't Care About Us."

Jackson's sold out "This is It" tour was scheduled to begin at London's O2 Arena on July 13 and run through March… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2009 at 10:10pm — No Comments

Ron Artest Is Now On The Lakers

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 3, 2009 at 10:06pm — 2 Comments

Michael Jackson Holds Top Nine Positions on Billboard Pop Charts

If you still weren’t convinced that Michael Jackson was indeed THE KING, perhaps the endless musical tributes that played around the clock on any radio station around the world that might have ever played his music offered further convincing of his worth. NO? Well peep this, in the now almost completed week since his death, the King of Pop is once again the king of the Billboard charts.

In an unfathomable reality, the late entertainer holds ALL… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 2:23pm — 3 Comments

BET Catches More Heat Over Lil Wayne Set, Filmmaker Inks Open Letter

Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt has become the latest figure to address BET for their airing of Lil Wayne and Drake's "Every Girl" performance at the 2009 Awards ceremony. Directing an open letter to BET President Debra Lee, Hurt focused on Weezy's set and his reaction to the Michael Jackson tribute.

"BET failed to deliver a solid, quality show," he wrote. "Rather than 'raising the bar' and presenting African-Americans as a creative,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 2:20pm — 16 Comments

Soulja Boy Publishes Racist Twitter Rant, "These Crackers Don't Know Who The F*ck I Really Am!!!"

Soulja Boy Tell Em has reportedly inked a Twitter post, which appears to have since been removed, that used racist language to call out the media's negative portrayal of him.

Posted Wednesday (July 1) night, the rapper goes through a rant regarding his music and image.

"Water down my music and my appearance and make me look like something i'm not," he wrote. "THESE CRACKERS DONT KNOW WHO THE F*CK I REALLY AM!!! Then I get signed. this… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 2:19pm — 5 Comments

Game Offers Apology To 50 Cent

“I just got off that plane,” Game said of the well-documented rift. “I didn’t even get my baggage out the baggage claim.”

The MC says he wants to “apologize to 50 as a man.” He also wants to apologize to the fans, Dr. Dre, Eminem and the head of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine.

“Jimmy always says, ‘Man, I told you guys not to break up the Beatles,’ ” Game said. “He says he told John Lennon the same thing a long time ago. But I was young, man.… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 12:33pm — 11 Comments

Chicago thugs invade medical office

Chicago police have released photographs of a man suspected of demanding money from a female doctor and attempting to sexually assault her in her North Side office Monday evening.

The doctor managed to disarm her knife-wielding assailant and badly cut him on one or both of his hands, police said this morning.

The doctor was alone in her office in a medical professional building in the 2900 block of North Commonwealth Ave. near St.… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:48am — 2 Comments

Seven teens shot on Detroit's west side

Detroit -- Seven people were shot this afternoon near a bus stop and gas station on Detroit's west side and police are searching for two shooters believed to still be in the area.

At 2:30 p.m., two men were seen approaching the teens -- including four boys and three girls, ages 14-17 -- at the bus stop at the Southfield Freeway service drive and West Warren Avenue, Detroit police said.

The suspects… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:45am — 5 Comments

Auto-Tune Creators Use Jay-Z To Hawk New Product

Instead of scrambling to dismiss Jay-Z’s claims on “Death of AutoTune,” the technology’s creator Antares Audio is using the superstar’s stance for product advertisement.

Dubbed the “next generation” of professional pitch correction, Antares Audio has created Auto-Tune Evo.

The new technology immediately deciphers the pitch of any inputted information, and finds the closest match in the scale the user specifies… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:43am — 2 Comments

Newark man arrested in fatal shooting of 15-year-old boy

NEWARK -- A city man was taken into custody Friday for his connection with the fatal shooting in May of a 15-year-old, police said.

Darnell Roundtree, 28, of Newark, is facing charges for the death of Ubaidullah Shabazz, who was found with gun shot wounds to the torso at 19 Stratford Place, Detective Todd McClendon said. Shabazz was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators from… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:38am — No Comments

? Of The Day: Amid Yet Another Plane Crash, Are You Confident In Flying

A passenger jet carrying 153 people from Yemen crashed into the Indian Ocean in bad weather early Tuesday while trying to land at the island nation of Comoros.

The Yemeni Airbus 310 was flying the last leg of a journey taking passengers from Paris and Marseille to Comoros via Yemen. Most of the passengers were from Comoros, returning from Paris. Sixty-six on board were French nationals.

I can’t even count at this point how many plane… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:21am — 1 Comment

Michael Jackson Village Voice Cover

The best looking cover of the King that I've seen thus far. Inside, respected scribe Greg Tate remembers the man who changed music and Jean Grae shares her heartbroken thoughts.

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 4:07am — 1 Comment

Drake - Best I Ever Had (Video)

You didn’t think I’d leave ya’ll tonight without dropping a (NMC) premiere did you? That’s right folks… the brand new (Kanye West directed) video from Drizzy Drake Rodgers! And if you haven’t already, cop the single on iTunes. Now stop reading, press play, and enjoy the lovely lady visuals. Drake has definitely reqruited himself a bunch of basketball players big chested, flexible women for his team. 1:20 mark… says it all. And I couldn’t stop laughing at Trey & Fab’s… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2009 at 3:36am — No Comments

Jay-Z Ditches Def Jam: “I’m An Entrepreneur!”

Jay-Z has confirmed the destinations of his Blueprint 3 and Roc Nation label, telling Billboard that his new album will be released on Atlantic Records while the label he formed after signing a 360 deal with Live Nation is bound to Sony Music. Prior to the official announcement, it seemed like there was a bidding war between Warner Music (which houses Atlantic Records) and Sony Music to be Jigga’s distributor, but the ever-entrepreneurial rapper ended… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 1, 2009 at 10:13pm — 3 Comments

Drake Confirms Lil Wayne Deal, "It's Kinda Like We're Doing It By Ourselves" [Video]

Drake has confirmed signing a record deal with Lil Wayne's Young Money label and what his experience was like during his publicized bidding war.

In addition to confirming the deal, Drake also detailed Universal's involvement on his upcoming album.

"I actually signed directly to my managers Cortez Bryant and Gee Roberson," Drake explained in an interview. "And we signed a joint venture with Young Money which is Lil Wayne's company. The… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment