USDA2DAY Staff's Blog – September 2008 Archive (267)

DAMON DASH FILES MOTION OVER SON: Mogul says his baby mama is holding the boy 'hostage.'

*The legal drama between rap mogul Damon Dash and his son's mother Linda Williams continues on with a fresh filing this week.

According to TMZ.com, Dash is accusing Williams of holding his son "hostage" and refusing to bring him to court.

Dash has filed a motion hoping to force Williams to physically bring Damon Dash II to the hearing so he can see the boy.

Williams has accused Dash of failing to provide running water… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 9, 2008 at 5:46pm — 2 Comments

CHRIS BROWN WRITING SONGS FOR BRITNEY: He hopes tunes will be included on pop star's upcoming album.

*Chris Brown, 19, says he's been busy writing material for pop star Britney Spears to consider using on her upcoming album.

"I actually wrote a couple songs for her now," Brown told the Associated Press, noting that Spears has yet to hear them. "We're on the same label, so all the executives heard the records and they love the records, so hopefully she'll cut it. But if she doesn't, oh well, we'll go back in the studio and still do some more… Continue

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LIL WAYNE PREPARES FOR CARTER 4

Lil Wayne is not content with his blockbuster 2008, as the superstar MC is already brainstorming plans for the upcoming year.

In an exclusive interview with BBC’s 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex, Wayne first reflected on his phenomenal 2008 year, starting with his favorite freestyle over his signature song “A Milli.”

“I’m not gonna front, everyone killed it. I haven’t heard a wack [freestyle] yet,” Wayne disclosed.… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 8, 2008 at 10:30pm — 9 Comments

Fourth Quarter Showdown, Kanye Takes On Jay Z, 50 Reinvents The Wheel, Luda Retires

It's that time of year again folks. We're once again approaching what many may consider the best time of our Hip Hop year--the notorious fourth quarter. With releases from Hip Hop heavyweights such as Jay Z, Kanye West, T.I., and Ludacris, 2008's fourth quarter is slated to bring nothing but gems.

Chicago MC Kanye West and his management have confirmed the release of his fourth LP tentatively titled, "Good Ass Job," while Jay Z has… Continue

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Trey Songz Engaged, Shows Off New Body..

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Young Jeezy On Fat Boy XM Radio

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Young Jeezy is the cure for the ‘Recession

Atlanta rapper (and friend to Sandrarose.com) Young Jeezy will have the #1 album in the country next week with his thrid studio album, “Recession”.

Jeezy knocked all other competitors out the box with impressive one-day sales of 250k. Jeezy recently put his money where his mouth is by shelling out thousands for back-to-school supplies for Atlanta area kids.

And last week Jeezy registered to vote for the first time, and put on for his… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 8, 2008 at 7:19pm — 26 Comments

Riley: Miami Heat rookie `embarrassed'

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Heat President Pat Riley called guard Mario Chalmers' expulsion from this week's NBA rookie transition program ''an embarrassment,'' but said it likely won't result in disciplinary action from the team.

Riley addressed the Chalmers' situation publicly for the first time Friday before he attended a Hall of Fame pep rally in advance of the evening's induction ceremony.

Chalmers and Memphis Grizzlies forward… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 8, 2008 at 12:19pm — 5 Comments

DAD SLAIN ON WALK TO OFFICE

A psycho stabbed to death a New Jersey father of three as he walked to his job as a Merrill Lynch executive in Jersey City yesterday, authorities said.

Michael Fuccile, 36, of Metuchen, had just gotten off a train at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station at Liberty State Park at 8:30 a.m. and was heading to his office.

About a block from the station, 24-year-old Elgin Taylor of Jersey City, began stabbing him wildly, plunging a knife… Continue

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2 teens nabbed in killing of 78-yr.-old war vet

On the surface, Karl Jarmon and Terrell Bennett were just teenage buddies who lived on the same block in Strawberry Mansion.

But yesterday, police offered a sinister assessment of the teens.

The pair were money-grubbing, gun-toting predators looking for easy prey to rob, police said. On Aug. 29, they thought they found it: Two elderly men standing outside the nearby Veterans of Foreign Wars post at… Continue

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MARION JONES RELEASED FROM PRISON: Track star served nearly all of her six months sentence.

*Former track star Marion Jones is a free woman following her release from prison early Friday morning, according to a U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman.

The one-time Olympic athlete was ordered behind bars in March in Fort Worth, Texas, after she admitted lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Jones, 31, served nearly the entire six months of her sentence and was released from a halfway… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 8, 2008 at 12:07pm — 6 Comments

MC BREED NEEDS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT: Rapper was put on life support after collapsing during basketball game.

*Rapper MC Breed was rushed to an Atlanta hospital with kidney failure and is said to be in desperate need of a transplant.

The 36-year-old artist, best known for his hit "Ain't No Future in Yo Frontin'," was playing a game of pickup basketball Friday evening when he collapsed and lost consciousness.

“He had to be revived three times,” his manager Darryl Morris told AllHipHop.com. “He had to be rushed to the hospital where they diagnosed… Continue

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CASTMATES GIVE TYLER PERRY 'PREYS': Actors Sanaa Lathan and Taraji P. Henson star in new TP film.

“It is politically incorrect,” Sanaa Lathan said of being slapped by Rockmond Dunbar in the film. “It’s wrong and yet these are flawed characters and it’s a filmmakers right to put in things we don’t agree with. It’s about telling a story. Yes, I think it’s wrong that Chris was wrong in hitting me, but I hear in the screening they were cheering.”

*Tyler Perry’s “The Family that Preys” boast a femme-fatale cast including Academy Award winner… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 8, 2008 at 12:03pm — 3 Comments

Serena Williams took home the trophy at this year’s US Open:

Serena Williams took home the trophy at this year’s US Open:

Five years after completing the `Serena Slam’ by winning all four tennis Grand Slam titles back- to-back, Serena Williams targeted a new period of dominance following her victory at the U.S. Open yesterday. “It doesn’t stop here,” Williams told a press conference after beating Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-5 at the National Tennis Center in New York. “I want to get double digits. I… Continue

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