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Speaking of Nas-- one of the most out-spoken rappers in the game had some jewels to drop recently, concerning his career and controversial "Untitled" album... And I totally feel him. Check it:

“[The nod] showed that I’m here and my voice is relevant,” Nas said. “It shows my work is appreciated…It tends to scare people and offend them, a record is supposed to do that every once in a while. We have it good here in America, we’re spoiled. We don’t realize that people are poor, don’t have food, no water in this same world we live in. Those are the things I’m concerned with and need to talk about.”

We sure do have it good here-- better than we can imagine. Some people would give their lives to live in what we consider "poverty". And we have to remember to humble ourselves and be aware of this... Always.

VIA Drew Reports

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I don't know what's worse-- the bleak angles and bright peach-colored dress, or the B.S Commentary/Blogs.

See? Mariah said it herself, so I don't even have to! Thanks for making my life that much easier, M. Because that dress is especially hideous, and no where near an Easter-Sunday's best. Oh, and for all of you out in webland that think she's preggers-- she goes onto say that she just "gained a few" and now her trainer has moved in and she's back on the road to Skinnyville...

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I saw this ish on Bossip... I think Bey is getting more delusional everyday. Mos Def, Nas and a whole lot of other niccas better stand up and set this ish straight! LOL...

"Well, fortunately I haven’t had any break-ups! This [her marriage to Jay Z] is my first relationship,” stated Bey when asked whose songs help her get through heartache the way her songs do for her fans.”

That quote gets an MMMMMM HMMMMMM and a SERIOUS side-eye from me. Blah.

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“God chose me. He made a path for me. I am God’s vessel. “But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

I mean, do I REALLY have to say anything after that? Didn't think so.

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Kanye West was on VH-1 Storytellers this week, and he had some words (just like everybody else) concerning Chris Brown. He actually seemed to be defending him (a la Terrence Howard) by saying:

“Can’t we give Chris a break? … I know I make mistakes in life.”

Interesting. It is true, we all do make mistakes... I am still surprised at Ye's reaction though. Rihanna and Kanye are pretty close after touring together this year. I expected him to go all Jay-Z on this ish...

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Struggling for relevancy, Rosanne Barr came out with some harsh words for CB. Check it:

chris brown's lies and excuses

make me want to beat the crap out of him...he uses the language of the perpetrator just like every sleazy bastard who ever smacked his wife, kid mother or girlfriend around uses. you dirty bastard, I hope you go to prison for ten years. IT'S YOUR FAULT, ASSHOLE! as for all the mealy mouthed hollywood and music scene chicks that can't bring themselves to condemn a misogynistic bully, let me say this: your time as whores for propaganda is ending, bitches!

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Charlie Baltimore on Lil' Kim's Gripes with Notorious movie:

Wanted Christina Milian to portray her as Lil’ Kim? I wasn’t aware they were the same complexion [laughs]. Again I didn’t see the movie but last I checked, well I don’t know what color she is right now, but she was brown-skinned. Maybe she’s light-skinned now. I don’t know. People change skin tones in this day and age. I can’t see Christina Milian portraying Lil Kim. That’s not…that seems really weird to me, but you know, to each his own.

Lol, I just thought that was funny. I always thought Kim had a color-complex, and I think she has admitted to it in the past... Mainly bc Big tended to surround himself with very fair-skinned or bi-racial women (ie: Faith & Charli B. who are both from Black & European descent). No one ever called her out about it, til now I guess. But enough already ladies, we get the point... Like seriously.

Martin Louis The King, Jr.

Honestly, I can turn this blog into a 24-7 Kanye Westravaganza, because the man is constantly supplying me with quality entertaining material. What's the latest from the dueling divo? His new name. According to the good folks at Drew Reports, 'Ye is asking everyone to refer to him as: Martin Louis The King, Jr. as opposed to his former "Louis Vuitton Don" mantra. For serious. Here's more from 'Ye at his hotel room in gay ol' Paris yesterday:

“I know I’ve been called the Louis Vuitton Don, I know, I’ve been called a lot of names, uh mostly The Don, the Louis Vuitton Don — due to what happened — when the red shoes hit the runway, I was forced to change my name, to, Martin Louis The King, Jr. Address me as such. And until then, I will be in the building, swagger on a hundred thousand trillion.”

Yeah.... Ummmmmmm nah. Who does he think he is-- DIDDY or somebody? LOL, Diddy is the only one who can get away with this kind of ridiculous extravagance and even when he DOES do it, it's barely tolerable. Here's a word to the wise: if you want people to stop calling you a diva and a bi-sexual porn star, then stop giving them endless hours of supporting material! I'm jus sayin.

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"I DON'T HAVE GREY IN MY BEARD IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALL DOWN WITH BEINGS IN MY 30'S BUT DAAAAAAAAMN!!!! THIS IS SOME BENJAMIN BUTTON'S SHIT!"

-Kanye West on his new VIBE Cover

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Kanye West talks to MTV.com on the anniversary of his mother's death about how he feels about her. He also (quite sadly) seems to have blamed himself for her passing:

“Losing my mom, having no woman in my life to support me — I feel like I’m on my own and can only express it through my music...

feel like I moved to California, then my mom moved to California, and she did stuff she wouldn’t have done if we’d stayed in Chicago,” he said. “If I’d never made it in the music business, it never would’ve happened.”

Sad.

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"What Angelina did was very uncool."

Hey... Someone had to say it. And, I'm glad that Jenny (not-so-much-from-the-block) actually had the cohones to finally say it. Thank you, Michael K!

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I spotted this quote on Bossip not too long ago, and it really made me think. There are many Black intellectuals that were not shocked at all by Obama's election and victory, and they claim that Black America uses race as a crutch and focus way too much on race as a barrier in America. I personally believe it's defeatist to just give up on trying because you think you are "doomed" because of your race. Sure, racism exists in America, but so do successful Black people. And no, they are not all Uncle Tom's, and no, they are not all trust-fund babies. Some people just rose to the occassion, fought the good fight and made things happen. Scholar John McWhorter had the following to say on the subject:

Obama has come in for some criticism for not putting forth a “black” agenda—i.e., one designed to combat “racism” in various ways. It’s because he knows that paradigm has no useful application to our times.
The harsher penalization of crack than powdered cocaine that has put so many black people in jail needs revision, but it was not created by racists: The Congressional Black Caucus helped pass it. Newark’s schools are not failing because of racism, when New Jersey funds them as liberally as schools in the suburbs and most of the teachers and staff are black. America has problems and our new president knows it. However, is America’s main problem still “the color line” as W.E.B. DuBois put it 105 years ago? The very fact that the president is now black is a clear sign that it is no longer our main problem, and that we can, even as morally informed and socially concerned citizens, admit it.
There is nothing at all “unreal” about this. It is, after all, what we were supposed to be working toward. We must embrace it.

Things that make you go: "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".