BEYONCE'S BEING SUED, SNEAK PEAK OF THE JAY-Z OPRAH INTERVIEW, RUFF RYDERS RETURNS

Superstar Beyonce is starting a new perfume line called Sasha Fierce named after her alter-ego. But the execs over at Ambercrombie & Fitch say that ain't happenin!




The clothing line has sent a cease & desist letter to Beyonce & her camp to stop the production of her new perfume line because they've had a cologne out called Fierce for more than a decade and is worried consumers may confuse the two brands.




Let's see if that'll stop the Beyoncemania!






In more Carter news, a piece of Jay-Z's interview on Oprah's show hit the net & the greatness talks about honing his paper free lyrical skills & how he considers it a muscle:

I don't think the type of audience Oprah has can truly appreciate his art. Just sayin. .







VIDEO LOOP: Ruff Ryders are back!! Here's the official video for the Who's Real Remix (I know, it took forever) featuring all former members of the crew. Very nostaligic. Feels like it's 1998-99 again!:

Why does it look so damn low budget?





Ruff Ryders!

THE CHEF HEADING TO BAD BOY & RICK ROSS CALLIN OUT MAYWEATHER

Word in the street is Raekwon could be signing with Diddy & Bad Boy Records!



There's some validity to this since Diddy's been co-signing Rae's OB4CL2 album, promoting events & even hosted his album release party at Santos; where my boy Rosenberg did too. (shouts to Petey):

Raekwon + Bad Boy= trainwreck! He's too gully for Diddy's team man. Don't do it to the Wu fans!!!











Rick Ross has declared beef with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on a new record called War, where he pretty much says Mayweather's a chump & him and his boys are all undercover faggots.





It's hard to believe that one of the best boxers to ever step into the ring is into dudes. But take a look at the interview he did with Chelsea Lately this week. The guy brings up homosexuality 3 times without Chelsea even provoking it!:

He's either heard the Rick Ross record & wants to make sure we know he isn't gay or yanno. . . .





DON'T FORGET TO WATCH MARQUEZ VS. MAYWEATHER TOMORROW NIGHT! Pow!

TUPAC'S LOST INTERVIEW

The newly revamped Vibe.com just released a lost interview of the late, great Tupac Shakur & the guy talks about how he's the one that put the East Coast on the map, beef with Biggie & the Wu Tang Clan:

Money is evil . . . .Real shit.

WHITNEY HOUSTON ON OPRAH & MILLION DOLLAR BILL VIDEO

The fabolous Whitney Houston was on Oprah for the season premiere of the show in a 2 part interview that aired Monday & Tuesday. The interview is truly riveting & really sheds light on Whitney's troubles and horrible addictions to drugs and abusive love, & spraypainted evil eyes via Bobby Brown:

The fans love her that much more because of her willingness to open up and share her stories. . . and that includes me!





You know Bobby wasn't gonna let her get away with it. Here's his side of the story:

Oh Bobby. . .

Lastly, Whitney debuted the video for her song Million Dollar Bill:

She looks gorgeous!!

JAY-Z BP3 IN STORES TODAY!

I had the honor & privilege to meet a legend, one of the greatest to ever touch a mic, a hip-hop don, the Brooklyn hero Jay-Z when he visited us today at the Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show!!! It's a moment I will truly never ever forget!!!




Jay-Z has been up all day today doing major press for his bumped release date for the Blueprint 3 album which is in stores today as oppose to it's original date on September 11! Here's some of the footage from the interview today. Shouts to the homie Drewski. And yes that's me, ya girl JB in the background fixin the red carpet & balloon LOL. We keep it hood on the morning show!:

Catch the full interview on HOT97.COM or if you'd like to listen to it here:


Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show: JAY-Z (JAYDAY)








Much love to Tim Westwood who was in the building too. A cool ass dude.





For all you Hova fans, I'm gonna hook you up with some vital info about him that you need to know!:

1. Jay-Z will be on the Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow.
2. He's suppose to be perform at the VMA's this Sunday ( I hope! Maybe him & Beyonce will do somethin together. Or be a part of the MJ tribute!!!)
3. Special concert goin down this Friday on 9/11 & will air live exclusively on Fuse TV at 9PM.
4. ***SPOILER ALERT***: He'll be making his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 24th.

Here are his current accomplishments. Someone should send this to T-Pain & see if he could even compare:

1. Jay-Z has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
2. He's a 7 time Grammy Award winner.
3. Has ten #1 albums, which makes him tied with Elvis Presley & behind only the Beatles for the most of all-time.
4. More #1 debuts than any other artist in history with 10 total.
5. 18 Top 10 hits on Billboard's HipHop/R&B charts.
6. Co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear clothing.
7. Co- owner of the New Jersey Nets, 40/40 Sports Clubs.
8. The first non-athlete to enter into a major footwear co-venture with the S. Carter line for Reebok.
9. First hip hop artist to headline Glastonbury in the UK.
10. Partnership with Live Nation, Activision for DJ Hero, Carol's Daughter skin care.

Say all that in one breathe!




Go support Jigga man & cop that Blueprint 3 in stores today!!!

SNEAK PEAK AT OPRAH'S INTERVIEW WITH JAY-Z

Oprah's camp posted a snippet of what to expect in the October issue of The O Magazine where she went to visit Marcy Projects with Jay-Z:

At 13 he was selling crack. By 30 he was a hip-hop legend-having gone, in his words, "from grams to Grammys." Now Jay-Z charts his escape from the hard-knock life, describes the reunion that healed the wounds of his childhood- and even reveals the standing Sunday date he has with what's her name.



The complete interview will be available in the October 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, on newsstands September 15th. Get a first look here.

Oprah: So tell me how you got into the drug dealing.

Jay-Z: It was natural.…

Oprah: Because drug dealers were your role models. There wasn’t a teacher or a lawyer or a nurse or a doctor or an accountant in the neighborhood?

Jay-Z: Well, we were living in Marcy by then, so, no. And if anyone did become something like that, they moved out. They never came back to share the wisdom of how they made it. If anyone made it, you never knew it. That’s why I’ve always said that if I became successful, I’d come back here, grab somebody, and show him how it can be done.

Oprah: So by the time you were 13, this was a way of life. Did the lifestyle frighten you?

Jay-Z: No. It was normal. And at some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle.

Oprah: This is where we differ. This is where we differ. Because I’d be very scared! Weren’t you shot at three times—within six feet—and you lived to talk about it?

Jay-Z: That was divine intervention. Divine intervention, and nobody knowing how to shoot.

Oprah: What happened in each situation?

Jay-Z: It was one situation, three shots.

Oprah: So he was a bad shot.

Jay-Z: Well, no one really practices shooting a TEC-9 machine gun, right? And when you’re a kid, with little bony arms—no wonder nobody could aim.

Oprah: Many of the little boys who grew up in the Marcy projects are either in jail or dead. Why do you think you got to grow up and buy your mom a house?

Jay-Z: There’s the gift, there’s the spirit, and there’s the work—all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be.

Oprah: When I met you a few years ago, we discussed our disagreement over the use of the N word and misogynist lyrics in rap music. Do you believe that using the N word is necessary?

Jay-Z: Nothing is necessary. It’s just become part of the way we communicate. My generation hasn’t had the same experience with that word that generations of people before us had. We weren’t so close to the pain. So in our way, we disarmed the word. We took the fire pin out of the grenade.

Jay talking about his wedding when you read the rest…

Oprah: Do you and Beyoncé have a pact that you just won’t talk about each other?

Jay-Z: Yeah. When you’re a public person, you have to keep some things to yourself, or else people will just—

Oprah: Eat it up. I know. But can I ask how in the world you kept your wedding a secret?

Jay-Z: Late planning!

Oprah: How many people knew?

Jay-Z: Very few. The sad part is that we offended some. But people who love you understand. Because at the end of the day, it’s your day.

Oprah: So here we are, talking on a Sunday afternoon. If you weren’t sitting here with me, what would you be doing?

Jay-Z: I’m gonna get killed for this, but I’ll tell you anyway. There’s a great pizza spot we go to every Sunday. It’s our tradition. It’s a small place in Brooklyn, you can bring your own wine, and there are candles there. It’s a nice date.

A tech-9 in the hood. What else is new.

JANET TELLS ALL & MJ FINALLY LAID TO REST

Janet Jackson has decided to open up and talk exclusively about anything and everything that's been happening with her brother's death & with her own personal life.





She'll be sharing her most intimate interview yet with Harpar's Bazaar magazine & will also be gracing the cover.





And 2 months after his passing, Michael will finally be buried today at 4PM at Forest Lawn Park. Cameras from the Jackson Family's new A&E reality show, will be taping the whole thing but it's unclear if the footage will make it onto TV.





R.I.P Michael!

VIDEO LOOP: BREEZY & LARRY KING, DMX SAYS JAYZ HAS NO SOUL?

And here's DMX and Tyrese in the studio together. X starts goin hard at Jay-Z and talks about Hov choosing chuncletas over their friendship:

LMAO. I wanna know what happened at the pool hall in the BX. Do tell!!!





Man he's a crazy ass dude. Imagine burnin w/ him? You'd be highly entertained!

CHRIS BROWN REACTS TO LEAKED 30SEC LARRY KING INTERVIEW

The footage from Chris Brown's Larry King Live interview (you can find on my site a couple of blogs back) has gotten the singer livid since it was taken out of context! Here's his official statement:

"There have been reports on the Internet that I didn't remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight.

That 30 seconds of the interview they used of me was taken from a one hour interview during which that same question was asked something like 4 or 5 times — and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said.

The first four times – or how ever many times it was - I gave the same answer — which was that I didn't think it was appropriate for me to talk about what happened that night. I said it was not right for me and it really wasn't fair to Rihanna. The fifth time – or whatever it was – I just misspoke. I was asked, "Do you remember doing it?" and I said, "No."

Of course I remember what happened. Several times during the interview, my mother said that I came to her right afterwards and told her everything. But it was and still is a blur. And yes, I still can't believe it happened because it is not me or who I am or is what happened like anything I have ever done before.

As I have said several times previously, I am ashamed of and sorry for what happened that night and I wish I could relive that moment and change things, but I can't. I take full responsibility for my actions. What I have to do now is to prove to the world that this was an isolated incident and that is not who I am and I intend to do so by my behavior now and in the future."

People Magazine also had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Breezy in his first print interview since the altercation and here are some memorable quotes:

"I never fell out of love with her (Rihanna). That just wouldn't go away."


"I was distraught … I went to my mom on the same night and told [her] what happened and broke down."


"I feel like he (father) enjoyed it. He was an abuser. It was continuous."

The full Larry King interview will be airing tomorrow at 9PM on CNN.

KIM HAS MARIAH'S BACK

Oh can't you feel the love?




In the middle of this Mariah Carey/Nick Cannon vs. Eminem beef, Kim Mathers, the Slim Shady's ex wife recently had a radio interview and spoke intimately about her former husband!

Kim screamed she couldn't stand Em, says he's a horrible person & went so far as to say that she vomits in her mouth whenever she's around him or hears his name!

But the lowest of all low blows???

When Kim was asked about their sex life she immediately said, "He's not very well endowed. If you're going to have sex with Marshall, make sure you have a little blue pill, because otherwise it does not work."

Damnnnnnn! Talk about backin up the bus! Well you know what Kim? Remember this song?!:

I'm sure there's another one of these around the corner because of your looseness! And why the hell is Kim still gettin interviews?!

CHRIS BROWN MOST INTIMATE INTERVIEW SNEAK PEEK WITH LARRY KING

This is a snippet from Chris Brown's secret interview he did with Larry King Live that'll be airing in it's entirety towards the end of the week.

That's his mommy and his lawyer with him.




I'm sure we're all dying to see what else he's gonna say. Btw, he's been gettin a lot of flack for saying "he doesn't remember what happened."




Call me weird but I think he answered honestly! Look at his expression while he says it.





And I'm sure we're all dying to know what other questions he'll be answerin!

WHITNEY SET TO DEBUT ON OPRAH'S SHOW

Well of course she is!

Whitney Houston will make her comeback debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show for her season premiere on September 14th!




It's being called a must-see television event since it's Whitney's first interview in nearly seven years. The interview also follows the release of her long anticipated album I Look To You.





I will be watching!!

R KELLY NEW ALBUM CALLED "UNTITLED"

The Pied Piper is back & is bringing a new album called Untitled with him!

R Kelly went about creating his comeback album a different way by throwing parties at his house to test his songs to see what worked, what made the ladies dance and what got the people on their feet & even went so far as to work with Southern producers to tweak his old school R&B style while generating a new edgy yet R Kelly sound.

He invited lots of industry people to his house over the weekend to listen to his new music & sources say that while on the tour of his studio, they found it to be very small with no vocal booth; instead there was just a microphone, a mirror right next to it and a keyboard that Kelly performs on and on top of that, they discovered he never writes any of his music down!

Here's some inside scoop from the horse's mouth via Bossip:

The Pied Piper’s explanation on the mirror:

That’s ego, I’m not going to lie. If I can’t really feel myself, you know I like to go upstairs and change my clothes and get swagged out and put on my little stoney glases and get me a stogie and I look in the mirror at myself sometimes and I can write and then the song will come. I’m looking in the mirror and I’m seeing Kells now, I’m not seeing Rob the mama’s boy. If I see Kells swagged out, then I say this is right right here. You have to have enough ego to be confident enough to get yo swag on while your writing certain songs. It doesn’t really hurt to look at yourself and really get into it.

Since you don’t write down your songs how do you relay the lyrics to people?

Some of them understand my process. Whitney that’s like my sister, we get into it all the time but she didn’t understand the process and Toni Braxton didn’t understand the process. You have to talk about them and crack on them. I’m a “mama jokes” specialist. Sometimes you got to get to cracking and ribbing on people to let them know how real yo a** is and ghetto you is and then once you get that out the way…

Kells: Now say this [starts singing] As I Lay Me Down… now say that

Whitney: what the f*ck you mean say that…. that’s all you got…

Kells: Hell yeah, that’s all I got but just say that for right now, you gone have to trust me some [ continues singing... "I Look To You"] and then now when it all starts to come together halfway through the song… Now yo a** wants to believe me… yeah whatever.

Is there anyone that you haven’t worked with that you would like to work with?

I want to get in with Stevie [Wonder] man… I want to get in with Stevie but I really want to get in with Stevie Wonder because Stevie continues my legacy and then I can continue his legacy. And then Stevie of course, he’s done so many hits, its like sometimes its hard to get with somebody else that’s going to continue your legacy. It was pretty hard for me and I understand I got to go to Atlanta to work with these new and younger producers and stuff if I want to stay current. I realize that I got something to give them too, I got something to feed to them but I got to realize they can feed me too. So its like hard to let your ego down and you’ve written so many hits for yourself and did everything, keyboard, production, everything yourself. It’s hard to all of a sudden say… Hold on Kells… so I think it was pretty hard for Stevie to just say, “Oh wait a minute, I got to do this with another younger guy.” Then Happy People kind of died out and then I ended up putting it on the Stepper’s Album. So it was cool though.

Kellz was also in the process of writing about five songs for Michael Jackson (a close friend) when he passed away and plans on finishing that project.

Untitled will be released on October 13th and a 36 city tour called Ladies Make Some Noise will kick off on October 8th right before the album drops.

Looks promising!

PEPA COULDA BEEN KICKIN IT WITH THE FRESH PRINCE

Pepa has given us some interesting information!

In a recent interview, the former rapper talks about Will Smith wanting her but she was reluctant to do anything because she thought he was too soft?!:

"I thought Will was really cute and we would hang out a lot on the road. He liked to take care of me and never let me spend a dime. He was that kind of guy, real generous. I remember when they won their first award, he asked me to go out with him afterward. He was so excited. We were walking along the street getting ready to grab something to eat and he just gave this homeless guy $100.



I sometimes kick myself when I think about what could have been. He was so nice to me, but I really wasn't feeling him. I guess I couldn't appreciate a nice guy like Will Smith. He wasn't thug enough. I was attracted to thugs and hoodlums. Will was too nice to me.



I liked people like Louis Burrell [MC Hammer's brother]. He was rough, he was street and he didn't pull any punches. He would walk around with a cane and pimp hat. He always referred to women as bitches."

As women, we can be utterly retarded when it comes to choice of men. Instead of living lavishly , being cared by a sincere guy, spoken to correctly & being the wife to one of the highest earners in Hollywood, Pepa ultimately traded that in for a thug who beat on her & even cheated on her during their marriage together (Treach of Naughty By Nature).

The thugs ain't nothin but trouble honey. . . but I didn't need to tell you that.

BRAD PITT ADMITS TO BEING A STONER?

The handsome Brad Pitt was on Real Time with Bill Maher recently & spoke candidly about his views on religion, gay marriage & love for legalizing marijuana:

Quentin Tarantino the director for Inglourious Bastards also says that when he went to France to pitch the idea to Pitt about being in the movie, Tarantino says the two went through 5 bottles of wine & some hash that Brad generously gave to him!




What's even funnier is Tarantino asked for a pipe to smoke it out of & Brad just handed him a soda can to use LOL. Can we say expert????




Hot & smoke pot? Nice! These ingenious bastards.

60 MINUTES: MICHAEL VICK

In case you missed the first interview Michael Vick has done since being released, here he is on 60 Minutes:

What about the dogs Michael? What about the dogs?!!!!

AN 11 YEAR OLD DOES THE INTERVIEW OF HIS LIFETIME

While most 11 year olds are running around playing tag, catching the latest cartoons on TV or even worrying about what will be served during lunch period, Damon Weaver is more concerned about who will be his next interview prospect!




Weaver,11 from Florida is making a name for himself in the reporting world, as he has had the opportunity to interview a number celebrities & athletes already.




It all started when Weaver got his big break after making a name for himself covering the 2008 American presidential campaign for his school news team so it was lucky for him to interview our Mr. President:

After the interview, Damon said the president was a good man, very tall and nice.




What a lucky young boy!

OPRAH TALKS JAY-Z & SALT-N-PEPA ARE BACK

Wendy Williams ended her long run on WBLS with her syndicated radio show The Wendy Williams Experience which can now be seen on FOX.




So who's taking over the coveted spot???




Rumor has it that Salt & Pepa will be taking over Wendy's slot as new radio hosts on a brand spankin' new show!





Will you listen??? Btw, Pep looks mega different with that tweaked nose. More soft now & less gully!

Movin on. . . .

Oprah visited Marcy Projects with Jay-Z the other day for an upcoming show. However, sources are saying now that the visit was not for The Oprah Winfrey Show but rather for The O Magazine. I hope she changes her mind!




Anyway, Oprah talked with her long time friend Gayle King on Gayle's radio show & had some wonderful things to say about our man Hov, including his great body odor:

Boy does somebody have a crush!

OPRAH IN BROOKLYN

No this isn't a scene for an upcoming movie or anything but instead bits & parts that are going to be used for The Oprah Winfrey show!




Oprah's ban on rappers for her talk show was put on hold for none other than Jay-Z.




Oprah went to the Marcy PJ's in Brooklyn to visit & film Jay-Z at his old stomping grounds. The days when sittin on the stoop of the building, hustlin' crack, drinkin 40's and smokin Lz while gun battling with the enemy next door was a normal day for the Brooklyn don.




However those were the old days & Hov has since turned up a new leaf. One of the highlights Oprah will be showcasing on the show are Jay's contributions back to his hood.

Rihanna and wifey Beyonce were said to be there too.

I'd like to see Oprah have 50 Cent on the show one day. Just a thought!

FAT JOE ANSWERS TO BIG PUN'S WIFE ATTACKS

The whole Liza Rios (Big Pun's wife) story of her running to the media recently talking about Pun's abuse and Fat Joe's lack of support emotionally and financially.




Joey Crack took it hard and wanted to set the record straight so he called us up on HOT 97's Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg Morning Show to talk about it:

And there you have it.




We also have an interview with Liza coming out soon since she called up the show right after Fat Joe did.




Crazy!