Featured Blog Posts – August 2009 Archive (60)

DJ Unk Gives Up Weed, Liquor After Heart Attack

(AllHipHop) - By Roman Wolfe

Atlanta DJ/rapper DJ Unk was recently hospitalized with heart problems.

The rapper, famous for his single "Walk It Out" was rushed to the hospital on Saturday (August 29), after suffering a mild heart attack.

He was treated and released over the weekend.

On his Twitter page, he confirmed the heart attack and revealed that he would be leading a healthier lifestyle.

DJ… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 31, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Georgia slayings 911 call: 'My whole family's dead'

(CNN) -- In an anguished 911 call, a Georgia man told dispatchers that he arrived home to find "my whole family's dead."

Seven people were found dead Saturday at a residence in a mobile home park in Brunswick, Georgia.

"I just got home," a man identified as Guy Heinze Jr. told the emergency dispatcher in the Saturday call, released Monday by authorities. "I was out last night. I got home just now, and everybody's dead. ... My whole… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 31, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Allegedly Stealing a Song Is 'What We Do'

(TMZ) - Kirby Shields must have a sign on his back that says STEAL MY SONGS -- because he's claiming someone else ripped him off clean.

Shields -- whom you may remember from "Diddy stole my song" fame -- has fired off another cease and desist letter, this time over a song of his he claims was jacked for a movie. Shields claims his song "Keep Ur Cool" was used in a movie called "What We Do" at various times, including the end credits.

According to the docs, Shields says he… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 30, 2009 at 4:48am — No Comments

Tiny & Toya Set Viewing Records For BET

(AllHipHop) - Tai Saint Louis

Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and Antonia “Toya” Carter have reached a milestone previously unattained by any reality show on the BET network.

According to Nielsen Media Research, Tiny & Toya, the show chronicling the two women’s lives, finished it’s eight-episode debut season with an average of 1.8 million viewers, more than any other original series in BET history.

The show debuted on June 28 with… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 28, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Too $hort Popped For DUI

(AllHipHop) - By Mike Winslow

Oakland veteran Too Short was arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana yesterday morning (August 27) in Las Vegas.

The 43-year-old rapper was stopped by Las Vegas Metro Police around 4:00 am and charged with driving under the influence, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and exhibition of power.

According to TMZ.com, it’s the second time Too Short has been charged with DUI in Las… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 28, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Teen offenders find a future in Missouri

(CNN) -- Getting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley.

Serving time in Missouri's juvenile justice system set Terrence Barkley on the path to college.

It got him out of gangs and headed to college.

While in one of Missouri's juvenile facilities, Barkley became editor of its student newspaper, captain of the football team and made the honor roll.

"I wanted… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 27, 2009 at 1:06am — No Comments

Chris Brown -- Guys and Close Calls

(TMZ) - How's this for chatter, Your Honor? Chris Brown may have violated his probation just hours after he was sentenced ... but a technicality will probably save him.

The probation report states that Brown must "abstain from the use of all alcoholic beverages and stay out of places where they are the chief item of sale."

Brown was at Guys and Dolls nightclub last night in West Hollywood, partying away. Guys and Dolls sells food,… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 27, 2009 at 1:01am — No Comments

DMX Interview on TMZ Talking Arizona Jail and Doing a Freestyle

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Added by FLORIDA J on August 26, 2009 at 10:36pm — 1 Comment

Chris Brown sentenced for Rihanna assault; other incidents surface

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop singer Chris Brown was sentenced Tuesday to serve five years probation and to spend more than 1,400 hours in "labor-oriented service" for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna.

Chris Brown received an expected sentence on Tuesday of probation and community service.

Chris Brown received an expected sentence on Tuesday of probation and community service.

Also Tuesday, CNN obtained… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 25, 2009 at 9:53pm — 1 Comment

NEW MixTape! Down South Bangers Vol. 4 Hosted By BLOOD RAW

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Added by FLORIDA J on August 25, 2009 at 3:19pm — No Comments

Storch Waves Goodbye to His Waterfront Home

(TMZ) - The former music producer for Britney Spears, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey continues his legendary fall from grace -- Scott Storch has lost his massive Miami Mansion.

SunTrust Bank took back ownership of the home Storch defaulted on last July -- buying it back at an auction on Friday for $5.5 million.

The 10-bedroom, 16-bath home was valued at around $7 million.

The bank had been trying to foreclose

on Storch… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 25, 2009 at 1:27am — No Comments

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Added by FLORIDA J on August 25, 2009 at 1:14am — No Comments

Police Find Heroin, Weed Cash In Jadakiss-leased Apt.

(AllHipHop - Houston Williams) - Police have raided an apartment leased to rapper Jadakiss and seized 5 grams of heroin, 6.5 pounds of marijuana and $40,000 cash from the Yonkers New York residence, say published reports.

According to sources, Jadakiss was not at the home at the time of the raid and he is not wanted by police.

The cash and drugs were found in a Van der Donck Street apartment and the police executed a… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 25, 2009 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Records: Ties between Okaloosa suspects in Billings murders go back years

(Robbyn Brooks / NW FL Daily News) - The ties between the four Okaloosa County men implicated in the murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings in Escambia County on July 9 can be traced back much earlier, according to records released by the state attorney’s office.

The records contain discovery exhibits and investigative requests and reports linking the men through evidence and witness statements.

Witnesses have told lawmen that two of… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 23, 2009 at 8:37pm — No Comments

BLOOD RAW - Club Celebrity - Sylvester, Ga - Friday August 28, 2009

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Added by FLORIDA J on August 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Builder to Keyshawn -- Gimme the Damn Money

(TMZ) - Retired NFL receiver Keyshawn Johnson has caught passes for the Jets, Buccaneers, Cowboys and Panthers ... but now he's been accused of dropping the ball on more than $1 million in payments to a construction company that worked on his house.

Gordon S. Gibson, Inc. has just filed a lien on Keyshawn's Calabasas, CA home, claiming the ESPN broadcaster owes them $1,115,500 for "supervision and construction of the Johnson… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 23, 2009 at 4:59am — No Comments

B.R.E. MOMIET & TJDJS

THIS WUZ A CRAZY NIGHT. B.R.E. WUZ 4SHO IN DA BUILDING & MOMIET WUZ ALONG 4 DA RIDE. THIS BRINGS SOMETHING FULL CIRCLE 4 MOMIE THAT ONLY A FEW SPECIAL PEEPS KNOW ABOUT. THANKS… Continue

Added by MOMIET on August 21, 2009 at 10:24pm — 3 Comments

Porn Makers Under Fire for Lack of Condoms

Associated Press (Los Angeles) — An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed the action with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, alleging the practice amounts to unsafe behavior in a California workplace.

"We will not stop until there is a policy of requiring condoms to be… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 21, 2009 at 3:12am — 1 Comment

Adult, 2 teens charged with beating elderly black man

(CNN) -- Authorities have charged two teenagers and an adult in connection with the beating of a 76-year-old African-American man early Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, in an incident police say had a racial connection.

Emmanuel Miller, 16, and Zachary Watson, 17 are charged as adults, police said. They and Calvin Lockner, 28, face numerous charges in the alleged beating of James Privott, including attempted murder, assault and harassing a… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 21, 2009 at 2:27am — No Comments

Ten alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders indicted in U.S.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ten suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders and 33 alleged drug traffickers have been indicted in New York and Chicago -- accused in illicit drug sales of more than $5 billion, federal authorities said Thursday.

"These indictments are among the most significant drug conspiracy charges ever returned in Chicago," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said.

Fitzgerald was among several officials who joined Attorney… Continue

Added by FLORIDA J on August 21, 2009 at 2:24am — No Comments