Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in Movies on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Ride Along With Ice Cube
One of my site visitors put it best in a comment about rappers turned actors, “Don’t forget about Ice Cube. This guy goes back and forth from crip walkin’ to children’s movies!!!” While Cube’s next film isn’t a children’s movie, it does center on the relationship between a brother and...
Ja Rule In Court for Gun Charges…
According to TMZ, Ja Rule walked in to court this morning here in NYC just moments after NY Giants Superbowl hero Plaxico Burress. The Inc., Murder Inc. (whatever they’re calling themselves these days – wait a minute, are they even still around???) recording artist and multiplatinum rapper was caught...
Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in New Music, The Soundtrack in my Head... on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Brand New Camp Lo
Check out this new Camp Lo featuring Styles P, “On Smash/’89 Of Crime.” I have been riding with the Lo (Boogie Down Bronx STAND UP!!!) since the days of “Luchini,” and I am a fan of Styles’ flow because he enunciates, I don’t ever have to go to songlyrics.com to know what he is saying....
Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in Legal News on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Queen Latifah Sued…
A makeup artist and a stylist are taking the Queen to court. According to the Associated Press, celebrity makeup artist Roxanna Floyd is suing Queen Latifah for $700,000 for work she alleges she was never paid for between July 2005 and February 2008. In a different lawsuit, stylist to the stars Susan...
Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in Legal News on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Andre 3000 Arrested…
My favorite Outkast, Andre 3000, was busted this past weekend for going more than 40 miles over the speed limit, 109 mph in a 65 mph zone to be exact. After having his mugshot taken, Andre paid his $1200 bail and was released from a Henry County, Georgia jail. Damn Andre hun, I hope you don’t have...
Sole Ain’t Going Nowhere, LOL!!!
So let’s revisit this whole Ginuwine/Lisa Raye mess. A few weeks ago, Page Six carried a story about Ginuwine being spotted at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills making out with the “Playa’s Club” actress (I know that movie was years ago, but besides the occasional video appearance and King/Smooth...
Diddy and Cassie Reunite???
For those of you still interested in Diddy’s love life (hell, I lost interest after Misa – that woman has so much flavor that everyone else since her has been rather boring), according to Perez Hilton, Diddy and Cassie are on again!!! Supposedly, the two hooked up over the weekend during a party...
Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in The Soundtrack in my Head..., Whatever Happened To... on 03 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Whatever Happened To…
Whatever happened to Jade??? The trio, consisting of group members Tonya Kelly, Joi Marshall, and Di Reed, hail from Chicago, IL and were signed to Giant Records. Jade released their first album, Jade To the Max, in 1992, ushering in (along with singers such as Mary J. Blige who also released her first...
Suge Knight Denies (Wink Wink) Involvement with Akon Camp Robbery…
Suge Knight to TMZ regarding the allegations that he orchestrated the robbery of the home of some of Akon’s employees:
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, Akon and them telling it like that??? I don’t know nothing about that.”
Uh huh Suge, even though I’m not be from the streets, I can still decipher gangsta...
Posted by The Hip Hop Socialite! in Miscellaneous on 03 30th, 2009 | No Comments
A New Look, But Still Under Construction…
Now tell me, how does everyone like the new look of the site??? This is all courtesy of that wonderful hunk of a man behind GGurls.com, Lewis. It came out better than I imagined it – I just relinquished all control to him as far as the look of the site is concerned, and I’m glad I did!!! It is...