Kat Williams & The Smile

This mugshot is pure hilarity

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So This Week … (A Rant)

I need to talk about a couple things that happened in the news this week. Entertainment and otherwise. I’ve been on forums, blogs and the like to see some disturbing fuckery that has brought me here to vent.

First up, the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas on November 5, came as a shock to many. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims and wounded. It’s SO sad and tragic to know that these soldiers died at the Readiness Center. The last stop they go before being deployed to warzones in Iraq or Afghanistan. These men and women faced gunfire and a war (on a smaller scale, of course) on American soil. At home. Who would have thought, huh? Upon hearing about this at 10pm (and the story broke I believe after 1pm earlier that day) I went to the site I frequent most for forum discussion and realized not a ONE thread was made about this. That was interesting to me as the board is predominantly American. Anyhow, I brought it to the board’s attention and initially the comments were those of prayers to be sent and condolences to be left. Then the board’s resident “shock poster” tried to come in there with his usual ignorant antics and profess his distaste for Muslims and Islam. He basically said “Well, what do you know he was Muslim” … No. Actually, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was American. He (the shock poster) basically used Hasan’s background (of Jordanian descent) to try and say these ideals were that of a Muslim terrorist and further went on to say Islam is NOT a religion that preaches tolerance, love and peace but rather, preaches hate and the downfall of Americans. It’s just like a self centered American to think a religion is based on THEIR downfall. LMFAO. I was SO SO SO very offended by his comments. I’m not Muslim but to read the shit he said, you wouldn’t have to be to get angered at his idiocy! I’ve studied world religions and I know quite a few Muslim people and I was so upset to hear these views spewing forth from his fingertips. He truly believes the Islamic faith is about hate and violence and war. How ignorant he is. He said Muslims are lying to us and SAYING they are about peace and love but they aren’t. This fucking DOUCHEBAG has his head so far up his own ass that he doesn’t seem to GET that extremists are the reason Islam and Muslims have such a bad reputation. EXTREMISTS! They have taken the fundamentals of Islam and have twisted and manipulated them to justify their sick views and hatred of the western world. THESE EXTREMISTS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF ALL MUSLIMS. Please know this. ARGH! But then I realized this is someone who heavily detests Barack Obama and supports George Bush and loves Rush Limbaugh. Once you realize who and what you are dealing with, an argument becomes moot and irrelevant. But for all the jackasses out there – educate yourself. Talk to the source and make your own mind up. Do not regurgitate the bullshit the media shoves in your face. Please! At a time when we should be banding together to pray for those lost in this tragedy, people want to show their true racist colours and point fingers. What a SHAME. You should be ashamed.

Another thing to be ashamed of: The entire Rihanna and Chris Brown situation. GET THE FUCK OVER IT, PEOPLE! This happened 9 months ago. Sure everyone wants to hear Rihanna’s side of things and speak about it but the most OBVIOUS thing was missed. Her timing. Everyone I’ve talked to is aware of this but they don’t seem to care! WHY!? You are reacting the way her PR team wants you to. How dare she, after 9 months, finally break her silence and speak about such a serious topic JUST to bring attention to her new album. No one is denying that what happened to you at the hands of Chris Brown wasnt terrible, Ri Ri. You most definitely suffered and I wouldn’t wish what you went through on my worst enemy BUT at the same time, as you said in the interview, you realized how much of an influence you had on these young girls. If you were SO concerned about being such a positive role model why did you wait SO long to speak? And, when you DID speak why did you sound so coached? Speak from your heart. Not from a script. You are helping NO ONE – least of all yourself. At first, I saw only ONE clip and I still believe you were being sincere, albeit careful about the words you chose, but sincere nonetheless …. then I hear from literally everyone that you should’ve kept your silence because you sounded extremely coached. I have yet to watch the interview in its entirety so I can’t really speak on whether or not I found you were coached but if EVERYONE is saying so, then there must be some truth to the accusation. I don’t even really CARE to watch it, to be honest. I just feel I should so that I don’t sound so biased and believe heresy. My problem though is that Chris Brown did his time – some will argue he didn’t get the proper punishment, and that may be so but regardless, he was sentenced to do those hours and he did them. Rihanna didn’t die. She healed physically and SEEMS to be healing emotionally. BOTH HAVE MOVED ON AND ARE MOVING ON. So why can’t y’all? I understand these are celebs and their lives becomes ours in a way but the older you get the more you should realize that these people literally have NOTHING to do with you. Don’t give me that shit about being a fan and you put money in their pocket so you have the right to be in their business. I’ve long maintained, celebs are just rich and famous humans like you and I. And with the age of the mp3 and downloading, most of you don’t put no damn money in their pocket. Be real. You are NOSY. That’s it. That’s all. GET OVER IT. The bigger issue one should be arguing is not that of Rihanna vs Chris but of domestic violence as a WHOLE and how women and men need to keep their hands to themselves. Not saying Rihanna deserved it (I would never say that) but we don’t know the entire story and the media has spun it this way for a REASON. Ri Ri all but admitted how bad she and Chris were FOR EACH OTHER. Not to say that if she hit him first or provoked him, he had a right to go off on her THAT bad but for men and women out there … I was raised like this: If a man puts his hands on you, you fight back and you defend yourself tooth and nail but if YOU hit a man first, expect him to hit you back – period. A good man probably won’t. He’ll probably walk away before it gets to that but NOT EVERY MAN WILL WALK AWAY and you HAVE to know this. You have to know that if you push a man, he just may push you back and KNOWING this, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF. No one has the right to hit anyone. There is no justification. Period. Just live YOUR life (no pn intended – holla Rihanna lol) and stop worrying about everyone elses. You look media illiterate and groupie-ish.

SMH!

This picture pisses me off more than the beating. Is that wrong? I don’t really care. It’s the truth.

Rihanna: Her Story

Via: What Women Want

I’m sorry y’all. I don’t condone what happened to her and I am DEFINITELY NOT for violence against women but it’s not lost on me that this was done in time to coincide with her album release as well as after her single just dropped.

I think to take this serious situation and use it for press and ratings and album sales is wrong. I know she was probably unable to talk about the case while it was still in the courts but why didnt she tell her story after he was sentenced (if thats what you want to call what he got *rolls eyes*) ???

I’m disappointed in Rihanna but I’m not surprised, either.

Lil Wayne Cake FAIL!

I’m laughing SO hard right now. The cake is ridiculously fucked up.

I tip my hat off to Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger for providing their 14 year-old daughter Ireland with this lovely cake.

Looks good doesn’t it? What’s better than a slice of Wayne’s mouth bling or perhaps his black licorice dreds? Personally, I want the forehead tattoo piece, tyvm. WEEZY!

What’s even funnier … this cake looks more like a Loc’d up Affion Crockett:

Mike Epps On Chelsea Lately – Hilarious!

He’s high as shit and I love it. He’s so sexy to me. Cute lil thing.

Kia Isn’t Lying. But Neither Is Drake

You know … I didn’t want to get mixed up in this foolishness. I mean, this is so dumb but after being to OVO I feel like a LOT of people need some education here. On a forum board I gave my two cents and asked if it was really that big of a deal and while I think not, for some it really seems to be. For the people unaware of what I’m referring to here goes:

Kia Shine did a track for Lil Wayne called Do It For the Boy:

Upon first listen you can RIGHT away hear the melodies (and some lyrics) are identical with regards to those from Drake’s Best I Ever Had:

This is nothing new. Artists borrow, sample and whatever else from other artists all the time. But herein lies the main issue: BMI recently honoured Kia Shine with 3 awards that show him as a writer for Best I Ever Had. Stating he has 25% shares of this song, Kia says there is no error here. But, in the kerfuffle (yes, thats a word – lol) Drake released this statement on OVO:

There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of Best I Ever Had and I figured I’d take the time to clear the air directly. I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the BEAT for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with.
Source

So, now, with this statement comes people saying Kia is a liar (which is impossible – BMI can’t make that shit up) and Drake is a fake (which is bullshit because what is he being fake about exactly?) People then want to say that because of this all of a sudden Drake doesn’t write his own stuff and that is making me laugh because from this SMALL situation people are reading way too much into it. I’m not a fan of Kia Shine but I AM a fan of Drake (which is why I took it upon myself to find out what’s good BEFORE putting in my uneducated two cents like most of y’all did). With all that said, my love for Toronto’s Very Own isn’t going to blind myself to the facts.

What it comes down to is that Kia DOES have 25% share of Best I Ever Had because it was indeed SAMPLED from Do It For the Boy. This does NOT mean that Kia ghostwrites for Drake or is trying to damage Drake’s career or credibility or start beef. It simply means that he wants his due and he’s legally allowed to HAVE his due – period. Some people are claiming, “I dont see why Drake has to be paying him” or “He’s sitting on his ass, getting paid off Drake now” … well, put yourself in Kia’s position … if you CLEARLY have shares for a track and you werent credited, you fuckers KNOW you are gonna want your money, too. Don’t front and act like you wouldn’t want to get paid as well. If you say “nah, you’d just let Drake have that 25%” you are lying to yourself. Kia DID THE TRACK – lmao. It’s not like he is saying he did it and it was never released or something. Do It For the Boy has BEEN out there. He’s not suing Drake – the proof is in the pudding, people. Furthermore, how much is 25% really?

As for Drake, I feel somewhat bad for him because when he released the aforementioned statement, he BELIEVED what he was saying, at least that’s my hope. He truly felt that was the case and the truth – therefore you cannot call the man fake for saying what he believes to be the truth. I, DO, however think Drake got caught up in something without being able to research the facts – not that he even HAS to. People in his camp, management and whomever else need to sit him down and explain to him WHY Kia is right and NOT in the wrong. People in his camp need to not misinform him before he puts out statements such as the one above, wrongfully labelling someone as a liar or an opportunist. It makes for a crummy situation and gets ppl’s fanbases looking completely stupid and uneducated – lol.

All in all, I dont think anyone needs to apologize or back track any statements but I DO think if the fans and media are going to blame anyone, blame the ppl behind artists that fail to educate their artists on the business side of the game … without that education comes situations like these.

Now that the situation has been put to rest, can we all just calm the hell down and keep it moving?

Stans, haters? What say you?

Site To Check For: I’ma Let You Finish

Takers (2010)

My girl put me onto this flick not even 30 minutes ago and I was all over it lol … Takers looks to be your typical action / bank heist movie. Nothing special, nothing outrageous or crazy. Seems like it would be dope but what sets it apart from its predecessors,  is its CASTING. Women will flock to this movie like it was the latest romantic comedy. WHY? Check out the line up: Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Michael Ealy, Jay Hernandez, T.I., Chris Brown and Hayden Christiansen. WHOA, people. This flick will bring the men for the action and the women for the wet panty fest. Whomever the CSA is on this movie, I salute you and I thank you.

Tentatively scheduled for a February 19, 2010 release Takers follows a group of bank robbers who find their $20 million plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.

Trailer below:

RIP DJ AM

RIP DJ AM (Adam Goldstein)
March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009

DJ AM was found dead this morning in an apartment on Lafayette Street in Manhattan.

Sources said drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment and cops are looking into whether it was an overdose.

Nearly a year ago, DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, escaped a plane crash in South Carolina.

The Learjet he and Travis Barker were on overshot the runway and burst into flames. He suffered severe burns in the crash.

Barker’s ex-wife, Playmate Shanna Moakler, responded to news of DJ AM’s death on Twitter, writing, “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.”

DJ AM’s last post on Twitter, dated Tuesday, was a line from a Grandmaster Flash song: “New york, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain’t always what it seems.”

He was scheduled to have deejayed at Dusk in Atlantic City Tuesday and then tonight at Rain in Las Vegas.

Among others, DJ AM dated Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore.

Source: Via NY Post