More over Solange Knowles, Paris Hilton is becoming a celebrity DJ too. The reality starlet put her skills to use (yesterday) during the Pop Music Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil:
R&B singer Beyonce Knowles and reality starlet Kim Kardashian were spotted in Birmingham, England taking in another "Watch The Throne" concert. The duo hid behind their hands as members from the paparazzi rushed towards them to snap pictures.
Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons is pictured above kissing stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalen's Old City. The pioneer of Hip Hop music is in Isreal on an invitation from Isreali's President Shimon Peres.
A popular drug by the name of Melanotan is in high demand amongst celebrities and normal folks. Melanotan is a tanning supplement that's injected into the abdomen. It is known to boost one's libido, helps them to lose weight and darkens their skin tone for a long period of time. In all cases, the change is drastic! It's unknown if R&B singer Aubrey O'Day injects her abdomen with Melanotan -- the singer was spotted recently at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas wearing a Melanotanish tan.
According to online reports, Actor Arsenio Hall is preparing to return to the circuit of late night television shows. CBS is currently developing a syndicated nightly talk show with the comedian turned actor and if all goes well, the show will premiere in the fall of 2013.
At 6:11am, Rodney King was found unresponsive - at the bottom of a swimming pool in Los Angeles. Rodney was the victim of a 1991 Los Angeles videotaped police beating that caused the most destructive race riot within the United States. He was 47.
70 program staffers at the Gate Five company were laid off recently after Beyonce Knowles backed out of a multi-million deal to transform her signature dance moves into a video game. The singer actually published a video on youtube in support on her decision - but renege on the offer in 2010 (shortly before Christmas). Some of these programmers are speaking out and finding ways to adjust their lifestyle following the abrupt decision by the singer. According to online reports, the lawsuit filed by the Gate Five company is headed to court. To read more, click here.
A lawyer in Manhattan is trying to prove that rapper Drake stole his Rose-Gold Rolex Presidential watch. The lawyer, James McMillam watch went missing after he dropped it off at the Jeweler Rafaello & Co (in New York City) for a cleaning. A week later he returned to pick it up and was told that his expensive watch was sold to Drake. Rapper Drake claims that "his" watch was purchased directly from Rolex and that he has never made a purchase from the Jeweler Rafaello & Co. For more, click here.
"I’m pretty shell-shocked by everything. All I am thinking about now is my children." -Tweets Mr. Ben Goldsmith after discovering that his wife Kate Rothschilds carried on a lengthy love affair with rapper Jay Electronica. The rapper is pictured above with Mr. Goldsmith and his son (with Kate) during happier times.
She's one of those Rothschilds, and her mother was a Guinness, from the brewery family. Ben's father was a billionaire. They met in 2000, married in 2003. Their three kids are under 10. So if it's not money - yup, Ben lost it after discovering that Kate, a music producer, is fooling around with someone not quite their kind: New Orleans-born rapper Jay Electronica, born Timothy Elpardo Thedford. He has a daughter with Erykah Badu. Ben, angry after finding explicit messages from Jay on Kate's phone, apparently kicked a kid's toy, which struck Kate's leg, bruising her. She called the cops. He wasn't charged, but confirmed to the Daily Mail that he wants a divorce. Ben's 31. Kate's 30, Electronica is 35.
"Chuck Brown rescued hometown D.C. from the image of a government town that couldn’t keep a beat to a hometown with its own funky beat. Composers have created songs about cities – New York, New York; Chicago; I Left My Heart in San Francisco. But the Godfather of Go-Go gave our city a great big musical genre and a unique sound distinctly our own." --- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton spoke the following statement during the Home Going service for Chuck Brown. The service was held at the Washington Convention Center and a public viewing was held at the Howard Theatre last Tuesday. For more, click here.
