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Diddy Promises To Make It Rain In Miami, But Will His Baby Mamas Let Him Drop Them Dollas???

thatsmybiz1 — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:36 +0000

Diddy had a lot going on Thursday — between Heavy D’s birthday, his son Justin’s high school graduation and a plot to give away $2 million dollars.

Diddy went hard on Twitter yesterday promoting a weekend of Ciroc sponsored parties in Miami and Las Vegas and was inspired to even promise a hefty giveaway:

Diddy tweeted his support of the “stripper association” and offered to give regular civilians some tips too to pay their unpaid student loans, rent and weave funds. But after a few folks took Diddy a lil too seriously he backed off his promise.

Diddy tweeted that he was only joking and that Misa, Kim and Sarah would eff him up if he gave up that much of their child support.

No worries to the strippers though, y’all are still getting caked on.

SMH. Pure comedy. Diddy is a hot mess. But kinda funny to hear him say his baby moms would eff him up. And we thought that aside from Misa, he had them ladies under control. Guess the secret’s out.

Speaking of Misa, hit the flip for some proud Daddy tweets about Justin’s graduation.

True Or False?? Did Chris Brown Spend Racks On Racks To Buy His Grammy???

hiphopobama — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:59:00 +0000

Christopherrrrrr, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!!!

Allegations Surface That Chris Brown Paid For His Grammy Award

Did Chris Brown buy his Grammy award? Sure looks like it after it was discovered the R&B singer has direct ties to Ken Ehrlich, the producer behind the Grammys. The producer defended Brown’s involvement in the ceremony on CBS This Morning after the whole incident was made public.

However, an insider says that there’s more to this story than a small endorsement on Ehrlich’s behalf. A source close to Brown has forwarded e-mails that were exchanged between Brown and Ehrlich to Neil Portnow, who is the President of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

These e-mails in question that have been passing back and forth between the R&B star and the Grammy head were said to be riddled with bribery. The e-mails “practically begged” to secure the golden award for Brown in lieu of Brown giving, “a substantial amount of money.” The amount of money wasn’t disclosed by this insider who’s close to Chris Brown’s camp, but it was said that “Ehrlich was subsequently terminated, after many years of being involved with deliberating which of the past decades’ talents were worthy.”

The firing of Ehrlich is a little more than coincidental given the nature of his firing was said to be over “indiscretion and violation of the Academy’s ethics and integrity in rewarding talent.” Neil Portnow, the President of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences released a statement following the firing stating, “With almost ten years of being President for The Academy, I would have never predicted that this would happen. My lack of blessing for Chris’ nomination was known, but as I’ve always respected by colleagues’ insights, I mustered all I could not to fight it so much. I have worked alongside Ken for years now, and I am heavily disappointed, and will have to raise the conduct around this board. will see to it that nothing of this caliber of humiliation will happen again.”

Chris Brown’s PR team is now adamantly denying this story ever happened, saying every detail related to the firing and the bribe is “bogus.”

Do you believe that Breezy coughed up the bucks to get himself a Grammy and re-ignite his career? Or is this just another case of Chris Brown haters gone wild?

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Making It Rain On Them GOP Hoes: Barack “Bringin’ In Big Bucks” Obama Has Become The 1st President In History To Raise More Than $1 BILLION During His Political Career!

hiphopobama — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:35:53 +0000

This guy never stops making history!

Barack Obama Becomes The First President To Raise Over $1 Billion

President Obama is the billion dollar man.

Obama has become the first politician to top that lofty mark of donations collected during his career.

His lifetime total hit $1,017,892,305 in April, nine years after he began his 2004 race for Senate, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.

And Obama is hardly done: most observers expect him to raise at least another $300 million by Election Day.

The President has raised more than $217 million so far for this campaign, while his November opponent Mitt Romney has hauled in just under $100 million, the Center found.

However, the playing field becomes far more level when independent political action committees are included – conservative groups are expected to far outraise left-leaning organizations.

Both candidates’ parties have also poured cash into the race, which is expected to be – by far – the most expensive in history.

To keep the torrential rain a-going, the POTUS will team up with ol’ Billy Clinton for a mega-fundraiser.

The Obama campaign announced Tuesday that the current and former President will co-host an event in New York next month.

“When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, I had just started a job registering voters in Chicago,” Obama wrote in an email to supporters.

“I remember watching his campaign and thinking, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen a candidate like him,’” Obama continued. “I ran for President because we lost our way as a country after President Clinton left the White House.”

Details of the event, scheduled for June 4, were not immediately released.

“Money Makin’” Mitt ain’t got isht on Barry O!!

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VIBE Magazine Cover Girls Evelyn Lozada, Tamar Braxton, Kandi Burruss And Chrissy Lampkin Talk Being Bad (And Good) Girls On TV

thatsmybiz1 — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:26:57 +0000

Remember those saucy shots of Evelyn and Chrissy feelin’ up on each other?Turns out they were behind the scenes shots from VIBE’s latest cover subjects.

VIBE titled their upcoming issue cover story “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Inside the controversial reality tv stars Evelyn Lozada, Chrissy Lampkin, Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss talk about what’s like being paid for their bad and good behavior. Peep some excerpts below:

VIBE: Star Jones started a petition, lashing out against women and violence on reality TV. What’s your reaction?

Evelyn: [Bursts into laughter] I think she’s going to have to get a whole lot of names. Actually, I like the petition and I like the controversy because I’ve learned controversy is good. But I think she’s irrelevant. And she’s using our coattails to get relevant again. Nobody gives a fawk about her.

Chrissy: Whatever Star Jones is feeling is a little deeper than what she sees. I think she has her own issues.

Kandi: She may not be violent, but I’m sure she goes off on people in her day-to-day. I just don’t think it’s fair to block somebody from getting money.

What was the pivotal factor in your decisions to live in front of a camera?

Chrissy: They offered Jimmy [her fiancé, rapper Jim Jones] a show years ago and he wasn’t really interested. It was something that sparked my interest. It felt like something fun. There was another opportunity brought to me for a show with some other girls and it didn’t pan out. I came home upset and disappointed and Jimmy’s response was, “If you really wanna do this reality TV thing, since they offered it to me, I’ll put a call in and see if they’re still interested.”

Kandi: I wasn’t even thinking about reality television. I didn’t think they would really want me on [Real Housewives] because I’m not married, but they decided they wanted me to be a part of it.

Evelyn: I was a little skeptical in the beginning, but Shaunie and I have been friends for a few years. She called me up and pitched the show. I didn’t sign on to be famous or anything. I was opening up a shoe store [Dulce in Miami] and I thought this would be great for business.

Tamar: We just felt it was necessary to show us as sisters living different lifestyles. We felt it was important to have an honest show that women can relate to and learn from. I can only speak for our show, though. We’re a family show; it’s not like we’re girlfriends.

Did any of you foresee your show being as big as it is today?

Chrissy: I knew when they put that punch and kick in the trailer that would catch people’s eye. People watch reality TV for train wrecks. People wanna excuse their own bullisht and tune into yours.

Kandi: I liked the show before I got on it, but I didn’t think I’d be interesting on TV. But being on Bravo, we cross so many age and racial boundaries. Before in the community, people may recognize me, like, “That’s the girl from Xscape,” and then I would go somewhere else and not be recognized. But now it can be a 70-year-old white grandmother who will be like, “Kandi! I love you!” Or some 40-year-old Asian like, “Kandi Burruss?” And I’m like, “Wow, you know my first and last name.”

Tamar: There aren’t a lot of female African-American shows, better yet about sisters [on television], which I think is very important, not just for the Braxtons but…

Kandi: There’s a lot of things about your show that I like. I like the fact that you guys are an entertainment family. I think people love the whole music side of things, being able to see the behind-the-scenes of your careers. I thought that’s what I brought to Housewives—Atlanta is a beautiful town and you get to see that, but you get to see that people who are quote, unquote “celebrities” have normal real life issues.

Tamar: Kandi, this is the honest to God truth: to this day, I don’t see my family as an entertainment family. We’ve been doing this since I was a baby. So until our show aired, I thought we was like every other family!

Kandi: You are! Which is why people like the show. A lot of people don’t get to see your momma tell you, “I’ll slap you down.” [Laughs]

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We Got G’s Muhfugga, G’s… Gucci Takes $4 Milli From Guess In Lawsuit Over Use Of Interlocking G’s

thatsmybiz1 — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:38:17 +0000

Knock it off? That was what one judge had to say about Guess designing “knockoff” Gucci designs after Gucci filed a $120 million lawsuit against the less pricy clothier.

U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin today awarded Gucci $4.66 million dollars, which represents the profit Guess made from using certain unauthorized Gucci trademarks, according to The Fashion Law.

The court also granted Gucci a permanent injunction against Guess’ use of three of the four challenged designs.

The $4.6 million payout, however, is a tiny slice of the $120 million the Italian company had originally asked for, claiming Guess’ appropriation of the “G” logo confused customers and caused them to lose profits.

Gucci initially filed suit against Guess three years ago, alleging that the LA-based fashion brand “diluted its brand” by imitating four specific Gucci designs: the green and red stripe; the interlocking “G” pattern; the square “G” and the brand name’s delicate script font. The new court injunction will prohibit Guess from producing any of these patterns except for its script logo.

The Gucci vs. Guess lawsuit finally went to court last month and quickly heated up; Guess CEO Paul Marciano testified in April and denied any wrongdoing, saying, “You interpret your own way with your own brand.”

We don’t really see how anybody would ever confuse the Guess designs for Gucci, except for maybe the shoes from a distance. Are you a logo ho or would you rather rock more low profile looks?

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Shady Wife Sentenced To Life In Prison For Hiring Ex-NFL Baller To Kill Her Husband For $1 Million Life Insurance Gwap

hiphopobama — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:47:32 +0000

For the love of money…SMH

Nanette Packard Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder Conspiracy With Ex-NFL Player

A Southern California woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday for helping her lover, former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, murder her live-in millionaire boyfriend for financial gain nearly two decades ago.

Nanette Ann Packard, 46, was convicted of murder earlier this year in the cold case slaying of William Francis McLaughlin, who made his fortune in medical technologies and was shot dead in his kitchen in December 1994.

Packard was living with the much older McLaughlin when he was murdered, but the divorced mother of two was also dating Naposki, a former linebacker for the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts who worked as a bouncer at a nearby nightclub.

Packard convinced Naposki to kill McLaughlin, gave him a key to the victim’s house and told him when he would be home, prosecutors said.

She stood to collect $1 million on a life insurance policy and receive $150,000 and free rent for a year at one of his homes if McLaughlin died, authorities said.

Packard ended up stealing at least $500,000 from McLaughlin’s estate both before and after his death, Matt Murphy, deputy district attorney, said during trial.

As for her accomplice Eric Naposki…

Naposki, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder last July.

His sentencing has been postponed until Aug. 10.

If this guy she was married to was so much older, she could have just as easily waited for him to kick the bucket. Greedy beyotch…

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Making It Rain On Them IPO Hoes: Facebook Head Honcho Mark “Mo’ Bucks” Zuckerberg Estimated To Make $20 BILLION Today!

hiphopobama — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:16:04 +0000

Cot-DAMN!!

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg To Make $20 Billion From IPO

According to TMZ reports:

Mark Zuckerberg just rang the NASDAQ bell … opening a trading day in which the 28-year-old is expected to make more than 20 BILLION DOLLARS.

In case you haven’t heard, the Facebook stock officially begins trading today — the largest Internet IPO in history.

Zuckerberg performed the bell-ringing via satellite … from the Facebook offices in Menlo Park, CA. Of course, he was wearing his signature hoodie and the kind of smile you’d have on your face if you were in his flip-flops.

The stock price debuted at $38 dollars per share, quickly rose to $42, and then began leveling off. According to CNBC, 82 million shares were traded in the first 30 seconds.

It’s not just Mark who’s set to rake in a fortune today — according to reports, more than 1,000 people will become overnight millionaires due to the initial public offering.

It’s a damn good day to be a Facebook employee!

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Hit TMZ to read more about Money Makin’ Mark’s big day

Must Be Muhfuggin Nice! Chris Brown Bought A Beautiful Brolic Bling-Bling Bauble For His Banger Birthday Boo-Thang Karrueche

hiphopobama — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:40:30 +0000

Leeeggo!

Suffice to say that Chris Brown’s girlfriend Karrueche Tran is a very lucky lady. In addition to receiving the R&B stars schlong action, she has been showered with lavish gifts for her birthday. On top of the reported $10,000 that Breezy spent on bottles of champagne at the club for her party, in addition to the Porsche Panamera that he purchased last month for her, the Mechanical Dummy went to the jewelry store and went HAM on behalf of his Vietnamese vixen!

Take a look at this.

Damn those commercials, every Karrueche kiss begins with KARATS!!

Play on playa…

Congratulations: The Superbowl Champion New York Giants Finally Receive Their Rings [Photos]

hiphopobama — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:43:17 +0000

Shinin’ on them hoes!!

The New York Giants Get Their Superbowl Championship Rings

According to TMZ reports:

The New York Giants FINALLY got their Super Bowl rings last night — three months after winning the championship — and they’re more beautiful than we could ever have imagined.

The ring — designed by Tiffany & Co. — is made of white gold and COVERED in diamonds. The top of the ring alone is lined with 37 blue sapphires.

The ring (pictured above on cornerback Will Blackmon’s finger) also includes the final score of Super Bowl XLVI (21-17) — when Giants trounced the New England Patriots for the second time in four years.

The four Vince Lombardi trophies (look for the footballs) represent the team’s four championships (1986, 1990, 2007 and 2011).

It’s hard to put a value on something like a Super Bowl ring — but the hardware alone is probably worth five figures.

Congratulations gentlemen, no one wanted to see the Patriots win another one anyway LOL!

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Hit the flip to peep the detailed pics of the “winner’s circle”

What Would You Do? Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Can Relinquish His U.S. Citizenship, Keep $67 Million And Never See His Family, Or Pay Up And Visit Whenever He Likes

hiphopobama — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:37:06 +0000

What do you love more, your family or your fetti???

Mark Zuckerberg can skip sending an invite to Eduardo Saverin for any IPO parties.

By relinquishing his American citizenship, the Facebook co-founder likely won’t be allowed back into the United States after the IRS and State Department look into his case, according to legal experts.

“Anyone who relinquishes their citizenship always has a non-tax related reason why they’re giving (it) up,” Kehrela Hodkinson, a lawyer at the British firm Law Hodkinson Law Group, told the Daily News. “He would likely have a reason like, ‘I’m living in Singapore.’”

The only penalty Saverin is likely to face is that he will be “inadmissable” to the United States.

…Despite the outcry, there may be multiple advantages for the Brazilian-born Saverin — even if it means he can’t visit his family, who reside in the United States.

According to reports, the young millionaire would net at least $67 million without his American ties.

Decisions, decisions…

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