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EEDRIS CALLS OBASANJO A ‘MUGU’
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| Eedris Adbulkareem |
Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has called Olusegun Obasanjo’s a ‘Mugu’ after the former president recently criticized him for recording his 2004 hit song ‘Jaga jaga’.
Obasanjo while speaking at a forum organized by Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, recalled Abdulkareem’s 2004 hit track ‘Jaga jaga’ sayng that the KENNIS Music rapper doesn’t believe in the future of the country.
Apparently angered by Obasanjo’s statement, Abdulkreem took to micro-blogging site Twitter to bear his mind out.
Eedris called OBJ his ‘joy therapy’, stating it is obvious ‘Obasanjo can’t do without him’
‘It’s obvious that Obasanjo can’t do without me. I’m his joy therapy. Mr expresident, Nigeria still dey jagajaga infact worst pass jagajaga‘, @idris_Abdulkarm tweeted.
He then called Obasanjo a Boko Haram member challenging him to let ‘Goodluck rule in peace’.
‘President Obasanjo if you trully love Goodluck as u claimed why dont you talk to your fellow boko haram member to let Goodluck rule in peace’.
Eedris didn’t stop there as he then went on to call the PDP leader a ‘mugu’, ‘Mr expresident, I heard you were talking about me in ur last interview hahahahahhahah its obvious you cant do without me.you are my mugu. Obasanjo na my mugu oooo na jeje i dey, u dey look for trouble oooo…. hahahahahhahahahahhahahah’.
‘Mr ex president, u be my mugu!’, he added.
Eedris says he is inspired and will be hitting the studio to record a new song titled ‘Obasanjo na my friend’.
‘Watchout for my new single Obasanjo na my friend…Obasanjo, thank you for making me a star infact talk more about me. I’m inspired!!‘, he tweeted.
Eedris Abdulkareem who recently claim to be the reason artistes like D'Banj, P-Square and others were getting paid today.
This statement has highly been reacted to by many, who have had mixed feelings and reactions to it, believed it was uncalled for by the Kennis Music artiste to have said such. Some felt it was just a publicity stunt by Eedris to remain relevant in the news.
Reacting to Eedris' statement was Don Jazzy. The Mavin Records boss tweeted, "But I won't put it exactly like that. I think what he (Eedris) meant was [that] guys like him, our father 2baba, Tetuila, Eldee etc inspired us to join the game (music industry).
"So, if they didn't inspire us to join the game, we won't be getting paid. True, baba (Eedris) tuale.
I used to mime 'Shako Mo', 'Belinda' and 'Omode Meta Sere' [while] in secondary school. So, baba (Eedris) has the right to yarn (talk) anything o."
However, Don baba J, as the multiple award-winning music producer is fondly called did a joke on Wizkid when jokingly tweeted afterwards on being respected by Wizkid as he has done to 2Face, Eedris and others.
He tweeted, "that been said, 'oya', Wizkid, anyday you don't 'tuale for me', when I see you 'ehnnnnn', I go 'wozzzzzzz (slap)' you 22 slaps. lol."
Lil Wayne finally released Dedication 4 mixtape
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After some delays, Lil Wayne finally released Dedication 4, the fourth mixtape in a series of albums on which the YMCMB boss raps over the hottest tracks.
"Usually, I kill all the hot songs that's out," Weezy told Mixtape Daily last month about Dedication 4, according to MTV News. "But I'm on all the hot songs that's out. So now I have nothing to kill." In 2007, Wayne released Da Drought 3 mixtape, which was acclaimed by critics and ranked No. 27 on Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2007" list.
"Dedication 4" is free for all Lil Wayne fans and features the likes of Nick Minaj, Birdman, J. Cole, Young Jeezy and Lil Mouse. The YMCMB rapper had been tweeting to fans about the album, calling it "stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid," but those who listened to Wayne's newest release are not fawning over Dedication 4 just yet.
Lil Wayne 'Dedication 4' Mixtape: 10 Most Laughable Lyrics
@RealRyanConrad
Ryan Conrad
I'd love to hear a Lil Wayne song without him using any metaphors.. He wouldn't even know what to say
Some particular songs on Dedication 4 have caused quite the melee.
Nicki Minaj's verse on "Mercy" about voting for President Romney in November had many thinking that the Harajuku Barbie had endorsed the Republican candidate. Minaj has neither confirmed nor denied the speculation.
Another point of contention with Wayne's album is his featuring Lil Mouse on the remix of "Get Smoked." The 13-year-old rapper's raunchy lyrics have raised eyebrows. The teen, from Chicago's South Side, raps about sex, violence and drug selling, amongst other non-age-appropriate subjects. Lil Wayne is already being criticized for teaming up with Lil Mouse, according to MissInfo.tv.
Here are some of the most laughable lyrics from Lil Wayne's Dedication 4.
10. She’s so sophisticated / She'll catch a n---a nut and then refrigerate it
9. And ya’ll borin’, I don’t play n---a, I’m Mark Madsen / Thats why my knots thick like a f---ing Kardashian
8. Heavy load, throwing hella bands, in the club doing the money dance (Lil Mouse)
7. That's no lie, I'm so hot, you p---y ass n---as Massengill / I got them yellow Xanax, I slipped on a banana peel
6. Trukfit money Mountain Dew money, tell em / I get better like fine wine I'm fire like cayenne
5. Swish Michael, Phelps n---a in your ho / Coupe the color of YooHoo, rude boy free Buju
4. Pow, there go my hammer / Come around here stuntin', get jacked like O'Lantern
3. I beg your pardon, I egg your noggin, got nine up in my glove compartment
2. Hey baby let's make a porn! / Ba-bum! Devil horns
1. I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney / You lazy bitches is f--king up the economy (Nicki Minaj)
Charles Manson On Vinyl: Store Owner Selling Convicted Murderer's Never-Before-Released Prison Guitar Recordings
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A new record of Charles Manson's bluesy guitar songs from prison is for sale, thanks to the help of Kickstarter.
After Manuel Vasquez, the co-owner of a small independent music store in Los Angeles, was "encouraged" by the infamous mass murderer and cult leader to produce recordings on vinyl, he turned to the Internet to raise the thousands he needed to produce the records.
"This project is not about death, drugs, 1969, etc ... It is about MUSIC," Vasquez wrote on the fundraiser page.
After raising $4,099 — $99 over his goal — Vasquez is selling 500 records that he himself pressed out of his Hollywood store, which is reportedly located close to where Manson and his cult members went on a murder spree in 1969 that left eight people dead. Kickstarter donors are listed in the liner notes.
At 40 minutes long, Vasquez told the LA Times that most people "won't like" 12 singles (interspersed with poetry and commentary) and that it's "probably an acquired taste." The front cover is a sketch of Manson done by one of his fellow inmates while the back cover is a large geometric drawing by Manson.
A YouTube video includes one of the songs featured on the album, the first verse of which goes as follows:
If this prison yard could talk,
What a story could be told,
Of the things I'd seen that would make,
A strong man's blood run cold.
Though the production and sale of the record is controversial — even Vasquez's parents say they don't understand why he'd want to align himself with Manson — he claims that Manson has more to say.
"I usually tell people that the perspective they have of Manson is what he was convicted for in 1969, not for what he became in prison," Vasquez told the Times, "He is somebody who is obsessed with ecology and saving the earth, the environment and animals. Life is his obsession, not death."
In 2011, Manson went on record to say that global warming is a major threat to the planet.
"If we don’t change that as rapidly as I’m speaking to you now, if we don’t put the green back on the planet and put the trees back that we’ve butchered, if we don’t go to war against the problem," said Manson.
Manson reportedly receives no payments or royalties from the sale of the records, nor has he from any recording released by others in the past.
"It's all about spreading awesome to the world that's never been heard," said a girl in the video for Vasquez's Kickstarter.
"We're helping him out," she added.
Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54 after July heart attack
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| "The Green Mile" |
Michael Clarke Duncan was one big, irresistible jumble of contradictions.
His presence was formidable, even intimidating: The former bodyguard had a muscular, 6-foot-4 frame, but it was topped by the brightest of megawatt smiles.
His gravelly baritone was well-suited to everything from animated films to action spectacles, but no matter the role, a warmth and a sweetness was always evident underneath.
The prolific character actor, whose dozens of movies included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and box office hits including "Armageddon," `'Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda," died Monday at age 54. And although he only turned to acting in his 30s, it's clear from the outpouring of prayers and remembrances he received across the Hollywood and sports worlds that his gentle-giant persona made him much-loved during that relatively brief time.
Duncan died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiance, reality TV personality Rev. Omarosa Manigault, in a statement released by publicist Joy Fehily.
Duncan "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," the statement said. "Manigault is grateful for all of your prayers and asks for privacy at this time. Celebrations of his life, both private and public, will be announced at a later date."
Tom Hanks, star of 1999's "The Green Mile" — the film that earned a then-little-known Duncan a supporting-actor nomination at the Academy Awards — said he was "terribly saddened at the loss of Big Mike. He was the treasure we all discovered on the set of `The Green Mile.' He was magic. He was a big love of man and his passing leaves us stunned."
"I will miss my friend, Michael Clarke Duncan," comedian and talk-show host Steve Harvey said on Twitter. "What an incredible soldier in God's Plan." Other sad and shocked reactions came from a diverse field that included Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, actresses Alexa Vega, Niecy Nash and Olivia Munn, and former boxing champion Lennox Lewis.
In the spring of 2012, Duncan had appeared in a video for PETA, the animal rights organization, in which he spoke of how much better he felt since becoming a vegetarian three years earlier.
"I cleared out my refrigerator, about $5,000 worth of meat," he said. "I'm a lot healthier than I was when I was eating meat."
Duncan had a handful of minor roles before "The Green Mile" brought him accolades and fame. The 1999 film, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, starred Hanks as a corrections officer at a penitentiary in the 1930s. Duncan played John Coffey, a convicted murderer with a surprisingly gentle demeanor and extraordinary healing powers.
Duncan's performance caught on with critics and moviegoers and he quickly became a favorite in Hollywood, appearing in several films a year. He owed some of his good fortune to Bruce Willis, who recommended Duncan for "The Green Mile" after the two appeared together in "Armageddon." Duncan would work with Willis again in "Breakfast of Champions," `'The Whole Nine Yards" and "Sin City."
His industrial-sized build was suited for everything from superhero films ("Daredevil") to comedy ("Talladega Nights," `'School for Scoundrels"). He could have made a career out of his voice work alone, with appearances in several animated and family movies, including, "Kung Fu Panda," `'Racing Stripes" and "Brother Bear." Among Duncan's television credits were "The Apprentice," `'Two and a Half Men," "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and a new series, "The Finder."
Born in Chicago in 1957, Duncan was raised by a single mother whose resistance to his playing football led to his deciding he wanted to become an actor. But when his mother became ill, he dropped out of college, Alcorn State University, and worked as a ditch digger and bouncer to support her. By his mid-20s, he was in Los Angeles, where he looked for acting parts and became a bodyguard for Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and other stars. The murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G., for whom Duncan had been hired to protect before switching assignments, led him to quit his job and pursue acting full-time.
Early film and television credits, when he was usually cast as a bodyguard or bouncer, included "Bulworth," `'A Night at the Roxbury" and "The Players Club."
She didn't cheat on me: Seal Clarified
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| Seal and his ex wife Heidi |
TMZ photographers caught up with Seal on Friday and asked him how he felt about the rumors that Klum's now dating her bodyguard following her January split from Seal.
Removing his sunglasses, Seal replied that while it's commonplace for a separated couple to move on - and while he certainly doesn't "expect Heidi to all of a sudden become a nun" - he did think that she "would've shown a little bit more class and at least waited until we separated first before deciding to fornicate with the help, as it were." He then added, "but I guess you all now have the answer you were looking for for the past seven months." Hmm ... so did Seal's split from Klum have something to do with her "fornicating with the help"? It sounds like that's what he meant, but apparently the singer was a bit tongue-tied. A rep for Seal tells CNN that his words were "misconstrued."
"Seal would like to clarify that he was not implying his wife was cheating while they were together, but he was merely pointing out that their separation and divorce were not final and they are still legally married," his rep said in a statement. For her part,
Klum's also denied allegations that she stepped out during her seven-year marriage to the "Kiss From a Rose" singer. "It is sad that Seal had to resort to this kind of behavior and spread these untruths about the mother of his children," Klum's rep told Us Weekly. The model and TV personality added in a statement to CNN, "I cherish all of the great memories Seal and I created together over the years. Our separation was based on issues between the two of us. Seal has moved on and so have I. My priority has and continues to be protecting and providing for our children." Klum, who separated from Seal in January, filed for divorce in April.
Steve Harvey, the 'King of All Media?'
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| Steve Harvey |
Watch out Howard Stern, it looks like Steve Harvey is angling for the title of "King of All Media." Both outspoken men have much in common, including being unabashed divorcees, best-selling authors whose books were turned into hit movies ("Private Parts" and "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man," respectively) and hosts of no-holds-barred radio shows heard throughout the nation. But when it comes to TV, Harvey just may have the leg up. e going to have great take-aways about medical and weight, dieting, parenting, relationships. I got a lot to draw on." Harvey, 55, joins a growing list of daytime TV hosts looking to fill the void left by Oprah Winfrey. Katie Couric and Ricki Lake will debut new shows this fall, and mainstays Ellen DeGeneres and Wendy Williams have been ren Stern made his prime time debut this year as a judge on "America's Got Talent;" Harvey hosts "Family Feud" and his daytime talk show, "The Steve Harvey Show," is set to premiere on September 4. "I think it's going to be great," Harvey said about the show, which is currently in production at NBC's Chicago studios. "It's going to be a daytime show with a wonderful comedic spin where people get to laugh out loud during the daytime. At the same time, we'rewed through 2014. Harvey is confident he can stand out from the crowd. "I think the uniqueness of (my show) is the male perspective, which is missing from daytime television," he said. "Steve is like that wise but funny uncle we all have," Dawn Davis, Harvey's publisher at Harper Collins said. "The one with sage advice at graduation, and a healthy but gentle dose of truth-talking at Thanksgiving." That personality goes a long way, said Premiere Networks President Julie Talbott whose company syndicates "The Steve Harvey Show" on radio across the country to 7 million listeners. "Steve Harvey's audience growth and ratings have been consistently impressive," Talbott said. "His passion for entertaining has allowed him to connect with people across multiple platforms. He's truly a renaissance man." As one of "The Original Kings of Comedy," he is used to trying to connect with audiences, but he recently retired from stand-up, claiming, "Comedy isn't what it used to be. There are not the venues available for these young acts to hone their skills and talents, which is really a shame. It's like musicians have become a dying breed; comedians have, too."
