Friday, November 27, 2009
Beyonce’s Thanksgiving Special
ABC aired Beyonce’s Thanksgiving special last night, a behind the scenes peak into Beyonce’s “I Am…Yours” Tour. This special only proved that Beyonce is without a doubt, THE best entertainer out right now.
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Nicki Minaj Challenges Lady Gaga In Photoshoot, Plus Jay-z co-signs Nicki
NICKI MINAJ RIGHT ON! BARBIE SHOOT SNEAK PEAK
Nicki Minaj channels Lady Gaga in a new photoshoot for Right On! Magazine. Actually I’m sure she was supposed to be Barbie but this shoot has Gaga written all over it. HOT! The issue hits stands in January 2010. SHE SLAYIN!
NICKI MINAJ RIGHT ON! BARBIE SHOOT SNEAK PEAK from Fatima B on Vimeo.
IN OTHER BLITZ:
n other news, Robin Thicke is the latest artist to collaborate with Nicki on a song titled “Shakin It For Daddy”. The interesting thing about the song is that it was Jay-z’s idea for Robin to snag Nicki for a verse:
It was Jay’s idea,” Thicke said about how Nicki Minaj came to be on “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.” “We were in the studio, and I played him the whole album. He was like, ‘You should get Nicki Minaj on that. She’s got that voice. She’s got that swag.’ So I leaned over and was like, ‘Somebody get Nicki Minaj on the phone! Jay-Z said so!’ Next thing you know, we called Nicki. She was excited. But once we told her it was Jay-Z’s idea to get her on the track, she started screaming on the phone. She was all excited. She’s a super, super talent. I can’t wait to do a video with Nicki. There’s a power in her. It’s not just that she’s sexy and that’s the only way she can get you to like her. She’s got charm — not just sex. Some women may use sex to get what they want; others have charm. She’s got charm. – MTV“
I will be interested in seeing if both Nicki Minaj and Drake live up to their hype while Wayne is locked away next year.
Robin Thicke ft. Nicki Minaj – Shakin It For Daddy
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New Music By:Common x John Legend/ Ludacris/Kanye!
Common x John Legend “Strange Fruit”

Produced by Kanye.
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Ludacris “Turnt Up” Freestyle

“I like my beat down low and my girl with her legs all the way back in the Maybach/ Big frame, big butt call it pay back/ Wonder where the waist at, gone.. Luda!!”
Good grief, Luda flows his ass off on this. Turn your speakers up and disturb the peace.
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Kanye West “I’m So Appalled”
This was posted 2 weeks ago, but here it is without DJ tags. By the way, this verse will be appear on Diddy’s Last Train To Paris too. Appalled?
>>>>>LOVES ALL 3 SONGS
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MARY J BLIGE Says She WONT Work With CHRIS BROWN & more
Yet again MARY did an interview, with questions from fans.This time it was for HOT 96.3...in INDIANAPOLIS
Now in the interview you'll here some similar questions asked.What MARY drives, fashion, competition, role model, regrets & more. So take a listen.... BTW! I LOVE THE INTERVIEW.
It was a real insight, when MARY said she respect CB as a person. nut she don't support that movement of his actions.SO NO SHE WONT LOOK PAST what he did & work with him..Also she spoke on if she was TAYLOR SWIFT & Kanye did that.
Part 1
Part 2
>>>You must respect the QUEEN.
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Lil Wayne “Rebirth” Tracklist ?
According to NewLilWayne, this is the tracklist to Weezy’s Rebirth. If accurate, guest appearances will be added shortly.
1. American Star
2. Prom Queen
3. Ground Zero
4. Da Da Da
5. Paradise
6. Get A Life
7. On Fire
8. Drop The World
9. Runnin
10. One Way Trip
11. Knockout
12. The Price Is Wrong
Thursday, November 26, 2009
2nite on ABC Beyonce I AM YOURS for THANKSGIVING!
How can anyone go wrong with a night at home with family.Special occasion calls for BEYONCE.
Beyonce will show parts of her amazing New DVD I AM YOURS, and behind the scene plus much more EXCLUSIVE things.
TONIGHT on ABC 9/8 central time. DONT MISS IT.
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Stefani Before She Was Lady Gaga WOW!!!
Stefani = Talented, Lady Gaga = Genius…
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Album Sales: The Week Ending
Michael Jackson looks platinum-plausible after three weeks of the This Is It soundtrack,
Michael's sister Janet brought her #1's collection to the Top 20 for a debut. The double disc collection features hits assisted by Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Nelly.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 5 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct | 160,000 | 161,000 |
| 7 | Michael Jackson's | This Is It | 96,000 | 782,000 |
| 20 | Janet Jackson | #1's (2CD) | 37,000 | 38,000 |
| 25 | The Black Eyed Peas | E.N.D. | 31,000 | 1,387,000 |
| 30 | Jay-Z | Blueprint 3 | 29,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 61 | Rakim | The Seventh Seal | 11,000 | 12,000 |
| 88 | Wale | Attention : Deficit | 8,700 | 37,000 |
| 111 | Felt | Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| 148 | Tech N9ne | K.O.D. | 4,500 | 51,000 |
| 199 | Lil Boosie | Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz | 3,000 | 110,000 |
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Mary J. Blige ‘Stronger With Each Tear’ Cover
Check out the official album cover for Mary J Blige’s latest effort ‘Stronger With Each Tear’ (formerly titled ‘Stronger’).
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New Music: Gucci Mane “Heavy”
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Keyshia Cole Is Pregnant CONFIRMED !!!!!!!!
AS I TOLD YOU GUYS MONTHS AGO... NOW MORE CONFIRMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!
After Keyshia Cole was noticeably absent from Sunday’s American Music Awards where she was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist. & We Ain’t seen her in a minute :
WELL GET THIS.
Keyshia skipped the AMA awards this weekend for a good cause. She was spotted with Boobie in Cleveland on Sunday giving away turkeys and groceries to 150 families at the Bethany Baptist Church.
AND
Update: So, it looks as though Keyshia Cole really is Pregnant. Peep pics and an update from someone who was at the event below:
THE PICS:I am from Cleve and was at that event as a volunteer for one of the companies giving away food. And she is def pregnant. They were instructing people to shoot the upper body only. I saw it with my own 2 eyes. This event was in the Steeleyard Commons. And a guy that works in the Beachwood mall told us he had seen her in the LV store and she was big. And that was prior to me seeing her myself. -via comments




>>>>>>CONGRATS TO KEYSHIA COLE.....& HER BF
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New Video: D Woods – Legalize, Plus Day 26 Splits From Bad Boy
Former Danity Kane member D Woods has a new video titled “Legalize”. ICE sent the video with the message “Legal or not I would smoke, sniff & shoot D Woods all up in these veins, the other DK girls ehh not so much.“.
She is currently working on a new solo project and a few movie roles. Meanwhile, the group Day 26 has also split from Bad Boy Records after Diddy left Atlantic Records for Interscope.
Considering the careers of a few Bad Boy artists, this may actually be a blessing in disguise for Day 26.
The group have since left Diddy’s Bad Boy Records, but claim they are still very much connected to the Bad Boy crew.Without Diddy’s backing, Day 26 is setting out to prove that they are more than just television stars. “We really want to get people focused on the artistry, on the music,” Taylor explained. “I think a lot of people lost it with the entertainment of the show. So now, we really want to show people what we’re all about, that we do our thing whether its on stage, in the studio, writing and producing — we do it all.” -GLobal Grind
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A.J. Jewell family request second autopsy

A.J. Jewell’s body will be exhumed to have a second autopsy performed on it. His family wants to prove that he was indeed murdered that fatal night:
Police initially concluded that Jewell died of blunt force trauma to the head — but a medical examiner later stated that sickle cell disease was another fatal factor.
Counters Jewell’s father, the Rev. A.B. Jewell Sr.: “I want the public to know my son did not have sickle cell disease.”
Now that an exhumation has been authorized, he adds, “I hope this next autopsy will prove that my son was murdered.”
Markel Hutchins, a rep for Jewell’s family, told CNN that Jewell’s celebrity from Housewives may have even hindered the investigation into his death.
“It’s almost as if A.J. and his family were being penalized because of his high-profile nature and because of his celebrity lifestyle,” Hutchins said.
“There were other things that led up to A.J.’s death, and there are other things that we believe were criminal, that happened after A.J.’s death,” the rep added.
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JANET & actor Colin Farrell dating?//& Mariah gets Film Award

Word has it Janet Jackson has a new bad boy in her life. She and actor Colin Farrell (whose track record proves he loves some coffee with his cream) were spotted having an “intimate dinner” at the Beverly Hills Hotel last week. Janet also made it very clear last week that she and Jermaine Dupri are no longer a couple. Hmmm. Interesting…
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Congrats to Mariah Carey as she’s won her first award for her role in Precious. The Palm Springs Film Festival has tapped Mariah for its Breakthrough Performance Award for the movie. Nice.
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MICHELLE OBAMA state dinner Dress wows guest
Looking glamorous in an elegant strapless gown by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan, Michelle Obama welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur to the White House Tuesday night and ushered in the Obama administration's first official state dinner.
Though she's become known for her (sometimes controversial) high-fashion risk-taking, tonight Mrs.Obama chose a dress with a classic floor-length cut in a subdued gold fabric and paired it with a light shawl. Her makeup was kept to a minimum and her hair done in a dignified updo. The entire ensemble seemed traditionally feminine and sophisticated, reminiscent of the first lady's more conservative predecessors.
But there were a few Michelle-style flourishes, including a pair of elaborate chandelier earrings and a stack of glittering gold-and-diamond bangles piled high on her left arm. Her choice of Khan as designer is also characteristic of this first lady, who often favors little-known artisans over big names. Khan has been on the fashion scene since 2003, and has outfitted youthful celebrities such as Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Lopez. He has also dressed dignitaries like Queen Noor and designed the costumes for the 2006 movie "Dreamgirls."

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Tonight's look may mark a sartorial departure for Mrs. Obama, a shift into more sophisticated, luxurious, and regal attire, rather than the playful, accessible, less-polished clothing she's worn thus far.
It will also mean a big shift in popularity and business for Naeem Khan, who--like the first lady's favorite designer before him, Jason Wu--is more than likely about to become one of the most-searched and sought-after names in the business.

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Kanye in Paris Shopping//&Two NEW SONGS By USHER!

shopping at Cavalli and Marni:






New Music: Usher “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” x “In My Bag”
Here’s something you don’t receive everyday: two new leaks from Usher. If it weren’t for Plies’ verse, the first track sounds promising. The second however, falls short overall. Check ‘em out below. EVEN THO..USHER VOCALS ARE ALWAYS ON POINT & ALWAYS HAS SINCE "GUY LIKE THAT" his first song yall!
“Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” Ft. Plies
“In My Bag” Ft. T.I.
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USHER & 50CENT colonges & QUEEN LATIFAH perfume
Usher and 50 Cent’s new cologne ads:


Queen Latifah promo’d her new Queen fragrance at Macy’s today:


>>>>YALL JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.. GET YOUR SMELL GOODS ON.
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Ron Artest doing this Jimmy Kimmel interview in his Underwear?
>>>>INTERESTING, he stays in his UNDERWEAR.. and & (side-eye) at what he says about KOBE. um?
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Rihanna On Good Morning America//& A KEYS On The Today Show!
While Alicia was on Today, Robyn was doing her promo moves too on Good Morning America.

Rihanna On Hot 97 (Angie Martinez)
With her new album in stores, Rihanna spoke with Angie Martinez in her most candid and best interview to date. Listen for yourselves. 21. Single and ready to mingle. She’s such a fuckin’ young lady.
Rihanna had a very fun interview with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez earlier today. Because I always seem to spoil u bishes by transcribing :-p, here are some relevant parts by request:
On the pics of her grabbing boobs online:
There are tons of those pictures. I grab boobies all the time, I’m obsessed. I don’t have much so anytime I see a good rack I’m like “wow, I wish mine looked and felt like that”. Women are beautiful. I’m not into them but they are hot.On her nude photos leaking:
Which ones? The hot ones? They should be hot, they were for my boyfriend at the time. If you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures then I feel bad for him. Trust me I was [freaked out], that was the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to me. I just feel like my privacy was taken before that and then when that came out I was like “Oh great! So, Now there is nothing they don’t know about my private life”. It was humiliating and embarrassing, especially my mom having to see that and it was two days before Mother’s Day so I was nervous…On what people think about her
I am misunderstood alot at times. My music, my image. People have their whole thing about me. Whether it be me being a devil worshiper or whatever the hell. I’m just being me and I’m just making music the way I would without any influences. Just me and my personal life. I just said everything I wanted to say. I even cursed a few times.On the flack from the Diane Sawyer Interview
I expected that. It’s an obvious thing to do. They think that I have an agenda to destroy his career and that’s not what that interview was about for me. There are more creative ways to do that. That interview was solely about these young girls. Just inspiring them and being the voice for them and talking about my situation so that they can have something to hold on to. The hotline went up crazy because finally they had the courage to call the hotline and say “I’m going through this, I want to get out of this relationship”. I mean women who wanted to commit suicide so say what you want but we are saving lives here.
On taking responsibility for being in a dysfunctional relationship:
It was a learning experience for the both of us. There was alot of insecurities and control issues but it was definitely a learning experience because in relationships in the future I know to watch out for certain things. Alot of those were signs. I learned that in the end. There were signs..On being a role model
What’s your definition of a role model? I represent alot of things. I’m also realistic in the lifestyle. I’m not a saint and everyone knows that. I can only be myself. It’s nothing I want more than for everyone to be themselves. Another thing, for the past 8 months, everything I’ve been through, It’s led me to this whole “I don’t give an F” attitude because people say things all the time. Even when you try to please them, it’s something else so the only thing you can do is be you. They are always going to say something so all I can do is be me.On Dating Tristan, Drake, Rasheed, & Andrew
I don’t have [Tristan's] phone number. Give me someone that’s hot and older. Me and Drake are still friends actually. [We hung out] a few times but no, never. Rasheed Lewis. Never even met him but apparently I was trying to break up his family. Andrew Bynum, we went on two dates apparently. Never met him either. I’m actually not dating. I just flirt…On her break up with Chris Brown
It was difficult. It was a difficult process and a long one. Also my music helped me alot. Being in the studio was therapeutic. I got to vent. There was no cameras, there was no media. You don’t even realize when you are okay cause in your mind it’s just a fight non-stop with yourself trying to get through it and then one day you’ll see something and it doesn’t have the same effect on you as before, it’s like “wooooow”. I’ve gotten over it and now I’m free of that.On why her hand was covering her eye on the album cover
Because I am a devil worshiper what are you talking about *<==in a joking voice*
Love Angie’s interviews.
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Alicia Keys “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” (Today Show)

Alicia performed “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC. The Element of Freedom
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
BEYONCE drops New Album In 2010 & Miley Cyrus is inspired by her!

Beyonce let it slip the other night at the end of her concert that she may be readying another album in 2010
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MILEY CYRUS says She wants to be just like BEYONCE
'I want to be like Beyonce. She is the ultimate woman. You look at her and you don't think, I wonder what her personal life is like. You look at her and you go, That girl on the stage is a superstar. You don't care about anything else; you only care about her music. So I would hope that would be me in the future.'
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Rihanna Says She Misses Chris Brown and Still Listens To His Music!
Rihanna says she misses Chris Brown and she doesn’t turn the radio off when his music comes on!
Rihanna appeared on The Bert Show, an Atlanta Ga. radio program, and was asked if she misses Chris Brown, Rihanna replied, ’sometimes. Actually yes. There are a lot of reminders. There are a lot of places that we went to together and music – songs we liked together, and his songs.’
When asked if she still listens to his music she says, ‘When it comes on the radio, I don’t turn it off. I just listen. I like his music.’

Hmmmm?!
Rated R album signing at Best Buy in NY’s Union Square last night.


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Monday, November 23, 2009
Gospel Rapper Da Truth Had Affair With Tye Tribbet’s Wife, After He Slept With BF’s Baby Mama!

Grammy-nominated Gospel rapper Da Truth has allegedly been caught having an affair with a fellow gospel rapper’s wife and was suspended ‘indefinitely’ from his record label.
Cross Movement Recording artist Emanuel ‘Da Truth’ Lambert has been indefinitely suspended from the label, Cross Movement records, for allegedly having an affair with his best friend’s wife. His best friend was Tye Tribett, member of Grammy-nominated and Stellar-Award winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. and it was his wife that Da Truth was sleeping with!
Get this: earlier this year, Tye was caught cheating himself - sleeping with a member of his choir who was his good friend’s baby momma. So now we’ve caught wind that Da’ T.R.U.T.H., who is Tye’s mentee, is having an affair with Tribbett’s wife Shante. Is Shante getting some ‘get back’ for Tye cheating on her early this year?
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. has not straight out said this is true, but then he later went on his personal website to apologize: “In light of a moral indiscretion in my personal life, I will be taking a sabbatical from 
I have repented first to God and then to my wife and family. It is my prayer that my family, supporters and the brethren in Christ will collectively be able to forgive me.”
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New Music: Kelis “Acapella”
>>>>ITS TECH MUSIC, AND I LIKE IT. AND THE LYRICS...!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THATS STEPPING OUTSIDE THE BOX
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IN STORES:Beyonce I AM DvD //& Lady GaGa "FAME MONSTER"
I Am...Yours. An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas(2CD/1DVD) [LIVE]

Beyonce has focused this entire dvd to show her vocal capabilities. The Dvd is up close with a more personal feel. The difference between Encore and any other tour of hers, We can actually feel like we are in the front row with this one. The beginning of the DVD is acoustic and the other half regular speed. Beyonce is an amazing performer and she shows that in this Dvd also. Great Job. Plus it also comes with the tracks on regular Cd which is awesome.
ST8 from the I AM Dvd check out CRAZY IN LOVE
There is NO denying BEYONCE is the BEST versatile Entertainer/Vocalist of this DECADE and Generation.
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The Fame Monster [Deluxe Edition] [EXTRA TRACKS]

Has an album title ever been so self-prophetic? In its first year, this electropop opus rocketed Lady Gaga from unknown New York lounge singer to the world’s biggest pop star this side of Britney Spears. The Fame’s brand of pop is shamelessly decadent: 11 of its 13 songs are about money, celebrity, sex, clubbing, or a sticky combination of all four. It’s insipid subject matter, unless you consider Gaga as less of a silly, manufactured blonde than an ingenious artist playing the part of a glitzy pop star. Witness The Fame’s impeccably sleek opening songs, from the carelessly rambling chorus of “Just Dance” to the snappy, futuristic beat of “LoveGame”: Gaga’s got the outrageous outfits and dance moves down to a science, but underneath it all, the music is aggressive and authoritarian in ways that most other Top 40 tunes are not. Often compared to Gwen Stefani’s, Gaga’s vocals are in fact richer and rounder, allowing her a certain stylistic versatility, and her personae alternate from wild party kid to vulnerable lover. Some of the risks don’t always pay off, but the Lady Gaga of the dark and ardent megahit “Poker Face” prevails. She is commandeering enough, bizarre and beguiling enough, to ensure that she’ll be basking in our attention for a very long time.
Even tho she didn't win the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, that she suppose to have done.She clearly took the show .Not to mention SHE CAN REALLY SING.
Telephone video drops sometime in DEC 09
--->>>BOTH are extremely worth the buy.
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RIHANNA Rated R album review (Album In Stores)

The wait is ova - for one of the most hotly anticipated new albums in recent history, as multi-platinum, award-winning Def Jam recording artist Rihanna announces the completion of her fourth original studio album, Rated R, arrives in the physical and digital marketplace 2day Monday, November 23rd.
Rated R is the long-awaited follow-up to Good Girl Gone Bad .
Very unexpected.... Very!! I am impressed with the album, it's well put together!! Every track is SOLID from the amazing vocals to the amazing beats, you can tell she put a lot of effort into it. Regardless to what the media says about Rihanna, she's very talented.
MY OPINION, I thought the lyrical content of her album had to be the BEST in the last two years to Mary J B last album. Rihanna nailed it perfectly. ALL-N-ALL you have to be open minded to understand the concepts of the album.
fav. songs:Rockstar,Hard,Cold Case Love, Photographs,G4L,The Last Song. 6 out of 13.I take my words back,THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST! STEPPED UP ALBUM BY A FEMALE OUT IN 2YEARS.but many not into her ROCK/POP sound, so 4 some it will be HARD to understand.Many folks like the typical RnB elements
ALBUM GRADE: B-That's only because no RnB songs were on the album.
FOLKS YES! GWOODA LOVES THIS ALBUM IT SPEAKS 2010.
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Beyonce Bodyguard Julius Got Groupies?!+Weezy Party In Miami


Beyonce’s typically hot head bodyguard Julius got snapped up in some pics with groupies (ok, one of them is Beyonce’s band member) at a club recently. The Twitter account who posted them says he was getting much groupie love. This is fun-ny. Wonder what his girlfriend thinks…


Lil Wayne was spotted at Play nightclub this weekend in Miami:

Is that you Nivea?



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