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2/19/13

The Daily Buzz For Feb 20

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RUNWAY MODELS EFFECT: Rihanna Reveals Her First Collection For RIVER ISLAND At London Fashion Week

Rihanna's had a big UK weekend. She shot the cover of Elle UK's April issue when she arrived in London, then she headed over to London Fashion Week to debut her brand new collection for River Island.

I've got her fab look, and a look at her designs....

Rocking a fitted black tank dress, Rihanna made her way to her show to present her River Island Autumn/Winter 2013 collection.

She tweeted:

And just like that these bitches is my sons #RihannaForRiverIsland #LONDONfashionweek

The "Stay" singer debuted a collection full of clothes that she indeed put her imprint on. The sexy, minimal, skin baring looks are all looks we've seen her rock over the past year or so. So it's no surprise that's what we saw fresh off the "runway":

She was spotted backstage with her models:

And her model friends Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne were there to support. We're feeling the designs. Congrats Rih.

Gabrielle Union RESPONDS To Groupie's CHEATING RUMORS, Calls Her A "Batsh*t Crazy Loon"

You may have heard that some "groupie" sent around a letter today claiming that she's sexing Gabrielle Union's man, Dwyane Wade. We received her letter as well and decided not to engage in that drama since more than a few factors from the letter didn't check out upon further investigation; however, Gabrielle Union did post her own response to the nonsense.

Gabby's "flying above" the haters like Kandi Burruss would say. And we'll all being watching her "Being Mary Jane" when it drops later this season.

P.S. Gabby Instagrammed a pic of her boo helping her out with her lines today in between takes of his Gatorade commercial. Well isn't that sweet…I guess but Girl don’t fool yourself EXCLUSIVITY you’re are NOT!

Young Jeezy Denies Owing Former Friend $5 Million

Young Jeezy is responding to allegations that he owes his former friend $5 million, by disputing the claim. Ellerbee Demetrius filed a lawsuit against Jeezy last year, claiming that he is owed back pay from a minimum of four of his albums.

Demetrius (who also goes by "Kinky B") asserts that he deserves pay for projects including 2006's The Inspiration, and The Recession, released in 2008. Stating that he's been friends with the Atlanta native since 1995, after meeting at boot camp. The duo started a two record companies together, dropped mixtapes, and worked to build Jeezy's career.

After signing to Def Jam, Demtetrius says that he was still involved in Jeezy's recording process, executive producing the albums.

Unfortunately for Demetrius, Jeezy says he's lying. The 35-year-old filed legal documents denying that they founded any companies together, never entered into any business agreements with him, and therefore owes him nothing.

Of course Jeezy isn't the only person to be sued by a "former friend," but time will tell what will happen here. The case is still pending.

Keke Palmer Snaps On Twitter, Defends Her New Role As Chilli On TLC Biopic

Casting is in full swing and plans are under way for VH1′s upcoming TLC biopic. Recently, we learned that Lil Mama would play the role of Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez and now it’s been announced that KeKe Palmer, has been casted to play Chilli ((real name Rozonda Ocelean Thomas). While this is good news for fans of the 20-year-old actress, everyone isn’t yet sold that she can pull it off. A few fans took to twitter, tweeting their displeasure with Keke landing the new gig and the Chicago native wasn’t having it. She defended herself, writing:

People kill me, I don’t remember Angela Bassett looking ANYTHING like Tina Turner. And she RIPPED that role, ? People need to realize hat movies aren’t casted by people looking like who they’re playing. They’re casted by who can do the role. I don’t know about you, but I would much rather see a movie that is well acted, then a movie with a bunch of look a like’s. Cause Ben Affleck isn’t even Hispanic, but the man he played in Argo IS. I shouldn’t play the part because my baby hair isn’t the perfect texture?. Goodnight Twitter, goodnight.

Nonetheless, Keke is no stranger to the big screen. Her break-out role was the lead in the 2004 film, ‘Akeelah And the Bee’, while she also made a cameo on Barbershop 2 (she played Queen Latifah’s niece). She’s also tried her hand at music, releasing a 2007 album called ‘So Uncool’. What else do we know about the film? Drew Sidora has been cast as Tionne ”T-Boz“ Watkins and the screen writer for the film is Kate Lanier (What’s Love Got To Do With It, Set it Off). The biopic will tell the story of the popular 1990′s group, when signed to LaFace Records, releasing their multi-platinum debut. The film which touch upon much of their success, along with the dram surrounding the trio (bankruptcy, fights, illnesses, Left Eye’s death, etc.) Anywho, time will tell if she can pull her latest roll off, but what do you think? Can you imagine Keke as Chilli and did she over-react on twitter, or was her response warranted?

Young Mother Killed Just Hours After Her Sister Attended Obama Speech

Another Chicago student shot and killed just hours after President Obama’s speech on gun violence, a speech her sister attended. 18-year-old Janay McFarlane was gunned down in suburban North Chicago, according to CBS Chicago.

“The next thing I knew I got a call and they said my baby was dead. And she was shot in the head,” said Angela Blakely, the victim’s mother.

That was last night, and Angela Blakely’s baby was her oldest daughter Janay McFarlane gunned down as she walked home from a store in North Chicago.

A young man she was walking with appears to have been the target, but the drive by killers instead hit Janay.

When asked what she would say to the killers, Blakely responded, “I would say I don’t know why you killed my baby. My baby doesn’t bother anybody. She’s a friend to anybody. She’s a loving person.”

Janay attended Hyde Park Career Academy where President Obama spoke yesterday for three years before transferring to an alternative school after she became pregnant a year ago. But her younger sister Destiny still attends Hyde Park and was in the audience standing right behind the President as he decried the violence that claimed the life of Hadiya Pendleton and so many other young Chicagoans. Destiny was too distraught to talk about her big sister.

But her mom told of how Janay often spoke of Hadiya and other murder victims.

“She said ‘Mom that’s so sad. I feel so bad for that little girl’ every time she saw kids on tv she said ‘Momma I feel so bad for these people that gotta leave their kids,’” said Blakely.

Now ironically, the young woman who empathized so much with others leaves behind her three month old son Jayden.

Praying for the family, and our young kids.

Azealia Banks Drops Video For "Harlem Shake Remix"....Despite Beef With Creator Baauer

Azealia Banks just dropped the video for her "Harlem Shake Remix." Just to prove she really doesn't care what creator of the (new) song, Baauer, had to say about her using his track.

Peep the hair twirling video;

Azealia Banks loves to stir the pot of drama. But this time, we don't really think it's her fault.

This "Harlem Shake" craze taking over Youtube and everywhere else--where one person in a group starts dancing to the Electro House track, then the camera cuts to everyone in the camera shot doing their own crazy dance once the beat drops.

So Azealia took the track and rapped over it for a remix. Something often done by rappers and singers int he business who want to put their own spin on things. And rarely--especially if they are not selling it--do they need to get permission to do so.

When "Harlem Shake" creator Baauer (no, not the one we're used to hearing/seeing Diddy do back in the 90's...this is some new ish..but we were confused to) heard Azealia's remix, he went off on her via Twitter and had her remix snatched off Soundcloud on Valentine's Day. But we're sure if Jay-Z had laid some tracks on that mug he would have been saying "Thank You."

Billboard reports:

Azealia took to Twitter to respond to Baauer, who tried to block her remix of his surprise hit "Harlem Shake." She responded to the Mad Decent artist by calling him a "pussy" and stating that he doesn’t "belong in hip-hop."

After musician Brillz wrote that they were "too busy making tunes for u to steal tho," the Harlem native fired back, "you guys are all fagots… May you drown in faggotry."

And now we're here. With a video. And we like her version. But she's on her own with the F bombs.

Mary J. Blige Blessed With $900K Tax Lien In New Jersey

Mary J. Blige's financial and tax struggle is getting out of hand. The R&B diva has been issued a $900,ooo tax lien in the state of New Jersey.

TMZ reports:

Blige -- who was JUST sued earlier this month for allegedly defaulting on a $500k bank loan -- is now on the hook for $901,769.65 in back taxes to the Garden State, this according to official documents obtained by TMZ.

The tax lien is the latest in a string of financial woes for the Grammy winner -- just last year, Mary J. was sued for allegedly defaulting on a $2.2 million bank loan .. and before that, her charity was sued for not paying back a $250k loan.

Back in May, Blige blamed the charity's financial issues on the staff -- saying, "The problem is that I didn't have the right people in the right places doing the right things."

Blige graces the cover of the latest VIBE magazine and recently portrayed the late Betty Shabazz, widow of civil rights activist Malcolm X, in a Lifetime channel movie titled Betty & Coretta.

The Yonkers native's last album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1), was released in Nov. 21. Here's the bright side; with all these hits to her bank account, we can probably expect a new Mary J. Blige album sooner than later, right?

IRS Files A Tax Lien On Snoop (DOGG) Lion

How lame of celebrities that constantly flaunting their rich’s, but can’t pay off the IRS… Sheesh….Rapper Snoop Dogg is in trouble with U.S. officials after allegedly failing to hand over more than $540,000 in taxes. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) bosses filed a tax lien against the rapper in relation to unpaid income tax from 2009 and 2011.

It is alleged the star, real name Calvin Broadus, Jr., owes $101,952 from 2009 and and $444,317 from 2011, according to documents obtained by TMZ.com. This isn’t the rapper’s first brush with IRS officials. In 2010 he was hit with a tax lien after allegedly failing to hand over $598,309 in payments.

T-Pain Admits He & His Wife Have Three Somes But Aren’t Swingers

In the words of Rihanna and Chris Brown, it ‘Ain’t Nobody Business’, right? Well, 27-year-old T-Pain (real name Faheem Rasheed Najm) who became well-known on the music scene for auto-tune hits, is clearing the air on his relationship with his wife, Amber Najm, of ten years. On a recent interview with TT Torez, T-Pain dished on a number of subjects like his sexual preferences with his wife, the child he had outside of his marriage and people thinking that he ‘fell off’. Peep a few excerpts.

“Alot of people were saying me and my wife were swingers and that we had like a Will-and-Jada kinda open marriage and I was just telling them that me and my wife just sleep with other girls together. It’s not like we can just go off and have relationships with other people. People were assuming we got married for nothing. Just because we smash a every now and then doesn’t mean we have an open marriage.”

Listen to the full interview

On being successfully married for ten years:

No, I mean it’s that mind frame that has us together, it’s things that we can agree on things like that. It’s not just the smashing of the women. Before any of y’all heard of me, I was married.

On rumors that he had a baby, outside of his marriage, with reality star Elisa Hood, aka “Ms. Cherry” from VH1?s reality show, Miss Rap Supreme:

Yeah. I mean there’s always mistakes happening. Me being famous, I’m getting left and right temptations. We all got things we need to work on.

On if he’s fallen off:

Ive been behind the scenes alot. I been writing country records. Doing something with Luke Bryant, he’s one of the biggest country artists in the world. I started working on a movie. I don’t wanna be on this road for the rest of my life. People just forget because they’re taught on what’s hot. You get certain songs beat into your head, until you like it.

Turning Over A New Leaf? Chief Keef To Be Baptized After Juvenile Detention

A South side pastor from Chicago’s is claiming he’ll be baptizing Chief Keef the Sunday after the young rapper is released from prison. The pastor, Corey Brooks, is the leader of New Beginnings Church not far from Keef’s home.

The teen sensation is currently serving a 60-day sentence for violating his juvenile probation which was for pointing a gun at Chicago Police officers.

Brook visited Keef at the state juvenile detention facility in west suburban St. Charles and says “I’m going to baptize him,”

The Pastor says:

“I think people forget he is 17 years old,” Brooks said. “He is not a bad kid.”

Well can only hope and pray and support any decisions he makes to be a better him.

Oscar Pistorius Used Cricket Bat To Smash Girlfriend's Skull

Things are still not looking good for Oscar Pistorius. A South African newspaper is reporting that a bloody cricket bat was found in the home of the athlete, and was used to smash the skull of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius was arrested for the murder of Steenkamp, allegedly shooting her four times from behind a bathroom door. Police had not yet announced that a bat was found but sources close to the investigation said the motive of Seeva being mistaken for a burglar has been completely ruled out. There is also said to be a strong case built against Pistorius.

The City Press reports:

The police are also investigating two more possibilities: that Steenkamp may have used the bat in self-defence, or that Pistorius used it to break down the toilet door behind which Steenkamp was hiding from him.

We can further reveal that police specifically requested that Pistorius' blood be tested for drugs and steroids.

Steenkamp's skull was “crushed” and police tests on the cricket bat and her body will reveal if the injuries were caused by blows to the back of her head.

“There was lots of blood on the bat. Forensic tests will show whose blood it was,” said a source with inside knowledge of the case.

City Press spoke to three sources close to the high-profile investigation, which has gripped the world's imagination. They all ruled out the possibility that Pistorius could have mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder. The police found no evidence of forced entry.

On Friday Pistorius appeared at a hearing to formally face murder charges. He broke down crying in his hands.

According to his lawyer, the Paralympic champion has been distraught over the incident, but conflicting reports paint him as a monster. Trish Taylor, mother of the 26-year-old's ex, Samantha Taylor, alluded to Pistorious's dark side. "I am so glad that Sammy is safe and sound and out of the clutches of that man,” she wrote online. “There were a few occasions where things could have gone wrong with her and his gun during the time they dated. My condolences to the family whose daughter has passed away. My heart breaks for you.”

Samantha dated Pistorius last year, and publicly bashed him after the split, saying in part that he was "not what people think he is."

Trinidad James Jacking Beats From Too $Hort And Not Giving Credit?

Too $hort explains how he was shocked to hear “All Gold Everything,” which used a similar beat as his track “I Luv,” but reveals that he’s not mad about it. Too $hort reveals that borrowing is all a part of hip-hop, and admits that he’s been inspired by others in his career. Short seems like a good sport. Anyone else probably would have made a huge deal about it! Peep it inside!

Listen to Trinidad’s version:

Listen to Too $hort’s I Luv

Verdict Please….

The Celebs Celebrate Michael Jordan's 50th Birthday Bash In Houston!

Beyonce traveled back to her home state of Texas to party it up at Michael Jordan's big 50th Birthday Bash alongside plenty of ballers.

Drizzy loves the fans. He was spotted hitting up MJ's 50th's birthday bash at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Word has it MJ rented out the gorgeous space for a $100,000 donation--which is pocket change for the man who makes $80 mill a year dropping his Air Jordan shoes and endorsements. And it was a packed out party to celebrate the man who is the prototype for a top NBA baller.