Madonna Goes Topless, Talks Drugs and Death for Interview Magazine
You can always count on Madonna to push the boundaries.
The 56-year-old Material Girl stars in one of her steamiest photo shoots to date for the new cover of Interview magazine, posing in lingerie, thigh-highs and going completely topless in one shot by famed fashion photographers Marcus Piggott and Mert Alas.
Madonna is interviewed by magician David Blaine for the magazine, in which she talks about her obsession with death, her spirituality and her own personal experiences with drugs.
Talking about her mother, Madonna Louise Ciccone, who passed away when Madonna was only 5 years old, the singer says she's just one of the driving forces behind her work ethic.
"I became very obsessed with death, and the idea that you never know when death will arrive, so one has to do as much as possible all the time to get the most out of life," she says. "And death was a big part of my life growing up. I went to lots of funerals."
As morbid as that may seem, now, she counts her mother as one of her "angels" when talking about her spiritual side.
"The ritual of prayer isn't a religious thing as much as it is having a ritualistic moment to acknowledge things and not take things for granted," she says about setting aside time specifically for prayer. "For instance: the fact that you wake up and there's air in your lungs; the fact that you have a job to do; the fact that you have friends; the fact that you have your health. You're going to do something that's going to bring you joy. We take these things for granted. And, you know, I think it's important to call angels to you to protect you."
Madonna opens up about her highly anticipated forthcoming album in the new interview, specifically about the song "Devil Prays," which she says is about how people take drugs to "connect to God or to a higher level of consciousness."
But when it comes to her own personal drug use, Madonna admits she's "tried everything once," but almost immediately, didn't like the feeling.
" ... That's the illusion of drugs, because they give you the illusion of getting closer to God, but ultimately they kill you," she says. "They destroy you. I mean, I tried everything once, but as soon as I was high, I spent my time drinking tons of water to get it out of my system. As soon as I was high, I was obsessed with flushing it out of me. I was like, 'Okay, I'm done now.'"
Madonna also reveals she's mostly "sad" when writing new material.
"It's okay, because I'm sad most of the time, so we're good," she shares. "Not sad, but upset about something. ... Suffering is a big informer, a big catalyst for creation. You take your sadness, your despair, your sense of injustice, and you put it in your work."
All I can say is well she’s MADONNA!
Lil Wayne Says That He’s “The Last of a Dying Breed”
Lil Wayne covers the December/January issue of Nylon guys Magazine and he’s doing his press rounds in the midst of his album Tha Carter V dropping later this month… They paid a visit to his Miami Mansion to see the Young Money boss at work and play. Between his skate and smoke sessions, he spoke about his dedication to music, his epileptic seizures last year, and being the best at what he does.
He tells the magazine:
“When I first started doing it, you only did it to be the best—not to have a hot song or popularity or for Instagram or Twitter,” said Weezy. “I’m one of the last of a dying breed…the ones who are only about the music. You have to want to be unforgettable. The only other people who I can think of like that are Kanye and Beyoncé.”
On his love for music: “All I am is music. That’s all I do and all I know, 366 days a year, 25 hours a day, eight days a week. This is my life and what I breathe. This isn’t something I do. It’s who I am.”
On heeding the call: “I was always ready for the call. That’s the best way to explain it. Wayne’s always ready. When it’s my turn, I make way more than the most of it. If you’re ready when they call you, and you make the most of your time, then they’ll never stop calling you.”
On his process: “I’m just a regular street ni**a that’s a little smarter than the rest. I rap whatever comes up in my head. Whatever rhymes with the next word and how I’m feeling. I start rapping and we find something within what I just said and make a song out of it.”
On his need for weed: “I don’t know how it works, but I know that I need weed…extra when I’m creating. It helps in a major way.”
On his 2013 seizures: “I don’t remember anything about the experience. I don’t mean to sound bad, but it wasn’t no life-changing thing. I shot myself when I was 12. I grew up in Hollygrove. I’ve seen way worse.”
Well if you say so Weezy! LOL!
Webbie Threatens 50 Cent — Pay Off $1 Million Boxing Bet Or Else?????
50 Cent obviously has an issue with paying his debts. The G-Unit leader just saw his personal bank account frozen after he was delinquent on the whooping $17 million settlement granted to Sleek Audio for having their designs swagger jacked.
Reports HipHopWired: Now Webbie is interjecting himself back on Fiddy’s radar for the cool million bucks he’s claiming is owed to him over a boxing bet.
Back in July, Webbie told TMZ that they made an oral bet on a fight involving one of 50’s boxers, who eventually took a big ass L. Obviously he still hasn’t been compensated.
Via TMZ: Well, this will end well … Webbie is CALLING OUT 50 Cent in a new song, saying if Fif doesn’t cough up the million bucks they bet on a boxing match earlier this year … Webbie’s gonna come take it.
We broke the story … Webbie claims he and 50 made a not-so-friendly ONE MILLION DOLLAR wager on the Terrence Crawford vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa fight back in June.
Crawford — Webbie’s BFF — ko’d Gamboa, who is managed by 50. But when it was time to pay up, Webbie says 5-0 was a no show.
Now its seems Webbie has had enough of 50’s Aaron Rodgers routine, and is lashing against the G Unit general in a new song called “What I Been Thru.”
During the track Webbie attacks 50, calling him a “b*tch” and adding “You owe me a million, don’t make me come get it, I’m telling you I’m serious.”
He then invites 50 to engage in an adult activity involving his genitals.
As for 50, he’s not usually one to back down from a feud — just ask Floyd Mayweather — so, keep a close eye on this one.
Listen to the unfriendly shout out in the YouTube player below around the :45 mark. Like Thirty Mile Zone said, either way, this will end in nothing but greatness.
LISTEN:
And now…Fiddy probably somewhere like
LOL!!
Rihanna Changes It Up For The British Fashion Awards Afterparty
Well, hello hotties. A fresh faced Rihanna and Naomi Campbell hit the British Fashion Awards afterparty in celebration of Edward Enninful, style director of W magazine, in The Oscar Wilde Bar at Hotel Cafe Royal. And they looked like they had a ball.
Rihanna reunited with fashion photographer Steven Klein--and gave him a little lap dance. He shot her for that epic September 2009 issue of VOGUE Italia.
Rih was on hand to celebrate with stylist/W Magazine Style Director Edward Enninful.
As for the rest of the beautiful people at the afterparty:
Joan Smalls and Jourdan Dunn posed it up with Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne, and Sigail Currie.
And "The Face" star Naomi caught up with her girl Kate Moss.
FAB!!!
Toni Braxton Serves Ex-Husband Keri Lewis With Child Support Contempt Lawsuit
Toni Braxton has served her ex-husband, Keri Lewis, with a lawsuit demanding the court find him in contempt for failing to pay child support — theJasmineBRAND.com exclusively reports.
The Braxton Family Values star filed the child support contempt lawsuit on October 31st in Georgia court against her ex Keri Lewis. The case is in regards to support that Lewis is to pay Braxton for their children Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis and Diezel Ky Braxton-Lewis.
According to Braxton’s bankruptcy documents, she is to receive $2K a month from Lewis for support for their two children.
Reportedly, the contempt lawsuit is seeking to have a court order find that Lewis has not been paying the ordered support and to have a order to get the back child support paid immediately.
Braxton and Lewis married back in 1998. They separated in July 2013 after 12 years of marriage.
See the exclusive court docs Courtesy of TheJasmineBrand
Freeway Rick Ross Responds To Rapper Rick Ross’ Allegations He’s A Snitch
During the radio Q&A, rapper Ross (born William Roberts) was asked about Freeway Ross’ open invitation for them to collaborate on changing the images displayed about the African-American community in Hip Hop. Roberts responded by saying “there ain’t nothing to come together about.” The Miami native went on to call Freeway Ross a “busta” and suggested he caused other people to be imprisoned by testifying against them.
Reports AllHipHop: “We talk about a lot of books and there’s a lot of this going on, but they don’t mention the forty people he testified on and sent to prison for life,” said Roberts. “That’s the information I seen because of lawsuits. We don’t do that where I’m from. Then, you blame it on who used you. Nah, you told. It’s called you testified. You told. You sent people to prison.”
Freeway Rick Ross gave an exclusive statement to AllHipHop.com about Roberts’ calling him a snitch. In response Freeway Ross says, “Do your research. You can look up my public record. As I said in the prior video, I hope we can come together make a change for the better for Black America.”
While Roberts did not provide clear evidence on when or during which particular trial Freeway Ross supposedly provided information, another source also tells AllHipHop.com that Roberts’ “snitching” claims are completely false. He insists Freeway Ross’ actually helped other defendants avoid prison time.
“My family got out of jail because of Freeway. They had drugs planted,” said the source. “Freeway didn’t testify on 40 people. He made the hard choice to go up on six officers so eighty-five or so of his guys, black men that had drugs planted on them, got out. That isn’t snitching.”
A 1991 article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Freeway Ross agreed to testify in the federal civil rights prosecution of six Los Angeles County narcotics officers. The cops were being tried for framing Ross for a 1987 arrest for allegedly shooting at the cops and drug possession. The charges against Ross were eventually dismissed. The officers were also accused of planting drugs on suspects, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money, and falsifying police search warrants.
After serving time for an unrelated cocaine conviction in 1996, Freeway Rick has since focused his attention on combating drug abuse through appearances at rehab centers and halfway houses. He has also helped fight illiteracy with the Freeway Literacy Foundation. The fifty-four year old has been very vocal against current rap stars promoting the drug lifestyle to young fans as well.
HMMMMM If I was Rick Ross I’d leave this alone!
Pregnant Ferguson Woman Loses Eye After Cops Shoot Car With Bean Bag
It’s sad that so many victims are viewed as monsters…A Ferguson protester by the name of Dornella Connors lost her left eye during a confrontation with the St. Louis police.
Via GigionThat Conners says as she and her boyfriend were driving away from the station when several police officers showed up.
“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas Lee was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners said.
Conners says her boyfriend was trying to drive around St. Louis County Police but police say he drove towards them. Police say the officer, fearing for his safety, used his less lethal bean bag round, striking the front passenger window causing it to shatter.
Conner went to another police officer who helped her get medical attention.
“I’m very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation,” said Donnell Conners, Dornella’s father. “I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.”
Police say they have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest and set a bond for $50,000.
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Damon Dash Disregards Legal Battle With Curren$y, To Be Hit With 3 Million Judgement
It appears that music mogul Damon Dash has disregarded his legal battle with Curren$y (real name Shante Scott Franklin). theJasmineBRAND.com has learned that the rapper has headed to court to try and convince them to award him $2.9 million dollars in damages against the Roca Fella Records co-founder.
Reportedly, Dash was sued by Curren$y who claimed he was selling his music without the rights. Curren$y explained the two almost worked out a deal to release music together in 2010 but it fell through. Prior to the deal falling through the rapper and Dash released two albums of his music.
In the court docs, Curren$y said he eventually signed with Warner Bros. in 2011, but Dash continued to release his music without permission. He said that Dash was ill properly assisting his deal with WB and filed suit demanding an injunction against him for releasing his songs and also $1.5 million in damages he caused him.
In turn, Dash reportedly fired back claiming that he had every right to release the albums because he was given permission. He accused the rapper of stabbing him in the back by not signing the deal and going
However, it appears Dash has blown off the legal battle for several months and his lawyer reportedly dropped him as a client. The rapper filed docs demanding a default and the court granted his request.
What’s more? On November 21st, Curren$y headed to court demanding he be granted a default judgement in the amount of $2.9 million in damages plus $95K in attorney fees. In the court docs, he claims Dash has caused him to lose money from his music by releasing it on his own. He says, Dash violated the court order by refusing to hire new lawyers to represent him and making the whole legal battle drag out even longer than it already has.
Round #2 Keke Palmer, Fabolous, Odell Beckham Jr. & More CELEBRATE Trey Songz’s 30th Birthday At Private Hennessy Dinner in NYC
Following his carnival themed star-studded birthday bash last week, Trey Songz is still doing it up to celebrate turning the big 3-0!
Trigga, whose actual birthday is Nov. 28th, held an intimate dinner party at the Lion in NYC, sponsored by Hennessy V.S., for his family, friends and celeb friends..
Among his celeb friends in attendance -- Keke Palmer. The starlet took a break from her starring role as Cinderella on Broadway to toast it up with the VA native.
And Keke kept it extra sultry in a navy blue cut-out back Bec & Bridge dress, serving up a bit of side boob.
Work Keke!
Fabolous (who's gearing up for the Christmas release of his new digital album The Young OG Project) got dapper in all black before coming out to party with his R&B homie.
New York Giants rookie Odell Beckham Jr. (who completed an incredible one-handed touchdown catch against the Cowboys recently) took a break from the field to pose it up alongside Keke and Trigga during the dinner.
Oprah's bestie Gayle King was all smiles as she posed it up with the birthday boy.
Trey’s longtime manager Kevin Liles and record exec Lyor Cohen came out for the festivities.
President of Music Programming and Specials Stephen Hill, BET’s CEO Deborah Lee and Hennessy’s SVP Rodney Williams were in the mix to sip on Hennessy V.S specialty cocktails and indulge in a lavish four-course meal.
Thanks to Hennessy, there were plenty of spirits to go around.
And it looks like they (including Trey's mom April Tucker) had a ball as they toasted with Trey to celebrate. We wonder if his rumored boo Mila J was lurking somewhere.
AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘Fresh Bacon’
This little piggy went to WalMart
HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!!!
EFREM
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