Shyne was officially deported to his native Belize on Wednesday, according to reports. He arrived in the nation around 2:40pm local time Thursday, escorted by a U.S. Marshall. He was processed by local authorities at the airport, then was welcomed by his father Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, his mother Imeon Myvett, as well as other members of his family.
Reps for the once promising rapper tell the media that he would now like to be called Moses Michael Leviy to reflect his conversion to Judaism.
“Shyne is home. He wants to say how happy he is to be home and to be a free man,” said the rapper’s uncle, Michael Finnegan, current Minister of Housing. “He would love to have a conversation with the media, but because he was legally advised by Professor Ogletree, he must not speak to the media because he doesn’t want to prejudice his situation with the US government or with the Belize government. So he asked me to ask you that he does not want to disrespect you the media, but please to understand what is going on.”
Singer/rapper/choreographer Teyana Taylor of Harlem released a few promo pics of her modeling her new lip gloss line, “Dope Lips” via Twitter early Thursday morning. No word on when the collection hits stores.
When 50 Cent’s long-delayed fourth solo album Before I Self Destruct arrives in stores November 23rd, it will include a bonus DVD featuring the rapper’s directorial debut.
Here’s the trailer for Before I Self-Destruct: The Movie….
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys are set to perform their hit anthem “Empire State of Mind” as the New York Yankees take on defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies, in Game 1 of the World Series this Wednesday night. Better not tell, Lil Mama! The Bronx Bombers have been blasting the Hov/A. Keys collabo during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the duo perform the song live. “Thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee,” an excited Jay-Z said of the pending performance in an interview on Monday
The hip-hop impressario calls the opportunity a “once in a lifetime experience.”
His slew-footed 2006 reality TV debut on Dancing With The Stars didn’t go over so well, but Master P has high hopes for his return to the tube in the VH1 special No Excuses with Master P.
No Excuses, a half-hour special premiering Monday, Oct. 26 @ 10:30PM, features P — whose real name is Percy Miller — trying to help a former gang member turn his life around through his philosophy of “work hard and never make excuses.”
“People think that the only thing that sells on TV is sex or people showing off their lifestyle or what not, but people want to think, too. They want to be educated,” he explains. “My goal is to touch people. To show others what someone had to go through to change their life so that maybe someone watching can do the same.”
Diddy lost one of his diamond-studded rings — worth $20,000 — after it flew off his finger and into a crowd of fans during a taping of BET’s 106 & Park on Tuesday. The NY Post claims the mogul accidentally flung a diamond-studded ring into a raucous crowd as he hurled bundles of cash off a stage at CBS Studios in Midtown Manhattan yesterday afternoon. After noticing that his ring was gone, Diddy ordered his security tpsearch all 160 audience members — mostly teenagers –after filming wrapped.
The search came up empty.
“Ok diddy lost his ring . . . and now there frisking all the kids like this is rikers lite,” a user named PWillzNYC posted on Twitter later. Another Tweeter, named dbaumz, tweeted, “[W]hen it was over, diddy held us hostage lookin for his lost ring. dont like him no more!!!”
One spywitness chuckled: “He ain’t getting’ it back. Someone pocketed that, and they probably took it to the nearest jeweler.”
Hip-hop pioneer Roxanne Shanté has apologized for lying about earning her Ph.D.
In August, The New York’s Daily News published a story about the legendary femcee convincing her former label home, Warner Music Group, to pay for her college “for life.” Shanté claimed she received an undergraduate degree from Marymount Manhattan College and a Ph.D. in psychology from the prestigious Cornell University. About a week later, Slate.com published a piece exposing Shanté’s fiblet. In fact, she doesn’t have a degree at all! Read the rest of this entry »
The “Crank That” rapper was arrested last week after he ran from cops investigating complaints made about the shooting of his latest music video in Georgia. And now the 19-year-old star is facing the possibility of being tossed out of his home.
Soulja Boy has been threatened with eviction from his lavish Los Angeles rental property after breaking the rules of his tenancy agreement and falling almost $10,000 behind in rent payments. He is accused of failing to abide by a maximum two-guest rule and disrupting the neighborhood with loud late-night fiestas. Read the rest of this entry »
The Prime Minister of Belize has formally appealed to the Governor of New York to pardon his son, incarcerated rapper Shyne, and allow him to remain in the U.S. In 2001, he was convicted of first degree assault and reckless endangerment in relation to a club shooting in New York City, which left a woman with serious facial injuries.
Shyne is currently being held in a federal immigration detention center in Buffalo, NY following his release from New York’s Woodbourne Correctional Facility last Tuesday, where he served more than eight years for a 1999 club shooting. He is waiting to learn whether he will be deported to his native Belize over the conviction. Read the rest of this entry »
Officials North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro have cut ties with an upcoming concert featuring controversial ATL rapper Gucci following a series of protests from students.
