With all his rhyming about pistol-totin’ and cap-bustin’, we never would have taken Atlanta’s own Waka Flocka Flame for the animal-lovin’ type. As it turns out though, nothing gets Waka in touch with his warm and fuzzy side faster than a furry face. (Insert a resounding “Awww” here…)
It’s Basketball Wives meets The Real Houseflies of Atlanta! VH1 (aka Victimizing Harlots 1 Hoe at a Time…) is rolling out the red carpet for a new African-American horror story with the introduction of Love & Hip-Hop. Featuring former G-Unit First Lady Olivia, the pudgy Somaya Reece (Mexico’s hard-faced answer to Nicki Minaj), Christine “Chrissy” Lampkin (the wannabe future Mrs. Jim Jones), Fabolous’ long-suffering “baby mama” Emily B., and singer-turned-jilted bride Mashonda lamenting the world of rap music and the men who love it.
The docu-soap is expected to debut later this year.
FYI Ladies: If you have to ask a man to marry you, it’s time to pack your Manolos and go!
Barbies are finally No. 1! After eleven weeks on the chart, Nicki Minaj’s debut disc Pink Friday took the top spot on this week’s Billboard’s Top 200 chart.
The femcee jumped from No. 3 to No. 1 with sales of 45,000, Billboard reports. The feat marks the longest time an album has taken to reach the chart summit since Ray Charles’s Genius Loves Company took 25 weeks to reach the top spot in 2005.
Pink Friday has moved a total of 1,035,000 units since its release Nov. 22.
It seems old woman-slapping habits die hard for legendary hip-hopster Funkmaster Flex. The voice of New York City’s Hot 97 FM and self-described Car Show King — was arrested Friday for allegedly sending his wife a threatening text message and later pushing her down in their upscale Westchester County home.
Listen Up, Hip-Hop Heads: A rap pioneer could use your prayers, good vibes…and a lot of cash.
A snippet of Foxy Brown’s buzzed-about lyrical warning shot at Lil Kim — aka “Executioner of All Things Barbie” -emerged online over the weekend. On the unmixed leak — titled “Black Massacre” — the Brooklyn femcee is heard rhyming over Jay-Z’s “So Ghetto” instrumental produced by DJ Premier.
On Monday, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning “Dreamgirl” Jennifer Hudson appeared on CBS’ recently-revamped Early Show, where she chatted with correspondent Marysol Castro about her weight loss, motherhood, music, and her latest film challenge: Playing Winnie Mandela.
Nas will soon have a little more spending cash at his disposal. According to TMZ, the “Ether” rapper’s bid to have his spousal and child support payments to ex-wife Kelis reduced by half has been successful.
Jay-Z bought his superstar wife, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, approximately $350,000 worth of designer handbags for Christmas in a last minute shopping spree on Madison Avenue, celebrity spies report.
Break-in in at Casa de Curtis!
