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The Making the Band 4 (Season 2) Finale aired Sunday on MTV, and if you missed the live performances like me, you have our good friends over at Yardie’s Yard to thank! Check out the performances from Day 26 and Donnie Klang (f/ Diddy) after the break! CONTINUE READING

Meet new artist VERBZ (or Verse), a Shopaholic emcee originally from London, England. Born to a Jamaican daddy and South American mother Natalia ‘Verbz’ Cappuccini, 21, is a hybrid of quite a few cultures; that including hip hop. I love this girl, the moment I clicked onto her MySpace page I felt a young, fresh, quirky aura - with sophistication. Shopaholic is fun and catchy, Swaggeriffic is self-explanatory, Dangerous has strikingly enticing beat, Heaven is a mild and melodic tune with much significance that meets the ear.

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Another rapper made a trip to the courthouse today, but received slightly worse news. Rapper Remy Ma, who was accused of intentionally shooting her ex-best friend and stylist over $3,000 back in the summer of 2007 was found guilty of intentional assault, which can be punished by up to 25 years in prison. The jury acquitted Remy of charges of intimidating a witness in the case.

According to the NY Times, 26-year-old Remy “Remy Ma” Smith, kept her composure as Justice Rena K. Uviller ordered her to prison, until her sentencing next month. And it wasn’t until court officers closed the door to the courtroom holding cell behind her that she broke down, screaming, “My son! My son!” over and over again. Her lawyer, Ivan S. Fisher, later revealed that the rapper hadn’t said goodbye to her 8-year-old son that morning. She believed that she would win the case. And now, she might be in her 40s or 50s when she’s released from prison.

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Rapper T.I. pleaded guilty to federal weapons possession charges in court today (Mar. 27th), and will receive a sentence that includes prison time after he completes community service. In the year that he is awaiting sentencing, Clifford “T.I.” Harris, must complete at least 1,000 hours of a total 1,500 hours of community service, talking to youth groups about the pitfalls of guns, gangs and drugs. According to officials, the CEO of Grand Hustle Entertainment will be sentenced to serve 1 year in prison after completing the community service. His prison time could be increased or reduced, depending on his fulfillment of the terms of the deal and good behavior, they added. Dressed in a grey business suit, the rapper expressed to the judge that he understands the terms of the agreement.

“I’d like to thank God for blessing me with a second chance in life and success,” T.I. said to the media. “I’m looking forward to turning this negative time in my life into a positive. I know I have a long road of redemption to travel.”

U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said that in addition to the 1 year prison sentence and the 1,500 hours of community service, T.I. will have to serve 3 years of supervised home detention (house arrest) and pay a $100,000 fine. That’s a far cry of the original sentence, which amounted to close to or more than 20 years! But if he “fails to fulfill his obligations,” a much longer sentence will be the consequence.

PEEP A VIDEO OF T.I. LEAVING THE COURTHOUSE AFTER THE BREAK…

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By far the best song off of Keyshia Cole’s sophomore album Just Like You finally has its own video! But don’t get too excited. The video is a big snooze. Heaven Sent, the video for the 4th single off the album premiered on BET’s Access Granted today. Even though the whole idea of filming the video for a ballad like this on a deserted island is way past played out, Keyshia looks hella fine! I’m really glad she let go of the orange highlights in her hair. But back to the video, if I wanted to watch random fading clips of mountains, oceans, and jungles, I would click on one of those annoying screensaver ads you see on some sites and download away. I’m just saying. Benny Boom, c’mon … I know you can do better than that!

Oh well, there’s not much we can do about it now. I believe this will be the final single off the album, just in time for everything to settle down for the Christmas 2008 release of her third album. Can’t wait! Just don’t give us crappy videos like this, ever again.

New music from Beyonce, apparently titled Beautiful Nightmare, thanks go out to Clips & Kisses! Beautiful Nightmare is a nice, melodic midtempo kinda song, it’s like an updated old school type of joint I’m feelin; the lyrics give me that vibe as well. This appears to be a Seven Aurelius production, so I’m lead to believe. If this is what Beyonce has in store for us then I can’t wait to hear more from this project!

Chris Brown is making some major moves in the industry with the release of his late-2007 album, Exclusive (Jive), already platinum-status worthy, him winning the NAACP Image Award for Best Male Artist of 2008, his moderately successful tour as well as all of his other lucrative business projects. There is no denying that Young Chris is on a roll and there is absolutely no stopping this pop superstar. Brown is currently planning the re-issue of Exclusive, with brand new material and hopefully some concert footage, set to be released in later months. One new song, produced by Polow Da Don, will serve as the album’s next single, entitled Forever.

We went into the studio, Polow gave me a beat, and I just started writing. His record is more of a European, techno, house-type feel,” Brown recalled. “We wanted to give it that other side of crossover, and go a little bit to that pop realm. Hopefully, [I'll] be the Prince of Pop. I don’t want to say I’m the King [Mike: That's right, you better not say King, Boy! Cos we all know who that happens to be.]; I just hopefully can be the Prince of Pop.

Okay, Chris … I can give you the Prince of Pop, sounds fair enough, right? He he. We’ll see once that PDD single surfaces, although I’m sure you have nothing to worry about. You can’t go wrong with ‘Da Don! [MTV via CBWeb]

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES » Rapper Nelly (pictured above) chatting with Derek Fisher of the L.A. Lakers and sitting courtside enjoying the Lakers game Sunday night (Mar. 23rd) in L.A. According to Rap-Up.com Nelly’s working hard on his new album, Brass Knuckles, due in stores June 24th! He recently shot a video for the single featuring Fergie, Party People, and according to Rap-Up, the album features collaborations from T.I., LL Cool J, Chuck D, Akon, and Ciara, who is featured on the Jermaine Dupri-produced Stepped On My Js. The track is a tribute to Nike Air Jordans, which Nelly describes as “Grillz and Air Force Ones on steroids.” Being an avid fan of waking up early on Saturday mornings to cop the newest pair of Jordans myself, I can’t wait to hear this track!

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