St. Lunatics to Make a Comeback with Birdman

April 26th, 2010 | By Safiyyah

It’s been over a decade since an album has been released for the once super-famous rap group, St. Lunatics. The St. Louis group is putting together a new album that will be released soon. It will feature the usual hip hop members, Ali, Nelly, Kyjuan, Murphy Lee and an addition, Nelly’s brother City Spud. You may know of him because his lyrics and voice was on Nelly’s “Ride Wit Me” single. Back in 1999 right before the release of his brother’s album “Country Grammar”, City Spud was locked up for ten years with assault charges. He was released in 2008.

“Of course, everybody knows that I’ve been on vacation for a while and now I’m back,” City Spud told the St. Louis American.

The group got together earlier last week to put together a video for “Money Talks”, their first one for their upcoming album. It was shot at Visiontracks Studio in Fenton, Missouri.

“He wasn’t able to be a part of Country Grammar or any other Lunatic album that had been done up to this point,” Nelly told KMOV-TV. “It’s exciting for us to watch him because this is his first time really going through the whole process of putting out an album and everything that comes along with it.”

As mentioned, Birdman will be making an appearance with the group. He is featured on “Money Talks”. The video was filmed by the director named Juwan Lee. The new album doesn’t have a release date yet, but it will be called “City Free”, so keep an eye out for it.

DJ Premier Talks About His Last Hospital Visit to Guru

April 26th, 2010 | By Safiyyah

Everyone was devastated by the recent death of the rapper named Guru, also known as Keith Elam. There is still some controversy going around about his death and his after-death wishes. Legendary DJ Premier spoke out about his last hospital visit with Guru, which he was pretty much disgusted by. Some listeners may have heard him on the Hip Hop Nation radio show on Sirius talking about his visit to his comatose friend. This was the first time that he had seen Guru since 2003, after splitting up after their sixth album (The Ownerz) for reasons that were undisclosed.

“When I saw Guru it really f**ked me up. I wore a Gang Starr shirt first of all; just for the energy and so he knew that that’s forever with us,” Premier said. “And that includes everyone that came before me; I know every one of them…It was so ill [because] of what I was hearing of him waking up, writing, and Tweeting and all that stuff. There was no way. He looked so gone.”

Most hospitals take care of the grooming of patients, such as nails, but DJ Premier described Guru as being disheveled and unkempt. This really upset him and he lashed out at Solar who claimed that he was taking care of Guru during his last days.

“If you love him, and you’re taking care of him, why the f**k did his nails look longer than a f***ing ruler?!” Premier accused. “[And] a clump Afro?! I’ve taken care of people in the hospital [before]. You can wash their hair and clean their nails off. His feet were swollen and his toenails were really disgusting…I took the logo on my shirt and rubbed it against his whole body and told him a message from me about how much I loved him, and that we were for live and still were for life. Then I kissed him on his face and let him know that I was going to miss him because it seemed like he was already gone.”

Guru passed away on April 19th due to multiple myeloma. Solar released a statement (supposedly from Guru) that Guru was not to be a part of any memorial or tribute events. This was, of course, challenged by the friends of Guru, like Bumpy Knuckles and Big Shug. The nephew of Guru, Justin Nicholas, started a lot of the controversy when he posted up videos on YouTube about Solar keeping the true seriousness of Guru’s medical condition hidden from his family members. BTW Kingice is looking for a hip hop jewelry graphic designer.

Kanye West Vs. Suge Knight

April 11th, 2010 | By Safiyyah

According to the Associated Press, Kanye West and Suge Knight are due in court to go head to head in a battle about an incident that took place at Kanye West’s 2005 Miami Beach Party. Suge Knight was shot in his right leg by an unidentified gunman. Mr. Knight is trying to sue Kanye West and the Shore Club for not providing better security. Some of the celebrities that were there include Eddie Murphy, Jessica Alba, Black Eyed Peas and Paris Hilton. So far, no one has been arrested for the shooting.

The lawsuit that Suge Knight has filed against Kanye and Shore Club has to do with their failed security measures and says that they should have been more aware that the party could have created a dangerous setting for partiers and himself. He had to pay $200,000 in medical costs for the gunshot wound and says that he also lose a 15 carat diamond earring that was worth $135,000.

Kanye West and Shore Club deny the merit of his claims. The suit was filed in L.A. when Suge also filed for protection from creditors after declaring himself bankrupt. The two are due in court on Dec. 6th in Miami, Florida. Now, if Suge happens to win this case, he will have to inform that bankruptcy trustee and the IRS about the damages, so looks like he won’t be getting a penny regardless.

What do you think? Do you believe Suge Knight is taking this too far and over embellishing his story to get more money?

Rihanna and Matt Kemp are “Official”

April 11th, 2010 | By Safiyyah

Everyone’s been speculating about the two for some time now and just recently Rihanna broke the news that the two are indeed an item. Matt Kemp, if you don’t know, is a Dodger’s outfielder. The two have been spotted in various places, like the beach and basketball games. She told the public that the two are together, but things aren’t too serious and that she is just looking to have fun.

“He’s my boyfriend, it’s new and it’s fun and it’s nothing too serious,” Rihanna said. “I don’t want anything that’s gonna take up so much of my energy and time right now in a bad way. I just wanna have fun and that’s what it’s about.”

That definitely doesn’t sound like anything serious and I wonder if Mr Kemp feels the same way. Hey, it happens sometimes where one falls in love without even trying. Not sure how this one will turn out, but hopefully it will end better than her last relationship with hip hop artist Chris Brown. It seems that for now he is a her little play thing and whenever she feels like it isn’t fun anymore, she’ll shop around for a new one. Sounds like someone is going to get hurt if they aren’t on the same page.

Rihanna also revealed details about Katy Perry’s wedding plans. Rihanna is actually the one that is helping to plan out her bachelorette party as well. Katy Perry will be getting married to Russell Brand. At least we know she won’t be “kissing a girl” on her wedding day!