The Urban Scope W/Shasta B

This weekend was truly uneventful....so lets make the best of it.

Plaxico Burress...the dumbass that shot himself in the club....is putting his house on the market. Incase you missed it, Burress shot himself and the governor of New York wants to make an example of him, so he is being prosecuted for illegal possesion of a firearm which means he's out of the NFL.





T.I. performed on SNL last night.

T.I.- Whatever U Like


T.I. & Swizz Beats

Him & Swizzy just compliments one anothers energy.


Soulja Boy covers Billboard. *yawn*




Joe Budden TV- Fuck New York

Damn Joey!! Evidently Joe Budden just left the club where Maino, Ron Borwz, Red Cafe and a whole bunch of New Yorkers performed and the crowd didn't show love. So Joe says--Fuck New York!



Kanye Spazez Out In Concert
A fan threw something on stage while Kanye was performing and Ye goes off while singing.

In case you didn't understand or thought your ears were playing tricks on you- Ye said he should eat shit and die.....lol

It's Monday......Again!
Well this weekend wasn't all that interesting, but I'll make the most of it.

The AMA's went down this weekend<--WOW..Whatta Bore!-->I like suprises..and they are always so drab and mundane.Beyonce's performance looked as if it were straight off the video. Rihanna was fly as usual, but performing just isn't her strong point->she just looks cute. Chris Brown was shocked shitless that he won over Coldplay. Neyo had a stellar performance. And Kanye wants to be like Elvis<--WTF?? So here are the performances and pics that matter.


Beyonce -Single Ladies


Leona Lewis-->She's Fly!- Better In Time


Kanye West- Heartless



Rihanna- Rehab



And my favorite Honarary Sister Pink













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Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller, was granted a new trial and judge as well.
According to NOLA.com, Judge Martha Sassone has set a January hearing for Miller's case amidst accusations of preferential treatment for the rapper which resulted in Sassone losing her re-election bid in Gretna.

The in-coming judge, Jefferson Parish School Board member Ellen Kovach, will remove herself from the case when she assumes her position due to her criticism of Sassone's handling of the case.

C-Murder is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 16 year old Steve Thomas, on Jan. 12, 2002, at the now defucnt Platinum Club, in Harvey, LA.(Westbank, NOLA)

He was convicted of the charges in 2003 but after a series of hearings on the case, Sassone granted Miller a new trial.

If he is convicted again he will face a mandatory life sentence.

Miller's retrial was originally scheduled for October 14th but his lawyer Ron Rakosky asked that it be postponed until as soon as possible after the November 4th election. It is now expected to take several months before another jurist is assigned.
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In more jail related news, Remy Ma has filed for an appeal. With high, far fetched hopes of being released for Christmas.



Remy was sentenced to 8 years at Rikers, May 13th for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph, her bestfriend, after a celebration of Remy's birthday at a nightclub in New York's meatpacking district on July 14th, 2008.

According to TMZ.com, Remy's legal team believes her trial was filled with mistakes including, according to court documents, unfairly attaching Remy to gang assaults that had gone down at the nightclub where the shooting occurred. Lawyers are also calling into question the judges instructions to the jury.

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Wyclef Jean's, Miami home is being auctioned off for failure to pay his mortgage. Talk about a recession!
According to TMZ.com, the home will be sold off by Miami-Dade county due to Wyclef's failure to pay back over $2 million on the mortgage.
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The dates for Lil' Wayne's up-coming tour featuring T-Pain, Keyshia Cole, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson have been announced.

The tour kicks off December 6th in Rochester, New York at Blue Cross Arena and wraps up January 3rd in Hampton, Virginia at Hampton Coliseum.

TOUR DATES:

December 2008
6 - Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena
14 - Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
18 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center*
19 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center*
21 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
23 - Oakland, CA - ORACLE Arena*
26 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena*
27 - Chicago, IL - United Center/WGCI Big Jam
28 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center/Power 99 HollaDay Jam
29 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
30 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
31 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena*

January 2009
2 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
3 - Hampton, VA - Hampton Coliseum

Dates with an asterisk are the ones that will feature all of the previously mentioned artists
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Oh and Karrine "Superhead" Steffan's issued her "Bow Wow Blog" which proved to be the epitome of a waste of 6:44, not because she was redundant, but because she was smut.
She drawled on for nearly half the ish about bullshit bloggers being nosey-->*sarcasm* WOW! I'm super offended! A bullshit author has turned her nose up at me. Damn it! Just when I found my niche....*rolling my eyes*


Question: Why make a spectacle of your life, your sex life to be more specific, then become disgusted when people watch?

That's like inviting someone to dinner and saying "You can't eat!".Bish please!

Happy Monday-->Trendsetters & Go-Getters! Yea I left ya'll high and dry this week-end..but I was beat! Saturday was the 1st Annual Velocity Awards in Washington DC..and you know I had to get my press position on....And for those who are like "WTF is the Velocity Awards??!"



-The Velocity Awards are sponsored by Velocity Magazine and the award show basically gives recognition to the independant artist (Actors, rappers, singers, producers, on-air personalities...) of the DMV(DC, Maryland, Virginia). If you know me, you know I prefer independent music and artist over mainstream, because there is so much culture and hunger in indie music--> so I was in my element! And the show was hawt and well put together.
I'm behaving..so I won't comment on the hot-mess that is Hottie from F.O.L.

But here are some of the things that caught my eye and had me SMH this weekend.

Beyonce was on SNL w/Justin Timberlake



TRL shot its final episode after 10 successful years. I guess if you have to go, why not go willingly and with a BANG!









Comedian, Wanda Sykes came out of the closet in defense of Prop 8. And I salute her for having a cause. So many times people let their celebrity or other peoples perception of them, stop them from doing something truly meaningful.





Ray J is filming a new reality show...I guess he's trying to find love on television.






Eddie Griffin No Likey Paparazzi



Note to the Paps: Black People...from the hood..don't like ya'll! Give'em they space!I love me some Eddie Griffin..he's the effin truth!


Wowzers-->The Roots Are Retiring from touring and will be the house band on NBC's "Late Night" when Jimmy Fallon takes over for current host Conan O'Brien in March 2009.


50 Cent claps back at the Donald and down plays 808's & Heartbreak



At the recent finale of MTV's TRL (Total Request Live), 50 Cent had some things to say about Kanye West's new album and recent comments made by Donald Trump.

50 told MTV that he's heard "808's & Heartbreak" and he only thinks certain people will like it.

"I heard, like, seven songs," 50 said. "There's a place for it. I think people will enjoy it if you're actually in love or going through something. I think Kanye's going through an interesting point in his career. I don't think the public will forgive [Kanye] for it, but it's interesting. I think it's T-Pain's record, but I'd rather buy it from T-Pain."

50 also went on to talk about recent comments made by Donald Trump saying that 50's "The Money and The Power" show was a direct copy of his hit NBC series "The Apprentice."

"Donald Trump talking about my show and how it's a knockoff of 'The Apprentice'? He's crazy!" 50 said. "That's what happens when you get older — you start to view things differently...In this economy, he may want to go sing 'In Da Club' instead of selling real estate!"

50's new album "Before I Self Destruct" is expected to hit stores in early 2009.


I wouldn't be me if I didn't comment on Fitty...SHUT ERP- I think 808's does have a place and it's not a T-Pain album...It's deeper than that! And if he really heard 7 songs or heard any of T-Pain's albums..like I have..you wouldn't even label it that way.

And that's the Weekend Scope folks...

Friday, October 24, 2008
RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture (Musical Performances)
Ongoing Event, Ends 10/26/2008
Since its inception in the 1970s, hip hop has been arguably the most influential and popular musical form in America. The National Portrait Gallery is featuring the work of artists who have explored this phenomenon. David Scheinbaum has been photographing hip hop artists since 2000, both in concert and offstage, including such celebrated groups as Public Enemy, Blackalicious, the Pharcyde, De La Soul and Jurassic-5. Kehinde Wiley, best known for his large, colorful paintings of anonymous young black men, has created portraits of hip hop artists such as LL Cool J and Ice T, each based on a famous European or American painting from the 17th through 19th centuries. Nikki Giovanni has written a poem that has been transcribed onto walls in the exhibition and also interpreted artistically by artist Shinique Smith. Tim Conlon and Dave Hupp, two Washington, D.C.–based graffiti artists, created four portrait murals that are installed in a hallway that connects the galleries. Jefferson Pinder created three video self-portraits that are also included in the installation.

Young Women of Distinction Conference (Community)

A conference for young African-American girls will be held on October 24th-25th. This year's theme: "Discover Your Greatness and Live Your Legacy." For more information, visit www.youngwomenofdistinction.org

Friday's at Ibiza

Ibiza Night Club
EZ Street Host & Mixing by Quiksilva from 11p-2a.
1222 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Doors open at 9pm
Log onto ibizadc.com for more info




Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Essential Theatre's Women Works Program 12:30pm-3:30pm (Community)
The Essential Theatre's Women Works Program in the District is sponsoring a program to celebrate the achievement of African-American women on October 25th-November 1st. For more information, call (301)608-0584, or email browngirlspeak@gmail.com


Sunday, October 26, 2008

Sunday's at The Crossroads

"DANCEHALL Sundays" @ The Crossroads
4103 Baltimore Avenue in BLADENSBURG, MD
Hosted by WKYS' EZ Street Music by DJ Jason Steele
Doors open at 10AM (not 9pm) LADIES FREE & 1/2 PRICE DRINKS UNTIL 11.
MUST BE 21 & OLDER
LOG ON TO WWW.CROSSROADSCLUB.COM
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Future Events:
Lawd, lawd there are some HAWT concerts in our future DMV--->

Friday, October 31, 2008

8:00PM Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant @ Constitution Hall


Saturday, November 1st

WPGC 95.5 is having the For Sisters Only Concert<--EXPO!
There will be boothes set up selling and priemiering all types of goodies!


Attendees will enjoy live entertainment from the industry’s hottest artists, tons of vendor booths, a literary corner hosted by author Omar Tyree, boxing and games for the “brothers”, activities for the children and much more!

Performances By:
Ludacris
Soulja Boy Tellem
Raheem DeVaughn
Ryan Leslie
Yung Berg
Day 26
Boris Kodjoe and his wife Nicole Ari Parker from the hit tv series "Soul Food" and the movie "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins"
Actor/Singer Terrence Howard
The Art Of Junk" Featuring the original members of The Junkyard Band

At:
DC Convention Center

Seems like good times will be had by all!

Also on the same date WKYS 93.9 is having its For Teens Only featuring Bow Wow and DJ Unk.....At this point the details are kinda sketchy.


Tuesday 11/4 8:00PM Usher @ The Warner Theatre
Monday 11/17 Maxwell @ The Constitution Hall