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Check out this upcoming Snoop Dogg documentary which focuses on steering kids away from gangs.  It follows Snoop's story from the streets to prison & the young kids who are currently caught up in the juvenile prison system. 

Karrine "Superhead" Steffans goes on the web & exposes Darius McCrary better known to yall as Eddie Winslow from the tv show "Family Matters".  At one point they were a couple & the word was they had planned to marry. Things have changed & now she's moving to Atlanta. Check out the second video in which she also mentions Lil Wayne in not the best terms.

Check out the "Official" video for Q-Tip's new single "Gettin Up". Personally I enjoyed the black & white live performance version better, but this is still creative nonetheless.  The album is supposed to drop November 4th so be on the lookout for "The Renaissance".

We don't know what's going on behind the scenes lately between artists & deejays, but it wasn't too long ago when Lil Wayne dissed DJ Drama & now after selling over 250,000 copies of his new album Young Jeezy goes in on DJ Drama in NYC!  Are the artists getting mad at deejays that help push their music on mixtapes or was there something more personal going on between DJ Drama & Young Jeezy? We don't know but check out the video because it's ONSMASH!

The statements fly around the 8:18 mark in the video:

Recently the sports media has been reporting that Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young has been having some dual personality or mental health issues recently.  The implication is that he's unable to handle the pressures of the NFL & all the responsibilties that come with it.  We wonder if the pressure gets heavy when he gets up under center to take a snap on every play. Either way hopefully he'll get better physically & mentally(if that's even true), but this pic we found over at Blogxilla may explain what kinda of pressures he's under lately.  

T.I. recently performed in Seattle to thousands of enthusiatic fans....

The B.E.T. Hip Hop awards return to "Black Hollywood" on October 18th. Yeah that's right the "ATL" will serve as the host city while comedian Katt Williams returns for the third time as the host of the show next month. The show will be taped at the Atlanta Civic Center & will air on BET at 8pm on October 23rd. The ATL status crew covered the red carpet & show last year so we'll be back at it again to cover all the happenings. There doesn't appear to be a year without some sort of controversy or something to talk about as it was just last year that T.I. was arrested for trying to purchase some military style gats right before the awards. Alot can happen in a year...ask T.I., new album "Paper Trail" on the way.

Katt Williams did a good job as host even though he's faced a few issues with gun charges himself. Making his own "Paper Trail", Katt recently concluded his "Pimpin Pimpin' tour which raked in over $17 Million in ticket sales. He plans to release a DVD on November 11th.

Atlanta's own DJ Black Daniels has dropped some really hot mixtapes in the past & returns with a new one called "The Art Of Foreplay". One thing about Black Daniels's mixtapes is that they are always very soulful & he does a great job of introducing you to artists & tracks that you may have never heard before.  You can tell that he definitely has an appreciation for the music because DJ Black Daniels' definitely does a good job setting the moods.  Click on the pic for the complete tracklisting. 

Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin used to be a sportscaster under her maiden name of Sarah Heath before she eventually went on to become the Governor of Alaska.  We're positive even her former news colleagues are surprised she even got a job as an intern at the television station.  Then again there are many reporters who suck lacking any real knowledge about any topic but they were hired because they may look good on television.  (Rent the movie "Broadcast News")  The problem is still rampant today in the media & even in the music industry with female singers who have the look, but no real talent.  

After almost singlehandedly derailing Barack Obama's chances for the highest office in the United States, it appears the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is involved in another scandal that's ruined his snow bunny's marriage & quite possibly his own.

Thirty seven year old Elizabeth Payne claims she had a hot & heavy sexual affair with Reverend Wright which cost her her marriage & eventually her job once the word got out. Rev Wright's alleged bust it baby also adds that her husband dumped her when he found out. Check out some excerpts from the NY Post:

"I was involved with Rev. Wright, and that's why I lost my job and why my husband divorced me," Payne said. She also goes on to say that fellow churchgoers "found out about the affair in the spring."

Payne's husband, Fred Payne, 64, said he learned of the affair in late February, when he discovered e-mails between his wife and Wright.

"There must have been about 80 of them, back and forth," he said. "Wright said things like he was going to leave his wife for Elizabeth."

Wright has been married to his second wife, Ramah, for more than 20 years.

The preacher reportedly wooed Ramah away from her first husband in the 1980s, when the couple came to marriage counseling at Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

After discovering he had been cuckolded, Fred Payne, who had married Elizabeth in October 2006, headed straight for divorce court.

"I was downright mad about this bull- - - -," said Fred, who said he is "in the oil and gas business," belongs to a hunting club and makes his own bullets in his garage.

"People wouldn't be happy to know that my wife was sleeping with a black man."

Check out this unreleased joint from Lauryn Hill called "The World Is A Hustle

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Serena Williams is definitely a superhero.................& she could get it.  repeatedly

Rap music is definitely in a slump & in many ways the guys who are actually good don't really want to rap anymore while the artists who are mediocre or flat out suck are taking up too much space.  We're about to start a petition to get people to believe that Andre 3000 is wack!  Yell it from the mountain tops of Stone Mountain Georgia to the top of the Empire State building!  Andre 3000 we think you're wack wack wack wiggedy wiggedy wack!!  Check the video & you'll understand why we're gonna start a petition to get fans everywhere to say Andre 3000 is wack! By the way Andre, many people up north were not hating on Outkast like that for the record.  A few haters in any audience or region always stand out.  

In case you missed all the events that went down during the Labor day...ahem "Luda Day"  weekend in Atlanta...here's a video recap hosted by ya bwoy Ludacris.  Luda recently announced that he's thinking of retiring from hip hop, but we think that's a bad idea. Once you put that word in the air like that it's pretty hard to come back if you get the urge to rap again. It's best for artists thinking of "retiring" to just be quiet about it & simply fade from the scene for a minute just in case you change your mind.  

The NFL season has officially kicked off last weekend & it definitely was filled with alot of great games that took place. The Falcons won with a great running game & Matt Ryan actually looked sharp. There were quite a number of injuries around the NFL from different players as well. Many of these injuries, like hamstring pulls, can be prevented if certain players worked out & conditioned properly in the offseason.  NFL star & San Diego Chargers RB LaDanian Tomlinson trained a little differently this offseason with a little help from the big man from Miami.  

Kimbo Slice gained notoriety largely through his various street fights captured on videocamera & uploaded on various websites.  He's moved up in the ranks from being just a beastly streetfighter to a professional MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter. You can tell from the many fights seen on the web that Kimbo Slice is a hardcore hood negro & even his workouts appear to be really HOOD too as he shows NFL running back LaDanian Tomlinson how he does it. ATL's Gorilla Zoe would be proud

Over the weekend the "I Got A Job Comedy Knockout Tour" took place up at Center Stage. The comedy show was hosted by former A-Team Morning show host "Griff" and featured a number of very funny comedians. The Atlanta show was also a celebration for the birthday of Tommy Ford, who is best known for his role as Tommy on the hit TV Show "Martin". The show also featured "K-Dubb" who is an ATL native and is one of the funniest up and coming comedians in the game. K-Dubb, who had been featured on the Bad Boys of Comedy Tour, had the crowd going crazy with his routine. The show also featured "Rodney Perry" who is one of the hosts of the tv show "Who's got Jokes." Rodney Perry was very energetic & all over the stage and ended his routine with one of the best MC Hammer impersonations I ever seen. Comedian "Pierre" who is also an ATL resident was in the building, but didnt actually perform even though his name was on the ticket. But they saved the best for last.....Tommy Davidson's routine was by far the funniest of all the comedians. I dont think he really even had a routine, it was like he improvised and was just coming up with material. His impersonations were so on point & the range of them was crazy as he imitated everyone imaginable. The "I Got A Job Comedy Knockout" Tour was funny and definetly worth checking out.

Check out the pics below so you can at least front like you were there:

It was announced that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's teenage daughter was pregnant & the boyfriend was reported by the republican media to be a caucasian male from Alaska. Apparently some new video has surfaced from a young black male from Los Angeles who claims to be the real father. He says he believes their family doesn't want the world to know that he's the real father is because it would hurt Sarah Palin's political chances.

If you haven't been to the movies over the weekend you've probably missed the preview to the new movie starring Bernie Mack & Samuel Jackson.  The movie also features an appearance by Issac Hayes & it will be the last film ever released from Bernie Mack & Issac Hayes since their passing.  

ATL resident & platinum selling artist, Akon, may have another lawsuit on his hands after being caught on camera mushing some female off of a platform he was supposed to perform on.  Maybe it was an accident....



Then again....maybe it wasn't.

Many rap artists have been shot & may have faced some life threatening circumstances in those situations.  Check out the trailer to this new documentary giving some insight into the minds of some of the rap artists you listen to & their experiences from being shot. 

I've seen some situations where women have started fights or arguments with a man 2-3 times their size & keep coming.  Although you should never hit a woman this guys response to her appeared to be simply an involutary reaction.  If he was a bigger dude we're sure those other guys jumping in at the end wouldn't have gone as far to keep giving him the beat down.  Small or not, the average brotha in the street would have went to the car to get his strap.  Check out the video....."When an Indian Reality Show Goes Wrong!" Beeeeyotch Schlaaaaaap!

When I first moved to Atlanta I used to work on the Reverend Hosea Williams's television show called "Voice of The Crusader."  We used to do the show live & sometimes taped over at People TV & it was a pleasure working with the civil rights leader.  Reverend Hosea Williams was unafraid to speak his mind on many issues as he always made it clear that he was "unbossed & unbought" by any establishment.  I learned a good deal from my experiences with "Uncle Hosea" as he liked to be called.  The most important thing I get from talking with our older generation is hearing the stories that don't always get brought up in the media.  It's always interesting to hear the behind the scenes stories that went on back in the day especially during the civil rights movement.