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what you don't know about Teresa Scanlan

2011-01-16T08:57:00.000-08:00

This is the beautiful Teresa Scanlan, aka Miss Nebraska, who wascrowned Miss America 2011 last night at Planet Hollywood Resortand Casino in Las Vegas. At only 17 years old, the young womanbecomes the youngest Miss America in history. Teresa Scanlanwon the title after the vote of the jury, composed of seven judges.The young woman came in ahead of Miss. It was the 90thanniversary Miss America contest, wants to put America in 2011 to study law for one day work in the passing politique.elle pockets a purse of $ 50,000.The young woman is single and was afraid that the jury considered too young to become Miss America. During his reign this year, Teresa Scanlan hopes to bring awareness to eating disorders. The young woman has a friend who has fought against bulimia

Discover Teresa Scanlan, 17, the new Miss America

2011-01-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Teresa Scanlan, (born February 6, 1993), Teresa is of Croatian heritage Scanlan was home-schooled until her junior year of high school, before attending Gering High School for half of her junior year. She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes throughout high school.She won the title of Miss Nebraska on June 5, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Brittany Jeffers. Scanlan’s platform is “Eating disorders: A generation at risk” and her competition talent is piano...

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2011-01-16T08:14:00.000-08:00

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Kanye West "Power (Remix)" With Jay-Z

2010-08-12T17:29:00.000-07:00

Kanye reveals that the "Power (Remix)" with Jay-Z will drop this Friday and says Nicki Minaj has the potential to be the "number-two rapper of all-time."

Kanye West recently stopped by Angie Martinez's Hot 97 show to debut his latest song "See Me Now" off his highly anticipated upcoming album, dropping November 16. He addressed a number of issues surrounding his upcoming album.
'Ye also address the long-anticipated remix to his current single "Power" , featuring big brother Jay-Z. Although the Chi-Town rapper was tight-lipped about the song, he tell listeners that the remix will finally drop this Friday.
Mr. West also talked about Young Money superstar and DXnext alum Nicki Minaj, who he confirmed will appear on his upcoming LP. He said that he feels Nicki is perhaps the most dangerous new emcee in the game right now. He even went on to say that at the rate she's going right now, she could easily be the number two rapper of all, second only to Eminem.
"This is gonna be such a big statement, and such a big thing to fill: the scariest artist right now is definitely Nicki Minaj," he said. "I think she has the most potential to be the number-two rapper of all time. Nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem."

Foxy Brown Killah Priest

2010-08-12T17:24:00.000-07:00

Evidence preps Rhymesayers debut and lets fans remix single, while Foxy Brown says she's "focused on telling the truth" in court.

Last year, Evidence spoke to us about the release of his next solo project Cats & Dogs, his first release on Rhymesayers Entertainment. As the release date for the album approaches, EV will release “To Be Continued…” as the disc’s first single (cover art pictured). In order to celebrate this release, RSE is holding a contest for fans, allowing them to remix the cut. The winner’s remix will be featured on the Rhymesayers’ site as well as RSE Radio, where they will get a spotlight and an interview. In addition, the winner will also receive a Diamond Supply Co. prize pack. For more on the contest, visit Rhymesayers’ website.
In legal news, Foxy Brown has testified in front of a jury investigating claims that she was involved in an argument with a neighbor. The reports also indicate that Brown mooned her neighbor during the dispute. “I’m happy to have a chance to tell the truth,” she said, according to the New York Daily News. “My focus is on telling the truth.” The investigation follows various legal woes for Brown, who is now being accused of violating a restraining order filed in 2007. Legal issues have followed Foxy for some time and earlier this year, her manager and former therapist weighed in on her legal woes. But Foxy’s lawyer, Salvatore Strazzullo, said that they were on a mission to clear Brown’s name. “We’re here for justice,” he noted.
Killah Priest has released The 3 Day Theory's "The Destroyer" featuring Steven King, Empuls and Onyx's Sonny Seeza. The track came about in an interesting manner, according to their label head. "Both Kount Fif and I are big fans of Onyx and we were having a discussion about how dope and slept on Sonny Seeza was," said the owner of Man Bits Dog Records. "I contacted Sonny and he told me he was available to come down in the next week or so. Plan was Sonny would come down for a couple of days and we would lay down a couple of verses. I got a call about a week later and Sonny was on his way. During the phone conversation he mentioned Killah Priest was coming with him. Sonny and Priest had been friends for years but had never done a song together. Also in the car was Steven King, an MC that Sonny had been working with."

50 Cent hell Shyne Conference Call

2010-08-12T17:20:00.000-07:00

Rapper 50 Cent goes off on fellow rapper Shyne during a conference call set up by Shyne's label Def Jam.

Rapper 50 Cent unleashed a profanity-filled tirade in a conference call with fellow rapper Shyne set up by Def Jam and XXL Magazine this week.
The entire phone call was filmed and later placed on 50 Cent’s Website, ThisIs50.com.
The video begins with 50 Cent, who was under a fake name, repeatedly trying to be routed to Shyne to ask his question. After various attempts 50 Cent is finally routed to Shyne and asks, “What is your real issue with 50?”
Shyne responds to 50’s question by stating that “there ain’t no issue” with 50 Cent. Seconds later the call is ended and 50 is muted from the system.
He tries a second time and is again muted, but is later connected to Shyne yet again.
“The 50 shit with Shyne and shit like that. I think that shit is a hoax,” said 50 Cent during the conference call. “I think it’s a way you try to gain attention in some ways because a nigga ain’t been fucking with you for 15 years. Like you been gone 10 years so he couldn’t have had no issues.”
Throughout the video various parts are edited to show Shyne looking somewhat confused as 50 Cent continues his tirade.

SNOOP’S TRUE BLOOD

2010-08-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

SNOOP DOGG’s call for a cameo on hit vampire drama TRUE BLOOD has been rebuffed – the show’s star SAM TRAMMELL insists the series does not need superstars to entice viewers.

The rapper is a huge fan of the racy bloodsucking series, and urged TV bosses to get in touch with him to organize a guest appearance.

He recently said, “I love that show. I wish I could be on it. I’d be a hell of a vampire, don’t you think ? So what’s happenin’ ? True Blood, get at me – Snoop Dogg wants to be a vampire.”

But at a U.K. convention earlier this month (Aug10), True Blood shapeshifter Trammel admits the show’s creator Alan Ball is not keen on giving the rapper a tryout.

He tells fans, “Apparently Snoop has wanted to be on the show from the beginning, but I don’t think Alan Ball is going to let that happen.

“Having such a high-profile person appear in the show, I think it would take us all out of Bon Temps (show’s location). (Alan) doesn’t need to cast Snoop Dogg to get people to watch.”

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2010-08-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

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Usher's New Look Foundation Hosts 1st Annual World Leadership Awards

2010-08-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

Usher's New Look Foundation hosted its 1st Annual World Leadership Awards yesterday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Pics of attendees and perfomances when you read on...

Usher's New Look Foundation hosted its 1st Annual World Leadership Awards yesterday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Pics of attendees and perfomances when you read on...

Kevin Frazier, host of Entertainment Tonight emceed the event along with, New Look Alumnus, Nadji Jeter. Award recipients included former President Bill Clinton, recording artist Justin Bieber and Jeanne Ashe.

Former President Bill Clinton received the Service Legacy Award.

Arthur Ashe's widow, Jeanne Ashe received the Youth Catalyst Award.

Usher and Ciara did special performances for the event.

YBF folks on the red carpet. Ciara and Justin Bieber posed together for a pic.

Lil Twist from Young Money was there.

Usher shared smiles with 14-year-old actor and New Look Alum, Nadji Jeter.

Usher and Michelle Wei took a great pic.

Justin B. and Usher flashed some smiles.

Kevin Frazier posed on the red carpet.

Ursher and Bill love the kids.

Michelle Obama And Sasha In Spain

2010-08-08T15:23:00.000-07:00

Michelle and Sasha Obama seem to really be enjoying their time in Spain. They even got love from the King and Queen. We have pics when you read on...

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Michelle and Sasha Obama seem to really be enjoying their time in Spain. They even got love from the King and Queen. We have pics when you read on...

Sasha Obama, King Juan Carlos of Spain, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Letizia of Spain took some flicks at the Marivent Palace.

BLACK GIRL LOST CHRONICLES: Jamie Foxx Goes In On Montana Fishburne + Montana Fires Back

2010-08-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

Well looks like Montana Fishburne aka "Chippy D" is getting all the attention she ever dreamed of since she hit the media outlets. Read her interview with AOL Black Voices and hear what the "always opinionated" Jamie Foxx had to say about her on his Sirius Satellite radio show ...

Despite numerous attempts by friends of Laurence Fishburne to try and stop the release of the sex tape and offering a payout of a million dollars to Vivid Entertainment, Montana wasn't having it. In a recent AOL Black Voices interview, Montana talked about the frenzy surrounding her porno, Kim Kardashian being her inspiration, her father's thoughts and feeling exploited by Brian Pumper.

Black Voices: To what do you attribute to all the hysteria?

Montana Fishburne: People are going to talk no matter what. I'm excited that people are talking about it. I hope everything turns to more positive. I mean, they should be more excited about new porn coming out. I haven't seen a young black female porn star in a long time.
BV: Well, everyone wants to know what your father thinks about it?
MF: I mean, I haven't talked to him directly yet. We have conflicting schedules, so it's been hard. But, he's upset. I hope he supports me. But as soon as I talk to him, you guys are going to hear something.... This is something I wanted to do; it's a goal that I had. I think he'll be proud that I accomplished one of my goals. So if I'm happy, I'm sure that he'll be happy, too.
BV: How has Kim Kardashian really influenced you?
MF: She inspired me to go to Vivid. I always wanted to do porn. That was a given. So when I decided to start getting in to it, to see how I was going to go about it, I looked to her. Kim Kardashian released her sex tape with Vivid. Paris Hilton, Kendra Wilkinson, Pamela Anderson, all these people. And they're well known for having celebrity sex tapes. And Kim's is the one that did the best. Not did the best, but I felt like she got the most hype and buzz out of it. And she decided not to do porn. I want to do another film. And if I do decide to go mainstream, I feel releasing porn with Vivid is the best company to do it with, because they have other avenues that they deal with. I'm loving Vivid right now. They're the best.
BV: Now what's your association with Brian Pumper? He's saying that you have another movie coming out?
MF: I did a music video for him, but with my porn career, I'm focusing on Montana Fishburne with Vivid. That's what it is. The whole Brian Pumper thing, I look at it as a mistake honestly. And I'm trying to get away from that and focus on Vivid and the release of this movie.
BV: Do you think he's exploiting you?
MF: Yes, I feel taken advantage by Brian Pumper. I don't really want to go into details about the situation. Jeremy [Greene, an aspiring porn actor], he feels for me, he knows how I feel about it. He has talked to Brian, and they have dealt with each other, because I don't even want to deal with him anymore. I'm not in contact with Brian Pumper, and I'm just trying to get rid of the situation.

All the attention geared towards pubbing Montana's new "film" has sparked Jamie Foxx to say something. We would have appreciated Oprah, but Jamie decided to step in and let this "black girl lost" hear a few of his choice words about her and Brian Pumper.
Jamie Foxx Foxx took some shots at B. Pumper's rapping ability, saying Pumper should "stick to f***ing and buffing n***as penises because he is the worst rapper ever." The Foxxhole radio crew showed no mercy on Montana's pimple scarred butt cheeks either. Jamie also made sure to say what he would do if his daughter ever thought about releasing a sex tape.

Montana was not pleased when she heard the mean remarks from Jamie Foxx and his radio crew so took to her twitter page. She claimed that Jamie Foxx was also debuting a film--- a gay porno with Vivid Entertainment. LOL. Good way to stir up those gay rumors since Jamie Foxx's sexuality is always being questioned.

SAD NEWS: NBA Player Lorenzen Wright Found Dead

2010-07-29T07:31:00.000-07:00

According to the former Cleveland Cavalier Lorenzen Wright's family members, Memphis police told the Wright family that the NBA player, who has been missing for over a week, has been found dead.
The details when you read on...

According to recent reports, Lorenzen Wright's body was found in in a wooded area at Hacks Cross and Winchester in southeast Memphis. Wright had been missing since July 19th after flying to Memphis to visit his six children and his friends.
According to reports, Wright, who most recently played for the Memphis Grizzlies, may have been carrying some amount of cash when he was last seen. A Collierville police report raised concerns that he may be a victim of foul play. According to Wright's sister, Wright was spotted in Memphis after he was expected to have left the city. He was suppose to be in route to Atlanta with a friend and his children after leaving his ex-wife's home in Memphis.
Curtis Wright, Lorenzen's uncle, has confirmed that the body found is that of 34-year-old Lorenzen Wright. According to CBS News affiliate WREG-TV in Memphis and his family, Wright had been having financial issues. Wright recently had two homes that were in foreclosure.
Wright's disappearance has been really hard on his six children, according to Wright's mother. His 13-year old daughter said she would speak with her father everyday. "The 13-year old is taking it worse than anybody. He always calls her and he always answers her calls and she doesn't understand why he's not calling, why he isn't answering her calls," says Wright's mother, Deborah Marion.

Amber Rose Goes To New Orleans To Visit Reggie+Diddy & Co. Cover VIBE

2010-07-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

Amber aint slick. Chick is Tweeting (and deleting) messages about jetting to New Orleans to get some nookie from her new boo Reggie Bush. But we can read between the legs.

That and Diddy and Co.'s new VIBE cover when you read on...

Amber wants the world to know she's getting it in with New Orleans Saint Reggie Bush. And now that he's back in the N.O. for training camp, chick decided to make a trip too. Here's what she Tweeted hours ago and then decided to delete:

Atlanta Housewife OFFICIALLY Leaves The Hit Show + Zoe Saldana Calvin Klein Ad Pics

2010-07-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

Find out which Atlanta housewife will not be a member of the show next season. We've got the info plus Zoe Saldana's new CK Envy ads when you read on....

Find out which Atlanta housewife will not be a member of the show next season. We've got the info plus Zoe Saldana's new CK Envy ads when you read on....

Atlanta housewife Cynthia Bailey got married this past weekend and it was full of drama. Lisa Wu Hartwell did not show up to the wedding with the rest of the housewives and rumors circulated that she was no longer part of the show. Reports now say that she and Bravo have split ways over "creative differences".
Lisa, who's in real estate, did not have enough drama to stay on the show. A source close to Atlanta Housewives production says, "They basically wanted to script elements of Lisa's life and make her amp up the drama. She wasn't with that at all. Lisa felt like if her real life alone wasn't enough for the network, then maybe it was time for her to go."
Lisa will still be seen on about 3 episodes on the upcoming season but won't be featured on the season three photos or opening credits. The ex housewife says she feels good about leaving the show and already has a few projects lined up including two movies. She also debuted her first book during this years Essence Music Festival.
I'm glad she's doing whats best for her....
Will you miss watching her (or her shirtless hubby) on the show?

Zoe Saldana just shot her first campaign as a Calvin Klein model. She's promoting the brand's new femalee Envy line and is involved in one of the biggest launches in Calvin Klein history. Here's some pics...

CANDIDS & VID: Kelly Rowland Does It Up Aussie Style + Kanye Performs at Twitter HQ

2010-07-29T07:23:00.000-07:00

Kelly Rowland was spotted out in Austrailia to launch the new iPhone 4 over there and looked absolutely FAB doing so. More pics of her plus another video of Kanye performing at Facebook headquarters when you read on....

She visited the Optus Live Lounge in Circular Quay, Sydney, Austrailia to launch the new iPhone and took a moment to pose with some fans.

Here are some candid shots of her exploring the streets of Sydney.

She looks like she's having a great time. Get it Kelly!

After hitting the Facebook HQ earlier this week, Kanye spread his social networking love and surprised the folks over at Twitter Headquarters yesterday with a surprise performance:

Chris Tucker Owes $11 Millie To The IRS+ Estelle & Nas' New "Fall In Love" Vid

2010-07-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

Chris Tucker owes some serious millies to the IRS.

We've got the deets plus Estelle's new vid when you read on...

Chris owes over $11 million in back federal taxes, according to these new docs. How? Here's the breakdown, according to TMZ:
2001 -- $4,007,794.34
2002 -- $5,060,074.23
2004 -- $55,544.84
2005 -- $660,414.94
2006 -- $1,788,080.91
Which all equals $11,571,909.26. Chris hasn't scored a major payday since his $20 millie role in Rush Hour 2 back in'01. Looks like he's going to have to nab that role in the last installment of Friday afterall. Every little bit helps...

Here's Estelle's new video ft. Nas and John Legend for "Fall In Love". And cutie actor Jessie Williams is her leading man. Loving this song....

Foxy Cleans Up For Court + Cassie's Still Performing

2010-07-28T07:01:00.000-07:00

Foxy cleaned up from this ish and brought her all shades of blue loving self to court today. We've got more pics when you read on....

Inga was bumrushed by the paps as she arrived at court today after having been arrested last week for starting a curse-filled tirade against her same neighbor she hit with a BlackBerry three years ago.

And in other news, Cassie got gorgeous while "performing" at the VIP Room in St. Tropez over the weekend:

Honestly she could have just held the mic and acted like she was singing and it would have been just as interesting. Stick to what you know girl....

CANDIDS: Naomi Campbell Has A Champagne Blast

2010-07-28T06:58:00.001-07:00

Naomi took it internationally fab again and went crazy with some champagne. See the pics of Ms. Campbell when you read on...

Naomi Campbell was spotted in Saint Tropez with her billionaire boyfriend Vladimir partying it up at the recent Champagne Battle:

Well this is...interesting. That's one way to have your own champagne tasting.

New York City Settles Sean Bell Police Shooting for $7.15 Million

2010-07-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

New York City agreed Tuesday to pay more than $7 million to settle a wrongful death civil suit lodged by the fiancée and pals of Sean Bell, the unarmed black groom gunned down by cops on his wedding day four years ago. Read on for the details...

The settlement, one of the largest in NY state history, ends a four-year legal battle by the would-be bride Nicole Paultre Bell and two men wounded in a 50-shot barrage that claimed her lover's life.
Under the agreement, the city will pay $3.25 million to Sean Bell's family estate, which is controlled by Paultre Bell. Bell's pals Joseph Guzman, 35, who was shot 11 times in the incident, will receive $3 million and Trent Benefield, 27, who was shot three times, will be granted $900,000.
"I believe the settlement is fair," said Paultre Bell, the mother of Bell's two daughters, Jada, 7, and Jordyn, 4. "No amount of money can provide closure for losing Sean. I don't think there will ever be closure."
Guzman and Benefield, were in a car with Bell when undercover cops opened fire on them outside the Club Kalua strip club in Queens on Nov. 25, 2006, hours before Bell was to get married.
Detectives Michael Oliver, Marc Cooper and Gescard Isnora were all acquitted in a 2008 trial of manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges stemming from the Bell shooting. The cops fired on Bell's lurching car after mistakenly believing someone inside had a gun and fearing that Bell was trying to run them down.
The U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn declined to prosecute the cops for civil rights violations.
The NYPD still has yet to decide whether to discipline a total of five officers involved in the shooting.

Tu pac about the Shooting

2010-07-27T14:52:00.000-07:00

Article about the Shooting

Six months after the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas-- a case in which no arrests have yet been made -- MTV News has obtained a 29-page document prepared by police in Compton, California, which reveals that only a few days after Shakur's murder last September 7th, Compton police had already learned the name of the man some local gang members believed to be responsible for the crime.

This document, it must be emphasized, is based largely on the words of Compton police informants. It does not legally prove who killed Tupac, nor does it legally prove that his death was a gang murder. Proof is the job of the courts. However, the Compton police document does contain a startling account of the events that led up to Shakur's murder and a shot-by-shot account of the five day blood bath his killing seems to have set off in Compton. A gang-war that apparently left three men dead and ten wounded. It also deals with a host of questions as to the identity of the man who allegedly shot Tupac Shakur.

This 29-page statement of probable cause offers some intriguing answers. It was written up by Compton police last September and was attached to a motion filed in February by Suge Knight's defense team as part of their attempt to overturn Knight's probation violation. Based largely on information provided to the Compton police by their gang-informants, the statement (or affidavit) gives an unverified but considerably detailed account of gang-related activity in Compton before and after the shooting of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas on the night of Saturday, September 7th.

According to the statement of probable cause, five days after Shakur was shot, an informant with special knowledge of the activities of the Bloods -- a man identified in the statement as CRI or "confidential reliable informant" #3 --provided police with a sequence of events which suggested that the shooting in Vegas might have been the culmination of a beef that began at the Lakewood Mall in Compton. The informant told Compton police that a man named Travon Lane -- a Death Row affiliate also known as "Tray" -- was at the mall's Foot Locker in July or August of last year when he was confronted by several members of the Southside Crips. There was a scuffle during which Lane's Death Row medallion was taken from him.

Fast forward to September 7th in Las Vegas -- the night of the Tyson/Seldon fight at the MGM Grand. According to the affidavit, CRI #3 told the Compton cops that moments after the bout, Travon Lane was walking through the hotel as part of Death Row's entourage when he spotted a man later identified as Orlando Anderson. The same man, Lane thought who'd taken his medallion at the Lakewood mall two months ago. Lane pointed the man out to Shakur. Shakur confronted Anderson with the question "You from the South?" -- an apparent reference to the Southside Crips. A melee ensued -- captured on tape by MGM Grand surveillance cameras.

Little more than an hour later, as a line of Death Row cars snaked its way to a party at Knight's Club 662, a white Cadillac with California license plates -- according to one report -- pulled up to the right of Shakur and Knight's vehicle. According to the affidavit, a passenger opened fire with a Glock .40 caliber handgun, grazing Knight and critically wounding Shakur -- as members of the Death Row entourage watched from the cars behind Knight's.

In the affidavit, the informant is also said to have told Compton police he heard Travon Lane at Club 662 declaring that the shooter was the same man who'd been in the melee at the MGM Grand and that the shooter was "Keefee D's nephew." According to police, Orlando Anderson is the nephew of the man known by Compton police to be Keefee D. Both are reputed to be Southside Crips.

Back in Compton on September 9th, the day according to the affidavit that another informant noticed a late-model white Cadillac being driven into a local auto shop by Orlando Anderson's cousin-- three separate Blood sects convened at Lueders Park. The topic of discussion, according to the affidavit? The need to retaliate against the Southside Crips for the attack on Tupac Shakur. Compton police were told by their informant that five sites for drive-by shootings were chosen. Three potential targets were singled out.

At 2:58 that afternoon at a location on East Alondra, one such man -- whose name was mentioned to Las Vegas police as someone who might have been riding in the white Cadillac -- was shot in the back. The war was on.

Two days later at 9:05 on the morning of September 11th, Southside Crip Bobby Finch was gunned down on South Mayo. The next day, Vegas police told Compton cops that they'd received calls that Finch had been riding in the white Cadillac. By early morning on the 14th, five more people had been shot in what Compton police regarded as related assaults. Meanwhile, three Bloods were fired on and wounded in two separate shootings. On September 13th, the day Tupac Shakur died, two more Bloods were shot and killed by an assailant who fled on foot.

As the gang war raged, police in Compton and Las Vegas continued to receive unsubstantiated tips that "Keefee D's nephew" or " Baby Lane" -- aliases for Orlando Anderson -- had shot Tupac Shakur. On the 13th, the affidavit says, one reputed member of the Bloods identified the man who'd shot him in Compton two days earlier as Orlando Anderson. On the 20th, an eyewitness fingered Anderson as the triggerman in an April 1996 homicide. Around that same time, the affidavit states, an informant told one police officer that Anderson had been spotted with a .40 caliber Glock handgun -- a potentially significant tip, since it hadn't yet been revealed publicly that a .40 caliber Glock had been used in the attack on Shakur.

On October 2nd, as part of a gang sweep, Compton police arrested Anderson in connection with that April 1996 homicide, but the District Attorney's office declined to press charges and asked police to gather more evidence. Compton police told MTV News that Anderson remains the prime suspect in the April 1996 homicide, and charges are expected to be formally filed imminently. As for Anderson's attorney, he declined to comment on this or any other allegations contained in the affidavit. And says that he has not been informed that his client remains the prime suspect in that April 1996 homicide. He has previously denied that Anderson was in any way involved with the killing of Shakur.

While testifying under oath in Suge Knight's probation hearing, Orlando Anderson invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked if he was a member of the Crips and denied that Knight had assaulted him. Vegas police questioned Anderson briefly in October after which one Vegas cop was quoted as saying that Anderson was not a suspect in Shakur's murder. Four months later, Vegas Sgt. Kevin Manning told the Los Angeles Times that Anderson was indeed a suspect in Shakur's killing, but that the department lacks hard evidence against him. Vegas police say that since the night of the shooting they have not been able to speak to Travon Lane -- who the affidavit asserts was involved with the scuffle with Anderson at the Lakewood Mall, who pointed Anderson out to Shakur at the MGM Grand and was heard at Club 662 hours after the shooting IDing Anderson as the shooter. Efforts by MTV News to talk with Travon Lane were unsuccessful.

Tu Pac The Las Vegas Shooting

2010-07-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Las Vegas Shooting
Tupac was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 7, 1996 after attending the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He died in the University Medical Center hospital six days later from the four gunshot wounds.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Compton police, although they never officially solved the case, concluded that Shakur was shot by Southside Crips after the Tyson fight. Hours before the shooting, Tupac had been involved in a fight in the lobby of the MGM Hotel after the Tyson-Seldon fight. Shakur started the fight when he noticed 21-year-old "Baby Lane" Anderson, who had beaten up one of his bodyguards in a shopping mall a few weeks earlier, lingering nearby. Anderson and others were interviewed by police later in connection with the murder, though no suspects were ever publicly named.
Shakur and the crew at Death Row generally depended on members of the Bloods gang for security, while Biggie and the Bad Boy Crew depended on Crips members for security when visiting California. An investigation by the Las Vegas Times, while not naming its gang-member sources, stated that Biggie (who was also in town for the fight) offered to pay the Crips in exchange for Shakur's death. It was noted by the Compton Gang Unit that the Crips were bragging about the killing soon after returning to Compton. Compton Police were disappointed with the lack of initiative showed by Las Vegas police in pursuing the killing.
After the fight with Anderson, Tupac left the MGM Hotel, went to the hotel with his fiance, Kadida Jones. Then, he met up with Suge to go to Death Row's Club 662 in Las Vegas. The two drove together in Suge's 1996 black BMW sedan e38 7-series, part of a larger convoy of cars including some of Shakur's friends, the Outlawz, and bodyguards. Tupac was not wearing a bulletproof vest that night, even though Death Row had provided him with one. At 11:15 P.M., Suge's car stopped at an intersection on East Flamingo Road. A white Cadillac was seen pulling up to the passenger side of the car, and firing thirteen rounds into the car as Tupac attempted to climb to safety in the back seat. Tupac was hit four times, twice in the chest, and in his arm and thigh, while Suge was scratched by a piece of flying glass (while later claiming in an interview he had a bullet stuck in his head). Tupac then went on to live off of life support for 7 days and his mother finally had the plugs pulled on September 13, 1996 at 4:03 PM. After his death, Shakur was cremated, and his mother reportedly spread his ashes in L.A. saying that Tupac would want to be in the city he loved best.
The high profile nature of the killing and ensuing gang violence caught the attention of British filmmaker Nick Broomfield who made the documentary Biggie & Tupac, which examines the lack of progress in the case and the controversy and theories surrounding it by speaking to those close to Biggie, Tupac and the investigation.
Shakur's close childhood friend — and a member of the Outlawz — Yafeu "Kadafi" Fula, was in the convoy when the shooting happened and told police he might be able to identify the assailants. He, too, was killed shortly thereafter in New Jersey. Two teenagers took plea bargains and are serving time for Fula's murder. The eerie video for the single "I Ain't Mad at Cha", shot a month before his death, showed Tupac being shot and killed and later in heaven jamming with Billie Holiday, Donny Hathaway, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Redd Foxx, Robert Johnson, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Tu Pac The first shooting (New York)

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The first shooting (New York)
In 1994, shortly before being sent to prison for sexual abuse , Shakur was shot five times in an apparent robbery attempt outside a New York music studio. Tupac recalled the circumstances shortly afterwards in an interview with Vibe magazine. He was with his close friend Stretch, manager Freddie Moore, and another friend on the night of November 30, 1994.
They arrived at a studio so Shakur could do some recordings for an acquaintance, Booker, whom he didn't quite trust. When they got to the studio, Tupac was suspicious of two black men in their thirties, both dressed in army fatigues, because neither of them seemed to acknowledge his presence. He noted that he was less wary of them than he should have been because he "had just finished smoking chronic". Shakur simply assumed they must be security for The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie), whom he was still friends with at the time.
The two men, whom Shakur described as looking like they were from New York, came at him with identical 9mm handguns, and forced him and his friends to the floor. Their aggression was focused almost exclusively on Tupac, although they did threaten to shoot Stretch as well. They forced everybody to lie on the floor, but Tupac remained standing. He later said he had frozen. They demanded he hand over his jewelry, which he refused to do. After grabbing at one of the armed men, Tupac was shot in the leg, through his scrotum. He fell to the floor, and was shot a further 4 times, which he later claimed not to have realised; he believed he was being kicked & that his head was being beaten upon the floor. He recalled seeing white light, but never believed he could die. He lay silent, pretending to be dead. He was shot 5 times in total and robbed of the gold jewelry he was wearing, worth over forty thousand dollars.
Upon regaining consciousness, he entered the elevator and went upstairs to safety, where his then-friends Biggie, Puffy, Little Caesar, and others were waiting. Shakur described his friends as acting very strangely, almost surprised at his being alive. His first words after realizing how severe his wounds were, having been shot in the head and the scrotum, were "Oh, shit. Roll me some weed. Call my mom and tell her I've been shot." He was also very surprised that none of his other friends, who were also wearing jewelry weren't robbed. He survived, and left the hospital a day after, against doctor's orders because he was feeling harassed by phone calls and the doctors. He showed up in court just few days afterwards in a wheelchair to face his verdict in the sexual assault case.

Read an article about the New York Shooting.

Sweatin' Bullets
Reporting by Eric Berman, Rob Kenner,
Ian Landau, Danyel Smith, Joe Tirella,
Josh Tyrangiel, Mimi Valdes, and Elizabeth Yow

Since before the day he was born, Tupac Shakur has battled "the system"-but never so dramatically as in the last 48 hours of November. On the 29th, a Manhattan jury had convened to deliberate charges of sodomy, sexual abuse, and weapons possession against Tupac, 23, and his codefendant, Charles Fuller, 24. They stood accused of molesting a 19-year-old woman in Tupac's $750-a-night, 38th-floor Parker Meridien Hotel suite on November 18, 1993. After the first day of deliberations, Tupac left for a publicity stop in Harlem, then went on to Times Square's Quad Recording Studio to record a track with Uptown Records' Little Shawn. Facing a maximum 25-year sentence, Tupac knew it might be his last recording session for some time.

At 12:20 a.m., Tupac was running more than an hour late when he and his three-man entourage swept past a black man sitting on a desk in the entranceway of the office building where Quad is located. The man got up from the desk as two confederates (also black) came in the door, and the three followed Tupac and his crew to the elevator, pulled out guns, and hollered, "Give up the jewelry, and get on the floor!" While his friends lay on the gray stone floor, Tupac cursed at the holdup men and lunged for one of the guns. The rapper was shot at least four times. His manager Freddie Moore was hit once. The robbers nabbed $5,000 worth of Moore's jewelry, as well as Tupac's $30,000 diamond ring and $10,000 in gold chains. They left Tupac's diamond-encrusted gold Rolex.

Moore gave chase, collapsing in front of a strip club next door. His friends dragged the severely wounded Tupac into the elevator and up to the eighth-floor studio to administer first aid. Tupac's first call was reportedly to his mom, Afeni Shakur, in Atlanta; then he called 911.

When the cops showed up, Tupac saw some familiar faces. Two of the first four police officers on the scene were William Kelly and Joseph Kelly (no relation), and "seconds later, Officer Craig McKernan arrived. McKernan had supervised the two Kellys in Tupac's arrest at the Parker Meridien and had just testified at the rape trial. "Hi, Officer McKernan," Shakur sputtered, lying naked in a pool of his own blood. "Hey, Tupac, you hang in there," McKernan responded, as an EMS team secured a brace around Tupac's neck and strapped him to a board. The stretcher didn't fit into the elevator, so he had to be propped upright, blood streaming down from his wounds. McKernan helped carry him out past a waiting photographer. "I can't believe you're taking my picture on a stretcher," Tupac groaned, flipping off the photographer.

Tupac was rushed to Bellevue Hospital. "He was hit by a low-caliber missile," says Dr. Leon Pachter, chief of Bellevue's trauma department. "Had it been a high-caliber missile, he'd have been dead." Tupac continued to bleed heavily all day, so at 1:30 p.m., Pachter and a 12-doctor team operated on the damaged blood vessel high in his right leg. At 4 p.m., he was out of surgery. At 6:45 p.m., against the vociferous complaints of his doctors, he checked himself out. "I haven't seen anybody in my 25-year professional career leave the hospital like this," says Dr. Pachter. Afeni, who had flown up from Atlanta, wheeled the heavily bandaged Tupac out the back door, fighting through a crowd of reporters.

The next day, Tupac made a surprise appearance in the Manhattan courtroom where his fate was being decided. He was wheeled in by Nation of Islam bodyguards, his charmed Rolex on his right wrist, his left wrist wrapped in gauze, and his bandaged head and leg covered by a wool-knit Yankees hat and a black Nike warm-up suit.

With his friends-including actors Mickey Rourke" and Jasmine Guy-rallied around, Tupac sat through the morning session before his right leg went numb. He then went uptown and secretly checked into Metropolitan Hospital Center on East 97th Street under the name of Bob Day.

Several hours later, the jury came back with verdicts on Tupac and Fuller: guilty of fondling the woman against her will-sexual abuse-but innocent on the weightier sodomy and weapon charges. A few jurors argued for full acquittal and viewed the verdict as a compromise. "There was a very strong feeling that there just was not enough evidence," says juror Richard Devitt.

"We're ecstatic that the jury found that there was almost no merit to these charges whatsoever," said Tupac's beaming lawyer, Michael Warren. He plans to appeal the sexual abuse conviction. Sentencing was delayed due to Tupac's condition, and he remained free on $25,000 bail.

For the second time in eight weeks, Tupac had beaten a felony rap. On October 7, in Atlanta, Fulton County DA Louis Slaton dropped the aggravated assault charges filed against Tupac on October 31, 1993. Tupac and his posse had shot two off-duty police officers in the buttocks and abdomen, but witnesses told the DA that Tupac and company had fired in self-defense after Officer Mark Whitwell fired at them. Whitwell resigned from the force seven months after the shooting.

Some conspiracy theorists leaped to the conclusion that Tupac had been set up and that the "robbery" was a payback for his perceived attacks on police; others concocted a revenge plot by the rape accuser. Tupac's lawyer fanned the flames, citing his' client's exaggerated suspicion of cops to explain his flight from the hospital.I The lawyer rejects the notion that this was a simple robbery: "These circumstances give rise for a reasonable person to raise an eyebrow."

The shooting of a young black man has rarely generated so much attention. "I hope people realize that the black male is under attack," says Nation of Islam minister Conrad Muhammad, who was on hand at the courthouse. "This is a wake-up call to the young men in the music industry. You have a moment onstage, a moment before the world-what will you do with it?"

Breezy & Usher Hit The Jamaican Stage

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Usher took the stage at Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica this weekend. And he brought Chris Breezy on stage with him to do a surprise performance. And Elephant Man was there too.

More pics of Ursh, Breezy, and Breezy's capris when you read on...

The fellas all had a dance off on stage much to the audience's delight. Can we just discuss Breezy's pants for a minute. I usually don't comment on Chris' choice of clothing because it never really bothers me and usually it can be seen as just fashion forward. BUT...
These damn capris I can NOT get with. I know it might be what's "it" these days for men and all, but I beg to differ. Fellas, spare us. Pick one--shorts or pants. You cannot do both.

Fun times in Jamaica.
On a random note, Lisa Left Eye Lopes' sister Reigndrop was at B.B.Kings last night with Mr. Cheeks watching Fox Boogie perform:

Interesting.

LADIES' NIGHT: Serena Williams & Christina Milian Wine & Dine

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There's nothing like your gal pal cheering you up with a night out after a big ass break up. So Serena Williams and Christina Milian may have been consoling each other as they hit Madeo in Beverly Hills last night for sme dinner.

We've got more pics of the fab ladies when you read on...

The newly single Serena hopped out of a car to meet up with Chris last night at the swanky Beverly Hills restaurant Madeo. 'Rena was with her crutches earlier int he day, so it looks like she can now go without:

Christina's post-baby bod looks hotter than ever. Chick is looking fantabulous these days. WORK.

Obviously homeboy in the background thinks so as well.

Looks like she's not letting her divorce blues get to her. This is the best "F*#$ You!" to Terius Nash that she could have ever done.

Rihanna Lands A Futuristic Role

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For Rihanna, looks like all those futuristic outfits she wears on her tour have been for research purposes. Learn more about her new movie role when you read on....

R&B chick Rihanna will make her film debut in Universal's Battleship, the Hasbro adaptation to be directed by Peter Berg.
The film takes place across the seas, over the skies and land in a battle for planet survival against a superior force. And it's set for release on May 25, 2012.
Rihanna's last movie was the direct-to-dvd film 'Bring It On: All or Nothing,' where she played herself. This ought to be interesting...