Kanye West has joined 50 Cent on the publicity train. And we all knew he would — I believe the Rolling Stone cover is case in point. He’s finally agreed to a “debate” with 50 Cent on BET next Tuesday, when both of their albums come out.
Terrence and Rocsi will host a “battle” during the show, where 50 Cent will perform singles from his upcoming album Curtis, while Kanye West will perform songs from his upcoming effort, Graduation.
ESPN’s Stuart Scott will deliver commentary and a statistical breakdown of both 50 Cent and Kanye West.
“How could I not come to 106 & PARK on the day my album comes out? I’m definitely coming,” West stated, while 50 Cent said ominously: “Just make sure that Kanye West shows up.”
The more publicity stunt-ish this little competition gets the more tiresome it becomes. My Team Kanye enthusiasm has weakened considerably.
Team Kenny Chesney!
[AHH]
Tisha Campbell on the Duane Martin and Will Smith gay rumors:
When two brothers are successful or have influential and powerful friends, we have to emasculate them. On the real, we even did it to Oprah and Gayle. We have to get over that because at the end of the day who really cares? We have Katrina, autism and children killing one another in my hometown of Newark. I don’t know what the obsession is with celebrities, but maybe it helps people feel better about their own situation. We just know that it’s something that comes along with being in front of the camera.
Kanye West managed to drop the dreaded f-bomb (learning nothing from Isaiah, obviously), a word he has denounced in the past, and credit his success to his “feminine” ways all in one statement. Characteristically, it makes little sense.
“It’s like what if your drawbacks ended up being your superpower? I’ve always had an issue with masculinity. I’m like, ‘I hope this person isn’t looking at me like I’m a faggot ’cause I have some feminine ways.’ Maybe I’m not the guy who kicks off (a fight) in a club. Now I’m a 30-year-old, I’ve accepted that.
“Because of that I’ve ended up having the No.1 album.”
This quote is just kind of floating with no context, so I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it’s a misquote. But that whole “superpower” line has Kanye written all over it, doesn’t it?
[SP]
For all the attention the media paid to Bill O’Reilly’s stupid campaign against Nas performing at last night’s Virginia Tech welcome concert, reporters certainly didn’t have anything to say about his actual performance, except that he the audience stayed on their feet for his entire 20 minutes set and that he was wearing a special Hokies shirt. Sorry to disappoint, Bill.
Before the concert, Nas had this to say about Bill O’Reilly’s misguided rage.
“He’s a racist,” Nas said. “Everybody has a marketing plan; his marketing plan is racism.
“He doesn’t understand the younger generation. He deals with the past,” Nas continued. “The people he represents are Republican, older, a generation that has nothing to do with the reality of what’s happening now with my generation. … He’s not really on my radar. People like him are supposed to be taught and people like me are supposed to let n—as like him know. I don’t take him serious. His sh– is all about getting ratings or whatever. I wouldn’t honor anything Bill O’Reilly has to say. It just shows you what bloodsuckers do: They abuse something like the Virginia Tech [tragedy] for show ratings. You can’t talk to a person like that.”
No, you really can’t. But I’m sure he’ll appreciate being called the n-word. He’s gonna take that and run with it.
[MTV]
This one might be a little off topic, but that’s what Friday’s are for. On second though, this isn’t really off topic, since High School Musical has swept the kid nation from coast to coast. My little cousin lives for HSM.
Now, of all the teenage stars out there, can’t we at least expect the kids in these movies to keep their clothes on? Can I not go on Perez Hilton and see Vanessa Hudgens naked boobs and pubic hair, please? Can my little cousin have a few teenagers to look up to? It really might be too much to ask.
I do have a good feeling about Monique Coleman — she’s just got to avoid the nude photo trap for a few more years.
[People]
• Jay-Z and Beyonce will get married one day. Thanks for the info, Jay. [MTV]
• Tony Yayo’s lawyer says he has a witness who can prove the rapper didn’t slap a little boy in broad daylight. [IOL]
• Middle class blacks are getting the hell outta Miami-Dade. [MH]
• Black women are more likely to develop a hard-to-treat breast cancer tumor. [WMD]
• Thirty-thousand black ministers are in Philly trying to keep gospel music from going down the tubes. [PI]
I know did an Aaliyah song relatively recently, but when I woke up this morning, the first line of this song (”It’s Friday..etc.) inexplicably popped into my head. It’s like the Rewound Gods needed me to post this video. Now you have to watch.
• Oh my, this video is really doing too much. Am I the only one who thinks J Lo should recognize she’s getting a little old for this?
• Remy Ma, why don’t you worry about your own problems. Okay? [SP]
• Whoopi Goldberg had to take the ridiculousness one step further and call Michael Vick a “wonderful person.” Not even the NAACP thinks that’s true. [Jossip]
• If I believed that Diddy would ever stoop to buying his own drugs in an Ibiza club, then I would believe that’s what he’s doing in this video. [SR]
• Yeah, Kim. You made a dramatic exit, but why have you been publicly hanging out with him the past few days? [People]
Okay, okay. It looks like a pretty affair — definitely better than one held in a lawyer’s office, that’s for sure. Although, it probably would have been more desirable if Tameka Raymond’s pregnant tummy wasn’t quite as distended in her white wedding dress. But now I’m just picking.
Best of luck to the most confusing couple of the year!
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