Underwear Bomber Pleads Guilty

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, also known as the underwear bomber pleaded guilty to his 2009 crime on Christmas day. The Nigerian attempted to blow up a Northwest Airline Flight (flight 253), but failed after the bomb didn't go off properly. He went before Judge District Judge Nancy Edmunds, where he pleaded guilty to all 8 felony counts and faces life prison. His charges includes conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism, attempted murder, and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.  

underwear the bomber was wearing on the flight

Abdulmutallab admitted to the government that he was working for an American Muslim cleric by name of Anwar Awlaki, who ran an Al Qaeda group before being killed by the U.S and Yemen. The underwear bottom is set to be sentenced next year January 12. 

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Royce Reed Says NO! To Season 4 Of BBW

While many of us are waiting for the return of Basketball Wives on VH1, we may not even see a fourth season of the show. Royce Reed announced on her twitter that she is not returning to the show for a fourth season.

"Good Afternoon! as of right now I have decided NOT to return for Season 4 of BBW due to artistic differences. Tings may change, but as of now, No!"

 A little after her tweet, her former Basketball Wives cast mate Tami Roman replied to the tweet, pointing out that others may not return as well.

"Well ok @Roycelr don't be surprised-several others may follow..."

Now remember, last month Evelyn Lozado expressed that she would not sign on to do anymore shows (which may also include bbw).

"Just wanted to say that I won't be on Twitter for a while. Going 2 possible delete my account & I won't be signing on 2 do anymore shows"

There is a possibility that Royce stating "artistic differences" can in fact be about financial differences. According to Page six, who ran a "Just Asking" piece stated:

BET Hip-Hop Awards 2011 Performances And Cyphers

Last night, 2011 BET Hip-Hop awards premiered at 8 pm. The award show took place last week in Atlanta Civic Center in ATL, where the best of best in the hip-hop industry. The show opened up with Young Jeezy dressed in an all white ensemble as he performed his single "F.A.M.E." Later in his performance, he brought out The King "T.I," who was recently released out of a half way house. DMX later hit the stage with his long time friend Swizz Beatz and performed a couple of his hit songs. MMG was joined by El Debarge to perform "That Way" and "I'm A Boss." LL Cool J was given the "I Am Hip-Hop Award," which was presented by Nelly. 

Other hip-hop artists that hit the stage were Wiz Khalifa, MMG (Rick Ross, Wale, and Meek Mill), and Lupe Fiasco. This year's Cypher was on point. Artists like Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Wale, Big K.R.I.T, Lady Of Rage, B.O.B, Estelle, and even gospel rapper Lecrae joined other rappers in the Cypher with Dj Premiere on the turntables. 
Check out the performances from the Hip-Hop Awards here

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New Music Video: Kelly Rowland Featuring Big Sean "Lay It On Me"

Last month, we shared a couple of photos from Kelly Rowland's behind the scene video shoot of "Lay It On Me." Well, Miss Kelly has finally released the final product of the video. She is giving us some sexy moves in her exotic new music video, which features rapper Big Sean. The R&B singer just released the music video via twitter about an hour ago. The track is off her album "Here I am" and was produced by Hit-Boy. Kelly is seen showing off her sexy/seductive dance moves in a couple of one piece outfits with a group of sexy men surrounding her.

Check out the music video below:

Monica And Shannon Brown Talk With Essence.com

Monica and Shannon Brown are so in love. Clearly, the two love birds are still deeply in love after the beautiful wedding ceremony they shared with their family and friends. The R&B diva and her sexy basketball player husband recently chatted with Essence.com to discuss the passion in their relationship, how they make time for each other with their busy schedules, Monica's relationship with her mother in-law, the negative criticism from blogs, and her take on doing reality tv again. 

Read a couple of excerpts from the essence.com interview:
On how they keep things passionate:
That's so easy for us. I don't know where to start. The best lingerie I have, Vanessa Bryant gave it to me. She is the biggest fan of La Perla and she goes into stores a lot. Every time I would open one of her gifts, Shannon was like "yeah" and he'd start clapping for that gift. Sometimes he likes when I'm just in his t-shirt or his jersey."
On making time for each other:
We're together a lot because I think you make time for the things that are important and our marriage is important to us. So we make time, all the time. At a video shoot Shannon and I go in my dressing room and order the food we want and just spend time talking to each other and getting to know each other even more. Every day is a new day, so it never stops. You never stop learning each other. Sometimes the best moments are just the quiet ones. 
On her relationship with Shannon's mother:

Sneak Peak Video: Beyonce "Love On Top"

Seems like Beyonce has been all over the internet for the past few days. Last week, she premiered her video "countdown," and received some heat about stealing choreography from Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keemaeker. Beyonce responded to the accusations by saying that she was paying homage to her icons Diana Ross, Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn, Andy Worhol, and more. Now, Bey hit us again with another inspiration for her next music video release "Love On Top," which she performed at the VMA's.

Beyonce is seen as the front man of a group with 5 male back up singers doing choreography with microphone stands. If this seems a little familiar to you, its because Bey uses the influence of  New Edition "Is It Love?" music video.
Check out the sneak peak of "Love On Top" below:

Trey Songz "Too Hot For Tv"/Sexy Roca Wear Commercial Teaser

Now we all know that Trey Songz is no stranger to making sexy music videos. Well, seems like Trigga is expanding his sexiness for a Roca Wear campaign. Trey has been the face of Roca Wear Clothing for quite sometime and is also the face of their new fragrance "Evolution." Yesterday, Roca Wear released a sexy and seductive teaser video for their new fragrance, which stars Trey and beautiful young lady. Trey is seen sitting on a chair, as he watches the young lady strip down to her lingerie and walks towards him. It switches to the two in bed together and ends with the caption reading "to be continued." Can you say "TOO HOT FOR TV?"

Old School Joint Of The Day: "No Diggity" By Black Street Featuring Dr. Dre And Queen Pen

Beyonce Responds To "Countdown" Video Accusations

Last night, we reported on Beyonce being accused of plagiarism for her latest music video "countdown." Read about incident here. Well, Bey responded to the accusations with a letter:
“Clearly, the ballet ‘Rosas danst Rosas’ was one of many references for my video ‘Countdown.’ It was one of the inspirations used to bring the feel and look of the song to life.”

“I was also paying tribute to the film, ‘Funny Face’ with the legendary Audrey Hepburn. My biggest inspirations were the ’60s, the ’70s, Brigitte Bardot, Andy Warhol, Twiggy and Diana Ross. I’ve always been fascinated by the way contemporary art uses different elements and references to produce something unique.”
After releasing a statement about the incident, Anne Teresa also wrote a letter that was posted on the Studio Brussel website (This website was the first to realize the comparison between the two videos). Anne Teresa gave Bey her props, but did not appreciate Beyonce and her crew for not crediting her for her choreography. The letter has been taken down since.

“Beyoncé is not the worst copycat; she sings and dances very well, and she has a good taste! On the other hand, there are protocols and consequences to such actions, and I can’t imagine she and her team are not aware of it.[...]“In the 1980s, this was seen as a statement of girl power, based on assuming a feminine stance on sexual expression. I was often asked then if it was feminist. Now that I see Beyoncé dancing it, I find it pleasant but I don’t see any edge to it. It’s seductive in an entertaining consumerist way.”

First Two Weeks Of 2011-2012 NBA Season Canceled

Negotiators for both sides of the NBA lockout met in New York for 13 hours to reach a deal before the start of the NBA season. Participants of the meeting included NBA commissioner David Stern, a couple of owners (San Antonio owner Peter Holt, New York Knicks owner James Dolan, and Minnesota Timberwolves Glen Taylor) along with NBA Officials Rick Buchanan and Dan Rube, while the NBA union side were union executive director Billy Hunter, L.A Lakers/Union president Derek Fisher, vice president Maurice Evans, and lawyers Jeffrey Kessler and Ron Klempner. Last week, Stern set a Monday deadline to reach an agreement. Unfortunately, they were unable to reach a deal for the split of basketball relation income, which led the commissioner to cancel the first two weeks of the 2011-2012 NBA season. David Stern made the announcement about the cancellation around 10 pm last night.

"We certainly hope it would never come to this. I think that both sides worked hard to get a better solution."

NBA Commissioner David Stern

NBA union executive director Billy Hunter doesn't feel that the entire 2011-2012 NBA season is in trouble. However, the union has been preparing for the worst to happen, similar to the shortened 1998-1999 basketball season.  He told reporters:

"We probably need to miss a few games in order for them to be convinced that there is resolve among the players. While we don't want to be out here, our players are not going to fall apart. We've spend two and half years getting them ready. This is the worst-case scenario."

NBA Union Executive Director Billy Hunter

Beyonce Accused Of Stealing Dance Moves In Music Video "Countdown"

Beyonce has another accusation under her belt. A few months ago,we reported that Bey was accused of stealing  her billboard award performance idea from an Italian singer by the name of Lorella Cuccarinni. Well now, she's being accused of plagiarism for her latest music video "Countdown." The video, which premiered last Thursday, shows scenes from movies like West Side Story, Funny Face, and Flashdance. It seems like the choreography and costume ideas was taken  in one of the from Belgian choregorgrapher Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 1983 dance piece "Rosas danst Rosas and 1990 piece "Achterland without any credits. According to Yahoo news, Studio Brussels released a comparison video of Anne De Keersmaeker and Bey. Studio Brussels reached out to De Keersmaeker and she stated:

"I didn't know anything about this. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism. This is stealing. What's rude about it is that they don't even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because its a famous work. Am I honored? Look, I've seen local school kids doing this. That's a lot more beautiful." 
While Beyonce is being taunted about this incident, MTV chatted with the video's director Adria Petty (who is singer/songwriter Tom Petty's daughter) about the inspiration of the look and choreography behind the video. Beyonce was paying tribute to some of her icons Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross, Andy Warhol, and Twiggy.
"I brought Beyonce a number of references and we picked some out together. Most were German modern-dance references, believe it or not. But it really evolved."
Check out the comparison below:

Molly Meldrum Interviews Beyonce On Sunday Night HD

Recently, Queen Bey chatted with Australian journalist and music critic Molly Meldrum on the show "Sunday Night HD." Before the interview began, a voice over of Molly Meldrum, showed videos of a very young Beyonce dancing and her in concert as fans screams her name. He continues his voice over, as the video shows Beyonce walking into a room for the interview and Molly states "her beautiful baby bump, no wonder Beyonce is blooming... this really is Destiny's Child." As Beyonce sit down for the interview, Molly says "You're glowing," and she replies with a big a big smile on her face "thank you."  Throughout the piece, we catch a very soft side of her. Bey is seen asking why GOD blessed her to have the life she has. She even tears up after giving her African dance partners a hug. Also videos showed Bey enjoying her one year long break, as well as her in the dance studio learning the dance routine to her video "Run The World (Girls)." In her Australian interview, Bey spoke on having a baby, her music inspiration "Michael Jackson," Her dancing/"Run The World (Girls)" dance routine, the end of Destiny's Child, ending her business relationship with her father, working to hard, and more.

Peep a couple of excerpts below:
On having a baby, and how it may change her life 
Absolutely, it has already changed my life. My husband and I have been together for 10 years for all of my twenties-since I was 20 and we just feel like it’s time. I’m very grateful that God has blessed me with the biggest gift that any human being can have. I think because I’ve accomplished a lot of things for myself and I really know who I am. I didn’t rush into anything and I feel like if it’s any time, right now is the time and I’m so happy.
On Michael Jackson being her music inspiration
Beyond. How old was I? Five years old and it was my first concert and it was his show and that night I decided my purpose. He’s the reason I do what I do, because I would have never experienced that magic if it wasn’t for him.
On dancing
I’m a huge fan of dance and I always try to think of a new way to move the body. I try to treat choreography like I do a hit song and I try to think of the things that are going to make people want to dance and move around, dance in the club or dance at their school play or whatever.
On her dance routine in “Run the Word (Girls)”
I saw this video clip on Youtube and it looked like Michael Jackson …it looked like stepping, like African all mixed in and I had never saw anything like it. We searched everywhere around Mozambique, which sounds crazy, but we found these guys.
On Destiny’s Child ending
Definitely, it was nerve-racking for all of us. It’s just when you’re use to something it’s hard to grow up sometimes and we all said, “Well, it’s time. We’re women, it’s time and we all want to do different things.”

Drake Album "Take Care" Has A New Release Date (November)

For those of you who were looking forward to Drake's upcoming album "Take Care" to drop later this month, bad news... its been pushed back. "Take Care" was set to release on Drake's 25th birthday, October 24h. He wants his fans to hear the album the way he feels they should. The new release date is November 15. Drake released a statement about the date change via his blog. Read his statement below:

"I managed to create this album in my hometown of Toronto and the thoughts and stories I wanted to get across just became so clear. It truly felt like when I was here 3 years ago making So Far Gone. So I have completed 19 songs (17 on physical and 2 on bonus), and have run into a roadblock of clearing 3 samples in time to make the October 24th date. My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it. The choice was clear as day for me. November 15th you will get Take Care the exact way I created it with no trimmings. This music means too much to me to get attached to dates and I do apologize for the delay but I promise that it is only for the benefit of our experience together. Club Paradise Tour will also be moved to when students are back from the Christmas/New Year break so that I can get to more schools. New dates will be released in the next week…see you all soon."

T-Boz Talks Sickle Cell Anemia Disease And Brain Tumor With CNN

As one third of the successful R&B/Hip-Hop female group TLC with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, T-Boz can tell you about overcoming obstacles in life. With her battle with (incurable)sickle cell animea, doctors told Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins that she wouldn't see pass 30 and have kids. Now at age 39, she has a 9 year old daughter and is in recording studio working on a solo album. '

But T-Boz faced another scare in her life. Recently, she sat down with CNN's Dr. Sunjay Gupta and revealed that she had a brain tumor five years ago. Due to her medical condition, doctors told her to consider radiation because surgery was not an option for the brain tumor. However, Ms.T-Boz was able to find another to successfully remove the brain tumor.

Read T-Boz interview below:

I grew up singing in church with my mother but I always had the same dream and I would see myself in baggy pants, running from the left side of the stage bending down to the right shaking someone’s hand, and a whole bunch of people are screaming for me. In my heart and until this day, I really believed it.”
Doctors, they didn’t give me a very happy ending. You won’t live past 30, you’ll be disabled your whole life. You’ll never have kids. I was looking around the room like, ‘I don’t know who he’s talking to because that’s not my story.”
On Making Her Dreams a Reality Despite Her Sickle Cell Diagnosis
I think it had to do a lot with my mother, too, because she never made me feel different.
On Her Brain Tumor
I started having headaches, but they were so frequent, something was wrong. My doctor called, but his voice sounded funny. And I said, ‘You’re gonna say something like I have a brain tumor, right?’ He got quiet”
On Not Letting Her Disease Not Stopping Her From Making It Happen
"I go for it. I believe words are powerful. And I think everything, every last single thing in life happens for a reason."
With her upcoming solo album in the works, T-Boz is using her celebrity status to send a message the African American community. She wants to encourage them to be bone marrow donors to help young people with blood disorders and sickle cell.
Watch the CNN interview: 

Chris Brown Gives Kelly Rowland A Lap Dance

Chris Brown kicked off his F.A.M.E tour September 12th, with Kelly Rowland, Tyga, and T-Pain. Recently, Cris drew a large audience of screaming fans in Atlanta, Georgia. Of course Chris had a couple of tricks and teats for his fans. After performing "Wet The Bed" featuring Atlanta's own Ludacris, Chris brought out his tour mate Kelly Rowland for his hit single "Take You Down." Chris sat Kelly down and gave her a lap dance throughout the performance. A smiling seemed to enjoy the performance as she cheered Chris on.

Check out the video below:

Don't worry Breezy fans.... Chris has a couple of more tour dates.  Chris might be coming to a city near, so COP those tickets. Check out the dates below: