(Camron, standing, at the Violator offices with Chris Lighty, Mike Lighty, and Eric Nicks, all seated…shopping his “new” artist, Juelz Santana)

Noreaga and his longtime friend Geno Sims collected a treasure trove of hip hop footage back in the late 90′s for a documentary show they called The What What. And in this newly unearthed trailer, there is literally too much to comprehend. There’s random bits of Big Pun, KRS One, Eminem making crank calls, Snoop Dogg at his most misogynistic, a chubby 50 Cent coveting NORE’s then-new Skytel 2-way pager…There’s Jay-Z and Amil, Capone in prison, De La Soul….and at the 2:25 mark, we see Cam’ron shopping his new 17-year-old artist Juelz Santana to Chris Lighty (RIP) and his staff. Amazing.

(Juelz Santana rapping on the spot for Lighty and company)

Now these days Geno is better known as one of ASAP Rocky’s managers, alongside Chace Infinite (another man with an long hip hop curriculum vitae), but I’ve known Geno since way back during his days at Harlem Music Hut, Bad Boy Records and more…So I’m really proud to see all his success! But no matter how busy you and NORE are, Geno….please gather more of this vintage What What footage and put this out!

Watch the vintage hip hop footage….
NOT SAFE FOR WORK, NOT FOR KIDS….
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In this clip, Rich Dollaz (long-suffering manager of Olivia primarily for the purposes of the reality show Love and Hip Hop) is begrudgingly being interviewed by the Mouth To Ears blog in the lobby of a hotel….when cops show up to arrest him. The arrest allegedly traces back to an ongoing child support claim. And while it seems like a bit of a hassle (especially when the baby mama pressing charges appears outside the hotel to scream at Dollaz for added melodrama)…if you notice how surly and condescending Dollaz is in the beginning of the interview, maybe the interruption wasn’t so inconvenient after all. Kismet!

Ok, that’s just an awkwardness intermission. Carry on.

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While it looks like Amber Rose is about 14 months pregnant at this point, lovebirds Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose told TMZ that they’re due to have their first baby in around 5 weeks. And for all those squares who heard Amber refer to Wiz as her “husband” a few days ago and went into a tizzy about a secret wedding, Wiz calmly explains that sometimes, men and women use terms like “wifey” and “hubby”….without official licensing! *gasp*

But apparently, they are still trying to get that piece of paper before Amber delivers. What exactly are they waiting for? This woman will need to be forklifted to city hall soon.

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Everyone loves a good multi-racial shock circus…and the upcoming movie Spring Breakers (release date: March 29) is all that and more. The tainting of little flowers like Selena Gomez and Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars), the thug credentials of Gucci Mane, the acting chops of James Franco, and the art-house kiddie pr0n esthetic of director Harmony Korine (Kids, Gummo). And just looking at this trailer…this isn’t a made up fantasy population, these pockets of cross-culture freak shows are the new cool. There is a bad teeth and dirty feet movement. There is drug beauty and slut glory.
So if you combine those real social behaviors, with some Hollywood action, and some “courageous” career risk-taking (*eyeroll*)…then maybe Spring Breakers will be to 2013′s youth, what Menace II Society and Belly was to teens in the 90′s. Even if the movies themselves aren’t that great….the attitudes and images become permanent reference points.

ugh…why am I over-analyzing this. Just watch the trailer because it’s entertaining and ridiculous. And because the director originally wanted Riff Raff but when he was busy, he just had James Franco channel Riff Raff. Which Riff Raff was very proud of:

“Even though I couldn’t be a part of this project, I’m still glad that James Franco could play the role of me. That’s like if Denzel Washington was playing the role of O.J. Simpson. Even though it’s not O.J. Simpson, O.J. Simpson still gotta be like, ‘Denzel Washington is playing me.’”

Spring Breakers…
Official trailer and more set photos…
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Life is only getting better for Nas. The Queensbridge MC just inked a deal with Hennessy for their second annual “Wild Rabbit” campaign. The campaign will see Mr. Jones perform at a private concert at New York’s R Lounge on Jan. 15—an event which will be broadcasted online through Livestream, and later made available to download on Hennessy’s Facebook page. But before that, Nas and Miss Info will be sitting down to talk about the new partnership and much more. Fans will also have the opportunity to connect with Nas before the show during a live Q&A session on Twitter. It all goes down at 9:15 ET via Livestream on Hennessy’s FACEBOOK Page. We’ll have the stream link here for you tonight a well.

This partnership with Hennessy has been almost two decades in the making. I am honored to be included in the group of previous partners Hennessy has selected over the years and hope this campaign will inspire others to ‘never stop, never settle.–Nas

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Does this woman look like she’s having fun?

After presenting an award at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, in full body cake frosting….Jennifer Lopez hit the post-award party scene with her dancer-boytoy Casper Smart (not to be confused with her dancer-ex-husband Cris Judd). But where there are stars doing their best to appear photogenic while celebrating their charmed life…where there are sparklers, there will be one man who embodies the life of any corporate-sponsored bash.

Jennifer should have known this day would come…when her past bedfellow would be facing off with her current rawhide chew. But in the mano y mano pissing contest, who looks like they got the upper hand?

J-Lo, this is your life…
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(Golden Globes: Tina Fey basically says in the nicest way possible what we’re all thinking: “Taylor Swift, get off your back.” ; )

This isn’t really up for debate….the best thing about the Golden Globes last night was those two sassy broads up there, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They showed the world how to be lovable and hilarious and hot, without all the gag-inducing faux-sincerity of Anne Hathaway, or twee angst of Lena Dunham, or gimmicky buffoonery of Sacha Baron Cohen, etc. In fact…the biggest problem with the awards were that they didn’t just have Tina and Amy in a skybox doing ongoing commentary through-out the entire show.

Highlights of the opening monologue included zingers against Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow’s megalomanic ex-husband James Cameron (Yes, the Titanic/Avatar director), against Quentin Tarantino, and Hollywood overall.
The other big hits of the night? Well besides Les Miz, Lena Dunham, Homeland, Jennifer Lawrence and Argo…were the moments when things went off script and got weird.
There was funny improv weirdness. And then there was the baffling but heartwarming coming-out-of-the-closet weirdness of Jodie Foster.

Watch the Top 3 Moments of the 2013 Golden Globes:
More Tina Fey and Amy Poehler goodness…
Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig freestyling…
And the most talked about moment of the night, the Jodie Foster speech…
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(Menace II Society, 1993: O-Dog, A-Wax, and Caine)

It’s been 20 years since  Caine (Tyrin Turner) and O-Dog (Larez Tate) ran rampant through South Central, hoo banging and murdering disapproving shopkeepers in the cult classic, Menace II Society. While in hindsight, the movie wasn’t a cinematic masterpiece, it was a must-see shared experience that defined hip hop culture in the 90′s, alongside other movies like Boyz in the Hood and Juice. So it’s interesting to hear Allen Hughes, one half of the Hughes Brothers directing duo (Menace II Society, Book of Eli)  opens up about the making of Menace, and his own infamous brush with violence. Hughes visited Sway (Sway’s Universe) to talk about how late Tupac Shakur was fired from the cast of Menace, sparking a huge brawl and a lawsuit. It’s certainly a topic that has dogged the director for two decades but Hughes speaks candidly about meeting the rapper for the first time, developing a close friendship, and the moment it all went south with ‘Pac’s “erratic” behavior:

“He was going nuts, pacing back and forth in my office,” Hughes recalled. “He was very passionate. I can’t remember what he was complaining about, but he said to me across the room, “Why you smiling n*gga?” And me, I start smiling when I’m getting ready to fire on somebody..”

Watch the 3-part Allen Hughes x Sway interview on…
The Menace II Society legacy…
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An Interpersonal Literary Project. Yup.

Welp, this about seals it. We’re doomed. Civilization, I mean.
After a wildly successful memoir airing out her various sexual exploits with everyone from Ja-Rule to Jay-Z, Karrine Supahead Steffans is prepping a new book about the ongoing rollercoaster love affair she’s been having with Lil Wayne for years. But in keeping with Weezy’s gimmicky references about being so different from us that he is an extraterrestrial (ie his I Am Not A Human Being album)…she’s titling it, How To Make Love To A Martian. Is your soul weary yet?
Then wait til you watch this melodramatic video reading of what seems to be an excerpt from the book…
Supahead describes getting pregnant at some point in the past, possibly by Lil Wayne, while balancing her marriage (which ended last year) and her lover (Wayne aka The Martian.)

Oh…by the way, the relevation about the past pregnancy (which we assume Supahead did not carry to full term because there was no news of her having another baby)…is paired with close-up shots of her butt. Perhaps a visual allusion to that age old mystery of “how babies are made”. Very instructional.

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It’s been over a year since Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce from her allegedly philandering, athletically god-like, one-time-rapping husband Kobe Bryant. But since then, we’ve seen him give her all the family homes, kiss her on Valentine’s Day after the Lakers game, and generally try to woo her back into the fold. Maybe it was that dispute with Drake that pushed her back. Or the fact that they have two young daughters. Or maybe it was this post-nuptial agreement that TMZ reports gives Vanessa more financial control over their shared assets.
Or, maybe…it’s actually love.
Either way….
Vanessa Bryant did what any NBA wife would….she announced she’s reconciling with Kobe…on instagram.

*blank stare*

Check out Vanessa’s touching statement of everlasting love…and see photos of the couple
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