It's About To Be A Bar Fight!!!

Ain’t no love in the Heart of the City.  That was the case Thursday morning in NYC at club WiP. A huge fight broke out in the VIP section involving Drake, Meek Mill, and Chris Brown. The pictures of the aftermath include smashed bottles everywhere, a couple of injured patrons, and Chris Brown with a minor (but ugly) scar on his chin.  There’s numerous reports circling around and all parties are claiming that they were not involved in the fight. Tweets have been deleted since the altercation; Chris Brown and Meek Mill have called a truce; but as for Chris Brown and Drake…they are still at odds. Rumor has it that all of this started because Drake was talking out the side of his neck to Chris Brown about Rihanna.

Wait a minute!

Nobody will admit it but all of this IS over Rihanna. Not misplaced features, record sales, or even money. It’s all over too much testosterone in one place, and three men being (at one time or another) involved with the same woman.  Young, wild, and free young men surrounded by their instigating entourages and things got out of control. No word if any of the three celebrities actually laid hands on each other, but it’s getting messy. Chris Brown and Drake have been cooperating with the police; we all know Chris Brown can’t afford any run-ins with the law because he is still on probation.  When will these guys stop trying to “be about that life?” 

Oh yeah and not to mention the price of fame: guarantee with the innocent people like Hollie C hurt, there will be lawsuits in the near future. 

Lauryn Hill Owes Uncle Sam Money

Lauryn Hill has created quite a media stir. Last weekend, she surprised everyone with an outstanding performance aside Nas at Summer Jam.  This week, the IRS surprised Lauryn Hill with a bill worth approximately $1.6 million.  Apparently during her hiatus from the music industry Lauryn forgot to pay her taxes from 2005-2007. If you expected Lauryn to blame her accountant like many artists tend do, you’re wrong! She blames herself and takes full responsibility BUT says it was a personal choice.  Releasing an official statement she explained: “I left a more mainstream and public life, in order to wean both myself, and my family, away from a lifestyle that required distortion and compromise as a means for maintaining it.” Check out her full statement here.

I love and respect Lauryn Hill so much. She is one of the greatest female MC’s/vocalist ever! However, this is America and nothing is free. Uncle Sam does not care what your reason is for not paying your taxes. The IRS doesn’t play; ask Wesley Snipes and Ron Isley. Hopefully, Lauryn can solve this issue without serving any jail time.

Raz B Outs More Male Artists

Raz B is back in the news again trying to “out” more male artists.  Several passages of Raz B’s new tell-all book, This Boy’s Life, has leaked to the internet where he takes shots at several artist and calls them gay.  Right now he has named Chris Brown, Ray J, Bow Wow and Omarion; and plans to give details on their sexual encounters. 

This is not the first time Raz B has made accusations about someone’s sexuality.  Back in 2010 he shook the music industry up by confessing that his former manager Chris Strokes and Marques Houston molested him when he was a part of B2k.  Also, that same year Chris Brown and Raz B got into a homophobic twitter war that entertained and offended a lot of people.  This time Raz B decided to take his snitching talents to a book which is set to release in September.

What in the Confessions of a Video Vixen is this?

I blame Superhead Karrine Steffans.  Ever since she made her millions from outing the freaks in the music industry, everybody has used this tactic as an easy come-up.  Snitching just to get attention is just…well…golddigger-ish!  Ever since B2k broke up Raz-B has been crying foul on everybody.  Even if all these people are gay, it’s their life.  If they want to walk around like they’re not gay for the sake of their image, that’s their choice.  I’m not saying that Raz B’s accusations have no merit but he always pulls this stunt at convenient times.  Omarion just signed to Maybach Music Group, Bow Wow’s [Underrated] album is set to release in June, and Chris Brown is back on top performing at the Grammys, Billboard Music Awards and more.  Not to mention Chris Brown’s [Fortune] album is set to release in July. 

Chris Brown is upset about the accusations and has released a statement via twitter.  Wonder if anybody else will respond? Raz B seriously needs a hug man. Stay tuned to watch this mess unfold.  

Pusha T vs. Lil Wayne Beef

What is Hip Hop without a beef or two?  This time around it is Lil Wayne vs. The Clipse.  Wait! Before you think that this beef is brand spanking new…it’s not.  The Clipse and Lil Wayne have beefed for years, stemming back to when the Clipse subliminally dissed Lil Wayne in 2006 on “Mr. Me Too.” While Pusha T has been consistently clowning Drake as of late, this time he shifts his focus to Lil Wayne on Exodus 23:1.  This track is so popular because Pusha T [indirectly] pulls Lil Wayne’s card questioning his gangbanging, his relationship with YMCMB, and more.  So what does Lil Wayne do? He responds by dropping a new diss track called Goulish.  For anybody expecting the Dedication mixtape Wayne, you will be highly disappointed.  He’s more like Lil Tunechi on this diss track…meaning its all garbage.  Goulish is short in length, thankfully…full of pointless metaphors and more talk about how Lil Wayne has goons.  If this isn’t a sign that Lil Wayne has changed I don’t know what is.

For all of us that have been Lil Wayne fans since he was a part of the Hot Boys, we all know that Lil Wayne is truly gifted.  He has released some classic songs and has silenced the critics several times.  He has demolished anybody that even dared to say he was a garbage rapper.  Things change, Lil Wayne surely has. After Tha Carter III dropped his music has suffered.  He doesn’t have the same drive; his lyrics don’t have the same sting.  I remember when he used to spit a line and you would have to rewind it in your head to see how clever it was.  Those days are long gone; now every line he spits you have to think WTF is he talking about?  Or you already know what metaphor he is going to use.  Whether Lil Wayne wants to admit it or not, he’s gotten too comfortable. The Clipse might not be as big as Lil Wayne but they definitely have the ability to win this battle.  They worked with Wayne back in the day before he was claiming to be a Blood.  Let’s not forget that The Clipse have ALWAYS repped the streets hard…nothing has changed there unlike in Lil Wayne’s case.  Plus The Clipse is backed by G.O.O.D Music which overall is a better label than YMCMB.  The only way this battle can be fair is if Drake decides to step in and directly crush the competition.  And before you think Drake is too soft to do so…Drake crushed Lil Wayne on every song of their mixtape a couple of years ago.  Drake is more clever than Lil Wayne point blank.  Don’t believe me look at the way he responded to Pusha T on Lord Knows.  I can’t wait to see what this cat fight turns into.  Until then we will just have to keep our eyes and ears open.  

Raven Symone Comes Out Of The Closet

Gay rumors have been swirling all week that Raven Symone has come out the closet as a lesbian.  Rumor has is that she is shacking up with AzMarie Livingston from this season’s America’s Next Top Model.  According to what blog you read, this is not the first time that rumors have surrounded Raven’s Symone’s sexuality.  However, I never remember any of Raven’s relationship being on display for the public. 

This morning Raven took to twitter to release a statement on her current relationship.  I have to say I respect the way she cleared up the rumor.  Simply saying “it’s my business” is the best way to handle any scandal that the media tries to create.  For some reason we are obsessed with who is or who is not gay in this country.  In all honesty does it really matter?  Celebrities have the right to love whoever they want to just like we do.  Besides, throughout her entire career Raven has been a professional and the ultimate businesswoman.  There has never been a scandal surrounding her and she has been a good role model.  Do not act like you don’t know anything about That’s So Raven and The Cheetah Girls. 

Terrence and Rocsi Leaves 106 & Park

More cuts at BET. Yesterday news broke that Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall were leaving The Game.  Today Terrence and Rocsi are exiting from BET’s 106 & Park.  What in the Clear Channel layoffs is this BET?  Seriously, there is nothing left to watch on the network (not that I watch anyway).  From what I read on Twitter, nobody watches Lets Stay Together and nobody plans to either. 

I can honestly say that I’m not saddened by the news of Terrence and Rocsi leaving 106 & Park.  I stopped watching 106 & Park in 2007, my sophomore year in college.  I could tell that the show was going in a younger direction and it was going to be corny.  The Freestyle Friday round used to be raw; contestants used to actually “freestyle.” (Remember Poster Boy and Jin…they are nowhere now but back then you thought they were the hottest thing out. But I digress.)  Over the years 106 & Park started to target teenagers and focus on everything else besides music.  Rocsi and Terrence fit for that purpose for a while but overall somehow the vision of the show got lost.  Of course, we can blame this on the exit of AJ and Free but it is really at the fault of BET.  Several of us in the black community that grew up with BET can see the change.  We went from Teen Summit, Rap City, Cita’s World, Video Soul, Planet Groove, to 106 & Park.  And when 106 & Park got too “commercial” BET gave us a knock off of Rap City Tha Basement called Da Deal.  Typical BET, that was later cancelled too.  Only thing left was to create two sitcoms and now that’s ruined. 

My question is, what else can BET do?  We’ve seriously seen them try everything.  They have tried game shows (remember Joe Clair and Toccara's show Take The Cake), sitcoms, docu-series, award shows, and they always abandon music shows.  The movies that they play repeatedly are not cutting it; we turn to TV One for all of that.  At this point every other music station is doing better than them. VH1 has us tuned into all of their reality shows. MTV stays young and fresh with their shows dedicated to just Hip- Hop and channels dedicated to Hip-Hop music.  Oh yeah, and let’s not forget that actually have MTV News on the regular.  And TV One, always brings back the best movies and TV shows from back and the day for our viewing pleasure.   

It’s clear that BET needs help. Somehow the network is worth millions but their programming sucks.  Their ideas suck.  Their marketing sucks.  Their decision making sucks.  Where do they go from here? (Follow me @eyediditmyway)