Celebrities often speak before they think and this tends to happen in the Hip-Hop world quite a bit which results in them getting bad publicity. So how do they salvage their public image? By swallowing their pride and uttering the words “I apologize.” Complex have come up with a list of the most humiliating hip-hop apologies and here is the top 10:
10. Public Enemy Apologizes For Professor Griff’s Anti-Semitic Comments
In an interview with The Washington Times, Public Enemy member Professor Griff said that Jews are responsible for “the majority of wickedness that goes on across the globe.” He continued, “The Jews are wicked. And we can prove this.”
Griff was subsequently fired from Public Enemy. In the wake of his dismissal Chuck D. issued a statement on behalf of the group saying, “Offensive remarks by Professor Griff are not in line with Public Enemy’s program. We are not anti-Jewish. We are not anti-anyone. We are pro-black, pro-black culture, and pro-human race.”
09. Lil Wayne Apologizes To Jay-Z For Saying He Was Better Than Him
Responding to Jay-Z coming out of retirement in a December 2006 interview with Complex, Lil Wayne addressed Jay-Z saying, “It’s not your house anymore, and I’m better than you.”
But Wayne soon backtracked a February 2007 interview with XXL: ““I wanna apologize to Jay and his family and friends, because I was asked that question and they put it in there like I was just feeling like, ‘Oh, you know what, nigga? I’m better than Jay!’ They came at me like, ‘So you say you’re the best. Can you say that you’re better than everybody? Would you say you’re better than Jay?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, nigga, I’m better than everybody!’ But I’d like to throw that apology out there ’cause of whatever trouble I caused, I ain’t want that to happen.”
08. Pimp C Apologizes To Atlanta
In a July 2007 Ozone interview, Pimp C made a stunning suggestion: “Atlanta is not the South, Goddamn it…Atlanta is on East coast time. You niggas ain’t in the South. And all you old bitch-ass niggas talking about “crunk,” you niggas ain’t do nothing but take Three 6 Mafia’s style and renamed it.”
The very nexy month, Pimp C pumped his brakes and issued an apology: “To all my Atlanta fans & friends, I want to say I apologize for my statement in Ozone magazine about Atlanta not being the South!! That was a bull**** statement!! Atlanta is and has always been the dirty mthfkn South!!!!! Chuuch!! But the rest of what I said, about them p***y a** niggaz is and will always be the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
07. Ice-T Apologizes To Soulja Boy, Sort Of
After saying that Soulja Boy single-handedly killed hip-hop and telling him to eat a dick, Ice-T seemed to have a change of heart. The part time pimp and rap-rock rebel turned actor made a semi-apologetic video directed at the young rapper and web entrepreneur.
In the video he says, “I apologize Soulja Boy for telling you to eat a d*ck. That was just in anger…Because truthfully, a brother of my caliber shouldn’t be talking down on a youngster of your age. T continued, “But as far as your music goes.. it’s garbage!…There are kids that go in the studio and really try to rap. That really sit down with a pen and write stuff…I’m talking about you’re garbage! We got to get rid of that, man. Hip-hop has to last and it ain’t gonna last with you doing that Supaman bullshit.”
06. T-Pain Apologizes To Jay-Z
In June 2009, T-Pain embraced Jay-Z’s controversial single “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-tune)” by joining him on stage during the rapper’s Hot 97’s Summer Jam performance. When Jay-Z was asked about the gesture afterwards, he said, “It was awkward, but it was cool…He didn’t mean any harm.”
But a few months later in Las Vegas, T-Pain lashed out at Jay-Z saying, “Jay-Z is 59 years old. I don’t think he has the right to say what’s good and what’s not. I think if anything is dead, it should be him.” Later that month Pain released a song called “More Careful,” in which he raps, “Some days I wish that I ain’t never say shit/ And Diddy said ain’t no excuse for what I did/ But I felt like he was knocking the same shit that feeds my kids.” The third verse ends with him saying, “My bad.”
05. The Notorious B.I.G. Apologized To Kandi of Xscape & Patti LaBelle For “Dreams”
On his X-rated classic “Dreams,” Biggie indulges some freaky R&B fantasies, and throws a few shots in the direction of R&B group Xscape saying, “I’ll fuck Rupaul before I fuck them ugly-ass Xscape bitches.” Patti LaBelle was also mentioned in the song—“I’d probably go to jail for fucking Patti LaBelle.” Biggie rapped. The legendary singer wasted no time calling him up to call him out for his lyrics: “He apologized. I just said ‘Well you know brother, you really can’t see me that way.’”
Years later, Xscape singer Kandi revealed that on the night of his death, Biggie extended an apology to Xscape during a Soul Train Awards after party in Los Angeles. Kandi said she regrets not accepting his apology.
04. Puff Daddy Apologizes To Steve Stoute For Beatdown
Steve Stoute, Nas’ manager at the time, and Diddy, then known as Puff Daddy, started feuding when Diddy insisted that his crucifixion scene in Nas’ “Hate Me Now” be cut out before the video aired on MTV. Steve Stoute refused to re-edit the clip and on the night of April 15th, 1999, Diddy and two others attacked Stoute in his New York office, hitting him with a champagne bottle. The assault allegedly left him with a broken arm and jaw.
Stoute sued Diddy, but the matter was resolved out of court. In May, Diddy apologized in USA Today saying, “I made a major mistake, and I have to handle the consequences for it. I have to admit I was totally wrong. I have to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
03. Eminem Apologizes For Making Racist Song As A Teenager
In November of 2003, The Source magazine dug up an old Eminem freestyle on which Marshall Mathers raps “Blacks and whites they sometimes mix/But black girls only want your money ’cause they’re dumb chicks/Don’t date a black girl/If you do it once you won’t do it twice/Black girls are dumb, and white girls are good chicks.”
Eminem addressed the track later that month saying, “The tape … was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager. I’d just broken up with my girlfriend, who was African American, and I reacted like the angry, stupid kid I was. I hope people will take it for the foolishness that it was, not for what somebody is trying to make it into today.”
Two weeks later he offer another mea culpa: “While I think common sense tells you not to judge a man by what he may have said when he was a boy, I will say it straight up: I am sorry I said those things when I was 16.”
In 2009, Asher Roth suffered similar backlash when his attempt at twitter humor went horribly wrong. Making a reference to Don Imus’ infamous diss to the Rutgers women’s basketball team, the rapper said, “Been a day of rest and relaxation — sorry twitter hanging with nappy headed hoes.” Roth apologized to “any man, woman, or child” he may have offended, calling his comments “immature.”
02. Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift
In a moment that will forever live in award-show infamy, a slightly tipsy Yeezy interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance of the Best Female Video award at MTV’s Video Music Awards. “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you and I’ma let you finish,” he remarked, “but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. Of all time!”
Shortly after being escorted from the building he took to his blog to offer an all-caps apology. In the blog post Kanye wrote, “I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom,” he wrote. “I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would’ve said. She is very talented!”
Later, on the “Power (Remix)” Yeezy rhymed, “Jay’s my big brother, and B’s my little sister/And excuse me all, but you can’t see my little sister,” which seemed to rescind his previous apology.
01. Jay-Z’s Mom Makes Him Apologize For “Superugly”/strong>
In the midst of his epic battle with Nas, Jay dropped the song “Super Ugly” In the song Jay claimed to be smashing Nas’s baby mother, whom he identified by name. Right after the tune premiered on Hot 97 in December of 2001, Jay-Z received a call from his mother letting him know, “That went too far.”
Jay returned to the station the day after and said, “I apologize. I felt like I didn’t think about women’s feelings or [Nas' former girlfriend's] feelings, or even my mom. It was really like, ‘Let me meet your level of disrespect with this level of disrespect.’”
There really is nothing worse than swallowing your pride and saying sorry. To see the full list head on over to Complex.
These days music videos aren’t what they used to be because they are normally as cheap as possible, this is mainly because nobody really watches music channels anymore. But back in the day, I feel old saying that, people used to put effort and money into their videos. Here is the 10 most expensive music videos ever:
10. Celine Dion – It’s All Coming Back to Me Now ($2.3 million)
09. Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson - What’s It Gonna Be?! ($2.4 million)
The ‘Sean John‘ mogul has snagged a guest role in a ‘Hawaii Five-0‘ episode that will air this spring.
According to the AP, Diddy will play NYPD Detective Reggie Williams, who arrives in Honolulu ready to seek justice against the men who committed a crime against his family.
Diddy seems more Miami Vice to me.
The rapper will undergo weapons instruction and even train with a Navy S.E.A.L. to prepare for the part. The episode will also feature music from Diddy-Dirty Money’s album ‘Last Train to Paris.’
After his role in ‘Get Him to the Greek’ alongside Russell Brand, Diddy expressed interest in wanting to do more comedic roles.
Diddy held a party to celebrate the release of his new album, Last Train to Paris, so of course this meant that theyw ould have to have a few women in bikinis and one in a hot tub surrounded by candles.
The whole party was streaming live on Ustream from The London Hotel so anybody could watch but what nobody was expecting was some girls hair to go on fair.
There’s nothing to really say, just watch the video. But it does give a new meaning to the lyrics “just gonna stand there and watch me burn.”
source: Model’s Hair Catches Fire at Diddy Album Release Party (Video) [Allie Is Wired]
Forbes released the top 10 earning Hip-Hop stars the other day and it’s full of the usual people you would expect to see on the list. But here is the 10 worst lyrics ever from these 10 stars.
Jay-Z, $63 million
Lyric: “If you shoot my dog, I’ma kill your cat” (song: Justify My Thug)
Diddy, $30 million
Lyric: “Young, black and famous, with money hanging out the anus.” (song: Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down)
Akon , $21 million
Lyric: “I wanna fuck you.” (song: I Wanna Fuck You)
Lil’ Wayne , $20 million
Lyric: “When I was five my favorite movie was The Gremlins. Ain’t got shit to do with this but I just that I should mention.”" (song: Sky’s The Limit)
Dr. Dre, $17 million
Lyric: “I use Crest so ain’t no cavity creeps in my drill.” (song: Keep Their Heads Rollin’)
Ludacris, $16 million
Lyric: “Read your whore-oscope and eat your whore d’oeuvres.” (song: Area Codes)
Snoop Dogg, $15 million
Lyric: “Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis. No weenies.” (song: California Gurls)
Timbaland , $14 million
Lyric: “Let me see them big titties. Don’t act saditty.” (song: Bounce)
Pharrell Williams , $13 million
Lyric: “Let’s shit on the peons. Let’s go to Vegas and watch Celine Dion. Make them say ‘what we on?’” (song: That Girl)
Kanye West , $12 million
Lyric:”Are you into astrology? Cause I’m trying to make it to Uranus.” (song: Gettin’ It In)
source: The 10 Worst Lyrics From The 10 Richest Rappers [Buzz Feed]
TGIF! As always, we’ve got the best of the best in celebrity quotes this week! We’ve got Kanye West’s caps lock Twitter-fest, Tina Fey’s Brad Pitt crush and Zac Efron’s strip club escapades. Enjoy!
“I’m pretty sure we’re going to meet at some point. I’ve sent him over 100 letters saying that I’m pretty sure we’re going to meet. And 100 chunks of my hair. If that’s not a great gift, then one of us is crazy.”
– Tina Fey, who has yet to meet her Megamind animated film costar Brad Pitt, to People
“Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley…Lol I spelled Silicon wrong ( I guess I was still thinking about the other type of silicone ITS A PROCESS!! : )”
– Kanye West, starting his Twitter account on the wrong key
“I’ve heard a lot about these places, mostly from rap music. They’re supposed to be pretty reputable, right? So I envisioned myself on a nice couch in stunna shades with T-Pain and Usher making it rain money. And it just wasn’t like that.”
– Zac Efron, ‘fessing up to his publicized trip to a strip club with HSM costar Corbin Bleu, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“I think that Cameron could kick the s— out of me. Personally, she’s extremely fit. She has long legs. She has reach, incredible leg reach. She surfs and has great stamina. So she could whip my ass good, I’ll tell you that.”
– Seth Rogen, singling out his Green Hornet costar Cameron Diaz as the girl who could beat him up, to People
“It’s funny because usually it’s the girl who’s naked. I was like, ‘That’s right, bitch. The tables are turned!’”
– Drew Barrymore, on having boyfriend Justin Long take it all off in their romantic comedy Going the Distance, to Nylon magazine
“I need to get my Brazilian wax before I do it.”
– Enrique Iglesias, on water skiing naked for losing a World Cup bet, to People
“I love my high heels. I’ll kick ass in four inches, pregnant any day of the week.”
– Resident Evil: Afterlife star and mom-to-be Ali Larter, at San Diego Comic-Con
“Justin Bieber is on fire right now! If you see him in any Rolls Royce or Lamborghini’s, it might be mine…but it’s his for the day.”
– Diddy, the latest celeb to come down with “Beiber Fever,” on Lopez Tonight
“My alternate album cover for Teenage Dream… Are you glad I went with the 1st?”
– Katy Perry, showing off fiancé Russell Brand’s proposed album art, on Twitter
“You don’t want two presidents at one wedding! All the secret service, guests going through [metal detectors], all the gifts being torn apart.”
– President Barack Obama, on not being invited to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, on The View
What was your favorite quote this week? Mine was Russell Brand’s alternative album cover for Katy’s new release. He looks like a complete dork, but he’s comfortable with that.
Happy Friday! For today’s top ten celeb quotes of the week, we’ve got Paula Deen fondling abtastic hottie, The Situation, John McCain’s sympathy for Snooki and “True Blood” newbie Joe Manganiello talking about a sock to cover his junk. Enjoy!
“Who did your hair, Crisco?”
– Paula Deen, during her backstage brush with Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his abs!, at the CMT Awards
“How about Diddy dog food: Make your dog yap to a rap.”
– Diddy, joking about his next possible business venture, on Nightline
“I had to represent ‘California Gurls’ by wearing Daisy Dukes and a bikini on top – California girls aren’t just all naked!”
– Katy Perry, on the sparkling ensemble she wore for her MTV Movie Awards performance, to People
“Will you just have my baby, and let’s just get it over?”
- Kid Rock, to Sheryl Crow while hosting the CMT Awards
“If it’s a girl, maybe.”
– Crow, who just adopted a second son
“I would never tax your tanning bed! Pres Obama’s tax/spend policy is quite The Situation. but I do rec wearing sunscreen!”
– Senator John McCain, Tweeting to Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, after the reality star complained about the President’s 10% tanning tax
“I was welcomed into the brotherhood of the sock. When you’re naked on the show, you have to wear a sock, and it’s not on your foot.”
– True Blood newcomer Joe Manganiello, on his nude initiation into the vampire drama, to EW
“I have a major crush on President Obama … I think he is so fine.”
– Glee’s Amber Riley, who met the Commander in Chief during the cast’s trip to the White House, on Lopez Tonight
“Very Sonny and Cher, but Clay and Ruben.”
– Clay Aiken, on his upcoming concert tour with former American Idol castmate Ruben Studdard, on Chelsea Lately
“I will keep doing it until I go to the bathroom and wipe my ears.”
– Joan Rivers, sharing her plan for future plastic surgeries, on The View
“Whoever established the high road and how high it should be should be fired.”
– Sandra Bullock, showing off her humor in her first televised appearance since her marriage scandal, at the MTV Movie Awards
PETA will not be happy with this list of 10 celebrities who are open about their love for fur and wear it all the time. I myself don’t mind people wearing fur I think it’s up to the person on what they want to wear and nobody should have a right to throw paint on somebody. I myself don’t wear fur because I think it looks tacky, but lets take a look at those celebrities who are open about it….
1 & 2. Kanye West & Amber Rose
Kanye is known for his tirades, which include a long rant after he was criticized for wearing fur by PETA. In one of his famous all-caps blogs, he wrote: “I’m briefly saddened by negative comments, but I have to remember those people are scared, incapable or just plain idiots. We are the f—ing rock stars baby. No cocaine, just life my n—as!” And it turns out Kanye’s girlfriend Amber Rose is a fan of fur too — what a perfect match!
3. Lindsay Lohan
The sloppy star has been a target for PETA for years. In November 2008, a French activist may have gone too far though, shouting “fur hag” at Lindsay Lohan before ceremoniously dumping a bag of flour over her head.
4. Diddy
He’s been a fan of fur for a long time, but Diddy really took some heat when it was revealed that a jacket from his Sean John line carried raccoon dog fur, instead of faux fur as advertised. He quickly apologized and removed the jackets from stores.
5. Naomi Campbell
Naomi modeled for PETA in the iconic “We’d rather go naked than wear fur” ad in 1994, but changed her mind last year, modeling a sable coat for designer Dennis Basso. She told paparazzi, “I am still wearing fur, but I’ve made up with that guy from PETA.”
6. Mary J. Blige
MJ loves her fur, and she famously warned PETA activists not to try anything with her in 2008, saying, “Those PETA people don’t want to mess with me, they don’t want to throw paint on my coat because it’s not just going to be throwing paint. It’s going to be Mary in the news the next day, you know what I mean? What gives them the right to destroy someone’s coat because their opinion is that you shouldn’t wear animals? Understand what I’m saying?”
7. Eva Longoria
This Desperate Housewife isn’t just a pretty girl in fur, she boasts that she can hunt too! “I can skin a deer and a pig and a snake – and rabbits,” Eva told Oprah Winfrey. She took some hits from PETA and the media, but the pint-sized star refused to back down and continues to wear fur.
8. Jennifer Lopez
J. Lo was targeted by PETA, to the point where protesters even showed up to the premiere of her film Monster-in-Law with signs calling her a “monster-in-fur.” When asked what she thinks about PETA and the protestors, Jennifer just said, “I don’t.”
9. Johnny Weir
Three-time national figure skating champion Johnny Weir flaunts his love of fur on the ice and on his reality show “Be Good Johnny Weir.” During the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, he received so many threats that he was forced to stay in the Olympic village instead of a hotel. And how does Johnny see it? “I’m just an easy person to pick on because I like fur,” he said.
10. Kelis
Kelis has been picked on by PETA for years, but it doesn’t bother her. While she thinks that “there is no humane way to kill anything,” she still stands by her decision to wear fur. “If I started wearing endangered animals like polar bear or orangutan then talk to me (which for the record I would not – I do believe in the preservation of endangered species). But the minks and chinchilla that quite honestly are rodents and if [they] weren’t in the form of a coat, I would demand they be put to death anyway,” she wrote.
Kate Moss, Brooke Shields and Rachel Zoe aren’t featured on this list because they’ve all been open about loving fur in the past. Where do you stand on the whole fur debate?
Happy Friday! For today’s top ten celebrity quotes of the week, we’ve got John Corbett talking about the filming of “Sex & The City”, Duchess Fergie trying to crack a joke and Diddy’s delusion, thinking that he would be the next judge on “American Idol”.
Enjoy!
“When I found out how much he was making a night, I was like, ‘If they feel like calling me, I would love to sit next to Ellen.â€
-Diddy, about taking over Simon Cowell’sAmerican Idol seat, on The Ellen Degeneres Show
“It’s rainin’ babies, hallelujah.â€
-Kristie Alley, congratulating expectant parents – and fellow Scientologists – John Travolta and Kelly Preston, to “People”
“A meatball without sauce – is that even legal?â€
-Real Housewives of New Jersey’sTeresa Giudice, on “Rachel Ray”
“I know I’ll be a hockey mom.â€
-Bristol Palin, to “Harper’s Bazaar”
“It was like college days! Beer, the old hookah pipe, we got that filled up.â€
-John Corbett, on filming “Sex and the City 2″ on location in the Middle East with his costars, to “People”
“Lindsay Lohan has got to wear a little boozer bling.â€
-Regis Philbin, colorfully referring to the starlet’s new alcohol-monitoring anklet, on “Live! With Regis and Kelly”
“I always tell him all the time I want to slap him in the face.â€
-Runner-up Crystal Bowersox, on helping to boost “American Idol” winner Lee DeWyze’s confidence to people.
“He didn’t remember any of the conversation, which is a shame because he promised me his car and various other valuables, a few paintings.â€
-The Edge, talking about his first conversation with Bono after U2 frontman had emergency back surgery, in a video message on the band’s Web site
“Depends on what you call beating up. She performed the musical Cats for our parents, and she made me lick milk from a bowl while she sang, which was, in a way abuse.â€
-Jake Gyllenhaal, when asked if big sister Maggie beat him up as a child, to “People”
“Where’s your sense of humor tonight?â€
-Sarah Ferguson, making light of her latest royal scandal with a joke at a launch party for her new line of children’s books, to “People”
