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Eminem The Best Rapper?

Vibe Magazine readers have crowned Eminem as the best rapper alive, voting began with 64 rappers going up against each other, eventually leading to Eminem beating out Jay Z in the final two contestants.

In a statement the rapper said, “it’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive, I don’t think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best, though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah, I’ll accept!”

Vibe will be rolling out Eminem’s win in their November 2008 issue. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will grace the cover of that issue.

“Vibe is thrilled we could put the debate about the Best Rapper Alive in the hands of the fans,” the mag’s music editor, Sean Fennessey, said. “Eminem isn’t just one of the most successful MCs of all time, he’s also one of the most beloved. The proof is in the voting.”

Agree or disagree? I think there is far better rappers out there than Eminem.

source: Eminem Is The Best Rapper Alive, According To Vibe Poll [mtv]

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Eminem Spends Holidays Being Rushed to the Hospital

Eminem Spends Holidays Being Rushed to the Hospital

Marshal Mathers, also known as Eminem, was taken to the hospital for serious complications due to severe pneumonia. While most of us gorged ourselves on holiday feasts and chugged egg nog until we could tolerate in-laws and distant family members, Marshal spent his days in a Detroit hospital.

The heart issue that he has been battling with has nothing to do with his venture to the hospital according to sources close to the star. Reports also state that he has gained a few extra pounds. He hit the scales at just over 200 lbs. The normally chiseled and wife beater clad rapper is currently at home recovering.

So the guy beefed up around the worst time of the year to get weighed. I ballooned up 40 lbs before. I was knocked up though. Maybe Eminem is preggers to. I bet it is Casey Aldridge’s baby.

Source: Eminem — Not Slim Anymore; Big Health Scare! [TMZ] and Eminem Hospitalized [Hollywood Grind]

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Someone Put A Hit Out On Kevin Federline

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ET is reporting that several reliable sources have said the FBI and LAPD are investigating legitimate leads on a contract hit on Kevin Federline’s life. The FBI has made attempts to contact Kevin to inform of the potential danger, which is standard operating procedure when someone’s life is threatened. The FBI will not confirm or deny any investigation.

What the hell is going on? Someone wants K-Fed dead, and they’re willing to pay for it? This suspect list could be huge - Britney had tons of fans, at one point at least, and Kevin is unbelievably annoying. Good luck narrowing this one down.

What others are saying:

  • celebitchy says, “Maybe Britney used her pea-sized brain to figure out that five alimony payments at $20k each would be more than the going rate for having her ex offed. That would have been a bargain compared to years of ongoing payments.”
  • A Socialite’s Life says, “Britney, have you done lost your ever-loving mind? Don’t answer. That was a rhetorical question.”
  • dlisted says, “Hmmm….let’s round up the suspects!
    1: Brit Brit
    2: Chester the Cheetah (for messing with his girl)
    3: Eminem
    4: Shar Jackson
    5: Chrissy Crocker”
  • Best Week Ever says, “So could Britney Spears - backed against a wall and facing the increasingly real prospect of losing her children - have had some kind of shady meeting in a dark bar where she chain-smoked cigarettes and said something like, “I want that bastard Kevin dead, y’all”? Or, having finally smoked himself totally retarded, is Kevin himself resorting to desperate measures to be taken seriously as a rapper? Either way, if there is some kind of contract killer looking to rid the world of K-Fed, godspeed.”

Source: “Was Someone Hired to Murder Kevin Federline? “ [Us Weekly]
Image courtesy of Picture Perfect, for use on Gone Hollywood

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I’m Not Viva-ing The New Viagra Commercial

This commercial is pretty awful — and funny — all by itself . . .

. . . but I loved the opinion of ESPN’s Matthew Berry. You’ll never watch this commercial in the same way.

quote-picHere’s the good news for anyone who writes, produces or is some way creatively involved in commercials. No matter how poorly you do your job, there is no chance you come up with a commercial creepier than the “Viva Viagra” commercial. Have you seen this thing? Seriously? You can check it out at Viagra.com, actually, or just take my word for it.

It’s six middle-age guys, sitting in some sort of barn, all with musical instruments. They are “jamming,” or, as it was called in their day, “make music at cave.” They are also all singing. To the tune of “Viva Las Vegas,” they are singing “Viva Viagra.”

There are so many things wrong with this commercial, I can’t stand it.

Too funny.

Source: “TRUM: The creepiest commercial ever” [ESPN]

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33 Things You Didn’t Know About 50 Cent

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Blender has these 33 things you probably don’t know about 50 Cent.

1 • His mother dealt drugs to support him
Sabrina Jackson gave birth to Curtis on July 6, 1975. She was 15. “She wanted to provide for me, but she didn’t see Burger King as an option,” 50 says. “She found other means: hustling.” His grandmother would mind him for weeks on end. “My mama substituted presents for time: Every time I seen her, it was Christmas.”

2 • She told him he’d been an immaculate conception
“One day I asked her, ‘Mama, why don’t I have a father?’” he recalls. “She said, ‘You was an immaculate conception, like Jesus.’ She was just trying to make me feel special.”

3 • To this day, he’s never met his dad
“I don’t know who he was, and I have no interest in knowing,” he says. “I mean, it’s a source of regret. He could have helped me in life. But that period has passed.”

4 • Before he was 50 Cent, he was Boo-Boo
“My aunt used to say, ‘Come here, Boo-Boo!’ and it just stuck.” Was it hard to command respect on the streets with a name so cuddly? “It’s scarier that way,” 50 says. “If someone calls themselves Terminator, you’re like, ‘Yeah, right!’”

5 • In 1994, he was sentenced to prison for possession of 280 grams of crack and 4 ounces of heroin
To avoid hard time, he enrolled in New York’s Shock Incarceration program: boot camp for felons. For six months upstate, he awoke at 5:30 A.M., did push-ups on his knuckles and sawed trees.

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Rap Dying

After a quarter century in the spotlight, rap may finally be dying from its excesses.

Rappers Spliff Starr, Eminem, Papoose and Busta Rhymes on stage Photo

quote-pic To judge by their lyrics, gangsta rappers are adept at seeing off rivals with a bullet and their women with a slap.

But America’s rappers are now trapped in a corner they don’t seem able to shoot their way out of, with either weapons or words.

Confronted with haemorrhaging sales, the most assertive popular music movement since the Sex Pistols has lost its swagger and is suffering a crisis of confidence.

This year rap and hip-hop sales are down 33 per cent, double the decline of the CD album market overall, which is under pressure from music download sites such as iTunes, where fans can buy individual songs.

In 2006, rap sold 59.1 million albums, down 21 per cent from 2005. Not one rap album made the American top 10 sellers of the year - a list headed by the saccharine tunes of the soundtrack to Disney’s made-for-television High School Musical. The bad boys of rap are now trailing the cowboys of country and the headbangers of heavy metal.

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Rap has been deserted by many white fans and middle-class blacks, apparently tiring of the “gangsta” attitude to women, racism, violence and bling - the gold rings and medallions that have made hip-hop a byword for -vulgarity.

“The public has made a choice. They’re saying, ‘We do not want the nonsense that we see and hear on radio, and we are not putting our money there’,” said KRS-One, a rap legend from the Bronx. “Rap music is being boycotted by the American public because of the images that we are putting forward.”

Tom Vickers, a former talent spotter for Capitol/Mercury records said: “Rap has gradually degenerated from an art form into a ring tone. That’s why we’re seeing this backlash. There’s only so much bling the public can take.”

It took long enough.

Source: “Gangsta rap on death row as the US tunes out” (Sunday Telegraph)

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Links To Hollywood - #24

Anna Nicole Smith’s Will - Daniel to get it all - A Socialites Life

Celebrity Cloning - City Rag

Kelly Clarkson Revs Up NASCAR - Just Jared

The Drunk gets released from Rehab - Ninja Dude

Michael Richards aka KKKramer’s Mock Trial - dlisted

Brittany Murphy’s Hollywood Life - PopBytes

Kim Mathers says Eminem has a small penis - Celebrity Smack

VH1 Will survive - they just won’t employ anyone - Jossip

Funeral Home says - Thanks, but No Thanks - The Evil Beet

Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan Split - Hollywood Grind

Ana Beatriz Barros SI Swimsuit Issue Pictures - Hollywood Tuna

Stuff Mags… Movie Songs… - Monica Monroe Gossip

Britney Spears enters, leaves rehab in same day - Bumpshack

Happy Birthday Paris Hilton - Popsugar

Is Lindsay Lohan Having Threesomes? - Egotastic

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2007 People’s Choice Awards Winners-Full List

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MOVIES
–Female star: Jennifer Aniston
– Male star: Johnny Depp
– Leading lady: Cameron Diaz
– Leading man: Vince Vaughn
– Female action star: Halle Berry
– Male action star: Johnny Depp
– On-screen matchup: Johnny Depp & Keira Knightley
– Movie: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
– Movie drama: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
– Movie comedy: “Click”
– Family movie: “Cars”

MUSIC
– Female singer: Carrie Underwood
– Male singer: Kenny Chesney
– Group: Nickelback
– R&B song: “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake
– Hip-hop song: “Shake That” by Eminem
– Pop song: “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira
– Country song: “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood
– Rock song: “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” by Bon Jovi
– Song from a movie: “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts from “Cars”
– Remake: “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts

TELEVISION
– Comedy: “Two and a Half Men
– Animated comedy: “The Simpsons
– Drama: “Grey’s Anatomy
– Competition/Reality show: “American Idol
– New Comedy: “The Class
– New Drama: “Heroes
– Female star: Eva Longoria
– Male star: Patrick Dempsey
– Talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres

OTHER
– Funny female star: Ellen DeGeneres
– Funny male star: Robin Williams

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Eminem’s Divorce Finalized – Again

Eminem and Kimberley Mathers are divorced – again, according to the Detroit Free Press. Although I understand that Eminem would want his children’s mother back in the picture, I’d also think that he would learn the first time around with Kim. She’s a waste… IMHO.

Eminem & Kim Mathers - PICThe couple, who have been married to each other twice, reached an out-of-court settlement during a hearing at Macomb County Circuit Court on Tuesday. The pair agreed to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, who turns 11 on Christmas Day, the newspaper reports.

It’s not clear if Kim was granted the financial support and attorney fees she’d been seeking from the rapper, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III.

The couple “conducted themselves with dignity and respect,” Chief Judge Antonio P. Viviano told Free Press. Eminem declined to comment after the hearing.

Eminem, 34, and Kim, 31, were married on Jan. 14 for the second time. Less than three months later, Eminem filed for divorce. Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001.

In addition to Hailie Jade, the couple adopted Kim’s niece Alaina, 12. Kim also has a daughter, Whitney from a previous relationship.

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Elton John Wants to Become “Snoop Dogg”

Goodbye yellow brick road, hello hip hop. He’s kidding right? Tell me he’s kidding!

Elton JohnElton John tells Rolling Stone magazine that he wants to record a hip-hop album with Grammy-winning producer Dr. Dre. “I want to work with Pharrell , Timbaland, Snoop, Kanye, Eminem and just see what happens,” John says in the Sept. 7 issue. “It may be a disaster, it could be fantastic, but you don’t know until you try.”

The 59-year-old says he is a fan of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” and Tupac Shakur’s “California Love.” “I want to bring my songs and melodies to hip-hop beats,” John says. “I love these beats, but I have no idea how to get them.”

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