Game's Tweet 'Interfered' With Police, Sheriff's Department Says

Rapper claims a friend accidentally sent tweet of department phone numbers, resulting in 'overwhelmed' lines.

It's no secret that Game has an itchy Twitter finger, and now a tweet from his account has landed him in hot water with the police. After a message appeared on the West Coast rapper's Twitter asking aspiring interns to call the sheriff's station in Compton, the station's phone lines were flooded with calls. The resulting calls reportedly caused a delay in emergency services, including a missing person report, a spousal assault incident, two robberies and a stolen car incident. Now the sheriff's department is looking to hit the rapper up with a series of charges.
A press release issued to Gerald Mbago Blog News by the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department said that the phone calls started at about 5:23 p.m. PT on Friday (August 12) and didn't subside until a few hours later, at 8.
"These needless phone calls interfered with the ability of sheriff's desk personnel to answer the business line phones and 9-1-1 calls, and for dispatchers to send help to people who really needed it," said Captain Mike Parker of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. "We don't know how many people needed help but couldn't get through the overwhelmed phone lines."
Parker tweeted the Game directly, alerting him that his initial call-out was jeopardizing public safety. Game, however, told TMZ.com that he wasn't responsible for the tweet, and that a friend accidently sent the message from the rapper's phone while he was at a photo shoot on Friday.
The sheriff's department is now presenting their case to the district attorney's office in consideration of a criminal filing of three charges including annoying or harassing phone calls via electronic device or Internet, delaying or obstructing peace officers in the performance of their duties, and knowingly and maliciously disrupting or impeding communications over a public safety radio frequency.

Jay-Z Explains Watch The Throne Title

Jay-Z continues to promote his and Kanye West's Watch the Throne album. While his partner Yeezy was overseas in Sweden performing with Prince at the Way Out West festival this weekend, Hov held it down at home, beginning with the opening on Friday of the WTT pop-up store in New York City. He also dialed in to Miami's 99 Jamz for a radio interview, and Monday morning (August 15) it was announced that the God MC would join Bruno Mars, Black Eyed Peas and David Guetta as part of the iHeartRadio Festival on September 23 and 24 in Las Vegas.

On Friday night, after news of the surprise retail space broke, Jigga, along with Beyoncé, Swizz Beatz and producer Just Blaze, threw a party at the makeshift store, where the retooled Maybach from the Throne's "Otis" video was also on display.
See what car expert Myles Kovacs estimates the "Otis" Maybach's work cost.
Hov also called in to Miami's 99 Jamz radio show host Lorenzo "Ice Tea" Thomas for only his second interview in promotion of WTT. In the interview, Jay explained the Throne's album title:
"It's just protecting the music and the culture. It's people that's in the forefront of music, it's like Watch the Throne, protect it. You just watch how popular music shifts and how hip-hop has basically replaced rock and roll as the youth music. The same thing could happen to hip-hop, it could be replaced by other forms of music. So it's just making sure that we put that effort into making the best product so we can contend with all this other music, with all the dance music that's dominating the charts right now and indie music that's dominating the festivals and still hold off rock 'n' roll. Just to hold our place and make sure that the hip-hop culture is still the most dominant form of music around the world."
Read what critics have to say about Watch the Throne.
On Sunday, Jigga took the celebration to Miami's Club LIV, and on Monday, it was announced that Jay would take part the iHeartRadio music festival. It is unclear whether Kanye will join his Throne partner for the festival.

Jay-Z famously said that he would retire after he dropped his debut album Reasonable Doubt way back in 1996, and we all saw how that worked out. With only one solo album under his belt, could Waka Flocka Flame do what Jigga couldn't?
Last month, the "Hard in Da Paint" rapper tweeted "This game 2 fake I [quit] rap after this year," but when Sway asked Waka about his post-rap plans, he elaborated on the statement.

"Nah, I am gonna retire. I'm gonna retire from the industry," Waka said on last week's "RapFix Live." "I'm not gonna kick it in the industry no more. I'm gonna do what I wanna do, how I started like from the beginning. I'm gonna do exactly what I wanna do."
Flocka didn't exactly say that he'd quit making music, however. Instead, the Atlanta-based rapper said he would go on to operate outside the music industry's traditional avenues.
"I don't expect to win awards, I don't expect to go to big venues. I'm gonna really help the youth — this is what I started doin' it for, so I'm gonna finish doin' it," he said. "Yeah, I'm gonna retire — from the industry."
For now, though, fans can tide themselves over with Ferrari Boyz, Waka's joint album with mentor Gucci Mane, which dropped last Tuesday. "Man, we just came to smash the game — point blank, period," Waka told Sway when asked why the duo made Ferrari Boyz. "They chasin' our sound, folks' singles is on our sound, and we might as well just go 'head and give it all to 'em."
Do you think Waka Flocka Flame can make it on his own terms? Let us know in the comments!

Lady Gaga's 'Yoü And I' Video To Premiere Thursday On MTV

   Lady Gaga has some news for all her Little Monsters. The Mother Monster herself will sit down with MTV News and Sway Calloway on Thursday night (August 18) during "MTV First: Lady Gaga" to premiere her highly anticipated music video for "Yoü and I." And during her live interview, she's also set to make another big announcement.

 "Yoü and I" is the fourth video off of Gaga's chart-topping Born This Way. She's already dazzled fans with high-concept clips for "Born This Way" and "Judas" and then kicked it more lo-fi and old school in her video for "The Edge of Glory," which co-starred the late Clarence Clemons.

  Gaga promised fans that she'll post a link to the video as her 1,000th tweet. So far she's posted several hints about the video as she approaches that number. Tweet #993 reads, "Love is a Result. We bare an Unbearable Human Inability: to just 'be.' " It also features a photo of a woman, presumably Gaga, in a white dress, sitting at a piano in the woods. Her next two tweets hinted that the premiere would take place in "Less than a week" and then the accompanying photo was of dirty feet in high-heeled platforms.

Watch The Throne Expected To Move 400-500k First Week

Watch The Throne, the debut album from Kanye West and Jay-Z, is predicted to push roughly 400,000-500,000 in its first week, according to early sales reports.

Billboard magazine said based on early sales numbers the album would move the digital-only release to gold status. Industry staple HitsDailyDouble predicted similar sales of 495,835.

The sales numbers make it 2nd in first week sales only with Lady Gaga's'Born This Way being the top first-week seller at 1.1 million units.

Presently, Watch The Throne is sold exclusively through iTunes and will be available in all other outlets on August 12.

The album was released midnight Monday morning.

Justin Timberlake struggled to overcome his parents’ divorce

Justin Timberlake has spoken of the personal “obstacles” he had to overcome after his parents divorced. The singer turned actor’s parents Lynn and Randall ended their marriage when he was around four years old and it had a profound effect on him. He admits it was a hard time in his life and took him a long time to get over.
Although Justin – who has previously dated Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel – doesn’t go into specifics, he hinted seeing what his parents went through has impacted his own romantic relationships. “When you’re a child of a broken home there are other obstacles to overcome, too. You spend so much time trying not to be a victim of what happened. Trying to overdo not becoming your parents. But slowly, you learn to become yourself,” he explained to the September issue of UK magazine Elle.
There were some positives about the situation though. Both his parents remarried and Justin learnt to deal with changes in his life. He began to see the possibilities in life are endless and decided to grab any opportunities he was given.
“Never having a sibling means you have to accept responsibility. And then coming to terms [with the divorce] as a kid… it probably gave me some sort of energy, the sense I’m going to have to do something else now,” he said.
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Zimbabwe: Munya Involved In Accident

Former Big Brother All Stars housemate Munyaradzi Chidzonga is on crutches following an accident in which he broke his ankle.

Munyaradzi, or simply "The Diamond Boy" to the reality show fans, sustained a swollen ankle as a result of the accident but sources revealed that it was not that "serious".
When The Herald sought comment from the "Lobola" actor, he could neither confirm nor deny but promised to release a statement.
However, a close friend who requested anonymity confirmed the accident but insisted that it was not serious.
"Well, it was just a minor accident in which he broke his ankle but nothing serious," he said.
Munyaradzi has since sent his congratulatory message to this year's Zimbabwe's winner of Big Brother Amplified Wendall Parson, who was jointly awarded first prize with Nigeria's Karen Ibho.
"The Diamond Boy", who is an actor by profession, came second in the season four of Big Brother All Stars version although he had survived eviction for a record nine times.

There was a huge out cry throughout Africa after M-Net, the producers of the show through Endemol South Africa awarded Nigeria's Uti Nwachukwu ahead of the firm favourite Munyaradzi.

However, Munyaradzi was then rewarded by a group of businessmen who put together a whopping US$300 000 prize which was presented to Munya by President Mugabe.

His first-ever feature film called "Lobola" in which he stars as the main actor, has done exceptionally well on the market. His next film titled "The Gentleman" is due for release later this year.

Nigeria: Country Wins Big Brother Reality Show

KAREN Igho yesterday became the third Nigerian to win the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality show, also known as Big Brother Amplified.

Karen, alongside Zimbabwean housemate, Windall, emerged winner at the Big Brother Amplified finale.



Having grabbed the $200,000 grand prize, she has become the third Nigerian to become a millionaire courtesy of MNET and its BBA reality show, back-to-back.

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Nigeria's Karen and Zimbabwe's Wendall have won U.S.$200,000 each in the finale of the Big Brother Africa reality show.

The first Nigerian to win the $200,000 prize was Kevin Pam; he won the 2009 edition. Another Nigerian, Uti

happy life Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ProVerb (South Africa)

 

 

The industry librarian
Book of Proverbs, a poetic book of maxims from the Old Testament. Proverb, a short pithy saying in common or recognised use; a concise sentence, often metaphorical, held to express some general truth.

A lot to live up to if ProVerb is your non de plume as an emcee, but this guy has the goods, as he proved with his first release, Book of ProVerb, his sophomore album, Manuscript, his mixtape, Off Da Books, and now again with his latest effort, Write of Passage. This guy is never short of words, concepts or rhymes.

Hailing from Kimberley (home of the world's largest diamond crystal), ProVerb lost no time finding his footing in the “big city” of Johannesburg.

His first break came in 2003 when he collaborated with Amu, one of Jo'burg's veterans, on the track "Attention", after which he quickly battled and freestyled his way up the ranks to release albums, make a name for hmself in radio as a technical producer, and on TV as the host of Headrush, a popular African hip hop show.




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 







  A true emcee in every sense, ProVerb is always interested in connecting hip hop from different parts of the continent, hence his collaborations with artists such as Mode 9 (Nigeria) and performance with Awadi (of Positive Black Soul, Senegal) at the African presidents tour in South Africa.

A busy guy, yet he makes the time for charity work, and is involved with Unicef, activities that have taken him to India, Uganda, Ethiopia and Spain.

Of all his activities, though, what stands out is the music. ProVerb's lyrics are profound, his rhyming skills sharp, and listening to him is like reading a good book. It feeds your soul and makes you wanna write better, wanna be better.

Soulja Boy Rep Shoots Down Multi-Million Dollar Jet Purchase

So much for ballin' on your born day. A rep for Soulja Boy has put the kibosh on reports that his 21 year old client purchased a private jet for over $30 million dollars as a special birthday gift to himself at the end of last week.
"The elaborate rumors circulating about Soulja Boy purchasing a jet for his 21st birthday are grossly over exaggerated" publicist Greg Miller told Gerald mbago blog flat out calling the reports "not true."
While most new 21-year-olds bask in the freedom of legally being able to buy drinks at the bar and partying it up with their pals, birthday boy Soulja Boy Tell’Em has taken stunting to a new level with his latest reported purchase. Opting to celebrate in a most innovative way, a report says that the “Crank That” rapper has purchased a $55 Million dollar jet tricked out with features fit for a young millionaire.
News site has reported that an insider on Soulja Boys’ team said to the their staff that Soulja Boy purchased a brand new G5 private jet for $35 Million but with the bonus additions to the aircraft, the price bumped up to a cool $55 Million. According to the report, the jet will be outfitted with posh Italian leather seats, a travertine tiled floor, hardwood cabinets, four stocked bars and a number of flat screen TVs. Soulja doesn’t intend to stop there as the rapper intends to take out the usual cramped airplane bathroom stall and adding his own lavish version of a full-sized bathroom as well.
Soulja is said to also have work done on the exterior of his plane, adorning the aircraft with his artist and label logo literally stamping his expensive birthday gift. Soulja – who turned 21 yesterday (July 28) – is also throwing a big all-star b-day bash in Miami tonight, spending a reported $300,000 dollars to host the event.

Justin Bieber Visits Recovering Sean Kingston In Miami

  Justin Bieber was spotted in Miami over the weekend hanging out with his pal, former tourmate and "Eenie Meenie" collaborator Sean Kingston. Gerald Mbago blogsite News caught up with the teen star Sunday when he landed back in Los Angeles to see what he and his pal were up to.
"I was just down in Miami," he told us "We were just hanging out at his house, kicking it, driving around Miami and whatnot.

"It was a lot of fun," he added about hanging out with Kingston, who is recovering from a headline-making jet-ski accident. "I got to relax and take time off."
 Sean Kingston," the chart-topping artist will talk about his recovery from the near-fatal accident, which occurred near his home in Miami,

Sean Kingston Will Talk Recovery On 'MTV First' 'Beautiful Girls' singer will answer fans' questions and catch us up on life since his jet-ski accident on special airing Tuesday at 7:57 p.m. ET on MTV

Sean Kingston will sit down with MTV News and  Sway Calloway on Tuesday, August 2, to set the record straight about his headline-making jet-ski accident.

During "MTV First: Sean Kingston," the chart-topping artist will talk about his recovery from the near-fatal accident and his plans to get back in the recording studio. The special is set to air at 7:57 p.m. ET on MTV and then continue for 30 minutes on MTV.com. Beginning Monday (August 1).
Fans first learned of the accident that landed Kingston in a Miami hospital trauma ward during this past Memorial Day weekend. He suffered from a broken jaw, a fractured wrist and water in his lungs. Nearly four weeks after the accident, the "Beautiful Girls" singer tweeted a photo of himself from what looked like his hospital bed. He was released in late June.
Recently, Kingston has been slowly getting back to work, turning up onstage with Nicki Minaj on July 24, and shooting a music video with Iyaz, Travie McCoy and Soulja Boy earlier this month.
On "MTV First," Sean will open up about the cause of the jet-ski accident and go into detail about the various medical procedures he underwent to treat his injuries. The singer will also speak candidly about how the accident helped him to focus on living a healthier lifestyle. And, of course, we'll find out what's up next for the star in his music career.