Sean “Puffy” Combs won’t mind if critics say his latest album is raw, unpolished and without any real theme. That’s the way he planned it. After a year in which he successfully fought criminal charges and lost his high-profile girlfriend, the hip-hop mogul just wanted to put out something that would make people want to party. “That’s why everything is so carefree, everything is so positive,” he said of his new album, which is being released the same week he makes his acting debut (as a gangster) in the movie “Made.” “I lived in a murky pit – a negative,… Read more »
Russell Simmons says people have misconstrued his motives for inviting politicians, record executives and artists to a hip-hop summit on Tuesday and Wednesday in New York. The rap entrepreneur says his role in hosting the event is more that of a carpenter than of a cop. “Somebody asked me if I was trying to clean up rap. The answer is f no,” Simmons said this week. “‘F tha Police’ is still my favorite record. I’m not here to change what we have. It’s like if you built this great big, giant house, you might want to build a wing on… Read more »
Frank never got over Ava. And Joe always carried a torch for Marilyn. Now Puffy says he’d still run into a burning building to save J.Lo. In a Vanity Fair interview that hits newsstands Wednesday, Rap impresario Sean “Puffy” Combs said he and his ex-girlfriend, singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, had a romance that ranked right up there with the storied relationships of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. “We’d always say to each other that I was Frank and she was Ava…. Everything always being up and down,” he told the magazine in an article focusing on… Read more »
A jury acquitted Sean “Puffy” Combs on all charges against him Friday evening, bringing to an end a 15-month ordeal that began after a shooting in a New York nightclub. Rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow was convicted of two counts of assault as well as reckless endangerment and gun possession. But he was cleared of the most serious charge he was facing, attempted murder. Bodyguard Anthony “Wolf” Jones was cleared of all charges against him. The jury spent three days deliberating after a six-week trial in which witnesses said Combs waved a gun inside Club New York on December 27, 1999,… Read more »
While Nick and Jamielyn Lippman of The Real Modern Family Podcast may have one of the most progressive and downright wholesome relationships as a divorced couple co-parenting their daughters Olivia and Jordan, with Father’s Day right around the corner, it’s time to celebrate all of those rock ‘n’ roll dads out there! Read more: idobi Celebrates Pride: Punk Goes Pride Vol. 2 Nick Lippman sat down to reflect on the love between a girl dad and his daughters to piece together the ultimate Father’s Day playlist with an incredible lineup of songs that capture the essence of their relationship. From… Read more »
Today the nerds are a little to a lot huffy. Some things about the current state of canna-affairs are bumming them out and they need to vent and let the smoke out!
A documentary about Kanye West from the friends who were with him from his early days until now.
In this remix episode, catch up on whatever’s on our minds, including the latest pop culture trainwrecks (and we know y’all love those).
Geek Girl Riot shows some love to The Old Guard and I May Destroy You…before digging into the latest pop culture trainwrecks.
He’s photographed Princess Diana in diamonds, Madonna in lingerie and top model Gisele Bundchen in the buff. But celebrated French photographer Patrick Demarchelier says none of the hundreds of pop culture icons he’s immortalized in his more than 30 years behind the lens can compare with his dog, whom he calls “the perfect model.” An exhibition at Paris’ Petit Palais museum brings together more than 400 of Demarchelier’s renowned portraits, including, of course, a ravishing shot of Puffy the long-haired dachshund. Looking sprightly in his uniform of sneakers and a polo shirt, with his trademark shock of salt and pepper… Read more »
