CASSIDY AND MEEK MILL TO BATTLE FOR $100,000

Philadelphia-based rappers Meek Mill and Cassidy will go head-to-head in a rap battle with the winner to walk away with $100,000. Meek Mill issued the challenge last week to Murda Mook or Cassidy and over the weekend Cassidy accepted while being interviewed on Philadelphia's 107.9 FM. During the interview, Cassidy said, "Well, you know, that's what I do, man. I mean, I'm cut from that cloth. I started off with battling so I'm into that but ever since I got a deal and started getting money up in this industry, it wasn't really beneficial for me to battle especially with a bunch of those dudes that are battling all the time . . . I know I'ma bite they head off but it's like, really, what am I going to get out of it?"

  • The rapper continued, "Meek got that wave right now, he a household name, bigging him up . . . we definitely can get a nice crowd, get some crazy sponsors and get some chicken up. So it'll be beneficial for me to do something like that."
  • There's no word yet on the specifics of the battles.

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NELLY PUTS ON HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT: Nelly celebrated his 38th birthday on November 2nd, by Instagramming a photo of himself in his birthday suit with a birthday cake covering his private parts. The rapper tweeted, "Birthday cake in my Birthday suit!!!! # SHEEESH."

MEEK MILL'S SALES GET HURT BY SANDY: Rapper Meek Mill was expected to sell well over 200,000 copies of his major label debut, Dreams & Nightmares, but following Hurricane Sandy and the impact of the power outages and devastation, he is now expected to sell approximately 180,000 copies.

JAY-Z AND BEYONCE ATTEND NETS HOME OPENER: Jay-Z and Beyonce attended the Brooklyn Nets home opener on Saturday night, November 3rd. Chrisette Michele sang the National Anthem as the Nets went on to defeat the Raptors 107-100.

LL COOL J HOOKS UP WITH JOE FOR NEW SONG: LL Cool J recently released a second new song titled, "Take It" featuring Joe. The song was produced by the Trackmasters and is from his forthcoming album, Authentic Hip Hop, which is due out next year.

50 CENT AND FLOYD MAYWEATHER CONTINUE WAR OF WORDS

Rapper 50 Cent and his former best friend, Floyd Mayweather Jr, had a falling out last week after 50 Cent decided to leave The Money Team promotional company. Over the weekend, the duo continued an exchange via Twitter. On Saturday, November 3rd, 50 Cent tweeted, "I can't hang out with Floyd no more, I'm tired of running from manny pacquiao . . . I'm gonna make BIG FLOYD rich. Floyd stop spending your money on h*e's man they don't love you fool . . . MONEY Floyd you know I have more MONEY then you. Al Haymen got you on a Allowance, you go broke every fight stupid. SMSaudio"

  • Mayweather responded by taking a shot at 50 Cent's music. He tweeted, "Wayne, Kanye, Ross and Drakeare running the rap world . . . Men lie . . . women lie numbers don't lie. Wayne, Drake, Rick Ross, Kanye please help this boy."
  • 50 Cent then responded by trying to instigate a match up between Mayweather and Yuriokis Gamboawho 50 Cent is now promoting. He tweeted, "GAMBOA is the truth . . . Thank you baby RT @ithinkverydeep: @50cent he still has a child mentality. So proud of what u have became! . . . GAMBOA IS MAD FLOYD. He gonna beat ya ass man. He moving up in weight."
  • The chances of Mayweather-Gamboa fight are slim as Gamboa would have to put on substantial weight to move up to Mayweather's weight class.
  • One person who has been enjoying the feud is Rick Ross who has an ongoing beef with 50 Cent. While Mayweather and Ross have had their moments, he did find it funny when Mayweather tweeted a photo of 50 Cent holding his money. Ross tweeted, "That boy @FloydMayweather said 'hold my money f**k boi" haaaaaaaa #Tmt #MMG #oilmoney."

MARY J. BLIGE PERFORMS FOR HURRICANE SANDY TELETHON: On Friday night, November 2nd, Mary J. Blige performed "Living Proof" during NBC's Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together telethon. Before the performance, Blige said, "My prayers go out to everyone who was affected by the hurricane . . . Things are gonna get better, so please just hang in there, be strong, and have faith. And please everybody watching tonight, give something, anything. Every penny counts."

NICKI MINAJ TO RELEASE TOUR DVD NEXT YEAR: While on tour in the United Kingdom, Nicki Minaj was interviewed by Tim Westwood about her upcoming tour. She said, "I think it'll be a natural progression . . . I don't even know yet, because I'm still in the Reloaded tour mode. Maybe we'll have some flying penises."

  • She added, "Next year, we may be looking at a DVD of this tour. You guys have gotten to see it, but a lot of the Barbz won't in the States. So yeah, we're probably going to put a DVD out."

RIHANNA SWITCHES ALBUM TITLES: Rihanna was initially planning to title her new album, Seven, but according to recently released artwork, the title will be titled, Unapologetic. The album will be out on November 19th.

CEE LO ACCUSERS SAYS HE GAVE HER ECSTASY

Cee Lo Green's ongoing sexual assault case has allegedly taken a new turn according to TMZ.com. According to the website, Green is being accused of slipping a drug into a young woman's drink while they were out at a sushi restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in July. According to the victim, she remembers being at the restaurant and then nothing until she woke up naked in bed in a room with the singer.

  • The Los Angeles Police Department allegedly had the woman place a pretext call to Green in attempt to get him to admit to any wrongdoing. According to a source during the taped conversation, the singer allegedly apologizes and references MDMA or Ecstasy as it is also known as but does not specifically say that he put it in her drink. According to the source, Cee Lo told the victim he thought the drug would help them have an exciting time together.
  • Green's camp is calling the latest reports ridiculous and maintain that if authorities had Green on tape he would have been formally charged already.
  • There are several conflicting reports on what happened following the July incident. One says that the accuser went to a civil lawyer and demanded money to make the whole thing go away while another says her lawyer called Cee Lo's manager to see if the singer had any communicable diseases but did not ask for money. According to sources close to Cee Lo, once she was shut down by the manager she went to the police but other sources are saying that she called the police before her lawyer contacted Cee Lo's manager.
  • Once the Los Angeles Police Department is done with their investigation, they will turn it over to the L.A. County District Attorney's Office who will decide whether or not to charge the singer.

 

NATINA REED LAID TO REST

Blaque singer Natina Reed, who was struck and killed by a car on October 26th in Gwinnett, Georgia, was laid to rest on Saturday, November 3rd. The singer's memorial was held at the Abundant Life Church in Lithonia, Georgia. Her ex-boyfriend, Kurupt, who was a ten year-old son named Tren with Reed, attended the funeral and covered the cost according to TMZ.com.

  • The funeral was attended by Reed's Blaque group mates Shamari DeVoe and Brandi Williams, and featured several photos of Reed throughout the sanctuary of the church. DeVoe's husband, Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition, and Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Poundalso attended the funeral.
  • The service was coordinated and overseen by Atlanta's mortician to the stars, Willie A. Watkins.
  • Reed was 32 years-old at the time of her death. Kurupt has had custody of their son for the past four years.

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Memes of the 2012 Presidential Campaign

With the 2012 presidential campaign to finally end tomorrow (November 6th) when voters head to the polls, Yahoo! News put together a round-up of some of the more memorable memes of the campaign. They include:

  • The presidential debate memes, one for each -- Big Bird, "binders full of women," and "horses and bayonets"
  • The video of a four-year-old girl who burst into tears after an NPR election report, saying she was tired of "Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney."
  • Eastwooding -- Internet-posted photos of humans, animals and others addressing empty chairs after Clint Eastwood talked to an empty chair that was supposed to be President Obamaat the Republican convention.
  • Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum'ssweater vests.
  • Etch-a-sketch -- This meme caught fire after senior Mitt Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstromsaid the candidate would retool to the center for the general election after the primaries, saying, "Everything changes. It's almost like an Etch-a-Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again."
  • Seamus, the former Romney family dog, who was famously strapped to the roof of the car during a vacation road trip, and suffered some obvious digestive distress along the way.
  • Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich'spromise to build a permanent base on the Moon by the end of his second term.
  • Life of Julia -- The Obama campaign's timeline of how the president's proposals would affect a hypothetical woman named Julia, that conservatives mocked online as a life of nanny-statism.
  • The round-up lists the Internet's love of Republican candidate Herman Cain's association with pizza, as the former CEO of Godfather Pizza, but his famous "999" tax plan may be the meme we all remember most.

Win or Lose, Should Biden Run for President in 2016?

If you've had more than enough of the 2012 presidential race, take a quick look ahead to 2016 and the future of Vice President Joe Biden. Win or lose tomorrow (November 6th), Biden could be a potential candidate for the White House four years from now, and he hasn't been discouraging it on the campaign trail, although usually sporting a joking smile when he does address it. If he were to run in 2016, Biden would be 73, making him one of the oldest candidates for president in history, even a few months older than Ronald Reagan was when he successfully ran for re-election in 1984. Additionally, Biden would face not only the issue of his age, but also his well-known reputation for gaffes. Biden aides say, however, that he's focused on helping re-elect President Obama and won't make a decision on 2016 until well after the election.