News: Lil Kim Inking Tell-All Book, "It's About The Time I Stayed In Prison"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Thu, 07 May 2009 18:35:33

Rapper Lil Kim has announced plans to release a tell-all book called The Price of Loyalty which will focus on her time behind bars in 2005.

The Brooklyn, New York-bred emcee said the project would offer words of advice for others who have gone through the penal system and spoke on the delay surrounding her comeback album.

"It's about the time when I stayed in prison, the things I learned and went through," she explained. "You don't think about things until it happens to you. The book is going to give people who have been in those situations a bright outlook on life...I haven't gotten into the studio with the producers that I really want to be in the studio with...I just want to get the perfect song and maybe in a couple weeks, release something." (OK Magazine)

Both Kim and Foxy Brown were sued by publishers over unreleased books last summer.
The Brooklyn emcees were both paid advances by Simon & Schuster, Inc. for books expected to have already hit shelves. Kim was handed $40,000 in 2003 for a novel due by June 2004. Although they were legally required to complete the books, both rap vixens served jail time shortly after signing their deals. Kim served a year in prison back in '05 for lying about her knowledge of a shooting. (Newsday)

Kim was forced to leave "Dancing With The Stars" earlier this week after a long-run on the dance-based competition.

Clustered at the top of the leaderboard last night were Melissa Rycroft with 57, and Gilles Marini and Shawn Johnson with 56. Lil Kim, who stumbled a few times during her waltz, lingered at 52. And then there was Ty Murray, way down there with 46. The 34 year-old songstress consistently scored high through most of the season, but viewers apparently put their votes elsewhere Monday night. (New York Daily News)

In a recent interview, Kim said the show placed a strain on her delayed album.

"Never, music is in my heart and that's the reason I'm on 'Dancing With The Stars' because I've always felt music," Kim said about abandoning music. "Right after 'Dancing With The Stars' [new album is coming.] My schedule is so crazy with 'Dancing With The Stars.' We rehearse six to eight times, from eight hours a day, so it's like, I do have time on the weekends to go into the studio and when I do, I do a little bit. I have a song out right now with T-Pain...I'm about to do a mixtape with my people, it's gonna be called Lil Kim: Family & Friends...And I'm paying for the music videos." (The Q Deezy Show)
No further information on Kim's The Price of Loyalty has yet been released.

News: Movie Producer Breaks Down Diddy's Funny Bone, "He's Funny Enough That It's Bothersome"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Thu, 07 May 2009 17:41:24

Renowned movie producer Judd Apatow recently dished out his experience working with rapper-turned-actor Sean "Diddy" Combs on their new film and said the rap mogul has a funny side.

Speaking on a cast dinner for the upcoming movie Get Him to the Greek in California, Apatow also confirmed Diddy's role in his new film.

"Me and Sean have a lot in common," he said in an interview. "We don't know what it is, but we know that there's a connection there. There's a chemistry, but we don't know what to do with it yet. We don't know [if it's sexual.] We don't want to rule anything out. Well, we talked about the movie, because we're about to start shooting, and he has a really funny part in the movie. It's hilarious. He's playing the owner of a record company. And he's funny enough that it's bothersome. You want to feel like you're better than Diddy at something, but then he's super funny, you're like, 'Okay, he defeats me in all areas of life.'...I'm glad he [appears] nervous. Because I want to dominate him somehow. But I think he'll be nervous for about five minutes and then he'll be great." (NY Mag)

Diddy was chosen to star in the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off alongside various comedians.

The movie centers on Russell Brand's outrageous character from Marshall, the out-of-control British rock star "Aldous Snow," and "Aaron," a music-company intern, who must accompany "Snow" to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater. Elisabeth Moss is set to play "Daphne Binks," Aaron's girlfriend, while Rose Byrne will be a promiscuous pop musician named "Jackie Q," who may perform a duet with Snow. Combs has been cast as "Sergio," the head of the entertainment company for which Jonah Hill's character works. (Hollywood Insider)

The film will reportedly begin production this summer.

Writer/director Nicholas Stoller will direct this follow-up, based on a screenplay he also penned. Judd Apatow is producing. Rodney Rothman and Phil Eisen are executive producing. The movie will be from Universal Pictures. (Variety)

Aside from films, Diddy recently announced the signing of Red Cafe to Bad Boy Entertainment and the significance of their joint venture.

"As far as my track record, I've only worked with the best in the game," Diddy explained in an interview. "Whether it's from Biggie to Jadakiss to The Lox to Jay-Z, KRS-One, LL Cool J], that's who I'm used to working with. And so at Bad Boy, we haven't really signed a lot of hip-hop acts. And this year, when that ball dropped, I was like focused and said I really need to find somebody that speaks the same language as Bad Boy and I can throw all this muscle behind...I've known him for a while and seen him mature and evolve and grow, he just has the Bad Boy attitude. He hasn't stopped...I called Akon up, who he still has a deal with, and I tried to get some stuff together...East coast hip-hop hasn't been up to par. What I'm saying is when it's done right, it's nothing like Red Cafe, it's nothing like Biggie, it's nothing like Nas, it's nothing like KRS-One and Rakim, it's nothing like that." (Jenny Boom Boom)

News: Ryan Leslie, Gorilla Zoe & More Reveal Their Mother's Day Plans

Written by Danica Dow
Thu, 07 May 2009 16:00:00

As Mother's Day approaches, Teairra Mari, Ryan Leslie, DJ Drama and Gorilla Zoe reveal to SOHH how they plan to spend the holiday.

Former Roc-a-fella artist Teairra Mari told SOHH that she plans to head to her hometown for the holiday.

"Oh Mother's Day means everything to me. I plan to go back to Detroit and do a breakfast, a lunch/dinner type of thing. Go out for breakfast. Go out for lunch and then we'll cook dinner at the house. All my cousins and everybody was planning to do that for the grandmas and the moms." (SOHH)

Ryan Leslie agrees that simple celebrations are the way to a mother's heart.

"My mother is an amazing woman. She doesn't rank the impact or the value of the gift. As long as I remember to let her know that I appreciate everything that she's done in whatever way it is. If it's even as simple as a phone call, a great conversation a dinner more things of a personal nature than of a material nature. She's always very appreciative." (SOHH)

DJ Drama has a special Mother's Day gift for his Mom.

"[I'll] probably fly my Mom down to Atlanta and do something special for her. I just got a new crib and she has a very wonderful lavish room in there. It will be her first time seeing it so I'll bring her to the A." (SOHH)

Bad Boy rapper Gorilla Zoe told SOHH that he has a special place in his heart for all mothers.
"[I plan to] spend some time with my Mom, send my baby momma a gift," he said. "Mother's Day is very important because mothers are the most important people on the planet. If [you're] a mother and you see me, Happy Mother's Day. Ya'll are very important Ya'll are the very reason dudes like me aint in dead, aint in jail. Some of us made the wrong decisions and we in there and ya'll give us hope to keep on keeping on even when we locked up or even when we down so mothers are very important." (SOHH)