NEXT!

By Honeygrip

So, I read this story over at my favorite blog 3 days ago. While it's pretty interesting on some small level it's really not shocking on any. Kelly Rowland finally severed ties with her manager Matthew (Father of Beyonce) Knowles.

Many had been speculating since the BEGINNING that perhaps just maybe, Beyonce's father might have a conflict of interest when representing the girls and just being Bey's dad. But the Destiny's Child/ Musicworld Entertainment conglomerate have proclaimed for years that Kelly was another daughter. Well, newsflash people-this just in "Blood is ALWAYS thicker than water."

Kelly's statement: “Mathew Knowles has been a positive influence in my career. I have had great success under his guidance — both as a member of Destiny’s Child and with my solo projects. Although we have decided to part ways professionally, the Knowles family and the entire Music World Entertainment team will always be my family.”

Word really is that Kelly got her ego stroked overseas (where she has a much larger profile) and started to question why the same fame alludes her here in the states. Also the rumor is that it all came to a head when Matthew pushed Solange's project harder than he ever did Kelly's or Michelle's.

Now Kelly 's knows how the other former DC members felt.

A Megalomaniac's message...

A message from kwest on Vimeo.

I can't Goodbye!

Some guy...

By Honeygrip

Named Choke No Joke, that ran with the Roc, is talking about the "REAL" reason the Dynasty fell apart. It seems things started going sour after Dame picked up Jay's "sloppy seconds". No disrespect to Aaliyah, but many in the industry circles remember when Aaliyah & Jay-Z were an item. As this picture clearly illustrates circa '99. It seems that somewhere in the shuffle, Dame & Aaliyah became a couple.

Choke tells Hip Hop Weekly,
"Both Jay and Dame was involved with a certain R&B singer, who I'm not gonna say her name out of respect 'cause she ain't around to defend herself, but I believe that was a part of the initial friction. I was seeing Jay with her back around 2000, then Dame was with her after. All you have to do is look at the movie they did, Death of a Dynasty. In the movie they were fighting over a model. In real life she was a model, but singing is what she was known for first"


Even back then, most people guessed it was Dame's attempt at drumming up publicity for himself by attaching himself to the young star who was slowly becoming a young Hollywood starlet. Roc insiders say there was always a rivalry between the two business partners. There were also whispers that Aaliyah's real friends were pissed off at Dame's "widowed boyfriend act" and thought he was trying to capitalize after her untimely death. Any hoo, now this dude who is desperately trying to promote his book is airing the dirty laundry.

I VOTE FAIL!

I don't want to sound like some crazy soothsayer, But isn't Joaquin Phoenix on some serious shit?! First he denounces his acting career and announces his retirement and then word comes along that he wants to be a "Rapper"?? And produced by Diddy no less...The best kind!

Why is it that none of the Amy Winehouse OD watchers are looking at Joaquin Phoenix. Remember that his brother river phoenix died. Of a drug overdose. Don't that kind of ring as a sign.I mean if there is a pool or something can I put this dude down for 20?? If the AWOD are not watching Joaquin, at least out of the corner of their eye...Then, ya'll need to...he too, is killing his career, getting on stage somewhere with this garbage. I mean unless this is a part of some big publicity stunt. And if that was the case; then don't the real hip hop in you kind of get alittle angry??

I mean-I'm just saying.

Back to the real issues!

By Honeygrip
Leave KANYE ALONE! Kanye is on another tear about god knows what. He took to that damn blog of his and got alittle emotioal. Apparently someone made a negative comment & even made up some crazy ass quote from him about something that sent Cunt West into a tailspin. I don"t care but maybe you do. Maybe you said something that made him mad, if you did; please stop & let Kanye be great, the way the good lord intended...

O'Reilly may have a point...

Every now & again my dealer wins an arguement, and I let him watch this fool. Well the other night I couldn't even get all that mad when O'Reilly went in on Young Jeezy & Jay-Z. As Puff & Big said in Notorious. ''You can't change the world unless we change ourselves.'' SMH!

The Lowlight of my evening...

Not sure who's idea it was to put together the Hood Ball. But it was quite a classed up soul train mess. Let's hope all the singing & dancing has stopped and starting tomorrow we can get down to the serious business at hand. Like saving us from another depression or ending the was in Iraq.

Other significant lowlights include:

1. Stevie Wonders hairline.

2. Mary J. screeching circa 93 Soul Train Awards.

3. Beyonce's dramatic cunt single tear during her rendition of "At Last"

4. Barack biting his bottom lip while he danced rhythmless dancing.

5. Jay-z with those damn revenge of the nerds glasses talking about: Put your lighters in the air.

6. Mariah Carey looking like she's only built for sausage links...SMH!

7. Shakira. Shakira...Shakira.

The highlight of my day...

Barrack HUSSEIN Obama was sworn in today as the 44th president of the United States. 2 million people gathered to watch this unprecedented mark in history. I was as proud as a young african american woman could be...until Aretha Franklin came out with fatback hat and sang (and by sang I mean "SANG") Re-Re is a legend, don't get me wrong but...SIGH! Oh nevermind!

Daaaayum!

By Honeygrip

The baby train cannot be stopped! I've heard stories about how these two get down but now all I can say is DAYUM!
BOSSIP is exclusively reporting that insiders say Tiny is pregnant again!

The source claims:
"Tiny should be about four months preggers by now, but when she found out that she was pregnant she had to decide if she wanted to keep this child. Tiny is tired of T.I. being on the road so much. Basically, he’s always gone and she’s always pregnant."

Tiny just gave birth to their son Major last may, and miscarried a child the year before that. They also have a son King who is 4. I feel for Tiny, especially with T.I. set to do a year in the pen. Motherhood is no joke. Maybe it's time to stack some of that handbag money...

Umm, Beyonce.

Been hoping that Beyonce will take a King day of Service and give us a fucken break! *crosses fingers*

My People...SIGH!

By Honeygrip

So, the opening weekend of Notorious was marred by violence. On Saturday, 3 people were stabbed at an unauthorized 'official' afterparty in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

While on Friday in Greensboro, NC a man was shot 3 times inside a crowded theater.
Police say the victim was shot twice in the abdomen at the Grand 18 cinema in Greensboro just after 9 p.m. Friday. The shooter is still at large.
Word is the rapper Jamal “Grave” Woolard was reportedly in attendance at the same theater when the shots rang out. He was not injured.
Officials then cancelled all future showings of the movie in the area. So you don't have to wonder why Paul Blart was number one. SMDH!

I drank the Kool-aid on sunday after reading all my twitter updates and reviews. Well, to be perfectly honest the movie was just okay. My memories of actual events were far more satisfying. And to top it all of I got a parking ticket which means the movie (including the price of the ticket) cost me $130 dollars. Definately not worth it. I'm ready to shoot somebody now...

Get it together, Kim.

By Honeygrip

After watching that interview with Ms. Wallace, & listening to excerpts of aMs. Wallace's radio interview with Angie Martinez- I got to thinking & reminicing...

It's ALWAYS been obvious that Lil Kim has some serious self esteem issues. She's revealed through numberous interviews that she came from a broken home and was abandoned by her father. I think Kim saw Big as a replacement father figure & as a savior who rescued her from homelessness & abusive, dangerous relationships with bed-stuy's drug dealers. Kim has made no bones about most of her past as a 'black girl lost'.

Coming up in that era around B.I.G & Puff, one thing was evident. Kim did not fit their mold. Puffy crafted every woman in his camp to be platinum blonde & the lighter the better models of beauty. It was clear then, that there was a 'type'.



Is anyone really surprised by that? Given these issues still run rampant in most music videos we see today? It's probably contributed greatly to the tremendous amounts of plastic surgery that Kim has had. Trying to compete in an arena, she just didn't belong in.

It's funny that Kim is mad at everyone but herself. (And B.I.G.-for that matter).

Give Ms Wallace my number...

Damn Shame!

B.I.G. got a movie coming out on Friday and all this infighting amongst his friends, family & associates is overshadowing the 3,000,000 commercials you see on TV & the internet.

Lil Kim claims that she wont see the movie & doesn't like the fact that she was portrayed as a "jumpoff" in the movie and her delusional ass has set off a fire storm.

Charlie Baltimore- Biggie's girlfriend told Yoraps that contrary to what Kim puts out there. Kim & Biggie "just fucked".

I know it's easy for a girl to get it confused. I mean B.I.G. put Kim on (in the rap game) but Faith was the one he married & Charlie was the one he wifeyed up. Kim who was down with him before both of these chicks was the one who participated in a DL relationship with the dude. Now c'mon- what's that really about??

Kim herself has revealed that she had an abortion from Biggie around the same time that Faith was pregnant. And I have heard numerous stories about other "abuses" that Kim had suffered at the hands of Biggie.

Even Ms. Wallace admitted to having to look at her son in a new light. She told Essence.com :
"There were things about him [Biggie] that I never knew that I wanted to see for myself on film. I saw a side of my son that I heard of but I haven’t accepted. I’m angered by certain things, disappointed and shocked. So this film taught me tolerance and to be less critical. I would love to speak to Lil’ Kim, because I need to ask more about this love relationship because I really didn’t like the way he treated her and I’m praying that that’s not it."

Kim needs to stop fronting on the matter and let Biggie's soul rest. Hopefully 'NOTORIOUS' will help everyone get the closure they need.

And speaking of nasty rumors...

I got this juicy one in an email at the plantation the other day. But couldn't be bothered to post it. Because, it simply amazes me that people don't already know how this dude gets down.

That bitch summed it up best:

This bad boy is accused of kicking his non-singing unofficial girl's ass at a party in LA. They say Miss Skinny Bitch was spending too much time talking to another producer causing her super jealous beau to snatch her up and drag her off. Since this was the first time Mr. Man had ever embarassed her in public like that and because Miss Thing Thing doesn't have a clue about her megalomaniac boyfriend's baby-mama beating past, she started screaming on him in the limo and even popped him one upside the head. What she do that for? They say dude went to town on that ass. To make up for it, and to keep her quiet, word is he sent her on a $20,000 shopping spree the next day. Wonder if that's what he got his baby mama when he broke her nose that time?

I'm not even posting a picture for this one. But needless to say, when there are rumors like this one & this one. You need to wake the fuck up!

Too bad this chick doesn't realize how quick she will get tossed to the side once a certain old girlfriend drops her cokehead, controlling hubby.

Insert nasty rumor here!

By Honeygrip

Like I always say; A girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do!

US Magazine is reporting that Kelis & Nas are expecting their first child together. I guess his milkshake made it's way to her yard. It seems like a only last year, there was drama & rumors were flying that these two were close to separating. Supposedly, the couple had been trying for awhile. Oh well, a baby makes everything better.

A source said:
"It's all they are talking about. She is carrying hip-hop royalty!" says the insider, who adds Kelis -- currently in her first trimester -- already has a little bump. "They are so excited."

Congrats to the happy couple. I'm sure baby will be quite the trendsetter.

Shiny New: Christina Milian

Christina Milian's new single is "Us against the World".

Dare I Say it...

The underdog just may have something. Teairra Mari "Hunt 4 U"- Good luck with that.

For the Stans...

By Honeygrip

Nevermind my love/hate relationship with these too. I was glad to see them among the see of stars at the Golden Globes. My dealer who was by my side during my running commentary was pleasantly surprised to see them there. I guess it made it okay to watch the awards for him.

These two looked nice and all, but neither was a showstopper on the red carpet. I'm just glad Jayzus got a haircut for this look.

Keeping it together...?

By Honeygrip

J.Lo & Skeletor showed up together to the Golden Globes- it doesn't quell the whispers that their marriage is falling apart at the seams. Much like the dress that she decided to wear. I'm guessing J.Lo is trying to channel her old self with this dress. Bring her sexy back. Whateve the case, she needs to try alittle harder at making us believe that the marriage is working. SMH!

Highlights & Lowlights...Golden Globes

By Honeygrip

The Evas (Longoria & Mendes) killed the dress game. Drew Barrymore looked too Marilyn Monroe-ish & needed to sit down somewhere. Tracy Morgan gave the best speech and I was happy to see Slumdog Millionaire, Heath Ledger and Mickey Rourke win big.

Oh Boy!

I don't follow Chris Brown really, except when he is with Rihanna. I think he's a cutie in a "Boy-you know you need to stop" kind of way. But there has to be a reason the young girls swoon, right? But peep this clip of him performing in Belfast and tell me if you think he handled that like a man...

Congrats to Jill Scott.

By Honeygrip

Jill Scott confirmed her pregnancy this week. That Bitch at Rhymes with Snitch had the jump on this story a while back. Jill is engaged to a musician named Lil John Roberts. Not to be confused with the predator looking Lil John. Any hoo, congrats to Jill & her fiance' as this will be Jill's first and homeboy's FOURTH.

Lindsay loves drama

But she claims it's not the drama you think. In an interview with Interview magazine; Lindsay hates that she is not being taken seriously in Hollywood & claims:

"I just feel as though it's become a situation where people have manifested this caricature of who I am, and they act as if there's no real person inside of it." She also claims; "In terms of what people see of me I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how to focus, doesn't know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party. And you know what? I was 20 years old. I never went to college. And I lived maybe six months out of my life like that, doing something wrong, and then I stopped. God forbid I should have ever learned my lesson."

Is it just me; But has Lindsay really tried to clean up her messy image. No one is doubting that she could be a good actress, I'm just doubting her interest in doing what it takes to prove it to the public.

Brooklyn...we're going TOO HARD.

By Honeygrip

I hope this doesn't turn into a new catergory here. But I can't help the forwards that people send to me at work. This one had to be passed right along. The tramp stamp is a clear indicator of a temporary lapse in judgement-for sure. SMDH. Women, we need to do better.

I'm really mad that the domain name Trampstamp.com was taken. I could only imagine what the site itself will entail.

Corporate Thugging...

Mediatakeout says reports are swirling that 50 Cent is about to buy theentire Death Row Catalogue from Suge Knight. The supposed asking price isaround $24 million. But deal if it goes through it would be well worth morethan that.

If this does prove to be true--SMH @ Suge letting his situation deteriorateto this point.

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have no access to Blogger from here.
I resolved to take HONEYGRiP (the Blog) more seriously, this year and so
that means I gotta get it done by any means necessary.

Just call me Honeygrip X.
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Taa-Daa!

By Honeygrip

Shout out to Vibe for trying to drum up buzz over the cover of their February issue, but what's so special about this cover really? Kanye though was alittle upset over someone's insinuation that his beard may need a little just for men... Kanye in CAPS writes:

I DON'T HAVE GREY IN MY BEARD IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALL DOWN WITH BEINGS IN MY 30'S BUT DAAAAAAAAMN!!!! THIS IS SOME BENJAMIN BUTTON'S SHIT!

Kanye, please...I love you BUT there is nothing Brad Pitt about you.

My lip is zipped...

By Honeygrip

I like Beyonce. I DO! But her super perfect Sandra Dee act annoys me so. The usually overly perfect princess showed up at the Notorious premiere in Brooklyn the other night looking like she got dressed in the limo. The Queen of the $80,000 lace fronts forgot to put a comb to it. But I will keep my personal opinion to myself on this one. What do you think??

Maybe they might learn something...

By Honeygrip

The recession is here! And don't be fooled, it's affecting everyone.

That's why T-Boz, Brian McKnight, Dennis Rodman, comics Andrew "Dice" Clay, Tom Green & Joan Rivers and Khloe Kardashian are among the "celebrities" scheduled to appear on the next season of Donald Trump's "Apprentice". The new season starts March 1st.

And It's all good; Baby, Baby!

I gotta say I am superexcited about the NOTORIOUS movie. And it's for purely sentimental reasons.

I grew up in Brooklyn, and remember BIG from the start of his career. I went to the same high school as Kim (B.C.A.), and although she was a grade ahead of me and we never spoke, I remember her and her rise to fame as well. I was just starting to go to the clubs like the Country Club, The Tunnel, and Essos, I remember hanging out at parties with Junior Mafia, and even rubbing elbows with Faith (who was a real sweetheart). I had the platinum blonde hair too, and was constantly being mistaken for her.

In Brooklyn, at that time there was an IN crowd, people that wore Versace & Moschino, and the boosters & the hustlers- we all knew each other. And BIG represented that crowd personally. I knew people who really knew these people well enough to know all their personal dramas. I'd been to Big's imfamous house in Teaneck (with the Death Row T-shirt fashioned into a door mat) and I just remember all of these people, places and events so vividly. Before the internet was where you could go to get a peek into celebrity drama. So, I am really curious to see how well the actors who play these people will do. And how real they keep the story compared to the things I know to be true.

I say all that because Naturi Naughton in this clip does a really good job of repping Kim. Even if she (Kim) doesn't like her portrayal. One thing is clear from what I am hearing about the movie, and that's that you will finally understand why BIG was able to be the mack that he was.

Guess Who?

By Honeygrip

I'll give you a hint: BAM!!

It's not tricking if:

You are one of the kids in the household. T.I. explains his position to his baby's mother Lashaun Dixon's attorney. He makes a pretty good point. It's funny, because I was just in family court today. Damn Shame!

In Case you're interested...

By Honeygrip

If you're going to be in the Louisville area, look up George Kistner. In fact visit his website! He is a rather normal looking gentleman, who has a website in which he is offering his services.

I guess he figures it's a recession and who has money for vibrators and pleasure toys. We need more men like him. So selfless!

Shoutout to Michael K.

Assphemy

By Honeygrip

Why in the world would you think to put a chapter & verse from the bible on your ass? Who besides Frankie or Neffie would think that's cute?

The power of the message kind of loses it's meaning... Your thoughts??

Dear Women of Turks & Caicos Islands,

Please come & get your beloved first lady... (Cause we sure as hell don't want her here!)

SMH @ "Although these are fives...." Like she don't need all the money she can get.

My Damn Dealer...

Got all high & mighty on me last night and decided he couldnt subject himself to the premiere of Rock of Love Bus. Wait til I show him what we missed. Ain't nothing like a bunch of train wrecked ass hoes looking for 15 minutes of fame. I am so there next week!

Don't fuck with Detroit.

By Honeygrip

Apparently Detroit can't take a joke. First Young Berg gets his ass whooped and his ugly ass chain jacked last year by some local rapper named Trick Trick, and now comes word that Katt Williams a.k.a Pimpin' Pimpin' got bitch slapped!

It seems Katt might have been feeling himself alittle too much out in the D. after his performance on NYE, where he played out chumps like Steve Harvey & T-Pain.

Sources report that Katt got up at a night club and decided to give an impromptu performance in which he started clowning some random gentleman. Well, said gentleman was not so gentle. Eyewitness reports claim the dude walked right on up to Katt and bitch slapped the shit out of him in front of everyone. Witnesses then claim that Katt was so stunned that he just went and sat in a corner fuming. When some kind (& stupid) bystander asked him if he was alright he replied: "Hell naw I ain't alright! Didn't you just see that nigga slap me!?"

Now THAT'S pure comedy!

LISTEN HERE to Katt's defense on a Detroit radio station.

Is it just me...?

By Honeygrip
I have never understood the dynamics of the relatioship between Jayzus & his betrothed. For as long as they have been together, they are way too low key. At what point does keeping your personal life "Private" go into hiding your relationship. And if you are on some level hiding it... then my question is why??

Isn't it important to let other people know who you are with so that they know who you are with.? Is it just me?!

I know Jay is a brooklyn dude and may take some getting use to but from some of these photos I found on the internet, it seems like he had no problem with openly displaying affection before...

I know a few of his former (WAY FORMER) conquests, and most of them had only positive things to say about their experience with him. So I just don't get it. He & B are married, and dated for over 6 years and even in the most candid moments we happen to capture thanks to the papparazzi, it still seems like these two may not know each other in the "biblical sense". His "relationship" with Bey seems like it's mostly business more that personal. But hey, judge for yourself.

Katt Williams goes in....on Steve Harvey

Katt Williams is keeping it really real! First he went in on BET. Then T-Pain and now Steve Harvey. It seems the two were on the same bill for a comedy show in Detroit; well honey, Steve performed first and had a hard time captivating the audience; most of whom were in attendence to see Katt's "last comedy performance" since he is supposedly retiring. Steve got into it with a lady in the front row and complained about performing in the round.

By the time Katt took the stage he decided to light Steve's corny ass on fire! Peep the video.

[Shout out to Necole Bitchie]

Not my kind of Vacation...

By Honeygrip

My favorite blog is reporting that Queen Latifah was robbed while on vacation. She and a female friend.....................I'LL WAIT..................had at least $10,000 worth of Jewels stolen from the couple (of female friends)'s room on Monday night. They were staying at the Stone Haven Villas in Black Rock, Tobago. The ladies left for a special dinner thrown by the hotel in her honor and returned to find their $1,000 a night suite had been pilferred.

The Tobago police dept suspects it was an inside job....You think?

Hey Tobago police, do you think something might be going on with the Queen & her female friend too?! Just asking...

Hate is SO 2008!

By Honeygrip

F what you may have previously heard. Usher & his lovely husband Tameka showed out in Vegas to ring in the new year. Tameka, whom you might remember, just gave birth a few weeks ago amidst rumors of an impending break-up looked fabulous. Well the Raymonds put it all to rest last night. Tameka tried her best to prove that she can still drop it like it's at least luke warm (which is excellent for a 40 year old)... Go head girl!

Now the haters that had been talking ish, can keep talking it- for now! Tameka has obviously still got a good grip...