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There is a new Hot Rumor of the Day coming out saying that Nas and Jay-Z have decided to do what we all said they should have done years ago: do an album together. The album is called the Kings of Hip-Hop and it will be on Jay-Z Carter Music Group, a label that doesn't exist at press time. Anyway, they say this album will drop early next year. No confirmations, yet.
An activist named Clive Campbell is claiming that Jay-Z has benefited and is benefiting from the slave trade. OK, here's the deal: As you may know, Jay-Z is a minority owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He, along with the rest of the ownership group, including principal owner Bruce Ratner, are in the process of moving the Nets to Brooklyn. They're currently developing an area called the Atlantic Yards, which will house a new basketball arena and 6,000 new condos and apartments. A third party, Barclays bank, is also involved in the project and they own the naming rights to the arena. Campbell is suing Jay-Z, Ratner, and Barclays bank for $5 billion which he claims he would put toward slave reparations. Why? Barclays bank has been accused of having ties to the slave trade that stretch back hundreds of years. The bank denies this. But the lawsuit says that in working together on the project, the group, "profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth." Jay-Z hasn't commented on this, but Ratner says the claim is ridiculous.
Jennifer Lopez's newborn twins can expect a special gift basket from their mama's ex-boyfriend. Puff Diddly Pooh said he plans to make sure the babies have a healthy supply of outfits from his own fashion line. "I'm going to send her some Sean John baby clothes," Diddy told People magazine on the Oscar red carpet Sunday. "I'm so happy for her. It's such a blessing. She is going to make a great mother. It's double the love, and it's also double the crying and the screaming, so it's a unique blessed situation. It's a rarity to have twins. She'll be all right."
Paris Hilton is returning to reality television. The untitled project – expected to be picked up by either MTV or VH1 – will be about her searching for a new best friend. “She's looking for someone new and cool who she can trust.” |
