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New Child Rebel Soldier (Kanye West Music Ft Pharrell & Lupe Fiasco) “Don’t Stop” [Video]
Boris Kodjoe Is JET Beauty Of The Week Along With ‘Undercovers’ Co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Does Chris Brown’s Ex-Breezy Have A Sex Tape Poppin’ A Threezy?
Is Jimmy Henchmen The Target Of A Smear Campaign By An Angry White Journalist Seeking His Payback???
German GQ Cheek Checks Rosario Dawson For Some Cover Cakes
Flavor Of Love Girl “Deelishis” Makes Viral Comeback With Cake Shaking Video For Usher’s “Hot Tottie”
Some Saturday Cakes: Help Nelly Pick Miss Apple Bottoms 2011
Study Shows Minorities Get Less Treatment For Their Pain
Kanye West Compares Lindsay Lohan’s Fashion Line To ’9/11′ Attack
RihRih The Rebel Tells Billboard About Her New Style And Album And How Her Fans Don’t Know Shizz About Her

New Child Rebel Soldier (Kanye West Music Ft Pharrell & Lupe Fiasco) “Don’t Stop” [Video]

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 07:03 PM PDT

Boris Kodjoe Is JET Beauty Of The Week Along With ‘Undercovers’ Co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Boris Kodjoe and his Undercovers' co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw cover the upcoming issue of JET Magazine.

Inside the magazine Afro-European actors Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who play Steven and Samantha Bloom on NBC’s new spy series, “Undercovers,” chat with JET about their onscreen chemistry and how significant it is to play a lead role on a network drama as actors of color.

The issue also includes an interview with acclaimed author Terry McMillan who shares with JET reader life lessons from her best-seller, Getting to Happy.

Also in the magazine, Tim King, the founder of Chicago Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men, weighs in on the topic regarding the need to recruit more Black teachers in the school system.

This issue hits stands nationwide Monday, Oct. 11.

This month also marks the 65th anniversary of EBONY Magazine:

Samuel L. Jackson, Usher, Nia Long, Mary J. Blige and Taraji P. Henson all share the cover of the special collector’s edition issue.

Inside the issue honors some of Ebony’s most iconic past covers: Duke Ellington, Diana Ross, Shaft and Martin Luther King re-imagined with the help of yet more fresh, modern celebrities like Regina King, Yolanda Adams and John Legend.

The issue also includes a feature called The Black America 2010: The State We’re In essays authored by seven of Black America’s celebrated visionaries, such as Bill Cosby, Soledad O¹Brien and Robert L. Johnson.

There’s also editors picks of the:

Ø 65 movies you ought to own

Ø 65 Stories that rocked our community

Ø 65 music hits of all time

Ø 65 books for every African American home library.

65 years is a great milestone for EBONY! Congratulations to them.

Does Chris Brown’s Ex-Breezy Have A Sex Tape Poppin’ A Threezy?

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Is Chris Brown’s ex Draya Michele the latest pseudo celeb to get caught on camera knob slobbing???

She just might be!

Bossip received a tip earlier today about a tape on the net that is alleged to be Draya Michele servicing her ex-boyfriend and along with another friend in an intimate three-way.

We have a censored screengrab for you:

But you can check out the video for yourself HERE

Is Jimmy Henchmen The Target Of A Smear Campaign By An Angry White Journalist Seeking His Payback???

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:29 PM PDT

What if Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond, isn’t a government informant after all, but the target of a smear campaign by Chuck Philips, the journalist who ruined his own reputation, by writing a farfetched expose in the Los Angeles Times charging that Biggie, Puffy and Rosemond were part of a team that orchestrated the 1994 attack on Tupac Shakur?

Since Daily News reports ran suggesting that Jimmy Henchmen aka Jimmy Rosemond was a government informant, Bossip has been contacted by several sources saying that not only are those allegations untrue — but the source of the rumors is a writer with a long simmering beef with Rosemond that stems back to the old East Coast/West Coast feud that claimed the lives of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

One source told us that former Los Angeles Times writer Chuck Phillips has been doing his best to be the undoing of Henchmen ever since his obsession with Tupac and Biggie cost him his job at the Times after he wrote a controversial piece using documents that were proven to be fabricated.

Apparently we’re not the only ones who’ve received that information either.

According to Rap Fix.com:

Last month, The NY Daily News ran a story claiming that Rosemond was a “snitch” in several court cases.

“Rosemond has given information at least three times to state and federal law enforcement officials since the mid-1990s, documents reveal,” wrote Alison Gendar in the paper. “One of Rosemond’s former lawyers even cited his repeated cooperation with the authorities in asking for leniency in a Los Angeles gun case. He noted that Rosemond’s dime-dropping helped Brooklyn prosecutors send a man to jail—exactly what the “stop snitching” campaign rails against.”

In response, hip-hop heavyweights like Wyclef Jean, Fab 5 Freddy and Eric B. of Eric B & Rakim came out in support of Rosemond, dispelling the allegations.

“I was inside the courtroom at Jimmy Rosemond’s sentencing and nothing that the NY Daily News alleges took place,” Wyclef told AllHipHop. “Looking from the outside within, the way the judge and prosecutor were beating on this man, if at any time there was such cooperation it would have been made crystal clear in the courtroom. I speak as a witness that was in the courtroom that day and it deeply saddens me that whenever we do the right thing, people want to put us on the wrong path.”

The allegations from the Daily News were echoed across blogs but now, it’s come to light that the man behind the “snitch” story may be Phillips himself.

In response to supporters of Rosemond and those that claimed the former Times writer engineered the situation, Phillips wrote an open letter to a media outlet, which has since been removed, stating that he was not behind the smear campaign against Rosemond. However, other facts have arisen.

“A source revealed Phillips has again relied on assistance from government officials to obtain information on incarcerated individuals sending letters and attempting to visit said inmates in hopes of drumming up a potential case against Rosemond,” said a representative for Rosemond in a statement. “Phillips has broadened his attacks launching a digital marketing campaign posting messages labeling Rosemond as a “snitch” on various hip-hop site message boards.

A recently published report of Phillips’ shenanigans against Jimmy Rosemond was posted on a high-profile website that resulted in an open letter response from Phillips himself the following day,” the statement continued. “The incident provides clear proof Phillips as been in the company of monitoring content on urban sites regarding Rosemond.”

In 2008, the story stating Diddy, Biggie and Rosemond knew that Tupac would be attacked resulted in the Los Angeles Times printing a lengthy apology. Less than a day after TheSmokingGun.com reported that some of the documents used by Pulitzer Prize-winning Times reporter Philips to corroborate his bombshell story were faked by a notorious forger, the Times admitted that the March 2008 piece was “partially based on documents that appear to have been fabricated.” Both Philips and his supervisor, Deputy Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin, issued statements of apology, which was reportedly the most-read item on the Times Web site that year, clocking more than 1 million hits.

After he was fired from the Times for his previous story about Jimmy, Phillips told MTV News:

"I’ve written a lot abut this story because it fascinates me," but claimed he wouldn’t pursue the matter further, saying, "I’ve gotten over it."

Pretty serious allegations here. And if you’re thinking ‘Why would Chuck Phillips take on such a dangerous mission?’ there’s another weighty figure in hip-hop who figures into the equation.

Suge Knight. It’s believed that Suge is the one putting the battery in Chuck’s back when it comes to this beef.

We also received a document that supports the theory that Chuck Philips is behind the snitch rumors.

The attached document is allegedly a letter from Phillips to a federal inmate seeking information about Jimmy Henchmen. SMH.

So what do you think? Is Jimmy Henchmen being set up by Chuck Phillips? Is Suge Knight involved? How deep does this rap beef go? Does this have the potential of setting off more violence in the hip-hop community??? Who should we believe and can we believe anybody at all???

German GQ Cheek Checks Rosario Dawson For Some Cover Cakes

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Rosario Dawson brought her backs to the cover of the latest issue of German GQ. Check out lots more photos below:

During her interview Dawson broached the subject of appearing in a sequel to Sin City, saying:

“The last time I saw Robert Rodriguez was a month ago and he really wants to make ‘Sin City 2′ happen. I said, ‘I understand you’ve been taking your time, but if you want me to wear the outfit that fits into one hand, dude, I’m not getting any younger’.”

We’ve always considered Rosario a banger and we love seeing her like this, so we’re definitely looking forward to Rodriguez making that movie.

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Flavor Of Love Girl “Deelishis” Makes Viral Comeback With Cake Shaking Video For Usher’s “Hot Tottie”

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

London Charles, better known as Deelishis from the VH-1 buffoonery reality show "Flavor of Love" is back with a new video—no she’s not singing, well literally.

In her new webcam video posted on YouTube, Deelishis decided to make her own video to Usher’s hit single "Hot Tottie" featuring Jay-Z.

Watch The Video On HipHopWired

Some Saturday Cakes: Help Nelly Pick Miss Apple Bottoms 2011

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:44 AM PDT

It’s that time of year again… Time to pick a new Miss Apple Bottoms. The online search for Miss Apple Bottoms 2011, launched on August 16th, 2010 is now in the second phase of the search.

According to the website:

Thousands of women from across the United States logged in and posted their photos and entries to www.MissAppleBottomsUSA.com. Brand founder Nelly and the Apple Bottoms team have selected 14 women to move on to the next phase of the contest and these women need your vote to be chosen as finalists.

For some reason we have a hard time believing THOUSANDS of women across the US want their booty to bear Apple Bottoms endorsement, but okay, we’ll play along…

Check out the 14 Finalists:

Study Shows Minorities Get Less Treatment For Their Pain

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:42 AM PDT

It seems like pain would be the great equalizer: Whether you're black or white, we all hurt the same way.

Except, it turns out, how we’re treated for it varies greatly.

Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to deal with untreated pain and less likely to get adequate care for it, studies show. And minority patients who don’t get proper pain treatment early on are likely to suffer depression and post-traumatic stress disorder down the road, says Dr. Carmen Green, a pain specialist and professor of anesthesiology at the University of Michigan.

Researchers don't know whether the pain imbalance is due to caregiver bias, cultural differences, physiological variances, or a combination of factors, but they do know one thing: Pain is not colorblind.

"There is an unequal burden of pain," Green said.

A recent study by Green of 200 chronic pain patients in the University of Michigan health system found that black patients were prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and that women were given weaker pain medications than men were given. The research published in the Journal of Pain showed that, on average, a minority pain patient would be prescribed 1.8 pain medications compared to 2.6 drugs for non-minority sufferers.
And once they do get a prescription, they have a harder time getting it filled, Green found in an earlier study, also in the Journal of Pain. Only 54 percent of pharmacies in minority neighborhoods had the most common painkillers in stock; in majority-white neighborhoods, 87 percent of pharmacies did.

Green’s studies add to two decades’ worth of research that shows even when pain is indisputable, such as in late-stage cancer and with broken bones, minorities get less help for their suffering.

That means a lot of unnecessary pain for people like Deborah Chenault-Green (no relation to Dr. Green), a black woman who suffered through seven years of intense pain before finally being diagnosed with herniated discs in her back and neck, as well as multiple sclerosis.

Chenault-Green, now 55, saw countless doctors at inner-city hospitals in her hometown of Detroit, but all they offered her were over-the-counter pain pills. She felt like the doctors weren't taking her pain seriously — or worse, thought she was faking just to get narcotics.

"I can kind of understand where they're coming from because they do get a lot of people who are looking for pain pills, but they kind of blanket everybody," Chenault-Green said. "For seven years I went through doctors looking at me sideways and saying 'Here's a prescription for Motrin.'"

The pain got so bad she was unable to leave her house or even concentrate on anything for a long period of time. She began to question her own sanity, as doctor after doctor sent her home with no solution for the relentless pain.

"I went through depression, I went through thoughts of suicide," Chenault-Green said. "I thought, these are the doctors, so maybe I am crazy, maybe something is wrong with me."
Her experience is echoed by another recent study by Green showing a pronounced link between pain and depression among black men.

Things finally changed for Chenault-Green when the inner-city hospital she'd been going to stopped taking her insurance. She went to a doctor in the suburbs whom she'd seen years before. He heard her symptoms and immediately sent her to a neurologist, who ordered a CT scan and MRI, which identified the herniated discs in her back and neck (for which she had surgery in 2002). Now she's living mostly pain-free.

"I say to this day it was by the grace of God they stopped taking my insurance," Chenault-Green said.

Racial disparities exist in all areas of health care. One reason pain is different is that there's no test for it; the experience of pain is subjective, and the process of identifying and treating pain relies totally on the interaction between patient and doctor.

The rushed pace of modern health care may be partly to blame, said Nomita Sonty, assistant professor of anesthesiology and psychiatry at Columbia University and leader of the American Pain Society's working group on disparities.

"With the emphasis being on getting patients in and out of clinics quickly, practitioners do not have the time to spend with those who may need just a little longer to be understood due to language, cultural and other barriers," Sonty said.

Many doctors don't get great training on how to identify and treat chronic pain, much less how to address racial disparities in practice, said Green, the pain specialist and University of Michigan professor.

"From a research standpoint we are probably 40 to 50 years behind in pain research" compared to other areas, Green said. "We need to address pain in a very different way."

Dr. Nomita Sonty, of the American Pain Society, offers these tips on how patients can get the best pain treatment available:

Know you have the right to have your pain evaluated and treated.
Don’t wait too long. The prognosis is better when pain is evaluated sooner than later.
When you seek care, bring any pain-related medical records you have to your appointments.
Keep track of medications you’ve taken and their effects and bring this information to the appointment.
Ask questions.
Understand that different pain clinics have different policies and practices. If you don’t find relief, try another.

Some state medical licensing boards require a continuing education course on health disparities, Sonty said, and she said she would like more medical schools to include pain disparities in their core curriculum. Health-care providers are becoming aware of the problem, she said, but progress is slow.

"There has been some momentum in the direction of decreasing disparities in health care, but we still have a long ways to go," Sonty said. "We need to establish a national agenda for addressing pain disparities."

Green said the best thing that any pain patient can do, regardless of race, is to keep searching until they find a doctor who will listen and take their pain seriously.

"People need to realize the importance of pain," Green said. "It saps you of your energy, your mood, your time with family and friends. But there are things that we can do. There are people who get their lives back."

One of those people is Chenault-Green, the singer and actress is active in her community and currently directing a play at the Wayne State Arts Theater — something she could not have dreamed of a few years ago.

"I'm really doing great," Chenault-Green said. "Back then, my focus wasn't on anything except the pain I was in. Now my focus is on fulfilling my dreams."

None of this comes as a surprise for us, many of us have experienced some kind of struggle, whether it was our friends and relatives or personal experience, to get good fair medical treatment. We’re glad somebody is bringing some attention to this issue because it needs to be addressed!

What do you think is the answer?

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Kanye West Compares Lindsay Lohan’s Fashion Line To ’9/11′ Attack

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Kanye West has never been one to shy away from his brutaly honest words and this time actress turned substance abuse poster child Lindsay Lohan is feeling his wrath.

Speaking on Lohan’s entrance into the fashion world with fashion house Ungaro, Ye compared her outfits to the 9/11 travesity.

Read The Rest At HipHopWired

RihRih The Rebel Tells Billboard About Her New Style And Album And How Her Fans Don’t Know Shizz About Her

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:14 AM PDT

RihRih is on the cover of the upcoming issue of Billboard magazine. Inside the feature story the magazine covers Rihanna’s recent change in style, the challenges she’s facing with her audience and some of her upcoming projects.

We’ve been trying to tell y’all that “Rated R” was not that hot, but the Billboard story confirms that the project has sold 998,000 copies, according to SoundScan, her lowest amount since her 2005 debut, “Music of the Sun” (594,000).

For the folks screaming how she’s platinum, looks like that’s an official ALMOST. SMH.

RihRih addresses Rated R in the Billboard story saying:

” ‘Rated R’ showed that I wasn’t a shallow artist,” she says. “I have some depth. There was definitely some growth, going through that dark moment in my life.”

Rihanna never refers to her relationship with Brown in specifics and says she “definitely” prefers to let “Love the Way You Lie” speak for itself, which of course is made easier by the fact that it’s not on her own album. “It’s kind of like the closing to that chapter, and now we’re in a new stage,” she says.

Wait, sorry we have to stop for a second. Rated R showed she wasn’t shallow??? The biggest song off Rated R was “Rude Boy” was it not??? If that ish isn’t shallow we don’t know what was!

More excerpts and images from the story when you continue…

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