Rick Ross Live in Hollywood, CA

Type: Los Angeles Celebrity - DJ - Special

When: Friday, December 03, 2010
10:00 PM - 3:00 AM

Location: HIGHLANDS
6801 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 433
Los Angeles CA (Hollywood)

Min. Age: 21+

Dress Code: Hollywood Trendy

Common Host Thanksgiving Eve at SET

WEDNESDAY

This Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, the 400 brings you a Special Holiday Event at South Beach's most exclusive venue; SET Nightclub, hosted by rapper/actor COMMON. Thanksgiving Eve is one of the BIGGEST party nights of the year across
the country, so make sure you mark your calendar for this can't miss
400 Special Event. And of course, Dress Code and Door Policy will be
super TIGHT!

For VIP Table Inquiries Please Call: (786)374-7475
To RSVP E-Mail: RSVP@400Life.com

Get Ready For Your Heart To Hurt: Jay-Z Shot His Own Brother When He Was 12

Ugh, it’s only Monday and already we are trying not to cry in our cubicle, although suprisingly it’s over an incredibly sad celeb story and not just Taylor Swift’s new bangs. While most of us think of Jay-Z primarily as the talented millionaire who gets to sleep next to our queen Beyonce, the road from his childhood in Brooklyn to international rap superstardom was nowhere near as dreamy.

In an interview with The Guardian, the rapper recently opened up about how at 12, Jay-Z shot his brother Eric after his sibling stole a ring from a tween-age Hova in order to feed his drug addiction. Still know as Shawn Carter, Jay-Z reveals that after the incident, “I thought my life was over. I thought I’d go to jail forever. It was terrible. I was a boy, a child. I was terrified.” If the thought of a little baby Hova dealing with something so horrible doesn’t make your eyes get at least a little misty, you literally aren’t a human being.

Luckily his brother recovered from the injury, never reporting the incident to police and even apologizing to Shawn in the hospital for the effects of his addition. While the interview marks the first time Jay-Z has opened up about the incident, he did write about it on his album “In My Lifetime, Vol. 1″ on the song “You Must Love Me”, in which he raps, “Saw the devil in your eyes, high off more than weed, confused, I just closed my young eyes and squeezed.” Despite the fact while that growing up, he himself was shot three times, Jay-Z believes,”It’s like there was some rogue angel watching over us.” Ugh, why doesn’t this damn cubicle have a door?!?! Now everyone is going to know why our paperwork is all wrinkly with tear stains. [Photo: WENN]

Bruno Mars - Grenade [Official Music Video]

OBEY Limited Edition Card Case & Pen

OBEY apply some of their intricate patterns on a new holiday release of accessories. The items include a card case and a pen, both seen with a detailed pattern and OBEY’s signature star logo. The pen is made of German components and filled with Schmidt ink. Both items also include a card including the bio of OBEY founder, Shepard Fairey. Available now through limited quantities through OBEYGIANT.com.

Cone Mills & Levi’s 505 Limited Edition Jean

Levi’s release a limited edition 505 jean this season created of Cone Mills denim. Limited to 505 pieces, the 505 model was originally released in 1967 and features a slimmer fit relative to the brand’s time-tested 501 model. With the provision of denim from Cone Mills, this particular 505 supports one of the last existing denim mills in America with a strong history behind it. The Cone Mills x Levi’s 505 Limited Edition Jean is available exclusively through the Levi’s San Francisco flagship store and the new Levi’s Concept Store in New York City’s Meatpacking district. The jeans will retail for $178 USD.













Photography & Story Via: Hypebeast

Lil Wayne Surprises Drake On Stage

For the final show of Drake’s Light Dreams And Nightmares Tour, Lil Wayne returned to the main stage at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. It was Weezy’s first performance since his release from Rikers Island this past Thursday. As you can see, Weezy received one helluva ovation. Picture via Karla Moy & video via Karen Civil.

What We Learned From The Jackson Family On Oprah

Oprah Winfrey’s show yesterday featured interviews with Michael Jackson’s parents, Katherine and Joe, and his children, Prince Michael, Paris, and Blanket. It was pretty fascinating stuff, especially when you compare his well-spoken children who referred lovingly to their father to Joe’s harsh admission that he beat Michael with a belt. Here are some of the more choice quotes we were struck by from the hour long show.

Paris Jackson jumped into the spotlight at her father’s funeral with an impromptu speech eulogizing her father. She was the most vocal and open of Jackson’s children while speaking with Oprah, telling her “I kinda felt like no one understands what a good father he was. I’d say he was the best cook ever. He was just a normal dad, except he was the best dad. He made the best French toast in the world.” She acknowledged the masks that Jackson made the children wear by saying “He tried to raise us without us knowing who he was, but that didn’t really go so well.”

Jackson’s mother Katherine also spoke lovingly of her son, but was more frank about his behavior, such as the addiction to plastic surgery and his skin-lightening. She said her son lightened his skin because he started to lose pigment due to vitiligo and that he “didn’t want to start looking like a spotted cow.” However, she says, “I don’t know what in the world he did to change that, but he did.” We’re guessing the stockpiles of skin-whitening creams had something to do with it. Katherine also says she thought his nose got “too small, like a toothpick” and spoke to him about his addiction to surgery, going so far as to ask Michael’s plastic surgeon to perform dummy operations on Michael’s nose so he would be tricked into thinking he had work done when he hadn’t. It’s sort of heartbreaking to listen to a mother discuss her son’s issues like this, but it explains so much in retrospect.

Even more issues were explained when Joe Jackson spoke and tried to explain how he disciplined his kids. Joe said he disciplined his kids because “It kept them out of jail and kept them right,” and that “I never beat him. That never happened.” Katherine later clarified “You might as well admit it, that’s the way black people raised their children. He used a strap.” Oh, see, it wasn’t Joe administering the beatings, it was the strap that beat his children.

So many questions were answered but so many more remain. And while we cringe thinking about everything in Jackson’s past and all the issues he had with his looks and his addictions and his family history, it’s reassuring to see his children turning out so well.

[Photo: Oprah.com]

Only Kanye’s Twitter Understands Him

We tried to go a full twenty-four hours without posting on Kanye West antics. Really we did. But he is too strong. We can’t fight him anymore. Damn you, Kanye.

The rapper is unhappy with how he was treated while filming an interview with Matt Lauer, during which he clarified his feelings on former President George W. Bush. Lauer showed only a short clip of the interview to Bush on a live Today Show discussion this morning, in which Kanye explained, “I didn’t have the grounds to call him a racist. But I believe that in a situation of high emotion like that, we as human beings don’t always choose the right words.”

Seems OK to us. But according to Kanye, something happened during his interview taping that pissed him off. So he confided in his closest friend: his twitter. And quite frankly, we were kind of disturbed by the tortured soul he poured out. In one hour he dropped 17 tweets, each one more haunting than the last.

“While I was trying to give the interview they started playing the ‘MTV’ under me with audio!!!!!!! I don’t mess with Matt Lauer or the Today Show…” he wrote. “HE TRIED TO FORCE MY ANSWERS. IT WAS VERY BRUTAL AND I CAME THERE WITH ONLY POSITIVE INTENT? I feel very alone very used very tortured very forced very misunderstood very hollow very very misused. I don’t trust anyone but myself! I can’t be everything to everybody anymore. I can’t be everybody’s hero and villain savior and sinner Christian and anti Christ! I create, I’m creative, I have a good heart, everyone will see and understand one day.”

Someone give this man a hug and some valium. But then he continued his descent into Twitter feed madness by wishing that the spirit of The King of Pop was hooked up to a social networking device.

“Everything sounds like noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE NOISE!!!!!!!” I wish Michael Jackson had twitter!!!!!! Maybe Mike could have explained how the media tried to set him up!!! It’s all a f*cking set up!!!!!”

Even after all that, we still have no idea what possibly could have offended Kanye so deeply. But look on the bright side, Kanye! George Bush says he’s cool with you now. That’s gotta count for…something. Hug it out, fellas.

[Photo: WENN Images]

Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Film)

Miami Dolphins Deny Birdman Claim

Lies, tell me sweet lil’ lies. During Birdman’s interview on The Morning After with Angela Yee, the Cash Money CEO said he was awaiting clearance to acquire a stake in the Miami Dolphins football team. Well,The Miami Herald reached out to Dolphins owner, Stephen M. Ross and denied doing any business with the number one Stunna.

“I have NEVER spoken to him or any representative,” Ross said in a statement released by the team. “Not considering or looking for any celebrity limited partners.”

Earlier this year, Birdman was called out by Bloomberg News for lying about his oil company Broland Oil & Gas LLC.

Jay-Z Regrets Big Pimpin’ Lyrics: “What Kind Of Animal Would Say This Sort Of Thing?”

If you were an internationally renown rapper with millions of dollars and a wife by the name of Beyonce, you would probably be pretty happy with your artistic choices, right? But apparently Jay-Z regrets Big Pimpin’, his 1999 monster hit, for its unfortunate lyrics, an admission that retroactively spoils hundreds of Spring Breaks the nation over.

Says Jay-Z, “Some [lyrics] become really profound when you see them in writing. Not Big Pimpin’. That’s the exception. It was like, I can’t believe I said that. And kept saying it. What kind of animal would say this sort of thing? Reading it is really harsh.” Given that Jay-Z is older, wiser and madly in love with a talented bad-ass like Bee, lyrics such as “You know I thug em, f**k em, love em, leave em/Cause I don’t f**king need em,” probably seem like the height of douchebaggery. Then again, we all danced to it, so what does that say about us? Oh right, that we’re douche bags too.

Looking back with distaste at his verse, however, is only a symptom of a bigger issue. Says Jay-Z, “We have to find our way back to true emotion. This is going to sound so sappy, but love is the only thing that stands the test of time. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was all about love. Andre 3000, The Love Below. Even NWA, at its core, that was about love for a neighborhood.” So is the world ready for a kinder, gentler Jay-Z, with lyrics about visiting the in-laws and throwing his grandma a birthday party? Oh, who are we kidding? With beats like his, Hov could read his grocery list and a spontaneous wet t-shirt contest could still break out at any moment. At ANY moment. [Photo: Getty Images]

Ryan Leslie x Jasmine Villegas "Hello" In-Studio

This dude is so talented we had to post another video! -SsEnt

Ryan Leslie x Krys Ivory "I'll Still Be Yours" In-Studio

R Les is the truth! Take notes