Celebrities gathered around the Vibe Impact Awards in West Hollywood at the Sunset Tower Hotel to pay tribute to a very special women in R&B Music. Vibe Magazine has set to honor Mary J. Blige as their Impact Of The Year Award Honoree. Celebrities, but more like long time friends such as Diddy, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte & Anita Baker stop by the red carpet to show their respect to the queen of R&B. Watch the video with Rap Up Tv after the jump!
Things get really wild this summer as Drake and Nicki Minaj lend their voices to the 3D film ”Ice Age: Continential Drift.” The film is set to hit theaters July 13th. Drake plays a wooly mammoth named Ethan and Nicki plays a wooly mammoth named Hailey. The film also stars the voices of Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, and Ester Dean. Watch the trailer above but be careful, it gets kinda chilly.
“I’ve been waiting to do this for a long time,” Queen Latifah told the crowd at the 29th Annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival. Well, the wait is over as the took to the stage to perform as the headliner of the festival. She said the performance was for “her people” which leads us all to consider this an admission to her homosexuality. The rumors can subside, and now the questions have been answered. You can watch her performance at the festival above and hear what fans have to say about the Queen.
Yesterday, the world said their last goodbye to one of Hip-Hop’s pioneers, Heavy D. As we all know, Heavy D passed away on November 8th, 2011. The funeral was held in Mt Vernon, New York at the Grace Baptist Church. Jay-Z, Denzel Washington, Diddy, Usher and many more are among the many artist, actors, actresses and athletes who attended the funeral. President Obama was not in attendance but he did send a letter showing his respects to the late Heavy D. The letter is below along with pictures from the funeral. Rest In Peace, Heavy D.
We extend our heartfelt condolences at this difficult time. He will be remembered for his infectious optimism and many contributions to American music. Please know that you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers,
The Diplomats reunion album could very well be going down, but that’s not stopping Cam’ron from pursuing other interests in the meantime. Giles recently partnered with Queen Latifah – making for one of the oddest pairings in recent memory – and her business partner Shakim Compere. They, together, formed the company KFU Productions. The new venture is a combination of Cam and Jacob York’s Killa Films and Latifiah’s Flavor Unit Films. And as their first project under the new umbrella, a new film starring Killa Cam is already in the works.
Dipset’s head honcho will appear as the lead role in the upcoming film Percentages, a movie detailing the story of two drug dealers forced to go on the run after a deal gone sour. So the story goes, “Ant” and “Carter” leave narcotics alone and get their feet wet in the field of credit fraud which catches the eye of not only Miami police enforcement, but also local notorious criminals.
“Cam did the story, and then we brought in a writer to really tighten the script,” Jacob York told AllHipHop.com. “The movie was originally supposed to be the follow up to Killa Season, but we decided to make a brand new movie since the script was so good.”
And there’s the answer to my $50 question. There is no Killa Season 2 coming. At least now I know. Expect to see Percentages hit theaters nationwide sometime next year with a soundtrack completely overseen by Giles himself. Just as a suggestion, Cam may as well go ahead and let Dame help with the directorial duties. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t turn this down and Paid In Full remains an unquestionable classic. That’s not an opinion. That’s a fact.
Cool & Dre were busy in the studio with The Game Wednesday, June 23rd recording a hot new track titled “Good Girl, Bad GirL†at Encore Studios in Burbank, California last week. Cool & Dre have 3 songs on the album titled “THE R.E.D. album.â€
The single will feature a verse by hip-hop recording star Drake. Queen Latifah stopped by to hang with the superstars while they were recorded.
It’s that time of the year again. Awards time. BET Awards to be completely clear. Yesterday, the network announced Queen Latifah was tapped to host the show’s tenth anniversary show on Sunday, June 27 at 8 p.m. While Diddy and his Dirty Money crew will take the stage and host the post-show. Who’s nominated? I’m glad you asked. Instead of going through the entire list of categories, below are a few of the evening’s bigger nominees. Jay-Z leads the way with five, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona with four and Young Money stars Drake and Nicki Minaj securing three and two respectively. Other marquee names include B.o.B., Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Fabolous.
Thank you to BET for Letting KarenCivil.com be apart of the BET Awards Voting Board.
