Mos Def is one of the first rappers (props to David Banner as well) to speak out about the Jena 6 case that is going down in Louisiana.
He is asking that African Americans and anybody concerned about justice to join him on Sept. 20 in Jena, La., to protest the harsh prosecution of the teens. Rev. Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson have also starting speaking out (finally). Click here to read more..
As we posted in the last Jena 6 update post, on September 20th Mychal Bell, one of the black teenagers awaiting sentencing in the Jena 6 case will be appearing before a judge in a Louisiana court house. Various rallys and events are being set up to give him support.
Mos Def is asking anyone who wants to get involved to contact info@mxgm.org. Click here for petition links and other rally info. I really wish I could make it to this.
MTV EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH TO KANYE
You all saw Kanye flip out and heard his side of the story and now MTV released a statment. They didn’t address any of the claims that Kanye told various media outlets (probably because he was speaking the truth) but instead they complimented him and hoped that they could work together again. Read on:
“MTV has a long and collaborative relationship with Kanye and we hope and look forward to continuing that meaningful relationship,” MTV’s statement said Tuesday.
“Kanye West is a visionary performer and he didn’t let his fans down at this year’s VMA’s,” the statement said. “From his incredible renditions of “Stronger” and “The Good Life,” to the spectacular aerial shots from his multi-level suite which made for one of the grandest visuals of the night, the audience feedback on MTV.com has been overwhelming. In fact, he is the only artist to have three performances ranked in the top 15 on MTV.com.” [SOURCE]
Oh and rumor has it that Kanye is beating 50 Cent in album sales. I won’t post anything on that until it’s validated though.
ASHANTI ON BRITNEY’S VMA PERFORMANCE
When Ashanti was asked about Britney’s VMA performance she laughed, rolled her eyes and walked away, then her publicist stepped in and said, “No comment.”
A lot of people said she had no room to “talk” because she can’t sing live either. Um, imma have to say “No Comment” on that one like her publicist.
Ashanti shouldn’t have laughed but come on people…she at least sings live and doesn’t always lip syncs her lyrics. I think she’s a couple of steps above Brit vocally, where Brit has her beat dance wise.
Mos Def talked about going to Jena on Bill Maher’s show. That is what’s up. And…..I have no comment on Ashanti or her skills…lol
I will def. be there Sept 20. I live in Monroe,LA which is not far from Jena. I hope you guys can make it. I will be repping CL while I’m there and I will get some pics.
I am sure that Ashanti was not laughing at Britney. She knew if she said anything that it would be misconstrued. The laugh and roll of eyes was to show that she had no interest and that she found it comical that they would even ask to comment on it…………And that raps that up!!!!!!!!
Ashanti can’t talk about anybody when she gets on beyonce’s level of performing then talk just a couple of years ago she had side burns lookin like wolverine bitch sit down ho
She didn’t even open her mouth. Beside that Ashanti always laughed no matter what you ask her she is always laughing and we wasn’t there to say that she laughed at her in the first place!
I do not think that Ashanti was trying to be rude. I think that no matter what she said it would be misconstrued. The laugh and roll of eyes was just to show that she had no interest in commenting and that she found it comical that they would ask for her comment…………TOODLES!!!!
Ashanti didn’t even open her mouth to say negative thing about briney she know that if she say something good they are going too say she is hypocrite and if she keep it real they are going to say those thing that some of you are saying so she chose to shoot up her mouth. And ya know how reporters are they always might this up. Ashanti never say negative things about nobody in this game.
Ashanti….c’mon!!! I KNOW she aint rolling her eyes about anyone’s performances! She’s consistently ranked in my top 5 WACK female performers. I don’t think I’m tripping when I say that
Im glad alot of celebrities are going down to support the Jena 6 issue. Did everyone sign the petitiion?….if not find the link in one of the previous posts.
If MTV had not felt they were wrong they would not have released a statement saying squat…but because they did….and the contents of the statement only proves further that there was some truth to what Kanye said. Now, they want to place nice cause he outted them after being done dirty….typical.
Ok Ok…we saw, we laughed, and we commented about Britneys performance. I like Ashanti and all….but she should have just said ‘no comment” without the laughter and eye rolling. I mean in all honesty, Britney can use the excuse that she is still going through some personal things….but ummm what excuse can Ashanti use for her lack of vocals??
ashanti no matter what you do Princess you always news!!!!!!!!!
On a side note, it is true that Kanye outsole 50 in the first day. Reported by billboard.com, Kanye sold 437k, 50 sold 310k, and Kenny sold 107k.
#21,
I agree with you about Kanye. I understood what he was saying when he explained it on 106 & Park.
What the f@#!! Who seriously thought that Ashanti would be a good candidate to ask about anybody’s performance. What she needs to do is pay for some more dancing and singing lessons, and the promptly go somewhere and kick rocks. Okaayyy! Now, I have no comment!
‘R.I.P 2pac
ashanti didn’t even say Noting. Haters need to leaf this girl alone some of you sound rally pathetic.
you people are about as dumb as a box of rocks. It makes my nuts itch. HAS ASHANTI EVERRRRRRRRR THROWN SHADE? EVEN WHEN THE INC HAD ISSUES WITH GUNIT DID SHE SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT 50? OLIVIA? ANY OF HER COMP? NO! SHE IS ALWAYS FRIENDLY IN INTERVIEWS AND WARM SO THE FACT THAT SOME OF U ARE TAKING. 1 TWO SENTENCE REPORT OUT OF CONTEXT IS RETARDED. She laughed @ the question. Not Britney which is why she didnt answered and walked off.
personally i could care less about Ashanti’s reaction to Brit’s performance i mena come on who the f**k cares? i think Kayne was right about MTV setitng her up becuase we all knew good and damn well she wasn’t reading she’s battlin some issues inside and needs to get herself together. im tired of the britney is fat she sucked bs… godman ppl it’ wednesday it happened sunday. RELAX!!!! as for kayne i think she should of at least got one of the categories. i think that MTV does favor in popularity and dont really judge on substance i mena i love my girl Rihanna n all but how does her video top Stronger???? i mean Umbrella was nice but she didn;t really have that much of a say. also mad upt o Mos def my socially conscience black man!!!! trhe Jena 6 controversy is a disgrace tot he human race were in the year 2007 and we still havin problems over the color of somebodies skin. disgusting;… also i dont think Britneys fat;. the camera adds 10 pounds lmaooo
~”NO COMMENT”~
I love ashanti but she slippin now britney is goin through a hard time and as a fellow artist in the industry “ashanti” should known how tough it can be. She has no room to be laughing people haven’t forgotten he many slip ups. That bullshit ass song “switch” is crap. So for her to laughing…is a no go. She gon hav a hard time coming back and I hope irv g. airs her ass out.
i think that ashanti has avery pretty singing voice, and i cant wait for her new cd to come out
Ashanti really shouldn’t talk. the only career she has is being Nelly’s girlfriend (?????) She can’t sing or perform, at least MTV asked Britney to perform, the last stage she was on was at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. When has anyone ever asked to to do anything. The reality is that the only reason she was even at the awards was because of Nelly, otherwise she would have been at home on the couch watching like the rest of us.
FIRST OF ALL IF I WAS BRIT..I WOULDN’T GIVE THEIR ASSES NO PERFORMANCE…HAS ANYONE..STOP TO THINK AND REALIZE WHY SHE DIDNT PERFORM THAT WELL…. IF MY DAMN HEEL WAS RIGG & ALMOST BROKEN OFF MY BOOT.,..I WOULD NOT DANCE THAT GOOD EITHER…I DONT NEED BROKEN LEGS….THAT WOULD JUST GIVE HER HUSBAND KEVIN..MORE ADVANTAGE TO TAKE THE KIDS AWAY…BECAUSE HE WOULD CONSIDER HER A DISABLE.
JUST WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN!..IM NO FAN OF BRITTANY…BUT I WISH HER THE BEST
because she can’t sing live either.
But Britney NEVER sings live in the first place. At least Ashanti tries in her performances.
Shanti know she ought to be slapped…she worst than Britt IMO…but then again that’s just me.
FIRST OF ALL NONE OF YALL MOTHAFUCKAS WAS THERE SO U DONT KNOW IF ASHANTI DID THAT OR NOT SO U SHOULDNT COMMENT. JUST BECAUSE THE MEDIA SAYS SOMETHIN IT DONT MEAN ITS TRUE U FUCKIN AIRHEADS. DAMN GROW UP. THAT DONT EVEN SOUND LIKE SOMETHIN ASHANTI WOULD DO. AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE POSITVE SHIT SHE SAID ABOUT BRITTANY I SAW ON XTRA SHE WAS ROOTIN 4 BRITTANY. YALL R SO FUCKIN NIEVE ITS A SHAME
they should of asked ashanti about irv . . hmmm . .
i’m no britney fan but i kinda felt sorry for her….she wasn’t at her best that night,but we should cut her some slack! at least i mean she hasn’t been herself lately…worried that she might be depressed and could be suicidal…ppl leave the woman ALONE!!! we all know she aint the only one that sings horrible live….i’ve seen worst live performances..i.e cassie,rihanna,j-lo AND ashanti so to speak…now if it was beyonce or mary j blige that made a comment about britney’s lack of stage presence ,that would be understadable because they both CAN actually SING LIVE! ashanti is obviously not at their level on the scale so she did herself a favour by not commenting because she knows damn well that she aint shit either…so basically she was saving herself from disgrace…
might i add, this little 50 -kanye competition is so silly and a total waste of air time…. i got mad love for them both but on the real:WHO CARES!
Oooooooo ASHANTI I BET IT FELT GOOD NO ONE WAS LAUGHIN AT U 4 A CHANGE HUH
ATLEAST BRITNEY WAS ONCE AT THE TOP, YEA SHE’S FALLING, BUT UNLIKE ASHANTI SHE HAD A SPOT 2 FALL FROM,
II THINK BRITNEY IS A MUCH BETTER PERFORMER THAN ASHANTI, ASHANTI KNOWS SHE SUCKS ATLEAST ONCE UPON A TIME BRITNEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
COME BACK 2 REALITY GIRL U AINT HOT!
VonDoRaun, how is Ashanti a step above Britney??? Granted Britney really can not sing, but she can dance and market herself, right now she is worth about 200mil last reported. That’s why K-Mart Fed is tryin to get more money out of her. As far as Ashanti, baby girl can’t sing, act or dance. And by the way what is her net worth??? She better try and hold on to Nellyville and bang him for tracks!
@RYDEORDIE, alright you can shut the hell up now because the majority has spoken, Ashanti sucks so just deal with it and wht u say dont change nothin at the end of the day she had no business laughing at anybody becasue this is the same person where people actually did a petition to get her soul train award back off of her coz no one thought she desvered it.
Yall need to shut da fuck up and leave Ashanti alone. At least she aint say anything bad about Britney. Her mom probably told her if you dont have anything nice to say dont say nothing at all. So thats what she did. Shoot. Yall act like Ashanti is da ONLY person who laughed at her. EVERYONE DID. And I know Ashanti can sing wayyyyy better then Britney any day. So fall back HATERS!
lmao i dont care if you made a petition against ashanti. Her net worth is more that you boo boo the fools savings accounts so I see why u hating. Britney has sold more record bc 1) she came out b4 the digital downloading age, 2) she is a pop artist and successful pop artist usually sell better than successful R&B artist, and 3) britney tours and ashanti hasn’t been on an official tour since 02 (which is bc the inc only let her tour when they are able to tour with her). Ashanti has been nervous during performances but she hasnt royally fucked up like britney.
Yall say you can see if mary said something bad about britney it would be ok bc she can sing but 10 years ago mary was hated on JUST LIKE ASHANTI IS TODAY. Mary is known for missing notes BUT its the heart that she puts into her performances that people love (well most black folk, other critics still chew her out)
But in the end, u all are sheep and if ashanti comes back out with a hot 1st single (Switch is not the first single) then u will be back on her and in her corner, AGAIN. Baaaaaaaaaaaaa. ROTF.
When in doubt say, “No comment”
LMAO! at ya’ll defending britney spears
ashanti has all rights to laugh
Its amazing how these Ashanti stans have the nerve to take up for her, when they know damn well that she ment ever ROLL of her EYE and every CRACK of her smile in a negative way. Half of you haven’t even purchased Ashanti’s albums, or seen her live, because if you had, you would know there is no reason to hate on Ashanti, she is not on a level to be hated….however she is on a level to feel sorry for. If you were being honest in your statements you would be saying that YES BRITNEY looked a damn mess, but whats sad is she looked just as awkward as Ashanti looks on her BEST performances, with that being said how does Ashanti have the nerve to laugh at anyone? If I were Britney and i got word that Ashanti of all people found something to laugh about concerning my performance I would roll MY eyes at the reporters, laugh hysterically and walk off. Her opinion has no value in the industry , she is a C- list celeb. Britney has more of a LIFE than Ashanti will for a long time. People are starting to appreciate artist with real talent again……the Cassie’s and Ashanti’s are not selling like they used to anymore, But i bet you $100,000 Britney WILL!
^^ @ 216.
FIRST OF ALL BITCH, I AM NOT AN ASHANTI STAN…. I AM A FAN. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERNCE. SECONDLY… I HAVE ALL OF HER ALBUMS AND I HAVE SEEN HER LIVE B4. I ADMIT, SOME OF HER PERFOMACES WERE NOT HER BEST, BUT I HAVE HEARD HER SING LIVE WITH KENNY CHESNEY AND AFTER HEARING THAT I NEEDED TO HEAR NOTHING MORE BECAUSE THAT PROVED SHE CAN SING. ALSO WHEN SHE SANG THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AND PERFORMED RAIN ON ME AT AN OXYGEN CONCERT AND AT PEPSI SMASH. AND TRUST ME BITCH THERE IS MUCH MORE. YALL KNOW DAMN WELL THAT IF IT WAS BEYONCE OR MARY YALL WOULD NOT EVEN BE SAYIN NOTHIN. YALL WOULD BE LAUGHIN TOO. BUT NOOOOO… SINCE ITS ASHANTI, THAT JUST GIVES US ANOTHER REASON TO HATE. ASHANTI SHOULD BE IN THE GENIUIS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR HAVING THE MOST HATERS IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE SHE DOES. SO INSTEAD OF HATING ON A YOUNG BLACK FEMALE WHO IS DOING HER THING, HAS A MOVIE COMING OUT, PERFUME, ALBUM IN STORES DEC.4, AND MANY MORE…. GET A FUCKING LIFE AND STOP FLIPIN BURGERS.
me, personally, i don’t think ashanti did all that, maybe the interviewer was blowing it out of proportion like they always do, she just doesn’t seem like that type of person, maybe she just said no comment or something, and something made her laugh that he said. Ya’ll no them people be exaggerating to make a celeb look like a snob or look bad.
PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think its so funny how all of you can come on here to support this coked up blonde whore. She is doing nothing positive in her life yet we as black ppl feel the need to feel sorry for her. Why dont we feel sorry for black artists, like Janet Jackson, who when they make one mistake, a trivial one at that, the mainstream media destroys. I can name countless other celebrities. Yet you guys feel the need to go to back for non dancing Britney Spears who has absolutely no “real” talents at all. Dont get me wrong I think the girl has stage presence, but you guys consider her robotic moves dancing. Even when she was in her prime, I would never call that shit dancing. We as black folks no dam well if that was a black girl dancing like that we would give her all hell. If Beyonce danced how Britney used to dance, we would say that shit was wack. Although Im not the biggest Beyonce fan, I think shes a bit ovverrated, if she were to make one mistake, the mainstream media would destroy her. And yet all of you would be there wanting to see her fall, not supporing her as you do Britney. Such a shame.
I understand that Ashanti got no room to talk, but the girl didn’t even say anything so why R people getting on her 4 dat?
Hold up. Britney has performed for years. Sundays wasnt her best. but ya’ll act like none of her performances are good. britney is a better performer than ashanti. But she has only sang live on mtv like twice. in 2003 and 2000. she really has a nice voice she is just usually dancing. Ashanti cant do either that well!
@RYDEORDIE, You damn fool i didn’t make no petition i wouldn’t waste my time but other people made petitions and thts what i said if u can READ, and to be honest i couldn’t care less how much money Ashanti has in her bank account, but with u sayin tht Britneys got more than you and Ashanti put together. And everybody knows why Britney fucked and she has an excuse but whats Ashanti’s excuse for sounding wack 24/7 and trust me it will be a cold day in hell before i ever buy any of her albums.
Ashanti can sing. She is an okay dancer, but she can sing. I saw the show on Monday, I think, and I don’t think she did as bad as people made it out to be. She wa never a singer. But to have all that pressure on you and to come out still standing that’s crazy.
There is not a singer out today that has the media on them like her. Nota one. And to be able to go through all that she has gone through and not to have completely cracked up is alot.
She obviously does not have people around that loves her because someone would help her. She is calling and reaching out and the people close to her keep stabbing her hard in the back.
All of these people used that young lady to get to the next level in their careers and now she is just out here trying to deal. She did not grow up like most people in the world. She was very sheltered. That is how that bum she married got her. She is just not experienced enough.
It is hard just being out here in the world when you have gone through some things trying to figure out your next move, but, imagine trying to do that and everyone sits around watching it on television. Can you imagine never just having a moment to yourself.
Keep your head up Britany and just pray.
212 and 216, y’all need to shut the FUCK UP! and roll on BITCHES!!! u obviously don’y know what ur talking about…
LMFAO @ most of these comments.
#35 “In fact, You did better on “John Tucker must die!” than on any stage I’ve see you on (and I have seen you boo). Shave that unibrow.”
#103 “But I will make sure I will laugh at her next time I see her on another blogspot going through costume jewelry boxes on the street.”
#125 “Really she can’t talk, @ least Brittany has the sense to lip sing unlike others (ASHANTI) lol”
#136 “ASHANTI ASS DON’T HAVE NO ROOM TO TALK SHE WISH EVERY BODY GAVE A DAMN ABOUT HER. MUH FUCKERS ACTUALLY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT HER NELLY DATING SO SHE NEED TO SHUT HER COCKED EYED ASS UP…”
#137 “IF NELLY WASNT WITH HER, SHE WOULD BE WORKING AT WALMART SOME WHERE LIKE AMIL.”
#143 “ashanti can’t sing and she looks like a “plump” werewolf.”
#150 & 151 “Ask her about that stripper nelly knocked up in ATL laugh at that u broke ass bitch. “The same hoe fucking for tracks.”
You’ll got me ROFL!!!
I will def be in Jena next Thursday! That will be such an adrenaline rush. I love Mos Def. He is so intelligent and so multi-talented.
And I KNOW Ashanti did not laugh at Britney. Like someone else said, Britney’s worst topped Ashanti’s best. All she does is rub her hair and put her hand on her side like she’s mental or sumthin. MTV was wrong for letting her go on and Britney should have just backed down. Either way, she would still be bashed by the media so like a trooper she went through with it. I respect her for going through with it…..BTW, chick is making over $700,000 a month. Ashanti n Nelly combined don’t make that much. Her ass need to be worried about her own damn self and how she was fuckin for tracks!!!
Toodlez
Ashanti’s ugly ass needs to shut the fuck up! She cant sing and doesnt have any talent at all.Britney is a way better performer than her.Her performance at the VMA’s sucked but Britney on her worse day can outperform Ashitty’s hairy ass.It’s people like Ashitty that make it hard for people today.She always laughs and she also talked about Aaliyah when she died.I hate Ashitty with a passion becuz she sucks and is a mean person. If I ever see that ugly ass,non talented bitch on the streets Im gonna kill her ass for real!
Ashanti has never said anything negative about anyone in the music industry since the day she’s started. Her personality is all about laughter. That day, on Punk’d I’m sure they edited a lot of stuff out. She was sick, as I remember, and it was her birthday so I would’ve been equally pissed. Anyway, everyone knows how editors can be. They will twist up something and make it a whole new different scenario. Ashanti was probably tired of being questioned about that performance, because I’m sure she had been asked plenty of times. She probably did it as in “Oh God, not again” – type of way when asked. I highly doubt she had any intentions of being disrespectful. She’s too positive for that.
&& ASHANTI NEVER SAID NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT AALIYAH WHEN SHE DIED. SHE alwaysssssssss had nothing but positive things to say about Aaliyah, just as every other artist in the industry. So that is straight bullshit right there.
dangit yall… lol… leave ashanti alone … let it had been “beyonce” or some other person who puts on a great performance all da time, da comments would have been way different
and how do some of yall even know if how she laughed had anything ta do with the question they asked her on britneys performance? its gonna be an automatic assumption bcuz of how she did it and wat was asked… but yall still dont kno …
and when people take other things about a person that aint got nuthin ta do with the subject matter and talks junk about em with that information annoys me
To #217 and #224…I hope you got all ya lil kicks out of disrespecting me behind a computer, where i’m from you have to say that sh*t to somebody’s face for anybody to give a damn. Perpetrating ass hoes.
-my opinion still remains the same about Ashanti. Your comments did not evoke world peace.
To #217 and #224…I hope you got all ya lil kicks out of disrespecting me behind a computer, where i’m from you have to say that sh*t to somebody’s face for anybody to give a damn. Perpetrating ass hoes.
-my opinion still remains the same about Ashanti. Your comments did not evoke world peace. so save dat sh*t
Although Im not a fan of either Britney or Ashanit, ummm who’s bashing Ashanti just out of jealousy? Paleeze…. Yeah Britney’s performance was a hot ass mess but whether she ever performs again she’s set for life PERIOD. Lets keep it real, now had somebody of importance rudely laughed like that i.e Beyonce, Mariah, MJB, Alicia Keys, hell even my girl K.Cole, need I go on? Then there wouldn’t be comments made up the ass. I give less than a fuck on hating on Ashanti cause what exactly is there to hate on.AWWW BABY. She’s not relevant in the music industry.Maybe if she’d discovered the cure for Beyoncitis she can laugh and I’ll laugh with her. Hell she not even as popular as J-Hud now and days!! Lets not get it twisted. All 7 fans of hers can download (not buy) her music if you want, I’ll be over here chillin….Holla
In my opinion i think k-fed kept her doped up but alot of celebrities might have a breakdown but hers is over the top.She firing people left and right she got restraining orders on her mom she triipping people saying they want to help her but they reall dont because they let her go to recovery senters where the muthafuckas prolly sneaking them any kind of drugs they want but they suppose to be there to help you and all they are is gettin you more drug and keepin you ever higher.
YEA BUT ASHANTI TRYS. BRITNEY DIDN’T EVEN TRY.
I wish everybody would march like this when our kids are killing each other, we are losing so many black youths it is almost like a genocide. What’s goin on in Jena is no suprise, the suprise is the way our youth are slaughtering each other. No one gets in a uproar about that, they read about it in the paper and think oh he must have been a gang member. We are the only race of people who hate on each other, mexicans oriental and every other race help each other and don’t care about whether one does better than the other, when we see one of us doing better we get jealous and want to take that person out, when we stop killin each other then I’ll go to Jena, save them for what so some other black person can kill them, white folks don’t have to lynch them no more we do it ourselves.