THE ROUND UP: MARION JONES ADMITS TO STERIOD USE / BEYONCE GETTING SUED AGAIN / R.KELLY TOUR NEXT MONTH / FREE FOXY
Friday, October 5, 2007

For years, Marion Jones angrily denied she was a drug cheat, swearing she was clean and daring anyone to prove otherwise.
Seven years after her triumphs at the 2000 Olympics, the three-time gold medalist has admitted in a recent letter to family and close friends that she used steroids before the Sydney Games, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
She’s scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., on Friday to plead guilty to charges in connection with her steroid use, a federal law enforcement source told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, and would not provide specific details about the plea.
“I want to apologize for all of this,” the Post reported Jones saying in her letter, quoting a person who received a copy and read it to the paper. “I am sorry for disappointing you all in so many ways.” [READ MORE]
This really pissed me off. I looked up to her when I was back in school and even did a project on her. What a shame!
BEYONCE JACKING LYRICS?

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals received a copyright infringement case Wednesday filed by a Minnesota woman claiming Beyonce’s 2003 hit “Baby Boy” illegally uses lyrics from her song, “Got a Little Bit of Love for You.”
Jennifer Armour of Shakopee, Minn already had her lawsuit dismissed by a Houston judge, but the woman appealed her case, believing it should be heard by a jury, reports the Associated Press.
Beyonce, 26, did not attend Wednesday’s hearing, which took place before a three-judge panel.
Armour’s attorney, Dana Kirk, told the judges that an expert analyzed Armour’s slow and melodic version alongside Knowles’ song featuring Sean Paul and that the two are substantially similar [READ MORE]
R.KELLY TO GO ON TOUR, NOT TRIAL

SCREEN CAP TAKEN FROM AN EPISODE OF ‘THE BOONDOCKS’
With no start date for his child pornography trial in sight, R. Kelly has laid the groundwork for an upcoming tour to promote his most recent studio album, “Double Up,” which entered The Billboard 200 at No. 1 in June.
Fellow R&B crooners J. Holiday and Ne-Yo are booked as opening acts for the tour, which is scheduled to hit 39 dates across the United States beginning Nov. 14 at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Ga., and wrapping Jan. 12 at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va. [ click here to read more ]
Wow! I guess he will never go on trial. Ain’t nothing like a good concert though? Who is going to hit that up?
FREEFOXYBROWN.COM

Foxy Brown has launched a new Web site, FreeFoxyBrown.com, that is designed to keep fans updated with her latest news, as well as allow folks to send messages to the rapper while she’s on lockdown at Rikers Island.
“I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that,” Brown said in a statement. “I am in great spirits and very focused, and needed a forum to communicate to the people.”






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151.
ThinkAboutIt
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
People don’t be fooled, there is nothing noble about Marion Jones coming clean right now. Her baby’s father, Tim Montgomery has already pled guilty to steriods and money laundering/bad check scheming. And he testified against their Coach Steve Riddick and was going to testify against Marion as well. She was probably worried about what else Tim might reveal during a trial. I mean she not only admitted the steriod use, she is also pleading guilty to the check scheming as well.
So even if “everybody” is doing the steriods, is everybody money laundering and check scheming? Sorry - she’s a liar and a crook.
Can’t really take her apology so seriously because she has been lying for the past 7 years, how do we know she’s not lying now?
I do hope she will be redeemed - she has a son to raise, so she’ll take the hit ..maybe 6 months max, and get back to trying to get her life back together.
152.
jscene
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
I will attend any concert R. Kelly gives…and will continue to support him until the judge bangs his gabble and says “you have been found guilty by a jury of your peers.” It’s just my feeling, I refuse to convict someone because some people FEEL he’s guilty. I don’t watch so called “child porn” so if there is a tape out there with him having sex with a child, i would never watch it…and smh at the niggas that did, and then got the damn audacity to come on here and blast people for going to his concert, but your ass sat up and watched a damn kiddie porn tape, and probably watched the whole damn tape all the way through, rewinding and shit, pausing and zooming in to boot, which by the way is fuckin illegal to watch, so you should take your asses to jail too…this is not just about R. Kelly, i just feel strongly about someone convicting people outside of the legal system, unless your name is “judge and jury”, your opinion outside of trial of whether someone is guilty or not holds no weight at all with me…..what the fuck ever! Moving the fuck on!
P.S., if there is anyone on this site who was molested as a child, or has a child who has been molested, or who is just sensitive to this type of issue, i completely understand your disgust of him, and i don’t mean to come off callous…but if R. Kelly was accused of murder, i would have this same argument…it’s not about the type of crime, it’s about pronouncing someone guilty outside of a trial, is where i take issue. If tomorrow they a court find him guilty, i would no longer support him, and i would share your disdain…that day has not come.
153.
Shop Girl
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
Oh my goodness! She was a bullet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQkUTJH4N4
154.
Shonni
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
Yeah…I wrote Crazy In Love. Maybe I should sue. LOL
This is some crap. Don’t matter if she wrote it or not. She is still the top female entertainer. As far as the suit..pfffft. The judge dismissed it and now she’s appealing. Isn’t that what mofo’s do after the been found guilty and swear up and down they are innocent? Folk who get put on death row get an automatic appeal..don’t mean shit.
But yeah…Bey has alot of haters. Not callin any one person in particular a hater…but if the shoe fits, Throw them mofo’s on and run laps in them bishes.
155.
Ninagirl1
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
I saw the case with Jones on the news earlier this afternoon and think it sucks that she would work so hard to achieve all that she has and give it up. Regardless of what she did to win, she still won. Even tho she was taking performance enhancing drugs it was more of her mentally wanting it.
156.
Walter
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
beyonce writes some stuff and doesnt right some stuff. Every single artist is like that. Name ONE artist who has ever written every single song they have ever recorded. at least if she stole it she still managed to change up the lyrics(which most likely included her writing something). Beyonce wrote “Dangerously In Love” all by her self when she was 17. and the lyrics in tht song are the best of all her songs which lets u know tht she Can write!
157.
jscene
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
@154 shonni who wrote:
“Bey has alot of haters. Not callin any one person in particular a hater…but if the shoe fits, Throw them mofo’s on and run laps in them bishes.”
Okay, what the hell does someone stealing a damn song has to do with hatin on someone…a thief is a thief……if beyonce shot someone in front of hundreds of people, and she got sent to jail, i swear you all would say “they only sent her to jail cause they hatin on her.” WTF..how bout beyonce has been caught lying, claiming shit was hers, and then only giving credit to the real author of the song because she got caught in her lies, cause the real person (neyo) was not about to let her take credit for his song….if he’d never admitted he wrote it, beyonce would still be running her ass around, claiming that song as hers, as she did in concert, when she announced she wrote irreplaceable for all the ladies….how bout she’s a thief…guess that aint possible….and anyone close to accusing her of stealing is simply a hater….bullshit, and you can shut that noise down.
A clue: a hater is a person who makes personal attacks on a celebrity, such as appearance wise, or talk about something none related to the subject…..now that might be a hater, and then again, it might not…please stop accusing people of being a hater simply for stating their opinion on the TOPIC AT HAND.
158.
lala
Friday, October 5, 2007 /
RE: Marion Jones…
I believe most if not all the top athletes take some type of performance enhancing drug! Sure I believe these people have natural born talent in their sport but how do u compete at that level when the 7 other people on the track running with u are cheating too.
Flo Jo….the baddest in the game…..
Does anyone really believe that she died of heart failure in her sleep in her 30’s even though she was healthy? Come on! Thats years of steroid use that killed her.
Or a grown man that has acne. like Carl Thomas? Whatever
My uncle is a track and field olympic gold medalist and he admitted to steriod use and said….. anyone at the olympic level who says they have NEVER taken anything is lying. Its part of the game now! There is too much money involved not to! Its not just about the medals anymore but millions of dollars in endorsement deals. The love of money truly is the root of all evils! Marion better pray she does not drop dead in her 30’s like Flo or develop cancer, etc. Jail, public disgrace and bankruptcy is the least of her problems IMO.
Marion just got caught…..just like Ben Johnson.
159.
GYP
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
BEYONCE DOES WRITE HER MUSIC, MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT BUT SHE DOES & SHE DIDN’T STEEL THOSE LYRICS!!!!! EVERY1 ALWAYS JUST WANTS 2 SUE HER CUZ SHE GOT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
160.
algie
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
i refuse to support mr pee-pee and his nasty azz. and i am saddned by marion jones admitting to taking steriods because i was one of the ones defending her around my peers.
161.
Yoli
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
I was a college athlete and I am not making any excuses for her. But when you get to a certian level you are under so much pressure to achieve, to be the best. And at that time in your life you are still really a kid. What she did was wrong, I just understand the desire she had, on top of all the expectations that others have of you.
162.
misunderstood
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
@ jscene
you are a hypocrite ,how are u gonna sit up here and say all that bullshit about guilty ass r.kelly being innocent until proven otherwise by a judge and jury, but beyonce won her case, i’m not saying she is totally innocent but anything we think is purely speculation…so why is it that she can’t get the benefit of the doubt like mr molesting ass kelly, and for the record alot of people say that tape and i’m quite sure people only watched it because when all that crap came to light people could’nt believe that he would do something like that, and wanted to know if that was really him nothing more nothing less, stop trying to turn it around on other people . you are trying to justify why you like a sick pervert, i bet if that was your daughter or niece you would be singing a different tune.
163.
misunderstood
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
sorry for posting twice:)
164.
Junior in Jamaica
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
Can’t wait for you to come out Foxy!
Beyonce needs to be stopped.
R. Kelly is a nasty ass man. I will never forget. He needs to do serious time for being a pedophile. Damn, nasty.
Can’t believe ya’ll want Foxy to be in jail for beating a bitch when R. Kelly’s nasty ass is scotch free. You people are just as sick.
165.
Greatestloveofall
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
@152 jscene, well how come so many people on this blog are freely calling Brandy a MURDERER for an accident and she’s not even had her trial yet? Probably cause shes a black woman, and they’re apparently easier to bash and criticise than a black man
And no, I didnt watch Kels’ disgusting sex tape and I never will. I’ve just heard about what he did in it, and thats all I wanna know, because it sounds vile and vulgar.
If this was a white girl in the tape, mainstream white America would have convicted his ass a long time ago, but since it’s a black girl, no-one cares. Racist white ppl in powerful positions dont care about the lives of blacks, even if it’s their duty to protect all US citizens, and the ignorant black folks (SOME OF US, OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL OF US) would probably worringly support R Kelly, as they already see black females as objects you can expolit and degrade.
166.
Greatestloveofall
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
Beyonce will probably write on odd verse or the occasional lyrics. C’mon she aint smart enough to be writing anything like Irreplaceable. Bootylicious I can see, since her illiterate self had to make up a word like that.
Maybe the Knowles family should have kept her in high school instead of taking her out. Perhaps then she would have been a better speaker and wouldn’t sound like such a ditz.
She just leaves all her finances and legal issues to the experts around her.
167.
Greatestloveofall
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
Anyway I’m tired Beyonce and her light-skinned high yellow bitch ass. How about we see some chocolate dark skinned sisters, and not this piss colored bitch?
168.
Shonni
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
Jscene did I accuse YOU of being a hater? You basically put yourself in the shoe, LOL Thanks for the book though…RELAX LOL
169.
Terrell
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
MISS JONES IS A SLUT u a hater…
170.
A.J
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
I PERSONALLY DONT SUPPORT WHAT SHE DID BUT EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKE PEOPLE CELEBRITIES ARE NO DIFFERENT
SO GIVE HER A BREAK THE GIRL IS GOING THROUGH ENOUGH ALREADY SHE LOST EVERYTHING WHAT DID U GUYS LOOSE … EXACTLY
171.
jscene
Saturday, October 6, 2007 /
@162
You need to either read, get hooked on phonics, or but your damn glasses on. I did give beyonce the benefit of the doubt, i did not say she was guilty on THIS PARTICULAR song, but i did say she has been caught telling lies that she’s written things, and then later admitting someone else wrote it like in the case of irreplaceable. She was caught on tape saying she wrote that song, then later in interviews like when she was on cnn, she admitted neyo wrote it, of course that came after the firestorm of neyo coming forward saying he actually wrote it…SO THAT MAKES HER A LIAR AND A THIEF for trying to take credit from something she know damn well she didnt do; THAT’S BEEN PROVEN….now as far as this particular song, don’t know, and said that in my post….so please stop adding shit just cause you didn’t like what i said….if you don’t agree, take it with a grain and salt and keep stepping, trust, i won’t be offended, there’s alot of beyonce ass kissers on this site that would probably take a bullet for her ass….and as far as if it was my daughter in the case of r. kelly, umm, if she took her little hot tail ass up to some celebrity and wanted to sleep with them and got in over her head, that’s on her, and i would do what i had to do to help her deal, but i doubt if that chick is feeling raped…..she’s probably going around bragging about that…you people seem to be taking worst than anyone…it’s rape because she was underage, but from all sources, she seemed to have been a willing participant, as with a lot of the groupies that hang around the celebrities, alot of them are underage, and if you try to throw them out of the club, concert, or lounge, they would scratch your damn eyes out, curse you out, and would be trying their best to put a bullet in your head with you trying to keep them from their man, i don’t condon this, but it is what it is…this shit can get nipped in the bud at home, not the criminal justice system, they are predators out there that are willing always, and if they get a willing participant, the shit is on and poppin. it wasn’t like kelly was driving around in his car, kidnappng children, lying, enticing them with free candy and cd’s, and the indictment didn’t say he was snatching children off the street…but i’m not putting this case on trial, i’ll leave that up to the criminal justice system..my opinion or yours has no weight here…….so, until then, i am front and center at his concerts…
@shonni
Nope, i’m not, but i did think you would take it that way because of course, we’re all just haters for telling the truth…lol. Like i said, what does her taking credit for shit she didn’t do got to do with people hating on her…either answer that question, or keep your very juvenile statements to yourself.
@165 greatestloveofall
I agree with the brandy situation, and i had the same argument with her; she has not been found guilty of shit, neither has she been ticketed for anything relating to that incident; so in my book, she’s innocent until she’s proven guilty of something. People want to say i’m just trying to make excuses for r. kelly, but i said the same thing about brandy and other celebrities who people came out and judged before they even got indicted, much less went to trial….just stupidity to me.
172.
getreal
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
^^^^ Wow I think you’re a Beyonce stan and don’t even realize it b/c who the hell writes a million essays about someone they claim not to like or who would get so emotional over ppl’s damn opinions. U and Greatestloveofall both sound pathetic and jealous as hell especially Greatestloveofall w/ her racist comments about light-skinned women. Mya is light-skinned and she ain’t been that successful so that proves that Beyonce has been successful b/c she acutally has TALENT unlike some ppl.
And for the record on the Irreplacable thing. Ya’ll obviously don’t pay attention. NEYO said HIMSELF on bet that he and Bey co-wrote the song TOGETHER. He wrote most of the lyrics and she added some ad-libs and stuff and he said that makes it a CO-WRITE so she CAN say that she wrote it. She works w/ so many ppl that she just forgot to mention that Neyo wrote it too. I doubt it was intentional b/c they’re friends. So she is NOT a liar no matter how bad some of ya’ll hallucinate b/c she has not been PROVEN as a liar. She’s won all lawsuits and nobody has any proof to prove she doesn’t write her own stuff. Bootylicious is in the dictionary so she made history. And she won ASCAP songwriter of the year and was the 1 AA female to do so and some of ya’ll can pray and hope and dream but BEYONCE OBVIOUSLY AIN’T GOING NOWHERE b/c she’s still on top after 10 whole yrs. I feel bad for those who don’t like her b/c u r gonna see or hear her everyday for a long time. Get over it.
173.
so what
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
@ AWO U sound like a Rihalien stan why would Beyonce wanna be like a big forehead no talent flat ass girl who can’t even go platinum. Beyonce sells millions is a bigger star is better looking and she is still on top and every female artist gets compared to her. Rihalien is still trying to be like Bey w/ her irreplacable rip off video. Bey wore the bra and pencil skirt in irreplacable now look at Rihalien wannabe ass in her video w/ Neyo. Please Rihalien and her stan who probably didn’t even buy one of her barely gold c.d’s needs to sit the hell down!!!
174.
UK
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
JUST WONDERING DIDNT SHE TAKE HYPE OVER THAT NE-YP IRREPLACABLE SONG??
175.
Greatestloveofall
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
Beyonce is gettin fuckin lighter everyday. This high yellow heffer needs to get that skin sorted out to look black again.
176.
WOW
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
GreatestHateofAll U need psychiatric help talking about light-skin ppl and posting all these damn ridiculous comments. How old is this post and u keep coming back to it everyday. Damn I guess it’s true that Beyonce has power over her haters b/c haters like u can’t help but come back to her posts. Damn do u eat sleep drink and dream about Beyonce. U sound jealous and pathetic.
And for the record Beyonce being light skin has nothing to do w/ her success. Like someone said before Mya is light skin and she ain’t been that successful so it’s Beyonce’s talent that keeps her being consistently successful.
@ getreal I agree w/ u 100 percent. Neyo did say that so that means that neyo and bey wrote irreplacable together. Don’t pay no attention to 2 pathetic haters/stans who keep running back to Beyonce posts. She has power over them and they don’t even know it. LMAO. Jwhatever and GreatestHateofall in 3….2…..1…… LOL That’s a damn shame.
177.
Jen
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
Marion = Pathetic; I hate cheaters
Bitch suing Beyonce = Pathetic; your shit was thrown out once; how many times are you going to appeal?
R. Kelly = Pathetic; I hope he goes to jail for the rest of his life for peeing on little girls. I wouldn’t step foot into one of his concerts if he paid ME.
Foxy Brown = Pathetic. Trick, you ain’t Pimp C.
178.
liz
Sunday, October 7, 2007 /
Thank you whowhat were. This is the truth, r.kelly is only messing with black girls, yet BLACK people still supporting him AND you KNOW if this has been white man we’d be all over him. This is disgusting…each and every one of you who acknowledge that you believe he did it AND STILL want to support him…shameful.
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BY WHOWHATWHERE
R. Kelly is only molesting black girls, that’s why he is able to continue his career. The saddest thing about this whole mess is that black people continue to support him, how pathetic. I heard this news report how he was out here in Florida and was caught with child pornography in his hotel suite but wasn’t charged because the evidence was seized illegally and that he paid three separate people to settle their cases against him. I swear some black people could be standing in the room with him watching and still say he is innocent. very sad!
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