THE ROUND UP: JANET INTERVIEW GOES BAD / COREY HARRIS GETS GENIUS GRANT / ‘DO OR DIE’ RAPPER GETS PRISON TIME

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Check out this video of Janet Jackson & Tyler Perry on a show yesterday morning. The interviewers tried to be slick and get in a question about Janet’s Superbowl incident, but Tyler wasn’t having it. [ SHOUT OUT TO LOVE B. SCOTT ]

COREY HARRIS GETS $500,000

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Blues & Reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist Corey Harris received the prestigious “Genius Grant’ recently. The MacArthur Fellowship gives a five-year grant to anyone showing “exceptional creativity in their work.” Harris received $500,000 from the organization, no strings attached. Click here to listen to him talking about his award.

‘DO OR DIE’ RAPPER GETS PRISON TIME

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Darnell Smith, 35, who goes by the name “Belo,” is one-third of Do or Die, a pioneering hip-hop group from the West Side best known for its breakthrough single “Po Pimp” from its 1996 platinum album “PictureThis.” The group has sold more than three million albums.

Belo pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder for the November 2002 shooting death of Raynard “B-Dog” Pinkston. Under a plea deal, Smith will receive a 10-year sentence.

“I think it’s a good outcome, and I thank God for it,” said Pinkston’s brother D’Angelo Dixon. “I’m glad that guy got 10 years.” [ READ MORE ]

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211 Responses to THE ROUND UP: JANET INTERVIEW GOES BAD / COREY HARRIS GETS GENIUS GRANT / ‘DO OR DIE’ RAPPER GETS PRISON TIME

  1. ThugPpassion

    gO JANET & TYLER ……. Do or Die did he have to take the band name so serious?

  2. Very wrong of those newcasters. Loving Tyler for making the save. I’m SO going to see that movie this weekend.

  3. WELL ALRIGHTY THEN, TYLER AINT HAVIN IT LMAOO

  4. Hell naw @ Do or Die. They used to be the shyt! I still bump “Playa Like Me and You”. Whatchall know about that???

  5. parks68110

    Lmao @ # 2 Ride or DIe Negro Ride or Die… He was my fav 2…awwww tear… Another one Bites the dust ey? damn

  6. H2O

    The news crew had no class at all. Nipplegate happened four years ago, get over it!!!
    Do they still ask Justin about that shit? Janet did the right thing by not responding. Tyler took up the slack like a man should. Damn morons. Go support the movie everyone because it is shit like this that makes me realize that some clear folks still don’t take black people seriously.

  7. MsMantha

    I hope Janet sues them for that crap!!! Then they go on to talk about how they lost $$ for it, who gives a care….

  8. TLADY

    GOOD LOOKING OUT TP!

    CONGRATS TO YOU COREY HARRIS!

    I HAD NO IDEA A MEMBER FROM DO OR DIE HAD BEEN ANY TYPE OF TROUBLE WOW!

  9. Ndi

    That was soooooooooooooooooooooooo RUDE! They were wrong and UTTERLY inappropriate! If that was Angelina Jolie they wouldn’t ask her about stealing Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston while shooting their movie together. The Super Bowl thing is so old. And check the way that tried to validate why it was ok for them to ask about it? “We’re a CBS station…it affected us directly.” I’m pretty sure it affected her directly…and everyone who watched…3-4 yrs ago! But just peep how laxed they are bout Black celebrities by comparison. Don’t they know that’s MS. JACKSON?!

  10. Why would they even bring that up?

  11. nunya

    LOL @ Tyler. He already knew what was good. Them reporters was all mad…. but they are free to say whatever they want or not say anything at all. They’ll get over it.

  12. They are foul for trying to clown Janet. At the same time, they wasted Tyler’s air time on non sense. SO WHAT – her tittie popped out! I mean, who hasn’t seen a breast before!

    10 years for murder??? NICE!

  13. REALSTATEOFMIND

    I love Tyler, he is still humble and keepin it real…..go tyler. I will be supporting your movie.

  14. dee

    When will white people get over this mess! It has been nearly four years since Janet’s superbowl performance. It is a clear attempt to bring her down.

  15. The media makes me sick when they try to be slick and go off the subject and attack when they can, I am so glad Tyler put their a$$es in check.

  16. sexydiva

    They were so unprofessional . That shit is like so old . Then he had the nerve to say ” I know she wasn’t gonna give a straight answer” So why did you ask ? He could have atleast been tactful with it ,he just started talking sideways . smh

  17. livinsweet

    that was so fucked up tyler handled it like a man and janet a woman but that shit was not called for they where way out of line .. and they should pay

  18. JoRo

    I bet those reporters wouldn’t ask Justin Timberlake about that. SMH.

  19. coolbreeze

    Let it die….how many boobs has the world seen….go fly a kite!!!!

  20. Stacy H

    that incident with Janet was like 4 years ago. and it is not like she hurt anybody but herself. that is a shame they keep bringing it up like it happened yesterday. to me it was not even that big of a deal. you see alot worse now on regular TV than ever before!

  21. ThinkAboutIt

    Tyler Perry absolutely handled them -

    They will always bring up the Superbowl things, because they wanted to destroy her. They will never, ever understand the resilence of Black people.

  22. That interview was very disrespectful! I am glad Tyler is quick witted!

  23. jamaican gal

    TYLER!!!! u r too funny!!! but i agree with him tho..they neeed to move on from that scandal and stick to the topic of the interview!!! thats all they care about is the negatives of africans americans.They never want any black proliferation!!!!!!

  24. INOBE

    White people make me sick….

  25. Wow…my cousin use to work with Do or Die…he did a mix tape with them. Didn’t know Belo got convicted.

  26. VODORAUN

    OK ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT ITS ANOTHER TYPICAL CASE OF WHITE PEOPLE BEING IGNORANT TOWARDS BLACK POEPLE AND THIER ENDEVEAROS BUT WHATEVER I MEAN WE WONT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE FACT OF HOW THEY ACTED, BUT WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW ARE U GOING TO TRY AND GET AT TWO PEOPLE WHO COULD PROBABLY BUY YOU AND YOUR TV STATION AT THE DROP OF A HAT…IM PISSED BUT I GIVE PROPS TO TYLER AND JANET FOR HANDLING IT SO GRACEFULLY….SEEMS LIKE THE REAL ASS WAS THE ONE ON THE SCREEN I HOPE HE GETS FIRED!

  27. Queen Tee

    Belo did the crime now take it like a man and do the time!! Still love u though!

  28. Nina Smith

    I am so sick of Janet Jackson acting like a teenager….She is a forty something year old woman it’s time that she stands up for herself. She needs some of that stage persona for her personal life.

  29. Tikki

    That idiotic B!T@H. What the hell was that about? Wasn’t that issue buried a long time ago? My goodnes!. The man is there to promote his movie and they coming at them all arsenine and sh!t. I didn’t see them bringing up crap to Winona in her interviews after she stole that crap. Come on now that was a low blow and it pissed me off. I really do hope he blows them at the box office. They are so lucky that it was not someone else…..

  30. That interviewer was a real a**hole & I say that in the nicest way!

  31. WhatThe

    Tyler, much respect for shuttin them down. They need to get off the bull. Let it go, how long ago did this happen?

  32. Caint watch the vid @ work, but they need to let Janets Sbowl incident go, that ish was too damn long ago! 500K Corey, that’s gonna buy a LOT of sensi!!!! Dayum when ur group falls off, you commit murder?!?!? I loved that group back in the early 90′s……..”Paper Chase im on a mfin paper chase”! Ahh the good ol’ days!

  33. dee dee

    What a bunch of assholes. The Grey people are always trying to clown. I like how Janet didn’t have to say shit and Tyler handled that shit like a gentleman, which was more than they deserved.

  34. vexxed

    I wrote a letter to the station, it was shameful and crass and classless.

    Both Tyler and Janet handled themselves wonderfully. I wouldn’t dignify that mess with a response either if I were her.

  35. ms_mac

    Wow, that was some seriously disrespectful shit from what was supposed to be a group of professional jouranlists. They should ALL be fired. And it was so blantantly rude and offensive. Poor Janet looked livid. I mean even though I think her little malfunction was intentional, and Justin was a part of it, that mess is sooooo old! And why bring her on your program if her actions affected your station (parent company) so badly? They set her ass up for real. Good on Tyler for having some decorum. I would have walked off the stage.

  36. One day Janet is going grow a back bone .Until then she will continue to let other people talk for her .Once her back bone is in place she will be able to answer question like most adults and stop conducting her interviews like she is 14 years old. In other words she needs to talk as bad as she dances.!!!!!

  37. VODORAUN

    @35 IM WRITIN IN AS WELL

  38. SUPERCENT

    The media are a bunch of hyprocrital backstabing jerks. Not all of them. But clearly they want to keep harping on what happen at the Superbowl Event FOUR YEARS AGE. Get Real. I was in Vegas for this Superbowl. I watched the half-time show and I missed it. I only got a chance to see it caue the media palyed its part in constantly showing what happen. But they aren’t going to Man-up to that.

    I am pretty sure Janet knew these asshoee was going to ask her questions about the. She is classy. That’s why I like Janet. But Tyler did what he was suppose to have done. No they are not going to ask Justin cause he lets thime know ahead of time not to ask him about that. Janet was being real and not demanding certain questions to be asked.

    The thing about SOME White Americans is that they don’t want to acknowledge their input on the morale of this country. They are the ones whom set the bar. Playboy, Porn, sex on television and so forth. So for them to try to give a black person so much slack for this is so HYPROCRITICAL. Get real. Clean your closets out first.

    Corey Harris congrats. I am looking forward to hearing your music.

    And as for Darnell Smith, I hope you learn from you poor decision to take someone’s life. Sometimes when its all said and done, we need to be responsible for what we decide to do. Use self-control, it will take you further in life.

  39. TT

    OK that interview REALLY pissed me off…..They didnt care about Tyler’s movie just LOOK at the BANNER during the interview it says JANET JACKSON….this interview wasnt about JJ so they had every intentions on doing what they did….. f&ckin a**holes…..get over it NO ONE cares about her boobs anymore. So what it affect you directly! Life is full of changes just go w/the flow….its no different as if your boss came in w/an idea that you had to follow ASAP…………Im done venting….excuse the spellin

  40. What was the point of brining that up??? I mean damn people can you get over it…That dude was an @sshole…Tyler wanted to keep it on subject but he kept trying…..just ignorant!!!

  41. This was extremely unprofessional and ridiculous. I think this man have no right to go after her as if this even relative. I am sure they would This makes me love Tyler all the more. That right Tyler don’t you let them play our icon like that. She deserves to move on from that just like Justin Timberlake. That is why I will never support Justin . Ever.

    As anyone asked him those questions lately??

  42. Queen_Chrissee

    The news crew was to me a bunch of assholes. I’m glad Tyler backed Janet up the way he did. I can’t stand these assholes. They pissed me off as I was watching the damn clip. I was about to punch through my freaking computer screen. Whatever, they’re some racist pricks.

    As for ol boy from Do or Die, what a damn shame. 35 years old and going to prison, wow, what a way to f–k up your life in your prime. You should be enjoying life now, not enjoying it behind bars. What a dumb ass. Leave that shit alone. These niggaz too old for that shit gangsta shit. Sit your ass down somewhere. Well, you’ll have enough time to do that huh?

  43. ms_mac

    This really is kind of pissing me off the more I think about it. The media will never get over it because it was a Black tittyball. Plain and simple. Morals had nothing to do with it. Trust. When that white girl from Charmed and Jawbreakers (I forget her name) went to some awards show with Marilyn Manson with practically NOTHING on, nobody said shit. I mean she was all up and down the red carpet like WHAT? The only thing she had on was some black drawers. And this was well before the Janet incident. I mean seriously, they even interviewed the chick and was like, “Who are you wearing”? WTF??????????????

  44. Oh, Vexxed,

    I have already called them. Trust me I know that they will get alot of complaints. People please call and let your voice be heard.

  45. @ SUPERCENT,

    Are you talking about the SuperBowl where the incident occurred? If so, that was in Houston. I was living there at the time. Great argument though.

  46. Ms. Risi

    @45….hook me up with the digits…I’m ready to call and complain my self…racist jerks….!

  47. HIP HOP FOREVER

    I know times like that Janet wish she wasn’t a celebrity, I know she wanted to tell them to STFU!

  48. That_ va_chick

    What a racist prick. He should get fired for that BS. Damn get over it…it happened ages ago. Janet shouldhave let him have it Bigtime.

  49. HIP HOP FOREVER

    Janet gone be ight she still making that $$$, more money than that reporter will ever see, that’s why he mad and because she still doing it well and that whole thing didn’t break her. They get mad when we don’t fall for their sh*t

  50. Ms. Risi
    Friday, October 12, 2007
    @45….hook me up with the digits…I’m ready to call and complain my self…racist jerks….!

    **** click on the video, it links you right to their website. You can call the Newsroom.

  51. pollcat99

    Get over it that incident was so yesterday. Viacom/CBS has some nerve….. How can they talk about morality when they broadcast the ish that they broadcast. The soaps that they broadcast during the day is way WORSE than the superbowl incident.

    BTW if you are going to see the movie this weekend, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A TICKET STUB FOR “WHY DID I GET MARRIED”. A caller on the Steve Harvey radio show said that she purchased five tickets this morning and they were for the movie “Elizabeth”. We need for this to be NO. 1 at the box office so we can get more quality african american movies on the big screen.

  52. Northerner

    I think personally that CBS should make some kind of apology to the persons who represent the movie. Tyler and Janet were representing “Why Did I Get Married” not the Superbowl which rightly said happened four years ago, those are two totally different issues and they were not there to discuss that. On the other hand they should have protected themselves before the interview by having some kind of clause in the Interview Agreement that they not discuss anything other than the movie, let that be a lesson for later. Maybe that is why they don,t ask Angelina why she stole Brad from his wife while married… they protect themselves first from those questions.
    Everyone go out and see the movie I hope I get a chance to see it, I am in Halifax Nova Scotia and the theatre downtown does NOT ALWAYS play entirely Black cast movies (uhmm) sometimes its quite a drive to go to another theatre, inspite of three large universities with a very diverse student body, and a huge population of African and Caribbean students in the downtown area.
    Go help them make that movie a success

  53. Do or Die, WHAT??? Can’t believe that. Why man?

    @Cmeez, yeah I remember that. What you know about…

    Do you wanna run with me?
    Do you wanna smoke my B’s?
    Never could you take my G’s
    I’m a Po P-I-M-P

    I used to love that too. “Still Po Pimpin”

  54. Martinique_fr

    There really was no need to bring that ish up. That jerk needs to be slapped.
    Tyler was cool to keep trying to keep that bunch of retards in check.
    Janet needs to learn to stand up for herself and be more assertive with the media.

  55. Shonni

    smh @ that

    I like the way TP held it down though. Media need to quit bringin up old shit. Talkin about it affected them directly…an excuse for a bad move on their part. jerks.

  56. Princess Amelie

    That was totally out of order! I can’t believe the arrogance of that news guy. He acted like a complete jerk! And damn, such double standards…

  57. Julian Streete

    Stupid white people

  58. Tiana

    So wrong what those guys did to janet. but well done tyler for having her back.

  59. JUDAH

    LMAO at the caucasians’ frustration when the black man stood up for the black woman. It nullified all the confusion that they were trying to cause. Now if their idol Britney Spears ever has the resurgence that they’re all praying to Satan that she has, I wonder if 3 years down the line, they’ll try to rehash all the skeletons in her closet.

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