Check out Lil Wayne lending his support to GetSchooled.com, an initiative co-developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom that creates a platform for corporate and community stakeholders to address the challenges facing America’s public schools.
On Sept. 8 at 8 p.m., all of Viacom’s television properties (including BET, MTV, VH1) will join together to simultaneously air “Get Schooled: You Have the Right”, a 30-minute special that highlights education challenges and breakthroughs experienced by three leading figures from the world of entertainment, sports and politics; along with the stories of three of their most trusted professional colleagues.
Here’s another Timbaland-produced leak from the upcoming The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z, hitting stores and online September 11.
In related news, Jay also covers the upcoming issue of hip-hop magazine XXL. Check out the cover above and a snippet of the interview over at their official site.
Meet Hal Linton. A native of Barbados, Hal was born into a family of classically trained musicians. Discovered by Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken of SRP, the hit-making team that helped propel Rihanna to superstardom, Hal won four awards at the Barbados Music Awards in 2007, including “Song of the Year” for his single, “Cardiac Arrest”.
Now based in New York, the 24-year-old is prepping his debut album, Return from the Future, which is due to be released later this year on Universal / Motown.
On Tuesday, singer/actor Chris Brown was sentenced to five years of probation and 180 days of community labor to be served at the Commonwealth Catholic Charities in Richmond, Virginia.
He reached a plea deal with prosecutors in June that limited his sentence to probation and no jail time. The 20-year-old is required to take a yearlong domestic violence prevention class and was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Rihanna for the next five years unless they are both at an entertainment-related event, in which case he must stay 10 yards away.
Brown must pay $2,500 in restitution and another $2,500 in probation expenses. He must also pay a $30 criminal conviction fee and $400 that goes into a domestic violence fund. He faced a maximum of five years in prison had he been convicted.
According to a search warrant affidavit unsealed today in Houston, Michael Jacksondied of “lethal levels” of the anesthetic Propofol. Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal physician, told police that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks, giving Jackson 50 milligrams of Propofol every night through an IV.
Murray said he feared Jackson was becoming addicted and began weaning him off the drugs by lowering the dosage to 25 milligrams and mixing it with two other sedatives, Lorazepam and Midazolam.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Cassie and fashion designer Zac Posen pose for pics at the after party for the special screening of The September Issue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Wednesday night. Peep more photos below.
