Negro Please... of January 18, 2009

A North Carolina theater has suspended showings of Biggie's biopic "Notorious" after a man was shot at the venue opening night (Friday, January 16). According to the Associated Press, a 32-year-old man was shot twice during an argument at the Grand 18 theater on Friday and around 700 people were evacuated from the venue.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery and is believed to be in stable condition.

A spokeswoman for the Grand 18 Theater said that customers who had tickets for the Friday showing of Notorious will receive refunds.

What the f*ck can some niggas in North Carolina get into an argument about while watching a movie about a New York rapper? Maybe one was aggy because the movie doesn't depict the fact that B.I.G. was a dealer in N.C. before he was finally pullin in money for rap. Country *sses...

I don't know why the theater is not going to show the show the movie anymore, in the words of Rollo Goodlove, "Niggas is just gon' be niggas! So you might as well get that money while you bullsh*ttin'."



"Notorious" opened in theaters nationwide Friday. The film came in at second place in the box office yesterday grossing an estimated $8.3 million.

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Biggie = Obama? Negro Please... of January 17, 2008

Dipset rappers (or former Dipset rappers) Jim Jones and Juelz Santana will be providing a free screening of the film, Notorious, to fans. The film covers the life of the late Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls and the more popular Notorious B.I.G.

B.I.G was gunned down on March 9, 1997 (a day before my birthday... depressing year) leaving an after-party in California. The slaying has remained unsolved as the rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace and wife, Faith Evans, continue to seek justice in the aftermath of the tragedy.

"I never got a chance to meet him, so this is me as a Harlem dude saluting a cat from Brooklyn, in a small but meaningful way," Juelz stated. "Jim and I figured that so many people in the Hip-Hop community would be going to the see the movie individually; if we can make it so that everyone sees it together, that's a great thing."

Ditto to that. Most regions are too proud to big up a pioneer from another one, try to convince some ATLiens to get that chip off their shoulder.

However, someone is always going overboard...

"I did it for Hip-Hop," said Jones, who compared B.I.G. to another trailblazer. "It's as big as Obama's being the first black president. This is part of our history in the urban community; Biggie was our first Obama."

Word? Negro Please.

Forget B.I.G. Forget 2Pac. Forget Pimp C. God bless the dead, but NO rapper, dead OR alive, can be compared to President Barack Obama's historic win. "Ready To Die," "All Eyez On Me," or any other classic album by whatever hip-hop artist, any Black artist ever, cannot compare to this win for Black people everywhere.

Jim Jones is an ignorant nigga, not quite as ridiculous as Lil Wayne, but this takes the cake. I want to see "Notorious," but I'm not as geek'd for it as... oh... the Inaguration of President Obama. If someone offered me a free ticket to DC over some free screening, the choice would not be hard.

Biggie = Obama? SMH.

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20 Answers (January 2009)

I read Vibe Magazine... Surprise! Seriously, I consider Vibe a genuine journalistic approach to hip-hop. XXL has a bunch of interviews, with all the ignorant things rappers say preserved (and they are on 50's jock way too often). The Source looks like a friggin tabloid now and it's impossible to take serious... er, read. I don't consider Ozone a legitimate piece of reading material (and your awards suck too!). Lastly, KING is good for one thing (and tissue for the clean up).

On the last page of Vibe, they have 20 Questions, in which they ponder some issues that had occured during the time of the issue. Some of the questions are funny as hell, but not as funny as some answers that people have given in the past. I figured I'd take a crack at them every time an issue comes out.

1. Who is Lil Wayne's new baby mama?
Someone with a coke habit or really bad eyesight. Or both.

2. Rich Boy, where's your album?
On the shelf, Interscope can't afford buying a million copies of his next brick.

3. Why do Diddy's Making The Band finales always end on a bad note?
Because it's Bad Boy? Or because you can't apply autotune to a tv show like Diddy uses it on his records.

4. Do you really need a Nelly/Akon/T-Pain/Pharrell supergroup in your life?
Only if the cd comes with a complimentary dose of Ritalin to get through it.

5. Can you call a tour No Limit Reunion without Master P, Silkk The Shocker, and Mystikal?
There is no limit to the amount of jokes that travesty would be.

6. Shouldn't Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears stop acting like they don't want to collaborate?
They should get over the whole "Cry Me A River" issue and take it back to the Mickey Mouse club!

7. Are Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union officially an item?
Not if Wade knows what's good for him. I'll end your career!

8. After admitting he was a correctional officer, doesn't Rick Ross look silly boasting about "gettin rich" off cocaine?
He lied about making an honest living. Hm. It's deeper than a rap...

9. When D'Angelo makes his inevitable comback, are all Maxwell's fawning fans going to turn on him?
I'm sorry, but I really couldn't give two sh*ts about either one of these dudes. I thought D'Angelo was fat and in jail anyway.

10. Did the cost of the A-Rod/Kobe/Tony Hawk/Michael Phelps commercial for Guitar Hero World Tour kill the profits from the game?
Most likely, but it's still an almost uber-cool commercial (get rid of Kobe, the camera hog lol).

11. Wouldn't Soulja Boy AKA Sambo Boy make a killing as a full-time choreographer?
He'd make even more as a full-time minstrel.

12. Do you believe Ne-Yo lost his virginity at age 9?
Yes, and I'm sure he was a lucky dude... lol...

13. Do you believe in Santa Claus, too?
YEAH, and that b*tch *ss n*gga is gonna pay what he owe! All I wanted was some rims, not even the whole car!

14. Wasn't it a really good idea for Diddy to buy Enyce?
No, it was a really Bad one... duh.

15. Memo to Webbie, Lil Boosie, and Lyfe Jennings: Didn't you learn anything from the O.J. Simpson chase? (Hint: The police can drive fast, too!)
And they always get their man. See you in 9 years, O!

16. Doesn't Gravy sound more like Shyne doing B.I.G. than B.I.G. doing B.I.G. in Notorious?
At least B.I.G. and Tupac are dead, may they rest in peace. How do the living people feel about being imitated in this movie?

17. Don't you feel bad for making all those Isiah Thomas jokes now?
Nope. Throwing his own daughter under the bus... SMH. He need to take his *ss to bed again.

18. How long before MTV turns Hoodfab into a real game show?
Barack needs to order a hit on whichever producer is bold enough to try that bs.

19. Are guys out there still sour over Beyonce's "If I Were A Boy?"
Nah, I'm good. In fact, I'm more upset with R. Kelly's response... making us look even worse. Piss off!

20. Yung Berg: Huh?!?!
That boy been slapped so many times this year and still doesn't have any common sense.

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