Mary J. Blige and Usher are joining forces with TNT to ring in the holidays in musical style with its annual presentation of “Christmas In Washington”, set to air on December 20^th at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). This year’s concert will be hosted by funny man George Lopez and other musical guests include Neil Diamond, Sugarland, and Rob Thomas. “Christmas In Washington” is attended annually by the President and First Lady and other Washington VIPs. According to Michael Wright, executive vice president/head of programming for TNT, TBS and TCM,

“We take pride in presenting “Christmas In Washington” each year as we bring together musical artists from a variety of genres for a fantastic holiday concert. This year, we’re especially thrilled to welcome a lineup of top-name performers and an equally amazing host, George Lopez. Together, they will make this a holiday celebration to remember.”

Check out this 30 second clip of Rihanna’s new video for her lead single “Russian Roulette” off her upcoming album Rated R. As previously mentioned, the video for “Russian Roulette” will premiere tomorrow on ABC.

Can’t wait to see the final product!

]]> http://str8nyc.com/2009/11/12/sneak-peek-rihanna-russian-roulette/feed/ 0 http://str8nyc.com/2009/11/12/teyana-taylor-lands-stomp-the-yard-2-gig/ http://str8nyc.com/2009/11/12/teyana-taylor-lands-stomp-the-yard-2-gig/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:01:16 +0000 J'More http://str8nyc.com/?p=28063 TEYANA TAYLOR LANDS “STOMP THE YARD 2″ ROLE + “DOPELIPS” PROMO PICS

Self-proclaimed Princess of Harlem, Teyana Taylor is giving you more reasons to “Google” her! Aside from her new lip gloss line “DopeLips”, the Harlem native is set to make her acting debut in “Stomp The Yard 2: The Homecoming”. She told BV Buzz,

“I am very excited about this movie. The anticipation is crazy! The cast is dope. I am definitely ready to bring my swag to Stomp The Yard 2. Adding, “I am extremely grateful to Will [Packer], Rob [Hardy] and Columbus [Short] for this opportunity to display all of my talents in this film.”

Teyana’s not the only one making their acting debut, 106 & Park’s host Terrence J. has also snagged a role in the film. Production for the film has already begun in Atlanta.

Glad to hear Teyana is making serious moves!

After being leaked on the internet, the release date for rapper 50 Cent’s upcoming album Before I Self Destruct has been moved up.  A statement from Interscope reads:

“50 Cent’s fourth studio album, “Before I Self Destruct” leaked almost a full month before the expected release date. In an effort to combat widespread piracy, the album will now be available in stores on November 16th. The album is currently available for digital pre-order exclusively on iTunes (www.itunes.com). Pre-order consumers will receive the exclusive track “Man’s World” in addition to what post-release date iTunes consumers will receive.”

“Before I Self Destruct” was originally scheduled to drop November 23^rd, but Interscope immediately hopped into damage control once the album leaked on the net. I must say that this definitely a good week for 50! He got free promo from Beanie Sigel’s rant about Jay-Z, signs Beanie to G-Unit and now his album gets moved up.

Don’t you agree?!

Meanwhile, 50’s arch nemesis rapper The Game’s The R.E.D Album was given the red light and has been pushed back. The album was scheduled to drop December 8th, but label bosses over at Interscope decided to push it back to allow him and Dr. Dre more time to work on the project. Using  Twitter as his publicist, he hopped onto his account to break the bad/good news, he writes,

“Album is Officially pushed back, says Interscope so that I can finish wit Dre without having to rush him, myself or the album. Think R.E.D.”

Currently there is no word on a new release date, but we’ll definitely keep you updated!

Looks like MediaFakeOut is still up to its no-good tricks—making up stories. Back in September the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige revealed that she had no plans to adopt children because her hectic schedule would make her a “poor parent”. Well, the folks over at MediaTakeOut now have Mary on preggo watch. Apparently, this all began because Mary opted to leave her form fitting clothes at home and wore a maxi dress to the AFI Fest 2009 Screening of “Precious” earlier this week. According to Mary’s mouthpiece, there isn’t a “slight” bit of truth to the story…it’s simply “not true”. Check out the pic in question below.

What baby bump?! Either I’m blind or there isn’t one to begin with.

In related news, Mary will be belting out the “Star Spangled Banner” at Game 6 of the World Series matchup between the Yankees and the Phillies at Yankee Stadium tonight!

Who: Wendy Williams and MORE!

When: Sunday, November 8th, 2009
9AM – 4PM

Where: Meadowlands Expo Center

355 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094

Click HERE to purchase tickets!

Aside from the fact that he recently copped a plea and is expected to serve a year in the pen for possession of an illegal gun, rapper Lil Wayne isn’t letting his legal woes stop him from having a good ole’ time! Word is Lil Wayne and buddy Nelly were spotted partying it up at a Miami hot spot. A snitch reveals to the NYPost,

“They were with a big group of women and stayed until 4 a.m.”

Lil Wayne is expected to be sentenced in February, not to mention he already has to stand trial in March 2010 to face drug possession charges stemming from an 2008 arrest in Yuma, Arizona.

Beyonce looked stunning as she attended “Samantha Thavasa’s Special Meet & Greet” at Studio Mouris Roppongi in Tokyo, Japan today. In related news, the Knowles’ family beach house on Galveston Island in Texas has been deemed to not be in accordance with the Texas Open Beaches Act. According to land commissioner Jerry Patterson, PaPa Knowles is actually being very cooperative in resolving the issue. Patterson also maintains that the Knowles clan isn’t getting special treatment. He says,

“I didn’t know who Beyoncé Knowles was. Adding, “If he’s getting special treatment it’s not because of me.”

MORE PICS OF BEYONCE UNDER THE HOOD!

A while back it was rumored that the Louis Vuitton Don aka Kanye West quit rapping for singing after he switched up his sound for his latest album, 808s and Heartbreak. Well, if that were true Kanye would definitely need to take a few singing lessons. According to his protégé Mr. Hudson, ‘Ye is actually back in the studio spittin’ rhymes for a traditional hip-hop record. He says,

“Kanye’s getting back into rapping. He might make an old-school record on a tape deck, just like the Beastie Boys used to do. Just a drum machine, ghetto blaster and a microphone.”

Meanwhile, Busta Rhymes’ pockets have just gotten a little lighter as he’s been ordered to pay $75,000 to a fan he allegedly assaulted in 2003. Busta’s alleged beatdown victim, Alex Duncan accused the rapper and his bodyguard of whoopin’ his ass during a break at the rapper’s concert in Albany, NY. Duncan won the case due to an emotional testimony in which he claimed the ass whoopin’ was so severe that he suffered from anxiety attacks and nightmares ever since. Busta tells the NY Post,

“I don’t even go to parties anymore, because there’s always someone asking, ‘What happened to that Busta Rhymes case?’”

After the sudden cancellation of her highly-anticipated tour with Kanye West, citing “creative differences”; Lady GaGa is trying hard to prove that nothing can hold her down and has decided to go on tour with rap newcomer Kid Cudi instead. She says in a statement:

“Due to diligent work and preparation, The Monster Ball will begin on November 27 in Montreal. The Monster Ball is a multimedia artistic experience int he style of the first-ever ‘pop electro opera’”.

Lady GaGa and Kid Cudi will hit Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and have saved the best city for last, New York City to conclude their North American trek on January 21^st of next year.

So Kid Cudi is basically the rebound guy…