Archive for June 24, 2009

TRU LIFE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

Former Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam artist Tru Life turned himself in to authorities last night (June 23) to face a charge of 1st degree murder, according to reports.

The charge is possibly tied to a brutal stabbing incident last week that left one man seriously injured, and an 18-year old teen dead.

As reported by press, police were initially investigating Tru Life’s brother for a retaliation attack in the non-fatal shooting of Michael Slater.

The individual, whom police suspect is a drug dealer, was shot in the stomach outside of club Pacha.

Several hours after the crime, police claim five gang members ambushed 30 year old Jason Black and the unamed teen at a Manhattan apartment complex.

Both men were stabbed repeatedly in the chest and face.  Black survived the assault, while the unidentified teen succumbed to his wounds.

At the time, police theorized that the back and forth violence was the result of a feud between Jason Black and Tru Life’s brother.

1st degree murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison under New York law

If an official or witness is not the victim, the distinction can also be decreed for murders involving multiple parties or tortuous killings.

Tru Life’s last music effort, “Wet ‘em Up,” was heard as a selection on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto IV.

At press time, Tru Life could not be reached for comment.

JAMIE FOXX RETURNS TO MTV WITH HIS A NEW COMDEY SERIES

Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx has partnered with MTV to begin production on a new sketch comedy series.

Foxx, who recently starred in the biographical drama The Soloist, will use the MTV vehicle for his first return to television since the conclusion of the Jamie Foxx Show in 2001.

While the project is still in early development, the network has verified that it hopes to create a show in the vein of the groundbreaking 90’s series In Living Color, which also served as Foxx’s breakout vehicle.

His tenure on that hit series is most remembered for his sketch role as the hideous Wanda Wayne, the self-proclaimed “lost member” of En Vogue who terrorized every man she came in contact with.

For the MTV show, Foxx will work with Marcus King, producer Jamie Rucker King (Held Up), writer/producer Fax Bahr( Malibu’s Most Wanted, In the Army Now), and director/producer Adam Small (Another State of Mind, Malibu’s Most Wanted).

Foxx’s latest music offering, Intuition, was certified platinum last month off the strength of the Top 10 singles “Just Like Me,” “She Got Her Own,” and “Blame It.”

The versatile entertainer will return to theaters in 2010 with the F. Gary Gray directed thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which chronicles a prosecutor’s attempt to stop a calculating killer.

At press time, MTV has not confirmed a projected launch date for Foxx’s comedy show.

RIHANNA THE AGGRESSOR IN CHRIS BROWN RELATIONSHIP?!

Many have been wondering why Chris Brown really didn’t get a harsh penalty.  Also, I was thinking about why RiRi still wants to be near him.  The idea that she suffers from batter wife syndrome has been the prevailing theory.  Something else is beginning to surface.

A source that lives very close to Chris Brown’s town in Virginia – about 10 minutes, is saying it might be his mother’s house, but Chris definitely lives there a lot. Well, the source has some inroads to the local police there in the town. The police apparently are well about the domestic matters that have transpired between Chris and RiRi. The police locally REPORTEDLY say that Chris Brown has been forced to replace no less than three flatscreen TV’s because Rihanna allegedly threw something through them all.  Basically, they suggested strongly, without going all the way in, that Rihanna might have exacerbated other situations that lead up to this one. Maybe Rihannais feeling guilty some how? Who knows.

They also say that it wasn’t any sort of big deal to see them shopping at the local Wal Mart or anything like that.  The locals were not really feeling RiRi, because she acted too exotic for them (exotic = stuck up, they say)