Author Archive for Blackspot
Kanye Is Mad At Light
Reporting that Kanye West is angry with a magazine is like reporting that Yung Berg got slapped again. It gets a bit repetitive.
Web 2.Woe
It looks like we’re in for repeat performance of the digital bust as our media are scratching their heads wondering why they aren’t doing MySpace and YouTube numbers.
Gettin’ At “Chedda”
I ignored it at first but It wasn’t until a colleague of mine told me that he saw it pop up on ESPN’s website that it really started to attract my interest.
Viacom To Cut 150 Employees From BET?
As the media powerhouse continues to trim staff throughout its branches, rumor has it that today Viacom will lay-off 150 employees from BET Networks across the board.
VIBE To Drop “Tabloid” Issue
Concept issues are rarely a win in magazine land but VIBE seems to rolling the dice again with their second “Tabloid” issue.
Introducing “Holla-Point”
I’ve recently started doing the “Lunch Time Leak” for Global Grind but today we decided to have a little fun with it and do a remix. We came up with an alter ego that just might appear in a few more videos in the future.
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Hip Hop Weekly May Face Class-Action Suit?
The Source Magazine guys are at it again, Benzino and Dave Mays’ sometimesy gossip rag Hip Hop Weekly is looking down the barrel of a loaded lawsuit.
Buffie The Body Gets Book Deal
If bonafide writers weren’t discouraged enough by the flood of sensational books on the market, word is going around that video model turned hood socialite, Buffie The Body has scored a deal with one of the large publishing houses. No word on which publisher will putting the book out but we will find out soon [...]
Anonymous Pulls “Pedophile” Prank On Oprah
For those unfamiliar with the 4Chan community, these guys have been responsible for a great deal of mischief on the internet. They’ve been said to have launched hack attacks on websites both in and out of urban media and have even taken on the Church of Scientology.
The latest stunt from 4Chan was posting a bogus [...]
Reggie Hudlin “Left” BET
According to the memo mentioned in Varety’s article on Reginald Hudlin’s departure from BET, he left the company on his own accord and will be “returning to his entrepreneurial roots as an independent producer.”
Also, in the flattering memo BET CEO Debra Lee says,
Reggie has played an invaluable role in the ongoing transformation of BET Networks, [...]
