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Check out the new trailer for one of the most anticipated movies for this coming fall. It features an all star cast with Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Nate Parker, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany….This movie will debut at this year’s Toronto Film Festival…

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According to Dee Lee, a Financial Educator from Harvard, they still are.

Mr. Lee wrote this article a while back but it’s still very thought provoking to read, especially for people who believe what he’s saying.

Check it out…

“THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES. We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED,
and SELFISHNESS.
Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once said, ‘The best way to hide something from Black people is to put it in a book.’ We now live in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to read any book on any subject through the efforts of their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black Bookstores that provide solid blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all along), but few read consistently, if at all.

GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal. Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their

450 billion dollars in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us can use them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how outlandish, they will buy into it. Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing. They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU, And they still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives them ‘Status’ or that they have achieved their Dream. They are fools! The vast majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed holds them back from collectively making better communities..
With the help of BET, and the rest of their black media that often
broadcasts destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to
see huge profits like those of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even
jeered them, saying he doesn’t want their money, and look at how the
fools spend more with him than ever before!). They’ll continue to show
off to each other while we build solid communities with the profits
from our businesses that we market to them.
SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, Dubois said that there was an innate division in their culture. A ‘Talented
Tenth’ he called it. He was correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture that has achieved some ‘form’ of success. However, that segment missed the fullness of his work. They
didn’t read that the ‘Talented Tenth’ was then responsible to aid The Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a better life. Instead, that segment has created another class, a Buppie class that looks down on
their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work together on any project or endeavor of
substance. When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their goal. Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their name without making any real change in their community. They are content to sit in conferences and conventions in our hotels, and talk about what they will do, while they award plaques to the best speakers, not to the best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness?

They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM). They do not understand that they are no better than each other because of what they own, as a matter of fact, most of those Buppies
are but one or two pay checks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our rooms. Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are ‘helping’ their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don’t worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, ‘THEY DON’T READ!!!!”

I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know how I feel about this. I mean it makes perfect sense, but at the same time why is it some one of another race that is pointing these things out? I’m not trying to illicit any racial tension by posting this article (I’m a black man myself) but I think there’s something really important at the heart of Lee’s argument, what values do black people have and how, if at all, are those values different from other ethnic groups?

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We regret to inform that, Dr. Dre’s son was found dead Saturday morning in his Woodland Hills, California Home. Andre Romelle Young Jr, who is 20 years old, was discovered by his mother around 10:30 on the weekend morning

An Autopsy was completed on Monday, but the cause of the death is still yet to be determined pending a toxicology report.

This is horrible news, and our condolences goes out to Dr. Dre and the family, we will keep you posted as more information develops …

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According to website Hollywood.com Johnny Depp is the number one candidate to play Batman villain The Riddler in the next instalment of the comic book movie franchise.

After the huge success of The Dark Knight, which has taken in $870,616,885 at the worldwide box office, producers of the film are pretty damn confident that they can lure Depp away from his home in France to tackle Christian Bale’s Batman on the big screen.

Also, according to the National Enquirer (which means it’s probably not true but I thought I’d include it anyway), studio bosses also want Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman onboard to play another of the Caped Crusader’s infamous arch-foes, the Penguin.

For those that don’t know both The Riddler and Penguin have popped up on the small screen and the big screen over the past 60 years. Most recently we probably all remember Jim Carrey’s lame attempt at bringing the Riddler to life. As for the Penguin, he’s been played by screen legends Burgess Meredith and Danny DeVito.

A random source told the Enquirer (another reason not to trust this…but all the same I’m going to post it anyway), “Producers are convinced that the role of the Riddler is perfect for Depp. Johnny’s a pro. He’ll be able to take direction from director Chris Nolan and still make the character his own.”

As for the Penguin?

“And what better Penguin is there than Philip Seymour Hoffman?”

I will say this, Johnny Depp is arguably the best character actor of our time so if anyone can take on the enigmatic role of The Riddler it for sure can be him! As for the Penguin, I don’t know if Philip Seymour Hoffman works. I mean he’s a great actor, don’t get me wrong, but I just can’t visualize him as the role. Then again make-up can do a lot to a person, I mean I had the same doubts about Heath Ledger and he shut me up pretty good so I guess I’ll just let this story unfold and see where things end up.

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Former So So Def rapper, Jermaine Dupri protege, and Vh1 reality TV star Da Brat just got sentences to three years in prison. According to the Atlanta Constitution-Journal, the sentencing is a result of an incident that happened on Halloween of 2000, where the Chicago native, Shawntae Harris, struck a waitress in the face with a bottle of rum, in JD’s Studio 72 nightclub.

The victim reportedly suffered permanent faciel damage as a result of the assault. Da Brat pleaded guilty of the charge and was given three years of prison, 200 hours of community service and seven years of probation.

For those that don’t know, Da Brat busted out onto the scene in 1994 with Funkdafied (which is still regarded as her biggest success, backed by a single of the same name). The female rapper, along with Kriss Kross (remember them? ha!) proved to be one of the key components in establishing So So Def Records.

In the ’00s, Da Brat released two more albums, including 2000’s platinum release Unrestricted.

Despite leaving music’s limelight, she found success again (well I wouldn’t really call this success, but that’s just me) as a cast member of Vh1’s fourth season of Surreal Life. On the show, she apparantly feuded with Jane Weidlin of ’80s Pop band The Go-Go’s over remarks of career slumping.

When she left the trail on Friday, Da Brat told family and supporters, “I love y’all.”

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This just in: 50 Cent is on a mission to take over the world!…..well not really, but when you think about what this guy has done since he broke out on the scene with “In Da Club” it’s actually quite impressive: Deals with Reebok, Ecko, Coca-Cola, Right Guard, The G-Unit Clothing brand, the movies, the video games, this man is EVERYWHERE!

Now, we can add Jewelry maker to that list as well. Apparantly, South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe has been meeting with the G-Unit capo for over a year.

Motsepe owns African Rainbow Minerals Limited, a mining and minerals company with an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion. When 50 was spotted with Motsepe at one of his mines, he refused to directly address the rumors only stating that he was there for, “things that people wouldn’t actually expect me to be involved in.”

Both Forbes and Advertising Age speculate both men have plans for a joint venture that will create a signature line of platinum jewelry bearing 50’s name.

50’s response? “I got a diverse portfolio.”

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We all remember 1998 when the Black Star album dropped, ushering in a new wave of rappers directly or indirectly inspired by the Native Tongues. Since then both have gone on to gain huge success independently (Talib has dropped 8 albums while Mos has made 5 plus starred in a number of blockbuster films), but everybody’s been wondering when the two of them would get back together for much anticipated sequel…well this is kind of sample of what it would look like.

Due to the drop out of A Tribe Called Quest at this year’s Rock The Bells concert in Denver (apparently it had something to do with Phife suffering from complications from diabetes) fans will instead be in for another treat in the form of a rare Black Star performance.

“We are very disappointed that A Tribe Called Quest will be unable to perform in Denver,” Guerilla Union’s Chang Weisberg told the Denver Post. “We are glad that Phife Dawg is feeling better and wish him the best for a speedy recovery…With that said, Talib Kweli has agreed to make the trip all the way from Zurich, Switzerlan to join Mos Def…”

This should be an interesting performance. Both mc’s have gone in separate ways but to see them united who knows what kind of fire they could drop. And apparently on Talib’s myspace page he hints that there will be a follow up album in the future…..the question is WHEN?

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For all you Cypress Hill head out there get ready for this!

Frontman B-Real has inked a solo deal with historic label Duck Down Records and will release his first solo LP, titled Smoke N Mirrors on January 27th, 2009.

The album will apparently feature Snoop Dogg, Sean Price, Damian Marley, Buckshot, and fellow Cyrpess HIll member Sen Dog. The production will be handled by vets DJ Quick, Fredwreck, Scoop DeVille, and B-Real himself.

Dru Ha, the CEO of Duck Down made these comments,

“Adding another living legends in B-Real to our roster is really giving Duck Down a ‘dream team’ line-up for independent hip-hop. BUckshot and I have been strategic with our label parterships mixing the right blend of emerging artists with proven veterans.”

Personally, I feel like this is a good thing for B-Real, but whether it’ll be a received well or not is still yet to be determined.

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