I’m not an avid Chris Brown fan but even last year when Michael Jackson passed and BET went ahead with barring him from performing a tribute to him with instead creating one of the most bs shows of all time that was poorly put together, I was upset. He was the only one who could have done it right. In the end the entire BET awards came out a big eff up on their part because of them scrambling to put something together in time. Now I am happy because maybe the year off from major award shows was necessary for Chris Brown to put together THIS tribute that blew away every other one combined!

Daddy isn’t dead though, he continues to live on ♥

Congrats go out to the Los Angeles Lakers – you have a fanbase full of dumbasses. Now, let’s not get into what happened last night with Boston but remain in awe at the stupidity of Lakers “fans”. Niceee!

39 years ago today, the world was blessed with the birth of the late Tupac Shakur – rapper, actor, record producer, activist and poet. One of the best to ever do it.

Jaden Smith is too adorable! Not to sound like a creeper – but can I keep him Will & Jada?

YES! DJ Earworm does it again with a summer mash up that is still on the level of amazingness of his 2009 year round up, “United State of Pop“. This one does have a lot more UK based artists though because it was created for a radio station’s summer concert. I recognize the songs and such having lived in London for the past year, but if you are from the U.S. or someplace else it might be hard to place your finger on the videos and artists.

On February 18th, 2010 from 6p – 9p the world will get to preview and purchase the “Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds” at The Upper Playground Art Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. All proceeds from this program will be donated to The American Red Cross to help the victims of the Haiti Earthquake. Each print will be numbered and signed by Quentin Tarantino. Only six (6) of each amount will be made. The prints can be viewed at http://www.upperplayground.com/inglouriousbasterds.php beginning Tuesday February 15, 2010.

If I was not in art school and did not have an endless amount of fabric, charcoal and paper to pay for I would dip into my pocket and purchase one, even at the steep price of $300. Sigh. To view all of the prints in this fabulous collection click here.

I saw this interview on Trey Songz’s blog months back but lost the link. I refound it! It is of one of most insightful, truthful and at peace interviews I have ever read. Granted it will take about an hour to read the entire piece but if you have the time and/or love the realness that was the late Tupac Shakur you will not be disappointed in taking the time out to read it. Here is an excerpt, if you decide to continue the link is at the end of this post.

How do you feel after everything you’ve been through these past few weeks?

Well, the first two days in prison, I had to go through what life is like when you’ve been smoking weed for as long as I have and then you stop. Emotionally, it was like I didn’t know myself. I was sitting in a room, like there was two people in the room, evil and good. That was the hardest part. After that, the weed was out of me. Then every day I started doing, like, a thousand push-ups for myself. I was reading whole books in one day, and writing, and that was putting me in a peace of mind. Then I started seeing my situation and what got me here. Even though I’m innocent of the charge they gave me, I’m not innocent in terms of the way I was acting.

Could you tell me specifically what you mean?

I’m just as guilty for not doing nothing as I am for doing things. Not with this case, but just in my life. I had a job to do and I never showed up. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to be at me. They’re going to come 100 percent, so if I don’t be 100 percent pure-hearted, I’m going to lose. And that’s why I’m losing.

When I got in here, all the prisoners was, like, “F-ck that gangsta rapper.” I’m not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times, you know what I’m saying? People was trying to kill me. It was really real like that. I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. I wasn’t having them because my brain was half dead from smoking so much weed. I’d be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to me. I wasn’t happy at all on the streets. Nobody could say they saw me happy.

When I spoke to you a year ago, you said that if you ended up in jail, your spirit would die. You sound like you’re saying the opposite now.

That was the addict speaking. The addict knew if I went to jail, then it couldn’t live. The addict in Tupac is dead. The excuse maker in Tupac is dead. The vengeful Tupac is dead. The Tupac that would stand by and let dishonorable things happen is dead. God let me live for me to do something extremely extraordinary, and that’s what I have to do. Even if they give me the maximum sentence, that’s still my job.

Can you take us back to that night at Quad Recording Studios in Times Square?

The night of the shooting? Sure. Ron G. is a DJ out here in New York. He’s, like, “Pac, I want you to come to my house and lay this rap down for my tapes.” I said, “All right, I’ll come for free.” So I went to his house-me, Stretch, and a couple other homeboys. After I laid the song, I got a page from this guy Booker, telling me he wanted me to rap on Little Shawn’s record. Now, this guy I was going to charge, because I could see that they was just using me, so I said, “All right, you give me seven G’s and I’ll do the song.” He said, “I’ve got the money. Come.” I stopped off to get some weed, and he paged me again. “Where you at? Why you ain’t coming?” I’m, like, “I’m coming, man, hold on.

If wishing to continue reading this interview, click here. Note that the link will open in a separate window.