Video: Obama calling Kanye a jackass
In the previous post, we had audio of President Obama calling Kanye West a jackass during an off the record statement. This is further proof that the environment was indeed a relaxed one. Let's cut the president some slack indeed. Still priceless though.
You KNOW things are bad when President Obama chimes in and calls you a jackass
That's right, the world's favourite American has given his two cents on the Kanye West VMA rant where he embarrassed 19-year-old Taylor Swift. Check the audio below.
What has Kanye West done? Can Mr. West come back from this? His chances ain't lookin' good at all. To be fair to
President Obama, this should never have been released, not just because it was an off the record statement, but also
because he was clearly in a relaxed environment - not a professional one. I hope that people don't take this too seriously
and start jumping on his back.
If the YouTube player (above) fails to work, go to TMZ for another link to the audio. In TMZ we trust lol.
Do you believe Kanye?
After his douche-worthy outburst at the VMAs on Sunday night, Kanye West took to Jay Leno's show last night to apologize. Although the apology wasn't planned, he let Jay Leno know that he wanted to talk before he performed "Run This Town" with Jay-Z and Rihanna. (See the VMA outburst below.)
I must admit, he looked and sounded sincere especially when Leno asked him what his mother would have said if she were alive. Let's see if this incident will relieve Kanye of a chunk of his big ego. Bad pun intended.
Artist Spotlight: Drake
What is so special about Drake is that he managed to generate considerable buzz – without the aid of a record label, and had industry heavy hitters like Lil' Wayne, Kanye West and Jay-Z all vying for an opportunity to work with him. His hit single “Best I Ever Had” was arguably the best song of summer 2009. Between June and July, the track sold 600,000 digital downloads and topped three separate pop charts.
Currently signed to Lil Wayne’s management Hip Hop Since 1978, he was involved in major bidding wars with Universal Motown, Warner Music Group, and Atlantic Records. He eventually signed a lucrative record deal with Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money Records in June and took home a hefty $2 million advance.
Despite his mother being an educator, Drake never graduated from high school. However, he showed determination despite adversity from very early in his career, and perhaps that is the reason why he is as successful as he is today. With no backing whatsoever, he released his first mixtape back in 2006, appropriately titled “Room for improvement.” This was succeeded by his other mixtapes “Comeback Season” and “So Far Gone.” His debut album “Thank Me Later” is expected to be released next February.
Kanyeeee! No you didn't!
Way to ruin Taylor Swift's big night at the VMA awards.
When Taylor was on stage making her acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video award, Kanye ran out onto the stage and took the microphone from her to give a shout-out to Beyonce, one of the other nominees.
"Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'll let you finish," Kanye told an obviously stunned Taylor. "But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time ... one of the best videos of all time!"
The camera showed a stunned Beyonce in the audience, mouth open in disbelief at what she was seeing. And poor Taylor stood by speechless before some in the audience began to boo Kanye as he left the stage.
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Kanye why would you do that? Yes Beyonce had a great video but Taylor Swift is a young'in in the industry. Beyonce has won soooo many awards and losing this award would not have done anything to her or her confidence. To embarrass someone infront of the whole world is ridiculous. I love Taylor Swift and she had a beautiful video. You GOOO Taylor Swift!
This is a video of Kanye's selfish outburst. There is no recovering from this one Kanye - you are officially a jackass.
Texas Southern University's Police Department suspends employee after MLK Building robbery
Texas Southern University's Police Department chief announced the resignation of one employee and the suspension of another, due to their "dereliction of duty" during Thursday's MLK building robbery.
Above: TSU Police Chief Roger Byars
The burglary, which is the THIRD such incident to occur in the MLK building in 3 months, has placed the school's police department under further scrutiny after its failure to prevent theft to both the MLK building and other buildings across the campus.
New Artist: Jaicko
Jaicko Lawrence: One of the few Barbadians to carve a path to the International music scene
I've witnessed Jaicko's passion for music, and I have to say that he really deserves the rewards he is getting for all his hard work so far. For YEARS, he has been working diligently at his skill, undergoing deliberate transformations over the years (all that without losing his hair). Congratulations to him for the record deal, and the first single. Watch the video for his single "Oh Yeah" below.
The first line of the second verse was funny. I was thinking to myself, "at least he noticed."
Miami Herald: Cuba faces toilet paper shortage
Precious commodity?
Who would've imagined this? With the global economy being the way it is, I thought that other things would become scarce, but Cuba has redefined bizarre, by being the first country to suffer from a toilet paper drought in recent years. (Honestly, I have a hunch that they're probably the first country to ever suffer such a plight.) This makes me wonder what is wrong with the food in Cuba. After all, why else would there be such a bizarre shortage in the country?
The Miami Herald reported:
There's good news and bad news in Cuba.
The bad news: There's a shortage of toilet paper, and officials in Havana say it will not ease until the end of the year.
The good news: Day-old copies of the Communist party's newspaper Granma, a traditional substitute, are available for less than a U.S. penny. And that's six to eight full, if rough, pages per day.
Just for laughs Part 3
This is hilarious (to me anyways), but it wouldn't be remotely amusing if experienced in real life. I'm warning you, it's sexually suggestive, but it is not in any way explicit. It is a legitimate commercial.
So I was doing my regular internet surfing, when I stumbled upon a topic which I thought was totally crazy, because the poster was questioning whether Google is racist. Sounds crazy right? I thought the same thing, but the screenshot photo he posted (see below) was funny.
Security officials' heads need to start rolling at TSU
For the umpteenth time, the security at Texas Southern University was breached when the School of Communications' Martin Luther King building was burgled late last night or early this morning. Not only were the building's HDTV monitors stolen for the second time in 3 months, but the dean's office was somehow hit by the theft spree.
What makes this latest incident ridiculous is the fact that there were alarms and cameras throughout the building which were fully functional, but the official(s) responsible for ensuring security on the campus reportedly took TWO hours to respond to the alarms.
After the Trae Day shooting at the campus during the summer, President Rudley issued a statement pledging an improvement and increase of the university's security personnel and facilities. In his statement, Rudley said:
What makes this latest incident ridiculous is the fact that there were alarms and cameras throughout the building which were fully functional, but the official(s) responsible for ensuring security on the campus reportedly took TWO hours to respond to the alarms.
After the Trae Day shooting at the campus during the summer, President Rudley issued a statement pledging an improvement and increase of the university's security personnel and facilities. In his statement, Rudley said:
During the past year, we have made the following improvements to our security systems:
- increased lighting across the campus, both the interior and the perimeter areas
- increased video surveillance cameras across campus, including new sites around the perimeter of the university
- increased police presence and patrols during peak hours
- increased foot patrols across the campus
added bicycle patrols - provided continuous inspection of the emergency call boxes to ensure functionality
- provided escort services for students, faculty, staff and visitors
- increased building access security measures
- increased specialized training for all police officers, including criminal investigation training, and training for police leadership through the FBI National Academy.
My honest opinion is that the University's Department of Safety needs to undergo a radical revamp, because it is inexplicable how often the security officials have failed to be proactive where violence on the campus is concerned. There is no point sugar-coating the incident and making it seem like an issue which can be easily rectified.
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