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Two-term Minneapolis State Representative Keith Ellison easily won the U.S. House seat from the 5th Congressional District on Tuesday.
In doing so he becomes the state s first black congressman and America s first Muslim on Capital Hill. With a majority of the voted counted, Ellison has benefitted from 56 percent of the vote. Republican Alan Fine and Independence Party candidate Tammy Lee were tied at about 21 percent, followed by Green Party candidate Jay Pond garnering a mere two percent of the vote.
Ellison s issues include single-payor health care and strong environmental protection.
Nationwide Democrats have regained control of the house, while at this writing control of the Senate is yet to be definitively decided with three races hanging in the balance.
Rapper Beanie Sigel was admitted to a Philadelphia hospital on Wednesday, November 1st after the rapper woke up in severe pain.
Allhiphop.com reports that he was diagnosed with a double hernia and is expected to be released from the hospital today, Monday, November 6th. The cause of the hernias wasn t immediately known but the rapper had been on an intense workout regimen.
Sigel is currently working on a new album, The Bad Guy, which he plans to release next year. Although Sigel is no longer signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, the album will still be released through Def Jam Records via Sigel s State Property imprint.
The Bad Guy will feature the production of Dre Vidal with guest appearances by Cee-Lo, Scarface, and Murder Mil.
Veteran Miami-based rapper Trick Daddy will release his seventh studio album, Back By Thug Demand, on December 19th. SOHH.com reports that the album will feature guest appearances by Trina, Jaheim, Lil Wayne, Baby, Young Buck, Webbie, Trey Songz and 8Ball.
The first single from the project is Bet That featuring Chamillionaire and Goldrush.
Trick Daddy explained why he doesn t stray too far from street-related subject matter on his albums. The rapper said: I express the streets on my records.
That s all I know. I don t know nothing else. Even if I had a college degree doctor s, master s even if I hadn t went to prison, if I was a football player or a basketball player, I would still be ghetto because that s who I was brought up.
So maybe it was meant for me to be in this type of profession because imagine somebody with my mentality and attitude on the football field, then there would be another Ray Lewis situation or Rae Carruth.
Rapper Busta Rhymes was upset when he was pulled over on Thursday, November 2nd, and hit with a ticket for talking on his cell phone while driving. New York s Daily News reports that Rhymes GMC Denali SUV was pulled over in front of Manhattan s Midtown North Precinct station house because officers observed Rhymes talking on the phone without a headset.
The rapper allegedly cursed at the cops who stopped him, then crumpled up the ticket and threw it out before pulling away.
Rhymes has had a tough year with the police. He was arrested in August for assaulting a fan who spit on his Maybach.
He was also a little less than cooperative when authorities attempted to question him after the shooting death of his bodyguard on a Brooklyn video set in February.
Rapper Ja Rule is getting some help from Russell Simmons, the Giants Michael Strahan, and Irv Gotti Lorenzo for his upcoming LIFE Camp fundraiser, to be held on Thursday, November 9th, from 6 to 10 p.m.
at Club Lotus in New York City. The rapper will serve as host and his friends will attend the event which raises funds for LIFE Camp, a year round camp for at- risk kids who are on the fast track to incarceration. Ja Rule told Allhiphop.
com, I grew up in Jamaica, Queens and it is through the preservation and dedication of my family and mentors that I was able to make it. Unfortunately, many of my friends lacked a significant support system and are now incarcerated or deceased.
LIFE Camp was launched in conjunction with York College and has educated young people through tutoring, music, athletics, theater, photography, educational and cultural workshops.
The program, which runs seven days, includes in school activities, after-school, weekend and summer programs.
Atlanta-based trio C-Side, which is made up of Kenny Kold, Gator, and Bo Q, has a minor hit on their hands with their debut single, Myspace Freak featuring Jazze Pha. The group was able to secure a single deal for the song through the Peachtree music Group and 17.
20 Records after the song exploded on Myspace.com. Group member Kenny Kold explained how the whole thing started as a joke.
He said: Yeah, pretty much cause it wasn t even a serious attempt to really get a song that was out there, you know what I m sayin ? You know when we made that song, we did that song for a joke and it just exploded the first day it went on, you know what I mean?
The C-Side will release their self-titled debut album next year.
Fantasia will release the long-awaited follow-up to her debut album Free Yourself with the self- titled set Fantasia on December 12th. The first single, due at radio next week, will be Hood Boy featuring a guest rap by OutKast s Big Boi.
The 2004 American Idol champion will get assistance on the new set from producers Missy Elliot, Babyface and Swizz Beatz, among others.
Other songs include the ballad I Feel Beautiful written by Babyface and Diane Warren; Not The Way It Is written by Sean Garrett and produced by Kwame; and the club burner Baby Makin Hips and dance track I Nominate U, both produced by Dre Vidal, according to USA Today.
Fantasia s 2004 debut, Free Yourself, was certified platinum for sales of 1.7 million copies.
The artist s autobiography, Life Is Not A Fairy Tale, was made into the Lifetime movie Life Is Not A Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, in which Fantasia starred as herself. The telefilm, directed by Debbie Allen, was among Lifetime s top-rated movies when it was broadcast this past August.
A federal lawsuit filed against Janet Jackson by a man who claimed he owned the rights to her 2001 hit All For You was dismissed by a judge on Friday because the man s attorney missed deadlines for filing documents related to the case.
Aaron Anderson had accused Jackson of infringing on his copyright to the song. But U.S.
District Judge Christina Snyder found that Anderson s attorney repeatedly failed to comply with court orders regarding the case, including filing documents on time. Snyder dismissed the suit for lack of prosecution.
Jackson s tune All For You was the hit title track of her 2001 album.
The tune, produced by Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis, won a Grammy that year in the best dance song category. The track samples heavily from the 1980 tune Glow Of Love by Italian group Change, which featured singer Luther Vandross. Jackson s current album, 20 Y.
O., is Number Seven on the Billboard Hot R B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Lionel Richie is currently on a national tour to promote his new album,
Coming Home.
The multiple Grammy Award winner has managed to keep only his voice in great shape, but he has also kept both his choice of material and his image on the contemporary edge as well.
Richie says that public appearances have forced him to stay abreast of fashion trends and it amuses him that so many of the styles of the 70s are popular again. In fact, it was during that era when Richie had his first flush of fame as a member of The Commodores.
Richie says he laughs when stylists bring him expensive versions of the very pieces he wore as an up and coming musician. Asked if he would grow a full-blown Afro again like he had in those early days, Richie told me: I thought about it and then I thought, what problems I had having it the first time. You know what, I would gladly cut it off and surrender it to the next generation.
The whole thing is back. How about something as simple as a four- dollar pair of blue jeans are now between four and six hundred dollars. And I kept thinking, these are the same shoes I had back in 71, 72.
They re bringing em all back. It just has Gucci written on it now.
Richie will perform tomorrow, November 7th, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
MARY J. BLIGE LOOKING TO NEW FILM, RECORDING PROJECTS
Mary J. Blige s long-awaited greatest- hits package, Reflections - The Journey, is due December 12th.
But the queen of hip-hop soul is reportedly looking ahead to other projects. She is still being considered to make her big-screen acting debut in the Nina Simone story, and MTV.com reports that she has begun work on a new studio album featuring duets.
Singer- songwriter Robin Thicke is reportedly already on board with a tune called Ask Myself that she re-did for her project.
Asked recently about the long-rumored film project, Blige stated: Yeah, I got a lot of things coming up, got a lot of scripts. This Nina Simone thing is still there, you know.
I guess the director, the producer of the film, they re still trying to figure out what they want to do. So I m just reading the script and that s it.
Blige recorded three new tunes for the Reflections set, including the tune We Ride, which is the first single.
The tune was co-written by Bryan Michael Cox and Johnta Austin and produced by Cox.
Vocalist Heather Headley has signed on as a spokeswoman for the March of Dimes in a new campaign to educate women about reducing the risk of premature births. The singer stars in a series of PSAs for the I Want My 9 Months educational campaign linked to Prematurity Awareness Month, which kicked off at New York s Harlem Hospital last week.
I m not pregnant, but I want my nine months someday, Headley says in the new campaign, which consists of 60-second, 30-second and 10- second television and radio spots, print PSAs, and an educational flyer. Heather s single, Am I Worth It, from her current album, In My Mind, is featured in the campaign.
Headley s current single, Me Time, reached number seven on the national urban AC airplay chart.
The Trinidadian-born singer has recently been added to the lineup of the 2007 Tobago Jazz Festival, set for April 27th through 29th at the Plymouth Recreation Ground in southwest Tobago. Also on the bill are Elton John and Al Green.
VH1 s Flavor Of Love series netted high ratings for the antics of a range of bachelorettes battling it out both verbally and physically to become the love match for the outrageous Flavor Flav.
Now, 13 of the ladies from that series are back to compete once again, but this time they will have to show more style and grace.
For the new show Charm School, VH1 has called in comedienne and actress Mo Nique as the host to put the ladies through an intensive etiquette boot camp. The winner will walk away with cash, prizes, and the title of Charm Queen.
These girls are outspoken and outrageous, but they need some focus and direction. I m just the woman to give it to them. You will see a metamorphosis in these girls, I promise!
stated Mo Nique.
VH1 s Charm School will see the ladies trained in proper etiquette and social skills, then put through a series of challenges testing their poise and grace. They will also be judged on their ability to handle pressure in difficult situations.
No premiere date has yet been scheduled for the new show.
The upcoming film musical Dreamgirls, an all- star screen version of the popular 80s Broadway show, is due in theaters across the country December 25th. But some lucky folks in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco will get to see the highly-anticipated flick at special previews on December 15th.
Billed as a road show by distributors Paramount and DreamWorks, the preview screenings will be ticketed at $25 per person with each seat assigned. In addition to seeing the film, fans can view a gallery display of costumes and design art from the film. An array of souvenirs as well as the soundtrack CDs will be on display, and each guest will get a glossy program booklet.
Dreamgirls stars Beyonce, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson, and Tony winner Anika Noni Rose in the story of the rise of a 60s girl group.
A new book being published celebrates hip-hop s obsession with all things shiny and stylin . Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book , was written by Reggie Osse and Gabriel Tolliver and gives a brief history of the term bling as well as how hip-hop came to perfect and promote its own brand of flash.
The book features numerous photos of rap stars and their jewels and accessories, including rings, necklaces, grills, pimp cups, Jesus medallions, watches, and more. The book also included profiles of some of the hottest jewelry designers in the game.
More than just a photo album, the book gives props to the pioneering artists and designers and demonstrates the impact of bling on popular culture.
Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book is published by Bloomsbury publishing. For more information, go to blingbook.com.
Comedian Chris Rock is splitting from his wife, Malaak Compton. The couple has been married nearly a decade, and have two daughters, Lola and Zahra. Rock recently began divorce proceedings by hiring a high-powered attorney, according to TMZ.
His reps are not commenting on the split.
Ironically, Rock is currently putting the finishing touches on the movie I Think I Love My Wife, which he wrote and directed. The 41-year-old entertainer has often used his marriage as material for his stand-up routines.
He s also spoken frankly about the challenges of wedded life during interviews. He once told NBC s Stone Phillips that a man s individuality is gone once he has a wife. Rock said, Take yourself to the door and wave.
It sounds horrible. I m happier now than I ve ever been now that I ve shot myself in the head.
Rock s soon-to-be ex-wife is founder and executive director of StyleWorks, a non-profit salon that helps ready former welfare recipients for re-entry into the job world.
Besides, acting and directing, Rock is also the creator of the Monday night CW comedy, Everybody Loves Chris.
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