Maybe it’s because we secretly love to see people fly off the swing, like the lady in this video…lol

I know it’s mean… but the replay is hilarious!!

Rapper Foxy Brown may yet again be in legal trouble following reports that she was involved in an altercation in the lobby of a New York City apartment building yesterday (July 29).

The New York Daily News reports that witnesses saw Brown and numerous other people fighting before the altercation in the lobby of the luxury building, which is located on 43^rd street, was broken up.

The brawl reportedly started when Brown’s manager Bernadette Brennan was called to the apartment building to calm the rapper down after she became extremely rowdy. The situation then escalated when Brown began attacking Brennan.

“She was out of control,” a source explained to the New York Daily News. “She was told to keep her voice down and to act right, but she didn’t want to hear any of it.”

It reportedly took over 10 people to break up the fight and by the time police arrived Brown was already gone.

TMZ reached out to Brown’s manager, but she simply responded with “No comment.”

According to AllHipHop.com, the rap icon has launched a full service management and promotional company for MMA fighters called Alchemist Management.

“I’ve been a fan of combat sports for years,” MC Hammer said.  ”MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world and this is a great opportunity for us to launch a full-service management company.  Alchemist Management will leverage its relationships and resources for the benefit of fighters, the sponsors, and the industry at large.” Hammer will act at the Los Angeles-based company’s CEO.

Alchemist Management isn’t Hammer’s first foray into fighting. He once managed Evander Holyfield in the early 1990’s, a venture that lead to a championship belt.

Presently, Alchemist Management represents a variety of fighters in the UFC and Strikeforce, two of the more popular MMA organizations.

Hammer, born Stanley Burrell, remains one of the most popular rap artists in history. His seminal album Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em sold over 10 million units and stayed in the number one slot for 21 weeks. He’s the first rap artist to sell diamond.

From Dailybeast.com:

Jean-Michel Basquiat was young when he reached the apex of his fame and then overdosed on heroin in his downtown New York City studio. But it’s easy to forget just how young: he was an international sensation by the age of 23; by 25 he was a millionaire; by 26 he had a nasty heroin habit and was making what critics were calling “late work,” even then; by 27 he was dead.

Art historians, patrons, and survivors of that 1980s downtown scene have attributed the artist’s rise and cataclysmic fall to a wide variety of factors—from a botched relationship with his father to the fact that Basquiat, despite all his fame, struggled to find lasting acceptance in the high art world (something that has, of course, changed significantly since his death in 1988). Basquiat’s story was told to some extent in Julian Schnabel’s 1996 dramatization, Basquiat, but a new documentary by Tamra Davis (director of such films as Half Baked, Billy Madison, and Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads, and wife of Beastie Boys’ Mike D.) seeks to fill in some of the holes.

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B.o.B. released his debut album, “B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” this past April.  The record includes the hit singles “Nothin’ On You” and “Airplanes.”

Deadline.com is reporting that pop diva and Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez has agreed to be a judge on Fox’s hit vocal competition.  News of the “Get Right” singer’s new gig comes just shortly after DeGeneres announced that she was leaving the show.   According to Deadline, Lopez’ manager, Benny Medina, began negotiating a deal with “American Idol” producers a month ago. 

While DeGeneres’ seat is no longer available, “Idol” is still looking to fill the void left by Simon Cowell.  The show is reportedly looking at artists like Shania Twain, Bret Michaels, Chris Isaak, Jessica Simpson, and Harry Connick Jr.  Fox producers plan to name a replacement for Cowell sometime in early September.

From AssociatedContent.com:

Montana Fishburne, the 19-year-old daughter of famed stage and screen actor Laurence Fishburne, has decided to take a more naked approach toward what she hopes will be a successful acting career — starring in her own sex tape. She is slated to release said sex tape through Vivid Entertainment Aug. 18. According to the New York Daily News, Montana does not want to try the traditional method of Hollywood success, of trying to make a name for herself via the acting roles she takes on, instead opting for making a name for herself via the Kim Kardashian route to fame.

In a press release, Montana Fishburne stated: “I’ve watched how successful Kim Kardashian became and I think a lot of it was due to the release of her sex tape by Vivid. I’m hoping the same magic will work for me. I’m impatient about getting well-known and having more opportunities and this seemed like a great way to get started on it.”

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The documentary entitled “One Night in Vegas” will highlight the night of September 7th, 1996, the evening Tupac Shakur attended the Mike Tyson Vs. Bruce Seldon fight.

The documentary also plans to showcase the friendship between Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur, who were supposed to attend the after party together to celebrate Tyson’s first round “knockout” of Bruce Seldon.

“One Night in Vegas”, which is a part of ESPN’s popular 30 for 30 series, was directed by Reggie “Rock” Bythewood (Notorious) with Mike Tyson’s full cooperation.

The series features stories on sports legends and their rise to fame. This season will also feature the stories on legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (Unmatched), George M. Steinbrenner (The House of Steinbrenner) and Steve Nash (Into the Wind).

ESPN has tapped filmmakers like Ron Shelton, John Singleton, Steve Nash and Alex Gibney to create the Fall series of 30 for 30.

The documentary is scheduled to air on the 14-year anniversary of Tupac’s shooting, September 7, 2010.

As previously reported Ye is remaining scant on details for his upcoming album but says that it will no longer be called Good A** Job.

With the official title still pending, Kanye’s been hard at work prepping his new video that features a dark concept that’s sure to fuel more rumors of his affiliation with the Illuminati.

According to video director Marco Brambilla, the video will feature Ye donning his Horus chain surrounded by fully or partially nude women wearing devil horns and hanging from the ceiling as he prepares to be executed.

Furthermore the video features the Sword of Damocles which is a reference to a Greek tale and represents “peril faced by those in positions of power.”

Brambilla tells the New York Times,

“Mr. West is seen standing imposingly with a heavy chain around his neck. As Mr. West raps the camera slowly zooms out in one continuous, unedited take to reveal him in a classical structure, surrounded by female attendants who are partly or entirely nude; some kneel before him on all fours, others wear devil horns and still others are suspended upside down from the ceiling. The Sword of Damocles hangs precariously over Mr. West’s head, and behind him an unseen executioner is preparing to strike him with a blade. (ArtsBeat was allowed to watch a portion of this video but was not permitted to post it.)”