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Dennis Rodman is about to get married again. The controversial ex-NBA star will wed Michelle Moyer on May 13, which happens to be his birthday. Rodman’s manager says The Worm decided to tie the knot on his birthday so he’d never forget his wedding anniversary. Rodman’s previous marriage, toe Carmen Electra, lasted nine days.
Suge Knight and his label, Tha Row, have been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit by the mother of a young woman who was murdered and partially eaten by an aspiring rapper. Carolyn Stinson says that rapper Big Lurch killed and cannibalized her 21 year old daughter, Tynisha Ysais, in order to enhance his image as a gangsta. Big Lurch, who’s real name is Antron Singleton, was arrested last year on murder and torture charges after police found him staggering around naked and covered in blood on an L.A. street. Police said they found the mutilated body of Tynisha Ysais in a nearby apartment. The body had teeth marks on its face and on pieces of a lung which had been torn from her chest. A medical exam revealed that Singleton had human blood and flesh in his stomach.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Tynisha Ysais accuses Suge Knight and Tha Row of supplying Singleton with drugs "to encourage (him) to act out in an extreme violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'Gansta Rap' artist." The lawsuit goes on to state, quote: "Part of what makes a Gansta Rap artist marketable is the fact that the artist is a current ongoing participant in violent gang activities. Singleton met this criteria and was even more marketable because his songs were as violent as his lifestyle and included rape, murder and ended with him eating his victim's body organs."
As of yesterday, no one at Tha Row had commented on the lawsuit.
Two people got shot in the parking lot following Saturday’s BET College Hip-Hop Fest at the Paramount's Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. One man is in custody in connection with the shooting which police think was sparked by a car accident in the parking lot. The two victims and the alleged shooter knew each other. The suspect, David Gleason McKoy, is being held without bond. About 20,000 people attended the BET College Hip-Hop Fest which featured Fabolous, Keith Murray, Cam'ron and The Diplomats.
50 Cent announced yesterday that he’ll go on tour with Jay-Z this summer. 50 says Jay should headline the tour because he has a longer string of hits. 50 says he also intends to collaborate in the studio with Jay-hova. Plans for the tour have not been finalized but it will most likely start in July. Lil Mo says she’ll open on some of the shows.
Method Man will appear on upcoming episodes of the Fox high school drama “Boston Public” and the HBO crime series “The Wire.”
Taye Diggs will play a Secret Service agent on two episodes of NBC's “The West Wing” during May sweeps.
Back when she was a struggling wannabe, vocalist Blu Cantrell picked up some extra cash by posing in the porn magazine known as Black Tail (Turner’s Two Cents: I don’t think a Klansman could have come up with a title more demeaning to African-American women!) Now, Blu’s gonna bare it all again; but this time it will be for the more upscale skin publication, Playboy. Blu Cantrell will be the cover model on Playboy’s August issue. Playboy reportedly played Blu close to a million dollars to get naked for their cameras!
Celebrity Birthdays Today:
1) sitcom star Flex Alexander is 33 (“One On One,” “Homeboys From Outer Space”)
2) ex-LA Lakers star Michael Cooper is 47
3) Olympic sprinter Evelyn Ashford is 46
(member of five U.S. Olympic teams 1976 – 1992; winner of 4 Olympic gold medals: including 100m in 1984, and 4 x100m in 1984, '88 and '92; also won silver medal in 100m in '88; member of 5 U.S. Olympic teams (1976-92).
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