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Film Director Spike Lee took on New Orleans and won the attention of America with his post hurricane Katrina HBO documentary, “If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise”. The film director was one of the 38 people honored Monday at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
After being awarded a Peabody Award for his documentary on post-Katrina New Orleans, Spike Lee had some words for the former president of the United States George W. Bush, on his handling of the situation:
“Under the direction, of the chief of command, President George Bush, , it took the United States government five days to come to rescue of its American citizens, Five days. And I know he’s written a book and what not, but no one’s ever explained, to this day, why it took five days. In fact, we talk about, in the first one, there was a typhoon in Sri Lanka, and we were there in 2 1/2 days, we were there, and that’s half way around the world, and yet it took five days for the United States to show up in New Orleans, and to this date, it’s never been explained why.” Lee told Huffington Post @ Peabody Award’s Ceremony
“Here’s the thing we have to realize. The levees are all throughout the United States of America, it’s not just New Orleans, it’s not just Louisiana,” Lee said. “And from what I’ve been told from experts, the levee system of the United States of America is in shambles, and unless they get the Army Corps of Engineers together, people are going to be at risk. If you live in any coastal area in the United States America, you’re going to be at risk.”
Spike has a valid point, if you live near water or by the coast you are pretty much F*CKED in the game if the Levee’s break. Spike pictured w/ CNN’s Larry King below. #GWOPALYPSE NOW
We thought Lebron was blowing money fast, spending $170k a few weeks ago in the club. The good ol folks @MediaTakeout were able to get an image of Young Money Cash Money recording artist Drizzy Drake’s liqour receipt from popular Las Vegas NightClub Tryst located inside the Wynn on Las Vegas Blvd. Check the tab below. $189 racks on red bull, water, & Dom P. #GWOPALYPSE NOW
Official Results via: BoxOfficeMojo
Title Weekend Gross
source: Forbes
1. Lady Gaga earnings: $90 million
2. Oprah Winfrey net worth: $2.7 billion earnings: $90 million
3. Justin Beiber earnings: $53 million
4. U2 earnings: $195 million
5. Elton John earnings: $100 million
6. Tiger Woods earnings: $75 million
7. Taylor Swift earnings $45 million
8. Bon Jovi earnings: $125 million
9. Simon Cowell earnings: $90 million
10. Lebron James earnings: $48 million
It’s going 2 be a Cold Summer as Young Jizzle is set to release his highly anticipated fourth studio album TM103 , this summer marks the 6th year anniversary of Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 which is certified Double Platinum by the RIAA.
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Harold Camping, the 89-year-old Family Radio founder, a California-based religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States, is predicting the world is going to end May 21, 2011.
Robert Fitzpatrick, a 60-year-old ex-MTA employee has dropped down $140,000, his life savings, to help spread the word that the world will end on May 21, 2011.
“I’m trying to warn people about what’s coming,” Fitzpatrick told the Daily News. “People who have an understanding [of end times] have an obligation to warn everyone.”
Fitzpatrick spent his money on 1,000 placards on subway cars and several more on bus shelters around the city. They read: “Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever – Judgment Day: May 21.”
The retiree’s beliefs are based on the predictions made by Harold Camping, who claims the rapture will take place on May 21. Fitzpatrick said the cataclysmic event will happen just before 6 p.m. Eastern.
Don H. Barden was born in Inkster, MI and started up his first business with only $500 in the 1960s, a record store where he began promoting bands and booking shows. From this humble entrepreneurial beginning Barden made it into the cable industry, eventually achieving success as the first African American cable-company owner in Detroit, MI.
In 2002 Barden took possession of the Fitzgeralds casinos. One was based in Tunica, Mississippi, another in Black Hawk, Colorado, and the third in downtown Las Vegas. With the Las Vegas casino Barden became the city’s first African American casino owner.
Barden Companies, with over four thousand employees, earned $347 million in 2002, 90 percent of which came from Barden’s four casinos, his Tunica-based casino being the most profitable.
Don Barden showed that he had great negotiating skills, whether for real estate or for licenses for new technology, and was a risk taker. With each new acquisition he gained more experience, and he continually used his new skills to move his companies forward.
Barden passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011 of Lung Cancer in Detroit, MI.
R.I.P. Don Barden a true #GWOPSTAR and inspiration for GWOP Magazine.
(Don Barden pictured above with Bella Marshall and former Boxing champ Tommy Hearns)
*sidenote: We would like to see Terrance Howard playing a lead role as Barden in a biopic of his life.
via HipHopDX
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 3 | Lonely Island | Turtleneck & Chain | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| 5 | Tyler, the Creator | Goblin | 45,000 | 46,000 |
| 6 | Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 | 42,000 | 170,000 |
| 14 | Rapheal Saadiq | Stone Rollin’ | 21,000 | 22,000 |
| 17 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 20,000 | 1,017,000 |
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 22 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers |
16,000 | 387,000 |
| 41 | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | 11,000 | 379,000 |
| 45 | Eminem | Recovery | 10,000 | 3,853,000 |
| 83 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not A Human Being | 5,700 | 877,000 |
| 197 | Jim Jones | Capo | 2,500 | 45,000 |
Columbia Records will release “4,” the fourth solo studio album from Beyoncé on Tuesday, June, 28, 2011. The album was recorded over a year between the spring of 2009 and the spring of 2010, the title signifies the artist’s date of birth, date of marriage and her 4th solo album.
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