PHILLY LOVE: Jill Scott And Eve's New "Shame" Single

With a new album, Light Of The Sun, on the way, Jilly from Philly took it back to her roots and teamed with fellow Philly native Eve for the new single "Shame."   See a clip of the video and Jill talking about why the video shoot was so important inside....

 

CNN recently caught up with Jill Scott on the set for her new single "Shame" with fellow Philly native Eve.  The single represents a return to Jill's hip hop roots while the video itself represents something a bit more personal.

Shot at the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center on the city's north side, this is the place where Jill spent her summers as a child and where she began to write poetry.  What's special about the shoot is that Jill decided to do the video there after learning the center was on the city's list to be demolished.  So Jill and her Blues Babe Foundation swooped in to save the day.  Jill paid for a new roof, gym floor and basketball court.

"When I found out it was closing, it just hurt my feelings because kids like me needed a place to go. We just started to really take care of this facility because we don't want it to shut down."

She continued,

"Every community needs a rec center.  I put a lot of my love and my heart here." 

When Elaine Lark, a local grandmother, learned of Jill's generosity she said,

"It's nice to see that Jill Scott thought enough about North Philly to come back and have everything here [at the rec center].  "It's a boost for the community. A lot of times entertainers don't come back, but I love that she did."

But for Jill, rebuilding the rec center was second nature saying,

          "You still have to come back.  Where you come you take care of that place. Everybody is supposed to  be a part of their own community."  

Watch Jill's interview and a clip of the video here:

Can't wait!

The Randomness:

1. Brian McKnight fans--Enter YBF's Twitter Giveaway to catch his concert in Vegas in April!  You must follow YBF to enter.  Contest ends tomorrow! 

Anyone in Vegas on 4/9? RT this for a chance to see @ItsBMcKnight at @PalmsLasVegas http://bit.ly/McKnightPalmsTix GIVEAWAY TONIGHT!

Source: http://theybf.com/2011/03/24/philly-love-jill-scott-and-eves-new-shame-single

Chyler Leigh

Britney Spears Braves The Rain To Shop With Her Sons

Britney Spears, who is about to start a whirlwind few days of promo for the release next Tuesday of her new album Femme Fatale, spent some time yesterday with her sons in Calabasas, CA so that they could do a bit of shopping for a birthday party that Sean Preston has been invited to. Despite [...]

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Gabrielle Union

Inspiring! Artists Come Together For Japan Charity Album!

This is truly inspiring! We are very impressed! Pretty much EVERYONE came together on Songs For Japan, a 38-song album for $9.99…and ALL of the proceeds go directly to Japan relief efforts! Such an easy and great way to give back to Japan…we're downloading it right now! We're SO proud of our EMI family for rallying together for [...]

Source: http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-25-artists-come-together-for-japan-charity-album-release

Chloƫ Sevigny

Keri Hilson & Chris Brown Drop The "One Night Stand" Video 50 Cent Slashes Price Of CT Mansion By 50 PerCent

We told you earlier about the hot new duet between Keri Hilson and Chris Brown and now we have the video.  Check out the video for "One Night Stand" inside plus find out about 50 Cent's real estate woes...

 

Putting the focus back on his music, Keri and Chris dropped the video for the "One Night Stand" single we've been anticipating.  Watch the video above and let us know...

 

 

DO WE LOVE IT?

 

 

 

And in real estate news...

 

 

The price of the Farmington, CT estate owned by rapper 50 Cent was recently slashed down from a high of $18.5 million to just under $10 million.  The home comes with its own historical background once belonging to heavyweight Mike Tyson and now in the hands of 50 Cent.  The 52-mansion comes with 19 bedrooms and 25 full baths. 

 

Besides the amenities like the large lion covered fountain in the driveway, there a nightclub, recording studio and of course the infamous wine cellar

50 describes the estate as "The Playboy Mansion of the East."

 

 

And if you can cough up the $10 million asking price, be prepared to pay $98,000 in property taxes annually.  It cost big bucks to be YBF in Connecticut. 

Source: http://theybf.com/2011/03/25/keri-hilson-chris-brown-drop-the-one-night-stand-video-50-cent-slashes-price-of-ct-mansio

Amanda Detmer

Report Claims Rihanna's "LOUD" Tour Is NOT A Bust, Rih Readies For Academy of Country Music Awards!

In response to reports that Rihanna's LOUD tour has poor ticket sales, one industry insider has posted some facts (given to him by Live Nation) that dispute reports of low ticket sales.  Find out what the powers that be are saying about Rihanna and her tour inside.  Plus--chick is readying for a country-collabo at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards next month...

 

Acclaimed music analyst and blogger Bob Lefsetz recently posted infomation he obtained from Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff about Rihanna's worldwide tickets sales.  After Bob published his findings, Roc Nation co-signed on the report saying Rihanna's tour is not the disaster The New York Post reported it to be earlier this week.

So here are the facts according to Bob/Irving/Roc Nation:

1. There are 56 sold out Rihanna dates in Europe.  

2. 64% of tickets for Rihanna’s domestic shows have already been sold. And they’re selling at the rate of 700 a day.

3. Rihanna’s Boston show is four months out. Projections say that 90% of the seats will be sold by showtime.  Also, the Post story said Rihanna needed to sale 15,000 tickets to break even, but Bob reports only 13,500 seats are available for sale.  And so far, Rihanna had sold 5,800 tickets for Boston, not the reported 3,700 tickets.   

 

And news just broke this afternoon that Rihanna's going country!  At least for one night.  Rih is set to perform a collabo of her new song, ‘California King Bed,’ with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles.  It'll be the pop singer's first appearance at the ACMs, and it'll be an interesting one at that I'm sure.

The ACMs are set to air live from Las Vegas on April 3rd at 8 PM ET on CBS.

So does this prove that Rih Rih's still WINNING?

Source: http://theybf.com/2011/03/24/roc-nation-says-rihannas-loud-tour-is-still-making-noise-and-is-not-a-bust

Jennifer Aniston

Teen Mom?s Jenelle Evans Brutal Catfight Video

Janelle Evans of Teen Mom 2 fame literally attacked a woman this week and the brutal catfight was of course caught on video. The footage is unfreaking believable and not in a good way at all. Evans is so off her rocker! The footage of Jenelle literally pummeling a woman named Britany is so disturbing. [...]

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Emmy Rossum

Watch: Adidas Releases A New TV Commercial Featuring David Beckham

David Beckham is lacing up his adidas sneakers as celebrity spokesman again in a new ad for the company’s line of ClimaCool Ride sneakers. In the new clip, Becks is shown running around an empty football stadium as he keeps cool while training in his ClimaCool Ride shoes by adidas. Check out the video below. [...]

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Heidi Montag