JD Teams With Cartier For Limited Series Eyewear

December 16th, 2005 | By Administrator

Jermaine “JD” Dupri and Cartier have collaborated to create a limited series of eyewear to benefit the Hurricane Relief Fund.

The specially designed, limited series of eyewear was created by Dupri and Cartier to benefit an important charity to both, the Hurricane Relief Fund.

?I’ve been a long time supporter of Cartier and they know this,? Dupri explained to AllHipHop.com. ?So, I was in the store one day getting something fixed and the thought [to create the eyewear] came to my mind. I asked for the manager and I’m thinking they gonna say ?hell no,? but they took a shot and thought it was a cool idea.?

The eyewear combines rimless frames with bubinga wood, a platinum finish and a fade lens.

Jermaine Dupri?s signature is etched in the lens and the frame is adorned with the classic Cartier ?C? logo.

Dupri recently hosted a Cartier private fund-raising event last week (Dec. 7) at the House of Cartier in Atlanta, Georgia.

Slim of 112, Usher, Monica and Nelly attended the star-studded invitation only event. Other notable guests included Kenny Burns of RyanKenny clothing, Atlanta Hawks’ Kevin Willis.

The limited edition glasses are valued at $1,500 and can be purchased exclusively at the Cartier boutique in Atlanta, located at Lenox Square Mall.

?I wanted to do something that had my thoughts and prayers on it, so I was thinking of something special that would let the victims know I really care,? Dupri said of involving the Hurricane Relief Fund.

A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to The Atlanta Community Food Bank and City of Refuge ? both local liaisons for the Hurricane Relief Fund.

Master P. ‘Dancing With The Stars’

December 16th, 2005 | By Administrator

Mogul/rapper Master P. is replacing his son, rapper/actor Lil? Romeo in the upcoming reality competition, ?Dancing With the Stars,? debuting in 2006 on ABC.

Lil? Romeo was originally tapped to star in the show – which requires competitors to master ballroom dancing ? but had to be replaced when he suffered an injury playing basketball.

Master P. will be partnered with Ashly Delgrosso, a professional ballroom dancer who danced with former New Kids on the Block member Joey McIntyre last season.

Each Thursday, the couples perform a ballroom or Latin American dance to be judge by other professional dancers and judges.

Last seasons judges, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, return to judge Master P. and other celebrity dancers.

Three-time Super Bowl champ Jerry Rice, WWE star Stacy Keibler, actress Tia Carrere and Emmy Award-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez are also competing.

All of the dancers have gone through extensive training in preparation for the first live show.

Viewers vote for their favorites and the following evening a 30-minute show runs called Dancing with the Stars Result Show.

Couples will the lowest totals are eliminated from the competition.

Last season, the show averaged almost 17 million viewers, weekly making it one of the year?s most successful reality series.

?Dancing with the Stars? debuts with a two-hour special on Jan. 5 at 8pm EST on ABC. ?The Dancing with the Stars Result Show? premieres Jan. 6.

Lil’ Flip Launching Watch Collection

December 16th, 2005 | By Administrator

Houston, Texas rapper Lil? Flip is entering into the jewelry business and launching his own line of luxury time pieces called Clover G. Watches, with Houston area jeweler, Johnny the Jeweler.

?I got three different prices for the three different type of classes, the hood class, the middle class and the ni***s who just go money,? Lil? Flip told AllHipHop.com.

According to Flip, fans that purchase his upcoming album I Need Mine will have the chance to win one of the watches, as well as several other valuable prizes.

?I’m giving away five Clover G chains and five watches; there are ten tickets, so you will win a watch or a Clover G chain,? Flip said. ?My whole career, I’ve been given the fans s**t. I am probably one of the few artists that’s still taking show money and goes and prints up his own t-shirts, bandannas to give ‘em away.?

Flip will continue his generous ways with his upcoming album, which also comes with a limited edition companion DVD.

The album will also be available in a chopped and screwed version and features appearances from MJG, Lyfe Jennings, Yukmouth, Nate Dogg, ZRO and others.

?Some ni***s think they too cool to give they fans s**t,? Flip continued. ?I been doing that from day one. I gave out a hundred bikes for Steve Harvey in L.A.; I gave out 50 bikes in Houston, we still giving out s**t man.?

The Clover G. Watches will retail for $800, $1500, $2500. Flip?s album I Need Mine hits stores Feb. 28.

DNA Proves Young Buck Had Fork, Rapper Sentenced To Probation

December 16th, 2005 | By Administrator

Young Buck pleaded no contest to a felony charge stemming from an assault that took place at last year?s Vibe Awards at the Santa Monica Airport?s Barker Hanger.

Young Buck, born David Darnell Brown, had his charges reduced from assault with a deadly weapon and pleaded no contest to a charge of assault with a chance to produce bodily injury.

Judge James Brandlin, also sentenced the rapper to three years probation and 80 hours worth of community service for his role in the melee, which started when a man attending the awards show punched Dr. Dre as he was receiving Vibe?s Legend Award.

An arrest warrant was issued shortly after the incident, when police identified Young Buck on a videotape stabbing Jimmy James Johnson, the man who struck Dr. Dre.

Johnson was also charged in the attack and in Sept., he pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge and was sentenced to one year in jail.

Young Buck?s attorney said that the charges were reduced because DNA evidence from a knife found at the scene contained DNA from sweat that did not match the rappers? blood.

A videotaped, which proved Buck was wielding a fork ? and not a knife ? also helped the rapper gain a lighter sentence for his role in the altercation.

Young Buck will appear in court again on Jan. 26 in New York, to face felony gun possession charges, which he has pled not guilty to.

Those charges stem from an incident an arrest outside of Madison Square Garden in New York, when police found a gun on the floor of the van Young Buck and Lloyd Banks were passengers in.