Funeral arrangements for Mr. Lee Nixon AKA "The Rose Man"
Funeral arrangements for Mr. Lee Nixon AKA "The Rose Man" are as follows:
Wake-Friday June 27th Austin Lane Funeral Home Renaissance Chapel 4pm to 7pm.
Funeral-Saturday June 28th Friendly Temple Church 5544 Martin L King Drive 9am
Lil Wayne is being sued by businessman LeMarck de Andre for defaulting on payments for his 1999 Bentley Arnage:
“My direct observation and experience with Dwayne M. Carter’s financial and personal irresponsibility over the years has taught and demonstrated to me that he has become the new symbol of financial illiteracy and slavery in the 21st century.
For a little over 5 years, I have been involved with…Dwayne M. Carter’s high-level of financial illiteracy, lack of liquidity, leveraged acquisition liability accumulation and below zero net-worth; as well as lack of business communication, character, and integrity- all learned behaviors- and the primary reasons for non-payment. Unless and until [he] transforms his personal, business, and financial attitude and adopts new behaviors, these unfortunate behavioral components will equate to future lawsuits, defaults, repossessions, foreclosures, and the making of a great candidate for bankruptcy.”
Missy Elliot talks about her new album and the future of Hip-Hop in the upcoming edition of Billboard Magazine:
Billboard:What are your thoughts on the current state of Hip-Hop?
“Well, if anyone knows me, they’d know I try not to listen to the radio or watch TV. I’ve been doing that since my very first album. I think you can be easily influenced by other music, and before you know it you start doing records that sound like someone else just because you think it’s music that’s working. I hear a lot of great songs. And then I hear some that aren’t so original and creative. Back in the day artists had their own styles. You couldn’t say Heavy D sounded like Rakim, or Salt-N-Pepa sounded like MC Lyte, or Big Daddy Kane sounded like Erick Sermon. These days, people try to follow a formula because they see it’s worked for others. But that keeps them from being original and creative, (or) at least not as original and creative as it used to be before.”
Not that we disagree with ole girl, but we’re curious as to the originality of her new jawn, “Block Party” that’s set to drop in August. Time will tell…
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