Thursday, January 30, 2014

Ex-WWE Star Matt Hardy Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Wife (@matthardybrand)



Matt Hardy and his wife, Reby Sky, were both arrested and charged with assault and battery after police were called to a Hampton Inn where they were staying.


In the mugshots taken after the arrest, both Hardy and Sky have visible cuts, bruises, scratches. Sky, real name Rebecca Hardy, appears to have a fat lip and black eye as well.


TMZ Sports reports that police responded to a 911 call at the Hampton Inn in Emporia, Va., around 5:45 a.m. on New Year's Day.


During the call, a hotel employee can be heard saying, “A guest just came down here and said somebody’s beating the hell out of his wife a girl or something.”


Police arrived and placed both husband and wife under arrest. They were later released on $3,500 bail.


The couple got restraining orders against each other after the altercation, reports TMZ.


Check out the post-brawl mugshots up top.


Source: hollywoodlife.com


What Were You Thinking? Wildest Items Confiscated by the TSA



Anyone who's flown knows the TSA and its procedures are a huge pain in the butt, but they actually keep a lot of potentially dangerous items from making it onto a plane.


Of course, a lot of the stuff found by the security administration was never intended to be used in any harmful manner, but is taken anyway because of its unknown or unusual nature.


We've gathered some of the oddest (and most dangerous) items taken by the TSA ever. Check them out above.


Man Drops $100,000 on Surgery to Look Like Justin Bieber



A 33-year-old man has undergone around 100 plastic surgeries at a cost of $100,000 in a quest to look like his idol, Justin Bieber.


Toby, who was the subject of Wednesday night's "My Strange Addiction" season finale, says he got the idea when he was 28 and became distraught when he noticed his face was aging.


Now he travels around his hometown of Los Angeles asking folks if he reminds them of anyone. While a few name Bieber, most agree that Toby doesn't really resemble the Canadian pop star.


"To make me stop getting surgeries, I would basically have to die," Toby admits.


Check out a few screen caps from the episode up top. Do you think the dude looks like Bieber?


Source: gawker.com


Young Thug Working With Kanye; Offered $1.5M for Record Deal (@YoungThugWorld @kanyewest)



Atlanta rapper Young Thug is blowing up. If you've been to the club or listened to urban radio recently you'd know his massive street song "Danny Glover" has taken off like a rocket. Thug's 2013 breakout mixtape "1017 Thug" on Gucci Mane's 1017 Brick Squad record label received rave critical acclaim and appeared on many top ten lists. In addition, "Danny Glover" has been cosigned by major mainstream artists like Drake and Kanye West. But the Kanye cosign isn't merely for "Danny Glover" as Young Thug told Complex in an interview, he's also currently working with the Chicago rapper/producer.



"I mean, I went to his house and we did a couple of songs," Young Thug said during an interview with Complex. "The fact that I was [making songs] so fast amazed him too, because he doesn't see a lot of people who rap like that. I don't really rap with a lot of people [because] everyone raps the same way. When I first heard he wanted to know who I was and do songs, I was smiling ear to ear like a clown."



And though Young Thug is working with Kanye West, Thug revealed he's "a big fan of everything that" Kanye has done as an artist. But despite admiring Kanye, he still supports Lil Wayne, and hopes to work with him above anyone else.



"Yeah. Because he has 10-15 years in the game on top and the fact that he knows he can lean back and retire and he still doesn't," he said. "I hope Wayne is listening, I want to get in the studio with Wayne more than anybody in the world. I'll get in the studio with Wayne before Michael Jackson right now so I hope he listening."



As mentioned, Young Thug is signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Brick Squad label but Thug is also rumored to be getting love from other labels. It has been rumored Future's Freebandz imprint is interested in the 21-year-old. "It's not happening yet, I don't know if it's gonna happen," Thug said. "Future said he wants to give me $1.5 million so you know how that goes. It just hasn't happened yet."



Source: Complex


Check Out the Sexy Pro Bowl Streaker Who Did It for Family



Fitness model Katrina Torres had the crowd going wild after she ran onto the field late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's Pro Bowl game. It turns out the 23-year-old resident of Kahaluu, Hawaii, did it for a good cause -- her disabled cousin who couldn't attend the game.


Torres told local affiliate KHON2 News that her bold act was done in tribute to her cousin Gary, who was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident two years ago. She explained that his dream was to go to the Pro Bowl, but the trip from his home in New Mexico would have been too difficult.


She said Gary was watching the game back home and loved it.


"He can't talk but he was just smiling a lot and just like, fist pumping," she said. "As soon as he saw me jump his face just lit up and he was fist pumping and stuff. That just made it so worth it for me."


Torres said she escaped arrest after none other than Deion Sanders came to her rescue.


Check out the story up top, and be sure to peep the pics of Torres flaunting that bod.


Slaughterhouse Launch Battle Rap TV series


The battle rap scene is a growing movement that has produced some skillful MCs like Loaded Lux and Math Hoffa. Now Slaughterhouse has jumped into the fray to launch a battle rap show in conjunction with Shady TV.


Rappers Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5’9, Crooked I and Joe Budden visited ‘RapFix Live‘ on Wednesday (Jan. 29) to explain their upcoming realty competition show, ‘The Road to Total Slaughter.’


The show features eight battle rappers who will live together in the same house for a week as they prepare to battle each other until there’s only one left standing. Slaughterhouse will judge and produce the show.


“The winner of each side will co-headline the main event, [with] two legends in the battle game,” said Royce. “It’s probably the biggest battle you can put on right now, on behalf of Shady Records, Shady TV and Slaughterhouse.”


The eight rappers competing in the show will be Daylyt, Arsonal, Cortez, Dizaster, Math Hoffa, Marv Won, Aye Verb and Big T.


“Battle rap is the talk in every street and every barber shop,” said Budden about the show’s concept. “People are really engulfed and seem to be in tune with what these young brothers have to say in the lyrics they’re putting out there.”


“It’s giving these guys a platform that they didn’t have before,” adds Royce. “Everybody knows they’re great if you follow them, so the goal is to put not only them, but battle rap itself, on this platform.”


The ‘Road to Total Slaughter’ will officially premiere in the spring on WatchLoud.com.



Is Diddy Shutting Down Bad Boy Records?

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Is Diddy shutting down Bad Boy Records? Although the hip-hop cash king recently celebrated the label’s 20th anniversary, it appears that the company is under a cloud of uncertainty.


After swirling rumors about employees being fired or transferred to other companies like his newly launched Revolt TV, a rep told XXLMag.com that “Bad Boy shutting down is nothing more than rumors” and “isn’t true.”


So far, Diddy has yet to respond to the rumors.


Meanwhile, Diddy officially launched ‘Revolt Live’ on Monday (Jan. 27) at the channel’s new studio in Los Angeles. Described as a Sportscenter for music news, the program will air live twice daily — at 5PM and 8PM ET — with news and events happening around the world.


In addition, Revolt TV will be celebrating Super Bowl XLVIII this weekend in New York with a special pre-game concert featuring Drake at Time Warner Cable studios on Saturday (Feb. 1).


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