Retirement has not been kind to Michael Jordan's fashion sense, and now Jordan's curious wardrobe choices seem to have gotten him banned from La Gorce Country Club in Miami. The New York Post has the story, in which anonymous sources claim that Jordan arrived at the golf course wearing cargo pants, refused to change out of them upon finding out that he was in violation of the club's dress code, and was subsequently barred from returning.
The Post even got Jordan's PR rep to comment on the incident, rather hilariously:
Michael Jordan did wear cargo pants . . . He had been there many times before and had worn cargo pants previously, and had never been made aware that he was violating any dress code. This time, he was made aware of the violation on the 12th hole, and at that point . . . he did refuse to interrupt his game, and return to the clubhouse and change. We were not aware that he is not allowed to return to La Gorce. I guess it's their loss - as MJ is a great golfer, and a great guest.
Boom. Your loss, snooty country club. Mike will be off enjoying the combination of comfort and storage that only cargo pants can offer while you waste away in your ivory tower. Did you know that you can carry, like, six Yo-Yos at once in a pair of cargo pants? Bet you didn't know that.
Michael Jordan Reportedly Banned From Swanky Country Club For Wearing Cargo Pants On The Golf Course
Another year, another crop of musicians making bank. Forbes has released its list of highest-paid musicians, led this year not by a popstar or rock band, but a doctor. Despite sounding angry in every song, rapper and beatmaker Dr. Dre earned a cool $110 million between May 2011 and May 2012. Most of that had nothing to do with the production of music, though: Dre earned the vast majority of that from his über-trendy headphone line, Beats by Dre.
Others leading the pack: Roger Waters (a founding member of Pink Floyd) with $88 million, Elton John with $80 million, U2 with $78 million and Take That with $69 million. That's a top 5 with one American and no one that's currently in the top 10 of the Billboard singles chart.
Britney Spears, the highest-earning woman comes in at No. 7 with $58 million. Taylor Swift tied Paul McCartney for the eighth slot. Both raked in $57 million over the course of the year.
Other hotshots: Justin Bieber rounds out the top 10 with $55 million, Rihanna lands at No. 12 ($53 million) and is followed by Lady Gaga ($52 million), Katy Perry and Diddy tied for 15th ($45 million) and Beyonce out-earned husband Jay-Z ($40 million and $38 million). Another tie: Adele and Kanye West at No. 22 with $35 million.
Some quick thoughts: U2 had topped the list since 2009 but fell two slots. Dre and Waters are unlikely to be among the first names that come to mind when one thinks of pop music. Their success points to big business (HTC bought Dre's headphone company for $300 million, though Dre and his partners bought back a large chunk of the company) and relentless touring (Waters plays "The Wall" in its entirety as part of a large-scale concert) as more efficient means of money-making than recording music. Also: Jay-Z + Beyonce = U2.
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After a survey was recently conducted by the Associated Press, Soulja Boy's reputation and credit as an artist was bashed with 57% of the total votes awarding him with the title of "Worst Artist in American History." Over 200,000 fans and record label personnel voted beginning on October 1st through November, and the end result was Soulja Boy being acknowledged as being a bad artists.
Yikes, to say the least.
Source: hiphop365.com
The State of Georgia is rooting for Nas to make a fortune on his concert tour ... because the government just got the green light to garnish a MILLION BUCKS from his earnings to repay a massive tax debt.
The Georgia Department of Revenue has filed new legal docs in their effort to collect $1,083,435 from the rapper for taxes it claims Nas owes for the years 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010.
According to court docs, the GDR obtained an order commanding Live Nation -- the promo company behind Nas' tour with Lauryn Hill -- to garnish his wages until the dept is satisfied.
The tour is currently underway, and Nas -- who's also on the hook for millions in unpaid taxes to the federal government -- is sure to make a boatload of money.
A rep for Nas tells TMZ the matter has recently been settled -- but the GDR insists the case is still open and they're trying to collect.
Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, according to Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford. He was 95 years old.
Via The Grio:
Montgomery Advertiser reports that Carter was one of only four from the original group of 33 fighter pilots still alive. He was also one of the most vocal about the legacy of the African-American World War II pilots. They’ve been credited for their instrumental part in not only breaking down racial walls in the military, but helping to win the war. Their mission was to protect bombers as they tried to attack enemy troops.
Carter continued to serve in the Air Force after the war before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1969. He then became the associate dean for student services at Tuskegeee University and served in several other positions during his time there.
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Tiara Stevens has experienced unspeakable pain at the hands of her father. The 27-year-old, from South Carolina, was s-xually abused by her dad, Fred Lee Montgomery, and even gave birth to his child.
After waiting for over a decade for justice to be served, Stevens was upset to learn that Montgomery only received a year in prison for the crime. “It was a slap in my face,” she said. Stevens gave birth to a son/brother who is albino and blind because of the inner-mixing of the same genes. Throughout the pregnancy, Stevens was unaware that she was with child until the day before he was born, after she went into labor at school. “To wait 14 years and all a person gets is 1 year? A pat on the back telling them it's okay to m-lest your daughter, impregnate her, and for her to have a child, a blind child? It's ok?”
Montgomery was indicted in 2000 after a DNA test confirmed that he was the father of his grandson. He bonded out of custody, and continued to live in the same small town as his daughter and their child.
After continuous prodding from Stevens, and a fire at the 6th Circuit Solicitor's Office (which destroyed Montgomery's court documents), authorities finally went forward with a trial— 12 years later. “We didn't used to have a computerized system up here,” said solicitor Doug Barfield, who noted that they department “did not realize” that they had stalled on the case.
Stevens told authorities that her son was conceived after she was attacked by her father in the mobile home that they shared, back in 1999, but she was s -xually assaulted by him on other occasions.
Now an advocate for victim's right, Stevens has forgiven her father but grapples with what to call her son. “That confuses me a lot. It's like, ‘Which one are you today? Are you my son, or are you my brother?' Because he's really both.”
Read more at http://hiphopwired.com/2012/11/09/abuse-victim-angered-by-fathers-1-year-prison-sentence-for-impregnating-her-photos/#Szw3uV0SCj3TrcMZ.99
Katt Williams is still getting it poppin.' We've heard about the Midwest comedian fighting, flipping the f-ck out on a crowd, and getting into it with Faizon Love, but his latest rift could cost him $5 million
Williams is accused of punching his female assistant, leaving her with lasting ailments.
Melissa Ishage filed a suit with the L.A. County Superior Court alleging to have worked as the father of seven's personal assistant, before an altercation on Oct. 6, left her injured. According to the former employee's attorney, she was punched in the head, knocking her to the ground, and causing "serious and permanent injuries." After the run-in, Ishtage went to the hospital.
While she does not explain what led to Williams flipping out, police were called to the location, but no one was taken into custody.
Authorities are still investigating the incident.
No statement yet from Williams.
Read more at http://hiphopwired.com/2012/11/09/katt-williams-facing-5-million-lawsuit-for-allegedly-punching-female-assistant/#3xIwSxoqUGc6qwbG.99
According to reports from TMZ, Cee Lo was involved in a brawl with two females back in July 2011. Cee Lo was out clubbing at a Miami nightclub and invited two women back to his hotel room for an "afterparty". According to Cee Lo and a witness, both females were extremely intoxicated, as one of them began to argue with him. He decided that he didn't want to entertain a senseless argument, so Cee Lo placed his hands on the woman's shoulders and began to escort her out of his hotel room when she screamed at him "fat motherf***er," to which Cee Lo became aggravated and responded, "You need to leave, b*tch."
From there the argument reached a boiling point outside of the hotel room when the woman pounced on Cee Lo and began rocking him with punches and slaps to his face. Cee Lo defended himself against the feminine onslaught which lead to the woman's other female friend jumping in and attacking Cee Lo from behind.
After the police arrived at the scene, they came to the conclusion that the fight was mutual and couldn't place any sole blame on either side, so no one was arrested.
Source: tmz.com
