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The Scene: ASCAP Legends Ball w/ @Mr_Dupri @ludacris @Kandi @NeyoCompound & More!

Published by Gyant on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 12:31 pm.

BET Hip Hop Awards events kicked off last night as ASCAP hosted its Legends Ball in honor of the music legends who have given back to the Atlanta community in their own special way.

The usual suspects were in the building. Ludacris, Ne-Yo, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, blah blah blah were in the building. I meant to attend, but I had…how do I say this..better things to do. I keed of course. But luckily enough the homie Thaddeus McAdams was in the building and captured these shots.

Check them out below.

Jermaine Dupri and KP being honored.

Ne-Yo & Kandi

Wale

Johnta and some random jumpoff (I’m assuming)

Rock City.

I hear it was a good intimate affair. Shouts to the Chamber Group for extending the invitation.

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RIP: @LTLLINE, @PleasureP @SnoopDogg @Drakkardnoir @BevySmith & More Remember Nate Dogg!

Published by Gyant on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 3:54 am.

After years of dealing with private health problems, it was announced moments ago that Nate Dogg — born Nathaniel D. Hale– has died.

Per the Press-Telegram

Nathaniel D. Hale, known in the music industry as Nate Dogg, died Tuesday, his family announced.

The rap star, born and reared in Long Beach, Calif. was 41.

Cause of death is not known. However, Hale had suffered two strokes, one in 2007 and another in 2008.

Details will be available later.

News of the sudden passing of one of hip-hop’s most legendary vocalists is sending the music industry into a tailspin. Celebrities like music impresario Jermaine Dupri, rapper Drake, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg and many more have taken to their twitter pages to express sadness and fond memories of what many considered to be the hip-hop Luther Vandross.

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Jermaine Dupri Gets Da Brat Into Trouble Over Work Release Video, Wont Be On “The Real McCoy” Second Season!

Published by Gyant on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 8:11 am.

Could JD’s social media antics have gotten Da Brat in trouble with the law? That’s the new word on the street. As we all know by now former So So Def recording artist has recently been released from prison for bashing that poor waitress in the head with a bottle at the now defunct night club once owned by JD, who’s name escapes me right now.

Anyway, last year when Da Brat was on work release from the ‘big house’ it looks like Jermaine got her ass into hot water.

Per HH:

HipHollywood: The second season of your sister’s (Lisa Raye) reality show, “The Real McCoy,” is coming soon. Will you be featured?

Da Brat: She wanted to shoot me, but I did a little video with JD a while back and they took my passes for three months. Passes allow you to have home visits and see your folks. They also wrote me up for taking a picture with a police officer, but these are people saying that they love me and I missed that. But the officers didn’t even want me to have that little bit of shine and freedom. If someone is a fan, I gotta give love back. You can’t take that away from me.

You can always count on that damn JD to ALWAYS mess things up for people. Janet, Da Brat, Dondria..SMH.

Until Next Time…

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The Scene: ATL LIVE w/ @Dondria @YaGirlDWoods & @LTLLINE!

Published by Gyant on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 10:04 am.

[So So Def's Dondria]

‘It was “Ladies Night” at Shanti Das and Marlon Nichols’ ATL LIVE ON THE PARK last night.

[Tameka Foster and friends]

Bitter temperatures moved the party inside from the usual tent, but that didn’t stop notables such as Jermaine Dupri and Tameka Raymond from catching the last show of the year, which included performances by Dondria, D. Woods and kid sister-act Chloe and Halle Bailey (from “Meet the Browns”/ “House of Payne”).

[UM.... has D.Woods had work done. Her face looks different to me.]

[JD, Dondria]

ATL LIVE ON THE PARK will resume after the new year in February 2011.

Photo Credit: James Pray

Until Next Time…

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Blog Beef: @LTLLINE Facing Possible Criminal Charges Over Threatening Atlanta’s Most Hated Blogger?!

Published by Gyant on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 8:35 am.

Atlanta Super Producer Jermaine Dupri has went and gotten himself involved in some blog beef. Or at least that’s the word on the street.

Listen, I’m not into the unnecessary blog drama, but unfolding developments from over the weekend were so insane, that I just have to put you all on to it. According to HipHopBlog.com, JD could be facing criminal charges over an impulsive move he is sure to regret forever.

Per HipHopBlog:

Popular blogger [Blogger Name Removed] has revealed that rapper/entertainment mogul Jermaine Dupri allegedly called her  in the middle of the night making threats to physically harm her after she posted an entry on her website called “How the Mighty Have Fallen: Jermaine Dupri Rebounds.”

This was the blogger’s account of the conversation as posted on her website, [blogger site removed]:

“I got people ready to kill you right now!,” he screamed. “I’m letting you know it’s serious in the streets right now,” said JD in a 3-way call from France where he had just finished partying.

He said repeatedly, “I run Atlanta! I got ni**as calling me saying they don’t know what you look like, but all I gotta do is point you out and they will F*CK YOU UP!!!!”

I was extremely offended by all his yelling and cursing and I reminded JD that I was a grown ass woman. “I’m grown too!,” he responded. “I got ni**as that will f*ck you up on sight!”

He wasn’t at all subtle with any of his threats — even though he insisted he wasn’t threatening me. “I know you’re recording this,” he yelled, “and I’m recording it too!” He made death threats apologetically: “You already dead!,” he screamed.

Yikes!

It should be noted that’s it’s being rumored that Atlanta promoter Alex Gideon is the one who initiated the call to throw off said blogger, but JD was patched through to act as an ambush.

First off I must say that I personally don’t condone bloggers getting threatened, etc. However, sometimes people can simply go too far. The original blog, which started this mess, dripped of venom. There was clearly an intention to get up under my favorite little Leprechaun’s skin [<<see I take little digs, too. But harmless ones].

Of course now JD is keeping quiet. When I reached out to him via Twitter inquiring about the who, what, when, where, I garnered the following response:

This entire episode was sparked by a recent  interview in Creative Loafing, a local metropolitan paper. While I’m rather disturbed at JD’s psychotic response, I can’t feel too bad for him seeing as though I’ve been asking for an interview for my various media outlets, and the pint-sized musical impresario has shut me down each time. In fact his exact words were, “I don’t do interviews.”

I think he meant to say that he doesn’t do Gyant interviews. Say what you will about me JD, but this would have never happened if you looked my way rather than “the machine” newspaper.

No word yet on the legalities.

Story Developing.

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Is @JanetJackson & Jermaine Dupri [@LTLLine] Getting It In On The Low + Gyantunplugged “The Show” Talks Trey Songz, Drake, Bieber & More!

Published by Gyant on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 11:12 am.

Could musical icon Janet Jackson and once super-producer Jermaine Dupri be getting it in.. AGAIN? That’s what the streets of Atlanta are speculating now that Janet made a surprise appearance at a very trendy spot Monday night.

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