A Memphis family hired rapper Kia Shine to perform at a Sweet 16 party only to charge later that the rapper had spoiled the affair by being hours after most party-goers had left.

Victoria Allen, the mother of daughter Latranae, planned a Sweet 16 celebration a year in advance with friends, limo, a new car and rapper Kia Shine. Allen alleges the event would have been perfect if Shine had not been hours late and performed a far shorter set that agreed upon.

Allen says she paid Kia Shine $1,000 up front to perform at least 20 minutes.

“I was like, that would be cool to have a local rapper from Memphis to be the spotlight and special guest at her special event,” Allen said to wreg.com. “Everything was perfect, til it got to the entertainment. And when I say entertainment, I’m talking about the artist Kia Shine.”

In addition to his fee, Allen says she paid for a stage, high quality microphones, and a sound system that also cost $1,000.

Shine was expected to perform about 9 pm when the party had about 150 teenagers celebrating Latranae’s birthday.

After contacting Shine, Allen said the times continuously changed until he arrived at 11:45 pm with about 15 kids in front of him. Furthermore, he reportedly performed slightly over 5 minutes.

Allen wants her money back, but Kia Shine defended his actions to WREG.

Kia Shine told WREG, “Contractually Kia Shine showed up, Kia Shine performed, Kia Shine did exactly what he was supposed to do.”

He also said that Allen was partially to blame for the incident.

“Her mother had the opportunity, to say ‘Hey Shine, if you’re not going to be here at 9, 9:30, 10 or whatever, then just don’t come.’ And then fine, I wouldn’t have come and her money would have been refunded back to her completely without any issues,” Shine said.

He said he would be willing to give back half of money, because of the truncated performance, but would keep $500.

Via: Allhiphop

Atlanta Hip-Hop star T.I. could be heading back to prison, after police allegedly found meth-amphetamines and ecstasy in his Maybach last night (September 1st) in West Hollywood, California.

According to the LA County Sheriff’s department, the charges T.I. faces include a minimum sentence of a year in state prison, in addition to fines that will be determined by a judge.

According to TMZ.com, T.I. and his wife Tiny Cottle were stopped in their expensive Maybach coup for a traffic violation around 10:30PM last night.

Police searched the vehicle after smelling marijuana and found the drugs, reported to be meth-amphetamines and ecstasy.

Both were booked on felony possession of a controlled substance and have since been released on $10,000 bail, a piece.

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We all know breakups are hard to deal with, you’ve invested a lot of time and energy and you just can’t see yourself getting past the hurt. One of the things you MUST do is to stop all forms of communication. If you’re at that point where you’re ready to move on, here are some tips from blackvoices.com to get you over that hump.

1. Baby, I’m Begging

The whole “he broke up with me out of the blue” speech is pure BS. Whether you noticed or not, chances are your ex saw the demise of your relationship well before you did. Therefore, groveling before him won’t change his mind. Despite what you think, desperation is never hot. Wipe the tears and snot off your face and walk away with some dignity!

2. LOL

Just because you can call, text, BBM, IM and e-mail anyone at anytime these days doesn’t mean you’ve got the green light to do all of the above to your ex. Texting him to say “I was just thinking of you” is no longer romantic or sweet, it’s annoying –and stalker-esque. Do yourself a solid and avoid using your phone or computer when thoughts of your ex start bubbling over — sober or drunk.

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It’s not clear if Shawty Lo had a court case that day or what Ecreia intended on doing with the weapons but she says she forgot she had them in her bag. I don’t know what kind of chick leisurely walks around with a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun that they would forget they had it–wtf?!

Ecreia was arrested on Tuesday and set on a $6,000 bond.

Rumor has it that Shawty Lo broke off his engagement with Ecreia about a month ago.

This takes Ride Or Die Chick to the next level!

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Back in January, we alerted you to the news that Rihanna would be releasing a book.

Rihanna To Release Book, Will You Buy It?

Back then, it was titled “Rihanna: The Last Girl On Earth,” was set for a June 29 release date, and was supposedly a “tell-all.” We had our doubts though; it just didn’t seem likely that Riri’s PR people we’re going to give readers complete access to her personal life. We figured it would be heavy in photos and light in text.

And we were right.

Here’s what Amazon has listed as the product’s description:

The millions of sites tracking her every fashion move, the innumerable magazine covers including the recent Italian Vogue shot by Steven Klein, her past endorsement deals including Gucci and CoverGirl—Rihanna is the reigning style icon of the moment. She has garnered multiplatinum–selling success as an artist (her current album, her fourth, Rated R had the highest first-week sales of any of her other albums in the U.S. to date). She has won Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and countless other accolades for her performances. Simon Henwood captures the supernova at the height of her beauty and ferocity in photographs that track her enormous influence on current culture—from Paris Fashion Week to her shoot with Ellen von Unwerth in Berlin for her album artwork to her special appearance at the American Music Awards to her tour performances in the most cutting-edge couture.

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From verifying bio information, searching for photos, and generally checking in on the day-to-day happenings of the internets, Google is an invaluable tool.

We recently saw a hilarious blog post on Oh No They Didn’t where they used Google’s auto-complete feature to find out what people are searching for on Google in regards to certain celebs.   Being the shameless (your words, dearest commenters, not ours) internet workers that we are, we jacked their idea and decided to find out what Google “thinks” about some of our most popular subjects…

Everyone has strong opinions on Kanye West…. including Google.

Looks like Google fell for that Illuminati/Freemason talk too.  But Jay-Z being dead is news to us.  Say it ain’t so, Jigga!

Apparently Weezy’s dead too.  And Haitian or Dominican.

Damn, Google.  If you ain’t got nothin nice to say, don’t say nothin’ at all, though Kim does display ho-ish tendencies, and does look she’s on that Michael Jackson…… #we’rejustsayin

Rihanna’s not fat, by any stretch of the imagination.  An idiot? Well she did date Chris Brown…

Is Rick Ross haitian?  Can anyone confirm that for us?  But we’re not questioning most of the rest of this list.  Even Officer Ricky knows he’s fat.

Ok, this one made us laugh.  Diddy is poison?  Who’s searching for that?  G-Dep?

We were hoping for something a little more salacious than this.  Is Fantasia broke though?  Somebody let us know what’s up with that.

50 Cent is the future?  50 is the past.  Whoever searched “50 Cent Is Over” was spot on.

Word to ODB!

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Jamaica winners must have a Passport and must be Valid for Travel from 9/1/2010-12/15/2011.  Black Out Dates are 12/15/2010-1/5/10. You must be 21 years or older to win.

Via KYSDC.COM

In an interview with KYSDC.COM, rapper Flo-Rida talks about why he’s been able to bypass the urban route and go straight to Top 40, he also talks about his upcoming double album, gives us his workout secrets and talks about Brandy.

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The mag is on newsstands now! So check it out!

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