Rihanna has spoken for the first time about the leak of naked photographs of her in May.
The pictures, which showed the singer in a number of provocative poses, emerged online just two months after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown.
In an interview with US radio station Hot 97, Rihanna said the pictures had been leaked by an ex-boyfriend and that she felt “humiliated”.
"I just felt like my whole privacy was taken before that and then, when that came out, I thought, 'oh great, so now there's nothing they don't know about me and my private life'," she said.
"It was humiliating and it was embarrassing - especially my mum having to see that. It was two days before Mother's Day, so I was nervous.
"I sent her flowers first before I called and then she texted me - when the world is against me she's always there supporting."
Rihanna, who said he mother didn't criticise her for the photographs, also defended her right to take them.
"If you don't send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him,” she added.
The 22-year-old singer is currently promoting her new album, 'Rated R', which was released on Monday.
50 Cent has hit back at Jay-Z after the rapper appeared to poke fun at poor sales of his new album, 'Before I Self Destruct'.
His remark appeared to be in reference to reports that 50
The rapper's three previous efforts have all sold over 500,000 copies in their opening seven days.
Speaking about Jay-Z's remark on US radio station Sirius Satellite, 50 Cent said: “He's said that before. I didn't really take that as disrespect.
“If you wanna be disrespectful, just be disrespectful. Once we start I'm not gonna stop.”
He added: “I'll make you aware of that, 'cause I'm not the type of guy that goes away. So if that's the kind of energy we getting ready to go into, then let's do it!"
50 Cent had previously baited Jay-Z on a new track entitled 'I Go Off', on which he claims the rapper has neglected his roots.
Chipmunk says he threatened to commit suicide because his life is so hectic and is now taking time to rest and come to terms with his success. Chipmunk threatened to kill himself because he can't cope with his hectic life. The 'Oopsy Daisy' hitmaker - who caused concern earlier this month when he posted a series of disturbing messages on his Twitter page, including "I wanna die" - is trying to scale back his commitments after a whirlwind year of success took its toll. He doesn't even plan to celebrate his 19th birthday today (26.11.09). He told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "I just needed to take some time out to rest and get my head together. I try and take everything in my stride. It's been a successful year for me. "But I still haven't had the chance to let anything sink in yet, I haven't had a chance to think about it all. I'm just too busy. And I get followed everywhere too, it's crazy. "It's a bit boring right now, it's my birthday and I'm not even going to do anything." The British rapper also thanked his fans for helping him stay sane. He said: "They put me where I am, so no matter what crazy s**t happens, I'm with them."
CHIPMUNK STRUGGLED WITH HECTIC LIFE
Troubled U.K. rapper CHIPMUNK has gone back to work just two weeks after fears for his emotional state led to the cancellation of all his upcoming commitments.
The star - real name Jahmaal Fyffe - sparked concerns for his health after he posted alarming messages about suicide on his Twitter.com page earlier this month (07-08Nov09). The messages, which have since been removed, read: "I wanna die" and "Is suicide easy?"
The Oopsy Daisy hitmaker scrapped a string of performances and took a break to recover with his family in London.
But the 18 year old was back on stage on Wednesday (25Nov09) at a charity gig in Kent, England, and he admits he is healthy, happy and enjoying being back in the spotlight.
He says, "It's kind of sad it takes a problem before you get some time off, but I'm just easing myself back into work and trying to get my mind right because it affects my music and that's the last thing you want. I have to get back on stage, it's not optional. I've got a lot of big shows coming up and regardless of how I feel it would be stupid to miss them. I'm back.
"It got to the point of you dig your own hole and then jump in it and then you have to climb out because everyone expects you to. You've just got to be the boss of your own schedule or else you run yourself into the ground."
OH LORDY! Beyonce is accused of song stealing! Somehow i’m not surprised! It is known that Beyonce usually buy song credits from songwriters so she will get a bigger cut in her album royalties. But now it looks like its outright stealing the song and just changing the words and phases. The song that she’s accussed of stealing is Destiny’s Child’s Cater 2 U. Read the full scoop below.
…Chicago songwriter and performer Rickey Allen says it’s his song, and a judge has given the green light for a jury to hear his claims against Mrs. Jay-Z.
Allen first copyrighted his “Cater 2 U,” — with the same spelling — in the mid-1990s. He performed the song locally and updated the copyright three times, as recently as 2000.
Allen’s song is about “relieving the stress of a significant other, and getting them to relax.” He says Destiny Child’s version contains similar steamy lyrics.
When Allen’s song says: “I want to rub you down,” Destiny’s Child asks: “Want a foot rub?”
Allen’s lyrics say: “The tub has hot steam rising,” and “I’m waiting to soak your body through.”
The Destiny’s Child song offers to: “Let me run your bath water.”
“Do we say [Beyonce's] responsible for copying? Yes. But there’s no such thing as innocent copying, even if it’s unintentional,” said Allen’s lawyer, Matt Wildermuth. “The jury will decide the notion that these are simple coincidences.”
Allen says he passed a copy of his “Cater 2 U” to Chicago remixer Maurice Joshua, and the two planned to collaborate on a demo.
That never happened, Allen says. But Joshua later spent several hours in a session with Destiny’s Child recording a different song, according to court papers. Joshua says he never had a copy of Allen’s work.
Lawyers for the threesome say the case has no merit and asked that it be tossed.
It was Knowles who was the source for the idea of “Cater 2 U,” her lawyers said in a court filing.
“She is perhaps the most important witness for the defendants,” they said.
U.S. District Judge James Holderman has ruled there’s enough evidence for the case to go before a jury, pointing to Joshua as the link and saying it’s possible he could have provided a copy of Allen’s song before they released their hit. The trial was delayed once because of conflicts with Knowles’ schedule but is set for Dec. 10.
News: Britney Spears-Australia Lip-sync Controversy
It’s a known fact that Britney Spears lip-syncs in most (if not all) of her performance due to her intense choreography and certain other reasons. But now, it’s creating a big hoo-haa down under and it’s only her show of first tour ever in Australia.
According to Australian news reports, disgruntled fans left Spears’ show in Perth after only three songs into the concert, complaining of a lackluster performance, apparent lip-synching and their inability to see Spears on the jumbo screens onstage. (Source)
“We are really big Britney fans, but it was crap,” Josh Blee complained to Australia’s News Limited newspapers. “I thought after the music awards she would make up for it with a wicked concert, but she has let us down.”
“Britney is aware of all this and she’s extremely upset by it,” Paul Dainty, Brit’s tour promoter, told The Australian newspaper on Monday. “She’s a human being. I’m embarrassed, with such a big international entourage here with Britney, to be part of the Australian media when I see that kind of totally inaccurate reporting.” (Source)
The Fair Trade Minister for the state of New South Wales, Virginia Judge, even suggested concert tickets should carry disclaimers about whether parts of concerts were pre-recorded and mimed. “It is Britney’s ‘prerogative’ to lip-sync, and it is my job to make sure consumers know what they are paying for up front,” Judge said in a statement released by the government.
LOL! What one Britney Spears concert show can do to a government and a whole country continent!
As he continues to apologize publicly for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown says he doesn't know why people have a hard time believing that he is remorseful.
"The steps that Ive taken to show that Im sorry probably have been perceived wrong," Brown, 20, says in an interview on The Wendy Williams Show Friday (check your local listings)."Certain things when Im doing certain interviews and how my posture is to how Im acting.
"At the end of the day, Im definitely remorseful and its not something that I take lightly or think that its like under the rug," he goes on. "I really think its something that is a serious matter and Im learning from it."
The New York Post reports that Brown still can't live down the attack.
The paper posts a video of a woman getting within a few feet of him Wednesday in NYC and screaming: "[bleep]ing beater!" and "I hope someone beats the [bleep]ing [bleep] out of you!"
Brown just smiles and walks past her.
Lady Gaga has confirmed on German talkshow “Wetten Dass” that she will no longer be releasing
The Fame:Monster, but instead she will be releasing a new album sometime next year.
It’s due to some conflict with her record label with some production cost excuse. So she will be releasing the 8 new tracks instead over at itunes.
I think it’s a great idea, I’d rather have a new album than have that monster release, jee!
Speaking about Chris, lets check out his X with Ice-T's girl. Rihanna looks right at this halloween party...but isn't a hair cut necessary sometime soon?
Can't wait for this interview. Rihanna + Dianne = MANY viewers.
Sick video still from Slaughterhouse's new video
Last but not least...Wayne doing it big on the cover of Billboard magazine
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