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Funk Legend Sly Stone Now Homeless And Living Out Of A Van

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:09:34 +0000

Today, Sly Stone — one of the greatest figures in soul-music history — is homeless, his fortune stolen by a lethal combination of excess, substance abuse and financial mismanagement. He lays his head inside a white camper van ironically stamped with the words “Pleasure Way” on the side. The van is parked on a residential street in Crenshaw, the rough Los Angeles neighborhood where “Boyz n the Hood” was set. A retired couple makes sure he eats once a day, and Stone showers at their house. The couple’s son serves as his assistant and driver.

Inside the van, the former mastermind of Sly & the Family Stone, now 68, continues to record music with the help of a laptop computer.

“I like my small camper,” he says, his voice raspy with age and years of hard living. “I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving.”

Stone has been difficult to pin down for years. In the last two decades, he’s become one of music’s most enigmatic figures, bordering on reclusive. You’d be forgiven for assuming he’s dead. He rarely appears in public, and just getting him in a room requires hours or years of detective work, middlemen and, of course, making peace with the likelihood that he just won’t show up.

There was a time when Sly was difficult to escape. Stone, whose real name is Sylvester Stewart, was one of the most visible, flamboyant figures of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The multiracial, multi-gender band that Stone assembled fused funk, soul and psychedelic rock and became one of the most influential acts ever. The San Fran-based group released a string of hits beginning with the 1968 album “Dance to the Music,” followed by “Everyday People,” “Family Affair,” “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” and “Stand!”

The group’s costumes and showmanship were just as memorable. The members favored giant afros, flashy capes, Beatle boots, neon vests and leopard-print jumpsuits.

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Katt Williams Apologizes For Anti-Mexican Statements

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:17:08 +0000

Comedian Katt Williams has released an apology for remarks he made to an audience member of Mexican descent last weekend.
“My remarks were not meant to be offensive. I want to apologize if my comedy act was taken out of context. I sincerely appreciate my fans within the Mexican community and would never intentionally go out of my way to offend them,” he said.

The transgression occurred on August 20th, in a comedy club in Phoenix, Arizona. In part of his response to his heckler, Williams launched into a tirade against Mexicans living in the United States.

“Mothaf*ckas think they can live in this country and pledge allegiance to another country… Do you remember when white people used to say go back to Africa? And we’d have to tell them we don’t want to? So if you love Mexico, bitch, get the f*ck over there!” he said.

William’s comments have provoked outrage from some of his fans on YouTube and from members of the Latino community, including prominent Mexican-American author Luis Rodriguez.

What do you think? Watch the comedian’s statements below:

story from Huffington Post’s Black Voices

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Illinois’ Marijuana Estimated To Be Among The Nation’s Most Expensive

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:44:21 +0000

Though reliable statistics on the subject are difficult to track for obvious reasons, a new analysis estimates that the average selling price of marijuana in Illinois, particularly in the Chicagoland area, is among the highest in the nation.

Flowing Data reported Monday that the blogger behind FloatingSheep.org created a map of average marijuana prices across the country.

The map is based on data from Price of Weed, a website that crowd sources information regarding how much people are paying to light up. The blogger’s analysis indicates that Illinois, particularly in its northeastern corner, is home to some of the highest prices for green found in the nation.

According to Price of Weed, the average price of a high-quality ounce of marijuana in Illinois is $430.80, while a medium-quality ounce can be purchased for roughly $303.13. The data is based on just under 1,000 submissions. In Chicago, based on recent data, the average price of a high-quality eighth of marijuana appears to hover just under $60.

These prices are far higher than, for example, California, a state which has stepped closer to legalizing the drug than most others. There, the average price of a high-quality ounce is $320.94, more than $100 less than Illinois.
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Amy Winehouse is a huge racist

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:47:45 +0000

According to reports (Story from newsoftheworld.co.uk) AMY Winehouse faces ruin after being caught on camera revelling in SEX in, a public place, out of her head in a CRACK den and singing an astonishing RACIST chant.

Bombshell revelations— based on sickening video footage and over 100 shocking still photos—will stun fans and threaten to torpedo troubled Amy’s rock career.

The damning scenes were filmed by her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who is in prison facing trial for GBH and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

We were handed the explosive material by a former friend determined to show the world just what power Blake wields in manipulating the vulnerable young star.

In a sequence shot around May 2007—weeks after the couple eloped to wed in Miami—they are in a dingy crack den with Delboy-style bamboo patterned wallpaper.

Amy, 24, and a pal called Sarah giggle as they sing a string of racist lines set to the tune of kiddies’ favourite ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’.

Blake pretends NOT to record the unfolding events and eggs them on, saying: “Can we have a singsong of it?”

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