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  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Live: Mariah Carey's Grand, Real-Talk-Filled Return To The Stage At Gotham Hall

    Mariah Carey w/Diddy Gotham Hall Thursday, March 1 Better than: A promotional tote filled with branded swag. Initally, some words about Diddy's performance were going to open this review, but when Mariah Carey hit the stage after him, his portion of the show was all but forgotten. Still, for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Heavy D, R.I.P.

    ​Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    A List Of Things That One Should Get If One Pays $1500 To See Jay-Z And Kanye West

    "I thought you said you'd take me to McDonald's" ​Saturday night, after reading a flurry of tweets from Jay-Z and Kanye West's show at the Izod Center, I bought tickets to nosebleed seats for last night's Watch The Throne show at the Garden. It was worth it, though—especially since yeste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Live: Black Rob Gets Back To Basics At The Apple Store

    ​ Black Rob Apple Store (SoHo) Wednesday, July 27 Better than: Waiting around the Genius Bar while a new trackpad gets installed in your MacBook. "Things are different now. There are computers. Dudes are going in with the computers", Black Rob proclaimed with a grin. Despite the obvious iro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    The Week in Food Blogs: Big, Bad New Gutbombs; Beer Myths Busted

    This week in food blogs ... Eater mapped out the city's biggest, baddest new gutbomb dishes. Frito Pie, anyone? Grub Street busted eight myths about beer. For one, it's not always vegetarian, folks. Midtown Lunch noted that, despite a crackdown on food trucks in Midtown, there are still quite a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    American Idol, Season 10, "Idols Week" Elimination: Someone Teach Adam Lambert How To Dougie

    You've befouled Diana Ross' good name for the last time, Ashthon. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.​Ashthon Jones got sent home from American Idol tonight. I am perfectly OK with this! She was not very good on this show! In her final performance, she once again bleated her way through a Diana Ross son ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    German Lucarelli 'In' at Da Silvano; Mehdi Chellaoui 'In' at Brown Café

    ​German Lucarelli is the new chef at Da Silvano. His first order of business: introducing brunch. [Grub Street] Chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem Marcus Samuelsson was included in a list of most stylish New Yorkers. [TONY] Brown Café has a new consulting chef. Mehdi Chellaoui is a choco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    This Week in the Voice

    ​In this week's issue of the Voice, Steven Thrasher takes on the supposed racial discrimination of the New York City "6019" firefighter's exam. Black candidates have passed the test with flying colors and yet have been prevented from joining the FDNY after the test was deemed racist by federal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    This Week's Voice: Diddy, R. Kelly, Justin Townes Earle, and More

    Request "Ass on the Floor." Photo by Travis Shinn.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg chats with Diddy on the eve of the release of his long-awaited Last Train to Paris, Mikael Wood rounds up the current crop of 2010 quiet storm r&b (R. Kelly, Ne-Yo, Jamine Sullivan, Faith Evans, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Homeless Woman Gets Surprise $10,000 From Dead Ex-Boyfriend

    Via The New York Post​Penny Martin, a Staten Island woman, recently came into some surprise money that rescued her from homelessness. A cool $10,000 in life insurance money was left to her by a deceased ex-boyfriend, which easily makes him the best ex-boyfriend of all time. She discovered the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    You Have One Day Left to Ensure That New York State Isn't Taken Over by Psychopaths

    ​In the evergreen words of world-renowned sociological scholar Mike Patton, WE CARE A LOT. As such, we wanted to remind you that if you have yet to register to vote, your voter registration must be postmarked by tomorrow, October 8th.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Regarding That One Time Diddy Rapped with Anna Wintour and Oprah

    ​Anna Wintour, Diddy, and Oprah got their rap on like it was 1998. MTV's Jersey Shore is being sued for profiting off of... being Jersey Shore. Letterman's extortionist is off to the hoosegow. The SexFraggle now known as Ke$ha played a Bat Mitzvah at Cipriani. These are Wednesday's Gossip Folk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Anderson Cooper Vs. Dr. Death!

    ​CLICK HERE to read my new column about the meeting between CNN dreamboat Anderson Cooper and Dr. Death Jack Kevorkian, which I was privy to in person. It was so exciting I wanted to kill myself afterwards because nothing could ever top it! On a lighter note, I also cover:

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Black Celebrities on the Down Low

    ​A regular on Datalounge.com has posted his list of black male stars on the down low! Someone else on the site responded that a lot of it is just wishful thinking, and someone else chimed in that a lot of these guys are more likely bi, but I'd have to say a lot of this is pretty spot on too. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    WTF: Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg Make Brownies, Rap About Weed

    Martha Stewart's love of rap is nothing new. She's had Puff Daddy and Ludacris on her show, and claims to have repeatedly invited her favorite rapper, Eminem. But this segment with Snoop Dogg making brownies might come as something of a surprise. Especially when the two start rapping about pot bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Spice Guy: Jay Rayner Shames U.S. for Cinnabomb

    S. Diddy/flickrIs this spice nice or a nasty habit?​ First they had a problem with our English breakfasts being too healthy (by "healthy," they meant lacking in deep-fried toast). Then they complained that all of New York had gone soft because we have a Whole Foods on The Bowery. The latest fo ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2009

    'Power 105.1 FM's Powerhouse'

    S. Diddy/flickrIs this spice nice or a nasty habit?​ First they had a problem with our English breakfasts being too healthy (by "healthy," they meant lacking in deep-fried toast). Then they complained that all of New York had gone soft because we have a Whole Foods on The Bowery. The latest fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Hip-Hop RNC Chairman Michael Steele Likes Diddy, Snoop Dogg; Calls the Rat Pack the "Pack Rats"

    Also pictured: the Great Satan It's getting harder to imagine a path to survival for RNC Chairman Michael Steele, whose promise to launch the Republican party into "urban-suburban hip-hop settings" was only the beginning of a long downward slide that may well end in a no-confidence vote in April. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Week in Review: Asher Roth, the Silent Superhero; Real World: Brooklyn, Obnoxious Diseasebags

    In the week we met the Real World Brooklyn cast (again) and yipee-skippied at the first episode, we also watched Whitney Port in The City and learned to stay away from the "Downtown Crowd." Meanwhile, the real youth-world Brooklyn was actually here. A rap spectacular this week. For a second, Ashe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Interview: Comedian Aziz Ansari

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Phillips de Pury 'Bling' Auction Postponed; Hip Hop's Crown Jewels Suddenly Too Valuable To Sell

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 27, 2008

    SUNDAY | 6.1

    Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2008

    BACK IN BUSINESS

    EPMD bring New York back

  • Music

    November 14, 2006

    Diddy's Little Helpers

    Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2006

    Status Ain't Hood Interviews Lupe Fiasco

    Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2006

    The MTV Video Music Awards: A Running Diary

    Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2006

    50 Cent vs. Diddy: Battle of the Rap Villains

    Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

  • NYC Life

    August 22, 2006

    "Ruff, Ruff"

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2006

    Busta Rhymes' Bodyguard Murdered at Video Shoot

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2005

    Jay-Z Brings Nas Onstage, Disses No One

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2005

    Diddy Humps Enormous Woman in Front of Thousands

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Columns

    May 11, 2004

    NY Mirror

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Theater

    April 20, 2004

    Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin: Still Just as Fresh 45 Years Later

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Columns

    April 20, 2004

    NY Mirror

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • NYC Life

    April 29, 2003

    Real Genius

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • NYC Life

    April 8, 2003

    Page (Sic)

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Columns

    April 16, 2002

    NY Mirror

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Film

    December 25, 2001

    The Sorrow and the P. Diddy

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Specials

    April 10, 2001

    Letters

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • Specials

    April 3, 2001

    Letters

    The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

  • News

    March 13, 2001

    ‘That’s Gangsta!’

    ‘Puff Love’ in the Bad Boys Family

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Puff! Goes the Weasel

    An Impersonator Witness and Alleged Testilying Redefine Rap Mogul’s Trial

  • Specials

    January 30, 2001

    Letters

    An Impersonator Witness and Alleged Testilying Redefine Rap Mogul’s Trial

  • News

    January 30, 2001

    O.J. Simpson Meets Puff Daddy

    Scapegoating Sean Combs to Get Back at Johnnie Cochran

  • Specials

    December 26, 2000

    Letters

    Scapegoating Sean Combs to Get Back at Johnnie Cochran

  • News

    February 22, 2000

    Gratuities Included

    Among New York’s Wheel Greasers and Palm Ticklers, Real Estate Types Lead the Pack

  • News

    January 4, 2000

    No Scrubs

    Don't Want Your Money, Don't Want None of Your Time

  • Music

    September 28, 1999

    I Want My B-E-T

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Gangstas (and Their Videos)

  • Music

    August 31, 1999

    The Gatsby of Gats

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Gangstas (and Their Videos)

  • Music

    October 20, 1998

    R.O.C.K. in the USA

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Gangstas (and Their Videos)

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