THE BADDEST RIDDIM

Dreday Productions Presents “The Baddest Riddim”. Splendid Juggling With A Thumping Bassline And Features A Star-Studded Line Up. DreDay Yet Again Delivers Another Superb Juggling With Crisp Background Effects Complemented By Some Really Professional Mixing & Mastering! The Juggling Is Currently Getting Huge Rotation Across Various Radio Stations. The Baddest Riddim Is Officially Available For Digital Purchase On iTunes!

SUN HOT RIDDIM

Notice Productions Presents The “Sun Hot Riddim”. Smooth Juggling With A Good Vibe Featuring Some Really Talented Artists Like Christopher Martin, Munga, Gyptian, Chevaughn, Chronixx, Bastic, Future Fambo, Bugle, Demarco Among Others. Sun Hot Riddim Is Available For Digital Purchase On iTunes!

Lolo Jones Criticized For Hogging Spotlight Without Earning It

Uh Oh… It’s looking like there’s not a lot of love lost between celebrated virgin track & field runner Lolo Jones and her medal-winning teammates Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells. In an NBC post-race interview with Michelle Beadle silver medalist Dawn Harper complained that despite her compelling story of overcoming surgery to capture second place in the 100 meter hurdles, the press has continued to push “their favorite” Lolo Jones, who Harper did not mention by name. The NBC interviewer addressed the situation head on, asking if there was tension amongst the team and naming Lolo specifically. Kellie Wells responded by saying the three girls who made it to the podium were the ones who worked hard and did what they had to do. Which might sound diplomatic if Kellie had managed to keep a straight face and Dawn hadn’t practically high-fived her after the comment. Lolo finished fourth in the race and now the New York Times is also jumping on her for being long on looks and short on substance: Judging from this year’s performances, Lolo Jones seems to have only a slim chance of winning an Olympic medal in the 100-meter hurdles and almost no possibility of winning gold. Lolo Jones has received more attention than any other American track and field athlete based on what some have called a cynical marketing strategy that is long on hyperbole and short on achievement. Still, Jones has received far greater publicity than any other American track and field athlete competing in the London Games. This was based not on achievement but on her exotic beauty and on a sad and cynical marketing campaign. Essentially, Jones has decided she will be whatever anyone wants her to be — vixen, virgin, victim — to draw attention to herself and the many products she endorses. In 2009, Jones posed sans clothes for ESPN the Magazine. This year, she appeared on the cover of Outside magazine seeming to wear a bathing suit made of nothing but strategically placed ribbon. At the same time, she has proclaimed herself to be a 30-year-old virgin and a Christian. And oh, by the way, a big fan of Tim Tebow. If there is a box to check off, Jones has checked it. Except for the small part about actually achieving Olympic success as a hurdler. At the 2008 Beijing Games, Jones led before hitting the 9th of 10 hurdles. She stumbled home in seventh place. To her credit, she stood and answered reporters’ questions with grace, but her career has since ebbed. Anything could happen here, as Beijing showed. Still, Jones is far from a favorite. She barely made the 2012 Olympic team with a third-place finish at the United States trials. Nineteen hurdlers internationally have posted faster times this year than Jones’s best, 12.74 seconds, including the other two Americans in the field. Not all of those faster hurdlers will compete in London, but enough of them will to seemingly minimize Jones’s chances. Sally Pearson of Australia is the favorite. Dawn Harper, the reigning Olympic champion from the United States, is also a candidate to win the gold medal, as is Kellie Wells, another American. Yet, Harper and Wells remain in shadow while Jones stands in the spotlight. “It reminds me of Anna Kournikova,” said Janice Forsyth, the director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario. This was a reference to the former Russian tennis player whose looks received far more attention than her relatively meager skills. “It’s really a sad commentary on the industry Lolo is in,” Forsyth said. “Limited opportunities are there for women to gain a foothold unless they sell themselves as sex kittens or virgins for sale. I don’t know if this is Lolo being Lolo or part of a marketing scheme to remain relevant in an Olympic industry where if you are not the Olympic champion, you are nothing.” Here’s more on Harper’s story and her frustration, which actually seems to be a legitimate gripe: Harper, the 2008 Olympic hurdles champion, grew up in tattered East St. Louis, Ill. That city’s famous Olympic athlete, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, was her mentor. In Beijing, Harper had no shoe endorsement, so she ran and won in a pair of borrowed spikes. But all anyone asks about is Jones. At one point, it was frustrating, Harper said, adding that she resolved the matter through prayer. “I don’t care what anyone else is getting; I’m excited to be here,” she said. “At the end of the day, you can talk about all that, but you’ve still got to mention my name.” Yet Harper acknowledged being startled by the extent to which Jones has revealed details about her own dissolute childhood in Des Moines. Her father spent time in prison. Her family lived for a period in a Salvation Army basement. She had a brief and desperate career as a child shoplifter. “I’ve had family issues as well, but I’m not willing to say all of them just so it can be in the papers,” Harper said. “I don’t want that for myself or my family.” By the way, Lolo is a devout Christian of Native American, African, French and Norwegian descent — exactly the kind of athlete that is easy to market to American viewers. So while Wells and Harper have a legitimate gripe you already know there are gonna be people who say this just sour grapes and another case of dark skin girls mad the light skin girl is getting all the attention. Do you think it’s poor sportsmanship for Wells and Haprer to be so negative about a teammate?

RepJa Riddim

Caribbean streetwear brand RepJA (Represent Jamaica) Clothing Launches their First Riddim in time to celebrate Jamaica’s 50th Independence Celebration. The RepJA Riddim represents Jamaica’s diverse culture and features one of Jamaica’s top Reggae artists Gyptian & Dynamic Duo RDX, Toronto’s own Kardinal Offishall, R&B group Untitled (who is signed to Hip-hop superstar Ludacris DTP Label), Laza Morgan, (spanish duo) Los Rakas, India Shawn, Atlanta’s hottest local reggae artist Dre’, Latonya Style, Blacka Di Dansa, Basiq & Kid Daytona.
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Mavado - Soldier Girl (Ft Olivia)

Olivia is Mavado’s ride of die chick on the remix version to the Gullyside deejay’s single “Soldier Girl.”

The original version of the We The Best Music-produced single was release two months ago after Mavado made a transition to the label.

Olivia adds a verse to the already great dancehall single. “See, I don’t mind being your one and only, Still I grind while you’re doing time, waitin’ on me, At the drop of a dime I’d give it all up and trade, places with you, baby, Don’t want to see you hurting, baby,” Olivia sings.

Olivia, who is of Jamaican descent, was recently signed to Jerry Wonda’s imprint Wonda Music.

The VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop” star is currently working on her sophomore album, Show the World.

Geraldo Rivera apologizes for Trayvon Martin remarks

Last week, Geraldo Rivera made headlines by blaming a hoodie for slain teenager Trayvon Martin's death.

After facing criticism from the media, celebrities, and his own son, Rivera today issued a "sincere and heartfelt apology" for his remarks.

"I apologize to anyone offended by what one prominent black conservative called my 'very practical and potentially life-saving campaign urging black and Hispanic parents not to let their children go around wearing hoodies,'" Rivera wrote in an email to POLITICO. He added that "by putting responsibility on what kids wear instead of how people react to them I have obscured the main point that someone shot and killed an unarmed teenager."

Additionally, Rivera verbally apologized on his radio show Wednesday morning.

"[M]y own family and friends believe [that] I have obscured or diverted attention from the principal fact, which is that an unarmed 17-year-old was shot dead by a man who was never seriously investigated by local police," he said. "And if that is true, I apologize."

Lawmaker wearing hoodie removed from House floor

A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, told House members, "racial profiling has to stop."

Rush, a former Black Panther who was active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, then took off his suit jacket, pulled a gray hoodie on over his head and put on sunglasses.

"Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum," he said.

The congressman spoke during the morning session, when members are allowed to address any issue. He applauded young people across the country who are wearing hoodies to make a statement about Martin, the teen who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt when he was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida.

As soon as Rush removed his jacket and put the hood on his head, Rep. Greg Harper, R-Mississippi, who was presiding over the House floor, began to gavel Rush down, saying he was out of order.

Rush ignored him, and with the hoodie still pulled over his head, continued to speak, citing the Bible.

Harper continued to bang the gavel. "The gentleman will suspend. The member is no longer recognized," he said. "The chair must remind members that clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session."

A floor clerk approached Rush as he finished his remarks and led him away from the podium.

Afterward, Rush told CNN he was wearing a tie, suggesting he was appropriately dressed for the House floor. He said the purpose of putting on the hoodie was to send a message to young people, "to stand their ground, stand up and don't stand down."

As for violating the House rule on wearing hats, Rush pointed to his hooded shirt and argued, "this is not a hat, this is a hoodie."

"I don't mind being out of order if it means standing up for truth and justice," Rush said.

He said the public debate over Martin's death was a continuation of the movement in which he participated during the 1960's. "This is just another part of the struggle. I've never left those days. Those days are deep down in my soul."

Noting that he was standing in the Capitol, Rush added, "Many people have given their lives so I can be here and once I got here I can't forget whose shoulders I'm standing on."

The Illinois lawmaker said he understood that those on the floor who ruled him out of order and the staffer who moved him off the floor were doing their jobs, and said he was able to finish his speech.

"A lot of it was theatrical, but I wanted the message to go forward," he said.

Rush said he and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-California, were organizing a gathering of House members wearing hoodies on the East Front of the Capitol later this week.