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Romeo's Rough Time

• It's tough being a child star and a college freshman. So far, Lil Romeo has had three high-priced bikes stolen at USC. [EUR]

• Tsk tsk tsk. Jermaine Dupri didn't exactly rush to Montreal when Janet Jackson got sick Monday. [E!]

• By the way, that "illness" that sent Jackson to the hospital and is causing her to cancel shows is rumored to be pregnancy. You're not really famous if someone, at some point, doesn't start a rumor that you're pregnant. [NB]

• The court will forgive Game for his involvement in a post-funeral brawl with his cousin if he will take 36 hours of anger-management classes. Good call. [TMZ]

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romeomasterp.jpgLil Romeo has a lot on his plate. He's trying to graduate and stuff, he's probably looking forward to starting at USC in the fall, where he'll play basketball not so well and major in film, and, speaking of film, he's also making a horror movie with his daddy, Master P. The movie is about five teenagers who take a trip into the Louisiana forest to debunk a myth about half-pig/half-human beasts. I heard it's totally scary, y'all! Anyway, the Millers took the literal route with the title, The Pig People. I haven't been this excited since Black Supaman!

Flawed Systems

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Money can buy anything, nowadays, even highly sought-after opportunities to not spend it. Millionaire rapper Master P recently saw his son, Beverly Hills High student Romeo Miller aka Lil' Romeo, honored with a full-ride to the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. Basketball insiders were "shocked," however, because Romeo is neither remarkably tall nor good at basketball – USC coach Tim Floyd willingly admits the 5'10" point guard "must improve" – and his family is certainly able to afford the $44,000 per year cost of the school. The impetus for the scholarship? First, to put young asses in stadium seats: "We may have more 11- to 17-year-old girls in the stands than we've had in the past," says Floyd.

And then there's Romeo's relationship with Demar DeRozan. Some believe Romeo's acquisition by USC was a package deal, a way to lure his close (and much more talented) friend, DeRozan, to the basketball program. People believe this because Coach Floyd is telling everyone that that's exactly what happened:

Mr. Floyd says, Percy Miller [Master P] called while driving both players from a tournament in Fayetteville, Ark. Percy Miller said "Demar and Romeo are ready to make their decision, and would you like to have them both on scholarship?" remembers Mr. Floyd. "I said absolutely."

DeRozen, who will graduate this year from LA's Compton High, announced his decision to attend USC jointly with Romeo last November at a press conference at the Four Seasons hotel. Master P's PR firm scheduled the event and Romeo Miller was given top billing. DeRozen did not later receive a conference of his own in South Central.

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gid.jpg• The Glow in the Dark tour dates have been announced — you know you were waiting. [MTV]

• All the best quotes come from Snoop's reality show. [MG]

• Is Jamie Lynn Spears going to make an appearance in Lil Romeo's new reality show? [SOHH]

• After rap, of course, country music has the most references to alcohol, drugs, tobacco. Oh, y'all have never heard "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off?" [Reuters]

• At some point, you've got to ask this woman, why the hell were you O.J. Simpson's girlfriend to begin with? [PH]

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While Jamie Lynn Spears has identified her on/off boyfriend Casey Aldridge as the father of her fetus, rumor has it Spears has recently been dating Lil' Romeo, her fellow Nickelodeon star. Look, we all know that he's probably not the daddy. Even a member of the Spears clan knows that's not the sort of thing that remains a secret after the child is born. [DL]

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Wine Appreciation

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• South African blacks are slowly but surely entering the country's thriving wine industry. [LAT]

• Lil Romeo: college basketball player and owner of the "official snack of hip hop." [EUR]

• Busta Rhymes basically just lives in court these days. [WNBC]

• The College Board might be bringing AP African American History to high school kids. [IHE]

• A Jackson family member is cheap and creepy? No! I mean, we are talking about a guy who named his kid Jermajesty. [TMZ]

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AmEx jumps on the Beyonce train

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• Beyonce now reps American Express, along with everything else. [SRN]

• Lil Romeo will definitely put an interesting spin on USC basketball this school year. [LADN]

• A 19-year-old handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland confessed to killing journalist Chauncey Bailey. [WIBW]

• The trailer for the game "Resident Evil 5" lives up to its name. [BL]

• Ving Rhames' dogs may not have caused the death of his caretaker Friday, although he was definitely attacked by them. [E!]



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