• A bad marriage can kill you. Literally. [CNN]

• Republicans want more minority involvement? Could have fooled me. [TBO]

• The Jena mayor is pissed about John Mellencamp and Mos Def's Jena Six video, but no one really cares. [SFGate]

• The price is wrong, Barker. [TWN]

• An African Burial Ground Memorial opened in NYC last week in a spot that was supposed to be turned into a parking lot. [Reuters]

Quote of the Week

Talib Kweli on Mos Def's anger at rappers for not attending the Jena Six protest:

"I agree with Mos Def as far as being critical with these artists," Kweli explained. "I think as artists who can say something, we have to. In my career, I have been critical of artists as well. But I will say that the hip-hop generation has mobilized around the Jena Six thing. I feel like there was a lot of hip-hop activism that got the 10,000 people who were there down there. And I'm more inclined to look at what those people are doing, 'cause those are the real heroes and the real activists. These artists, man, are followers. Mos Def happens to be a leader. So he happens to be above and beyond your average artist. But your average artist is a follower. And we have to create leaders, and leaders are not going to come from young rappers."

It's not shocker that TMZ has a video of some star going crazy on a photog. They harrass and taunt and annoy and generally have some punches coming to them. At the same time, this is the price of fame. So stars should learn to deal at some point. Or at least they should avoid "celebrity hotspots" like Hyde, where Mos Def was surprised and dismayed to be caught on camera.

If Mos Def was really not part of the whole Hollywood thing, which is what he was trying to say to the unreceptive, but very large, photographer, then he wouldn't be in so many movies, and he definitely wouldn't be at Hyde.

A panel of stars, including Jamie Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Chris Tucker, Mos Def, and famed fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, joined Isaiah Washington Friday at the African Union Summit promoting African American interest in Africa. Somehow, the ex-Grey's Anatomy star's participation in this rings truer than his pro-gay PSA. I mean, he's not trying to keep his job anymore so I figure this comes from the heart. In terms of ringing true, Jamie Foxx seems a little like he came to hang out with his boys rather than do some charitable work. More after the jump.

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What better way to commemorate Father's Day than to choose which celebrity you would most like to have out-of-wedlock children with? That's what they're doing over at Black America Web! They have a handy poll where all the unmarriage-minded women out there can vote on the celebrity they would like to have unprotected sex with while ovulating! Among the gems they picked out for the "Baby Daddy" poll were Tyrese, who was recently in the news for allegedly hitting his pregnant girlfriend, Mos Def, who has about 8 million kids already, and Allen Iverson, who has been arrested for domestic issues.

Interestingly, this is under the "Home & Family" section of Black America Web. It's completely appropriate. Happy Baby Daddy Day!

[Politopics, BAW]

Little comes between celebrities and their personal electronics, which is why they are posing at the launch party for a new BlackBerry with the same enthusiasm as they would on the red carpet at the Oscars. Unfortunately for them, none of these stars are Oscar-caliber — although some have more potential than others. I guess that's why they are this happy to be at a cell phone party.