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Kimora Lee Simmons will be the latest celebrity to pose nude in support of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

As part of the new “Be An Angel for Dogs” campaign spearheaded by PETA’s youth organization, peta2, Simmons appears holding her rescued dog Zoe , wearing nothing more than a pair of angel wings.

The campaign launches in print magazines this month to coincide with national Unchain a Dog Month. “Kimora was a delight to work with, the consummate professional and her compassion for dogs is a big part of her life,” PETA’s Director of Media Relations Michael McGraw told AllHipHop.com. “She has rescued numerous dogs off the street and her message is an important one: never leave a dog chained outside. It’s important to bring them in and make them members of the family.”

Thanks to a $20,000 donation by Simmons, PETA also launched an initiative to support low-income families with dogs, providing weatherproof dog houses and emergency medical care the pets might not have received otherwise. Continue Reading »

By Danielle Harling from AllHipHop.On Friday, January 25 several artists from the Hip-Hop and spoken word community will come together at the Bronx Museum of the Arts as a show of support for New York City’s homeless.

The event, which is entitled Hip-Hop Meets Spoken Word 3 will feature a number of performances, but will also serve as a fundraiser and coat drive for the homeless.

Instead of paying an entrance fee attendee’s are asked to bring non-perishable food items, lightly worn clothing, or a monetary donation. Performers for the evening will include Grandmaster Caz, Immortal Technique, Hasan Salaam, Poison Pen, Devin the Poet, and about 15 other performers. Continue Reading »

Master P and Romeo’s new program not only feeds the homeless but also provides jobs and job training for New Orleans residents.

Master P not only donated money to the organization, Food on Foot, but he and his son Romeo spent their Christmas feeding the homeless in Los Angeles and are extending the program to the city of New Orleans. Food on Foot N.O. (New Orleans) distributes balanced and nutritious meals to needy citizens and also rehabilitates disadvantaged individuals and families through jobs and job training. In addition to providing nourishment, Food on Foot N.O. exists to give confidence and hope to those that have been through so much so that they may eventually transition back into society. Continue Reading »

By Dan Rafael ESPN.com LAS VEGAS – The overwhelmingly British crowd was deafening as it cheered, chanted and sang for Ricky Hatton throughout the fight, but it couldn’t fight for him.

He could have used the help.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., faster, more skilled and far more accurate with his punches, dominated Ricky Hatton and knocked him out in the 10th round to retain the welterweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.

Most of the fans in the wild sold-out crowd of 16,459 had come all the way from England to support their hero. They sang throughout the fight, even singing for Hatton as he lay dazed on the canvas after being knocked down for the second time.

Mayweather put an exclamation point on his pound-for-pound No. 1 status with a clinical destruction of the reigning junior welterweight champion, who moved up for the opportunity to face the “Pretty Boy” in one of the most anticipated fights in years.

“I took my time. I fought inside and outside,” Mayweather said. “A true champion can adapt to anything. I already knew coming in it was going to be a rough night and that it was going to be tougher than most of my fights. I didn’t prepare halfway. I had a great training camp.” Continue Reading »

Veteran rhyme slinger Ghostface Killah has once again re-emerged and is ready to drop more jewels with his latest effort, The Big Doe Rehab. In his usually colorful form, Tony Starks chopped it up with SOHH about how Wu-Tang Clan’s comeback disc almost came out the same day as his new album, the Clan’s beef with Rza and taking his family to rehab.After dropping More Fish last December, Ghost went back to the lab and cooked up his 7th solo disc, The Big Doe Rehab, an album that he says took it’s own turn and detoured a bit from his original vision.

“It was supposed to be, more or less, it’s me again,” Ghost explained to SOHH. “I was gonna do the album by myself but as time went on, I started to hear Raekwon on a few of the tracks and @#*$%s wanted to get on. They wanted to be a part of it. Then I started to go back and see where I could fit everybody in. I started to think, like, where I could put Method Man, where I could put U-God. I already knew where I wanted Rae to be so, it just kinda worked like that.” Continue Reading »

FORT MYERS, Florida (CNN) — Three men were charged on Saturday with felony first-degree murder in the shooting death of NFL player Sean Taylor, a death police say was unplanned.

Eric Rivera Jr., one of four accused in the death of Sean Taylor, appears in court Saturday.1 of 4 Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Venjah K. Hunte, 20; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18, each faces charges of felony first-degree murder, burglary with a firearm and home invasion robbery while armed, according to court documents.

The charge of felony first degree murder can be applied if someone is killed, even accidentally, during certain violent felony crimes.

Rivera appeared in the courtroom in Fort Myers, Florida, while Hunte and Wardlow appeared via video phone from jail.

A fourth suspect, Jason Scott Mitchell, 19, was processed too late to appear in court, officials said. He is to be in court Sunday, and faces the same charges as the other three. Continue Reading »

Cash Money Records CEO’s Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams were among 16 people arrested and charged with possession of a pound of marijuana yesterday in Kingsport, Tennessee. According to reports, a police officer in Kingsport stopped the Williams’ RV on Interstate 81 for making an improper lane change, which forced a tractor into the emergency lane.

When Kingsport police Cpl. Tim Horne approached the RV, which had Florida tags, he allegedly smelled the scent of marijuana and searched the vehicle.

Cpl. Horne recovered almost a pound of marijuana in a trash can inside the RV, in addition to an assault rifle, a handgun and a clip for a .45 caliber handgun as well. Continue Reading »