Jay-Z Gets Dissed, Madonna Finds a New Muse, Foxy Brown Goes Missing

Today in Detroit, rap legends Kurtis Blow and Eric B. will attend the funeral of their former friend, the “N” word. The mock burial is just one of the many hip-hop-centric events taking place at the 98th annual NAACP convention. Yesterday, NAACP chairman Julian Bond took umbrage with Jay-Z, saying, “I heard somebody say that when Jay-Z talks about ho’s, he gets a gold record. When Don Imus talks about ho’s, he gets fired. We believe in equal justice and equal justice for everyone.” Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz will take his collaboration with Madonna from the Live Earth stage to the Sundance Film Festival as he stars in the Material Mom’s directorial debut, Filth & Wisdom. Meanwhile, Madonna’s f-bomb dropping on the Wembley stage pissed off 123 sensitive Brits. Weeks after being assaulted and refusing to testify against her alleged attackers, Foxy Brown is missing. She was last seen boarding a flight from NYC to London. Update! Evidently she was already found. Panic over. Cat Power’s second volume of covers, The Covers Record: Volume Two, is due in January 2008 and will likely feature songs by Hank Williams, Otis Redding and the requisite Bob Dylan cover. Hours after Russian file-sharing site Allofmp3.com was shut down following demands by the U.S. government, Mp3sparks.com, a mirror site, emerged. It’s no coincidence that both sites are run by the same company.
	Published: 2007-07-10 Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup