Floyd Mayweather made a recent appearance on Power 105′s The Breakfast Club to discuss his recent victory over Robert Guerrero, potential future opponents and 50 Cent among other topics. The big news for hardcore boxing fans is that Mayweather confirmed he will be returning to the ring on September 14 since x-rays revealed no extensive damage to his right hand. In regards to an opponent, Mayweather as usual didn’t name anyone but stated an announcement will be made by next month.
PART 2
Tri-State area Hip-Hop heads already knew this was coming. After being called a “bitch” by Power 105.1′s Charlamagne tha God last week for how he handled the Nicki Minaj-Hot 97 beef, Funkmaster Flex let loose Saturday night with a trademark rant. Having grown up in Jersey, these rants are nothing new but are still hilarious. Unlike Flex’s issues with Clue, which he’s admitted are solely about competition and no deep-seated animosity, Flex got highly personal with Charlamagne, going as far as to repeatedly ridicule his father and dare him to do something about it. DJ Envy wasn’t spared either, as Flex talked in-depth about alleged robberies and snitching accusations.
The soundtrack of Nas’ “Hate Me Now,” “NY State of Mind,” “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” and 50 Cent’s “How to Rob,” plus the trademark bombs, gives you a classic Flex rant.
If your Monday isn’t going too well thus far, this should provide a good laugh.
Radio personality Charlamagne the God is known for ridiculing, and many times justifyably so, the moves of many artists in Hip-Hop. Over 20 years deep in the game, Diddy knows how to handle criticism. But even he thought Charlamagne stepped over the line regarding his vitriolic comments yesterday about Combs’s new Dirty Money album Last Train to Paris. What really drew Diddy’s ire were comments about Cassie, where Charlamagne claimed she had no talent, and earned her Bad Boy spot through the bedroom. About 10 years ago, this may have turned into another Steve Stoute situation. This time, both men resolved their differences behind closed doors, and gave a public display of reconciliation on air.
Some people are already saying that Charlemagne was forced to back down in fear of Diddy blackballing him. I think it was simply the fact it’s impossible to continue tearing someone down when they approach you respectfully for a face to face. At that point, the anonymous celebrity becomes a flesh and blood human being with feelings, and not just some remote figure. Artists read blogs and magazines. And no matter how long they’ve been in the game, their feelings can still be hurt from crass comments (even Jay-Z referenced the camel jokes about him on Blueprint 3).
All in all, a happy “love fest” ending, as Diddy pointed out. I’m interested to see if Charlamagne lays back on future personal attacks on other artists.
CHARLAMAGNE ON LAST TRAIN TO PARIS
DIDDY AND CHARLAMAGNE SPEAK
