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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Talks Tiger Woods Drama & Trey Songz Fight

As you know, I am now the midday host on NYC flagship station, 107.5 WBLS. Yesterday R&B singer Joe stopped by the station to talk to me about the Tiger Woods Sex scandal as it continues to grow by the minute. He also addressed the wildfire rumor that he and Trey Songz allegedly fought at a party in NYC. I can tell the mere mention of the rumor irked the hell out of Joe. He started calling out sites like Bossip & Mediatakeout for ‘instigating the lie’. Joe even challenged Trey Songz to speak out and squash the rumor….. So what do ya have say Trey??

Joe’s album “Signature” just hit #1 on Itunes & his popularity is growing worldwide. I heard through the grapevine that he sold out all 12 of his concerts in Japan!! Look for Joe’s Christmas cd in stores now.

*EXCLUSIVE* Singer Teyana Taylor Tells All: Who you calling a b*tch?

I tell ya kiddies…There’s nothing better than good conversation over some banging chicken wings with hot sauce!! 

Two days ago I sat down at Roscoe’s chicken and waffles in LA with recording artist and Pharell Williams protege, Teyana Taylor.  No publicist, no manager and no holds barred!!! Although she’s only officially released one single “Google Me,”  Teyana Taylor has become one of the most talked about new artists. She’s made fast friends with a slew of industry power players and has managed to build relationships with a handful of A-list music artists. This is why certain people have questioned ‘Who is Teyana Taylor and what does she do?’ She didn’t come across as a “Ms. Goodie Too Shoes” but rather as an ambitious young woman with big dreams, who is comfortable in her skin and is being true to herself. Soon after spending time with Teyana Taylor I realized just how creative, energetic, and business minded she is. 

Photos by Chan Andre of voyuer photography INC and Makeup by Terrell Mulllen   
 

Teyana greeted me by asking  where she could get a Shenaynay wig  because she and her assistant Davon are planning to dress up as Shenaynay  and Keylolo from “Martin” for Halloween. Over the course of the next hour Teyana opened up to me about her sexual preference and virginity, rumors about her relationship with Chris Brown, her secret crush and more. For all of you who’ve asked the question “What exactly does she do?” I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out she does a whole helluva lot…..especially to be only 18 years old. Enjoy!…..

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*Exclusive* Part 1: Michael Lohan Begs Lindsay Lohan to Stop Abusing Drugs

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Two weeks ago I conducted an investigative report on the shocking trend of Prescription Drug Abuse amongst teenagers. During my investigation I found that 1 out of every 4 teens is/has abused prescription drugs according to research. That means that 25% of teenagers are taking part in this dangerous and sometimes lethal habit.

Teenaers are obtaining drugs like Xanax & Vicodin  from other classmates but mainly online from websites based overseas in the UK and Canada. The drugs are then delivered to the kids doorsteps! What teens don’t realize is that many of these online drug dealers are servicing them with counterfeit drugs that are laced with rat poison or baby powder.

One parent that knows what its like to have a teenager battling prescription drug addiction is Michael Lohan, actress Lindsay Lohan’s estranged father. He joined me on this segment as part of “The Maury Povich Show” to discuss the dangers of the trend. His appearance resulted in a plea to his daughter to end her addiction before its too late.

Michael said Lindsay is a “hollow person” and said there’s “nothing left in her” and that he “couldn’t even look at her” during a recent visit. At one point, he actually said, “I hate to speak out publicly like this…” Then he launched into an emotional plea to his daughter, saying he would do everything and anything to save her life.

Michael Lohan has been accused of whoring out stories about Lindsay for publicity. Jokes are constantly made about his publicity tactics and lack of relationship with his daughter. Most recently, Nene Leakes verbally castrated him on “The Insider”  for “betraying his daughter to the press”.

I can’t endorse nor denounce any of these criticisms made about him. But what I can tell you is that I witnessed a desperate, concerned, helpless father make a tearful and what seemed like a heartfelt plea to save his daughter’s life. Michael Lohan told me that he realizes his daughter and ex wife resent him, but that he refuses to sit idly by and watch as the public, fake friends, and other family members enable her. Michael made a statement to me that resonated deeply. He said ” I don’t want my daughter to become the next Anna Nicole Smith….when she is dead and cold and it’ll be too late. I don’t wanna think  ’I could have done something about it’ but didn’t.”

So perhaps this IS the case of a wreckless father seeking to profit off of his daughters fame, as many media outlets have declared. BUT, maybe, just maybe, this really is a concerned father using all the resources he has to reach out to his estranged daughter and try to talk some sense into her before it’s too late. YOU BE THE JUDGE!

Anyways, I’ll be posting my segment as well as the the Michael Lohan interview in its entirety very shortly as Part 2. Stay tuned!!

*EXCLUSIVE* Jamie Hector Sets The Record Straight On The Shoot Out

How misleading headlines can be….

Life imitating art???  NOT!!

Jamie Hector (Marlo from HBO’s Wire) wants the public to know that he had no involvement whatsoever in this weekend’s shoot out which took place right outside of his wife’s baby shower in Brooklyn. 

According to the Daily News:

A made-for-tv gun battle erupted outside a Brooklyn baby shower for the wife of a star of the HBO crime series “The Wire” Sunday, killing one teen and wounding two men, cops said.

Gunmen unloaded nearly 50 bullets outside the party for the wife of actor Jamie Hector – who played violent druglord Marlo Stanfield on the hit series – then tried to finish off one of the wounded men outside a hospital.

“What a gun battle,” a police source told the Daily News. “They have been watching too much TV.”

CLICK HERE FOR THE ORIGINAL STORY

When I put in a quick call to check on Jamie I was told that he is okay but he and his wife are very rattled by the shooting. 

Jamie’s manager Ally Roberson released this statement from Jamie Hector about the incident…

“I first want to make it clear that the shooting incident yesterday did not take place at my home, nor did it involve me, my wife, nor any of the invited guests.  Although none of the guests were hurt physically, the trauma of this experience is unforgettable.   My condolences go out to the families of the victims.

 I grew up in Brooklyn and this kind of violence is one of the reasons I founded Moving Mountains, Inc., a non-profit youth organization that redirects talented youth through the arts. I focus their energy on positive alternatives in an effort to deter them from this type of violence, which takes place on the streets everyday.  We work to provide them with the life skills that allow them to make good choices for themselves and prepare them to lead positive, violence free lives.”  

Jamie also adds,  ”to be honest it was a disturbing feeling, but it also showed that we have a lot of work to do, we have to change how people think in order to change what they do”

Here’s Jamie with the kids of his Moving Mountains organization….

*EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS* Rocsi Engaged?…..NOT!

Rumors are swirling all over Turks and Caicos that Rocsi, the host of B-E-T’s 1-0-6 and Park, may be taking Lisa Raye’s place. According to several internet sources, Rocsi and Michael Misick, the millionaire former premier of Turks and Caicos and Lisa Raye’s ex-husband, are allegedly engaged. Sources even claim to have seen Rocsi with a huge diamond on her left hand.

Well, of course I reached out to Rocsi to congratulate her and find out if the rumor was true and she told me it was absolutely untrue and I believe her wholeheartedly. When a woman gets engaged (especially to a millionaire), thats not the kind of thing she’ll want to keep secret if you catch my drift.

If you look at the photos below, you’ll notice the date stamped of when it was taken was December 25, 2008. Last time I checked people don’t spend important holidays like Christmas together unless they’re pretty serious. Looks like the rumors of them being just a fling were incorrect. But sorry to bust anyone’s bubble, Rocsi is not taking that long walk down the aisle with Michael Misick…. at least not now anyway.

EXCLUSIVE: THE DREAM EXPLODES IN ANGER

Sister 2 Sister Magazine recently got a verbal confirmation that Christina Milian and The Dream are indeed engaged and having an engagement party in the Bahamas……Told ya!!

THE SHOCKING PART I DIDN’T TELL YOU WHEN I FIRST BROKE THE CHRISTINA MILIAN AND THE DREAM ENGAGEMENT STORY ……

“Just woke up from finishing some work in the studio late last night to some eager phone calls as to whether or not I am Engaged…. No, I am not. Point blank, period. Pretty funny. I really don’t have a lot to say about it… I think since I announced the title of my new album “Elope” these rumors seem to be looming around lately… Since then, the two have been inseparable, and Christina hasn’t taken that rock off for one second….”

The part that I didn’t tell you when I first blew the lid wide open on this story is that when The Dream found out that word was out about his engagement to Christina Milian, he went CRAZY on his entire staff, because he wanted to know who leaked the story.

Word has it he was utterly pissed that my iron-clad sources gave me blow-by-blow details of how everything went down. So pissed that he talked about firing cats on his team and even demanded that everyone on his staff sign confidentiality agreements!

Hmmm, I wonder if he’s going to demand that Christina Milian’s sisters sign those agreements as well. In case you didn’t know, one of her sisters is her hair stylist. And we all know how hair stylists get all the juicy gossip first….sister or not! Things that make you go hmmmm…..

Exclusive Interview With Vibe Editor in Chief Danyel Smith

Earlier this week I stopped by the Vibe office to get the scoop on their latest venture, The Most Magazine amongst other things. Danyel dropped hints about who’ll be gracing their July cover. She said it will be two people. I’m thinking it must be a famous couple, maybe Jay and Beyonce, Christina Milian and The Dream, Mariah and Nick Cannon, T. I. and Tiny, or dare I say Nas and Kelis?? That would be a banger.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Cannon Has A Major Announcement

Nick Cannon is about to shut haters down in a major way!!!!!!

Sources tell me that in a few days Nick will be announcing a joint venture with Def Jam Records. He‘ll be President of a subsidiary teen label under the major brand. This is a smart move for the company considering he just became president of Teen Nick at Nickelodeon. 

Additionally, Nick Cannon has landed a syndicated radio show.

Major props to Nick for the big boy moves. Its safe to say he’ll have the teen market on smash!!!! But unless he has a twin I don’t know about, I’d like to know how he plans to manage all three ventures. Clearly all three are full- time jobs.

Hopefully mainstream media will stop sh*tting on him now!!

Egypt’s Girl Talk With Alani “LaLa” Vazquez

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 In this interview  Alani “Lala” Vazquez gives us the scoop on the upcoming season of VH1’s “Charm School” which premieres Monday May 11th……and what a season it will be!!!! They took contestants from “Rock of Love” and “Real Chance of Love” then meshed them together in the same house for lessons on being a lady. From what I hear these girls were harrrrrrd to reform and there was some fighting and loose weaves from all the hair pulling in the process. Do you think these girls will make a change for the better?? We’ll see..

LaLa  also told me why she won’t be having anymore children and gives some hints about her upcoming wedding to Carmelo Anthony. I won’t give up the goods. You’ll have to listen for yourself!!

In the meantime check out her adorable son Kiyan…

EXCLUSIVE!!! Kelis Toasts to Divorce

I have a feeling Nas and Kelis are going to be a major topic of conversation for the next few months as stories continue to come out about the couples alleged indiscretions…….

Yesterday a usually very reliable source gave me the scoop on Nas and Kelis’ marriage trouble which you can read below or click here to read.

But this afternoon, another source tells me that Kelis was just overseas celebrating her decision to divorce Nas. Apparently Kelis is very popular in Europe and Russia so she spends alot of time there when she can. I am told Kelis had a celebratory dinner with some girlfriends where she toasted to her upcoming divorce and said “Here’s to taking that motherf*$%#@ for everything he has!” and get this…Pregnant Kelis was allegedly drinking.

My snitch tells me that Nas has consistantly been cheating on Kelis with the same side piece for a while. Kelis always felt that he was cheating but could never confirm it. Finally, she got proof and caught him in his lies. They tried to work through both of their infidelities but Kelis felt that Nas wasn’t doing his part because he was still cheating. (Now this I am liable to believe because it coincides with part of the story my other source told me. Seems like Nas didn’t want to work for the marriage).

Interesting thing…..Nas is not crazy about the company Kelis has been keeping. She’s butthole tight with actress Dania Ramirez who is married to director Jesse Torrero. Nas seems to think Dania is a bad influence on Kelis because when they’re together they “allegedly” run around town like their single. He’s told folks that everytime Kelis goes out west to hang with Dania, she gets into trouble or hangs with a crowd of people who hop around to selacious private parties at the homes of various Hollywood A & B listers as well as at the home of professional athletes.  

Update :  Kelis denies reports that she was drinking while pregnant. In addition, she and her reps deny that she has been involved in any sex tape. Tracy Nguyen, Kelis’ publicist tells me that they have been able to track down the rapper who circulated the sex tape , which portrayed a woman that resembled Kelis. Lawyers will be filing suit against him in order to protect Kelis’ reputation.

EXCLUSIVE!!! – Tyson Premiere

EgyptSaidSo.com reporter Elle Castro AKA L-Boog was on the scene at the NY Mike Tyson Premiere. She caught up with Mario, Nas, Ice-T and CoCo, Nick Cannon and more….Check it out!!

**Exclusive** The Other Side: Treach Responds To Pepa’s Abuse Allegations

Last week Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa did an interview with Essence.com where she recalled the abuse that she allegedly endured at the hands of her ex-husband, Naughty By Nature’s Treach. Her recent interview echoed her book “Let’s Talk About Pep,” in which she says Treach threw her through a glass table, beat her profusely and pulled her hair so much that she no longer has a hairline. Shocking and tragic right??!!!

I always say there are two sides to every story. Treach finally decides to speak out for the first time publicly and he spoke to EgyptSaidSo.com Exclusively. THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!! You will be mighty surprised at the story he tells:

In this exclusive interview, Treach admits there WAS abuse in their marriage both physically and emotionally but reveals the abuse was on both sides. He denies ever pulling Pep’s hair or throwing her through the table as she asserted. He also blows the lid on what he believes Pepa’s motives are, and accuses Pepa of using their children as a pawn to “get even with him”. I could tell he wanted to say more but held back.

Let me be clear when I say that abuse on any level is WRONG from either side!!! After reading her Essence interview, and then hearing Treach’s side, it makes you wonder what’s really good?! Treach even makes a heartfelt plea to Pepa in the end to let bygones be bygones for the sake of their children. Pepa its your move.

I LOVE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SOOOO!!!

WHEN I ORIGINALLY BROKE THIS STORY TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER MY SOURCE GAVE ME THE FULL RUNDOWN ABOUT CHRISTINA MILIAN AND THE DREAM BEING ENGAGED, NAYSAYERS THOUGHT I MADE IT ALL UP. DON’T EVER DOUBT ME AGAIN!!! IF EGYPTSAIDSO, ITS SO.

And in case you missed my post this past sunday, what I neglected to tell you was that the night he gave it to her it was too big for her finger. He was so determined to have her wear it that before they went to dinner with friends and family, they went to multiple jewelers in Los Angeles to find someone who would size it on the spot.

BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE TO COME IN THE UPCOMING DAYS SO STAY TUNED AS I GIVE YOU THE REST OF THE DETAILS .

POP THE HOOD TO………

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Proof That Christina Milian and The Dream are Engaged!!!

When I originally broke the news of Christina Milian and The Dream being engaged , she denied it emphatically. She also denied even having a relationship with The Dream this past week while on The Big Boy in The Morning Radio Show. PEEP THE RING!!! Need I say more??? Here they are coupled up in Hawaii over the weekend poolside.

BTW, What I neglected to tell you was that the night he gave it to her it was too big for her finger. He was so determined to have her wear it that before they went to dinner with friends and family, they went to multiple jewelers in Los Angeles to find someone who would size it on the spot.

shouts to JustJared for the photos.

POP THE HOOD TO….

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