Sean Paul, Beyonce.... The nominees for the Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards 2006, which held on 20 September at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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Best group: Black Eyed Peas
Also nominated:
Gnarls Barkley
OutKast
Pussycat Dolls
The Streets
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Best song: Beyonce featuring Jay-Z, Deja Vu
Also nominated:
Corinne Bailey Rae, Put Your Records On
Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
Mary J Blige, Be Without You
Ne-Yo, So Sick
Best UK female: Corinne Bailey Rae
Also nominated:
Alesha Dixon
Beverley Knight
Jamelia
Keisha White
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Best international female: Beyonce
Also nominated:
Alicia Keys
Janet Jackson
Mary J Blige
Nelly Furtado
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Best UK male: Lemar
Also nominated:
Kano
Nate James
Plan B
Sway
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Best international male: Jay-Z
Also nominated:
Chris Brown
Kanye West
Ne-Yo
Pharrell
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Best UK newcomer: Corinne Bailey Rae
Also nominated:
Fundamental 03
Lady Sovereign
Plan B
Soundbwoy
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Best video: Beyonce featuring Jay-Z, Deja Vu
Also nominated:
Busta Rhymes, Touch it
Chris Brown, Run it
Kano, Brown Eyes
Roll Deep, Shake a Leg
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Best hip-hop: Akala
Also nominated:
Busta Rhymes
Kano
Kanye West
Sway
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Best R&B: Rihanna
Also nominated:
Beyonce
Jamie Foxx
Mary J Blige
Ne-Yo
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Best reggae: Sean Paul
Also nominated:
Anthony Hamilton
Burning Spear
Damian Marley
Shaggy
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Best gospel: Nu Life
Also nominated:
Alan Charles
Kirk Franklin
Mary Mary
Noel Robinson
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Best DJ: Steve Sutherland
Also nominated:
Semtex
Shortee Blitz
Tim Westwood
Trevor Nelson
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Best African act: Batman Samini
Also nominated:
Lebo Mathosa
P Square
Jose Chameleon
Tony Tetuila
Russell Simmons' Wife Arrested Russell Simmons’ wife Kimora Lee must have been blind not to have seen a flashing police car’s flashing lights for over 2 miles. What was she thinking? What was on her mind?
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Kimora, a former model known for proudly showing off her museum-like homes on nationally televised programmes like “Cribs” and last December’s ABC special “Life of Luxury”, was said to have been driving around Saddle River, NJ with weed in her car.
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The arresting officer attempted to pull over Mrs Simmons near their estate for driving erratically as well as ignoring the police car’s flashing lights for nearly two miles.
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She was arrested and charged with eluding an officer, possessing marijuana, careless driving and operating a vehicle while possessing a drug. She was also issued a Municipal Court summons to appear in court at a later date.
Lil' Kim In Hot Water Rapper Lil' Kim aka Kimberly Jones found herself in legal hot-water after being charged with conspiracy to commit perjury, making false statements and obstructing justice. Her manager Damion Butler, bodyguard - Jackson and a friend, Monique Dopwell along with Lil’ Kim were all charged.
Lil’ Kim was indicted for not cooperating with authorities who were investigating a February 25, 2001, shootout outside the offices of New York city radio station WQHT-FM Hot 97.
According to authorities, Lil’ Kim’s posse was leaving Hot-97’s studios while rival rappers Capone-N-Noreaga with their entourage arrived. A person in Capone-n-Noreaga’s crew was injured in the shootout. The following day, Kim failed to tell police who was a part of her crew on the night of the shooting. Authorities have it documented over several years, even before a federal grand jury where Kim hasn’t told them the truth.
Her lawyer Mel Sachs said: "These charges are baseless and I'm confident that the case against her will be completely dismissed".
The indictment reveals that Jackson, Butler and another person fired guns.
50-Cent P.I.M.P. Video Had To Be Re-Done The new video called P.I.MP. BY rapper 50 CENT (aka Curtis Jackson or Boo-Boo) featuring Snoop Dogg, has been forced to re-shoot because it was deemed x-rated and banned from British and American television.
What caused the commotion was when 50-cent playing the role of a pimp, groped a group of topless girls, while grabbing another topless girl from behind on a sofa inside of a mansion.
To circumvent the ban, the 3-minute promo was re-filmed again with girls in covered attire. All of this at an additional cost of £250,000. This now means that British televison music shows will air it after 9pm. Some media outlets question the video and song’s explicit lyrics.
50 cent is signed to EMINEM’s Slim Shady records starts the UK leg of his “No Fear No Mercy” European tour at Wembley Arena in North London, with the track P.I.M.P. available on 13th October.
Some have raised the question if 50-cent is a real tough-nut thug who was shot 9 times and claims to have previously spent 9 years in jail doing hard labour. Research has revealed that 50-cent spent 7 months in a low-security boot camp for a single drug-related offence.
