A few unlit Molotov cocktails were found in Northeast Atlanta yesterday near T.I.’s Grand Hustle studios. According to news reports, two bottles filled with an unknown liquid suspected of being Molotov cocktails was tossed at the office windows of the studio early Thursday morning.

The Atlanta police SWAT team was sent to the address after an Atlanta Police officer was flagged down by a resident and advised the officer that he observed two bottles of what appeared to be molotov cocktails full of an unknown liquid near the front porch, said Eric Schwartz, Atlanta police spokesman.

Jason Geter, CEO of Grand Hustle, explained that an alarm went off between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Thursday (November 19) at the office and Grand Hustle staff discovered that one of the office windows had been cracked after someone had tossed a “40-ounce bottle” at it.

Police have not named any suspects, but Geter and company have their own ideas of who the culprit could be. Check out the audio of Jason’s details of the event below: (more…)

According to FreddyO, Keyshia Cole’s lil sis, Elite Noel is striving to follow in her big sister’s footsteps by becoming a singer. Elite, who has appeared on BET alongside Keyshia’s mom Frankie Lons & sister Neffe Pugh, is rumored to be next up on the reality show train with a new spin-off series featuring she & Neffe’s stylist Dariel.  As if that wasn’t enought, Elite recently dropped a youtube video where she asking for input on starting a singing career.  She performs an original song called “Sex and Play” and it appears she’s also been taking a few risque’ photos in preparation for that upcoming album cover.

Elite’s fully covered but it’s pushing it, so it may be NSFW. Check out the flix + Noel’s vocals below: (more…)

This social networking this is way outta control. First a MARTA bus driver gets suspended after a passenger twitpics him using his cell and now a teacher has been forced to resign over Facebook photos! Ashley Payne, a former Georgia high school teacher is smack dab in the middle of the most recent social networking controversy. Payne was forced to resign, after school administrators questioned the material posted on her Facebook page. Payne says she had pictures of her trip to Europe on the site and wrote about a game she plays with friends. She says none of the material was inappropriate, but a parent complained about a picture of her holding a drink in her hand.

I had no idea how a parent could have seen something like that on my page cause I had everything set to private. I wasn’t friends with any students. I didn’t give any access to students or parents.

The photo below is one of the pics that got Payne fired. She was holding a glass of Guinness Beer after visiting a brewery in Dublin:

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Photos by FreddyO

Jermaine Dupri held a launch party for his new watch line last night at Wish Boutique in Lil 5 Points. Spotted in the crowed were Monica, Lance and his boo Eva Pigford, Diddy’s Baby Moms Sara Chapman, Tayana Taylor, Johntae Austin & my boo Antwan “Big Boi’ Patton. Check out a few flix below:

JD, Monica, Big Boi

Hot couple Lance Gross & Eva Pigford

More photos + JD’s video from the event below:

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Photos by ATLPics

A group of music industry Presidents and CEO’s convened on Hotel Palomar in midtown Atlanta last weekend to celebrate a reunion of sorts.  L.A. Reid, Steve Bartels, Bu Thiam, Devyne Stephens, Young Jeezy, Usher Raymond, Dallas Austin and more music industry decision makers all joined each other for an evening of fine dining at the hotel’s Pacci Ristorante for the annual “Dinner With The President”.

Take a moment to take in all the movers and shakers in the room…

L.A. Reid (Pres/CEO Island Def Jam), Steve Bartels (Pres/Island Records) & Bu Thiam (CEO Convict Muzik)

Bu Thiam & Usher Raymond IV

Wow! Looky who Dallas Austin brought out…

It’s Lee “Big Poppa” Najjar (Kim Zolciak’s on again off again married boyfriend). I guess he’s about to be more on the scene since Kim has a hit record…

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Super entertainment attorney and my personal hero Phaedra Parks got married last weekend in a private ceremony in Buckhead. Pictured above from right to left is Dwight Eubanks from The Real Housewives of Atlanta who served as Wedding planner/Director, the beautiful bride Phaedra Parks, Me (ATLien of StraightFromTheA.com), Tracey Baker-Simmon (TV producer-Welcome to Dreamland, Being Bobby Brown), and Ted Lucas (music mogul CEO and founder of Slip N’ Slide Records-Plies, Rick Ross, Trina &  Trick Daddy).

Phaedra is very established and well-known in the industry and you may also recognize her from her many appearances on BET’s Tiny & Toya show, where she is executive producer. (more…)

Antwan “Big Boi” Patton held his annual Halloween party at Stankonia Studios last weekend with an open bar and plenty of soul food for the crew. Proceeds from the event went to benefit the Big Kidz Foundation, which is Twan’s non-profit organization established to nurture the intellect of youth by providing them with culturally diverse experiences. Talk about partying with a purpose! This shindig went on til the wee hours of the morning in the Courvoisier Lounge and spread throughout the entire studio.

Jennifer (Big Kidz Foundation) and Big Boi

C-Bone (as a lil league Falcons coach) and Me (as an ATLANTA Brave)

Can you guess who this is? I’ll tell you below…

You may also recognize Big Boi’s “costume.” He states that he was “Dick Fury” (a spin off of DF/Dungeon Family) but my first impression was George Jefferson. He explains the inspriation behind his plaid suit and huge fro and you may (or may not) be surprised to hear the explanation.  Video plus more party pics below: (more…)