I honestly was a bit pissed off when I saw someone had ganked my video from my Frankie Gives Relationship Advice + Her Emotional Red Carpet Exit post, but once I watched it, I could NOT stop laughing. Itzrag, the dude who “remixed” the vid is a dayum nutcase but he killed me and gave me life again with his rendition of Frankie’s “crackish” interview.

Video ~ Frankie Gives Relationship Advice (The Remix)

[Sidebar: It wasn't me Frankie... but you gotta admit this is funny as hell!]  Toodles!

During the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards, Gucci Mane performed onstage at least 4 times with different artists but it was his performance of “Wasted” that warranted a public service announcement. BET, in an effort to discourage youths from celebrating in being drunk and wasted, ran the brief PSA from Gucci Mane himself advising all watching that he’s serious about his sobriety:

Video ~ Gucci Mane’s Sobriety Public Service Announcement

Yeah it’s ya boy Gucci. I want y’all to know that I do make party records and it’s all fun. But on a serious note, I’m taking my own sobriety very seriously. And this is for real. It’s coming from ya boy Gucci. Be safe.

I wonder who’s taking the credit for this PSA. Gucci’s probation officer or BET? Performance video below: (more…)

Celebs gathered at Rare Lounge last weekend in celebration of one of the many celebrity style gifting suites held during BET Hip-Hop Awards weekend. Are You In inc. hosted the event in honor of award nominees, performers and presenters and stars like Ciara, Tiny & Toya, Big Boi, Rahiem DeVaughn, Lance Gross & Eva Pigford, Zone 4’s Ester Dean, Fonzworth Benthly, Kenny Burns, OJ Da Juiceman, comedian Joe Torry and more, all got “swagged” up with free gear for the awards ceremony.

For the ladies, Cami Cakes provided specialty desert bars, while reps from The Glam Bar were busy doing hair and makeup and Minx nails. The fellas had their choice of hot apparel from The New Era Store, 8732 Clothing and AKOO.

Young Jeezy’s 8732 Clothing Line

Other vendors issuing free gear included: Adidas, Akoo, Benji Jeans, New Era, Boost Mobile, Broccoli City, Cavi, Fli Pelican, Greedy Genius, I’m A King, Konsole Kingz, Lavie, Lamik Cosmetics, Live Mechanics, LRG, Sugar Mafia, Make up by Tierra, MAC Cosmetics, Paul Mary Jeans, Play Cloths, Sabit, Skull Candy, The Glam Bar, D&G, and, Chaza Fashions.

Big Boi ~ Notice the phone…he’s always tweeting!

A party ain’t a party unless Neffe & Soullow show up!

Wherever there are Minx nails…Sheree’ can’t be too far behind!

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Video ~ BET Hip-Hop Awards Red Carpet Highlights

The 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards has come and gone and Atlanta is still surprisingly intact. The awards show went off without a hitch and new host Mike Epps kept the crowd rolling. I was prepared to do a full recap for you guys, but honestly compared to the two previous years the event was a bit lackluster.  No convicted felons were caught attempting to purchase weapons (2007), there were no last minute changes to the host (2008)…absolutely NOTHING!  The only “drama” that surrounded the event was Frankie crying on the red carpet, Gucci Mane’s “Sobriety” PSA which ran immediately after his performance of WASTED and Missy Elliott puttin Diddy on front street for still owing her cash. Everything else was status quo but you can check out all the photos HERE.

Shouts out to BET’s Lyntina Townsand for being so gracious and helpful. Awards show coverage is always exciting (and stressful) but this year the show went on without a hitch.  Great for BET but sux for us bloggers. Oh well…hopefully the Soul Train Awards will be a hot mess so we can have more to talk about.

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Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and Antonia “Toya” Carter hit the red carpet of the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards with a third wheel, Toya’s new boo, James Hardy. The cute threesome posed for photos and James happily escorted both beautiful women on to the show.  Now we’ve all heard rumors of how Tiny gets down, but I’m quite sure she’s not partaking in any of those activities while her boo is unable to participate. Tip ain’t havin that… not until he gets home!

Yeah Tiny, wise move to back up a bit. You wouldn’t want to be photographed standing too close! (I kiddd!) Speaking of Tiny, she read an acceptance letter from her boo, T.I. during the awards show and he showed her much love. After the reading though, awards show host Mike Epps joked, “She betta get home for T.I. come!”  I almost fell out my chair…

Toya and Tiny…

Toya and James.

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Pretty Ricky hit up the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards red carpet in matching black sequined jackets. They made the rounds and gave their same lil customary group speech but surprised me with an impromtu verse from “Tipsy”. Lingerie, the newest member of the group (and lead singer in lieu of Pleasure P) spit of verse acapella and blew me away.  Check out the video below:

Video ~ Pretty Ricky Sings for StraightFromTheA.com

CLICK HERE to view the full gallery of photos from the BET Hip Hop Awards.

You know it’s party time if Diddy’s in town! The Bad Boy was spotted poppin bottles with Young Jeezy last night at The Compound for one of the million parties surrounding the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards which film in Atlanta this weekend. CTE, Bad Boy and AG Entertainment all on one bill? You already know it was off the chain. A few spotted at the compound were Young Buck, Lil Boosie, Slim Thug, Devyne Stephens, Kenny Burns and BET’s Stephen Hill. I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume there were females there too….

Check out a few flix courtesy of Exclusive Access.

Slim Thug, Lil Boosie & Jeezy

Jay Jenkins & Alex Gidewon (AG Entertainmet)

T.I. and Tiny were spotted at Dreamz nightclub during one of the afterparties for the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards. Tiny may not have made the red carpet but she did make it to the club!  So now you guys can stop emailing me asking about her.  Tiny was right were she should be…sitting next to her man!  Lil Wayne, Manny Fresh, Maino, D. Woods Juelz Santana and more also flowed through the spot.

Check out the photo gallery at RealTalkNY for more flix from this event.