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I have been invited to the Black Heritage Rodeo and Reception for the last five years and not only was Mary J. Blige the best concert ever it broke a sell out record for Black Heritage day.

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"It Takes a Minute to have a Crush on Someone, an Hour to like Someone, and a Day to love Someone -- but It Takes a Lifetime to forget Someone"

Let's do it again!!!!! Another Birthday Bash for my Pisces Sister "Motion" Sherri Provost

Smith: Iverson Will Drink or Gamble Himself ‘Into Oblivion’

*Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Stephen A. Smith is citing various NBA sources who claim that fired Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson is a bona fide alcoholic and has a serious gambling addiction, having already been banned from casinos in Detroit, Memphis and Denver.

“If numerous NBA sources are telling the truth — and there’s no reason to believe they’d do otherwise in a situation of this magnitude — Iverson will either drink himself into oblivion or gamble his life away,” Smith wrote in his Sunday column.

This latest news comes after a string of bad breaks for the 35-year-old athlete. In late February, Iverson left Sixers indefinitely to tend to his sick daughter. Two weeks later, it was announced he wouldn’t return to the team. And just as soon as his professional life crumbled, so did his personal life when his wife filed for divorce last week.

But in a report from Smith, who covered Iverson extensively as the Sixers former beat writer, Iverson also has serious problems with alcohol and gambling that is causing him to self-destruct.

In calling on Iverson’s former mentor/coaches to step in, Smith writes:

Where is Pat Croce when you need him? Or Iverson’s coach at Georgetown, John Thompson?

Where is the person with the ideal combination of compassion and toughness who would shelter Iverson at the same time he’s holding his feet to the flames? Someone whose vested interest is in Iverson’s well-being, someone who doesn’t need his money or cachet?

Continue reading Smith’s column here.

Lil Wayne Finally Behind Bars

*After four false starts, Lil Wayne was finally taken away in handcuffs to begin his year-long jail term for attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

The rapper was sentenced in Manhattan Monday, where he’ll serve his sentence in city jails, not a state prison. He could be released in about eight months with good behavior.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper, born Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October to having a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus in 2007.

Before Monday’s court appearance, it had proved difficult to actually begin Weezy’s agreed-upon sentence.

His first sentencing was postponed in February so he could undergo surgery on his jewel-encrusted teeth. Then, a fire shut down Manhattan’s main criminal courthouse while he was on his way there last week – causing two more delays.

City jail officials haven’t said where the multiplatinum-selling artist will be housed among their roughly 13,000 inmates. His lawyer has said she plans to ask for protective custody out of concern for his safety and health following his extended oral surgeries

Photo: Chris Rock Gets Handsy with Gabby Sidibe

*Chris Rock incurred the wrath of Gabourey Sidibe’s father Thursday when he took liberties with the actress’ backside during the third annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood event.

The “Precious” star, who is nominated for a Best Actress Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards, got a shock when Rock gave her the two-handed booty grab as she made her way to the stage.

The actress laughed and brushed it off with a playful slap, but Gabby’s daddy wasn’t so forgiving.

She tells ET Online, “As I go up to get my award in a room where my dad is, because he’s one of my dates, Chris Rock grabbed my butt with both of his hands – and then I slapped him back. I didn’t think too much of it at all, but my dad was super p**sed.”

As for Rock copping a feel at her expense, Sidibe quips, “Some dudes gotta have it – it’s my own fault for being too damn fine.”

Racist Michelle Obama Email Costs Tenn. Exec Contract

Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker

*A Tennessee tourism executive is feeling the wrath after forwarding an e-mail that likened Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee.

Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker has apologized to “anyone who is offended by this action” and “the people of Tennessee, and to anybody that has either seen or been affected by this email.”

The controversial e-mail, sent to Spyridon, Mayor Karl Dean’s legislative liaison, public relations executives and members of the Nashville media, compared Obama to Cheeta, the chimp sidekick in Tarzan movies.

It opened with a quote attributed to comedian Larry the Cable Guy: “I don’t care who you are, this is funny…” and ended with a photo of Mrs. Obama, caught in an awkward moment with her lips pursed, and one of a chimpanzee.

Baker also apologized in an e-mail to Nashville Metro Council members Saturday saying the message was not intended to be malicious but meant as “political humor.”

The e-mail has already cost Baker’s a deal with the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, reports the Tennessean. On Saturday, the venue said it would drop its contract with the marketing firm.

“The attitudes expressed in the e-mail are both appalling and unacceptable,” the head of the NCVB told the Tennesseean, and the mayor called the message “extremely offensive.”

Complicating the marketing expert’s PR fiasco is his initial reaction: “It was done in the spirit of having some fun with some close friends,” he told Nashville Scene.

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Oops. D’Angelo Busted For Soliciting A Cop

*D’Angelo has gone and got himself into a heap of trouble with the law … again. According to the NY Post, the Grammy award winning R&B singer was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly soliciting a police officer for sex.

The news outlet reports that D’Angelo, 36, whose real name is Michael Archer, was in his Range Rover at Greenwich and Horatio streets at about 2:30 a.m. when he spotted a woman he thought was a prostitute, according to sources.

He offered the officer $40 for oral sex and was immediately apprehended and charged with solicitation. Sources said the singer also had $12,000 in cash stashed in the vehicle.

At EUR press time, there has been no response fromn his management.

Over the last five years the singer has been arrested and charged with a several offenses as well as admitted to drug addiction.

HipHopDX.com says the singer is currently working on a follow up studio album to “Voodoo,” which was released in 2000. “James River,” the tentative name of the forthcoming album does not have a release date and has experienced countless delays because of his prior legal woes.

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Stevie Wonder Awarded French Medal

*Saturday, in Paris, Stevie Wonder was awarded one of France’s top cultural honors, which he dedicated to his deceased mother 30 years after he was tapped to receive it.

“I receive this honour in memory of my mother and in memory of all of those that have made it possible for me to stand here today,” said an emotional Wonder, clad in marine blue striped suit, as he received the Commander of Arts and Letters award from French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand.

“As I was… listening to what you were saying, I had a flash in my memory, the memory of 1964, when I came to Paris, France for the first time. I came with my mother,” Wonder, 59, told Mitterrand. His mother died in 2006.

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