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Better known as MCA, Adam Yauch, a rapper and founder of the pioneering and multimillion-selling hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 47. Yauch had spent the last three years battling cancer of the salivary gland (New York Times).

To call the Beastie Boys hip hop pioneers may well be an understatement. To understand their role in hip hop history, start with this New York Times article. After that, enjoy the videos below.

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So…Yeezy was taking a drive Saturday afternoon when he happened upon seven things he hates. Thankfully, he shared via Twitter, and as always, Twitter went nuts.

A couple of days ago I posted a picture of an anti-Obama election sticker that read “Don’t Re-Nig in 2012.” When I posted it I left commentary that said racism wasn’t dead. One of my high school teachers responded back by saying, “This speaks more to the idiot in the vehicle than racism. Remember, you can’t fix stupid.” I needed that reminder. You see idiots like that honestly don’t bother me.  The unexposed who think all black people act like the ones you see in an overproduced rap video don’t bother. I’d even say fat, paranoid, overzealous, self-loathing bastards who appoint themselves neighborhood watch captains don’t bother me. Idiots with bumper stickers don’t scare me; it’s the idiots with power and titles that do.

As the mother of a 12-year-old, black boy, I know some idiot is going to find my honor roll student who made a perfect score on the Georgia State Writing Exam and has never gotten in trouble a day in his life suspicious just because he’s black, and that doesn’t scare me. I know the chances of my sweet, loving and kind son being called everything but a child of God by some idiot, and that doesn’t scare me. I even know the possibility of my son being harmed or assaulted simply because he was born with beautiful brown skin, and that doesn’t scare me. What scares me is the thought of my son being injured or killed and nothing gets done about it because the idiot with the bumper sticker is now the idiot with a badge. What I’m afraid of is my son getting sick and dying because the idiot with the bumper sticker is now the idiot passing legislation that is denying my son healthcare or making it too expensive to afford. What I’m afraid of are the idiots with power who are constantly, consistently and subliminally whispering to my son, through legislation, through images, and through actions, that his life is worthless and not to be respected.

Today, after listening to the 911 tapes and reading the account from Trayvon’s girlfriend, who he was on the phone with when Zimmerman accosted and murdered him, all I could do was cry. I cried because that could’ve easily been my son, who I have managed to shield from the white elephant that is America’s racism. I cried because that could’ve been my students who are already beaten down by society by the time they reach me in the 9^th and 10^th grades. I cried because it was Trayvon Martin who not only had his life stolen by an idiot with a gun, but subsequently had his life deemed worthless by an idiot with a badge. I cried because so many of my acquaintances who don’t share my hue don’t seem to understand or even care that this child’s life meant nothing to Sanford Police Department. I cried because I desperately want more people who don’t look like me to be on the front lines of this battle with us. I cried because I thought that my parents and grandparents had fought these battles. While I knew things weren’t perfect, I never thought that people who looked like me would be so close back to being less than a person. I cried because I’m tired of the battle already, and I have yet to even walk onto the battlefield yet.

“Iron Man 3″ is currently shooting in the North Carolina area – Iron Man 3 is shooting under the working title “Caged Heat”. Iron Man 3 will be filming through the spring. Iron Man 3 is the newest movie of the Iron Man franchise and stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.

Please note that the following casting is for the North Carolina area and the movie is filming in and around North Carolina.

The casting director for Iron Man is Tona B. Dahlquist who also was the casting director for The Hunger Games, Homeland and Leatherheads.

An open casting call was held last month but more specific extras are needed for the movie.

Production is looking for the following extras – 18 and over

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So the Secret Service is in hot water over this prostitution scandal.  The entire set up was funny to me, because clearly in stressful jobs, men need some kind of activity to take their minds off of things.  I'm sure these agents weren't the first to engage in this type of illicit behavior; however, I do have a problem if they had detail documents out in the open of the President's whereabouts.  To me, this is just reckless.  You were entrusted to protect the President of the United States, not Joe the Plumber.  If you're going to engage in some extracurricular, then please make sure you secure the kitchen sink, before you get it in. 

I'm not even going in on the fact that most of them were married, but how do you go out to a club and brag about your assignment of guarding the President; and are you really going to try to stiff the hoe after her services were rendered?  The entire mess was just reckless to me.  If they would have paid the money, there probably wouldn't be an issue right now, but because someone wanted something for free, we have to hear the backlash.  In essence, it probably is a good thing that it came out, because if I were the President, I'd like to know if my security detail had my back.  

Do you think they were out of line, or is the media hyping the entire situation up?  Should they have been fired, or admonished? You weigh in.  Feel free to comment below.  

Check out the new video release by South Carolina's own Lele aka Bad Bad fettering LeeBurg Hop.  Comment below on the IKE AND TINA video on whether you think the joint is RAW or Rotten.  

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