Havoc Denies Beef With Prodigy In Statement, Prodigy Tweets Claiming "We Set Traps"

UPDATE #2: Almost 24 hours after his tweets were posted, Havoc has issued a statement claiming his phone was hacked.

Havoc has lashed out at his Mobb Deep cohort Prodigy on Twitter.

In a lengthy Twitter rant, Havoc calls Prodigy a "fake Jay-Z," making claims that P engaged in homosexual affairs while in prison. He also poked fun at P, stating that "he think him and Rihanna getting married" and that he would be too afraid to confront Havoc if he saw him.

According to Devi Dev, MTV's Sway Calloway texted Havoc to confirm the tweets and Hav responded that they were "Very Real." It could be possible that Havoc's phone was stolen, but several sources have confirmed Havoc sent the tweets.

Read the Twitter diatribe in full below.

@prodigymobbdeep we got a meeting, lets see if u built to show ur face. prodigy abitch and I’m gonna show it, follow!! ground breaking new. i got niggas in the jail system to to back up that prodigy was fucking homes in jail. prodigy prove me wrong! please. i have a big announcement…. and niggas that was locked wit him know the truth. now i will silence…. and let the jails take care of the rest. thats on everything, i had to smack P ask him. prodigy u pussy! u long island ass bitch. I’m about to expose u! i can’t wait till niggas in jail that was wit u back my shit up!! next time i see u , u getting layer out, on camera!! i can’t wait! how u say u live in jersey, but right there in queens??? I’m on top of u… pause… foot on thy neck!!! in a minute…. niggas that was in the jail wit him gonna blow him up first hand.!!!! prodigy a hider not a rider. nothing hacked P homo y’all. no hack this havoc. P IS HIDING!!! IM GONNA SHOW U P GETTING KNOCKED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!! WATCH HE TRY TO DODGE ME!! THINK ABOUT IT… HOW COULD HE SAY,,, QB MURDERERS ??? LETS DO A ONE ON ONE!!!!! ME AND P!!! HE SO BUTTTT HE WILL AVOID!!!! OH, ONE MORE THING, HE THINK HIM AND RIHANNA GETTING MARRIED!!!! LMFAOOOOOOOO. THIS50…. HOLLA AT ME XXL HOLLA AT ME P A FAKE JAY Z HOLLA BACK!!!!!

UPDATE: After an unnamed person posted tweets on a false Twitter account under his name, Prodigy has taken to his verified account to address Havoc's messages from earlier today. He says he will not engage in beef with his Mobb Deep cohort, and left it at that.

@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP
H.N.I.C.3ATTENTION: TO BE CLEAR @PRODIGYMOBDEEP IS A FAKE PAGE I DONT EVEN KNOW WHY SHIT IS VERIFIED TWITTER PEOPLE R ON SUM BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW SMH..
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@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP
H.N.I.C.3IM A FATHER ,AN ADULT, IM NOT HERE TO BEEF IM HERE TO MAKE MUSIC.
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UPDATE #2: Havoc's publicist has released a statement of him denying that he sent the tweets. He claims that he left his phone at a gas station. His Twitter page has since been deleted. Read the full statement below.

“Just getting back into NY after my Easter weekend with family and friends in Jersey. I left my phone at a gas station yesterday evening while on my way to Jersey after a glorious Knick’s game. To all Mobb Deep fans: it’s business as usual! It’s Mobb Deep all day!!! My twitter account @THEREALHAVOC will be down until further notice. The only other real account is @PRODIGYMOBBDEEP. Ignore the rest. One!”

Prodigy also tweeted following the release of the statement, claiming that "we set traps" and that some people "have a lot of growing up to do.

13-year-old drives school bus to safety after driver passes out

A middle school student is being credited with saving a school bus full of kids after he drove the bus to safety after the driver passed out behind the wheel, Q13 Fox reports.

Surveillance footage shows 13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick noticed the driver passing out, raced out of his seat and grabbed the wheel as the bus swerved onto the sidewalk. He was able to bring the bus to a stop and take the keys out of the ignition.

"Everyone was asking questions,” Jeremy said. “'Whoa there's a bus over there what did you do Jeremy?' I was just like 'Well I just drove the bus to the side.' Everyone is excited about that!”

A school administrator drove by minutes later, stopped and performed CPR on the driver, who appeared to have suffered some sort of medical condition. Authorities have not released his name or his condition

R&B stars record tribute song for Trayvon Martin

R&B legend Chaka Khan, Eric Benet, Kelly Price, Kenny Lattimore and other celebrities are all rallying behind the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin.

To show their support for the fallen youth whose death has captivated the nation, more than a dozen singers, musicians, actors and TV personalities came together on Sunday to record a special tribute song in his honor.

The celebs hit the legendary Henson studios in Hollywood for eight hours to re-record Khan’s “Super Life” from her 2007 album “Funk This,” reads a statement on Khan's website.

Tinseltown stars including Angela Bassett, Terry Crews and Boris Kodjoe showed up wearing white T-shirts with the words “Super Life - Fear Kills, Love Heals” emblazoned across the front, a nod to the circumstances behind the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida.

The song contains the lyrics, "A mama's cryin' 'Cause another young man has gone and died / He's not some statistic / He's another awesome destiny denied.” Also,"We take it all so lightly / How did we get so 'climatized / On the 9 o'clock news nightly / Genocide of babies / I can't believe my eyes. ... Right or wrong / I'm gonna live a super life."

Grammy winner Khan unveiled a music video for the tribute on "Piers Morgan Tonight" Monday.

But the studio wasn’t the only place celebrities were letting their voices be heard.

They also took to the street and Twitter like thousands of others around the country, particularly in Florida, Los Angeles and New York.

Actress Tichina Arnold wrote from an L.A. march, "'Black Brown Asian White same struggle same fight!' Is what we r chanting at the rally 4 #Trayvonmartin."

R&B singer Janelle Monae tweeted that she was "moved" to see the outpouring of support in New York. "Seeing pics from the 'Million Hoodies' march in NYC for #TrayvonMartin touched. my. heart,” she said. “When we come together it's priceless."

FBI releases booking photos in rare move to be able to identify more victims in child pornography case

In a rare move, the FBI has released booking photos of a New Jersey man accused of installing hidden cameras to videotape young girls as they showered and dressed in an effort to be able to identify more victims.

49-year-old Robert Oshrin, of Budd Lake, N.J. appeared in court Monday to face child pornography charges.

The exception in this case was made "in this instance for the exclusive purpose of identifying potential victims who may be associated with this case," according to the FBI.

In February, FBI agents became aware of postings on a child pornography website which were traced to an IP address located at the home of Oshrin.

On April 5, agents spoke with Oshrin and he allegedly admitted to downloading child pornography from various websites and distributing material, according to a criminal complaint.

The Complaint alleges that Oshrin, a computer programmer, installed cameras in several locations throughout his home, including in a bathroom and bedroom and monitored the cameras when girls were present so he could make recordings of them.

“Because he installed multiple cameras in the bathroom, it allowed video production from various angles and allowed him to focus on specific areas of interest,” the complaint said.

Drug traffickers conceal hard drug in male condoms

Condom has found a new use

Drug traffickers who smuggle heroin into the country now ingest liquid cocaine poured into male condoms

Male condom does more than prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

This was disclosed by officers of the National drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who said male condoms have become objects used by desperate drug traffickers to conceal liquid cocaine.

This revelation was made following the arrest of four suspects recently at the Murtala Mohammed Interenational Airport in Lagos.

According to the NDLEA spokesperson, Mitchel Ofoyeju, this new method by traffickers is the first in the history of the country as the anti-narcotic agency spread its dragnet on drug barons and traffickers in and around the country.

“Some of the late tricks uncovered by Nigerian anti-narcotic agents include the arrest of drug traffickers who smuggle heroin into the country from Tanzania.

In addition,drug couriers now ingest liquid cocaine poured into male condoms for the first time. These tricks were uncovered at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport(MMIA) Lagos,” Mr. Ofoyeju said.

NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar, gave the names of the four suspected drug traffickers.

Two suspects, Ezeani Obinna, a 28 year old auto dealer at Ladipo market and Ozoemena Okoye Samuel, 27 year old dealer in electrical parts, both in Lagos, were arrested with heroin from Tanzania while two others, Egbo Innocent Oluchukwu and Ejimbe Christian Chidi allegedly ingested liquid cocaine concealed in male condoms to avoid detection.

Mr. Hamza said, “The suspects thought that scanning machine will not detect liquid cocaine but they were wrong. Even those coming from Tanzania felt that there would be no attention on them. We shall continue to do our best to prevent traffickers from using this airport."

According to Mr. Hamza, the suspects from Tanzania were detected during screening of passengers on Kenyan Airways while the others arrived from Venezuela with emergency travel certificate aboard South Africa Airline.

“This is the first case of liquid cocaine ingestion in the country. The liquid cocaine which is oily was packed inside condoms. Egbo Innocent Oluchukwu a 43-year-old trader excreted 70 wraps of the oily cocaine weighing 2kg. Ejimbe Christian Chidi, a 32-year-old teacher swallowed 54 wraps of same oily cocaine weighing 1.350kg.”

Egbo lived in Venezuela for ten years . He arrived the country with an emergency travel certificate number 00000600 as he said he was lured to traffick liquid cocaine by a Venezulan drug cartel . “The Venezuelan who gave me the drug told me that it will be difficult for machine to detect liquid cocaine that is ingested. I ingested 70 wraps of the drug using water because I was desperate. It is not that drug trafficking is a good thing but I wanted to solve my personal problem. They promised to pay me the sum of 6,000 dollars. I am married with 2 children and I need the money to cater for my family,” Egbo said.

The other suspect, Ejimbe, is from Anambra State. He teaches English at a Language School in Venezuela. He is single and claimed to have lived in Caracas, Venezuela, for eight years. “I am a 2002 graduate of the University of Maiduguri. I excreted 54 wraps and they promised to pay men N4 million. My intention was to get married and settle down."

Reacting to the arrest, the Chairman/ChiefExecutive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade urged regional anti- narcotic agencies to be deeply involved in counter narcotic operations in African.

“Heroin is usually smuggled from Pakistan, Iran and India but things are changing with the seizure of heroin coming from Tanzania. This is strange because they have turned drug trafficking into a relay race. The first set of traffickers will smuggle heroin from Pakistan to Tanzania while another set will take it from Tanzania to Nigeria. This is a new plan to evade arrest but we shall now beam our searchlight on African flights,” Mr. Giade stated.

Mr. Ofoyeju said the suspects would be charged to court after thorough investigation.

Lagos carnival showcases magnificent costumes, designs, acrobatics

The carnival has reinvented itself

Nigeria can stop importation of finished products, says Fashola

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has stated that the importation of finished products is not the solution to Nigeria's challenges of industrialization.

Mr. Fashola disclosed this, Monday, at the third edition of Lagos Carnival.

The 2012 carnival tagged 'Eko for Show', a spectacular display of magnificent costumes, designs, and acrobatics; brought the week long Lagos Black Heritage Festival to a breathtaking end.

"The Lagos Carnival has grown in its three years of existence by reinventing itself and drawing more participants and spectators each year," said Mr. Fashola.

"It has become a vehicle through which the creativity of designers and resourcefulness of the young men and women of the Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centres, in which all the costumes are produced, are exhibited," he added.

With vehicular traffic restricted towards and around the Tafawa Balewa Square venue of the carnival; the morning road show by some of the participants donned in flamboyant costumes and dancing to music from loudspeakers livened up the quiet ambience of the usually boisterous Island.

Inside the venue, the 50,000 capacity Square gradually filled up with spectators, mostly young people, amidst heavy presence of armed police officers and state security agents.

"The traditional pride and dignity characteristic of Lagosians of old is back in our daily expressions and aspirations, we are expressing who we are naturally- an industrious people; full of pride and confidence," said Mr. Fashola.

Apart from a stray police horse which scared some early comers outside the venue into a near stampede as it was chased around by a horse riding police officer, and some area boys who tried to molest visitors but were promptly hounded into a waiting Black Maria; the carnival was relatively hitch free.

Dozens of secondary schools across the state as well as some local councils took their turns to parade around the Square showcasing their costumes, and in some cases, graceful dance moves and acrobatics.

Music blared from giant loudspeakers meant that the spectators, who later invaded the Square, danced along on the stands.

The state's aim of making the carnival a private sector driven event in future may have received a huge boost with an appreciable presence of corporate sponsors like MTN Telecommunications, Nigeria Breweries, amongst others.

After the parades, and the ushering in of Mr. Fashola, who arrived in the middle of the ceremony, music took over and the now uncontrollable crowd went wild.

"Today is a very fun day for me," said a LAGBus driver who identified himself simply as Mike.

"It is not everyday you have a chance to see all these things," he added.

Funke Akindele Messed Up By Bouncer At AY Show

It was a very bad day for top actress, Funke Akindele as she was disgraced at AY comedy show held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos yesterday night. According to an eyewitness account relayed to Nigeriafilms.com, Funke was stopped by a bouncer at the entrance for her invite, but she pulled the "do u knw who I am? Stunt Nigerian celebrities always pull when stopped for checks. We were told that it took the efforts of some people, who told the bouncer who Jenifa, as Funke is fondly called, was. Do you think the bouncer was right to have asked Funke Akindele of her pass? Or, was he just following protocols?

Naeto C weds Nicole Chukwueke (wedding Photos)

Their traditional wedding held today in Owerri. Their white wedding will hold July 21 2012. Congrats to them.

Student escapes after four days in ritual killers’ den

Adeleye on hospital bed

A student of Business Administration, Kwara State University, Malete, Mr. Rilwan Adeleye, escaped death by a whisker after four days in suspected ritual killers’captivity. Narrating his miraculous escape to our correspondent in Ilorin, Adeleye said on March 29, he boarded a taxi cab at Challenge Junction, Ilorin, Kwara State, en route to Taiwo Road, Ilorin.

He said:

I wanted to go and withdraw some money my father had sent to me. I stopped a taxi cab, which had two other passengers, and told the driver that I wanted to go to somewhere around Taiwo. On our way, the driver took a wrong route. So, I challenged the man and asked him why he wanted to pass through that way. The man said he wanted to avoid the traffic hold-up. That was all I could remember.

Adeleye said he later became unconscious, only to find himself in an uncompleted building.

He added that his captors took him to a room in the building and drew his blood with a syringe.

He said, “Later, when I started recovering, I could faintly remember that they took me to an uncompleted building. Then I found myself in a room. I was the only person inside.

“I noticed that someone came in and drew blood from my body with a syringe.”

According to him, some of his captors came later and beat him mercilessly to the extent that he sustained a fracture in his arm.

21-year-old Adeleye said it was apparent by the anger of the ritual killers that his blood was not accepted for ritual purpose.

After much beating, he said his captors took him to a roadside and dumped him there but his friends saw him and took him home.

He stated that the whole incident lasted for four days; from March 29 to April 1.

He advised people to avoid “get rich quick” mentality and stop killing and maiming innocent people for rituals.

Adeleye’s uncle, Mr. Aranse Oluwa, corroborated the survivor’s narration.

He stated that the family members were rattled when they did not see Adeleye, who had told them he was going to withdraw some money from bank.

Oluwa said it was a relief to the family when Adeleye spoke with a family member on the phone after his release.

He said they had been frantically searching for him when he did not get back home on time.

Oluwa said, “He told us three people abducted him; two in front seat of the taxi and one other person, who sat with the victim at the back seat.

“His friends saw him along the road unconscious. They had to buy cold water and poured it on him to revive him before they later took him to a hospital.”

Culled from Punch

Photos from Karen Igho's birthday party

Mr Gay World Pageant holds in Africa for the very first time

The gay pageant held last night in Johannesburg, South Africa. And for the first time since its inception, two black Africans participated in the pageant. Wendelinus Hamutenya, a 23-year-old nurse and midwife from Namibia (pictured on the left) and an Ethiopian graduate student named Robel Hailu, (pictured on the right) whose family disowned him after they found out he was planning to participate in the gay pageant.

Gay men from 22 countries took part in this year's Mr. Gay World 2012 and Andreas Derleth of New Zealand (pictured on top) was crowned the winner.

Mr Gay World Pageant holds in Africa for the very first time

The gay pageant held last night in Johannesburg, South Africa. And for the first time since its inception, two black Africans participated in the pageant. Wendelinus Hamutenya, a 23-year-old nurse and midwife from Namibia (pictured on the left) and an Ethiopian graduate student named Robel Hailu, (pictured on the right) whose family disowned him after they found out he was planning to participate in the gay pageant.

Gay men from 22 countries took part in this year's Mr. Gay World 2012 and Andreas Derleth of New Zealand (pictured on top) was crowned the winner.

Nicki Minaj Talks Lady Gaga Comparison (Annoying) and Wardrobe Malfunctions (Devastating)

Don't call her Gaga Reloaded.

Nicki Minaj, whose performance at the Grammys this year was meant to shock and get people talking (let's see, where have we seen that before...), didn't appear to take kindly during her sit-down with Nightline to questions about the inevitable comparisons made between her and Lady Gaga.

At least, the interviewer certainly seemed to think the comparison was inevitable.

"Offends me, no. Irks me, yes," Minaj said when ABC's Juju Chang asked if the Lady Gaga comparisons do, indeed, offend the similarly flamboyant hip-hop star. "We are in completely different lanes."

"First of all," the "Super Bass" artist said defiantly, "I'm a rapper. I'm from southside Jamaica, Queens. I could say some really crazy lyrics right now, but I won't. Why don't I turn the cameras around and ask you?"

So, Chang, not wanting to point out that Lady Gaga's a native New Yorker, too, mentioned that they both wear wigs.

"Wigs?" Minaj retorted. "Every female in this game—every female in this game—wears wigs."

Um...the clothes, then?

"Over-the-top costumes?" she replied skeptically, making a buzzer sound. "Try again!"

Despite her aversion to being compared to Gaga, however, Minaj had kind things to say about her fellow star.

"Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way," she added. "She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane, and we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities."

A similarity she admits to, meanwhile, is the one between her Good Morning America performance last summer and her appearance on the Today show last week: she suffered nipple-flashing wardrobe malfunctions during both!

"That was devastating," Minaj said. "I feel bad...I always put myself in the parents' shoes when stuff like that happens. But I know that I would never, ever, ever—swear to God—do something like that on purpose."

"Sometimes I want to just pull the off-switch," she said of her rapid ascension up the fame ladder. "But you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people your all. You can't say, 'Oh, you know what? I'm not feeling good today.' No. No one's trying to hear that. When a woman comes up to you and says, 'Hey, my daughter's your biggest fan. Can we have a picture?' You can't say no."

True. All you can do is load up on the double-sided tape, take a deep breath and walk out that door.

The Game Stops Concert to Help Out Fainting Fan

This is really cool of The Game to do. Just when you think he’s too gangster to care about much he stops a show to help a fan that passed out. Here’s the video of what went down that night.

Brooklyn man shoots helpless MS wife, self

For years, Vincent Tropeano watched helplessly as multiple sclerosis ate away at the body of his frail wife, Elaine.

First she needed a cane, then a wheelchair.

Eventually she became a prisoner in her hospital bed on the first floor of their Brooklyn home, where she suffered the indignity of no longer being able to use the bathroom.

It all became too much to bear yesterday when the 74-year-old husband saw their health worker changing his wife at around 7 a.m. He completely snapped.

“Do you want to go out like this?” a naked Vincent asked his wife as he wielded a .32-caliber derringer, a law-enforcement source said.

The home aide, Rose Hall, fled the house under Vincent’s orders. She called 911 in tears.

By the time officers arrived at the Bergen Beach home, the couple was dead — Elaine face up with a gunshot to the head and Vincent on the bedroom floor with a self-inflicted wound, sources said.

“After being married that long, you would think they would be in love,” said Hall, 56, who had been working for the Tropeanos for only two days.

“But if he could kill her like that, I couldn’t call that love,” Hall told The Post.

Neighbors said the couple had been married at least 35 years, with two grown sons, Vinny and Steven. Their East 69th Street home is filled with pictures of children and grandchildren.

“She was his whole world,” said Nathan Bershadsky, who had known them for 11 years.

The couple used to enjoy traveling together but Elaine began to wither away from multiple sclerosis about 20 years ago.

Usually talkative and friendly, she went from a cane to crutches, and then could no longer walk and was bound to a wheelchair.

This year, Elaine’s condition worsened, and she entered a rehab facility. Vincent pulled her out a month ago because he wasn’t happy with her care there.

“He always had a smile on his face. I never heard him complain,” said Sydelle Mann, 74, who had known the Tropeanos for more than 35 years.

“Oh, my heart is broken. This is what you call a love story.”

Just last week, Vincent built Elaine a ramp in front of their home so Hall could take her outside.

“He was committed to her. You could see the love between them,” Mann said.

Vincent always stayed within shouting distance in case his wife needed him, Bershadsky said.

Despite his commitment, Vincent was worried about her.

“He would say there’s nothing that’s ever going to change, it’s only going to get worse,” Bershadsky said.

Vincent had been telling his kids recently that he was going to kill her and himself, sources said.

He was overwhelmed because Elaine was no longer able to handle their bills, the sources said.

On Tuesday, cops seized eight rifles and two shotguns from the home, and he was issued a summons for not having a permit.

On Friday, Vincent was “distraught and very nervous,” said neighbor Lou Drucker, 80. “He kept walking around, back and forth, in circles. I knew there was something wrong with him.