David Banner To Use Fan Donations To Fund "Sex, Drugs & Video Games" Album

David Banner seeks donations from 2 million fans for his next project.

David Banner's next album, Sex, Drugs & Video Games, will be funded by his fans - or so he hopes.

“I have one of the dopest albums that’s gonna come out this year, period,” said the rapper in an interview withforbes.com. “We’re going to show you how dope this album is by every two weeks dropping a new single … By the time the fans get to May 22, they’re [going to be] like, ‘Damn, this is worth at least a dollar, but we may give him $100 on the effort!’”

Banner is asking fans to donate what the can via his website, davidbanner.com.

But unlike Public Enemy and Ras Kass, who solicited donations to record projects, Banner's project will be released regardless of whether he meets his goal or not.

The album drops as soon as Banner reaches his goal of 2 million donations or on May 22, whichever comes first.

Sex, Drugs & Video Games, which features Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown and more, has a production budget of $500,000

Beanie Sigel Due In Court This Week For Sentencing In Tax Evasion Case

Beanie Sigel will be heading to court this Thursday for sentencing in his recent tax evasion case.

While fans are surely anticipating Scarface and Beanie Sigel's upcoming Mac and Brad LP, excitement may soon have to be tempered. The Philadelphia half of the duo will be heading to court this Thursday for sentencing over charges of tax evasion.

According to a recent report from Philly.com, the Broad Street Bully is scheduled to make an appearance in court this Thursday (April 12) for sentencing in his tax evasion case. In 2010, Beans was charged with failing to file tax reports from the years 2003 to 2005, owing a reported $348,000 in taxable income out of a grand total of $1 million.

Last August, the former Roc-A-Fella rapper pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges during the two-year period in question, although the defense contests the total sum due. He faces up to three years in prison if found guilty.

3m360 will keep you updated as for information regarding the sentencing.

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..
Apr 09 via web Favorite Retweet Reply

@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP
H.N.I.C.3IM A FATHER ,AN ADULT, IM NOT HERE TO BEEF IM HERE TO MAKE MUSIC.
Apr 10 via web Favorite Retweet Reply

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?