Secret Service Scandal: President Obama Will ‘Be Angry’ If Allegations Prove True

President Barack Obama spoke at a press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos earlier today and said that he expects a “thorough and rigorous” investigation into the allegations of misconduct which have resulted in an on-going Secret Service scandal which continues to embarrass the United States.  Obama was quoted by CBS News having said:

“Of course I’ll be angry [if the allegations are true]“

While the president never specified the allegations, which have been confirmed by numerous media outlets, he did confirm that those individuals who have been placed on leave failed to conduct themselves at a level which is coincident with what is expected of agents representing the United States.  To quote President Obama:

“Obviously, what’s been reported doesn’t match up to those standards.”

For those who haven’t been keeping up with the unfolding U.S. Secret Service scandal, it is alleged that at least one prostitute visited with at least one agent.  There are additional allegations of heavy alcohol consumption for the duration of their stay.  According to a Colombian police report, which was taken as the incident involved a foreign national, a prostitute refused to leave the hotel until paid for services rendered.

Obama stated that if the allegations were true, you would be angry.  To quote the president:

“I expect that investigation to be thorough, and I expect it to be rigorous. If it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course I’ll be angry. [...] We are representing the people of the United States, and when we travel to another country, I expect us to observe the highest standards.”

What are your thoughts on the developing scandal involving prostitutes and agents with the prestigious United States Secret Service?

Secret Service Scandal: Prostitute Refused To Leave Until Paid

In regards to the Secret Service scandal involving at least one prostitute in Colombia, U.S. Representative Peter King says that a Cartagena prostitute refused to leave a Secret Service occupied room at Hotel Caribe until she was paid.

Secret Service spokesman Paul S. Morrissey said in a statement yesterday that 11 U.S. Secret Service agents, who were working with President Barack Obama to secure his arrival in Colombia for the Summit of the Americas, were placed on administrative leave after allegations of misconduct involving at least one prostitute made headline news.

U.S. Representative King, who also heads the House Homeland Security Committee, was briefed twice on the incident yesterday and says that visitors of guests at Hotel Caribe were required to be out by 7 a.m., however, one guest was not out by curfew and refused to leave after hotel officials knocked and requested that his departure.  After the hotel officials called the local police, the woman claimed that she would not leave as she was owed money.  The Secret Service agent then paid the prostitute and a police report was filed as a foreign national was involved.

King has indicated that 2 or 3 uniformed officers and 2 Secret Service supervisors, all with previously spotless records, were involved in the scandal.  ABC News quoted King today in an interview in which the New York Republican said:

“They were questioned all day yesterday at Secret Service headquarters.”

He went onto say that it was believed that all 11 had brought women to their hotel rooms in Cartagena, Colombia.  King’s staff “is going to begin an investigation” in which they will examine the procedures in place at the time of the incident in order to prevent a similarly embarrassing incident from occurring.

What are your thoughts on this breaking Secret Service scandal?

Nicki Minaj’s Dad Upset Over “Murder” And “Arson” Comments Made By His Daughter

In a recent interview with TV news magazine Nightline rapper Nicki Minaj said she wanted to “kill” her father when she was a child and now her dad has decided to speak out about his daughters comment, claiming that he’s not the violent jerk she has painted him as.

In her interview Nicki Minaj called her dad Omar a drug addicted alcoholic who threatened to kill her mom and went so far as to burn down their house at one time.

Nicki claimed of her childhood:

“I wanted to kill [my dad]. I used to wish he was dead … ‘We were afraid for my mother’s life because whenever he would have a real bad outburst he would threaten to kill her.”

Much like her claims that she’s going to take over the top rapper spot from Jay-Z various family sources say Minaj’s anecdotes are grossly exaggerated and although they agree her father had anger issues they say things never reached the level Nicki claims they did in her interview.

That same source says Omar had no idea that Minaj felt so strongly against him and that he was crushed that she chose to air her issues with her dad in the media spotlight instead of talking to him directly.

According to 3m360’s source her father says he loves Nicki very much and always will.

In the meantime Nicki Minaj continues her attack on everyone from Jay-Z to M.I.A. apparently her goal is too completely alienate herself from the industry that made her famous. Here’s the perfect of example of her attacks against other industry people, this time featuring Lady Gaga:

Tiny Fey Says End Of ’30 Rock’ Is Likely Close

While Alec Baldwin recently went on a tirade to trash Today and he has repeatedly said his time at 30 Rock is close to an end Tina Fey appeared on The View on Thursday and said the show will go on with Alec Baldwin in tow although the end is likely near.

According to Fey:

“As far as I know, he’s not leaving the show. We’re all in this together ’til the end. I think that he just maybe means that the end of the show — we’re in six years — that the end of the show is visible on the horizon. We’re all still on the show.”

Fey and Baldwin have already signed on the dotted line for a seventh season although NBC must first renew the show for another year before those contracts become valid. TV analysts believe the seventh season is all but secured and will likely be its last as 30 Rock has slipped to series low ratings.

Barbara Walters wasn’t happy about the decision but Fey put the inevitable decision in perspective:

“We can’t do this for 35 years. We’d love to keep going and see where everybody ends up, right? But you don’t want to see me with a gray stripe, eating a slice of pizza, going on dates.”

Fans of the show should definitely tune in on Thursday April 26 when another live show will air while Tina Fey promises that 30 Rock will be populated with new and former famous faces in 2012.  In what might be my favorite announcement Fey says another fake reality TV series known as Queen Of Jordan

Lauryn Hill Performs First U.K. Show In Five Years At Indigo2 In London, England

Last night, Lauryn Hill gave a rare performance at London, England's Indigo2, marking the first time that the elusive singer-songwriter has played a show in the U.K. in over five years.

During the set, Ms. Hill ran through a wide-spanning variety of cuts from her catalogue including "I Get Out," "How Many Mics," "Ready or Not," "Ex-Factor," "Nothing Even Matters" and "Lost Ones." The short-haird singer finished the show with her classic single "Doo Wop (That Thing)."

Lil Kim Talks Upcoming Singles and Documentary, Maino Rumors

Calling into Chicago's The Morning Riot Show Tuesday morning (April 10), Lil Kim opened up about an array of topics from her rumored relationship with Maino to her upcoming music plans to the status of her "beef" with Remy Ma.

Having released a collaboration with Young Jeezy entitled "Keys To The City" in March, Kim revealed that there are more singles on the way. "We're going to throw out a few singles first so we can get everybody familiar with my new sound," she added.

Kim revealed other ventures as well, including an upcoming documentary and her publishing deal with St. Martin's press. Her book will detail her yearlong prison bid in 2005, which stemmed from lying to a grand jury about a friend's involvement in a 2001 Manhattan shooting.

When asked by host Tony Sculfield about being linked romantically to fellow Brooklynite Maino, the Queen Bee laughed, before deflecting with, "I plead the fifth. Ask him that when you talk to him." Rumors about the on-and-off couple first surfaced when Maino released a track entitled "I Still Love You," back in January.

Kim also addressed the recent trend of female emcees going to prison and despite their history of quarreling, she extended somewhat of an olive branch to incarcerated rapper, Remy Ma. "At this moment right now, anybody in prison, my heart goes out to them," she shared. "If Remy was like, "Yo, I need something..." I'm the type of person that would reach out and help her and when she comes home we don't have to speak."

But this empathic mood didn't extend to all of Kim's beefs. When asked if she had been in touch with Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Notorious B.I.G.. Kim vehemently responded, "Absolutely not. I have absolutely no relations with that woman at all." This originated from the 2009 biographical film Notorious, in which Kim took offense to the way that she was portrayed.

Lil Wayne Inks Four-Album Deal With Cash Money

Lil Wayne has become synonymous with the Young Money/Cash Money phenomenon that has swept up names such as Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mystikal and Busta Rhymes, and the rapper isn't going anywhere soon. Weezy just signed a 4-album deal with Cash Money records, he announced in an interview on new MTV show "Hip Hop POV."

The label, which he has been signed to since he was eleven years old, is reaping the sales of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded which debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, and is set to gear up for Wayne's first album since last year's The Carter IV, titled I Am Not A Human Being II.

"Contract-wise, I only get paid for 12 songs. Maybe on a Carter album, you probably only gonna get 12 songs, maybe a bonus 13," Weezy said during the interview. "But on this I Am Not a Human Being thing, I really don't care... you're probably gonna get 16 on there."

Wayne also announced that he's working on an album of "love songs" - but in the Wayne style, not the typical crooners one might imagine. The album will be titled Devol - "loved" spelled backward - and was borne out of his preoccupations while serving eight months in prison in 2010.: Lil' Wayne Branches Out Into Shoe Business

With those two projects in the works - Birdman told Billboard in January that I Am Not A Human Being II is slated to drop "before summer," though a release date has still not been set - as well as collaborative albums with both Birdman and Juelz Santana on the agenda, Weezy may hit his four album mark sooner rather than later. Just don't expect the Young Money CEO to be jumping ship on the label any time soon