(Rick Ross, Dr. Dre And Jay-Z Spit Regal Raps On '3 Kings' )

Modesty was never Rick Ross' thing, so why would the Bawse decide to go humble about his upcoming single featuring Jay-Z and Dr. Dre? "You already know '3 Kings, ' I feel it's the biggest collaboration in hip-hop. Not just this year, maybe previous years," Rick Ross told MTV News on Tuesday from a hotel room in Washington, D.C.
Landing either Dre or Jay on your track is a major statement in rap, and getting both of the rap titans to feature on a record at the same time is a rarity, but they don't call Ross the Bawse for nothin'. "I got on the phone with Dre and we just talkin' about collaborating and he was gonna come down to Miami for the first time to record with me in my element, in my zone," Rozay said of the initial seed that was planted for "3 Kings."
After the phone call The Chronic super producer took his talents to South Beach to collaborate with Ross and even celebrate the Maybach Music CEO's birthday in January. "He came to Miami. I walked in the studio, I seen big homey, I turnt up," Ross recalled. "First night in the studio we went and did five records."
With his Dr. Dre sessions already in the can, Ross called his old buddy Hov to put the finishing touches on the record that is set to appear in Rick Ross' upcoming God Forgives, I Don't album. "Jay-Z, that's my big homey man and from day one anything I've ever asked O.G. for he always came through for me, so it's vice-versa," he said. "He got a gangsta right here for life."
Ross signed to Def Jam in 2006, Jay was steering the ship sitting comfortably as the label's president, and the two have collaborated on a few songs like Rozay's "Hustlin'" remix and Kanye West's unforgettable "Monster." While their relationship goes back a few years, Ross could have been pushing his luck by asking the larger-than-life Jay to appear on "3 Kings." Turns out the Roc Nation CEO had already recorded with Ross recently for a track that he hasn't used yet. "Me and Jay had another record already recorded," Ricky confirmed. "I'm pretty sure I'm one of the only people that could've called for another verse, before I put out the other record and get it done. I called him and let him know, 'Man it's the one.'
"We cooked up a masterpiece," he continued. "This is a big joint right here."
Rick Ross, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z weren't born heirs to the hip-hop throne, but on Rozay's newest single, "3 Kings" the trio most definitely spit the most regal of raps.
Rozay billed it as the "biggest collaboration in hip-hop," and on Thursday (July 19), New York DJ Funkmaster Flex got the green light to premiere the highly anticipated track. From the top of the dusty-and-soulful Jake One instrumental, Dr. Dre brands "3 Kings" as "classic hip-hop."
Though it's hard to imagine a time when the D-R-E wasn't on top, the Chronic producer reminds listeners of his wonder years when he opens the track spitting, "He started out mopping floors, but now he's front row at the awards." Still, Dre's recounting of his humble beginnings only helps to intensify the magnitude of his present when he urges fans, "You should listen to this beat through my headphones."
There is no hook or catchy chorus, just a bottom-heavy instrumental breakdown that leads into Ross' guts and glory. "I came a long way from the weed game/ Twenty-stack seats at the Heat game," he rhymes, sending a nod to the 2012 NBA champions.
The entire song stands as a testament to Ross' growth. While the Maybach Music Bawse was laying the groundwork for his recent rap empire with his 2006 debut, Port of Miami, and its follow-up, Trilla, few believed the husky-voiced MC would grow to his current stature. Back then, placing both Dr. Dre and Jay-Z on a single track seemed improbable for Ross, and having the gall to name the track "3 Kings" would have been ludicrous. Now, the notion isn't farfetched by any means, seeing as how the Teflon Don has emerged as one of the game's biggest draws and business minds, helping build the careers of young artists like Meek Mill and Wale. It's a position both Dre and Jay-Z have long enjoyed, and on Hov's verse, he doesn't let fans forget it.
"It's just different," Hov says of his free-associative verse, which sounds perfectly imperfect.
"Millions on the wall in all my rooms/ N---as couldn't f--- with my daughter's room," Big Poppa Hov says, nodding to baby Blue Ivy.
As rich as that may sound, Jigga gets even gaudier. If his rhymes ring true, Jay is about to reconstruct his $150 million deal with Live Nation, and while the method is a bit unorthodox, it seems he is using his lyrics in the negotiation process. "I ran through that buck-fifty Live Nation fronted me/ They workin' on another deal, they talkin' 250/ I'm holdin' out for three/ Two-seventy-five and I just might agree," he spits.
All hail the kings!
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'X-Men: First Class' Sequel Details: Simon Kinberg Calls It 'Extraordinarily Ambitious'

Hot on the heels of Comic-Con, new details about the highly anticipated sequel to 2011's "X-Men: First Class" have emerged. While writer Simon Kinberg can't say much -- "It’s like the most guarded state secret I’ve ever been around," he said in an interview with Collider -- the screenwriter can say that he's been working closely with director Matthew Vaughn and producer Jane Goldman on the script and that they hope to begin shooting next spring.
"It’s extraordinarily ambitious," Kinberg told Collider. "It is unlike the other X-Men movies and yet very much a celebration of the X-Men movies.”
The plot of the sequel still remains vague, but here's a little of what we do know. In February, Kinberg told MTV that the film will likely involve a lot more Magneto (played by Michael Fassbender).
"That’s what was so cool about the first one and what we want to continue," Kinberg said about the comic book villain's tortured origins. "Magneto becomes the villain ultimately of the franchise but he’s a much more complicated character as a young man. He’s someone you sympathize with, you care about you root for even though might not necessarily agree with his methods, you understand his philosophy."
As for the tone of the sequel, Kinberg revealed that the film certainly feels more "epic" than its predecessor. "I can tell you it’s been a very fluid process in the sense of we really went into it, Matthew, Jane and myself, just wanting to create a movie that was as ... I’m very proud of First Class .. as dramatic as that movie, I think it is as dramatic as that movie, but more epic, mythic in a way as well."
As previously reported, stars Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence are under contract to return for the sequel. The critically acclaimed "X-Men: First Class" grossed $353 million worldwide.

9 policemen arrested for ‘supplying arms to robbers’

Prominent armed robbers hunter, Ali Kwara, has arrested nine policemen for alleged supplying of arms to robbery gangs operating in Zamfara state.

Kwara, who was in Zamfara on the invitation of the state government to unravel armed robbery gangs operating in the state, disclosed to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, that nine policemen, comprising eight inspectors and a sergeant, were arrested over their involvement in supplying arms and ammunition to various armed robbery gangs in the state.

He said that one of the arrested officers was in charge of armoury in the state police command.

Kwara, who stayed for about 26 days in Zamfara state, said the syndicate had one network based in Yobe state.

He expressed satisfaction with the support and cooperation received from the Zamfara state police command.

When our correspondent contacted the Zamfara state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Akila Gwary, he said he was not competent to speak on the matter

Gunmen Fire At Card Players In Kano, Killing Three On Ramadan Eve

A few hours to the commencement of the Muslim Ramadan fasting, two  gunmen riding on a motorbike shot and killed three people playing cards in Kano. A fourth person sustained serious injuries and has been rushed to the hospital.
Also, a  constabulary police officer narrowly escaped death but sustained gunshot wounds and has also been taken to an unknown hospital, soaked in blood.
The men opened fire around public square known as ‘Kwanan Freedom radio’ in Sharada area of Kano city into a group of card players.
The Kano State police command spokesperson has officially confirmed the killings, while a security operative in the area said several residents have gone into hiding to avoid falling victim of the crossfire that ensures after such the attacks.
No group has claimed responsibility of the attack.

UNIBEN Teaching Hospital cure patient of sickle cell

When he passed out of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital clutching MBBS (Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine) in 1993, Dr. Bazuaye Godwin Nosakhare did not know he would be heading back to the school to help groom other doctors. He also had no inkling that 17 years down the line, he would lead a team to put the institution on the global medical map.
Inside the aircraft on a long flight to Switzerland in 2009, four members of staff of the teaching hospital comprising two nurses, one staff in the haematology department, and Bazuaye began the journey to history. At Basel, in Switzerland, they had an intensive one-year training in stem cell transplant, a relatively new branch of medicine that provides total cure for sickle cell patients, leukemia and other blood-related disorders.

When their trainers certified them fit, Dr. Bazuaye, Mrs. Imafidon Rose (pediatric nurse) Mrs. Ogunlere Beatrice (adult nurse) and Mr. Eguae Osaretin of the haematology unit returned to Benin to begin a process that makes the hospital wave the flag as a pioneer in bone marrow transplant in West Africa, coming behind Egypt and South Africa.

Something new?

Dr. Bazuaye would not be drawn into any controversy given claims by some people who say they ‘have been working on it since 2001′.

“I would rather not involve myself in any claims. I can tell you that we have successfully carried out bone narrow transplant here and the patient is alive and well. The World Health Organisation recognises it and verification teams from the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Health were here. Even the minister was here. We are not in any controversy. If anyone says he has done any such transplant, it will be nice to see the patient and see how well the patient is doing,” he says, preferring to discuss the job.

Ndik Mattew was five when his distraught parents brought him to University of Benin Teaching Hospital. He was a sickle cell patient who regularly fell ill. He was ‘problematic’ as described by the team that did the bone marrow transplant on him. He reportedly could not stand on account of stroke and paralysis. He was the shadow of a healthy when he was brought the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
Changing from SS to AA

Shortly after the trainees returned from Switzerland Ndik became their first test.
‘It was a tough and rigorous process’ said Egua Osaretin of the hematology department who carried out countless blood tests on the patient and his elder brother whose blood came to his younger brother’s rescue. The donor was admitted for weeks so that his blood can be certified fit for his brother through radiotherapy.

The process took the hematologist to lagos endlessly given that the equipment in UBTH had not been certified at that time. When this reporter visited recently the equipment been certified. That will further simplify the process should the hospital undertake another transplant. After series of verification and a close watch that saw Dr Godwin Bazuaye living in the hospital premises for weeks, the bone marrow transplant tool place on September 28, 2011.
Ndik free from sickle cell

Dr. Nosa and his team were lent a hand by one of their trainers in Switzerland. The highly technical process simply meant that ailing Ndik’s blood was drained and replaced with that of his brother whose blood had no trace of sickle cell anemia. It is a rigorous process. Contaminated air must not slip into the patient and there must be 24-hour electricity supply, which made UBTH provide stand by power and inverter. There was no power outage, a tall order in Nigeria. But for Ndik to escape from the strangle hold of sickle cell the near impossible was done.

On completion of the transplant things began to take a turn for the better. Twelve days down the line dramatic changes occurred in Matthew’s system. The change process had commenced. His blood began to change. The SS blood group was disappearing and the AA was taking root. Expectations were that after one hundred days the injected blood would have been fully engrafted.

‘In a successful bone marrow transplant such as we did here, it is expected that in one hundred days the new blood must have been fully engrafted into the patient. That is why the search for blood donor begins from a member of the immediate family. If non is found from the family then we look out. Ndik’s elder brother came to his rescue. I believe that must have helped matters because his rate of recovery was outstanding ‘ said the Hematologist.

Six months after the hospital represented Ndik to the public. He had virtually transformed. There was no stroke or paralysis. He had begun to walk around. His elder brother had come to his rescue. As the saying goes blood proved thicker than water. Ndik’s cure had a family touch. The family is better for it. They have their son back. He has become a far cry from the sickly five- year, struck with paralysis.
Another method

Daily Sun findings showed that bone marrow or stem cell transplant is racing ahead with fresh discoveries. These days transplants can be done without a donor. An enquiry at the Moyo clinic in the United States of America with outposts in Florida, Arizona and Minnesota showed that the patient could be his donor. The hospital wrote thus:’ A bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant, also known as a blood and marrow stem cell transplant, is a procedure that infuses healthy cells, called stem cells, into your body after you receive a course of chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy.

Your doctor may recommend a bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant if you have a certain type of cancer, such as leukemia, or a type of blood (hematological) disease, such as sickle cell anemia. The transplant may be performed using cells from your own body (autologous transplant) or from donors (allogeneic transplant).

The system to use is contingent on the disease and the diagnosis. The heart-wrenching situation is that University of Benin Teaching Hospital is stuck. It cannot proceed with more patients in spite of an avalanche of requests. There are no back up equipments. Dr Nosa Godwin confirms that the Chief Medical Director who was away on official assignment when the reporter called had tabled requests to relevant authorities in the health sector to help procure those equipments to enable more Nigerians to benefit from the institution. Nosa has extended his call to corporate bodies to bridge the yawning gap between Nigerians and bone marrow transplant.

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Michael Ibadin, said a 7-year old sickle cell anemia patient who had suffered stroke was the first beneficiary of the transplant after he got a match from his 14-year old brother.

“At the beginning, it was a daunting challenge because most people felt it was unassailable but the minister was convinced that we can do something when he visited last time. Here, we are looking at the beneficiary, we cannot count the cost because there is no way the patient can pay,” he said.

He said the breakthrough was achieved through a collaboration with the University of Basel, Switzerland where selected workers of the hospital led by Dr. Nosakhare Bazuaye were trained for a year.

Ibadin said the treatment would cost between N2.5 million and N5 million for a patient, but the hospital would have to be very selective in its choice of patients to reduce expected pressure and work towards acquiring more equipment for the transplant.

“The day we started, the drugs that were given to this child cost N2.1 million. It is not something you do on emergency; it is something you have to plan for. The hospital will be willing within the limits of its resources to subsidise the cost of the transplant,” he said.

“The practice of stem cell transplantation, no doubt, is capital intensive and rested on hi-tech equipment. Investment in this regard would go into thousands of millions of naira. Just for a take-off, we are starting on a small scale and have acquired only basic equipment to commence the programme,” he added.

Nigeria is the third in Africa, after Egypt and South Africa, to perform such a transplant.

Kim Kardashian Mocked By Ray J About Sex Tape Past

Apparently, Ray J has some bitterness toward Kim Kardashian.

On Wednesday, Kardashian tweeted “Keep your life in a positive perspective. We are not defined by our pasts.”

Ray J took the innocuous statement as an opportunity to mock the reality star, who arguably became famous because of her sex tape with the singer.

The “Sexy Can I” singer retweeted Kardashian’s comment, adding, “LOL.”

Yikes.

There was no response from Kardashian.

What do you think about Ray J calling out Kardashian on Twitter?

Tracy Martin, Sybrina Fulton: Trayvon's Death Not 'God's Plan'

MIRAMAR, Fla. -- The parents of the unarmed teen who was shot and killed by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer rejected the shooter's claim that the death was a part of God's plan.
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity televised Wednesday, George Zimmerman said he felt the course of the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed "was all God's plan."
"We must worship a different God," Martin's father, Tracy Martin, told The Associated Press. "There is no way that my God wanted George Zimmerman to murder my teenage son."
Speaking Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, the teen's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said the notion was "ridiculous."
In the Fox News interview, Zimmerman also said he'd like to talk with Trayvon Martin's parents about what happened.
"Absolutely not," Fulton said when asked on NBC if she'd be willing to meet with Zimmerman.
The Fox News interview was Zimmerman's first lengthy television interview and was conducted at an undisclosed location in Seminole County, Fla., where Zimmerman must remain under conditions of his release on bail.
Zimmerman, 28, is charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting in Sanford, about 20 miles north of Orlando. Martin is black and Zimmerman has a white father and Hispanic mother. The shooting prompted nationwide protests after Zimmerman was not arrested for weeks after the shooting.
Zimmerman claims Martin attacked him and has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law. Zimmerman is free on $1 million bail.
In his interview, Zimmerman said he would like to tell Martin's parents he was sorry about the teen's death.
"I can't imagine what it must feel like. And I pray for them daily," Zimmerman said. Later, he added: "I am sorry that this happened."
But Fulton said it is hard for her to accept his apology because he still says he does not regret anything he did on the night of the shooting.
When asked in the Fox News interview to explain what he meant when he told a police dispatcher he was following Martin, Zimmerman said he was trying to keep an eye on Martin to tell police. He said he was not following Martin but attempting to get a more precise address for the authorities.
Whether Zimmerman was the aggressor plays a major role in his self-defense claim.
"I hadn't given them a correct address. I was going to give them the actual address," he said. "I meant that I was going in the same direction as him. I didn't mean that I was actually pursuing him."
Zimmerman said shortly after he got out of his car, Martin was right next to him. Zimmerman said he looked down to try to find his cellphone and when he looked up, Martin punched him and broke his nose. Then, he said, Martin straddled him and started slamming his head down.
"He started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. I was disoriented," Zimmerman said, adding that it was at that point he began to fear for his life – another key element in his self-defense claim.
He said as the two were struggling, Martin said "you're going to die tonight." Zimmerman said he yelled out multiple times – shouts captured on 911 calls by local residents – in hopes the authorities would locate them.
"I was yelling in hopes that they were in the vicinity and they would come and find me," he said. "As soon as he broke my nose, I started yelling for help."
Martin's parents have said they believe it was their son who was yelling for help.
Zimmerman also said racial profiling had nothing to do with the confrontation.
"I'm not a racist and I'm not a murderer," he said.