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In the News :: LL Won't Rock Wit Janet

LL Cool J won't be rocking with Janet Jackson's Rock Witchu tour anymore ...

LL quit as the tour's opening act due to "scheduling conflicts" ...

Janet only has one more show left following the original tour schedule ... She is expected to extend her tour to make up for the nine concerts she had to cancel in September and October due to migraine-associated vertigo ...

~Papi Chulo~

Janet Rocks Witchu

Exactly one week ago ... Janet Jackson embarked on her fifth tour ... a tour that was seven years in the making ...

The Rock Witchu Tour will visit 24 cities throughout North America ... and will boast 37 musical performances from Ms. Jackson ...

Songs will range from her most recent hits ("Feedback") ... to some of her all-time classics ("Rhythm Nation") ...

The tour will be opened by either LL Cool J or Donnie Klang ... The Oakland tour stop had Nelly open for Janet ...

~Papi Chulo~

LL Cool J's "Men's Fitness"

Our friend Rod 2.0:Beta has given us a peek behind the pages of the latest edition of Men's Fitness ...

The ever buff LL Cool J graces the cover of the fitness magazine's August issue ... This is actually LL's second time as coverboy ... He first landed the cover of Men's Fitness in July 2003 ... LL is the only two-time cover model in the magazine's history ...

In the issue ... LL discusses how he transformed his body into the ripped machine that it is now ... and laughs off claims by naysayers that he achieved his physique through chemical or surgical means ...

Looking at the images (and the following video clip) ... it's hard to believe that the rapper/actor/entrepreneur turned 40 this year ...

~Papi Chulo~

TV One's "Most Beautiful Black Man Alive"

TV One Access ... TV One's entertainment news show hosted by Shaun Robinson ... has crowned actor Djimon Hounsou as the "Most Beautiful Black Man Alive" ...

Monique Chenault: (Senior Producer of TV One Access): "It certainly wasn't easy selecting this handful of men out of the millions of beautiful brothers out there, but someone had to do it."

Here is the top 10 list ...

1. Djimon Hounsou
2. Denzel Washington
3. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
4. Boris Kodjoe
5. Will Smith
6. Idris Elba
7. Blair Underwood
8. Taye Diggs
9. L.L. Cool J
10. Shemar Moore

~Papi Chulo~

Karrine Steffans: Video Vixen or Video Hoe?

Slut. Whore. Hoe. Skank. "Loose."

Hip Hop music has clearly made the term "hoe" a household word ... The word "hoe" is the shortened version for the word "whore" ... and it usually is in reference to women ...

But can't men be "hoes" ... Think about it ... A "hoe" is a woman that is loose ... sleeps around a lot ... wears provocative clothing ... Think a hooker with a charge card ...

Why is there the double standard?

When men sleep around ... have a different girl every night ... That's defined as a man ... being a "man" ... but isn't that hoe-ish behavior?

Someone that enjoys hooking up ... having casual sex ... exhibitionism ... is that a hoe?