SOHH On The Scene

Chamillionaire, an avid sports fan, was shocked upon learning that former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was fixing games.

Danica (SOHH) and Chamillionaire

For its 7th edition, BET opted to remix the Scream tour for a more mature lineup featuring T.I. and Ciara as headliners as well as Yung Joc, T-Pain and Lloyd as supporting performers. The tour is now dubbed Screamfest.

All the aforementioned artists, minus T-Pain, attended a NYC press conference to announce the tour at Spotlight Live yesterday (July 18).

Lloyd, Michael Mauldin, Terrence J, Rosci, T.I., Yung Joc and Stephen Hill

He sure isn't. I remember Tip making predictions during our interview a few weeks back.

He was confident that T.I. VS TIP would either surpass King's 525k in the first week, or eclipse King's 1.7 units sold to date.

SOHH On The Scene Model Sam Ed, T.I. and Danica

Last time I checked, Shop Boyz's "Party Like A Rock Star" sat in the top 5 of several Billboard singles charts, including Billboard Hot 100, Pop 100, Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs among others.

Still, as successful as the single is, I'm not sure they get stopped much at the mall. In fact, I'm pretty sure a lot of you couldn't pick the three Shop Boyz members out of the following photo.

Shop Boyz and SOHH team at Universal Motown in NYC

Melyssa Ford and Ali Vegas

As I mentioned yesterday, we interviewed Melyssa Ford at Sirius Satellite Radio's New York offices earlier this week. (June 5).

The funny thing is, as me and Ali Vegas were heading upstairs, I remembered that I needed to ask her about T-Pain and randomly mentioned that I needed to interview DJ Khaled and ask him about his excessive use of the n-word.

A couple of weeks back, Yung Joc nominated himself for the "Down To Earth Rapper" award. Eeeeehhhh...sorry Joc, Paul Wall, Common and Bun B are more likely to be nominated. Interestingly, T.I. deserves consideration. As cocky as he is, the self-proclaimed "king of the south" is approachable and very genuine. I actually lost count on the amount of times I've met him, but he was cool on every occasion.

SOHH On The Scene Model Sam Ed, Danica (SOHH) and T.I.

By now you must have heard "Five-O," Elephant Man's first single off his Bad Boy debut, Let's Get Physical. Featuring Wyclef Jean, the song is steadily getting more spins on radio. We recently caught up with the Energy God to discuss big women among other topics.

SOHH On The Scene Model Sam Ed and Elephant Man

Don't let the motorcycle dance and party songs fool you, Yung Joc got different types of hits for you. He'll shoot you...if someone is to test him of course.

Yung Joc with SOHH On The Scene Model Sam Ed and Danica (SOHH)

Artists can learn a thing or three from Plies, Slip-N-Slide's next artist to come out under the imprint's joint venture with Atlantic Records. The Fort Myers, FL rapper met with journalists at Atlantic Records' New York headquarters this past Friday (May 18).

Plies with his product manager Dionnee Harper and Latrice Burnette (Atlantic Records)

Last night (May 17th) the good folks at The Room Service Group held the BHF mixer, an event to preview the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival set to take place June 23rd. Held at the Amp'd Mobile offices in Manhattan, NY the event also served as an opportunity for some of the artists and participants to meet with members of the media.

SOHH On The Scene Model Sam Ed with Skillz

It must have been 1999 or something. My cousins and I were throwing the names of female emcees around and debating on their looks. Foxy? Opinions were split on Fox's appeal. Lil' Kim? Hell no! What about Eve? "Eve looks like Canibus," my cousin mocked. We all laughed at the absurdity and moved on.