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WTF, TI Out Partying Last Night? Shaq Unveils New Girl, Flo Rida Swagger Jackin? Yung Berg Comes At Bow Wow, & More!
Posted on April 1, 2008 10:00 AM
It's kind of slow with the gossip today. It seems that the celebs are laying low. That is until last night when the man of the hour was seen partying down in the ATL. I thought he was under house arrest?
It looks like T.I.’s house arrest stint is over. According to my sources T.I. unexpectedly showed up at an Atlanta affair honoring celebrity photographer Derek Blanks. I hear he also brought his girl Tiny who is six months pregnant. Rumors are swirling as to how he’s been able execute the terms of his “house arrest”. From bloggers, to legal analysts everyone seems to be under the impression that the self-proclaimed “King” of the south may have turned over some key information to other situations in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Word on the streetz is that Flo Rida has been accused of song jacking according to a letter from one of the representatives for the Memphis based rap music group Stockholdaz. The song they are alleging is the newly released song "Don't Know How To Act" featuring Yung Joc which is called "Don't Know How 2 Act" by the Stockholdaz which was originally released in late 2006 produced by Memphis bred, now Atlanta based, producer Drumma Boy.
No word yet from Flo Rida or Atlantic on this, but I will keep you posted.
My homegirl Myra Panache put a scandalous blind item on her site yesterday that I thought you all might want to get a peek at. Check it out:
Hollywood celebrities and sports figures may want to slow their flow and stop booking these "name status," porn stars (male and female) for private parties and sexual favors.Two of the X-rated (HIV infected) stars mentioned above, at the top of the page have been known to do do private parties for white and black celebrities where sex was sometimes involved.
Some of these stars are shaking in their boots, others maintain an invincible attitude.
Numerous married couples in Hollywood have also been known to book a female porn star and in one case, a transvestite hooker for 3-ways.
A black adult star (West Coast) once informed us that a black superstar NFL player offered to pay her big bucks if she would participate in a "raw dog" train with him and two of his black teammates. She declined but they were able to persuade another black porn star (West Coast) to do it despite health concerns. Another, black NFL "bad boy" star had his rep contact a blonde porn star to service him and she was informed she would be paid extra if she became submissive to the physical abuse that he likes to dish out prior to sex, (foreplay).
And, a certain rapper (extremely famous) does his dirt on the low. He's very private in regards to his personal life and he has a taste for the ladies but he also likes the T-girls and goes out of his way to hide it.
One T-girl in particular-he hooks up with in Hollywood. "She's" considered top of the line, among the T-girl set (call girls).
She's paid a lot of money to keep their encounters secretive. She works for the same agency that a music (behind the scenes) black superstar patronizes. He books male hustlers on the sly despite two marriages. Again, the hustler is paid a lot of money to keep quiet about their relationship as the celebrity continues to masquerade as a straight man for the public.
You guys may want to change escort agencies because we have breached the security on this one.
Word on the streetz is that this new chick is Shaq’s girl. What do you guys think was this upgrade or downgrade compared to Shaunie?
Check out Kanye’s new video “Homecoming”.
What’s the world coming too when the kiddie rappers of the world start to attack each other. That seems to be going around a lot. But check out Yung Berg throwing shots at Bow Wow – HARD! Damn, does anybody in the game respect lil homie?
Check out the new straight to DVD move from ole crazy boy, DMX!
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Yo T.I
is da shit I like da music
That's it.
Flo
rida ( not really on his music)
Am checkin from da sidekick & aint 2 impressed wit
Yung berg or young moss
Shaq is da big homie ,
& da blind items I don't have a clue
TIP stay up homie
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That chick is a definate downgrade in looks but who said he was with her for looks? He may actually like her more than just on a physical level. Hell he makes over 20mill a year from just his NBA contract so I'm sure if he just wanted a dime arm candy who wanted to bleed his pockets dry he could.
Shaq did Shaunie like Nino on New Jack City said, "cancel that bitch I'll buy another one."
Shaunie looks better, but yo was that chick standing on something or is she just that tall. I mean, she is only a few inches shorter than the Diesel.
On the TI thing, the reality is his lawyers were good, and even though the sentence seems unprecedented, I think the judge really wants him to do something positive, and believes that he can. Time will tell. I actually don't think he will even do the year in jail that they gave him. I bet the sentence will be suspended.
Man, I can't take this shit no more. When a White Nigga can't come up here and throw down his opinion on some shit, then the White Nigga gots to do what's best for the White Nigga. I gots to bounce, y'all. Sorry boys, all the stitches in the world can't sew me together again. Lay down. Lay down. Gonna stretch me out in Carmichael funeral home on Whitlock Ave. Always knew I'd make a stop there, but a lot later than a whole gang of people thought. Last of the White Niggaricans. Well, maybe not the last. Illegal1's gonna be a good blogger... New, improved Matt Herbz... Hope he uses the WNM to get Gyant out. No room in this blog for big White Niggaz like me. Sorry y'all, I tried the best I could, honest. Can't come with me on this trip, niggaz. Getting the shakes now, last call for drinks, bars closing down. Sun's out, I'm a hit up Waffle House for breakfast. Don't wanna go far. Rough night, tired baby. Tired.
I'm out this bitch, bitch niggaz. Might see me start my OWN blog in this mothafucka. "The Mind Of A White Nigga" or some shit. A place where niggaz of all color (except light-brown Indian niggaz) can go, chill the fuck out, smoke some Humble County, and fuck 31 flavors of bitches like Maskin Herbbins.
Gyant, just man up to your shit, dude. I ain't hating no more, just saying... When you throw dirt, nigga, you get dirty. If you gonna do some exposin, you open yourself up to the same shit. Just accept it, and move on.
Matt Herbz, signing off once and for all.
PEACE TO ALL MY WHITE NIGGAZ ON THE GRIND!
--OG Matt Herbz--
White Nigga Movement.
Retired, 2008
Fresh off the victory, T.I. records a new version of "Fed'z Takin Pictures."
Has he lost his mind doin this???
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mane, that story on T.I. is FAKE!....Shaqs new broad is aight I guess...she look like she smoke tho. lmao...
og matt herbz
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Its HUMBOLT COUNTY, Faggot.
T.I. snitched.
Florida is wack.
Everyone in the game is a faggot.
Downgrade! Speaking of Trannies. Look at that bitch!
Kanye West is probably the gay dude mentioned above.
Straight to DVD? Not a good look, DMX's last good movie was Cradle 2 the Grave.
Skeetz is a slore, and I cant believe Illseed gave you a shout out. I hope you die soon.
Isnt Yung Burg like Yung Herpes? Last I heard. Valtrex homie, It works for Paris Hitler!
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Actually, it's HumbolDt County, FAGGOT.
The dumb West Coast nigga that shipped that shit to me had it misspelled all over the 18-wheeler he was using. I don't fucks with Cali niggaz, now you know why...
--OG Matt Herbz--
White Nigga Movement
Retired, 2008
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Everyone think that T.I snitched and that's all that matters. And to the cat that said the judge probably thought that T.I could do something positive with his life or whatever, yeah right, this aint the first time this nigga got in trouble. That sentece was unreal for anyone.
As it looks right now Tip snitched on someone or he an informant. That's how the streets is thinking right now and nobody gone believe otherwise regardless of what he say or what news story says what. Public opinion is a bitch. Funny though how when cats claimed 50 snitched everyone ran with it like it was what it was. Now TI look more like a snitch then 50 ever did yet niggas defending him saying he had good lawyers and shit. From the sounds of things Tip couldn't afford his bail let alone a powerful legal team.
TIP aint snitch on nobody. Who was he snitching on, the gun dealer, so what! That gun dealer's greed superceded everything else. The outcome of greed is ugly, and if anything TIP probably only turned on the white greedy ass gun dealer. His people snitched on him and almost ruined his life, so what if he did the same. But again, Im sure he only sacked the greedy white gun dealer.
og matt herbz says...
@ EREAL
Actually, it's HumbolDt County, FAGGOT.
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Wow, Im glad you can use google, ya fuckin wack ass turd.
dia says...
TIP aint snitch on nobody. Who was he snitching on, the gun dealer, so what! That gun dealer's greed superceded everything else. The outcome of greed is ugly, and if anything TIP probably only turned on the white greedy ass gun dealer. His people snitched on him and almost ruined his life, so what if he did the same. But again, Im sure he only sacked the greedy white gun dealer.
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Shaq: downgrade, how many kids Shaunie spit out and looks like the BADDEST chick in the game! That whole divorce thing was one of those ill figure out a way to get out of this, memo to Shaq in the long run it aint worth leaving a wife of umpteen years for somebody you have to grow to love again! everyone knows shaq has his skeletons! oh well Shaunie gone get hers$$$ and this may be similar to the martin & emmit smith thing! martin divorced, emmit married her! im pulling for you shaunie! even though no ballers will go near her probably because of Shaq, but its one bad one out there for you Shaunie! Bless the kids!
T.I.? Out? Partying? Not even speakin on it.....
Flo Rida jackin huh? Big surprise there.....not only does he suck Grade A ass, but he STOLE Grade A ass and used it.....
Celebrities and wild sex stories......come on man, what do you expect? Ain't those the same dicks who get rich and start snorting and all that other crazy shit? Don't shock me too much.....
Shaq's new girl=downgrade. I don't give a damn what her personality is like, that chick has hood rat written all over her, bad news Diesel....
Video wasn't that bad....
Fukk TI! he's washed up they should of kept his azz in jail, aint nobody wanna hear his azz, soulja boy will murk him. Now my boy young burg is the chit! He will rip bow bow and TI. fukk these old MCs like dmx. So all yall old heads need to shut the fukk up and let soulja boy young burg do there thang.
1. On the T. I. tip, Tip, do you. I'm not happy to see the brother go to prison for one day, mushc less one year. So if he's off house arrest, good!
2. What a man does with HIS dick is his business. I'm so sick of these celebrity gossip columns always trying to find out and pass along who's banging who, or who is gay. Obviously, in a hip-hop world wih over a million performers, and millions more hangers on, you're going to have your gay crowd. So what?!? If I could listen to 20 good songs by gay rappers all day, instead of the ridiculous bullshit I hear over and over on the radio, I'd be happy!
And, finally: Shaq's new chick may not look as hot as Shaunie. But after the crap that l'il yella heifer pulled on Shaq, I'm sure looks don't matter to him as much anymore.
Snitched on the Gun Dealer?!? The person with the Guns WERE THE FEDS! Just like buying drugs from the Vice except it was Machine Guns.
By the way, Shaq's chick is tall as FUCK, maybe thats why he likes her, he can post her up and she won't bitch about how big he is LOL
Yall some stupid bastards, the government witness is shaky and best and would hold up in a court room. T.I. with a good lawyer can beat the weak case because the government snitch who set him up is not a strong witness, he won't hold up in court because of his background.
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Yall some stupid bastards, the government witness is shaky and best and would hold up in a court room.
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WHAAAA??? Shaky at best? The fucker wore a wire during a buy, they got him ON TAPE, aint nothin shaky about that dawg. Real Talk.
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I knew it was gon' be some shit when I heard that that Flo Rida cut...and Drumma ain't Atl based...just has a studio there...My nigga's Memphis All Day...
SHAQ DEF DOWNGRADED
I HOPE TI AINT SNITCH CAUSE HE CATCHIN HELLA BREAKS
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Damn Gyant...I dont think this is gonna go away...I mean niggas aint gonna forget what Sandra said about your big nose ass. Is she lying..cause I remember that ridiculous story you posted about being in jail for some dumb shit...publicity is one thing but this is gonna kill your credibility dawg...artist arent gonna give you those dumb ass interviews and you are gonna slowly fade away into obscurity....For the record I would hate for SOHH to fire you cause I look forward to watching you get ethered on a regular....But if this stuff is true then it would be like attacking lame or handicapped, and thats just no fun!
1. TI aint snitch he has no one to snitch on, he got off based on celebrity why niggas always wanting to see the next man suffer SMH Paper Trail better be hot TIP, u been slippin since Urban Legend
2. Flo Rida prolly did steal it, the niggas not a rapper, he's a performer he don't write his own shit his ghostwriter went and got him in trouble but he flopped anyway atlantic is done with him anyway
3. Don't care who's gay not gonna comment on that one
4. Berg needs exposure his ass can't even afford half the tracks on his album broke ass nigga lol, and SOHH I'm tired of hearin bout Bow Wow leave the lil nigga alone
5. Shaq better not marry the bitch, she gonna ether your bank account but don't sleep ugly bitches fuck like its the end of the world
6. Gyant the charades up, pretending to be a bitch fam...that's not a good look
7. Matt Herbs, I don't believe you you need more people
TI Did not snitch OKAY??? He has long dough folks. He paid that dough and thats what happens when your dough is mad long!!
TI need to change his name to CI = Confidential Informant; snitches live by diferent rules than the rest of us
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Yall are fuckin stupid. I dont know if T.I. snitched but yall ned to stop with the he has paper. This isnt the movies so dont think him paying off the feds is what happened. Plus he dont got that type of money. Plus what are yall saying who did he snitch on. If he did it ddnt have to be about his case yall dumb fucks. He coulda snitched on drug dealers or others buying illegal guns or whatever.
http://sandrarose.com/2008/03/31/my-response-to-lloyd-dinwiddie-aka-gyant/
Last week, a fellow blogger called me to tell me that Lloyd T. Dinwiddie aka Gyant, had “lost his mind”. The friend said LT had written terrible things about me (mostly untrue) on his broke down website that he took out of mothballs for the sole purpose of putting me on blast.
I told my friend that I wasn’t interested in reading or responding to that foolishness. I added that whatever LT wrote is nothing compared to what has already been written by my other haters.
Then he read the worst of what LT/Gyant wrote:
“But on a side note to the lonely lesbian who lives with her mother. Your protection at least from me is over. If someone jumps you, or threatens to jump you in my presence I will step aside and let the ass whooping commence. This time though, I will probably just take pictures.”
Wow. After all I’ve done for him, he would wish physical bodily harm on me? He would take pleasure in photographing my broken body as I lay unconscious in the street?
Whatever reservations I had about continuing the beef evaporated when I heard that.
I had always suspected that LT aka Gyant, harbored a deep seated resentment towards females. There were all kinds of signs from the very beginning. Like the time he told me that Sohh.com was about to fire Natasha (of YBF) and give her job to him. He was ecstatic. He couldn’t stop talking about it. He took pleasure in knowing that she wasn’t aware the axe was about to drop.
When Natasha’s termination letter was ready, Gyant excitedly read it to me over the phone. Natasha hadn’t even received the letter yet
Mind you, I have no love for Natasha, but I did wonder why Gyant found such joy in taking her job when she’d never done anything to him personally.
But there were other signs that something wasn’t right with the boy. Like the time Gyant went missing for 3 days last year. Nobody knew where he was. Out of concern, I called his cell phone repeatedly, but got no response. when Gyant finally resurfaced on the 3rd day, he had a strange story to tell. He said he attended a house party where a man approached him and started a fight with him.
He claimed he didn’t know the man. he said they were both arrested and he was jailed for 3 days due to “a mix up” at the jail. he claimed jail officials “forgot” he was still in the holding cell until 3 days later.
As implausible as the story sounded - I believed him. The same day that LT resurfaced, he wrote a long post on the Sohh Atlanta blog detailing the fight at the house party and his subsequent ordeal at the jail. The post had nothing to do with Atlanta Hip Hop.
It was a bizarre post to say the least. Within minutes, the comments section on Sohh Atlanta exploded. His readers - who were far more observant than I was - lit his ass up! They saw through his lies immediately. The comments were brutal that day. Sohh.com’s IT department restored order to the comments section by deleting the entire post. Gyant and I thought the worst was over.
A week or so later, LT called me in a panic. He said one of his readers found his police report online and posted links to it all up and through the comments section on Sohh Atlanta. He mumbled something about a restraining order. He said Sohh’s IT dept. was attempting to block the reader’s IP address. But As fast as Sohh.com pulled the links down, readers were putting them back up. Gyant’s lies had finally caught up to him. He realized he had to come clean with me and tell me the truth.
He said he was arrested for violating an EPO, a restraining order taken out by a past lover. He admitted there was no fight. The “house party” was actually a down low house party. The man who took out the restraining order on Gyant was at the house party when Gyant arrived. The man called the police and Gyant was arrested.
I had to sit down. The conflicting stories were so confusing. I asked him why he made up a fake story about a fight that didn’t happen - AND posted it on Sohh.com when it wasn’t even necessary?
“I don’t knooowww!,” he wailed.
Right then I should have seen a BLIZZARD of red flags! I should have been swatting at red flags like they were a swarm of bees around my head. but instead, I took sympathy on Gyant. Sohh.com eventually deleted all the comments pertaining to the police report and the restraining order. But his readers never let him forget.
While the owner of the site continuously had his back throughout all the drama, he held nothing but contempt for her. He often said she was cheap and he got along better with her husband than he did with her. He said it bothered him that she wouldn’t pay him what he felt he was worth for writing 3 blogs.
About a month after he began his gig as Streetz (the female blogger), Gyant told me that Sohh.com’s owner contacted him to advise him to tone down his misogynistic language in his posts as Streetz. According to Gyant, she told him that, as a female herself, she strenuously objected to him referring to other females as a bitch and a whore in his posts.
He reluctantly agreed to tone it down. But later he called me after speaking with her. He was upset that the site owner didn’t understand that he wrote the Sohh Ya Heard blog “while in character” as a female. In my opinion, he couldn’t grasp the concept that while Sohh.com’s owner knew he was blogging as a female, she was a female herself who was offended by his language.
In my next installment, I’ll write about the day Gyant “accidentally” recorded an unfinished song while interviewing a well-known producer at his Atlanta studio. Gyant initially offered me the track - and I’m not gonna lie - I jumped at the opportunity to post it on my site. But then he changed his mind.
I thought he had an attack of conscience. But days later, on Nov. 22, 2007, the track appeared on a popular urban website. The song eventually made it to #1 on the charts this year.
April 1, 2008 9:56 AM
http://sandrarose.com/2008/03/31/my-response-to-lloyd-dinwiddie-aka-gyant/
Last week, a fellow blogger called me to tell me that Lloyd T. Dinwiddie aka Gyant, had “lost his mind”. The friend said LT had written terrible things about me (mostly untrue) on his broke down website that he took out of mothballs for the sole purpose of putting me on blast.
I told my friend that I wasn’t interested in reading or responding to that foolishness. I added that whatever LT wrote is nothing compared to what has already been written by my other haters.
Then he read the worst of what LT/Gyant wrote:
“But on a side note to the lonely lesbian who lives with her mother. Your protection at least from me is over. If someone jumps you, or threatens to jump you in my presence I will step aside and let the ass whooping commence. This time though, I will probably just take pictures.”
Wow. After all I’ve done for him, he would wish physical bodily harm on me? He would take pleasure in photographing my broken body as I lay unconscious in the street?
Whatever reservations I had about continuing the beef evaporated when I heard that.
I had always suspected that LT aka Gyant, harbored a deep seated resentment towards females. There were all kinds of signs from the very beginning. Like the time he told me that Sohh.com was about to fire Natasha (of YBF) and give her job to him. He was ecstatic. He couldn’t stop talking about it. He took pleasure in knowing that she wasn’t aware the axe was about to drop.
When Natasha’s termination letter was ready, Gyant excitedly read it to me over the phone. Natasha hadn’t even received the letter yet
Mind you, I have no love for Natasha, but I did wonder why Gyant found such joy in taking her job when she’d never done anything to him personally.
But there were other signs that something wasn’t right with the boy. Like the time Gyant went missing for 3 days last year. Nobody knew where he was. Out of concern, I called his cell phone repeatedly, but got no response. when Gyant finally resurfaced on the 3rd day, he had a strange story to tell. He said he attended a house party where a man approached him and started a fight with him.
He claimed he didn’t know the man. he said they were both arrested and he was jailed for 3 days due to “a mix up” at the jail. he claimed jail officials “forgot” he was still in the holding cell until 3 days later.
As implausible as the story sounded - I believed him. The same day that LT resurfaced, he wrote a long post on the Sohh Atlanta blog detailing the fight at the house party and his subsequent ordeal at the jail. The post had nothing to do with Atlanta Hip Hop.
It was a bizarre post to say the least. Within minutes, the comments section on Sohh Atlanta exploded. His readers - who were far more observant than I was - lit his ass up! They saw through his lies immediately. The comments were brutal that day. Sohh.com’s IT department restored order to the comments section by deleting the entire post. Gyant and I thought the worst was over.
A week or so later, LT called me in a panic. He said one of his readers found his police report online and posted links to it all up and through the comments section on Sohh Atlanta. He mumbled something about a restraining order. He said Sohh’s IT dept. was attempting to block the reader’s IP address. But As fast as Sohh.com pulled the links down, readers were putting them back up. Gyant’s lies had finally caught up to him. He realized he had to come clean with me and tell me the truth.
He said he was arrested for violating an EPO, a restraining order taken out by a past lover. He admitted there was no fight. The “house party” was actually a down low house party. The man who took out the restraining order on Gyant was at the house party when Gyant arrived. The man called the police and Gyant was arrested.
I had to sit down. The conflicting stories were so confusing. I asked him why he made up a fake story about a fight that didn’t happen - AND posted it on Sohh.com when it wasn’t even necessary?
“I don’t knooowww!,” he wailed.
Right then I should have seen a BLIZZARD of red flags! I should have been swatting at red flags like they were a swarm of bees around my head. but instead, I took sympathy on Gyant. Sohh.com eventually deleted all the comments pertaining to the police report and the restraining order. But his readers never let him forget.
While the owner of the site continuously had his back throughout all the drama, he held nothing but contempt for her. He often said she was cheap and he got along better with her husband than he did with her. He said it bothered him that she wouldn’t pay him what he felt he was worth for writing 3 blogs.
About a month after he began his gig as Streetz (the female blogger), Gyant told me that Sohh.com’s owner contacted him to advise him to tone down his misogynistic language in his posts as Streetz. According to Gyant, she told him that, as a female herself, she strenuously objected to him referring to other females as a bitch and a whore in his posts.
He reluctantly agreed to tone it down. But later he called me after speaking with her. He was upset that the site owner didn’t understand that he wrote the Sohh Ya Heard blog “while in character” as a female. In my opinion, he couldn’t grasp the concept that while Sohh.com’s owner knew he was blogging as a female, she was a female herself who was offended by his language.
In my next installment, I’ll write about the day Gyant “accidentally” recorded an unfinished song while interviewing a well-known producer at his Atlanta studio. Gyant initially offered me the track - and I’m not gonna lie - I jumped at the opportunity to post it on my site. But then he changed his mind.
I thought he had an attack of conscience. But days later, on Nov. 22, 2007, the track appeared on a popular urban website. The song eventually made it to #1 on the charts this year.
April 1, 2008 9:56 AM
http://sandrarose.com/2008/03/31/my-response-to-lloyd-dinwiddie-aka-gyant/
Last week, a fellow blogger called me to tell me that Lloyd T. Dinwiddie aka Gyant, had “lost his mind”. The friend said LT had written terrible things about me (mostly untrue) on his broke down website that he took out of mothballs for the sole purpose of putting me on blast.
I told my friend that I wasn’t interested in reading or responding to that foolishness. I added that whatever LT wrote is nothing compared to what has already been written by my other haters.
Then he read the worst of what LT/Gyant wrote:
“But on a side note to the lonely lesbian who lives with her mother. Your protection at least from me is over. If someone jumps you, or threatens to jump you in my presence I will step aside and let the ass whooping commence. This time though, I will probably just take pictures.”
Wow. After all I’ve done for him, he would wish physical bodily harm on me? He would take pleasure in photographing my broken body as I lay unconscious in the street?
Whatever reservations I had about continuing the beef evaporated when I heard that.
I had always suspected that LT aka Gyant, harbored a deep seated resentment towards females. There were all kinds of signs from the very beginning. Like the time he told me that Sohh.com was about to fire Natasha (of YBF) and give her job to him. He was ecstatic. He couldn’t stop talking about it. He took pleasure in knowing that she wasn’t aware the axe was about to drop.
When Natasha’s termination letter was ready, Gyant excitedly read it to me over the phone. Natasha hadn’t even received the letter yet
Mind you, I have no love for Natasha, but I did wonder why Gyant found such joy in taking her job when she’d never done anything to him personally.
But there were other signs that something wasn’t right with the boy. Like the time Gyant went missing for 3 days last year. Nobody knew where he was. Out of concern, I called his cell phone repeatedly, but got no response. when Gyant finally resurfaced on the 3rd day, he had a strange story to tell. He said he attended a house party where a man approached him and started a fight with him.
He claimed he didn’t know the man. he said they were both arrested and he was jailed for 3 days due to “a mix up” at the jail. he claimed jail officials “forgot” he was still in the holding cell until 3 days later.
As implausible as the story sounded - I believed him. The same day that LT resurfaced, he wrote a long post on the Sohh Atlanta blog detailing the fight at the house party and his subsequent ordeal at the jail. The post had nothing to do with Atlanta Hip Hop.
It was a bizarre post to say the least. Within minutes, the comments section on Sohh Atlanta exploded. His readers - who were far more observant than I was - lit his ass up! They saw through his lies immediately. The comments were brutal that day. Sohh.com’s IT department restored order to the comments section by deleting the entire post. Gyant and I thought the worst was over.
A week or so later, LT called me in a panic. He said one of his readers found his police report online and posted links to it all up and through the comments section on Sohh Atlanta. He mumbled something about a restraining order. He said Sohh’s IT dept. was attempting to block the reader’s IP address. But As fast as Sohh.com pulled the links down, readers were putting them back up. Gyant’s lies had finally caught up to him. He realized he had to come clean with me and tell me the truth.
He said he was arrested for violating an EPO, a restraining order taken out by a past lover. He admitted there was no fight. The “house party” was actually a down low house party. The man who took out the restraining order on Gyant was at the house party when Gyant arrived. The man called the police and Gyant was arrested.
I had to sit down. The conflicting stories were so confusing. I asked him why he made up a fake story about a fight that didn’t happen - AND posted it on Sohh.com when it wasn’t even necessary?
“I don’t knooowww!,” he wailed.
Right then I should have seen a BLIZZARD of red flags! I should have been swatting at red flags like they were a swarm of bees around my head. but instead, I took sympathy on Gyant. Sohh.com eventually deleted all the comments pertaining to the police report and the restraining order. But his readers never let him forget.
While the owner of the site continuously had his back throughout all the drama, he held nothing but contempt for her. He often said she was cheap and he got along better with her husband than he did with her. He said it bothered him that she wouldn’t pay him what he felt he was worth for writing 3 blogs.
About a month after he began his gig as Streetz (the female blogger), Gyant told me that Sohh.com’s owner contacted him to advise him to tone down his misogynistic language in his posts as Streetz. According to Gyant, she told him that, as a female herself, she strenuously objected to him referring to other females as a bitch and a whore in his posts.
He reluctantly agreed to tone it down. But later he called me after speaking with her. He was upset that the site owner didn’t understand that he wrote the Sohh Ya Heard blog “while in character” as a female. In my opinion, he couldn’t grasp the concept that while Sohh.com’s owner knew he was blogging as a female, she was a female herself who was offended by his language.
In my next installment, I’ll write about the day Gyant “accidentally” recorded an unfinished song while interviewing a well-known producer at his Atlanta studio. Gyant initially offered me the track - and I’m not gonna lie - I jumped at the opportunity to post it on my site. But then he changed his mind.
I thought he had an attack of conscience. But days later, on Nov. 22, 2007, the track appeared on a popular urban website. The song eventually made it to #1 on the charts this year.
April 1, 2008 9:56 AM
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