How hard is it really to be you? If you actually have to think about this question before you answer it then its time to take a look at that. I used to be the cat who always wanted to play the background and see what the next trend would be and how I can adapt it in my life. I was that cat that just wanted to fit in and be accepted by my peers. I hung out with all the older kids growing up and tried mimicked their every move. This got me into a lot of unnecessary trouble growing up. I remember what made me change. I remember my father telling me something. “You weren’t created to be a follower Shawn, you were created to be a leader”. When I heard him say this to me, I was at the lowest point in my life. It was finally time for me to get rid of the “masks” that I had been wearing. It is so important now a days to be who you were created to be. Get out of someones shadow so you can see the light with your own two eyes. The blessings will come as long as you stay in position. By being yourself, you are attracting the people that should be in your life. Attraction rather then promotion. That simple. I want people in my life that are attracted to the real me and not a “mask” that I’ve put on in the past. Today, start to be yourself. You never know, you might actually like who you are. Stay Blessed. @StretchD

Donna Summer has passed at age 63 at her home in Florida. Summer was a 5 time Grammy winner who was a superstar in the 70′s her hits included “Last Dance”, “Bad Girls” & “Hot Stuff”. She stayed dominent in the 80′s with “She Works Hard For The Money” & “This Time I Know Its Real”. Summer married Bruce Sudano in 1980 and left behind two daughters.

“The Wall Street Journal is this morning reporting word from Apple’s suppliers that the iPhone maker has placed orders for new iPhone displays, which measure “at least 4 inches diagonally.” Production is said to be commencing next month, with the WSJ identifying LG Display, Sharp, and Japan Display Inc. as the three major panel suppliers that Apple is contracting.”

This is interesting and deff will appeal to customers!

Drake’s Club Parardise Tour is currently underway and features J.Cole, Waka Flocka, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and French Montana. Now, it seems that Drizzy has added another act. The L.E.P. Bogus Boys put up this message on their facebook page, announcing that they have joined the tour.

“We have just been added to the Drake tour!! We will be posting dates on our website ASAP!!”

A 53 year old man was stabbed several times in Brooklyn off all places in a public library by another man who is accusing him of watching porn on library computers, according to police. The incident took place around 7:30 Tuesday evening at the Brooklyn Heights branch. The victim was stabbed in the neck and torso because the 46 year old suspect says he was watching porn. Police say the victim was not looking at porn and was taken to a hospital where he is expected to make a full recovery. The suspect was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. No further information is available.

Boost Mobile in association with Guerilla Union presents: ROCK THE BELLS 2012 FESTIVAL SERIES Powered by BlackBerry. The hip-hop festival will kick off in San Bernardino, CA on August 19 and 20 at the NOS Events Center. The festival will then make its way to Mountain View, CA on August 25 and 26 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and will wrap on the east coast in Newark, NJ on September 1 and 2 at PNC Arts Center.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and The Hit Squad, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Nas, J.Cole, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man & Redman, ASAP Rocky, Tyga, 2 Chainz, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Prodigy are just a handful of artist set to perform.

Pre-sale Tickets Available May 18, General On-sale on May 19. Hit the jump to view full artist line up! (more…)

Just enrolled at the University of Miami. Working on continuing my educationlockerz.com/s/209041377

— Amar’e Stoudemire (@Amareisreal) May 14, 2012

Pacquiao isnt too pleased with Obama’s support for same sex marriage and during a recent interview with the National Conservative Examiner, Manny Pacquiao had no shame expressing his views AGAINST same sex marriage. First the boxer quoted the bible:

“If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”  – Leviticus 20:13.

Then continued to say “God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other. It should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah of Old.”

Looks like Obama wont be getting a vote from Pacquiao.

FINALLY, the long awaited Stack Bundles “Pros and Cons” DVD can be purchased on the dvd’s official site. The DVD is filled with raw footage of Riot Squad members Stack Bundles and Cau2g$ performing unseen and unheard freestyles & songs. The dvd also contains interviews and insiders on Hip hop in Far Rockaway, How Stack and Cau2g$ met, Stack moving to Chicago to live with Lupe Fiasco, Stack’s first group – The GRITS, Stack and Cau2g$ first group – S5, Linking up with Kanye West, & The creation of the Riot Squad & much more.

With the purchase of the DVD you will also receive a CD that contains a collection of unreleased tracks that were written around the same time as the footage on the DVD.

@AZEALIABANKS has unveiled the cover art and track list for her first official retail project, which will be a 4 track EP and contains the track that brought her to prominence. Look out for 1991 to hit iTunes on May 29th and in stores June 12th. The Uptown rapstress debut LP “Broke With Expensive Taste” will be out this fall.

1. 1991
2. Van Vogue
3. 212
4. Liquorice