Exclusive: Comedian Mike Epps Predicts Computer Take-Over In 2010

With 2009 long gone, SOHH spoke with comedian Mike Epps to see what predictions he has for the new year.




The movie star sees technology reaching new heights throughout 2010.



"Man, I think 2010, you know, this advancement on technology is about to be crazy," Epps told SOHH. "I mean, you already got machines, computers, working [and] doing stuff. You go in the grocery store now and they don't have cashiers. You know what I mean? So get ready. No more weed man." (SOHH)

Fellow comedian Jeff Kreisler recently took a more political approach on his predictions for this year.



"Sarah Palin will claim that the Sun rotates around the Earth, and will do so in a tweet," he said in an interview. "It will be at the top of the leading blogs. An article on the blog coverage of the tweet will be on the front page of several major newspapers. Frank Rich will blow his brains out...A politician, an athlete, a businessman, and a movie star will get caught cheating. They will apologize, retire, fake their own deaths, and reemerge as columnists for the New York Post." (Comedy)

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For New York rapper Rakim, he felt the atmosphere of hip-hop would take a drastic change over the next 365 days.



"Wow, I'm looking for a drastic change in hip-hop," Rakim told SOHH. "I'm hoping this is the time where I think the awareness of hip-hop and the awareness in the street will take off. We had a lot of fun with rap these last few years, rap's been growing, we've been going through that period, you gotta give it room to do that. The South embraced it and next it's gonna do something else, who knows what. I think it's been going through so many changes, it's gonna be a big change [this] year. I hope it's for the good." (SOHH)

Producer Pharrell recently released a video speaking on what is to come in 2010.



"Yo, Happy New Year's to everybody," he says, "it's 2010. Everything's about to change. So it's all about this year. So I just wanna thank you guys for supporting us for all these years. Here's looking at you guys. Yesssir." (YouTube)

The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders could accompany Pacquiao for promotional tour

By Eric Thomas: According to the Manila Bulletin, some of Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders could be accompanying World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for his promotional tour in New York starting this Wednesday. Pacquiao will be facing former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. With the amount of time wasted in Pacquiao’s failed negotiations with Floyd Mayweather Jr., they are getting off to a late start in building up excitement for his next fight.

However, it might not matter because Pacquiao’s name has been in the media on a daily basis for the past couple of months and boxing fans want to see his next fight no matter who he faces. Clottey, another Top Rank fighter like Pacquiao, isn’t well known among casual fans. Indeed, few of them will likely have heard his name before.



It likely won’t matter, though, because Pacquiao’s name alone will probably be all that matters for his fight with Clottey to be successful. Bob Arum, the Top Rank promoter, will get help from the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in trying to sell out the stadium for the fight. The large stadium, which can fit 100,000, will be reconfigured to fit between 45,000 to 65,000 fans for the fight depending on how well ticket sales go for the bout.



As for the cheerleaders, they’ll be on hand to create a more exciting atmosphere during the promotional tour in New York. Arum is excited about the fight, which is called “The Event”, and thinks it will make history. It remains to be seen if that will actually be the case. It usually takes two good fighters for a fight to make history, and this fight at least on paper has the makings of a mismatch.



If Pacquiao dominates Clottey like many boxing fans think he will the fight will still make a lot of money it might not make history. Pacquiao needs a huge name like Mayweather, his original planned opponent, or someone like Paul Williams for him to truly make history.

Schaefer: Mayweather to name opponent in the next two or three days – News

Schaefer: Mayweather to name opponent in the next two or three days – News Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is within two or three days of announcing his next opponent. Schaefer says that it will be a big fight, although he doesn’t say who the opponent will be. Former lightweight champion Nate Campbell, former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi and Kermit Cintron have been three names that have been mentioned as potential opponent for Mayweather.






It’s unclear whether Mayweather will be fighting one of those opponents. If so, the fight might not be as big as Schaefer thinks it will be, because those fighters aren’t big stars and Mayweather would dwarf them with his fame. It would be a case of Mayweather facing a fighter much less known and arguably way over-matched. Cintron would be the best of that bunch, only because of his power and size.



However, Cintron was destroyed in 2008 by Antonio Margarito in a 6th round stoppage, and he also had huge problems against Sergio Martinez last year in a fight in which Cintron was dropped by a left hand from Martinez and argued successfully after that it was caused by a head butt.



Instant replays showed that Cintron was knocked down by a left hand from Martinez. Cintron was able to salvage a 12 round majority draw in the fight, but many boxing fans felt that Cintron should have been counted out after the knockdown. Cintron isn’t on anyone’s pound-for-pound top 10 list and hasn’t looked good all that good in recent years.



Campbell and Malignaggi aren’t interesting options because of their small size. Boxing fans want to see Mayweather against someone in his own weight class or slightly bigger. Campbell only recently moved up from lightweight late last year, and didn’t impress in his fight against Timothy Bradley. Malignaggi has lost two out of his last four fights and would have no chance against Mayweather.



The opponent that boxing fans want to see Mayweather fight is former welterweight champion Paul Williams. That would be a dream fight for boxing fans. However, few people believe that Mayweather will opt to fight a dangerous fighter like the 6’1” Williams, because he might even be tougher match for Mayweather than the 5’6” Manny Pacquiao because of Williams’ size and his nonstop punching style.



Fans were also hoping that Mayweather would fight the winner of the January 30th bout between welterweight champions Andre Berto and Shane Mosley. However, with Mayweather set to make an announcement of his next opponent in the next two to three days, it would seem highly unlikely that Mayweather will be picking either of those guys to fight.



If Mayweather wants to compete with the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight, which takes place on the same night (March 13th) that Mayweather is fighting, he’s going to have to fight someone really good and not just another small fighter. Mayweather has beaten Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez in his last two fights, and both of them were pooled from the lower weight classes.

Mosley-Berto: Shane needs this win to get to Mayweather or Pacquiao

By Jim Dower: At 38-years-old, this may be World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley’s last chance to get a big money fight against either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. But for Mosley to get to a big money fight, he will have to get by WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s), a fighter that is 12 years younger than Shane and who’s fought half as many pro fights during his young six year career.




Mosley, 38, has been in against the much better competition during his career, facing the likes of Winky Wright, Fernando Vargas, Oscar De La Hoya, Vernon Forrest, Ricardo Mayorga, Luis Collazo, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito and Raul Marquez. For Berto’s part, the biggest names on his resume are Collazo, Juan Urango and Steve Forbes. As you can see, Berto’s level of competition pales compared to that of Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s).



It would be fair to say that Berto has been brought along very carefully during his pro career and not put in with too many risky fights. That could be a blessing or a course come January 30th when he faces Mosley at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It could work for Berto because he’s taken very little punishment because of the relative softness of his opposition.



But it could hurt him big time because he’s going to be in for a bit of a shock when he steps into the ring against Mosley, because Shane is so much better than any fighter that Berto has ever faced before. Berto went life and death with Collazo in January 2009, beating him by a narrow controversial 12 round decision. In contrast, Mosley totally dominated Collazo in beating him by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in February 2007.



This could be meaningless, as styles make fights, but it also could so show that Mosley is a much better fighter than Berto. We’ll see on January 30th. However, Mosley has a lot of pressure on him to win this fight. At 38, soon to be 39, Mosley doesn’t have time to rebuild from a loss to Berto and still get a shot against Pacquiao or Mayweather. It’s now or never for Mosley. He’s been waiting a long time for a fight with Mayweather, years in fact. If he blows it now by losing to Berto, you can forget about Shane ever fighting him in the future.



Berto won’t make it easy for Mosley. He has blazing fast hand speed and good power. Berto is dangerous when he’s putting his punches together when he’s at his best. He can be quite good when he throws a lot of punches. However, Berto can look really poor as well, especially lately with his habit of punching and then grabbing his opponents in a tight clinch. That style won’t work against Mosley. Berto has to do better than that if he wants to beat a world class fighter like Shane.

Want To Do More To Help Efforts In Haiti?

Contrary to popular belief, I do have a heart and watching the aftermath of the earthquake play out on endless hours of CNN is quite a helpless feeling. I learned my lesson however from Hurricane Katrina.




So instead of watching being mesmerized by the horrific images brought to us by Anderson Cooper and the sensationalism of Dr. Sanjay Gupta I’m going to spend my team looking for ways to make a difference however small it is.



As a blogger, I believe in my voice but as a member of the Highbrid Nation our voice is collective. So over the weekend, I will be discussing with the staff a way for HIGHBRID NATION to band together and make a difference. If you have ideas please pass them on but most importantly get involved.



If you’re in the New York Area, today at 6PM Club/ Lounge Nocturnal will be hosting a Food & clothing drive starting at 6pm. Items needed include Clothes, underwear, toiletries, first aid kits, feminine products, toothpaste/brushes, batteries, flashlights, Canned beans, corn, fruits, veggies, rice, crackers, cookies and most importantly, WATER. This is a YELE co-signed event. Target Int’l Shipping on board to help get the collections down there. A special Haiti Relief T-Shirt will also be on sale for $25. ALL proceeds go to relief efforts.

Pat Robertson Say Haiti Is Cursed Because They Made An Actual Deal With The Devil .WHAT YA THINK ABOUT THIS?

i duno what to think about this?I’ve been hearing several conservative radio show hosts say similar things. What do you guys think?

News: B.G. Blames 50 Cent For Missing Young Buck Collabo, "[He] Didn't Want To Clear Him For The Record"

Former Cash Money Records' recording artist B.G. stepped forward with allegations that 50 Cent is black balling Young Buck.




In addition to speaking on Buck's verse being taken off "Owe Me Some Money," Gizzle also responded to hearing his name mentioned in Fif's "So Disrespectful" track.



"50 Cent didn't want to clear him for the record," he revealed in an interview. "50 Cent has been hating on him all away around the board. 50 has been hating on him. 50 Cent didn't want to clear him for the record. I thought ['So Disrespectful'] was funny. I mean I thought it was funny, but I didn't find it funny. He could have used something else. If your gonna' play with Buck, play with Buck, but don't play with me because he doesn't even know me like that. That's rap; you know what I'm saying? Me personally, if he was in my region... he rolls with the secret service - the media police. I ain't even entertaining that sh*t because I already know. That's how he came up; dissing real n*ggas. He already took a real n*gga name from the streets and ran with it. I don't even want to talk about that." (Word Of South)

50's "So Disrespectful also goes after former G-Unit member Game.



On the very next record, there is no need to infer anything. 50 gets very blunt on "So Disrespectful," calling Young Buck a drug addict and the Game jealous. "C'mon, Game, you'll never be my equal," he raps. "Your homies shoot doors, my n*ggas shoot people/ See me, I'm what you're never gonna be/ I'm in that tax bracket you're never gon' see. "I ain't know he f*cked with more dope than B.G./ Plus a n*gga sip more syrup than Pimp C," Fif continues on the track. "Man, keeping these m*therf*ckers as rich ain't easy/ Especially when a n*ggaa wanna stunt like Jeezy/ And his CDs didn't sell like his CDs/ Man that n*gga blew all his chips on them breezies/ Mad cause the world won't treat him like Weezy." (MTV)

Lately, Buck has been dropping G-Unit diss records aimed at 50 and his camp.



"Put me in positions where it seems I'm the victim," Buck raps, "And even though you diss him, still the whole world miss him/Way out in London, England n*ggas like he still breathing and soon I will get even but my goals I'm still achieving/I am Cashville like LeBron James is Cleveland, no Allen [Iverson], I ain't coming back to the team this season...God Bless him for him not know what he do -- concerts with no backpack or college degree, you ask me, jealousy is what a lot of it be/It's not smart just to throw me in the dark/I put back together what you tried to tear apart..." ("Finish What You Start")

He has also directly gone after Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks on tracks like "Do It For Ya."



"For every record that you sell, I got a bullet for ya," Buck raps. "I see that you won't keep it real, so let me do it for ya/I can do it for ya, let me do it for ya/Them other n*ggas couldn't get you but I can do it for ya...[laughs] How it feel Curtis? What was it, like ten million on Get Rich or Die Tryin' right? N*gga you did a hundred and something thousand records on your last sh*t. We don't f*ck with you no more. B*tch a** n*gga. Oh I'm so hard on your h*e a**, n*gga, you thought you did something to Buck. You created a monster you f*ck n*gga! Eh Yayo, Jimmy [Iovine] told me he'll never put out another album of yours. So I understand why you washing that n*gga 50's draws...Eh Banks, don't forget now, I brought you back around that b*tch a** n*gga Curtis,you know when you was at home and sh*t..." ("Do It For Ya")