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36 Available Episodes Next episode of The Boondocks, Season 3 Episode 10, “The Story of Lando Freeman”: July 4, 2010. [1]

…but click remind me to add to your personal TV Schedule and LocateTV will tell you when Season 3 Episode 8 is next on TV. [2]

Sandra Rose - The Boondocks Outs Tyler Perry and His Light Skinned Pretty Boy Fetish Last night’s episode of Adult Swim’s The Boondocks cartoon subliminally outed director/playwright Tyler Perry and his fetish for casting light skinned pretty boy actors in his movies and plays. [...] Despite the fact that Perry’s sexuality is no secret, the episode titled ‘Pause’ triggered a storm of tweets on the popular social networking website Twitter.com. [...] The term is sort of a “save face” performance or often a comedic above reproach shield, disassociating this male from the gay community. [...] Comments vote down undo vote up Oh No They Didn’t! [...] In case there’s any doubt who McGruder is spoofing, the show opens with a scene from a ‘Winston Jerome’ play in which he plays a sassy matriarch in a housedress and wig. [...] He Suspects Someone Disclosed His SECRETS. [...] Tyler Perry Allegedly FIRES HIS ENTIRE STAFF. [...] StraightFromTheA [SFTA] - Atlanta Gossip, News & Entertainment - I was a lil late catching up on my weekly dose of Boondocks this week but couldn’t help but hear the buzz about how Aaron McGruder ‘went in” on Tyler Perry. [3]

Sources:
[1] Watch The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 5
[2] The Boondocks: Season 3 Episode 8 | LocateTV
[3] Video - The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 8 [20 Min] - Music

Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. [1]

We have learned EXCLUSIVELY at drfunkenberry.com who Prince will be performing with on Sunday. [2]

Alicia Keys, Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spaulding, and Patti Labelle all banded together to pay tribute to Prince at this year’s BET Awards each taking the stage to perform one of his hits. [3]

Husney and Prince then left Minneapolis and moved to Sausalito, California where Prince’s first album, For You, was recorded at the Record Plant recording studio. [...] In addition, Prince has been a “talent promoter” for the careers of Sheila E, Carmen Electra, The Time and Vanity 6, and has written songs for these artists and others (including Chaka Khan, The Bangles, and Sin?ad O’Connor), many of which have become hits, making him one of the most successful artists in recent music history. [4]

Enigmatic rock and pop star Prince, who soared to the top of pop music charts in the 1980s with albums such as Purple Rain, will be given the Lifetime Achievement honor at the upcoming BET Awards. [1]

Prince’s 1984 album Purple Rain sold more than thirteen million copies in the U.S. and spent twenty-four consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. [4]

In a purple button-up, black slacks and vest, Trey sang his recent hit “Yo Side of the Bed” atop a stage bathed in purple lights. [3]

He has a reputation as a workaholic, having released over a thousand songs both under his own name and through other artists, and is known for having composed and recorded many more songs that remain unreleased. [5]

RollingStone Magazine (Germany); will be releasing the album with the July 22nd magazine issue. [6]

The BET Awards is NOT to be missed this Sunday for this performance and tribute alone. [2]

Enigmatic rock and pop star Prince, who soared to the top of pop music charts in the 1980s with albums such as “Purple Rain,” will be given the Lifetime Achievement honor at the upcoming BET Awards. [3]

He will perform with the artists honoring him for the Lifetime Achievement Award. [2]

He could not bear the burden of really contributing to artists under his control because his ego and his deranged sense of entitlement is extremely off-putting. [6]

During the ’80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock…. [1]

Sources:
[1] Prince on Yahoo! Music
[2] Princefams.com
[3] Prince - AOL Music
[4] Prince (Musician) - Wikipedia
[5] Prince ‘ Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures …
[6] prince.org

AP - Chris Brown performs a tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles. [1]

Chris Brown’s emotional tribute to Michael Jackson was one of the most memorable moments of the 2010 BET Awards, which aired Sunday night on BET. [2]

It was a night of comebacks at the BET Awards, and none more unexpected than Chris Brown performing an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson. [3]

Chris Brown peforms a Michael Jackson tribute at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles. [4]

Chris Brown was denied a place in the BET Awards ‘ Michael Jackson tribute last year — presumably because of the incident with Rihanna only a few months earlier — but took the stage tonight to honor the one-year anniversary of his idol’s death. [5]

But most unexpected was Chris Brown, who offered an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson. [...] And 1980s hitmaker El DeBarge blazed back onto the stage to play old hits and the title track from his first new album in 16 years. [6]

Brown started his performance by dancing to some of Jackson’s other songs. [2]

When Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo and New Edition were performing tributes to Michael Jackson during last year’s BET Awards show, Chris Brown was nowhere to be found, even though many felt he was an obvious choice to honor the fallen legend. [7]

But most unexpected was Chris Brown, who offered an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson. [8]

When Jermaine Jackson came on stage at the BET Awards to introduce a tribute to his brother Michael Jackson, he didn’t say the name of the performer. [9]

Chris Brown performs a tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles. [2]

Ludacris was surrounded by female violinists and backed by Tommy Lee on drums as he performed “My Chick Bad.” [6]

John Legend was presented with BET’s humanitarian award for his work with the Show Me Campaign, which aims to eradicate poverty worldwide through education and health care. [8]

Alicia Keys hugs Swizz Beatz onstage before accepting the award for Best Female R&B Artist at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles. [2]

Sources:
[1] Chris Brown performs Jackson tribute at BET Awards - Yahoo! News
[2] BET Awards 2010: Chris Brown cries in ‘Man in the Mirror …
[3] Chris Brown performs Jackson tribute at BET Awards
[4] Chris Brown offers an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson …
[5] Chris Brown’s Emotional Michael Jackson Tribute - Essence.com
[6] Chris Brown performs Jackson tribute at BET Awards - Music …
[7] Chris Brown Melts Down During BET Awards Michael Jackson …
[8] Chris Brown offers an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at …
[9] Chris Brown’s Michael Jackson tribute: Tears for the ‘Man in …

Afterward she disappeared mysteriously with her child, which made everyone believe she was a succubus. [1]

A succubus (plural succubi) is a female demonic legendary creature who seduces men in their sleep. [2]

Incubus and Succubus: In medieval lore, a succubus was a female spirit that would lay with men to steal their seed: it was given as an explanation of night arrousal and wet dreams. [3]

Lilith tempting Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. [...] The succubus was generally believed to appear most frequently during sleep, especially in nightmares. [...] Old rabbinical writings relate the legend of how Adam was visited over a period of 130 years by female demons and had intercourse with demons, spirits, specters, lemurs, and phantoms. [1]

It is believed by some in the field of medicine that the stories relating to encounters with succubi bear similar resemblance to the contemporary phenomenon of people reporting alien abductions, which has been ascribed to the condition known as sleep paralysis. [2]

This legend was an explanation for the phenomena of wet dreams and sleep paralysis. [...] It was also paired with the incubus, the male form, sometimes transforming between the two forms to pass along the stolen seed to unknowing women. [3]

According to the Kabbalah and the school of Rashba, the original three queens of the demons, Agrat Bat Mahlat, Naamah, and Eisheth Zenunim and all their cohorts give birth to children, except Lilith. [2]

Includes the history of the succubus starting with Lilith, examples of Succubi including the Lilin and Rusalka among others, art featuring the succubus both as individual pictures and as part of a gallery, poems & lyrics about succubus, as well as succubus stories, articles, books, products and more. [4]

The book does not address why a human female impregnated with the semen of a human male would not produce a regular human offspring. [2]

An online resource for everything pertaining to the demonic female spirit known as a succubus. [4]

The incubi or male demons then use the semen to impregnate human females, thus explaining how demons could apparently sire children despite the traditional belief that they were incapable of reproduction. [2]

A lewd female demon or goblin which takes on the illusory appearance of a female human being and seeks sexual intercourse with men, usually while they are asleep. [3]

Sources:
[1] succubus: Definition from Answers.com
[2] Succubus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Succubus Definition
[4] Succubus

Yes, there’s always been the phrase “she got it from her momma” but for R&B crooners like Trey Songz, Usher and Omarion mom was the lady who started it all. [1]

O.M.G i love ya performance at the bet awards u is so cute to me and i cant wait to see u at the taste of Chicago and my new years revolution was to see you or take a pic wit u or get ur autograph!!and i hope it comes true!! [2]

The R&B/Pop star headlined the benefit concert held at the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center and really put on a show for the ladies, as noted by our friends over at Neon Limelight. [...] He talked about his new Trey Songz featured music video while on the red carpet of the KIIS FM Wango Tango Concert in Los Angeles over the weekend. [3]

Taylor encouraged Trey to finish high school first, and then they could talk about a possible music career. [4]

New Album “READY” in Stores & Online Now! [2]

Soon, the singer was appearing on Kevin Lyttle ’s debut album and Trick Daddy ’s Thug Matrimony as a sideman, as well as striking out on his own with “About the Game,” a solo cut from the Coach Carter soundtrack. [4]

You’ve listened to their songs declaring everything from love to social activism however, what some may not know is the fact that many R&B men got it from mom ! [1]

Come see me perform your favorite songs live and hear new music from my upcoming album, ‘Passion, Pain, & Pleasure’ for the first time. [3]

From the street single, “Brand New,” to his self-described male version of Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” in “One Love,” the Virginian draws on a range of influences to craft an album that will thrill his longtime fans and happily surprise all newcomers to the Trey Songz story. [2]

His proper debut, I Gotta Make It, was released by Atlantic Records in 2005, and the sophomore effort, Trey Day, charted at number 11 upon its release in 2007. [4]

His first two Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic albums, “I GOTTA MAKE IT” (2005) and “TREY DAY” (2007), yielded a trio of top ten singles, “Girl Tonight,” “Last Time,” and “Can’t Help But Wait.” [2]

As he was working on his debut album — not to mention several collaborations with Lil’ Kim, Trina, and Snoop Dogg — Trey Songz released some street-level mixtapes under his alias, the Prince of Virginia. [4]

To see who made our list of R&B men who have given mom credit for issuing tough motherly love or even just advice that has effected their careers, Click Here to view the gallery “Thanks Mom! [1]

At 15, Trey crossed paths with producer Troy Taylor, who’s worked with everyone from Boyz II Men to Lionel Richie, and Taylor immediately recognized Trey’s talent. [2]

Sources:
[1] R&B Men Thank Mom, Even Though She Was Tough as Nails …
[2] Trey Songz on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures …
[3] Trey Songz News, Pictures, and Videos // GOSSIPONTHIS.COM
[4] Trey Songz | Zune.net - Music