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, July 1 : Jay-Z thrashed Chris Brown’s hopes of returning on stage at the BET Awards, in a bid to pay tribute to late King of Pop Michael Jackson.

Brown has been low-key since beating up his ex-girlfriend (and Jay-Z’s artist), Rihanna, earlier this year.

Apparently, Brown was supposed to participate in the Jacko tribute at LA’s Shrine Auditorium, but Jay-Z pulled the plug on the plans.

“Jay-Z wasn’t having it. He threatened to pull out of the show if Chris was involved, so BET dropped Chris,” the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

A couple of weeks ago, Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell(notes) turned some heads in a positive way when he announced that he and the Raiders receivers would be conducting their own private little mini-camp away from the rest of the team.

It was seen as a positive sign for the young signal-caller, as his work ethic and leadership abilities had been major question marks to this point in his young career.

And then, on Sunday, this item appeared in Mike Lombardi’s column at the National Football Post:

More than 40 educators from nine states will attend the fourth annual Hip Hop and Spoken Word Teacher/Educator Institute on campus July 6-10.

Each summer the Office of Multicultural Initiatives (OMAI) teams with Urban Word NYC to offer this weeklong program for teachers, educators, community leaders and education students to learn the best practices in hip-hop and spoken word pedagogy.

Both hip hop and spoken word are gaining wide recognition as legitimate teaching tools, says OMAI Arts in Education director Katrina Flores.

Beyoncé served up some glamour at the launch of a new food donation drive Monday. The singer urged fans to support the “Show Your Helping Hand” campaign by bringing non-perishable food to her concerts or donating online to Feeding America. Bey told fans outside Madison Square Garden, “There are a lot of children that don’t have meals because school is out so they depend on the food bank.”

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A 29-year-old Arizona man reportedly told police this week that he shouted lyrics from an Eminem song while fatally stabbing his wife and daughter. “Here comes Satan, I’m the anti-Christ, I’m going to kill you,” Michael Miller reportedly screamed. His 4-year-old son survived the attack, despite being stabbed 11 times. According to police, Miller said he was possessed and believed that his wife was a demon.

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