CC2k9: Happy New Year! Huh? Im a week late? Wow time sure flys huh? 
Well as you know CC is under major reconstruction right now. But since i know you guys are just anxious for updates, I didn’t want to keep you waiting. We will try and keep you current on the latest and greatest as it comes along.
Back after the Break: Im sure you guys are wondering, “What’s up with CC?” Where are the updates? Well with a combination the holidays and the server giving people migranes, things are on a go slow. We just didnt want to tease you with new updates only to see it mysteriously be unavailable in the next hour. Hopefully all our problems will be over with very soon. So till then Happy Holidays from CC.
2008 AMAs: The American Music Awards show was last night and there are a bunch of photos from this event. Check them out in the forum.
Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.
Singer Issac Hayes seen performing in the U.K. last year. Hayes was found dead Sunday at age 65.
Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.
Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff’s department said.
No foul play is suspected, the agency said in a written statement.
Hayes was a longtime songwriter and arranger for Stax Records in Memphis, playing in the studio’s backup band and crafting tunes for artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave in the 1960s.
He released his first solo album in 1967, and his 1969 follow-up, “Hot Buttered Soul,” became a platinum hit.
In 1971, the theme from “Shaft” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and won an Academy Award for best original theme song. The song and the movie score also won Grammy awards for best original score and movie theme.
Hayes won a third Grammy for pop instrumental performance with the title track to his 1972 “Black Moses” album.
From the late 1990s through 2006, Hayes provided the voice of “Chef” for Comedy Central’s raunchy animated series “South Park,” as well as numerous songs.
The role introduced him to a new generation of fans, but he left after the show lampooned his own religion, the Church of Scientology.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. In a CNN interview at the time, Hayes credited his success to “adjusting and constantly evolving, expanding and trying to stay as young as I can.”
The new generation of popular musicians, he said, “could use a little more substance like we had in the day.”
“They’re standing on our shoulders. Some of them don’t realize [it] because they sample me so much,” he said.
Hayes credited his role on “South Park” with expanding his fan base, and said that he had almost passed on the job.
“I started to walk out. I thought it was a Disney thing. I [had] never heard of this thing,” he said. But his agent persuaded him to tape some episodes.
“Toward the opening I started having trepidations — ‘Oh my god, what have I done? I’ve ruined my career.’ But when it aired, the ratings went through the roof,” he said.
Comic actor Bernie Mac died early Saturday of complications from pneumonia, according to a family member and his publicist. He was 50.
He had been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, for more than a week with the lung infection.
Danica Smith, the comedian’s publicist, had said Thursday that Mac’s condition was “stable,” The Associated Press reported.
“When I got the call this morning, it was just devastating news,” said Chicago Sun-Times columnist Stella Foster. “Let’s face it: Bernie Mac was one of a kind. He was the best of the best in terms of giving you a good laugh.”
Smith previously said the pneumonia wasn’t related to sarcoidosis, a lung disease Mac had, which had been in remission since 2005, according to AP.
Mac caused a stir in July with some jokes he made during a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, AP reported.
Mac — born Bernard Jeffrey McCollough — starred in the Fox television series “The Bernie Mac Show.” His film roles included the “Ocean’s Eleven” series, “Friday,” “Get on the Bus,” “Transformers” and “Bad Santa.”
106andDrama: Rosci was so fed up with Terrence that she walked out the show on Friday. No new news on the situation but Rosci conveniently isn’t scheduled to be on the show this week. I guess there is more drama to come.
BET Awards 2008: Just finished watching another successful BET Award show. There were plenty of great performances by Usher, Alicia Keys, Keyshia Cole, Al Green and many more. I would say the best ‘moments’ of the night was during Alicia Keys performance, she brought out former great female groups SWV, EnVogue and TLC. Each singing on of their popular songs. Also Rev Al had the place groovin’ during his performance. I may have failed to mention a few other great moments, but you get a feel for it. All in all it was a good night.See some of the pictures from the show.
AskMen Top 10: Askmen.com has named their Top 10 Hip Hop Honeys. The usuals are there. Esther Baxter, Melyssa Ford, Angel Lola Luv and even Meagan Good. Meagan wouldnt constitute as a Hip Hop Honey but im going along with it. Vida Guerra took top honors.
Hoodhype: Our friends over at Hoodhype.com are conducting an interview with Guilty Simpson & NY Oil. It starts at 6PM EST so go over there and check it out!
