Beyonce Knowles was hard at work on a photo shoot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday February 9.
The Grammy winning singer donned a colorful ensemble while striking a variety of steamy poses for shutterbugs working the set.
The photo shoot session comes as Beyonce Knowles has been spending time in South America for her I Am world tour.
Drake has said rappers will have to “work a lot harder to keep hip-hop exciting” while Lil’ Wayne is in prison.
Wayne, real name Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr, is expected to be sentenced to eight months behind bars for gun possession later this month.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Drake, one of the rapper’s mentors, paid tribute to the star, describing his talent as unique.
“I think you’ll miss everything about Wayne. I don’t think there will be anybody like Lil Wayne ever again in hip-hop,” he said.
“He paralyzes a room when he walks into it, his wordplay, the excitement that he brings to his music.”
The rapper added: “I think that for eight months a lot of us will have to work a lot harder to keep hip-hop as exciting as it’s been for the last two years.” I think Hip Hop has sucked for the last 2 years. Lil Wayne has released track after track of pure trash. He is worshipped by little kids and hated by Real DJs and Hip Hop Heads. Lil Wayne will enjoy his time in jail being somebodies bitch. He already kiss’s men and he will not receive protective custody in jail. It is over for him when he gets inside. Hip Hop might be able to breathe without Lil Waynes garbage being released.
Meanwhile, Lil’ Wayne revealed earlier this week that he was “looking forward” to beginning his prison sentence.
The rapper pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession last October.
He was arrested in July 2007 when police allegedly found him trying to conceal a .40 caliber semi-automatic loaded handgun on his tour bus.
Nate Dogg is re-learning basic human functions while in physical therapy following a series of strokes. The hip-hop artist, cousin of Snoop Dogg, was paralyzed on the left side of his body following a mild stroke in 2007.
The star, real name Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, then suffered another stroke in 2008, forcing him to turn to an assisted breathing tube to survive. However, he has made progress in his recovery with the help of expert physicians – he’s now learned to “lift his head up,” according to his longtime friend and collaborator Warren G.
Warren G tells AllHipHop.com, “He’s in therapy getting himself together, that’s all I can tell people. I see him any and every time I want to. It’s hard when you have somebody (who has suffered) two strokes, usually the person don’t (sic) make it. But he’s strong. He’s getting good therapy and he’s pulling out of it. It’s hard when you first have a stroke ; you (have) got to learn everything over again. It’s like you’re a baby again. You gotta learn everything.”
MTV Networks’ Hope For Haiti telethon on Saturday January 23 raised a record breaking $58 million dollars in the effort to help the country recover from a 7.0 earthquake which has left at least 200,000 people dead.
A number of actors, athletes, rappers and entertainers took part in the telethon, which was hosted by Wyclef Jean in New York, actor George Clooney in Los Angeles and CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Haiti.
Over 100 celebrities participated in the event, by answering phones, appearing or performing during the telethon, which was broadcast simultaneously over 25 networks.
Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kid Rock, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Madonna, Christina Aguilera and John Legend were among the evening’s performers.
Donations continue to come in from around the world, while the Hope for Haiti Now album hit #1 on iTunes in 18 different countries.
The funds will be donated to Wyclef’s Yele Haiti Foundation, Oxfam America, the Red Cross, UNICEF, the U.N. World Food Programme and other non-profit relief agencies.
The numbers eclipse the amount donated to Haiti by some of the largest countries in the world.
A total of about $500 million has been raised by donors across the world, with the United States representing the bulk of aid money.
Neither Iran, nor Saudi Arabia has yet to donate a penny and India, which has one of the world’s highest gross domestic products, has donated $1 million dollars, the same amount as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock and the NBA.
Oprah Winfrey has announced that Rihanna will be performing on her show this Wednesday. The model will be doing a rendition of Bob Marley’s timeless classic ‘Redemption Song’ while R&B crooner Maxwell is set to sing ‘Fistful of Tears’ from his ‘BLACKsummers’night’ LP. The episode will be dedicated to the people of Haiti and will feature Wyclef Jean who will shed some light on their situation.
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