NEWS

Rap Sheet: Fresh To Death

• Break down: Kanye West shed tears in front of the whole world the other night during a performance in Paris. It was the rapper’s first concert since his mother, Donda West, passed away a little over a week ago.

• East meets West: MTV is joining in the War on Terror and launching programming tailored for the Middle East, “MTV Arabia’s flagship tailor-made show “Hip HopNa,” which means “Our Hip Hop” in English, features Saudi Arabian rapper Qusai Khidr, who will audition the best local hip-hop acts in seven different Middle Eastern cities.”

• A crowd puller?: Although some of the biggest stars in Pop and Hip Hop go to Mumbai, India to perform no one there really cares as you can see by crowd’s attendance.

• Over the Hill: Don’t expect a Fugees reunion anytime soon after Wyclef had this to say about Lauryn Hill, “Nothing is going to happen while Lauryn is in this weird place that she’s in right now. She needs psychological help and I think it’s about time someone spoke out and said this. You can see that something is seriously wrong. She goes around wearing weird green make-up and looking like a clown.”