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Trendhumper: Luxury Sweatbands

Although it’s usually only seen on outdated homeboys stuck in an 8th grade or the Gotti brothers, the sweatband is one of those sportswear trends that just refuses to die.

Nowadays it seems as though rappers are getting back on the trend—The Game was spotted rocking a LV-emblazed one in his recent video for “Game’s Pain” featuring Keyshia Cole. We know it never rains in California so maybe he uses it to dry his tears…? It’s possible. Could you see yourself copping a wallet-busting piece of cloth this summer? Vote to “hump” or “dump” on this trend below.

Popularity: 13% [?]

Heidi Klum’s Screaming For Ice Cream

Actually she’s just licking her cone. Seal’s lucky, end of story. [DrunkenStepfather]

The Game gets emotional over Sean Bell and the state of hip-hop. [Nah Right]

Who cares what this anchor is reporting, look at those twos! [Double Viking]

Swim while listening to music with the waterproof MP3 Player. [Like Cool]

Gabriel Urist pumped out some gems for the MLB All-Star Game [SlamxHype]

Popularity: 19% [?]

The Game Shows Keyshia Cole His “Pain”

The Game has problems. Dealing with fame, family drama and fueds with G-Unit have only accentuated Game’s unabashedly emotional (and probably bi-polar) personality. But with his new LP LAX on the way, it seems like Jaceyon might have a new lease on life. The first single, “Game’s Pain,” is an optimistic, feel good Cali anthem in the vein of ’Pac’s “To Live & Die In L.A.” For the video, Game rides around with Cali’s baddest chick Keyshia Cole, and shows some cameo love to West Coast O.G. Ice Cube, Three 6 Mafia, and even Raekwon. Watch the video after the jump.

Popularity: 89% [?]

Gisele Bundchen Opens Wide

Minus holding the sandals, we’re thinking this is what Tom Brady sees every-time Gisele is…well you know. [Bastardly]

In response to the Sean Bell verdict, The Game is going extra hard (nhjic) at the po-po. [Nah Right]

Stash is back on his AF1-shit, this time with a black high-top. [SlamXHype]

The Houston Rockets offer their best impersonation of blocking-machine Dikembe Mutombo. [Holy Taco]

Life with Catrinel Menghia would be verrry niceeee. [Double Viking]

Popularity: 88% [?]

Oh Shay!

We have no clue who Shay Laren is, but her bio is kind of irrelevant at this point anyhow. [Hollywood Tuna]

Drive or fly with the Milner Motors AirCar. [Bornrich]

In the market for a mansion? Buy Tommy Hilfiger’s. [Uncrate]

The Game does not pass go, reports directly to jail for 60 days, although he may catch a break and serve less time than that. [Sohh]

“Lifestreaming” actually sounds more obnoxious than Twitter. [DidntYouHear]

Popularity: 45% [?]

Rap Sheet: Stop the Violence 2.0

• The jump off: Check out this “Self Construction” preview featuring host KRS-One, Nelly, The Game, Chamillionare, Busta Rhymes, Dougie Fresh, Fat Joe, and other notables.

• Payback: 50 Cent was ordered to pay an “undisclosed amount” of money to a NY Post photographer who got ruffed up by the rapper’s security guards back in 2003.

• Acting up: Rapper/producer, will.i.am, of Black Eyed Peas fame will play mutant John Wraith in the next installment of the X-Men movie. His character has the power to teleport and like Wolverine, was a test subject of the Weapon X program. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” is set for release in May, 2009.

• Smart music: ?uestlove not only likes to entertain fans, but also educate them too. Especially when he’s behind the turntables, “Usually in my set, I cover about 80 to 90 years’ worth of music, you know. I think it’s important to be all-inclusive. I think it’s important to educate people and give them a sense of history. I don’t want to be [one of] those DJs that just give you what you already know, you know.”

Popularity: 14% [?]

Rap Sheet: Fat Joe: Leave the Family Out of It

• Cover up: Fat Joe ain’t happy about a mock magazine cover that’s been buzzing the nets. It includes coverlines like: “Benzino’s Confessions: I Slept with Fat Joe’s wife. Lil’ Kim, Foxy, Misa, Melyssa Ford…It’s Nothing. Yiimean? I’m like the male Superhead…..Why Trina aborted my baby….My fling with Suge’s baby mama.” His lawyers are on it, flinging around cease and desists to all the websites posting it.

• Capo status: We caught up with Jim Jones and he tells the world why he hates Jay-Z, other things. On the last time he saw Killer Cam, “Last time I saw him was Christmas Eve, we were both in the bank doing bank withdrawals. In the best place we could ever run into each other, in the bank ’cause we’re getting money, ya dig?”

• Do not pass go: The Game is doing time. Well… 60 days at least.The rapper has is going to jail for waving a gun around a school yard basketball court during a game last year.

• Pushed up: When it comes to Hip Hop record releases, they always get pushed back. But Snoop’s “Sensual Seductions” was received so well, that Interscope is releasing the Ego Trippin’ album in March instead of May.

Popularity: 4% [?]