Urban Thought Collective

FANTASIA BARRINO’S CRIB…FORECLOSED
Damn, this economy ain’t playing. Every one of us can be blind-sided at anytime…hanging on by our fingernails.

American Idol’s third season winner and eight-time Grammy nominee, Fantasia
Barrino, is about to get the boot from one of her two Charlotte, North Carolina cribs.

According to property records, the 6-bedroom mansion has been foreclosed on. Unless Ms. Thang can make necessary payments, the 6,232 square-foot home will be auctioned off on Jan. 12.

She better do like Screech of “Saved by the Bell” and get her fans to chip in….

In this day and age, the playbook on what to do when you get dough and fame still hasn’t been read. There are too many articles and resources out there for folks to act like they didn’t know what to do with their money. Folks would rather spend more time on Facebook than Suze Orman’s site…act like you know people.

Fantasia, who y’all know is a single mother to daughter Zion, purchased the home, located on Bevington Place, back in March 2007. The price was $1.3 million. Her other house, also located in Charlotte, was purchased in July 2004 for $740,000 and records show it’s not in financial trouble.

Two houses in the same area……and you’re not renting one out…um…er..rum……

Well, let’s hope that her recent tune, a duet with Jennifer Hudson called “I’m His Only Woman,” which was just nominated for a Grammy for generate some income coming in from the labels.

BOBBY’S BROWN’S BOOK ON SHELVES
Bobby Brown’s tell-all book has hit the bookstore and the net, but I’m trying to figure out why this damn book is still considered unauthorized !

According to Amazon.com, Bobby’s book called, “The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But..” hits up his relationships with Whitney Houston and Karrine Steffans in addition to a reported confession of drug addictions, a near life threatening overdose and the real reason he left New Edition.

However, Bobby is no longer backing the book according to its author and former friend of the “Every Little Step” singer Derrick Handspike.

According to Derrick, Bobby backed out of the book deal when pages of the scandalous book were released online and through several outlets.

Derrick says, “I started to wonder if Bobby’s attorney and/or manager had been paid off by Whitney’s people. After all, they were the ones making it difficult for us to reach an agreement. I then started to wonder if Bobby had been influenced by Whitney not to go through with it. Whitney has been known, is known and will always be known as having a major influence on him.”

For those of you who need your fix or a Xmas gift, “Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But …” is available now through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Down South Books.

Get ready too, cause author, Derrick Handspike is reportedly on a mission to write another tell-all featuring Andre Rison and of course, detail his life with late-TLC member Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes! Oh lawd!

DMX SNATCHED BY FBI @ SCOTT STORCH’S CRIB
FBI was hit with a tip on where DMX was hiding out and sure enough they snatched that a** up! Word is that he is also being treated at a local rehab facility, but it is not confirmed.

DMX is expected to be held in a Miami jail and then extradited back to Arizona in the next 15 days. The arrest comes one day after Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio offered a $5,000 dollar reward for any information leading to DMX’s arrest.

A woman in Georgia tipped Florida told authorities about DMX’s whereabouts in order to collect the $5000 dollar reward for information leading to his capture. There goes her mortgage money for the month…

DMX is also wanted for animal abuse, drug possession and theft of services charges, for defrauding a local clinic of $7,500 in services. In order to get his freedom, DMX must post a $120,000 cash bond. Damn what a way to go into 2009!

NEWS BLAST
BUSTA IS NOW SIGNED TO T-PAIN’S NAPPY BOY LABEL…

WILL.I.AM POSSIBLY PRODUCING FOR BONO & U2…

LAUREN LONDON’S NEW ROLE OF “CHRISTINA”ON 90210 IS BI-SEXUAL…
MARION “SUGE” KNIGHT MANSION SOLD IN BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR $4.56 MILLION; 7-bedrooms, 9 ½ baths, Mediterranean style house on 8 acres
With ocean views….gone…

JAMIE FOXX “INTUITION” ALBUM DUE DEC 16th featuring T.I., Kanye West,
The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, Ne-Yo, Fabolous, Timbaland and Floetry’s
Marsha Ambrosius…

Big Lez has interviewed everyone from Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. to Mary J. Blige and Tom Cruise. She was host of and producer of BET’s landmark show “Rap City” and has enjoyed an extensive tenure in radio as co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show in Los Angeles, plus stints at New York’s WQHT/Hot 97, Atlanta’s WAOK/V103, LA’s Big Boy Morning Show at KPWR/Power 106 and Sirius Satellite Radio. Currently, Lez is partnered with DVA Media + Marketing as producer and host of the syndicated urban radio report, “The Urban Eye,” which launches nationwide first quarter of 2009.