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© Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, second from right, and Malia, right, reaches out to touch "Cheese" after pardoning the turkey as part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition, Nov. 26, 2014, at the White… The communications director for a Republican member of Congress ignited a firestorm this weekend after she criticized President Obama’s teenage daughters in a Facebook post that touched a nerve even for Americans accustomed to political mudslinging. “Try showing a little class,” Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Rep. Stephen Lee Fincher (Tenn.), wrote Friday in a Facebook posting addressed to Sasha, 13, and Malia, 16, chastising them for their comportment during last week’s annual turkey pardoning event at the White House. “Rise to the occasion. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at the bar,” Lauten wrote. “And certainly don’t make faces during televised, public eve

Kandi Burruss Tucker  (born  Kandi Leniece Burrus s ; May 17, 1976 in  College Park, Georgia )  is an American  singer-songwriter ,  actress , record producer, and  television personality . She is a former member of the  group   Xscape . Burruss currently stars as one of six members in the  Bravo   reality television  series  The Real Housewives of Atlanta  since its second season premiere on July 30, 2009. Kandi Burruss was born in  College Park ,   Georgia  to her father  Reverend  Titus Burruss Jr.,  and mother Joyce Jones.  Kandi had an older brother, Patrick, who died when she was younger.  She first appeared on the  BET  series,  Teen Summit , at age 15. Kandi attended  Tri-Cities High School  in  East Point, Georgia .   Burruss and ex-boyfriend Russell "Block" Spencer of  Block Entertainment  had a daughter named Riley Burruss  on August 22, 2002.  In late 2008, Kandi began a relationship with Ashley "A.J." Jewell and after dating seve

The biggest winners of the night Courtesy of ABC Pitbull On Sunday night the 2014 American Music Awards took over the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the very best of the music industry. Going into the evening,  Iggy Azalea was leading the pack  with six nominations, with expectations high for performances from Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez and others. One Direction kicked things off with the first win of the evening. Here are the winners for the rest of the 2014 AMAs — updated live as the winners take the stage to grab their awards. Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop Iggy Azalea — WINNER Drake Eminem New Artist of the Year 5 Seconds of Summer — WINNER Iggy Azalea Bastille Sam Smith Meghan Trainor Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock Imagine Dragons — WINNER Bastille Lorde Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock Katy Perry — WINNER Iggy Azalea Lorde Favorite Album — Pop/Rock One Direction,  Midnight Memories

Lil B speaks in front of some of the nation's brightest at MIT.   Lil B has been known to preach to a wide audience whether it be through music or literally during a speaking event. Recently flexing his public speaking muscles once again, this time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Berkeley, California native strutted out some of his wisdom that he often relays in his music. "I'm very happy that I can come here and tell you I'm someone that has not been driven by the profit," Lil B said possibly in reference to never signing a major deal and his infamous social media following. "You can succeed with the people." The Pack rapper also fielded questions from audience members including one who asked about Lil B's long-stayed beef with NBA player Kevin Durant. "If Kevin Durant came to D.C., would I lift the curse?" He said when asked about Durant. "Well, does Boston love D.C.? OK, so I didn't just say s

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League rattles off a series of tweets about the headlines surrounding Bill Cosby, coming to his defense.   The rape allegations surrounding actor/comedian Bill Cosby have become more and more incriminating as time has progressed. The Hip Hop community has been widely quiet on the recent news, aside from Snoop Dogg , but one group decided to make their feelings heard. Taking to Twitter yesterday, production trio J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League aired out their beliefs on the allegations coming to Cosby's defense. "Might I remind you, there's never been a conviction of Bill Cosby," the account tweeted. "Only a Twitter conviction. You fuckin nancy grace's." The Miami group also tweeted a message that received perhaps the most amount of traction, saying that the Twitter users who are accusing Cosby of rape need to be "raped by Cosby" themselves. They would later apologize for the series of tweets and said they were "looki

  Storied Philadelphia rapper Cool C faces execution in January. In 1996 Cool C was convicted of first degree murder for the same year shooting death of Lauretha Vaird, a Philadelphia police officer who attempted to end a botched robbery attempt by C and an accomplice. At a subsequent hearing, Cool C was sentenced to death. After serving the last 18 years in prison Cool C now has a death date as it was recently announced the Philly native will be put to death via lethal injection on January 8, 2015. He originally was sentenced to die on March 9, 2006, however Pennsylvania's governor granted a delay of the execution. Cool C is perhaps best known as a member of C.E.B., a 1980s Philadelphia Hip Hop group who was considered a Liberty City version of Juice Crew . In 1989 C released his debut and highest acclaimed album I Gotta Habit , which contained the single "The Glamorous Life," a Billboard-charting track and Juice Crew diss.

Exclusive: "The upper tier consists of Raekwon The Chef, Method Man, GZA, The RZA, and Ghostface," Cappadonna says.   In the latest edition of the DX Daily , HipHopDX Editor-In-Chief Justin Hunte breaks down everything we know about the upcoming Wu-Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow album and reveals new information about the group’s inner politics, including the revelation of a tiered class system that channels more money to certain prominent members within the group.   “I don’t know where it came from but it definitely penetrated,” RZA said of the group’s "upper tier" in an interview with DX that premiered in the clip. “I think it came from a third party, one of our solo managers maybe. But when it penetrated I was like, ‘Yo, that really don’t make no sense.’ In that case just give me the most money. If you wanna just go stupid like that. But what I’ma do with that?   There’s a eight-slice piece of pie here, eight slices in the pizza. I’m gonna take two

  Wendy Day explains how Freddie Foxxx forced Birdman to apologize to her for not being paid for her services to Cash Money.   In the first of a two-part interview with Nah Right , industry insider Wendy Day explained to writer Jimmy Ness how she helped broker deals like the signing of No Limit Records to Priority and a $30 million distribution deal with Universal for Cash Money .   Running down a number of behind-the-scenes stories, Day, who founded the non-profit organization Rap Coalition in 1992, detailed how Cash Money long operated as a shady business by not paying employees, rent, and associated business operations expenses. When the company and Birdman continually refused to pay her for her services, Day explained that Birdman was forced to apologize by gunpoint by rapper Freddie Foxxx .   “They just cut off communication,” she said when asked about not being paid by the label. “At one point, one of my artist friends bumped into Birdman and put a g

  Eminem regains the #1 spot with "MMPL2," Yo Gotti enters the Top 10 with "I Am" and Hopsin debuts in the Top 200 with "Knock Madness."   This week on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 lands back at #1, reclaiming the top spot from Lady Gaga, who earned the slot last week with her  ARTPOP  release. Although it is now in its third week and still at #1, Eminem isn't the only Rap artist charting. This week, Yo Gotti's I Am album breaks into the Top 10, Drake falls out of the Top 10 for the first time this year and Hopsin knocks himself into the Top 200 with Knock Madness . Here's a look at some of the week's movers and shakers on the Billboard Top 200. Eminem's MMLP2 Is Back At #1 Last week, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was momentarily dethroned from the #1 spot by Lady Gaga's ARTPOP release. However, all of that has changed