Kevin Hart Hosting The VMAs

While this is obviously excellent news, I have to ask why it didn't happen sooner? There was no host last year and Kevin Hart kept coming out and doing things, so why not just have had him hosting last year too? Oh well, I'm still happy for the new King of Comedy.

I'm also happy for my Dallas Cowboys because MTV clearly moved the VMAs up to a Thursday to distract me from the Cowboys-Giants season opener. What they hadn't anticipated was the NFL deciding to bump the game up to Wednesday so it wouldn't conflict with the Democratic National Convention.

Ha! In your face, MTV!

I don't care what anybody says, one of the higher-ups at MTV hates the Cowboys and is doing this shit on purpose. If the NFL hadn't bumped the game up a day, it would've been the 3rd time since 2007 the VMAs coincided with the Dallas Cowboys season opener. Coincidence? I think not.

(Side note: I wonder how much the Romney campaign had to pay MTV to randomly move the VMAs to Thursday for the first time sine 2006 to distract from the DNC?)

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The Real World: St. Thomas Trailer

Yes, multiple black people! You know I'll be watching come June 27th, no doubt!

If you want to see more of the new cast, click here.

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Random News Shit: Entertainment News Edition

1) Jersey Shore Coming Back For a 6th Season

Back in 2010, I never thought I'd say it, but I'm Jersey Shore'd out. I'm done.

I know MTV wants to capitalize on Snooki being pregnant, but give her her own show or something (one separate from the one with JWOWW). Nobody wants to see a pregnant Snooki living in the Jersey Shore house, going to the club, and working at the Shore Store like she isn't rich and famous now.

2) The Situation Checks Into Rehab
So The Situation was on a substance outside of steroids? I wonder what his drug of choice was?

Well whatever it was, this is just another reason Jersey Shore needs to end as presently constituted. Nobody wants to see the same old show with MTV trying to pretend like they all aren't super rich and famous.

3) Michael Bay Says He's Not Going To Sodomize The Ninja Turtles
First off, let me say that as a life-long Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, I'm not thrilled about someone remaking the movie. Add that to the fact that they're going to change the story completely (How in the FUCK can the Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles being from an alien race?!?) and this whole thing just pisses me off.

Look, I fucks with Michael Bay. I love the "Bad Boys" movies and I've seen all of the "Transformers" movies in the theater, but this is just unacceptable. I hope the movie is excellent and they don't change the story, but if they do, then it's FUCK Michael Bay all the way.

4) Martin Lawrence Is Coming Back To The Small Screen
Apparently this has been floating around for awhile, but I just heard about it yesterday when HollywoodReporter reported P.J. Byrne of "Horrible Bosses" was joining the cast for the pilot episode.

I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, it's good to hear Martin might be coming back to TV, but on the other hand, the actual show Martin is so classic and I know there's no way he's going to top it, or even come close, with this new show. I'm more confused than Young Buck on the phone with 50 Cent right now.

5) Aziz Ansari Releasing His Comedy Special Online
Following the footsteps of Louis C.K. and Jim Gaffigan, Aziz Ansari will also be putting out his new stand-up special on his website for download for $5 a pop. This is clearly the wave of the future, so HBO better get back on their shit before their hour specials become a thing of the past.

Anyway, go to AzizAnsari.com and check out Dangerously Delicious, it's available right now!

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The Real World Is Going To St. Thomas

After consecutive re-used locations, news that Bunim/Murray is taking The Real World to St. Thomas for its 27th season is a pleasant surprise. Well, it is until MTV announces the cast and it's all white people. I guess I should start bracing myself now because at this point there's no chance of that not happening. Sigh.

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Oh Lord, MTV Is Bringing This Lame Ass Shit Back

You would think after like 4 or 5 straight years of fucking up the Hottest Rappers list they would give it up, but no, not MTV. Go ahead and brace yourself for another super wrong struggle list at some point in February.

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The Challenge: Battle Of The Exes Trailer

This shit looks so trill! It starts January 25th and you know I'll be there!

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Real World San Diego: No Black People

Maybe I should go ahead and re-post my Top 5 Real World-less Cities of America list because obviously MTV isn't paying attention as they're set to recycle a city for the third straight time.

But you know what? I'm not even mad at them for opting to go back to San Diego again before trying out Phoenix or Atlanta. Nope, not at all. I'm mad at them for not having ONE black roommate, especially when they know you need at least 2 to guarantee an awesome season. I mean, really? They couldn't find one damn black person that wanted to be on The Real World? They have 5 white people (Sam, Zach, Ashley, Frank, and Nate), 1 Mexican (Priscilla), 1 Zimbabwean/French/Native American (Alexandra), and 0 black people. This is that bullshit!

I need a few Mississippis to cool down, check out this wack ass trailer in the meantime:

This is how they're gonna follow up The Challenge: Rivals and Real World Las Vegas 2 (the best "1 black person" RW of all-time...which I'm extremely sorry for dissing on my podcast after the first episode)?? This shit looks dryer than the Mojave Desert. I know they spend a lot of money producing these things (okay, no they don't), but if they would've scrapped it, do you think anyone would've cared? If MTV can scrap a sure-fire hit like Bridge & Tunnel, I don't see why they can't make this undoubtedly lame looking shit disappear as well.

I'm out of words to express my disappointment. I'm out.

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The Mysterious Case Of MTV's Bridge & Tunnel

Wow, that looked incredible!

If you aren't familiar with Bridge & Tunnel, it was basically the original Jersey Shore that MTV spent millions to film but never aired. Besides having an awful name, why in the fuck wouldn't MTV put this ball of greatness on the air?

Earlier, I read somewhere that it was because it was too similar to Jersey Shore (though it was created before it even aired), but if MTV can have Teen Mom and 16 & Pregnant airing at the same time and Laguna Beach and The Hills airing at the same time, why couldn't Bridge & Tunnel and Jersey Shore co-exist??

To get the true answer, I guess you've got to read the Bridge & Tunnel cover story on the Village Voice and that's a commitment I'm just not willing to make at this time. Until I am, I supposed I'll be left with a newfound emptiness in my soul.

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Yes! The VMAs Are August 28th!

Thank you, Lord! Thank you!

If you're wondering why I'm so excited about the date of the VMAs, it's because for the past few years the VMAs have been on the same night as the first Sunday night football, and the Cowboys were scheduled to play in that game for a 3rd time in 5 years. I HATE trying to flip back and forth between the Cowboys and the VMAs (even though both sucked last year), so thank goodness I won't have to do that this year.

...Well, if there's a football season.

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Lil Duval Got An MTV Show

I'm not sure what happened with his BET show "Wide Awake," but fuck all that, Roland has a new show coming to MTV. The show is still untitled, but Duval tells AllHipHop.com that he's hoping it'll be out in August. Personally, I don't give a shit when it comes out, I'm watching it. Hopefully MTV ordered more than that 6 episode BS they did for Cory Gunz. At least let him get 8 like Doggy Fizzle Televizzle.

Oh, and yes, I am taking credit for Duval getting this show because I been openly campaigning for it for awhile now.

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Random News Shit: All Over The Place Edition

1) Ron Artest Changing His Name To Metta World Peace
Go ahead and toss this in the "Proof Ron Artest is insane" bucket. Metta World Peace? I... I... I just don't know anymore.

(Side note: It'd be hilarious if Ron Ar...ugh, Metta World Peace's jersey skyrocketed to the top of the NBA Store sales list.)

2) Missy Elliott Diagnosed With Graves Disease
I probably should've did some research, but I have no idea what Graves Disease is, but it has "disease" in it thus it can't be a good thing. Missy is one of the all-time great female artists, so I hope she gets better and gets back to making hits eventually.

3) The 5th Season Will Be The Last For Jersey Shore
The 4th season in Italy is in the can and filming on the 5th season starts Monday back on the Shore, but that will be the end of the road. There supposed to be replacing folks and frankly, it's probably for the best. Actually, I'm not sure why they're waiting for the end of the 5th season to find new people, this 4th season should probably be their last. Don't get me wrong, I love Pauly D and Snooki and the whole gang, but it's time for something new. Plus, MTV is just making it harder on the next cast if they keep on with this current cast that everybody already loves.

4) Buju Banton Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
Damn. I don't even know what else to say, just damn.

5) Chris Brown Apologizes For Gay Slur
I don't like Chris Brown, you all know this, but I have to come to Young Ike's defense here and call this bullshit. I know gay people are sensitive, but give me a fucking break. Why does everyone have to be labeled homophobic anytime they say the word gay? Do gays really think this is helping their cause? They can't, right? I mean, I'm cool with people choosing to be gay, and I think we should let them go get married and all that, but every time one of these stories pops up (which is every few days) it makes me less interested in helping their causes. Saying gay is nothing like saying nigger, but gays constantly playing the "Gay Card" is vastly becoming as annoying as blacks constantly playing the Race Card. Just give it a rest and let people live.

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Fiyah's Show Of Disrespect Ep. 108.5

I recorded this podcast yesterday just in case I wasn't able to record one today. Fortunately, I was able to record a new one today, but there was some good stuff in this one so I figure I'd post it as well. I talked about Biggie Day, McDonald's trying to order for you, and of course, the Miami Heat pre-Lakers win. Enjoy!

Fiyah's Show Of Disrespect Ep. 108.5
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Random News Shit: Entertainment Edition

1) MTV Moving 4th Season Of "Jersey Shore" To Italy
This is awesome, insane, crazy, out of this fucking world news! The guidos and guidettes are going to Italy?!?! I'm shocked my head is still attached to my body right now!

Production is set to begin this Spring, and hopefully MTV makes another smart decision and leaves Sammi in Seaside.

2) Will Ferrell To Guest Star On "The Office"
Will Ferrell on "The Office" for 4 episodes?!?!? Wow, TV is really pouring on the awesome right now.

Of course I'm going to forget all about this by the time it airs, but somebody promise me they'll remind me? Please?

3) Jay-Z & Will Smith Form Film Partnership
This is how the rich stay rich. Damn both of you rich motherfuckers!

(Side note: What ever happened to Jay-Z kinda, sorta not liking Will Smith?? Remember he took that baby jab at him on Change The Game ("Volume 3 still sold more records than Will Smith")? And I know there were a few more times Hov mentioned Will's name in a rap. Am I the only one who recalls any of this??)

4) Drake Considering Recording Full Reggae Album?
Hey Drake, how about you record a full Rap album before you move on to the next genre, how about that?

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Real World Going Back To Las Vegas

Remember back in June when I wrote that piece called "The Top 5 Real World-less Cities of America"? Well all 5 (6 if you seriously consider Detroit...which I don't) of those cities' status has not changed because season 25 of "The Real World" will be in Las Vegas. Oh boy.

Look, the original "Real World: Las Vegas" is in my top 5 Real Worlds of all-time, but why are we re-doing cities when we still have great places that have yet to be tapped like Dallas and Atlanta?? It's not like I'm suggesting "Real World: Vermont," Phoenix or Houston would be great spots to shoot. Maybe I'm just crazy? Am I crazy? Shit, I must be CRAZY!!!!!

Anyway, "Back To Las Vegas" is supposed to air at some point in the first quarter of this year, so you can expect promos to start running soon. I'm contemplating if I should even watch because not only are they re-doing a city, but again there's only one black roommate. I don't know how many times I have to say it, but all the best Real Worlds had multiple black people! I will give them credit because they have some other races represented (3 white guys, 1 white chick, 1 black guy, 1 Cuban chick, 1 Puerto Rican and Portuguese chick, and 1 Filipino and white chick), but black is where its at.

See, MTV needed me for more than my superior Twittering skills.

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Kanye West: The "Runaway" Interview

MTV.com has up a 16 part interview with Kanye West after the premiere of "Runaway" (because putting all these 2-3 minutes videos in one would've been too easy). Obviously I'm too lazy to post all 16, but I did watch them, and now I present to you the most important ones.

Here Kanye says there could be 13 or 14 songs on the final product, but as of right now, iTunes has only 12 listed (11 songs and 1 bonus). Hopefully that changes because if he can afford to drop a new track every week, I know he can put more than 12 songs on this album. Make it happen Kanye!

This was probably the best news of the interview. The Kanye and Jay-Z EP Watch The Throne will now be a full-length album. No word on when it's going to drop, but don't look forward to it actually being done in a day lol.

Gotta love those G.O.O.D. Fridays!

Okay, so go ahead and skip to 1:55 on this video to hear where Kanye says he decided about a week ago that he'd become the best rapper of all-time. It'll never happen, but I'm not gonna down the man for striving to be the best.

Not sure why Lil Wayne was mentioned over Nas when the convo shifted to who he'd have to pass, or why CyHi Da Prince was mentioned in the new artist portion. Lil Wayne is good, but Kanye has been better than him for years now. He should be more focused on passing the likes of Nas, Scarface, and Andre 3000 than Lil Wayne. I like Weezy, but he's not even in the all-time great conversation. As far as CyHi goes, obviously Kanye is gonna hype his artist, but he doesn't even believe that CyHi is gonna be an all-time great. I mean, he isn't even good yet. When CyHi becomes good, then we can talk about him possibly becoming great. Until then, no mas.

And last, but not least, the portion that is probably gonna land Yeezy in some hot water. A little past a minute in he says Michael Jackson is arguably a bigger pop culture figure than Jesus Christ.

Wow. Let that breathe.

I see where he was trying (emphasis on "trying") to go with that, but it even got a rise out of me when he said it. Kanye has GOT to know better than to say some shit like that, because with all the thinking he's been doing, he should know people are gonna tweak it and say "Kanye said Michael Jackson was bigger than Jesus." That's not exactly what he said, but it's close enough to possibly get him in trouble.

Welp, if this becomes the big story of next week, remember you were warned.

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MTV's Brain-Dead Trust Is Back With "Hottest" MCs List

Why won't MTV just let this thing die?? It worked for "It's On with Alexa Chung," why not try out the axe with this annually bad list?? I mean, the Brain-Dead Trust never get it right, and someone always ends up saying something blasphemously stupid, like the year the one chick said Soulja Boy was better than Nas. It's embarrassing, really.

Hell, even when they get #1 right (like they did last year with Jay-Z), there's always massive flaws like Gucci Mane making the list at #6 with no album out while Eminem misses it completely after going double platinum mere months prior.

Oh well, I guess it's to be seen how the Brain-Dead fuck it up this year. Will Eminem miss the cut again after another huge year?? Will Waka Flocka breaks the top 5?? Who knows, maybe Kat Stacks will even make the list. Who's to know?? Well no matter what happens, you know I'll be here to pick up the pieces once more.

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Random News Shit: Entertainment Edition

1) Soulja Boy Ends Foolish Feud With Fabolous
Welp it's all over now. I guess somebody got into Soulja's ear (most likely somebody at Interscope) and explained to him how dumb he looks calling out Fab for making jokes at his expense as everyone else with internet access did.

I am glad it stayed on Twitter though, Fab would've looked silly taking Soulja out on wax when he's so clearly better than him.

Now it's time for Brian Pumper to step up and follow Soulja's lead lol.

2) BET Hip-Hop Award Nominees Announced
Look at those categories, doesn't it look like they just drew names from a hat?? Drake for Best Live Performance?? Jay-Z nominated 3 times in one category?? and most egregious, Nicki Minaj for Lyricists of the Year?? Come on now BET, y'all can do better than this.

Oh well, like most Hip-Hop fans, I'll only be watching to see the cyphers. Hopefully Joe Budden is invited back.

3) Eminem Performance To Open Up VMAs
Well this is awesome news, but I have something even better to share, I found a solution to my "fuck, the VMAs are gonna be on at the same time as the Cowboys game...FUCK!" problem! Dual TVs! That's right, I'm taking the TV from the living room, and putting it in my room. That way I can watch both at the same time, while still have computer access for Twitter efficiency. Fiyah, you are a fuckin' genius!

4) Jay-Z Signs Will Smith's Daughter Willow To Roc Nation
I'm a huge Will Smith fan, and I'm clearly a huge Jay-Z fan, but let's stop the madness. I'm not gonna bash a child of 9 years for making a terrible song, but c'mon son!

(Side note: Rihanna must be totally pissed off that Willow sounds exactly like her and that this song sounds telegraphed for her.)

5) SNL Adds Jay Pharoah To Cast
Congrats to buddy, hopefully they let him shine because SNL really hasn't been that colorful in recent years, if you know what I mean. Thank goodness someone can finally replace Fred Armisen when it's time for Barack Obama skits.

Anyway, if you've never heard for Jay, check out some of his impressions here. His shit is flawless.

(Side note: Anybody know why he spells his stage name "Pharoah" and not "Pharaoh"?? Seems odd, but maybe it's an inside joke or something.)

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Random News Shit: Entertainment Edition

1) Chelsea Handler To Host 2010 VMAs
Well it's about time they picked a host, I was beginning to think they were just gonna go without one after consecutive bombs by Russell Brand. I'm not mad at the selection of Chelsea, she's quite funny, but with this little time to prepare (unless this has been planned for months and they're just announcing it now) I'm not sure she'll be able to top what Aziz Ansari did at the MTV Movie Awards.

I have a bigger issue with the VMAs though, because not only does it air the same day as the NFL kickoff, but it's gonna be on AT THE SAME TIME AS THE COWBOYS GAME! What the fuck MTV?? Now I have to make a decision: watch my Cowboys open up the season in primetime at Redskins Park or watch the VMAs??

This also happened to me in 2007 when the Cowboys opened up the against the Giants in primetime and the VMAs were live from Las Vegas. It's partly the NFL's fault for scheduling the Cowboys there as well, but the VMAs shouldn't be going up against NFL's big time opening day. What ever happened to having the VMAs on Thursdays?? Either way, I'm pissed because of course I wanna watch my 'Boys, but at the same time, I wanna watch the VMAs and make jokes on Twitter like on all the rest of the award shows. I don't know, we'll see how it goes, I guess.

2) Wyclef In Hiding After Receiving Death Threats
I never weighed in on this whole Wyclef/president of Haiti business, but the shocking part of this story, to me, is that Haiti's presidential election is in November. I was thinking their election was in 2011 or something. I was just talking about short notice with Chelsea Handler and the VMAs but shit! Clef JUST announced he was running a couple weeks ago, now he has to put his whole campaign and stuff together for an election in 3 months?? I know Haiti is far from the U.S., but damn.

I'm not saying Clef running is a good or bad thing, I'm just saying there should probably be a cut off date as to when someone can jump into a political race. Three months, son, three months! That's insane lol.

3) Shocker: Jay-Z Tops The Hip-Hop Cash Kings Again
Over the past 12 months, Forbes has estimated that Jay-Z has made a whopping $63 million. That's $33 million than #2, Diddy. And to make things even crazier, Beyonce made even more than Jay did! B brought in $87 million over the past year, making her the 3rd highest earning musicians overall. On that list, U2 ($130 million) is 1st and AC/DC ($114 million) is 2nd. Jay-Z is the only rapper on there, and he ranks 6th.

And exactly why does everybody want to be a rapper again??

4) Jersey Shore Introduces New Cast Member
Her name is Deena Nicole Cortese, and she'll be Angelina's replacement for "Jersey Shore" season 3. As you can see from the picture and video on MTV.com, she's not that hot, but then again, outside of Sammi, who is??

No word yet on what her Guido nickname is going to be.

5) Swizz Beatz Signs New Record Deal, Readies Album
Hopefully it's better than One Man Band Man.

6) Flo Rida Working On New Double Album
Clearly Flo Rida still hasn't gotten the memo that we don't even want one Flo Rida album, let alone two.

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Jersey Shore Season 2 Starts Tonight!

I'm sure everyone has seen the trailer by now, but just putting the reminder out there that tomorrow TODAY is the day!

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Nominate @FiyahMuZik To Be MTV TJ Because...

Aight here's my latest video! There's so much more things I wish I could've done in it, but I think it turned out great nevertheless. Oh, and sorry for the slip up on the website posts, I meant to say forty-six hundred not 46,000. I guess that's why you shouldn't stay up until 6:30am editing a video lol.

Also, its still not to late to head over to zync.mtv.com and nominate your boy @FiyahMuZik to be the first ever MTV TJ!

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