DJ CISCO

Bruno Mars, (born Peter Gene Hernandez), 23, was arrested in Las Vegas after police received a narcotics call from someone at the Hard Rock Hotel. According to reports, a bathroom attendant approached a security officer at the facility to say that there was a man in a bathroom stall who might be using drugs.

It was soon revealed that the hitmaker was in possession, discovered on his person after security guards confronted him.

Police officers asked Bruno to "give over whatever narcotics he had" and Bruno then "pulled out a white powder substance from his left-front jeans pocket." It is reported that it was of 2.6 grams of cocaine

Cops say Bruno "admitted he did a foolish thing and has never used drugs before."
Mars was released from custody at 7:45 a.m. Sunday morning and has been ordered to return to court for his arraignment November 18.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his home Monday in an apparent suicide.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said authorities were called to McKinley's home in Centennial at 3:35 p.m. local time and found McKinley's body in the second-floor master bedroom. He said detectives believe McKinley, 23, was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Robinson said authorities were called by a female friend of McKinley's who discovered the body after returning from an errand with his child. The sheriff declined to say if authorities found a suicide note.

"It's still part of our investigation and probably nothing we'll talk about right now," he said.

McKinley was on injured reserve after hurting his left knee in August for the second time in eight months.

I have been asked by lots of people what I consider to be the greatest rap songs ever and often my response either confuses them because they have never heard of the song or they get mad because I didn't choose a "popular" song.

To be named to my greatest rap song of all time list there are certain criteria that need to be met.

The beat must be memorable. It has to have something in it that makes me want to listen to it 10-20 years from now.

The lyrics have to mean something. The rapper(s) shouldn't be rapping to be rapping.

It can be a socially conscious song or a party song.

Having said that here are my top 10 greatest rap songs of all time and no, The Notorious B.I.G. did not make my list.

1. "Liberation" by Outkast. 8 minutes of funk and fantastic lyrics. Love Big Rube's monologue.

2. "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" by Geto Boys. "At night I can't sleep I toss and turn". One of the best mind stories ever told.

3. "Children's Story" by Slick Rick. "Uncle Ricky would you read us a bed time story please?" Who else can weave a better story into a party beat?

4. "Dear Mama" by Tupac. Instant classic. No rapper will ever be able to do this topic as well as Tupac did.

5. "Mass Appeal" by Guru (Gangstarr). "Cause suckers be like playin themselves to have mass appeal". Best diss record of the rap industry.

6. "Cell Therapy" by Goodie Mob. Where else in rap history have you heard a rapper talk about the Holocaust? "Concentration camps lace with gas pipes lines, Inferno's outdoors like they had back, When Adolf Hitler was living in 1945"

7. "Runaway Love" by Ludacris. This is a great story about little girls that are lost or in trouble.

8. "All I Need" by Method Man ft. Mary J Blige. This is a gangsta hood love remake of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's version but I don't like the radio version. I like the remix razor sharp version.

9. "It Was A Good Day" by Ice Cube. Who can forget waking up in the morning thanking God but Cube, I do eat my breakfast with hog. LOL

10. "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot. Say what you want but this song is the greatest anthem celebrating the big booties and is a worldwide hit 18 years later. "I like big butts and I cannot lie".

On Thursday U.S. District Judge Charles Pannel Jr., ordered to appear before a federal judge in Atlanta and explain why his probation should not be revoked because of his recent arrest in Los Angeles. Pannell did not set a date for the hearing.

The order lists three possible violations of his bond: possession of ecstasy on Sept. 1, testing positive for opiates on Sept. 2 and associating on Sept. 1 with Cortez Thomas, a convicted felon.

Several pills that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department called a "controlled substance" were found on Grammy award-winning rapper and his new wife after they were stopped Sept. 1 on a Hollywood street after making an illegal U-turn.

It is reported that the pills were found on T.I. and his new wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, and not in the Maybach, the luxury car they were in.

It has been announced that Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson will be hosting this year's Soul Train awards.

The pair will tape this year's edition at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Center on November 10 for the broadcast on BET and Centric tv later in the month.

CENTRIC General Manager and Executive Vice President Paxton Baker said,

"We are excited to welcome the return of the SOUL TRAIN AWARDS to CENTRIC…Last year's show was a stellar success and we're charged to be better this year. The Soul Train brand is part of the very fabric of American Culture, and has played a vital role in shaping the cultural framework and musical tastes of CENTRIC's 25- to 54- year old audience. It is our goal for this show to become a staple among television viewers."

The SOUL TRAIN AWARDS special will honor the longstanding careers and musical influences of legendary artists Anita Baker and Ron Isley.

The Soul Train Awards will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET in a special simulcast at 9:00 PM* ET on Sunday, November 28.

Spike Lee will direct a live webcast of a concert featuring John Legend and the Roots to help promote Legend's new album "Wake Up!" The concert will be held in New York on September. 23rd

Legend and the Roots will cover eleven classic socially conscious soul songs from the '60s and '70s, including Donny Hathaway's "Little Ghetto Boy," Bill Withers' "I Can't Write Left Handed" and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "Wake Up Everybody."

The live stream will be webcast on YouTube, via the music video website Vevo. Various interactive elements will also be offered, including an option for viewers to select their camera view.

John Legend and ?uestlove produced the entire album which is due to hit the stores on September 21st.

Bob Marley's family lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late Jamaican reggae singer's best-known recordings.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said Universal Music Group is the rightful owner of copyrights to five albums that Marley had recorded between 1973 and 1977 for Island Records.

The albums "Catch a Fire," "Burnin'," "Natty Dread," "Rastaman Vibrations" and "Exodus" were recorded with Marley's band The Wailers. They include the songs "Get Up, Stand Up," "I Shot the Sheriff," "No Woman, No Cry" and "One Love."

Friday ruling is a defeat for Marley's family who had sought to recover millions of dollars in damages over what they claimed was UMG's effort to "exploit" "the quintessential Bob Marley sound recordings."

Marley's family accused UMG of withholding royalties from their company Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd, and ignoring a 1995 agreement assigning the family the rights under the original recording agreements, court papers show.

But Cote decided that Marley's recordings were "works made for hire" and entitled UMG to be designated the owner of those recordings, for both the initial 28-year copyright terms and for renewals.

"Each of the agreements provided that the sound recordings were the 'absolute property' of Island," Cote wrote. "Whether Marley would have recorded his music even if he had not entered the recording agreements with Island is beside the point."

Cote also denied the Marley family's request for a ruling upholding its claims over digital downloads, citing ambiguity in a 1992 royalty's agreement.

She directed the parties to enter court-supervised settlement talks, and scheduled an Oct. 29 conference.

1. Taraji P. Henson

2. Tia Mowry

I have watched countless lists of top gorgeous black women be put up on websites, magazines etc but most never include what I consider gorgeous. Halle Berry makes the list all of the time and she should but my choices are not based on fame but what I consider a good looking woman.

Some of my choices may not have as much notoriety as Ms. Berry and you may have to research them but they are what I consider gorgeous.

Here are my choices.







Do you agree or disagree with DJ Cisco's list? Comment below!

Petey Pablo has been arrested at a North Carolina airport on gun charges.

Raleigh-Durham International Airport spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin says 37-year-old Petey Pablo was arrested Saturday morning and is charged with being a felon with a gun and carrying a concealed, stolen weapon.

Hamlin says Transportation Security Administration agents found a gun in the rapper's carry-on luggage.

Petey Pablo was released on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Monday (9-13-10).

Usher has announced his OMG tour, a North American run that was announced on Sept. 8th. The tour will kick off Nov. 10 in Seattle and hit 25 cities over November and December.

Here are Usher's OMG tour dates:

Nov. 10: Seattle, Wash. (Key Arena)
Nov. 12: Oakland, Calif. (Oracle Arena)
Nov. 13: Las Vegas, Nev. (Mandalay Bay)
Nov. 14: Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)
Nov. 17: San Diego, Calif. (Sports Arena)
Nov. 18: Los Angeles, Calif. (Staples Center)
Nov. 19: Phoenix, Ariz. (Jobing.com Arena)
Nov. 23: Houston, Texas (Toyota Center)
Nov. 24: Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center)
Nov. 26: St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center)
Nov. 27: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)
Nov. 29: Toronto, Ontario (Air Canada Centre)
Nov. 30: Montreal, Quebec (Bell Centre)
Dec. 2: Detroit, Mich. (TBD)
Dec. 3: Chicago, Ill. (Allstate Arena)
Dec. 5: Atlanta, Ga. (Philips Arena)
Dec. 7: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum)
Dec. 8: Baltimore, Md. (Mariner Arena)
Dec. 10: Newark, N.J. (Prudential Center)
Dec. 11: Norfolk, Va. (Scope Arena)
Dec. 13: New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden)
Dec. 14: Boston, Mass. (TD Garden)
Dec. 16: Philadelphia, Pa. (Wells Fargo Center)
Dec. 17: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
Dec. 18: Hartford, Conn. (XL Center)