WILL OBAMA GET A WARM WELCOME ?

South Africa may not welcome Obama warmly Though many people look forward to welcoming the US president in his tour of Africa, not all are happy with the American president's visit and not all will welcome him with an open arm. The guardian wrote that "Obama should not expect red-carpet treatment from all South Africans, despite the historic affinity between the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements. Workers, students and Muslim groups are among those determined to give Obama a bumpy landing when he descends on Africa's biggest economy. "NObama" is the cry from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist party, which have called for "all workers" to join mass protests including a march on the US embassy in Pretoria on Friday. Academics and students have vowed to boycott the University of Johannesburg's award of an honorary law doctorate to Obama. The Muslim Lawyers' Association has called for the president to be arrested as a war criminal." (http://m.guardian.co.uk) One Bongani Masuku, Cosatu's international relations secretary, said: "Obama is perpetuating American foreign policy. The US is an empire run on behalf of multinational companies and the ruling class of America. US foreign policy is militarising international relations to sponsor and make their own weapons." He added that "I'm not disappointed because I didn't expect anything. It's not about the individual; it's not about the race he came from. It's about the class he represents. It's like he's the gatekeeper for white monopoly capital. He promised things we knew he wouldn't be able to do." Steven Friedman director of Rhodes and johannesburg universities said "I don't think that it's unkind to say that he's done absolutely nothing for this continent. In some respects, George W Bush did more for Africa than Barack Obama. So any sense that this is Africa's president who's actually out there trying to win the continent for the US is not the case. I can't remember a US administration that has shown less interest in the continent than this one." A lot of other people also cautioned about the need not to 'exploit' Mr Nelson Mandela whom Obama has met once, in a Washington hotel back in 2005. One Goldberg, 80, said: "I think it would be such an intrusion on an old man who's ill. We exploit Nelson Mandela and I object to that. We need to respect this great man's privacy because people go to see Nelson Mandela not to support Nelson but to gain support for themselves, and this is exploitation." While speaking from Washington, Ben Rhodes, the White House deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, said: "While we're in South Africa, we are going to be very deferential to the Mandela family in terms of any interaction that the president may have with the Mandela family or with Nelson Mandela. "Ultimately, we want whatever is in the best interest of his health and the peace of mind of the Mandela family. And so we'll be driven by their own determinations in that regard. "We'll be in touch with them. The president wants to support them in any way. He's supporting them with his thoughts and prayers as it is. And if he has an opportunity to see the family in some capacity, that's certainly something that we may do." (http://m.guardian.co.uk)

what does Obama have for Africa?

Obama visits Africa WHAT DOES OBAMA HAVE FOR AFRICA WHEN HE VISITS? Obama was elected in 2008 as the first black president of the United States,the then Illinois senator's;currently occupied by Kwame Raoul, election to the big office raised a lot of excitements across the world most especially in Africa since he has the African background and heritage. In his first major tour of the continent the US president,Barack Obama is set to trip to Africa this week starting on wednesday where he willl visit Senegal, south Africa and Tanzania (july 1) A lot of speculations have been made over the major themes of his tour to the three African countries But having analysed a lot about it by consulting various sources it's easy to tell what the agenda of the visit is. 1. BEIJING INFLUENCE and ECONOMIC COMPETITION Since mainly China and also other countries like India and Russia had built, and explored great opportunities in the continent, by building good partnership and engagement with most African countries in terms of economic investment, of which US has not, we can say one reason for the visit is laying foundation for the development and boost of economic partnerships with African countries. In Tanzania most especially Chinese leader Xi Jinping had paid a state visit already. "After Mr. Xi’s March visit, in which he spoke of Beijing’s “sincere friendship” with Africa and said its trade with China reached $200 billion in 2012, Washington stressed its “positive agenda” with the continent."(thehindu. Com) South Africa a research specialist Haroon Bhorat, a Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town said that “There hasn’t really been a presence of U.S. companies since 1994 taking advantage of the new opportunities in South Africa. And then mainly the new ones are taken up by China, by India and, to some extent, even by Russia. So you see new emerging markets entering into other emerging markets like South Africa and taking advantage of economic opportunities in a way where U.S., with a foothold, arguably hasn’t done enough.” 2. PROMOTE DEMOCRACY Being a foundation, advocate and flag bearer for democracy and Obama trip to these African countries, it is quite obvious that another reason is to urge africans to engage with the U.S. in promoting democracy and democratic development in African countries. 3. THE GAY AGENDA In December 2011 Obama signed a memorandum instructing federal agencies to promote the human rights of gay people overseas, where Obama himself inserted himself into Africa's bitter debate publicly on homosexuals' legitimate rights especially in countries that criminalize homosexuality, and Senegal is one of such countries. There we can say the gay issue is most likely to surface. In one west African nation, Ivory Coast an event took place and AP said "The U.S. embassy here made history earlier this month by hosting a gay pride reception attended by about two dozen openly gay Ivorians. Despite the groundbreaking nature of the event, reporters were barred from attending, and the only mention of it was a short blurb on the embassy website posted the following week." (AP) the Associated Press also said that the event in Abidjan, Ivory coast "encapsulates the Obama administration's cautious promotion of gay rights in Africa, an issue that is likely to come up during his visit this week to three African nations — South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania — the last two of which punish homosexuality with jail time" One individual who attended the event at US embassy Abidjan is quoted to have asked if Obama will discuss about the issue pertaining gays and lesbians when he comes to senegal "It will be very important for him to talk about us with African leaders, and also in his speeches. It will give us strength to let us know that we are not alone." Anonymous

Jayz sets new rules, avails samsung app and reveals album track listing.

JAYZ SETS NEW RULES OF MARKETING Jay-Z is said to have revealed the track-listing of his most anticipated forthcoming album; magna carta holy grail' over the weekend, "On the corner of Carlton Ave in Brooklyn, Jay-Z fans were handed binders containing the tracklist to Magna Carta Holy Grail...."(Rap Radar) The source also says that today he has intensified the excitement for the album by making the album App available on Google play for samsung galaxy iii, iv and galaxy Note ii users to download, the app also comes with the lyrics to 'holy grail' which features Justin Timberlake. The album will be available on july 4, to 1 million samsung users who download the app while to the rest of the world 72 hours later. Giant corporation Samsung purchased 1 million copies of the album @ $5 for its customers in advance. 1. Picasso Baby 2. Heaven 3. Versus 4. Tom Ford 5. Beach Is Better 6. FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt 7. Oceans 8. F.U.T.W. 9. Part II (On The Run) 10. BBC 11. La Familia 12. Jay-Z Blue 13. Nickles & Dimes 14. Holy Grail featuring Justin Timberlake (Bonus) 15. Open Letter (Bonus) (Rap radar, hotnewhiphop.com,hiphopdx, sohh.com)

Platinum-Selling rapper;Jarule Is Back Bigger and Better

JARULE BACK BIGGER AND BETTER If you are a fan of music and particularly a lover of Hiphop and rap music you must be familiar with the Name Jarule, RULE, RuleYork or any other name he is known by. Jeffrey Artkins aka Jarule formerly of The MURDER INC. NY (now Tha inc records) records has been off the limelight for quite a long time if you recall well since the days of his beef or feuds with 50cents, G-unit,Eminem, Dr Dre and so many other artists and acts associated with 50cents or G-unit of which many believe had contributed to sudden end of his career. You probably know back in 2010-11 he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for illegal gun possession and tax evasion, of which both sentences he served concurrently, In february-march 2013 after ending his illegal gun possession the platinum-selling rapper was sent straight to another lockdown facility to serve the tax evasion charges. The news is that in the early month of May,2013 he was released from Ray Brook Federal Prison in New York on Tuesday morning (07 May 13), While behind bars we understand that the star utilized his time while there well for self-improvement by pursuing his High School Diploma with the help of fellow inmate name Koz as a result he passed his General Educational Development (Ged) exams well and earned himself a Diploma, and endeavored to keep fit by building his body as witnessed from the photo. Though released we also understand that he will remain on home confinement until 28 July 2013. as according to http://www.sohh.com his spokesperson, Melanie A. Bonvicino, tells TMZ ... "My client Jeffrey Atkins (aka Ja Rule) was released this morning from the Raybrook Correctional Facility in Upstate New York to serve out his federal time obligation due under the terms set forth in accordance with home confinement which were secured by his attorney Stacy Richman." "At present, he looks forward to spending some time with his family while he completes his memoir." ( TMZ) defence attorney Stacey Richman explains that it’s because of those unpaid taxes that Ja Rule is pretty keen to get back to work. WELCOME BACK RULE

In less than 24hours hiphop loses another rapper .

In just less than 24 hours Hiphop and the streets loses another Rapper due to gun violence .Up and coming Rapper from Philladelphia, James Jimme Wallstreet Davis also said to be a close associate of Meek Mill of MMG is report to have been shot and has since died. This comes less than 24 hours after one Meek Mill's fresh signee to Label Dream Chaser, Lil Snupe(RIP) was shot and died instantly in his hometown of Winnfield Louisiana. AllHipHop.com reported the news last night saying 'Up and coming Philadelphia rapper James "Jimme Wallstreet" Davis has reportedly been shot and killed", and DJ Don Cannon, who recently signed the Philly native to a production deal, confirmed his passing on Twitter.saying "They Killed My Man..... Sh*t Gotta Stop Now!! Shit Ain't Cool! Destroyed A True Talent. Smh that's 2... http://instagram.com/p/ayxGUztBrv/" ( Don Cannon's Twitter) Davis began his career as an affiliate of 50 Cent and G-Unit. (XXL Mag) A lot of online sources say Jimme got shot after posting a RIP message on his instagram to Lil Snupe (RIP) and immediately when he stepped out of the house he too got shot. "According to Meek, the fellow Philadelphia rapper lost his life this week to gun violence" meek also confirmed this tragic incident on his twitter saying "Then my n*gga from Philly @iamjimmewallst last post was R.I.P #lilsnupe and he got killed already... http://instagram.com/p/azAFxvikNU/" "#ripwallstreet today just was a bad day! @iamjimmewallst http://instagram.com/p/azARnCCkNt/" (Meek Mill's Twitter). LIMTEK-VICTORIA SAY. RIP -Lil Snupe RIP-jimme wallstreet #VERY BAD DAYS IN HIPHOP

SSAMSUNG USERS TO GET JAY-Z upcoming album "Magna Carter Holy Grail" FIRST WHEN RELEASED ON JULY 4.

JayZ' upcoming album "MAGNA CARTER HOLY GRAIL" is currently the talk of the streets and the music world, but what is so special about this album? Ok let's see, first It will be released to the world on july 4, 2013 but besides that it will only first be available to the Samsung Galaxy S3, S4 and Galaxy Note II owners who will get the album 72 hours before it is accessed by any other person including other online music stores and physical music stores. Secondly to download this album you who own the above category of samsung galaxy should have downloaded the App already so that when it is released on that day you will stand a chance of getting chosen among the OTHER ONE MILLION to download the album. Thirdly the album as revealed is about his personal stories and inspirational stories to the music, as wikipedia says jayz was seen speaking to producer Rick Rubin in the studio about the album saying, "The album is about, like this duality of how do you navigate through this whole thing, through success through failures, through all this and remain yourself." Lastly among producers and artists JayZ was seen working with on the album include Jahlil Beats, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams among others. The source also says Jay has been seen in studio with various artists like Drake, The-Dream , Raekwon, Nas, and Justin Timberlake. SO What more to say? Ain't it unique? Since actually he has already been paid millions of dollars by SAMSUNG for the album before anyone has gotten to listen to it.JAY-Z upcoming Album "Magna Carter Holy Grail"JAYZ UPCOMING ALBUM magna Carter holy grail WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT IT?

TEEN RAPPER SIGNED WITH MEEK MILL'S LABLE SHOT TO DEATH

MEEK MILL'S PROTEGE ;Lil Snupe SHOT TO DEATH Recently signed to Meek Mill's Label Dream Chaser; up and coming 18year old Rapper Lil Snupe has been shot to death early thursday 20,june in his hometown of winnfield, La. 'The Winnfield Police Department says the entertainer, whose real name was Addarren Ross, died Thursday morning after he was shot twice in the chest at an apartment building in the city. He was pronounced dead at the scene'(AP) The rapper's manager Leem7st confirmed the news on Twitter: ”The call I got this morning is un real RIP 2 my Lil nigga lilsnupe.” Lil Snupe, had just celebrated his birthday seven days ago. LIMTECH-VICTORIA MEDIA GROUP send out condolences to family, and Meek Mill.

GUNMEN ATTACK UN MISSION OFFICES IN MOGADISHU

FRESH NEWS: The UNITED NATIONS offices in mogadishu somalia yesterday was attacked by gunmen for the first time since it recently relaunched its mission in Somalia, the attack left 15 people dead, 'The attackers detonated a car bomb outside the UN mission in the capital Mogadishu, then engaged security forces in a fierce gun-battle'( BBC World News.)
The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab later said it was behind the attack. Among those who died are one UNDP international staff member, three contractors working for a South African company and four Somali guards were killed in the attack.
The UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the entire 15 member security council condemned the attack 

GUNMEN ATTACK UN MISSION OFFICES IN MOGADISHU.