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In our 2007 Sex Issue, features editor Eric Perrin did a story on internet prostitution, a growing phenomenon due in large part to Craigslist’s “Erotic Services” section.

Today it was reported that Craigslist will be shutting down their digital brothel and moving it to an adult oriented section of the site where advertisers will have to go through a screening process and pay a fee to promote their “services.”

Sex wasn’t the problem here. Craigslist is reacting after weeks of scrutiny after a masseuse was murdered by a client who hired her through the site. Not to toot any horns, but, we don’t think many people in the Hip Hop community knew about this underground digital world until they read Eric’s story. If you missed it when it dropped, here are some links.

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From releasing sex tapes of Rick Ross’ baby mama to video of his best friend laid out, to the Saturday Morning Cartoon series, 50 Cent has revolutionized rap beef with his dismantling of Officer Ricky. To say the least, Pimpin’ Curly’s massacre of the hefty Miami emcee has become quite unscrupulous, and since I find it sad to watch a man’s career (and reputation) depreciate the way Ross’ has, I thought I’d give Rick some suggestions on how he can even the score with 50 Cent a little. Hey, I told you guys I was riding with Ross from the beginning, and since I’ve never been a fair weather fan I’m sticking to my word. So despite the fact that Ross is hideously losing this battle, and regardless of how cool 50 was when I met him in Shreveport earlier this month, I’m still reserving a little hope that Ross can prevail. He probably won’t win this war, but maybe can still survive.

Buy 50’s Baby Mama a house in Miami
Most people accused 50 Cent of some kind of wrongdoing in the matter of his baby mama’s house burning down, and Since Fif’s obviously obsessed with the women in Ross’ life, Ricky should turn the tables on him. By purchasing 50’s baby mama a house in Miami he would come out looking like a real bawse, and potentially embarrass 50 as well. The only problem is that 50’s chick probably wouldn’t go for it; she’d be too scared of the G-Unit goons coming after her and burning her new house down also.

Take 50’s son Marquise to a Baseball Game
This would be the ultimate diss if Ross could pull it off. Playing daddy to little Marquise and then beating his ass a la Tony Yayo with Jimmy Henchman’s kid would be a riot. It would also probably land Rick Ross in jail for child abuse and incite this beef to a whole other level. Since we don’t want our advice to be responsible for any casualties, hopefully Ross doesn’t try to son Marquise Jackson.

Exploit 50’s Groupie Confession
Back in OZONE’s December 2005 issue, a girl contacted us with a “Groupie Confession” about 50 Cent. To put it lightly, Fif’ got a very poor review from the chick. She stated, “[50] just dropped his pants. He had boxers on, and he was all hard. His penis was poking out like, ewwwww. It was small, like, ‘What the fuck?!’ I told my home girl it was gonna be small cause he got all those damn muscles, but she ain’t believe me…”

If the above confession was in fact true, Ross could convince a call girl that it’s “time to make a movie,” and hire the hooker groupie to conceal a hidden camera and capture footage of 50 performing a subpar sex act. If the plan worked, it would definitely generate more hits than anything on thisis50 or boobootv.com, and would be more detrimental to 50 than perhaps anything else on this list.

Read the rest of the list after the break

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A few weeks ago I had porn star Aurora Jolie in bed…but unfortunately for me, all I got was an interview. During our little bedside chat she discussed her parents’ reaction to her profession, being a “virgin” in porn, and how an anal sex diet is a good way for girls to lose weight. During the interview Mr. Marcus makes a quick cameo, and gets undressed right as I’m interviewing Aurora…not cool, Marcus. It was my turn with her, not yours, you selfish bastard.

Links to pics from her video shoot with Trey Songz and her Velvet Room appearance.

Shouts to Worldstar Hip Hop for posting up the video.

On Sunday night Big Mama’s Primetime (bka Primetime) hosted the finale to Gucci Mane weekend here in ATL, and the hood stars definitely came through. Joining Gucci were Shawty Lo, J. Money, Young Capone, Zaytoven, JT The Bigga Figga, Maceo, Bigga Rankin, Waka Flaka Flame, The So Icey Boys and the whole East Side of Atlanta and Decatur. Though the pics may not fully illustrate the level of craziness, it was probably the most capacitated event I’ve ever been to at Primetime, and as always the smoke haven  club was home to much debauchery, as evidenced by our photo galleries. Hit the jump for some of the unrated  NSFW pics, and make sure to bring protection. 

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I admit this post is kind of unfair because there were several other performers at Bay Bay’s 10x Platinum Birthday Bash (Yung Joc, Young Dro, Yung LA, Paul Wall, Trai-D), but the sheer fact that 50 Cent, the guy who seemingly never leaves his castle in Connecticut came to perform in Shreveport, Louisiana of all places, merits of post of it’s own. 50 brought Banks and Yayo along with him, and the G-Unit trio delivered nothing less than an iconic performance for the homie Hollyhood Bay Bay.  

Check out the review after the jump. Click here to see the pics

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Last Friday, Maurice and I hesitantly ventured to Shreveport, Louisiana for DJ Hollyhood Bay Bay’s Birthday Bash. Neither of us had ever been to Shreveport and didn’t really know what to expect, but much to our surprise, the trip to ShreVEGAS proved to be one of dopest OZONE trips either of us had been on in a while–and we travel a lot. Bay Bay brought us to all the must-see hood spots, like the barbershop, soul food spots, and even the dentists office. There were also a slew of celebrity guest who came through and hung out in the city. Paul Wall even accompanied Bay Bay to several schools in the area and wanted to perform, but the unfortunately, there weren’t any microphones or other equipment.

          

Travelling to little small towns like Shreveport really exemplify what Pimp C was saying about Atlanta not being the South; you get a completely different vibe in the rural parts where Southern Hospitality still exists. Shouts to Brothers Seafood and everybody in Shreveport who looked out for us.  Click here to see the pics

Yes, Brother Snoop Salim has converted to Islam. According to the Associated Press, Brother Broadus Salim announced at a religious event in Chicago that he will be joining forces with Minister Farrakhan. Meaning you may see Snoop sporting a bow tie on a corner near you selling bean pies and Final Calls.

Now the only question remains, what Muslim name will Snoop adopt? Snoop Abdul Jabar, Salim Doggy Dogg, Snoop Hussein Obama, Snoop Blunt Laden , The Honorable Calvin Muhammad, Snoop X, or  simply Snoop Shabazz?

Read the AP excerpt and watch video confirmation after the Ramadan

spotted at The Life Files

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Yeah, I said it: The habit of tweeting is for slackers who don’t have enough work or ambition to get through their day without sharing  pointless, menial facts about their mundane lives with other slackers who lead even less interesting lives…but damn it’s an addicitive habit.

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I know this post is a few days tardy, but we’ve been kind of busy traveling and recovering from last weekend in Tampa. The drama that ensued amongst your favorite rapper’s favorite magazine staff illustrates several  reasons why we should have our own reality show. But since we don’t (yet), I’m going to spare you guys all the details. Our photo galleries will show you some of our more tame memories from SBXLIII Week, where, overall this year’s festivities definitely felt a little less glamourous than years past. The streets of Tampa looked more like Tallahassee during finals week, most of the clubs were pretty lonely since no one was willing to pay the ridiculous cover charges, and the excitement level never really felt like Super Bowl weekend. Hell, even Playbody cancelled their annual Superbowl party due to budget cuts. But still, we at OZONE attempted to see the glass half full. Hit the jump for pics of our favorite memories from SBXLIII weekend.  

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So, in case you couldn’t tell, this really isn’t Barack, but this Filipino actor named Llham Ana does a better Barack Obama impersonation than Tina Fey does Sarah Palin. Let’s hope Llham doesn’t use it for anything worse than gas relief commericals.

Spotted @ The Life Files

 Here is Kanye’s response to the false statement that circulated the web yesterday.

Just to clear things up for people who aren’t fans of reading: Kayne is not down to do bi-sexual porn.

Spotted @ Kanye’s Blog

Maybe I was wrong about Kanye. I’ve always defended him when people said he was gay, and being that we’re from the same city, I’ve always hoped that his feminine tendencies were not indicative of him being gay, but he latest comments might prove me wrong. Here’s what he (supposedly) said:

“I know people will find that as another thing to hate me on, but fuck it, I’m open to doing porn. Hell, I’ll even do bisexual scenes – myself, another man and a woman, or just me and two women. I know people will find that as some weird shit, but I am who I am.”

Now if he really did say this, then it’s pretty much a blatant admission of being gay. We all know that bisexuality doesn’t exist in men. So let’s hope that either he didn’t really say this or simply stated it wrong.

spotted at YBF

Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had it like Akon? The Senegalese singer has multiple wives, millions of dollars, and a fountain of youth; in fact, according to a recent interview with the Associated Press, Akon doesn’t even know how old he is. “In Africa…age is not important,’ he says. “They don’t care. People only focus on [age] here and in Europe.

Though his birth certificate indicates he is 31, Akon maintains that his actual age is a mystery and that he plans to keep it that way. “All it’s going to do is depress me,” he adds. “I don’t want to know I’m getting older, [because] then I’ll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don’t want that. I feel like I’m 21 right now, and I’ll be 21 for the next 10 years.”  Good luck with that.

Damn, I’m really disappointed in Percy Miracles Phonte. He was one of my favorite underground rappers, but his latest stunt is not a good look. Apparently, tired of being largely unknown and criminally slept on by the mainstream, Phonte has commenced to hate on the more prominent Kanye West. The internets have been saying he is a better rapper than ‘Ye for a while now, and he must have let it get to his head. In a Worldwide Conspiracy Radio podcast, Phonte came at Kayne kinda hard, saying that he lacks talent, is a T-Pain biter, and even calls him a coward. (Listen Here) Damn, Phonte, wasn’t Kanye on a track with you not too long ago?

Maybe he’s grown frustrated with being a “check to check” rapper and is hoping to ascend by beefing with a bigger artist a la 50 Cent in ‘03. If that’s the case I can’t be mad at him, but regardless, he still gets the distinction of being the OZONEmag.com Hater of the Day.

Spotted at Bol’s

DMX done fuxed around and got sent to the wrong prison. Not only is he doing time for animal cruelty and fraud, but he is serving his bid in a Mary-Kayesq prison in Arizona. Yes, DMX is incarcerated in a prison where Sheriff Joe Arpaio has devised an emasculating scheme for his inmates, they are forced to wear nothing but pink: pink t-shirts, pink underwear, even pink socks. And DMX is pissed!

In a telephone interview with “My Fox Phoenix,” Dark Man X vented his frustrations. “This is ridiculous, this disrespectful.” He said with a sarcastic laugh. “Why the pink?” He ponders. But hopefully, the pink garments will be the least of his problems. In a prison where Perez Hilton’s favorite color is endorsed, who knows what else could be going on…

spotted @ Yahoo! Music Blog