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Free & AJ Quit "106 & Park"
By Remmie Fresh
Date: 7/28/2005 10:35 pm
AllHipHop.Com




On Thursday, AJ Calloway and Free officially resigned their posts as the hosts of BET's popular show "106 & Park," jobs they have held since the show's premier in the fall of 2000.

The circumstances surrounding their abrupt departure have not been disclosed, but insiders speculate there has been friction with upper management in recent weeks. Representatives for BET didn't respond for a request for comment at press time.

On the live show, AJ tearfully told the audience, "I got really emotional…There's nothing like 106 & Park, its been a staple in the African American community for a long, long time. Five years strong and hopefully it will continue with whoever's in the reigns without myself and Free."

The show started when BET moved most of its entertainment-based shows to Harlem in 2000. At the time, "106 & Park" was located on the Harlem street corner of the same name. In March of 2002, the company moved its base into Viacom's CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan.

AJ revealed that his plans included opening up a restaurant in Brooklyn, running a management company and, in previous reports, said he was working on a television pilot. He also disclosed that Free's official web site would be re-erected in the near future. It has been rumored that Free has decided to follow her rap career, which had been dormant until she rapped on the Ying Yang Twins “Wait (remix).”

No replacements have been named.

"Its not the last time you will see us…you might see us somewhere else," AJ concluded. "We love y’all. Live, love life."

My life is rated NC-17.
What is your life rated?

5 Songs That Describe My Mood- Part II

I think this will be an ongoing feature on the blog... since I associate music with everything that goes on in my life. I mean, I listen to certain types of music when I'm in certain moods... like when I'm sad, I listen to sad ass R&B (You know, Mary and Sade). When I'm happy, I listen to feel good R&B and Hip Hop (mostly old school). So today, these are the songs that describe my mood...

1. PYT (Pretty Young Thing)-- Michael Jackson-- This is one of those songs that you can sing at the top of your lungs and no one would make fun of you... they might just start singing with you... and sing I am a PYT and all... why not?

2. Anywhere-- 112-- Simply because the baseline is AMAZING...

3. Let It Whip-- The Dazz Band-- Ya'll, this right here has been one of my fave songs since I was little and my Mom played it on the record player.. holding the needle in place with a penny... don't act like you don't remember that!

4. Freakin You (Set The Mood)--N2U-- I don't know why I'm SO in love with this song right now, but I am... I just bought the CD and it's above average.. not EXCELLENT, but better than most of the formulated R&B out here these days... and I play this song over and over again... the song is just so sexy to me...

5. Trouble Man-- Marvin Gaye-- I have loved this song for as long as I can remember... Marvin is one of my father's favorites... this song reminds me of my Dad... but that's another post all together...


That's today's list... see ya'll next time.

Maybe One Day It'll All Make Sense

Lives are being lost... and I just don't get it...

First, it's the terrorist act in London. I feel terrible about all the dead and missing. I am praying for their families. I'm also praying for the living, because they are left with that memory for the rest of their lives. I see the pictures on the news and online everyday. But nothing compares to being there, I know.

I know my experience yesterday is not anywhere near the scale of that tragedy, but it touched me, because it was close to home.... literally.


Woman killed, 3 injured during high-speed chase
Monday, July 11, 2005
Regina McEneryPlain Dealer Reporter

A high-speed chase Sunday left one woman dead, three injured and a tow-truck driver facing possible charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter.

The events began shortly after 6 p.m. when a man driving a tow truck clipped a car on East 173rd Street in Cleveland's Lee-Harvard neighborhood, then fled, police Lt. Thomas Stacho said. Police spotted the truck a short time later, but called off the pursuit after the truck entered Warrensville Heights.

Stacho said the truck driver, identified as Mark Bingham, 37, of Cleveland, apparently turned around and headed back into Cleveland at a high rate of speed. His truck plowed into a white Cadillac at East 156th Street and Miles Road and flipped, trapping Bingham inside. The driver of the Cadillac, who was ejected from the car, died at the scene. A woman passenger in the car was taken to Huron Hospital in East Cleveland.

The force of the crash pushed the Cadillac into a third car, injuring an elderly man who was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center with head injuries. Bingham also was admitted to MetroHealth for head injuries.

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Know why the intersection is in bold? It's the corner of the street where I live. The accident happened 5 minutes AFTER I had driven through that same intersection on my way to my best friend's house. My next door neighbors ran toward the sounds of the crash because they all had just seen my brother and I leave going in that direction and just knew we were involved. The mangled mess of cars was still in the middle of the street at 8:15 when I came back home. I was turned around 2 blocks away from my house by Cleveland Police, went another way into my neighborhood and walked down to the scene. There was yellow "DO NOT CROSS" tape all over the place. All you could see was shattered glass, car parts, and remnants of what used to be a Cadillac and a flat bed tow truck. My neighbor across the street said he actually saw the accident. He said the woman driving the Cadillac flew through her windshield.

I guess this bothers me so much because if I had left my house even 2 minutes later than I did, I might be dead right now. That shit hits too close to home. Fa real.

Thanks to Summer, I have a player on my blog. I will not subject you to Usher's greatest hits... promise!