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Busta Rhymes has had a rough time lately. The hip-hop powerhouse spent the past three years dealing with a string of arrests - and subsequent weapons and assault charges - as well as the death of his friend and bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, who was shot while guarding Rhymes' jewelry on the video set of his 2006 song "Touch It." But after some soul-searching (and court-mandated community service), Rhymes has returned with a new image, a new sound and a new album. Back on My B.S., out May 19, features guest appearances by a glittering cast of stars ranging from...
...rough past few years, what with your legal troubles and the death of your friend. How are you doing now? I'm doing great. I was able to get past all of that without having to compromise what I love most, which is my music and taking care of my family. I went through the thick and the thin. It all helped me distinguish who my real friends were...
...that cherry-picking of others' thoughts and opinions that agitates her detractors, of whom she has many - even (or especially?) within the Times newsroom. In one Dowd column on anti-Semitic remarks made by Mel Gibson in 2006, more than half the text comprised direct quotes from her friend New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier. "It was seven paragraphs of a 13-paragraph story," grumbles one Times staffer...
...what exactly is happening in the consumer brain? Consider the experience of a good friend of mine, who has always been afraid of escalators. I was always peeved with him for it. Whenever we were shopping, he was always taking the staircase. I asked why he was afraid of the escalator. He couldn't explain it. Then one day, his mother told me that when he was 5 years old, a little girl was on the escalator just in front of him. She had bare feet, and no socks on. And her feet got mangled. It was such a dramatic...
...President's Best Friend Bo, President Obama's new dog, acts as an icebreaker in what has seemed like months of recession-filled articles and accounts of how the current global financial crisis is causing havoc for many [April 27]. After all, it cannot be easy leading the world's most powerful nation through such treacherous times. Let's hope Bo can help ease the stress and put some perspective on Obama's life. Shaun Michael Dunlop, Cape Town...